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| Afghanistan |
| First Car Swarms now miraculous shaheed graves! **spit! |
| 2008-01-20 |
| At Kandahar's Arab cemetery, victims of the US "war on terror" are revered by many as shaheed (martyrs) and their graves are believed to possess miraculous powers. Each day, hundreds of sick people visit the graves of more than 70 Arab and other foreign fighters and their family members who were killed in US bombing in the southern Afghan city in late 2001. Soon after their burial, a cult developed around them and the graves became centres of pilgrimage for many in the area. People started seeing them as miracle workers, healers and intercessors for others before God. Six years after US-led troops ousted the Taleban, devotion to these "foreign guests" is still alive. "Most of the visitors are sick people seeking blessings from the dead while others come hoping their social or financial problems will end," says Sangeena, a woman in her 50s who lives nearby and looks after the graves. For the past several years, Sangeena has come to the cemetery every day. "They are martyrs and it is my duty to serve them." |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #7 Booby traps. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-01-20 19:56 |
| #6 Self curing problem, Graves (However "Holy") cannot cure anyone, let them visit, and die. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-01-20 12:34 |
| #5 If your prophet is Arab, the 'angel' who gave him your holy book spoke in Arabic, your holy places are in Arabia, you dress like an Arab, you are obliged to visit Arabia on pilgrimage, your customs are Arab customs etc, is it so strange to think that Arabs are superior to yourself? What to us are just the dump sites for the rotting carcasses of unlawful combatants and terrorists, becomes a sacred site for them. The resting place of the master race. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-01-20 11:12 |
| #4 Or they could use the same stuff we're using to kill the Iranian scientist without a trace. |
| Posted by: Fly Ash Liberation Army 2008-01-20 10:52 |
| #3 Better solution: spray the graves with a heavy dose of dioxin. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-01-20 09:05 |
| #2 deserving of the dog peeing on the gravestone graphic, but that's just mho. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-20 04:45 |
| #1 Find out who these people are. Follow them. Also, it looks like someone is trying to influence people who are at weak points in their lives to believe in these a-holes. A common tactic of Muzzies. Find these folks and make them disappear. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-01-20 03:38 |