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| Militants bomb Gaza YMCA library |
| 2008-02-15 |
| Gunmen have attacked the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Gaza City and blown up its library, burning thousands of books, its director says. Eissa Saba said 14 men overpowered the centre's two security guards before placing bombs in the library and main office. The latter did not explode. The YMCA in Gaza City is open to Palestinians from all communities. Gaza, which is controlled by the Islamist group Hamas, is home to 3,500 Christians, mostly Greek Orthodox. Some have spoken of intimidation, but correspondents say Hamas itself has not shown hostility towards Christians since it ousted its Fatah party rivals from the territory in June. Mr Saba said it was too soon to speculate about who had been behind the attack on the YMCA. There has so far been no claim of responsibility. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #10 I lost my virginity at a YMCA (at least 100 times). |
| Posted by: IP 727 2008-02-15 21:57 |
| #9 blown up its library, burning thousands of books "If it accords with the Quran it is unnecessary and can be burned. If it doesn't accord with the Quran it is heresy and must be burned." |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-02-15 15:11 |
| #8 Must have been the Village People then! And how would any "We'll pimp our grandmother for access" correspondents know hostility toward Christians? Have they ever interviewed any without their Ham-ass minders around? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-02-15 14:58 |
| #7 They were singing as the bombs went off: "It's fun to slay at the Y-M-C-A! It's fun to slay at the Y-M-C-A! . . ." |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-02-15 14:30 |
| #6 Rambo in DVDs only primus -- quintus decimus I thru XV ******************************************* Gaza City residents discovered that Sly Stone wasn't a Paleo and that his movie series only went up to Rambo IV. |
| Posted by: RD 2008-02-15 12:50 |
| #5 Tom Cruise and the ghost of Elron. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2008-02-15 10:26 |
| #4 Knights of Columbus, no doubt |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-02-15 10:23 |
| #3 I'm just amazed that there still is a YMCA in Gaza. "too soon to speculate about who had been behind the attack" I speculate that it wasn't Opus Dei. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-02-15 10:16 |
| #2 ...but not the kurans, Frank. That would be nasty. Looks like yet another overreaction by our knee-jerk media, after all: 1) If what the books say agrees with kuran, then they are redundant & unnecessary. 2) If they contradict the kuran, then they are heretical & deserve to be burnt. Who are we to criticize, when thousands of books are burnt every day, by capitalist publishing companies who would rather burn surplus than give them away? |
| Posted by: Admiral Allan Ackbar 2008-02-15 09:48 |
| #1 "books and learnin' is fer infidels! Burn it!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-02-15 09:31 |