Muslims, mad again

[Churchill]

"If you don't want to see what happened in Libya and Egypt after the video — maybe not so strong here in America — you shouldn't put this up," Yasar said.

lol.

good luck buddy. fucking target practice

[ronin sparthos]

Thing I don't really understand is the obsession with people about Israel.

God's chosen people, guilt for the past, divine punishment should Israel fall, fulfillment of prophecy, Jews wield significant power in the US etc.

[Weeks]

Muslims done fucked up, feeling the backlash.

[Pirian]

That'll show them!

[BaneTheBrawler]

No link to the "Our conservatives are assholes" protests going on in Libya? I am disappoint.

[quannum]

Thing I don't really understand is the obsession with people about Israel.

allies of israel get a golden ticket to the wonka factory in the sky

[Kerberoz]

So 80% of them will meet horrifying ends at the hands of clown-faced midgets?

[Shuvo]

Earlier today 30,000 Libyans were protesting against the millitas that did the attack on the embassy.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-...s-after-attack

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Hundreds of protesters stormed the compound of one of Libya's strongest armed Islamic extremist groups Friday, evicting militiamen and setting fire to their building as the attack that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans sparked a public backlash against armed groups that run rampant in the country and defy the country's new, post-Moammar Gadhafi leadership.

Armed men at the administrative center for the Ansar al-Shariah militia, suspected to have led the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Benghazi consulate, first fired in the air to disperse the crowd, but eventually withdrew from the site with their weapons and vehicles after it was surrounded by waves of protesters shouting "No to militias."

"I don't want to see armed men wearing Afghani-style clothes stopping me in the street to give me orders, I only want to see people in uniform," said Omar Mohammed, a university student who took part in the takeover, which protesters said was done in support of the army and police.

No deaths were reported in the incident, which came after tens of thousands marched in Benghazi in a rally against armed militias. A vehicle was also burned at the compound, which was taken over by Libyan security forces after its occupants fled.

For many Libyans, last week's attack on the U.S. Consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi was the last straw with one of the biggest problems Libya has faced since Gadhafi's ouster and death around a year ago — the multiple mini-armies that with their arsenals of machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades are stronger than the regular armed forces and police.

The militias, a legacy of the rag-tag popular forces that fought Gadhafi's regime, tout themselves as protectors of Libya's revolution, providing security where police cannot. But many say they act like gangs, detaining and intimidating rivals and carrying out killings. Militias made up of Islamic radicals are notorious for attacks on Muslims who don't abide by their hardline ideology. Officials and witnesses say fighters from Ansar al-Shariah led the attack on the U.S. consulate.

Some 30,000 people filled a broad boulevard as they marched along a lake in central Benghazi on Friday to the gates of the headquarters of Ansar al-Shariah.

"No, no, to militias," the crowd chanted, filling a broad boulevard. They carried banners and signs demanding that militias disband and that the government build up police to take their place in keeping security. "Benghazi is in a trap," signs read. "Where is the army, where is the police?"

Other signs mourned the killing of U.S. Amb. Chris Stevens, reading, "The ambassador was Libya's friend" and "Libya lost a friend." Military helicopters and fighter jets flew overhead, and police mingled in the crowd, buoyed by the support of the protesters.

Several thousand Ansar al-Shariah supporters lined up in front of their headquarters in the face of the crowd, waving black and white banners. There were some small scuffles, but mostly the two sides mingled and held discussions in the square.

The march was the biggest seen in Benghazi, Libya's second largest city and home to 1 million people, since the fall of Gadhafi in August 2011. The unprecedented public backlash comes in part in frustration with the interim government, which has been unable to rein in the armed factions. Many say that officials' attempts to co-opt fighters by paying them have only fueled the growth of militias without bringing them under state control or integrating them into the regular forces.

Residents of another main eastern city, Darna, have also begun to stand up against Ansar al-Shariah and other militias.

The anti-militia fervor in Darna is notable because the city, in the mountains along the Mediterranean coast north of Benghazi, has long had a reputation as a stronghold for Islamic extremists. During the Gadhafi era, it was the hotbed of a deadly Islamist insurgency against his regime. A significant number of the Libyan jihadists who travelled to Afghanistan and Iraq during recent wars came from Darna. During the revolt against him last year, Gadhafi's regime warned that Darna would declare itself an Islamic Emirate and ally itself with al-Qaida.

But now, the residents are lashing out against Ansar al-Shariah, the main Islamic extremist group in the city.

"The killing of the ambassador blew up the situation. It was disastrous," said Ayoub al-Shedwi, a young bearded Muslim preacher in Darna who says he has received multiple death threats because has spoken out against militias on a radio show he hosts. "We felt that the revolution is going in vain

Also. Why the hell is America still sending billions every year to Pakistan? They've proven themselves over and over again to be unreliable as allies. They should just try and switch to India, who makes much more sense. They'll get the same regional influence on the ME / China, not to mention India is an actual secular democracy so it makes way more sense as an ally.

[Xno Kappa]

Port Qasim provides a direct route to supply FOB's in Afghanistan. A task force is currently setup right now to cut out the Pakistani middle men with legislation being put in place to redo how the military grants contracts to local nationals. It's all set to take effect in FY' 13, basically next week.

[shepardG]

What hiro said, but also, to potentially prevent any sort of shitty nuclear scenario also.

[Xno Kappa]

To add on that, India shares no direct border with Afghanistan without going through disputed territory with Pakistan/China. So yeah, it's just not a feasibly plausible scenario.

[ringthree]

Earlier today 30,000 Libyans were protesting against the millitas that did the attack on the embassy.

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-...s-after-attack



Also. Why the hell is America still sending billions every year to Pakistan? They've proven themselves over and over again to be unreliable as allies. They should just try and switch to India, who makes much more sense. They'll get the same regional influence on the ME / China, not to mention India is an actual secular democracy so it makes way more sense as an ally.

Enemy of enemy = friend, etc. Need Pakistan for access to Afghanistan basically.

Also, the Libyan protesters killed the Islamic militia out of their base and burned it down. I don't know about other countries, but at least in Libya there seem to be some decent people.

[Outlaw]

A Pakistani government minister on Saturday announced a $100,000 bounty for the killing of the person who produced an online film that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad.

Federal Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahmed Bilour also asked the Taliban and al-Qaida to extend support to the would-be killer.

Speaking at a press conference at the Peshawar Press Club, the federal minister said whoever is responsible for blasphemy deserves death.

"The American who produced the sacrilegious film in the U.S. is also liable to death and we will shower dollars on the one who killed the blasphemer. If members of the banned militant organizations kill the maker of the blasphemous movie, they will also be rewarded," Bilour announced.

He called for legislation to have the anti-blasphemy law at the global level so that no one could hurt the religious emotions of the Muslims in the name of the freedom of expression.

He said the situation would remain tense until anti-blasphemy law was enacted at the world level.

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2...mmad-film?lite

[Ksandra]

So dumb. This is the idiocy about the middle east. We fund them money, and even the government thinks they can just push our buttons. No sense.

[kuronosan]

Okay, I was hoping that was an onion article.

Seriously. Fuck them.

[Patriarch]

Okay, I was hoping that was an onion article.

Seriously. Fuck them.

Agreeing on the Fuck Them.

[Helm]

I was under the impression that at least the call for his execution was only done by Bilour and that several officials from the party he belongs to have made public statements against him. So I think "fuck them" should just be a "fuck him" unless you really just feel like throwing a wide net for the hell of it.

[BaneTheBrawler]

World's most wanted criminal found living down the block from their premier military academy; Government officials call for the assassination of their allies citizens. Gonna go with "Fuck them" until they get a government capable of acting out its own policies.

[Helm]

There are certainly other reasons to spread several big "fuck you's" around, but that person (singular) doing something a number of their other officials think is ridiculous isn't one of them.

[Churchill]

I think it's funny that because one guy said it you assume the rest of the government doesn't agree.

That said, I wonder if they'd pay me.