[Mr.Clark]

Wait, this can't be true, I don't see it on CNN, MSNBC, or the BBC. The oppressed Palestinians wouldn't do that kind of stuff.

[Diogenesis]

Annan: "We, at the Imperial Holy UN, encourage the use of dynamited-wheelchairs to kill Christians, Jews, or Americans.
We also thank Mr. Arafat for his donated crosses and stunning gold artifacts,
which he sent me and my wife, Nane. Now before you antiterrorists go away,
be sure that you send the reparations YOU owe me and my wife, Nane, to our New York address."

[Gritty]

How about we commission some murderous thugs to break into the Dome Of The Rock and allow them to trash and steal whatever they want, while taking all the Imans hostage and murdering the muezzin, and then snicker about how they are only looking for "sanctuary"?

Do you think the Muslims would be as outraged as they are about the desecration in the Church Of The Nativity?

[Grampa Dave]

Islam the Religion of peace.

If anyone buys that Bravo Sierra, I have a few bridges in the Bay Area or heck any area to sell you!

It is time to clean out the garbage in the shallow end of the human genome pool.

Any body have any suggestions of where to take out the garbage next, Iran, Iraq or Syria?

[caisson71]

One by one, witnesses to PLA criminal and base acts tell their story and the rest of the world fails to hear them. There is no doubt that the Palestinian cause is bogus and supported only by criminal states.

[NativeNewYorker]

That such a high-profile overt desecration of a (the?) Christian holy site can go unreported, because the spin would *help* Israel, is nothing less than frightening.

[TopQuark]

FYI

[TopQuark]

FYI

[pabianice]

Funny. This hasn't been reported in any of the Ted Kennedy press. Must not be true.

[mgstarr]

Not a single post from the anti-Israel, pro-Pali terrorists yet? Perhaps they're waiting for the spin from Yasser's office...

[Ecliptic]

Hope they are putting at least salt peter in their food....maybe something else to make them pass out in hours???

[BlessedBeGod]

They told army officers the gunmen had stolen gold and other property, including crucifixes and prayer books, and had caused damage.

Oh, puhleeze! I'm sure they just wanted to pray! < /sarcasm >

If this wasn't the Church of the Nativity, I'd suggest a bunker-buster.

[Thumper1960]

Give them 1 hour to free all hostages in the church. One hour to leave, naked to the waist, arms up and no weapons. If the one hour deadline is ignored, make an announcement that we are very sorry, but terrorism and hostage taking can not and will not be tolerated. Then go in with extreme prejudice.

No more chances, no more playing nice, no more being the asses of the "civilized" world.

[VOA]

Throughout the past weeks, the IDF has given food and medication to the clergy held
hostage inside; the other Palestinians held hostage by the gunmen receive water and medication.

Yep, sounds like the work of a bunch of them there massacre-ing Israelis.
(lowering gain on sarcasm/cynicism volume control...)
Well, I'm sure most of the major media outlets will warp truth enough to show the
world how the Palestinians are being tortured during this event.

[Selara]

This barbaric outrage is the first news report in several days that has made me cry. I thought I they couldn't get any lower with their savagery in the treatment of suspected collaborators.

Beating elderly priests? What of the nuns? Stealing prayer books and crosses? You know they have some whopper of a lie already cooked up...to blame it on the Jews.

[Tawiskaro]

... PA Minister of Tourism Mitre Abu Aita ...

He might as well be the Minister of Maytag Repair, or the Grand Vizier of Sinecures.

[ppaul]

They told army officers the gunmen had stolen gold and other property, including crucifixes and prayer books, and had caused damage.

Poor Palestinians.
What else could they do?
Like the suicide bombers, these were acts of desperation by a people backed against the wall by the Israeli occcupation.
We need to try to understand their pain and anger after years of being marginalized.

[LouD]

They've looted the Church of the Nativity - Time for a new Crusade...

[Waco]

Be on ebay P.D.Q.

[tiki]

Haven't we been told that the monks don't want to leave?