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To: EllenZ
The Popes ordered the Crusades to kill the Infidels in the Holy Land.

Utter nonsense. Pope Urban sent the crusaders to reclaim territory taken by force by Islamists, who were persecuting Christians in the area (and still are today).

62 posted on 10/29/2006 6:28:02 AM PST by B Knotts (Newt '08!)
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