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Attacks threatened over Pope's words (the Vatican threatened)
The Australian ^ | 9/16/2006 | Staff in Dubai

Posted on 09/16/2006 7:31:51 AM PDT by Dark Skies

AN Iraqi armed group has threatened to carry out attacks against Rome and the Vatican in retaliation for Pope Benedict XVI's remarks on Islam, according to a statement posted on the internet today.

"We swear that we will destroy their cross in the heart of Rome ... and that their Vatican will be hit and wept over by the Pope," said Jaish al-Mujahideen (the Mujahideen's Army) in the statement, whose authenticity could not be confirmed.

The statement lashed out at "Zionised Christians and loathsome crusaders" and was accompanied by six films showing attacks against US military targets in Iraq, which it said were "dedicated to the dog of the crusaders (an apparent reference to the Pope) in retaliation for his remarks".

"We will not rest until your thrones and your crosses have been destroyed on your own territory," said the group, which has claimed many attacks against US and government forces in Iraq.

(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: catholic; christiansoliders; pope; religionofpieces
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To: HighlyOpinionated
Islamic unreasonableness (actually, a threat of violence) is a rung in the ladder that leads to coerced conversion.

Islam doesn't just convert by the sword, it also appears to convert by inflicting a thousand tiny pin pricks.

I suspect there is much more method to their madness than we realize.

81 posted on 09/16/2006 9:40:23 AM PDT by Dark Skies
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To: Dark Skies
Watch the screaming Muslims (all men by the way - women aren't allowed in public) all over the world denouncing the pope for speaking the truth about Islam. Interesting that they are hollering the same phrases as when they cut off innocent journalists' heads. Nuts.


TODAY: Outrage in the Islamic World
http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=4B91E72A-19D3-4067-85E1-DCEC5D99CA8C&f=00&fg=copy


83 posted on 09/16/2006 10:19:20 AM PDT by XR7
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To: kalee
With a sword to their throats, would the number of pacifists (cowards) dwindle?

That is the question.

84 posted on 09/16/2006 11:11:15 AM PDT by Thumper1960 (Politicians are like diapers. They need changed often, and for the same reasons.)
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To: Dark Skies
Islam doesn't just convert by the sword, it also appears to convert by inflicting a thousand tiny pin pricks.

This is a very significant point. In this case, furthermore, the effectiveness of their "pin pricks" is vastly magnified by the media.

85 posted on 09/16/2006 11:18:47 AM PDT by livius
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To: Dark Skies

The fact that the Pope's criticism affects them, discredits their beliefs entirely and only is another example that they are not "religious".


86 posted on 09/16/2006 11:24:26 AM PDT by unsycophant
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To: livius
I find it ironic that the Pope cannot insult islam but islamics have carte blanche to insult the Pope.

I also find it ironic that, except for Angela Merkel, no other Western leader has defended the Pope.

87 posted on 09/16/2006 11:31:17 AM PDT by Dark Skies
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To: Syco
Ya know what, if the Vatican doesn't stand it's ground they're going to come out of this the way they did after WWII when they didn't take a STRONG stand against the Holocaust.

This is the second time I've had to do this tonight.

You don't have a clue what you're talking about.

Read David Dalin's book A Righteous Gentile ... that's Rabbi David Dalin, BTW. Then come back and tell me the Vatican didn't take a STRONG stand against the Holocaust.

It's really sad when FReepers swallow every d--n lie perpetrated by the left and the MSM.

88 posted on 09/16/2006 6:53:07 PM PDT by Campion ("I am so tired of you, liberal church in America" -- Mother Angelica, 1993)
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