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| Africa: East |
| Kenyan Muslims protest US aid camps |
| 2003-12-12 |
| Hundreds of protesters in north-east Kenya have taken part in a demonstration against a free medical camp being run by American marines. Some of the protesters, most of whom were ethnic Somalis, threw stones at the hotel housing the Americans in the town of Garissa. BBC reporter Bashkash Jugsuday in Garrisa says several people were injured when Kenyan police repulsed the protestors. Mr Jugsuday said that Islamic religious leaders are opposed to the free medical camp. However, many residents have turned up for treatment since it was opened to the public three days ago. The protestors set road blocks on fire as they engaged policemen in running battles. |
| Posted by:TS |
| #15 NMM - LMAO, that's my kind of pragmaticism. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2003-12-12 8:50:57 PM |
| #14 Which does make one wonder--why do we even care? I just hope we open abortion clinics there so we don't have to deal with the human turds coming outta their wombs |
| Posted by: NotMikeMoore 2003-12-12 8:35:24 PM |
| #13 A small detachment of Marines on a humanitarian mission shows up in town, and the locals react like it was D-Day and Desert Storm rolled into one. "Nobody panic! Nobody panic! We ain't scared of no Marines, are we? ... OK, we are." Oderint dum metuant. |
| Posted by: Matt 2003-12-12 8:04:42 PM |
| #12 Tough call, really - either a) get modern medical treatment or b) shake a hand, lose your Johnson. What's a Muslim to do? |
| Posted by: Raj 2003-12-12 5:49:28 PM |
| #11 Sorry, #10 was I. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-12-12 5:40:25 PM |
| #10 The BBC reserves anti-US news space like some companies reserve space on air freighters. It is always there so might as well fill it up. Certain Muslims or Islamists whine about Christian or rather Infidel charities in Muslim lands because they see it as competition. I say, keep "competing." It gets their turbans in a twist, and that is at least an innocent source of merriment. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-12-12 5:35:40 PM |
| #9 Honestly, I don't think it had anything to do with the presence of weapons. Fer crissake, in some of these shitholes an RPG is nearly a marital aid! No, I think it had MUCH more to do with Muslim griping about Christian charities. Yes, I realize it was run by Marines, but, dammit, the Islamists have been calling every American "Crusaders", and I really doubt the rioters took the time to consider separation of church and state. I'm pretty sure there have been stories here on Rantburg detailing the whines over Christian charities in Muslim lands. The Islamists don't like it, and have no doubt been spreading all sorts of lies about them. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-12-12 5:06:07 PM |
| #8 To hell with these subhumans, let them go back to the witch doctor to cure what ails em. |
| Posted by: wills 2003-12-12 5:03:43 PM |
| #7 By being so crass as to be armed, these thoughtless imperialists are denying the inherent right of the "citizens" in all African cultures and countries (especially if the natives be Mooslims) to loot the place and make an honest buck. Damned shameful, methinks. |
| Posted by: ,comma 2003-12-12 4:57:19 PM |
| #6 Yep, military people do have a tendency to be armed a lot of the time... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-12 4:55:18 PM |
| #5 Of course they're armed. They're FREAKING MARINES for Christ's sake. |
| Posted by: Cheddarhead 2003-12-12 4:52:58 PM |
| #4 Here's what I take to be a related article: http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=6416 Apparently, the complaint is that the Marines (all 49 of them) are armed, thereby scaring away potential patients. |
| Posted by: Matt 2003-12-12 4:36:23 PM |
| #3 The American warmongeres dare to suck the Kenyan people in with their evil tentacles. We don't need no stinkin' meds. |
| Posted by: Glenn 2003-12-12 4:33:23 PM |
| #2 OK. So the BBC has the space on its website for an anti-American protest in all-important Garissa, Kenya, but no space for an anti-terrorist demonstration in downtown Baghdad? |
| Posted by: Matt 2003-12-12 4:29:42 PM |
| #1 Sounds to me like these "protesters" don't like the free ice cream. That's gratitude for ya, no doubt.... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-12-12 4:28:48 PM |