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Vatican on high alert: Man who shot Pope John Paul II warns Benedict XVI
Associated Press ^ | September 20, 2006 | SELCAN HACAOGLU

Posted on 09/22/2006 7:05:55 AM PDT by Sunshine55

The man who shot and seriously wounded Pope John Paul II has warned Pope Benedict XVI not to visit Turkey after making comments that many Muslims deemed to have maligned Islam, the gunman's lawyer said Wednesday.

"As a man who knows these things, I am saying that your life is in danger, don't come to Turkey. I can't welcome you because I'm in prison," lawyer Mustafa Demirbag quoted Mehmet Ali Agca as saying during a meeting Monday at the high-security Kartal prison in Istanbul.

Agca speculated in a hand-written letter faxed to The Associated Press by his lawyer that the pope was pressured by secret services to make such a statement.

Agca called on Benedict, who is scheduled to visit Turkey in November, his first trip to a Muslim country, to step down as pope and return to Germany for a peaceful life.

In a Sept. 12 address at the University of Regensburg in Germany, Benedict cited the words of a Byzantine emperor who characterized some of the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad as "evil and inhuman," particularly "his command to spread by the sword the faith."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: benedictxvi; pop; pope; religionofpeace
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1 posted on 09/22/2006 7:05:55 AM PDT by Sunshine55
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To: Sunshine55
If 9th Century knuckledraggers succeed in killing the Pope,"progressives" over at DUmmie Land (and at DNC Headquarters) will be saying "he had it coming".
2 posted on 09/22/2006 7:13:42 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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Hmmm....photobucket appears to have gone PC on me. I had a picture of a raghead holding a sign that said "We're the religion of peace and we'll kill you to prove it!" and lo and behold, now I get this:

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

3 posted on 09/22/2006 7:14:10 AM PDT by Sunshine55 (What's the difference between Hillary and God? God doesn't think he's Hillary.)
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"Step down and enjoy a peaceful life??" like the Pope would be such a coward! where is Agca coming from? And what makes him think that the Pope would ever be "safe" again? maybe there's some law in the Q'ran that we missed that says if a pope blasphemes allah, he must be killed. but if he steps down as the head of the Catholic Church, he may be allowed a peaceful life...


4 posted on 09/22/2006 7:14:17 AM PDT by GOP_Thug_Mom (libera nos a malo)
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To: Sunshine55
Hmmm....photobucket appears to have gone PC on me.

Next time try http://Imageshack.us

5 posted on 09/22/2006 7:17:05 AM PDT by Ichneumon (Ignorance is curable, but the afflicted has to want to be cured.)
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To: Sunshine55

I think this might be what you're looking for.

6 posted on 09/22/2006 7:17:39 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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To: Gay State Conservative

Is that real? (Its real funny)


7 posted on 09/22/2006 7:22:36 AM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, thats how you sell clothing.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
"progressives"

Thats what Marxists are calling themselves these days.

8 posted on 09/22/2006 7:25:58 AM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I do wonder what the reaction in Europe would be though.....


9 posted on 09/22/2006 7:27:30 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: Sunshine55
Having been to Rome and the Vatican, I can imagine that Swiss guards probably will have to run everyone entering St. Peter's through a security check similar to the one at airports. Also, on the day that the Pope comes out among the crowds in his Popemobile, in St. Peter's square, checking everyone for a suicide bomber will be very difficult.
10 posted on 09/22/2006 7:31:21 AM PDT by GeorgefromGeorgia
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Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
photobucket let this pic slide I guess,,,,lol, I think I got it from pookie18, don't remember.
11 posted on 09/22/2006 7:33:52 AM PDT by meanie monster
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To: Rome2000

You're right. Progressive = Liberal Ever since the majority of the American people learned what Liberals stand for, Liberalism has become a bad word. So, instead of changing their political stance, they do what all good Liberals do, they change their names. This way the "stupid proletariat" will think you're someone else and vote for them. Liberals by any other name are still dead wrong in their politcal thinking. Now, if they were as smart as they think they are, they'd know that


12 posted on 09/22/2006 7:36:08 AM PDT by Yankereb
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To: Sunshine55

Our Lady of Fatima Alert. Time to take another look at that last prophecy.


13 posted on 09/22/2006 7:37:07 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
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To: Wyatt's Torch
Just think back to the days before the most recent elections in Spain.Bin Laden gave the Spanish instructions as to how to vote.

And they obeyed.

That's how they'll react.Western and Central Europe's problem is that they've forgotten what oppression feels like.That's why they've become such cowards.Memories of oppression are still fresh in Eastern Europe and that's why they're able to see the dangers of this 9th Century death cult.

14 posted on 09/22/2006 7:43:44 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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To: King Moonracer
Is that real? (Its real funny)

Looks real to me.And it's very similar to others I've seen in videos that also looked very real.

15 posted on 09/22/2006 7:45:54 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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To: Gay State Conservative

Thanks. It just about sums up Islam perfectly. However, there are those "God Hates Fags" people in San Francisco, who are not religious, but want to make Christians look bad by pretending to be hateful Christians. OTOH, Islam is just truly evil and stupid and...


16 posted on 09/22/2006 7:50:41 AM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, thats how you sell clothing.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
If 9th Century knuckledraggers succeed in killing the Pope,"progressives" over at DUmmie Land (and at DNC Headquarters) will be saying "he had it coming".

The DUmmies would be in a state of ecstasy if The Pope were killed by one of the mohammedans. Most of the DUmmies are so rabidly anti-religious that anything that hurts The Church (any church) is a cause for celebration.

I sincerely hope Il Papa takes great care if he does decide to go to turkey, but I would also give him the same warning if he were to visit some of the more fervently liberal bastions here in the U.S.
17 posted on 09/22/2006 8:03:31 AM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Mohammedism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
If 9th Century knuckledraggers succeed in killing the Pope,"progressives" over at DUmmie Land (and at DNC Headquarters) will be saying "he had it coming".

Some of them will quietly cheer, and be grateful that the mohammedans had taken care of their wet work for them.

18 posted on 09/22/2006 8:06:43 AM PDT by Petronski (Living His life abundantly.)
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He's in just as much danger in St. Peter's; that's where JP2 was gunned down. I hope he is not martyred for his faith; is there anyone on the horizon who could match his spine and intellect? Yikes!


19 posted on 09/22/2006 8:24:39 AM PDT by karnage
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To: Sunshine55

I am too young to remember and realize that the man who shot the Pope was Muslim???


20 posted on 09/22/2006 8:52:34 AM PDT by sandbar
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