Iraqis seek aid without crosses

[wmburdette]

Story in this mornings Times:

The president of the Iraqi Red Crescent has urged the International Committee of the Red Cross to stop sending aid marked with red crosses after the internationally protected symbol almost cost four staffers their lives.
Two truck drivers and two volunteers were delivering water and medicine to the city of Haditha four weeks ago when they were captured by insurgents, said Said Hakki, a neurology professor who returned from Florida last year to take charge of Iraqi relief operations.
"They were seized by a terrorist group who threatened to behead them because they thought the crosses on the water and food containers meant the men were Christian missionaries," said Mr. Hakki, who made his plea during a visit last week to ICRC headquarters in Geneva.

This must be that Religion of Peace I keep hearing so much about. It's so much more civilized to saw off someone's head while they are screaming that to tolerate the existence of FREE water and FREE food with an "Internationally Protected" symbol on it.

[rack'm]

They need to just Nuke the whole region and be done with it.

[wmburdette]

Originally Posted by rack'm

They need to just Nuke the whole region and be done with it.

Using that area as a nuke testing zone would certainly save a whole lot of money currently being spent on the National Labs to try to simulate the results on computers!

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by wmburdette

This must be that Religion of Peace I keep hearing so much about.

Wait a minute - that's not fair. It's the terrorists that are doing this, not the normal Iraqis. Let's not paint them all with the fanatic brush just because of the extreme branch of their religion.

[rack'm]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

Wait a minute - that's not fair. It's the terrorists that are doing this, not the normal Iraqis. Let's not paint them all with the fanatic brush just because of the extreme branch of their religion.

Let Allah sort them out.

[wmburdette]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

Wait a minute - that's not fair. It's the terrorists that are doing this, not the normal Iraqis. Let's not paint them all with the fanatic brush just because of the extreme branch of their religion.

Deep down I want to think that should be the right way to look at it but until I hear everyday Islamists denouncing the extremists and the Mosques (or some other organizational unit) expelling these people I can't help but think that they are condoning that action.

[2ndAmendment]

Hello.

Qur'an
[2.191] And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in it, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers.

Anyone who is not a Muslim is an unbeliever.

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by 2ndAmendment

Hello.
Anyone who is not a Muslim is an unbeliever.

There are passages like that in the OT as well.

[Bustem' Down]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

Wait a minute - that's not fair. It's the terrorists that are doing this, not the normal Iraqis. Let's not paint them all with the fanatic brush just because of the extreme branch of their religion.

Thank you Vrai, I was hoping someone would point that out.

[Bustem' Down]

Originally Posted by 2ndAmendment

Hello.
Anyone who is not a Muslim is an unbeliever.

Anyone who is not a Christian is an unbeliever too. Are you saying we should ostricize all the muslim men and women serving in our military because of thier faith?