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Gee, that didn't take long. (AFP, of course)
Cairenes (pretty!) seethe at Islamist claim to horror killingsEgyptians slammed the killing of their country's top envoy to Iraq and "The killing of innocents saddens me and I squarely reject that it was done in the name of Islam. The perpetrators are not true Muslims," said Mustafa Ali, a 45-year-old accountant in central Cairo. That's low-hanging fruit. It gets better. "The killing of innocents saddens me and I squarely reject that it was done in the name of Islam. The perpetrators are not true Muslims," said Mustafa Ali, a 45-year-old accountant in central Cairo. As the saying goes, "But..." "Only through education and the media can we rectify our tarnished image as Muslims and the West should be more tolerant," said Ali's wife Ummayma. "Western powers and countries backed by the West such as Russia ! and Israel go on killing innocent civilians too whether they be Iraqis, Palestinians or Chechens," she added. Ahmed Saber, who was smoking a water-pipe at a downtown coffee shop with friends, said that Thursday's killings were inevitable. "There is a war going on between Muslims and Christians and people use the weapon they can," offered the 36-year-old ophthalmologist. "It doesn't mean that I personally agree with what is going on or that people in the West agree with the killings in Israel and Iraq but wars are bloody and innocents are bound to die," he added. "But it's not a war of religions, it's an imperial war. The West is strong and wants Arab land and oil, then it devises words such as 'terrorism'. Al-Qaeda talks of 'crusaders' and 'Islamic supremacy'" Saber also said. "They have helicopters, tanks and missiles. We use more primitive means because that's all we have. It's nasty, it's a war," said Mahmoud Said, 35, sipping a cup of tea. Damn. I (wipes tear) ... I feel guilty already. This was all OUR FAULT! Posted by: Jort Snaiter9204 2005-07-07 |
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