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India-Pakistan
Islamists damage giant rock Buddha
2007-10-15
I seem to recall the Talibunnies blowing up the Bamiyan Buddhas in early 2001. I seem to recall what happened a few months later. History repeating itself?
Islamist radicals in Pakistan have attempted to destroy an ancient carving of Buddha by drilling holes in the rock and filling them with dynamite. The Buddha, in the Swat district of north-west Pakistan, is thought to date from the seventh century AD and was considered the largest in Asia, after the two Bamiyan Buddhas.

The 23ft high image was damaged during the attack, which brought back memories of the Taliban's destruction six years ago of the giant Buddhas at Bamiyan, in neighbouring Afghanistan. The explosion on Monday night damaged the upper part of the rock.

Pakistani troops have stepped up recent operations against militants in the fertile Swat valley, where thousands of locals are in thrall to Mullah Fazlullah, a rabble-rousing cleric who has called for suicide attacks and holy war. Fazlullah's men have continued to wage an offensive against what they deem 'un-Islamic' activity, last week blowing up dozens of music, video and cosmetics stalls at a market.
Posted by:Steve White

#13  Please.... NOT Lufthansa!
Posted by: Besoeker   2007-10-15 15:43  

#12  A while back somebody posted a graphic of the kabah with scenes from the Simpsons being projected on its sides. That'd be the ultimate poetic justice: Get 'em all following the teachings of Homer Simpson.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2007-10-15 15:31  

#11  They have the intolerance of the Democratic-led US Senate.
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2007-10-15 12:50  

#10  Mebbe so, but try and tell me that the above picture doesn't convey a deeply gratifying sense of poetic justice.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-10-15 12:05  

#9  We don't need suicide pilots though. We got ballistic missiles.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2007-10-15 11:59  

#8  Zen, is this your work?

No, but speaking of certain rocks and courtesy of A5089, this is:

Posted by: Zenster   2007-10-15 11:00  

#7  So the next Mohammed cartoon should depict the Prophet (piss be upon him) putting a stick of dynamite into the hole they drilled into the Bhudda statue. Tit for tat, ya frickin' rag heads. Makes me wish I was a cartoonist.
Posted by: treo   2007-10-15 10:15  

#6  The islamists better watch out for the disenchanted buddhist suicide bombers.
Posted by: Ol Dirty American   2007-10-15 09:33  

#5  Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Shins1195   2007-10-15 08:43  

#4  A scourge, they're a frickin scourge.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2007-10-15 06:57  

#3  This needs to happen to their kabah.

Go check out the link. Someone has requested that the image be deleted. Zen, is this your work? :-)
Posted by: gorb   2007-10-15 02:00  

#2  
Posted by: Zenster   2007-10-15 00:40  

#1  That sign of the intolerant shows you just where they are.
Posted by: newc   2007-10-15 00:03  

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