News pics

[CoDer]

Hindi rally ang iginanti ng mga Shiite, patayan agad. 54 Iraqis na ang patay at 50 Sunni mosques ang inatake.

[theveed]

They've been protesting since it happened yesterday. Kapwa Iraquis din ang nagaaway dyan, Shiites Muslims vs. Suuni Muslims

Lotsa pics here...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/...ain/index.html

An iconic building, now gone...

[theveed]

Syempre US padin may kasalanan hehe..

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed the United States and
Israel on Thursday for the destruction of a Shiite shrine's golden dome in
Iraq, saying it was the work of "defeated Zionists and occupiers."



Speaking to a crowd of thousands on a tour of southwestern
Iran, the president referred to the destruction of the Askariya mosque dome in Samarra on Wednesday, which the Iraqi government has blamed on insurgents.

"They invade the shrine and bomb there because they oppose God and justice," Ahmadinejad said, alluding to the U.S.-led multinational forces in Iraq.

"These passive activities are the acts of a group of defeated Zionists and occupiers who intended to hit our emotions," he said in a speech that was broadcast on state television. Addressing the United States, he added: "You have to know that such an act will not save you from the anger of Muslim nations."

The bombing set off a string of sectarian attacks in Iraq in which militiamen attacked Sunni mosques and at least 19 people were killed. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing, but suspicion fell on Sunni extremist groups.

On Wednesday,
President Bush urged restraint among rival religious factions in Iraq and pledged American help to restore the shrine.

"The terrorists in Iraq have again proven that they are enemies of all faiths and of all humanity," the president said in a written statement. "The world must stand united against them, and steadfast behind the people of Iraq."

Arab leaders also condemned the attack Wednesday. The Askariya shrine contains the tombs of two revered Shiite imams descended from the Prophet Muhammad.

Jordan's King Abdullah II called the bombing "heinous." Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said it was aimed at "splitting Shiite and Sunni Muslims." And Kuwait's new emir, Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, said those who target holy places and kill innocent people "are as far as can be from the teachings of Islam."

But some Islamic clerics and the Lebanese Hezbollah organization blamed the United States.

"We cannot imagine that the Iraqi Sunnis did this," said the influential Sunni cleric Sheik Youssef al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian who lives in Qatar. "No one benefits from such acts other than the U.S. occupation and the lurking Zionist enemy."

Radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who cut short a visit to Lebanon after the blast, said blame must be laid either with the Americans or the Iraqi government.

"If responsibility is not in the hands of the Iraqi government, then I consider the responsibility for this event lies with the occupation forces which should either leave immediately or according to a timetable," al-Sadr said in
Syria on his way back to Iraq.

The Iraqi Interior Ministry said four men, one wearing a military uniform and three in black, entered the Askariya mosque early Wednesday and detonated two bombs, one of which collapsed the dome.

[theveed]

But this is even worse...

Nigeria religious riots kill 138

Thursday, February 23, 2006; Posted: 4:51 a.m. EST (09:51 GMT)

A man walks by a church that was burned Saturday during violent protests in Maiduguri, Nigeria.

ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) -- At least 138 Nigerians died in five days of rioting by Muslims and Christians across Africa's most populous nation, where uncertainty over the political future is exacerbating ethnic and religious tensions.

In mainly Christian Onitsha in the southeast, at least 85 people were killed in two days of mob violence, human rights group the Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) said on Thursday.

Christian youths rampaged through the streets attacking Muslims with cutlasses and setting fire to them with petrol to avenge the killing of at least 46 people, mostly Christians, by Muslim mobs in the north.

"Dead bodies were littered in various parts of Onitsha. We counted 60 on Tuesday and 25 on Wednesday," said Emeka Umeh, head of CLO in Anambra state, where Onitsha is located.

"The majority of victims were Hausas but some Ibos were killed too," Umeh said. He gave a detailed breakdown of numbers of bodies sighted in specific areas.

The Hausa are the main ethnic group in northern Nigeria and most of them are Muslims, while the Ibo are the dominant tribe in the southeast and they are almost all Christians.

The Anambra police commissioner declined to give a death toll, but he said about 11,000 people, mostly Hausas, had fled their homes and were camping in army barracks or police stations, too frightened to venture out.

Nigeria's 140 million people are split roughly equally between Muslims in the north and Christians in the south, though sizeable religious and ethnic minorities live in both regions.

Thousands of people have been killed in religious violence since the restoration of democracy in 1999, and killings in one part of the country often trigger reprisals elsewhere.

The killings in Onitsha started when news emerged of Ibo deaths in the north. On Wednesday the tit-for-tat violence spread to Enugu, another Ibo city in the southeast, where seven people were killed.

In Onitsha, Ibo mobs torched mosques and shanty towns where Hausas lived, while thousands of looters invaded Hausa markets.

Sectarian violence in Nigeria often has roots in politics as leaders manipulate religious sentiment to bolster their power bases. Religious and secular leaders have linked this week's violence in three northern cities to rising political tensions.

In Maiduguri and Bauchi, the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad and an alleged blasphemy started the trouble. In Katsina the trigger was a constitutional review which is controversial because many see it as an attempt to keep President Olusegun Obasanjo in power longer.

Under the constitution, Obasanjo cannot seek a third term in 2007 elections and he says he will uphold the charter. But he has declined to comment on a powerful lobby to amend the constitution to allow him to stay.

The idea of a third term is unpopular with a wide range of interest groups across Nigeria. In the north, most people feel the presidency should go to a Muslim northerner in 2007 after eight years of Obasanjo, a Christian from the southwest.

Maiduguri and Katsina are both hosting public hearings on constitutional reform this week which many Nigerians believe are geared towards furthering the so-called third term agenda.

The third term campaign is also unpopular in the south, the heart of Nigeria's oil industry, because ethnic Ijaw groups want the presidency for themselves.

Ijaw militants have taken nine foreigners hostage and staged a devastating string of attacks against the world's eighth largest oil exporter, cutting output by a fifth.

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[CoDer]

All because of religion.

[StraightSix]

Syempre US padin may kasalanan hehe..

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed the United States and
Israel on Thursday for the destruction of a Shiite shrine's golden dome in
Iraq, saying it was the work of "defeated Zionists and occupiers."

What I meant was the apparent lack of mass reaction among Iranians, hehe. Of course, there's already infighting among Iraqis, but Iran being mostly Shiite, I was kinda expecting a lot worse reaction over this than from the cartoon issue. So far, puro statement lang ng mga leader.

At syempre, it's America's fault ... pati yung pag-dinamita ng Taleban sa Buddhist statues at yung landslide sa Leyte, kasalanan ng Amerikano

Grabe din yang patayan sa Nigeria. Matagal na yan, di ba?

[Flagg]

But this is even worse...

Nigeria religious riots kill 138

Sectarian violence in Nigeria often has roots in politics as leaders manipulate religious sentiment to bolster their power bases. Religious and secular leaders have linked this week's violence in three northern cities to rising political tensions.

Hindi po religion sir coder, as you can see, ginawang tool lang religion used by a$$hole politicians.

[Flagg]

try looking at the big picture.

In the old times, man used religion to strengthen group cohesion. Strong group cohesion is vital for survival for a certain group. As human civilization progress, we find ourselves dependent on every other group. With this realization we find religion is causing more division than any other type of survival tool. Divisions which is not necessary for survival. Somehow some of these groups have set aside religion and allowed some groups to work to reach a common goal. Working for a common goal as we now realize is the key to survival.

Religion is not needed anymore to survive. Working for a common goal is.

Sir City, diba Hitler tried that? Bawal religion sa 3rd Reich noon. Look what happened. Tsk tsk.

[StraightSix]

Hitler and the Nazis were anti-semitic ... pero hindi pinagbawal ang Christianity. Hitler was raised as a catholic by her mother. He tried to unite the different churches in Germany to his own brand of Christianity to fight his war against the Jews and communists. He used Christianity to bolster support and legitimize Nazism - and got it.

In 1998, the Vatican issued an apology to all Jews for the church's role (or lack of it) in the holocaust during WWII. Half a century late, if you ask me.

[theveed]

Not pics,

but a vid....

Recruitment of Suicide Bombers

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/77376/...es_war_on_usa/

[Flagg]

Hitler and the Nazis were anti-semitic ... pero hindi pinagbawal ang Christianity. Hitler was raised as a catholic by her mother. He tried to unite the different churches in Germany to his own brand of Christianity to fight his war against the Jews and communists. He used Christianity to bolster support and legitimize Nazism - and got it.

In 1998, the Vatican issued an apology to all Jews for the church's role (or lack of it) in the holocaust during WWII. Half a century late, if you ask me.

I think only Bavaria was sizably catholic noon (sabagay, that's where he joined up th Nazis). I remember na he started rounding up the priests a little after the Jews. Question lang po, did Hitler ever mention na he was mandated by God to do all his great deeds? Or was it always he was great dahil Aryan sya (kahit di sya blonde, blue-eyed, or tall weeweewee)? (curious lang po ha? di ko alam e)

[StraightSix]

Question lang po, did Hitler ever mention na he was mandated by God to do all his great deeds?

I'm not aware if he ever claimed a mandate from God but he did claim to work for God. One excerpt among many ... "Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord." (Mein Kampf)

It's understandable to assume that he claimed a mandate from God. A person with that ego and power is inclined to Anyway, I hope he's enjoying hell's eternal flames.

[CoDer]

Not pics,

but a vid....

Recruitment of Suicide Bombers

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/77376/...es_war_on_usa/

Hehehe.. these iranian recruits are proud to become a suicide bombers.

[Steeljack]

A Los Angeles County sheriff inspects the wreckage of a rare Ferrari Enzo that crashed on the Pacific Coast Highway Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006, in Malibu, Calif. The red Ferrari, estimated to be worth more than $1 million, was going at least 100 mph when the driver lost control and struck a power pole, investigators said. Sheriff's investigators identified the owner as Stefan Ericksson, 44, of Bel Air, who escaped the wreck with only a cut lip. (AP Photo/Hanz Laetz)

sayang yung Enzo, pero take note of the driver's injury...

[StraightSix]

Has it been confirmed that Ericksson was the driver? I read he alleged that his German friend was the one driving the car, though his claim smells like BS.

[AG4]

Not too long ago, I did a search on crashed Ferraris, almost all mid-engine Ferraris split into two!!!

[Steeljack]

maybe its a safety feature by Ferrari so in the event of a crash, the engine will break away and not ram into the cockpit

[Steeljack]

An Iraqi policeman inspects a damaged armored SUV of an unidentified security convoy after the explosion of a car bomb, near the Green Zone, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 13, 2006. Police found four hanged men dangling from electricity pylons in a Baghdad Shiite slum Monday. Bomb blasts in Baghdad and north of the capital many of them targeting Iraqi police patrols killed at least 11 more people and wounded more than 40, police said. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

[Steeljack]

NUREMBERG, GERMANY - JUNE 15: An England football supporter relaxes by his motorhome, behind bath towels depicting Captain David Beckham and an England team crest on June 15, 2006 in Nuremberg, Germany. England will face Trinidad and Tobago in their second group stage match in Nuremberg today. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)