US Soldiers Ransack Sunni Mosque

The Guardian (UK) ^ | 1-3-2004 | Luke Harding

[okie01]

In the interest of accuracy, note that they are not reports of the same raid. The Guardian is reporting on a raid at the Ibn Taymiyah mosque. AFP is reporting on a similar raid at the Al-Tubul mosque.

But the point is: contraband weapons were found at both sites -- the only difference was scale. The Guardian, though, chose to minimize the weapons, so as to focus on the American "mistreatment" of the "innocent" natives. AFP, confronted with a much larger trove of weaponry, chose to play it straight.

Had the Guardian and AFP swapped event coverage, I suspect both reports would have used to propagandize against the American effort (the Guardian having no sense of proportion).

[StormEye]

"The following equipment was seized from the mosque: five sticks of high-explosive PE-4; three packages of TNT; one case of blasting caps; three bags of gunpowder; eight improvised grenades; a small roll of detonation cord; one case of 155-millimeter artillery primers; improved -- improvised explosive device materials, to include nine-volt batteries and unidentified propellants; 11 AK- 47s; two SKS rifles; two RPG launchers; a 60-millimeter mortar tube; various mortar sights; a 120-millimeter mortar bipod and base plate; an SA-7 missile trainer; 20 AK-47 magazines; 3,500 7.62 rounds; and additional items of intelligence value."

Now the world can see what Muslims really worship.

[ovrtaxt]

Step 1: I read the first two lines.
Step 2: I notice that it came from the Guardain(UK). This explains the obvious pro-terrorist bias. It also completely blows any credibility out the window.
Step 3: I get to the line about the nuts, skip the rest of the article and check the posts for jokes! Hehe

[The Wizard]

lying headline, misleading.....

[McGavin999]

They are the same mosque. One reports using the old name that has been the name of the mosque for decades, the other uses the new name. But they are the same.

[okie01]

They are the same mosque. One reports using the old name that has been the name of the mosque for decades, the other uses the new name. But they are the same.

Really?! Then, this bears repeating.

They are the same mosque. One reports using the old name that has been the name of the mosque for decades, the other uses the new name. But they are the same

[ASOC]

Should have blown the TNT, fuses, etc in place, much safer for everyone that way......

[CommandoFrank]

Finally, they listened...

I have been posting for months to "Look in the Mosques..."

Lo and behold... Keep looking!

[McGavin999]

Yes, you can find the story here on an Iraqi blogger's site Hammorabi he gives the full history of the mosque.

[mafree]

This thread is funny.

[okie01]

Indeed, the name change is even in the AFP article I referenced. I just flat missed it.

[McGavin999]

What Sam points out on his blog is that it's new name is after a Wahhabist. Sort of fits in with how it was being used hmmmmmmm?

[okie01]

Sort of fits in with how it was being used hmmmmmmm?

So it does.

[Polybius]

The raid has served to increase the anger and frustration of Iraq's Sunnis, who feel marginalised and discriminated against in post-Saddam Iraq.

Poor Sunnis.

They treated the Shiites and the Kurds like animals and killed and raped them for decades and now they are .....sniff .....gulp ......sob ......"marginalized".

Oh, the humanity!

"After zee end of zee Second Weltkrieg, we vas marginalised and discriminated against too. But, in 1945, nobody gave a flying wienerschitzel."

[ko_kyi]

"They even took our nuts!"

((Ko_Kyi jumps up and down saying "ME! PICK ME! ME?"))

ALL YOUR NUTS ARE BELONG TO US

[azcap]

When it is my family's turn to clean our local chapel I always make sure my kids do a good job of shining the pews, the puplit, and the RPGs.

[A. Pole]

"You don't see Muslims attacking the holy places of other people"

He forgot to add, "unless they are Jewish, Christian, Hindu, etc."

Why when the Christian church in Bagdad gets ransack The Guardian does not raise the stink?