Waiting for the outrage
Old Trooper sends us news that Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) have desecrated a tomb of a Muslim saint in Timbuktu, Mali;
“Members of AQIM, supported by (the armed Islamist group) Ansar Dine, have destroyed the tomb of Saint Sidi (Mahmoud Ben) Amar. They set fire to the tomb,” the official told AFP on condition of anonymity, adding that they had pledged to destroy others too.
Timbuktu, a UNESCO World Heritage site and cradle of Islamic learning, has been under the control of AQIM and Ansar Dine since the groups took advantage of a March 22 coup to take control of northern Mali.
“They promised to destroy other tombs, Timbuktu is in shock. Now they want to take and control other tombs and manuscripts,” the official said.
So it doesn’t rise to the level of desecration like urinating on corpses, or accidentally burning a Koran, but I’m sure the Taliban and regular Joes in Afghanistan will begin rioting and and attacking al Qaeda any minute to protest this obvious slight against their religion. There will probably be piles of al-Qaeda operatives’ corpses in the streets when they get done.
Yeah, waiting here with unabated breath.
Category: Terror War
Me too! Let’s have a bbq and some beer while we wait. You in?
Waiting for the outrage? Keep waiting.
One reason however, is that the act wasn’t committed by our people, acting in our name. Your not going to get the same level of emotion regarding an act committed by a group that you already expect to commit atrocities.
I just wish the Commander in Chief would condemn this act, c’mom cowboy up.
It’s kinda like Tulsa OK – when the “enabled animals” kill each other, all is cool and kosher. The cops get to use to cop equipment and get OT.
Let someone from outside that “demographic group” kill a couple of them, all hell breaks loose with the Al & Jesse show coming to town to stir up shit. The Tallywhackers, Al Qaeda, and the average Joe camel driver are no different.
Frank, have no idea what you’re talking about.
More than likely, just like in Hampton Roads very recently, this isn’t getting reported to the Arab Street because the news-controllers are funding AQIM.
Or, as they are so fond of saying in Riyadh: NIMBY
DaveO:
North Tulsa is a war zone – blacks in gangs constantly killing each other – like Al Qaeda, the Tallywhackers and the regular “Joe” on the street are all Mooseslimes, Tulsa’s group is all black. Nothing is said when they off each other. The same goes for Sandland and its infestation.
A month or so ago, a couple of guys (one white) decided to go on a shooting spree, killing two and wounding five blacks. Nothing would have been said (apart from the normal mobilization of cop stuff) if that one lone white guy wasn’t involved. As it is, the incident provoked a visit by the Al and Jesse (shit-stirring) Show.
They can do what they want to each other but won’t tolerate an outsider helping them out.
Frank,
Okay. Tulsa is generally overlooked because its blacks were both descendents of slaves owned by Native Americans; and descendents of the survivors of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. IIRC, the blacks formerly enslaved by the Cherokee were kicked out of the nation, and aren’t eligible for tribal bennies anymore.
Regardless, the two men who went on a killing spree need to go through Due Process, and if found guilty, get Oklahoma justice, one drip at a time.
The big question for Tulsa: is Elizabeth Warren a card-carrying Cherokee? The nations take the card very, very seriously as there are monetary and legal benefits, as well as responsibility to the nation.
When something happens in North Tulsa, nothing happens.
It’s just another Nigga dead dead dead!
But, but, these are just Tuareg tribesmen fighting for their homeland! The burning must have been an accident. It has nothing to do with the Religion of Peace (TM), can’t be Al Q because the POTUS said that Al Q is gone! That’s what it says in the NYT so it must be true.
/sarc