Afghans riot over abuse of Koran

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | 5/11/05

[ppaul]

The US State Department said on Tuesday that the Pentagon was looking into a report in Newsweek magazine that interrogators at the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, kept copies of the Koran in toilets to annoy prisoners.

Can you imagine all this brou-ha-ha if during WWII it was discovered that U.S. GI's were keeping copies of Mein Kampf in latrines? Horrors!

The [Human Rights Watch] report, titled Black Hole: The Fate of Islamists Rendered to Egypt, identifies 61 people who have been transferred into Egyptian custody since 1994

Just 61 in 11 years? That's all? BFD.

[Skooz]

Cattle.

[keepingtrack]

Mein Kampf was/is not a religious text. Big difference.

[Publius6961]

Wait til these clowns get a gander at Q'ran TP...

[demlosers]

Irresponsible Newsweak.

[Vaquero]

Thank you Newsweek for once again be the TRAITOROUS B*stards that you and the rest of the MSM are.

[speed_addiction]

What is going to happen when they learn that I use pages of the Koran to wipe my ass everyday? That I fart toward Mecca should really drive them off the edge.

[frogjerk]

« Initially the demonstrators were peaceful but... »

Do Muslims ever have "demonstrations" that don't turn violent?

Violence is Islam's main tenet...

[Vaquero]

one more thing Newsweek, if it were WWII and your Hero, Socialist Franklin, were to do something like this against...oh lets say the Japanese....you would have kept your f*cking mouths shut now wouldn't you (and the MSM in general)

[Robe]

Mein Kampf was/is not a religious text. Big difference.

Neither is the KORAN,.....IT'S A HOW TO BOOK FOR MURDERS !!!IMHO

[af_vet_1981]

Let me fix the title.

Newsweek is responsible for 2 dead and 47 wounded in Afghanistan.

[lsee]

Mein Kampf ? Not quite the same as a "sacred document" revered by millions. After all the trouble to avoid even the appearance of this conflict being a "holy war", this kind of religious insult was needlessly reckless. My opinion.

[Alas Babylon!]

Uhmmmm... That depends on your perspective. To many Nazis, it was. They worshiped the Fuhrer. His words were their Bible.

I do not consider Islam to be a holy religion. It is a murderous cult established by Satan. But that's just my opinion. Which would, incidently, get me killed in many Muslim countries by their governments. Which would prove my point....

[weegee]

Crossposted thread on this topic: Afghan Protest Over Quran Turns Deadly

[brownsfan]

"Mein Kampf was/is not a religious text. Big difference."

Not really. Hitler was the German's "God".

And islam is not a religion, it's a cult of death.

The comparison is therefore valid.

[poobear]

"...this kind of religious insult was needlessly reckless."

So was reporting the incident.

[killjoy]

The US State Department said on Tuesday that the Pentagon was looking into a report in Newsweek magazine that interrogators at the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, kept copies of the Koran in toilets to annoy prisoners.

I wonder if those on this thread making light of this would have similar feelings of joy if the bible or torah was used in the same way.

[Sacajaweau]

I'm kinda looking at this little uprising as a "signal" to others when I tie it to everything else going on....an excuse for some sneaky Arabs to gather there or elsewhere.

[OKIEDOC]

Well Newsweak is at it again.

These fruitcakes (Newsweak) do not understand that the crap printed in these anti-American rags is fed to these ignorant Moslem's and they believe anything lock stock and barrel.