Posted on 10/13/2005 12:31:36 PM PDT by jdsteel
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan fueled a rumor that explosives, not Hurricane Katrina, broke New Orleans' dikes and flooded poor African American neighborhoods.
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"A member of the Army Corps of Engineers saw burn marks on the concrete," Farrakhan told reporters, describing an e-mail he had received.
"They found two types of explosives used by the military," he said, without naming the source, adding that an eight-meter (25-foot) crater had been blown in the dike.
Farrakhan said locals had reported sounds of explosions, among other things, leading him to believe the rumors should be investigated.
"Wickedness exists in high places," he said. "The duty of the government is to prove the rumor to be false or that these suspicions are true."
The Chicago-based Nation of Islam is an offshoot of Islam. Farrakhan has earned headlines with controversial statements about Jews and homosexuals.
He also attacked the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Red Cross.
"FEMA is insensitive, there are not enough blacks high up. The Red Cross, too. It's too white, it is! Racism poisoned the bloodstream of politics," he said.
"Don't think it's non existent in the Red Cross or FEMA," he said.
WTF???
yup farrakhan is still a nutcase!
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Here are just a few of the Nation of Islam’s beliefs, as well as some of Farrakhan’s disturbing statements:
Whites are “blue eyed devils.”
Jews are “bloodsuckers”
“Hitler was a very great man.”
Jews controlled the slave trade and currently control the government
Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad believed that whites were created by an evil Black scientist and that there will be “The Great Decisive Battle in the Sky” when a space ship will kill all white people by bombing the earth
Muhammad believed that white people should relocate to Europe and that racial integration was wrong
In addition, Farrakhan has met with dictators in Sudan, Libya and Iraq, before the war, and praised their governments while denouncing the United States.
Leaders in the Nation of Islam have also made very inflammatory anti-Catholic statements. In a November 1993 speech at Kean College in New Jersey, Farrakhan’s chief spokesman Khallid Muhammad said, “T]he old no-good Pope-you know that cracker, somebody need to raise that dress up and see what´s really under there. Jesus was right; you´re nothing but liars. The book of Revelations is right; you´re from the Synagogue of Satan.
Do you mean the Multi-Man March?
If it wasn't illegal, I would suggest we hold him down and tattoo DEMOCRATIC PARTY SPOKESMAN on his forehead.
Well, we've seen what incompetant leaders blacks are. You want somebody who'll pull your stupid ass out of the water and give you stuff rather than robbing you, you better not mess with it.
This is old stuff. Been posted here before. This happened several weeks ago right after the hurricane when this fool said this.
No--he really needs to STFU. Really.
They are onto Rat Gov. "Whitey" Blanco's plan!
Speaking out of bunghole, Farrakhan is!
He forgot to mention it was his brothers in some organization called "The Base" or some such. Has an arabic name... escapes me as well for the moment. Anyway, THEY did it!
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Hark! It's MoonBat season! Fire at will!
It's amusing how Calypso Louie talks like Yoda. Poor Yoda.
This guy is a moonbat and a race-baiter. If the Red Cross is too white, then why is the Red Cross providing assistance?
Wish the mothership would hurry up and get this nutcake.
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