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Thread #154376   Message #3625219
Posted By: Jim Carroll
10-May-14 - 06:57 AM
Thread Name: BS: Islamic radicalism . . .
Subject: RE: BS: Islamic radicalism . . .
When are these morons going to come to terms with the fact that in the mann, these are not religious conflicts, but disputes over territory and political power, and atrocities are not confined to one side - all wars take place with claims of "God on our side"
"Many of the attacks by the anti-balaka involved shocking brutality: a Muslim nomadic cattle herder told Human Rights Watch she was forced to watch as anti-balaka fighters cut the throats of her three-year-old son, two boys, ages 10 and 14, and an adult relative – all the Muslim males in the cattle camp. A man tearfully described escaping from anti-balaka attackers, only to watch in horror from a hiding place as they proceeded to cut the throats of his two wives, his 10 children and a grandchild, as well as other Muslims they had captured.
A Muslim woman told Human Rights Watch that she was outside cooking at 5 a.m. when the anti-balaka came and attacked their home: "They began to cut my husband with their machetes on his side and his back, and cut his throat. After they killed him, they set our house on fire, and threw his body on the fire, together with my son's. They ordered my 13-year-old boy to come outside and lie down, and then cut him two times with a machete and killed him."
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

38,000 Muslim civilians were slaughtered by Christians in former Yugoslavia.
These are wars for territory and influence - religion is a flag some of them fly under, and, as in all wars, they are as bad as one another.
Syria is a disgusting example of what happens when nothing is done by the "civilised" nations (sic) - it was a war against Assad's atrocities (backed by UK and American support) and remains exactly the same - those now opposing Assad making up for Western inaction.
It is not surprising that Britain voted against intervention against their old ally and trading partner.
Jim Carroll