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To: SJackson; Fred Nerks; ma bell; joan


The Balkans early 90's comes to mind as well as Kosovo long story stort.


8 posted on 03/20/2006 4:31:17 PM PST by tgambill (I would like to comment.....)
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Centrifugal Tendencies In The Algerian Civil War:

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Islamists in Algeria vociferously diverged, in particular, over the permissibility of targeting civilians. On one side of the debate, Islamists argued that Islam prohibits attacks against civilians. Innocent human life is spared except in the most extreme circumstances, and the mujahidin (holy warriors) must do all that is possible to avoid civilian casualties. Legitimate targets include only those directly engaged in the conflict, such as the government, police, and military. The Algerianists and a number of Salafis who believe in jihad, but not at any cost, supported this understanding.

In contrast, the more radical Salafis, as represented by the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), drew a stark distinction between supporters and opponents of the jihad. [12] Opponents included noncombatants who were deemed obstacles to the struggle, such as the press, academics, teachers, secularists, and various civil society leaders. Beginning in the mid-1990s, certain GIA factions expanded this category to include ordinary Algerians, who through their everyday activities were seen as providing tacit approval for the regime. Thus school children attending government schools, journalists providing negative coverage of Islamist actions, the leaders of civil society organizations that sponsored nonIslamist causes, and anyone not actively supporting the jihad were judged apostates and legitimate targets of violence. Even other armed Islamist groups that did not conform to this radical doctrine of engagement were not immune from attacks.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2501/is_3_23/ai_78804226

The mohammadans can always find a way to explain why they must kill people. In The Balkans they had help...from the US - and that's just soooo embarrassing some would prefer to pretend it didn't happen, it's easier to demonize Milosevic.


12 posted on 03/20/2006 5:33:56 PM PST by Fred Nerks (Read the bio THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD free! Click Fred Nerks for link to my Page.)
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