Monday, May 26, 2003

2 U.S. Soldiers Killed, 4 Wounded in Iraq [AP World News] Gunmen ambushed a U.S. military convoy in northern Iraq (news - web sites) on Monday, killing an American soldier and wounding another. Separately, another U.S. soldier was killed and three were injured when a Humvee ran over a land mine in an apparent attack, the military said. It was one of the most violent days for U.S. troops since the war ended last month. Here's a clue for ignorant reporters: if fighting is still going on, the war isn't over. Just because you read that it was in a government press release doesn't make it so. 7:39:37 PM    comment () in case you hadn't noticed this story. Half a Million Moroccans march against terrorism: Hundreds of thousands of Moroccans brandishing portraits of their king and of victims of a series of suicide bombings marched through Casablanca on Sunday to say "no to terrorism." ... estimated by the Interior Ministry at 500,000. I guess Muslims aren't such a monolith after all. See also this. In fact, Muslims have been speaking up for a long time. [Al-Muhajabah's Islamic Blogs] No doubt the Crusaders who want to promote hatred of Muslims will ignore this story. It's pretty impressive, though--500,000 people would be a huge demonstration even in America, let alone Morocco, with it's population of only 30 million. There's also a whole bunch of other link to stories about Muslims speaking out against terrorism. 3:52:30 PM    comment () Islam is Freedom. Matthew points to an interesting poll which suggests people in Islamic countries are more in favor of democracy than we in America and the UK. I think that this speaks more about the universal desire of human beings for freedom they don't have rather than any particular insight into Islam. [Shi'a Pundit] I think another factor is that people in countries that are not free place more value on freedom, because they have a better understanding of the alternative than people who grew up in a free country. Americans, on the other hand, don't really value their freedom because and in many cases don't even want it. It's a matter of not knowing the value of something until you've lost it. 11:24:46 AM    comment ()

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