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Sidi Bouzid runs dry after Salafists destroy last remaining bar
afp ^ | 06/09/2012

Posted on 09/06/2012 3:01:21 PM PDT by george76

Tunisia’s western city of Sidi Bouzid is now dry...

Chanting “al-Charab haram” (“alcohol is sin”), dozens of Salafists burst into Sidi Bouzid’s Horchani hotel on Monday, September 3. The throng of men quickly homed in on the hotel’s liquor stock, seizing bottles of alcohol and throwing them against the walls or smashing them on the floor.

The incident comes around four months after the city’s Salafist community first launched a war against alcohol consumption, pressuring or intimidating several bars into shutting down. Those who tried to resist saw their businesses come under attack, much like the Horchani hotel.

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I never thought about closing my bar – except during Ramadan – specifically because the government had assured me that my bar and I would be safe. The governor and the police chief encouraged me to stay open, saying that they would ensure my security and that of the bar. When I filed a complaint the first time, they told me Islamists would not attack me because I had a license and because the hotel is far from the city centre. I’m actually based near the entrance to Sidi Bouzid, which is not at all residential. I thought I would be spared...

I feel like the police and the government have completely abandoned me. Yesterday, we called the police as soon as the Salafists broke into the hotel. They were there for more than 30 minutes, destroying everything, and the police only arrived after they had left.

I am seriously considering paying for a private security company, like in Iraq, to protect my establishment. If the authorities can no longer guarantee our safety, we will all eventually be forced to hire private security to defend ourselves.

(Excerpt) Read more at observers.france24.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 0bamasfault; 20120903; arabspring; arabsprung; humanrights; islam; northafrica; obamasfault; prohibition; propertyrights; ramadan; salafists; shariah; tunisia

1 posted on 09/06/2012 3:01:28 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76
"al-Charab"

And here I thought it was "al-Cohol".

2 posted on 09/06/2012 3:06:07 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: george76

"They took the bar....the whole f'ing bar!"

3 posted on 09/06/2012 3:08:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (I'm voting for Ryan and that other guy.)
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To: george76

Something tells me that if they are going to ever allow the free sale of liquor again, the restoration of this owner’s rights will be a great deal more bloody than the 21st amendment was...


4 posted on 09/06/2012 3:12:29 PM PDT by C210N ("ask not what the candidate can do for you, ask what you can do for the candidate" (Breitbart, 2012))
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To: george76

Two stepping...


5 posted on 09/06/2012 3:13:34 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: george76
The horror ....
6 posted on 09/06/2012 3:16:03 PM PDT by tumblindice (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Carthego delenda est

“Islam delenda est!”

Bloody savages!!


7 posted on 09/06/2012 3:16:28 PM PDT by elcid1970 (Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind. Deus vult!)
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To: dfwgator
Awesome.
8 posted on 09/06/2012 3:18:03 PM PDT by RichInOC (...Phi Kappa Sigma, Beta Rho '87...[glugglugglugglugglugglugglugglug!] "Thanks, I needed that.")
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To: george76

Just another story of muslim pigs being muslim pigs...


9 posted on 09/06/2012 3:25:12 PM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (OWS = The Great American Snivel War)
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To: george76

>the government had assured me that my bar and I would be safe.

You pay yer money you take yer chances with that muzlim lifestyle. Life is cheap in jihadiville.


10 posted on 09/06/2012 3:29:42 PM PDT by soycd
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To: elcid1970
“Islam delenda est!”

Interesting that Carthage, of "Carthago delenda est!" (from your quote) is only a few miles from this squalid Hellhole. And Kasserine Pass, too, a place where many Ameircans lie buried under Crosses and Stars of David. Are their graves next?

11 posted on 09/06/2012 3:30:27 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: Alas Babylon!

In 1942 Gen. Patton placed guards on the soldier graves of Kasserine. In 1969 the new Libyan dictator Gaddafi threatened to dig up the graves of Italian WWII dead. His successors are now desecrating the graves of British soldiers.

Yes, the Kasserine graves may be next. Yes, the Muslims who infest once-Christian North Africa are moral savages.


12 posted on 09/06/2012 5:50:12 PM PDT by elcid1970 (Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind. Deus vult!)
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