Posted on 09/15/2008 6:41:11 AM PDT by Victory111
A Muslim terrorist leader based in Lebanon has threatened to send suicide bombers to kill former Beatle and international music icon Paul McCartney when he performs in Israel later this month.
McCartney will perform in Tel Aviv as part of ongoing celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of Israels modern rebirth.
In remarks carried by British tabloid Sunday Express, Sheikh Omar Bakri said that makes McCartney the enemy of all Muslims.
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I don’t get this, you know, my music is about love, you know, and peace, you know, and I don’t understand all these people who don’t get love and peace, you know. I remember back in Liverpool, you know, when John and I were writing “Yellow Submarine,” you know, and Ringo said, “I don’t get it, fellas,” you know, and George said, “It’s complex, Ringo,” you know, and I said, “Look, George, you know, you know, it’s not so complicated, you know, it’s about love, you know,” you know, and George got it, and then fifteen minutes later Ringo said he got it, you know, then we all smoked hashish, you know, and dropped acid, you know, and John started complaining about my bass riff on “And Your Bird Can Sing,” you know, and I hit him in the mouth with my bass guitar, you know, and that’s when we started writing “Strawberry Fields.”
True story.
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