Muslim misunderstanders attack Catholic Church with suicide vests.

[Capitalist]

(WaPo)- Security officials said the militants, who were allegedly linked to al-Qaida in Iraq, were on the phone with Iraqi authorities demanding the release of imprisoned female insurgents when security forces stormed the building.
The standoff began at dusk when the militants attacked the nearby Iraqi stock exchange, officials said. Police then chased the insurgents toward the Our Lady of Deliverance church – one of Baghdad’s main Catholic places of worship.
Worshippers inside were listening to a Bible reading when the gunmen burst in, said parishioner Marzina Matti Yalda.
“As we went outside the hall to see what was happening, gunmen stormed the main gate and they started to shoot at us,” Yalda said. “Many people fell down, including a priest, while some of us ran inside and took shelter in a locked room. We were packed together as we waited for the security forces to arrive.”
A U.S. Army spokesman, Lt. Col. Eric Bloom, said at least 19 people were killed – seven hostages, seven Iraqi security troops and five militants. He said the assailants were wearing suicide vests and armed with grenades. As many as 30 people were wounded, including a priest and a nun, he said.
Iraqi military officials said the death toll was at least nine, while police and medical officials put it as high as 37. The figures could not be immediately reconciled.
There were also conflicting reports about the militants’ fate. An Iraqi police official put the number of insurgents at 10 and said all were captured. And Baghdad military spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi said security forces killed eight attackers, while the U.S. military said between five and seven attackers died. Different figures are normal immediately following such attacks.
Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul-Qadir al-Obeidi said “the terrorists were planning to murder the highest number of hostages.” Across Iraq, security forces were alerted to new threats against Christians.
Al Qaeda’s Iraqi affiliate, the Islamic State of Iraq, claimed responsibility for the attack on “the dirty place of the infidel which Iraqi Christians have long used as a base to fight Islam.”
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[California Girl]

Tragic. Simply tragic. Why any human being would do this to another human being is beyond me.

 

[007]

This planet will never see an acceptable level of peace unless islam is eradicated, and that ain't gonna happen, so we might as well just resolve ourselves to the fact that since islam is here to stay, we're just going to have to live with their blood lust and killing.

 

[Ozmar]

Religion of Peace ®

 

[Two Thumbs]

A preist and a nun.

There is no bottom for these "people".

 

[BlindBoo]

More tragic consequences of the US invasion or rather, the botched occuaption that allowed the Civil war to spread.

 

[WillowTree]

“the dirty place of the infidel which Iraqi Christians have long used as a base to fight Islam.”









I'm waiting for someone to start the lecture now,,,,, you know,,,,, the one that says,,,,,,,Islam is not at war with Infidel's..,,,,,,,what time is it scheduled to start? Anyone???

 

[ConHog]

More tragic consequences of the US invasion or rather, the botched occuaption that allowed the Civil war to spread.

You're going to blame Muslims killing non Muslims In Iraq on the US? Good grief.

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

This is one instance where the violence is not specifically condoned by Islam unless they violated their protected dhimmie status.

 

[sangha]

Christianity FAQ: Christian Violence

It's rather ironic that a religion which so publicly proclaims Absolute Love as its basis should, over the course of history, spawn so much unmitigated hatred and violence. Is it simply that Christianity is a failure in inspiring better conduct from otherwise hopelessly evil human beings, or is there some aspect of Christianity which in fact encourages or promotes some of the baser aspects of human behavior? Perhaps it is a bit of both.

 

[WillowTree]

wait wait wait, where is our lecture.. Islam is not at war with Christians? Where the fuck is it?

 

[Two Thumbs]

Christianity FAQ: Christian Violence

It's rather ironic that a religion which so publicly proclaims Absolute Love as its basis should, over the course of history, spawn so much unmitigated hatred and violence. Is it simply that Christianity is a failure in inspiring better conduct from otherwise hopelessly evil human beings, or is there some aspect of Christianity which in fact encourages or promotes some of the baser aspects of human behavior? Perhaps it is a bit of both.

Ahh, Evil raises it ugly head and proves itself.

The Christians did it excuse. Gee I checked your link and the closest he could come to today, was the troubles in Ireland. The isolated troubles in Ireland.

Not world wide troubles we have almost daily with islam, no, to make an honest comparison would have required, well, honesty.

I've yet to hear of armed christians gunning down anyone in the name of christianity. I'll bet dollars to donought, someone murders in the name of allah before Friday.

 

[WillowTree]

Hey Madalenie you dumb shit where is our lecture? You know the one? about Christianophobia?

 

[Kat]

How tragic. I am so tired of this kind of crap.

 

[britishbulldog]

Muslim maniacs continue to attack our churches. We must dismantle their mosques in our countries to get revenge.

 

[eagleseven]

This planet will never see an acceptable level of peace unless islam is eradicated, and that ain't gonna happen, so we might as well just resolve ourselves to the fact that since islam is here to stay, we're just going to have to live with their blood lust and killing.

Even if religion didn't exist, people would still find good excuses to kill each other.

 

[barenakedislam]

Muslims are slaughtering Christians all over the world, often in places where Muslims are not necessarily the majority. There are about 75 stories here, many with horrific videos of the slaughter and brutality, and this is only a small sample:

All this outrage over burning a qur’an? What about the torture & slaughter of Christians by Muslims all around the world? Bare Naked Islam's Weblog

 

[Capitalist]

The reaction by Obama was swift today, here is what he said:?

 

[BlindBoo]

More tragic consequences of the US invasion or rather, the botched occuaption that allowed the Civil war to spread.

You're going to blame Muslims killing non Muslims In Iraq on the US? Good grief.

Yes of course we're to blame for letting that cork loose, that and all the other violence associated with the civil war there. How many religious terrorist attacks did Iraq have before the invasion and occupation? To be sure the Shiites would and did but not at the level we've seen in the past 8 years. Doesn't mean I think these sick fucks were justified in their attacks either or that the lion share of the blame doesn't go directly to the attackers, but that these condition exist is a tragic consequence........

 

[JenT]

I came in to laugh at the title, thought it was hilarious, but this is too sad a story. Sad.

At least they didn't start a riot to cover their tracks, that's in the playbook too.