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To: Mo1
This should anwer your question. From articles linked from Bin Laden Gate:

Terrorist Suspects' Families Protest in Bosnia [Chanting ``God is great'']

U.S. Accused of Undermining Bosnians "Uncle Sam urinating on Bosnia's constitution"

8 posted on 05/29/2002 7:11:56 PM PDT by Spar
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To: Spar
Here's a historian setting the record straight about the much-maligned Crusades:
The Real History of the Crusades
Misconceptions about the Crusades are all too common. The Crusades are generally portrayed as a series of holy wars against Islam led by power-mad popes and fought by religious fanatics. They are supposed to have been the epitome of self-righteousness and intolerance, a black stain on the history of the Catholic Church in particular and Western civilization in general. A breed of proto-imperialists, the Crusaders introduced Western aggression to the peaceful Middle East and then deformed the enlightened Muslim culture, leaving it in ruins....
....the Crusades to the East were in every way defensive wars. They were a direct response to Muslim aggression—an attempt to turn back or defend against Muslim conquests of Christian lands.
Christians in the eleventh century were not paranoid fanatics. Muslims really were gunning for them. While Muslims can be peaceful, Islam was born in war and grew the same way. From the time of Mohammed, the means of Muslim expansion was always the sword.

10 posted on 05/29/2002 7:16:19 PM PDT by ValerieUSA
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To: Spar
Thanks for the links

Aren't these the same folks that Maddie "The Troll" Halfbright keeps defending??

14 posted on 05/29/2002 7:23:39 PM PDT by Mo1
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