[Alex Murphy]

But what kind of church is it? Protestant? Evangelical? Anglican? Orthodox? What kind of Orthodox, since the Middle East is a very complex place and its churches (along with other religious minority groups) are living under great persecution. Catholic? What kind of Catholic church is it? Etc., etc., etc. Of course, it is possible for a concerned reader to break away from the news report and do an online search for “Sayidat al-Nejat.” Then again, reporters and editors can do that, too.

Readers that make the effort to do that will learn something that is never addressed in the Times report — the fact that we are talking about the actual cathedral of the Syrian Catholic Church. At this point, I would like to know if the bishop was present.

[Eagles6]

"The church, with a huge cross visible from hundreds of yards away, was already surrounded with concrete bollards and razor wire, and church leaders have been fearful of attack since the Rev. Terry Jones in Gainesville, Fla., threatened to burn a Koran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Mr. Jones decided not to burn the Koran."

Yeah, that's it, because the pastor threatened to burn the koran. This Church has already been bombed, Christians have been under attack for years in iraq and all over the muslim world and the terrorists didn't mention the threatened koran burning but the author believes that it's a Christian's fault.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Same old story. Dirty-beard savages murder and kill normal people, and the left goes to bat for them. Nothing changes.

[null and void]

I still think we should have flattened every bit of infrastructure, splint the country into three mutually warring lines along ethnic boundaries and left them to their own devices.

[marron]

what kind of church is it? Protestant? Evangelical? Anglican? Orthodox?

The barbarians don't care. They'll kill us all.

And if you have nerve and faith to be openly Christian in that world, I'll claim you.

[TASMANIANRED]

Considering your history of bathing in Ant- catholic bigotry,

One can only assume you celebrate rejoicing in the slaughter of innocents.