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Afghan Mob Kills 10 United Nations Workers (8 shot, 2 beheaded over 'Koran burning')
NYT ^ | 4/1/2011 | NYT

Posted on 04/01/2011 10:13:41 AM PDT by mewykwistmas

"The incident began when thousands of protesters poured out of the Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif after Friday prayers and attacked the nearby headquarters of the United Nations, according to Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai, spokesman for Gen. Daoud Daoud, the Afghan National Police commander for northern Afghanistan.

After disarming or shooting the United Nations compound’s guards, the crowd surged inside. Mr. Ahmadzai said that eight of the foreign staff workers, whose nationalities were not known immediately, were killed by gunfire, and that two others were captured by the mob and beheaded. Other reports said that the operations center was burned down as well.

The governor of Balkh Province, Atta Mohammad Noor, said that seven United Nations employees were killed in all, five Nepali security guards and two European international staff, one of them a woman. He said earlier reports of beheadings were unfounded; all of the victims were shot. "

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To: mewykwistmas

http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-msgr&p=spain%20pig%20parts%20Mosque%20defiled&type=

It WORKS


41 posted on 04/01/2011 11:17:11 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ("We stand together or we fall apart" mt)
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To: redreno

That would make a great bumper sticker!


42 posted on 04/01/2011 11:20:54 AM PDT by sjmjax (Politicans are like bananas - they start out green, turn yellow, then rot.)
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To: mewykwistmas

It will be interesting if UN, (ICC) or Holder try to charge the Florida pastor with a crime.


43 posted on 04/01/2011 11:22:18 AM PDT by opentalk
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To: mewykwistmas

BTW - regarding my posts #40-41 and Pigs parts
This is why we can’t even send any sausage, pepperoni, etc to the troops - NO PORK PRODUCTS allowed in country.

I say it’s the best weapon and could send the cretins running for the hills - and caves - and rat holes.

To hell with rules - should be a bit illegal for them to be beheading people


44 posted on 04/01/2011 11:25:19 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ("We stand together or we fall apart" mt)
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To: dfwgator
Have you read Dallaire's Shake Hands with the Devil?

I only say this because I believe the soldiers on the ground in Rwanda cared deeply and wished they could do more but their hands were tied above them. At one point they were denied the ability to even carry weapons. That said they did follow orders and often abandoned many Rwandans, who were subsequently killed.

I have read a great deal about Rwanda and it haunts me very much to this day.

book review

45 posted on 04/01/2011 11:26:25 AM PDT by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: MarMema
Have you read Dallaire's Shake Hands with the Devil? I only say this because I believe the soldiers on the ground in Rwanda cared deeply and wished they could do more but their hands were tied above them. At one point they were denied the ability to even carry weapons. That said they did follow orders and often abandoned many Rwandans, who were subsequently killed.

Haven't read that one, but I'm very familiar with what happened. That's what makes me sad about what happened.

The bigwigs at the UN won't allow them to defend themselves. The blood is on the hands of Ban Ki-Moon and the rest of the UN for not giving their staffers a fighting chance.

46 posted on 04/01/2011 11:28:01 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: tet68

The article says that they were told that a Koran was burned in Florida.


47 posted on 04/01/2011 11:34:45 AM PDT by Pharmboy (What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)
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To: dfwgator
I certainly don't understand the peacekeeping missions without weapons for self-protection at least.

Looks like five of the UN guards killed in Afghanistan were Nepalese.

48 posted on 04/01/2011 11:39:26 AM PDT by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: faucetman
The Afghans had written a 10-point declaration that outlined their anger after the March 20 Koran burning by Terry Jones, a pastor from Gainesville, Fla., who sparked an uproar last year by threatening to burn the Islamic holy book, but then backed off for a time after warnings from U.S. officials and others that his actions could provoke a violent response. Among the points on the declaration was that Afghanistan should sever all ties to the United States if Jones was not punished, according to protesters.
49 posted on 04/01/2011 11:40:50 AM PDT by MarMema (chains we can believe in)
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To: maine-iac7
BTW - regarding my posts #40-41 and Pigs parts This is why we can’t even send any sausage, pepperoni, etc to the troops - NO PORK PRODUCTS allowed in country.

Huh? Is this an Afghanistan thing?

Sausages and other pork items are regularly shipped to and received by Americans in Iraq and pork items (like those gross Vienna sausages) are also sold at the PX. Pepperoni and sausage are available on pizzas at the AAFES Pizza Huts as well as at Iraqi restaurants operating on base.

50 posted on 04/01/2011 2:41:27 PM PDT by Allegra (Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
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To: mewykwistmas

bump


51 posted on 04/01/2011 2:53:30 PM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php - It's only uncivil when someone on the right does it.- Laz)
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To: Allegra
Interesting.

When my grandson was in Afghanistan, friends and neighbors and the community ‘adopted’ his platoon and we sent over 100 boxes - and I was coordinating with others who did/do the same.

We were all told, emphatically - NO PORK PRODUCTS

(end of third paragraph)

http://www.fillmoregazette.com/front-page/care-packages-troops

52 posted on 04/01/2011 8:26:16 PM PDT by maine-iac7 ("We stand together or we fall apart" mt)
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