Posted on 01/12/2005 6:31:56 PM PST by ConservativeMan55
Edited on 01/12/2005 8:26:44 PM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
Per Foxnews Alert.
210,000 people have died in the Tsunami.
The worst disaster in the last 300 years.
It was 160,000 yesterday.
The Bush Administration has offered U.S. assistance to Indonesia to fight Islamic terrorism - which is absurd, because Indonesia's Muslim regime engages in terrorism on a massive scale.
In October 2002, Jemaah Islamiyah - an extremely popular organization of Indonesian Muslims with close ties to Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda - set off a huge explosion in the Indonesian tourist resort of Bali. The Islamic terrorist bombing murdered 202 mostly young foreign tourists and injured 209. Among the murdered victims were 88 Australians, 7 Americans and many other victims from European countries.
he news of the massacre ignited jubilant celebrations throughout Muslim Indonesia. Many thousands of supporters of Jemaah Islamiyah openly praised the "Islamic martyrs" who committed the grisly deed. Indonesian authorities wanted to protect their multibillion dollar tourist industry and avoid facing Western economic and military sanctions that would cripple Indonesia's economy. However, balanced against those concerns was the fact that the Muslim slaughter of hundreds of young Christian tourists was immensely popular among the Indonesian Muslim people.
As part of a delicate balancing act, the Muslim terrorist regime in Indonesia decided to arrest a small minority of Jemaah Islamiyah members and charge them with complicity in the Islamic terrorist bombing. Although some were sentenced to death, all appealed their sentences and are still regarded as heroes by the Indonesian people.
On July 23, 2004, one of the convicted Muslim bombers, Maskur Abdul Kadir, successfully appealed against his conviction and has been set free. Other convicted Muslim terrorists are also expected to be freed by Indonesia's higher "courts." The Indonesian regime-controlled news media blamed the United States for exploding the bomb in order to "blacken the name of Islam." Here is the whole story on the truth about Indonesia and how they murdered 300,000 Christians in their holocaust
I agree that this is a horrible human tragedy, but haven't there been greater tolls from other natural disasters? The Yellow River flood in 1887 was thought to have caused a million deaths.
Yeah. I know. The title of this thread originally said 272,000. When they realized that was for the entire region affected, they changed it.
Indonesia needs regime change.
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I think you are correct. We can now smell the death on the West Coast of the US.
See #43?
Are yall on patrol?
Several floods in China easily top the 2004 tsunami."
The criteria used discounting that statement re: China is there were several manmade dams which collapsed (not a true natural disaster), causing floods and those deaths were totalled by adding the initial flood deaths to those subsequent who starved or died of disease. The criteria used to class the tsunami is the death toll of immediate deaths from the natural occurance of the environ, not including those subsequently attributable through starvation and disease, places it at number one.
The Bush Administration has offered U.S. assistance to Indonesia to fight Islamic terrorism - which is absurd, because Indonesia's Muslim regime engages in terrorism on a massive scale.
In October 2002, Jemaah Islamiyah - an extremely popular organization of Indonesian Muslims with close ties to Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda - set off a huge explosion in the Indonesian tourist resort of Bali. The Islamic terrorist bombing murdered 202 mostly young foreign tourists and injured 209. Among the murdered victims were 88 Australians, 7 Americans and many other victims from European countries.
he news of the massacre ignited jubilant celebrations throughout Muslim Indonesia. Many thousands of supporters of Jemaah Islamiyah openly praised the "Islamic martyrs" who committed the grisly deed. Indonesian authorities wanted to protect their multibillion dollar tourist industry and avoid facing Western economic and military sanctions that would cripple Indonesia's economy. However, balanced against those concerns was the fact that the Muslim slaughter of hundreds of young Christian tourists was immensely popular among the Indonesian Muslim people.
As part of a delicate balancing act, the Muslim terrorist regime in Indonesia decided to arrest a small minority of Jemaah Islamiyah members and charge them with complicity in the Islamic terrorist bombing. Although some were sentenced to death, all appealed their sentences and are still regarded as heroes by the Indonesian people.
On July 23, 2004, one of the convicted Muslim bombers, Maskur Abdul Kadir, successfully appealed against his conviction and has been set free. Other convicted Muslim terrorists are also expected to be freed by Indonesia's higher "courts." The Indonesian regime-controlled news media blamed the United States for exploding the bomb in order to "blacken the name of Islam." Here is the whole story on the truth about Indonesia and how they murdered 300,000 Christians in their holocaust
This disaster hit one of the greatest areas of Islamic extremism. Aceh was trying to gain independence following East Timor's declaration of independence. Some time in 2000 Aceh actually declared itself free of Jakarta's rule and said that they were placing themselves under the rule of the Taliban.
Many churches have been burned in that area. There are few places in the world where it's more dangerous to be a known Christian.
my only point is, if "the number" becomes a basis for aid distribution - there is going to be rampant fraud. its not that I am insensitive to the number, but if we allow a situation to exists where the death toll=$$$, then forget it, these numbers are going to be increased all over the place.
Flood in China late 1800's killed 900,000 plus.
Flood in China late 1800's killed 900,000 plus.
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