Protestors hang Bin Laden effigy outside Culver City mosque

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Mon, Sep. 11, 2006
Protestors hang Bin Laden effigy outside Culver City mosque
ANDREW DALTON
Associated Press

CULVER CITY, Calif. - Activists hanged an effigy of Osama Bin Laden across the street from a Southern California mosque Sunday to protest radical Islam on the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

With a crowd of about 100 people shouting "Remember 9-11!" and "No more Jihad!" two men on the back of a pickup truck slipped a noose around the neck of a dummy wearing a Bin Laden mask and strung it up, while the crowd pelted the effigy with shoes.

The protest was organized by the United American Committee, a group that says it promotes awareness of internal threats facing America.

About 70 counter-protesters described the King Fahd Mosque as a peaceful center for area Muslims and yelled "racists go home!" during the ritual. A group of clergy joined hands with some of the mosque's worshippers and stood in a circle in front of the mosque.

"I think it's crazy," said mosque spokesman Usman Madha. "We have never encouraged extremism. We were the first mosque that condemned the Sept.11 atrocities and we kicked out a few people that protested that condemnation."
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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/15488924.htm



Friends, this is it, the moment for which the man in the pickup was born!
Look how he rises to the occassion. God bless that brave freep! Or maybe not.



More photos at:
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2006/09/177876.php

[JI7]

1. they represent some of the scummiest of Americans

not just Americans but the world.

i wonder if they would mourn the Muslims who were killed on 9/11 or do they feel it was deserved ?

this is the "backwash" that Colbert was speaking of. the morons who continue to support the idiot.

why aren't they upset at the administration who did nothing to go after Bin Laden and has pretty much ended (if it ever begin) the search for him.

[dogfacedboy]

8. The irony is killing me!!!!!

These a-holes are the same kind of people who sit in front of the TV, watching video of people 'over there' holding similar protests, and say shit like "Look at all those Muslim whackos marching in the street, burning GWB in effigy!".

[Hissyspit]

2. O.K. Whatever...

Freeper 'morans'.

[rpannier]

3. I like the guy with the bandana over his face...

he looks kind of like a terrorist -- albeit not a Muslim one.

[dogfacedboy]

6. No doubt a coward who doesn't want to be identified. n/t

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[fasttense]

4. Didn't they get the talking points????

According to Ann the Man, Bin Laden has been marginalized. Brush said he doesn't worry about him anymore. Oh wait, that was before the November elections looked like a possible defeat for the repukes.

[Dogmudgeon]

5. There's sordid. And then there's silly.

This is both.

A little sordid. A LOT silly.

Shouldn't they be in day care or something?

--p!

[HuffleClaw]

7. i note at least one of 'em is hiding his face

idiots.

[BrotherBuzz]

22. Methinks he's having a minor dispute with his Parole Officer

You know what I mean, Vern?

[Doremus]

9. Why don't they take their little act down to DC. Their boy king could

use the reminder that OBN is still on the loose.

Oh, and pat themselves on the back for voting for the inept, crooked jackass who can't be bothered catching the one responsible for 9/11.

[jaysunb]

10. Scum

pure scum....:evilfrown:

[Taverner]

11. And it's a UHAUL RENTAL to boot!

He doesn't even have the cajones to do it with his own truck!

[Barrett808]

13. I don't think "activists" is the best word to describe these people

Several less wholesome words come to mind.

[TheDonkey]

26. A few steps away from taking out the white hoods and robes

and letting it all let loose.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. Never heard of the "UAC"

They're not showing up in a search at the SPLC.

[Scurrilous]

21. I never heard of them either.

Website:

http://www.unitedamericancommittee.org/

More info:

http://www.answers.com/topic/united-american-committee

Interview w/ founder:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19551

[mmonk]

15. You now know why the Iraq war was popular.

It's based on rascism and religion (popularity). That's why so many people don't care about whether the war was started on false pretenses or whether the administration tortures people. To them, America wasn't attacked by a terrorist organization but by the Islamic "world".

[stepnw1f]

16. Stupid Bigots Trying to Capitalize on 9-11

what a bunch of low-lifes.

[Ishoutandscream2]

17. I bet a few of them are still within the age limit to enlist

:rofl: What was I thinking?

[gratuitous]

19. That occurred to me, too

Hey boys, why don't you enlist and go get the bogeyman who haunts your sleeping and waking moments yourselves? Why bully a bunch of people who didn't have anything to do with September 11, and who you know won't really treat you the way you deserve . . . oh, just a second.

Nevermind.

Wear masks and hold as many flags as you can, boys. Still doesn't quite hide that big, wide yellow streak running down your backs.

[CollegeDUer]

18. Fucking bigots

Can't they find something better to do than spill hate.

[Anakin Skywalker]

20. Heh Heh Heh. Them's Good Ol' Boys.

[Zhade]

23. Damn, I live a few miles from there.

I didn't realize the racists were getting that bold here - though I do recall hearing "move to Canada, fag boy!" yelled at me repeatedly, loud and furious, from a Ford F150 blonde asshole in the In & Out drivetrhough a month back .

:scared:

[daleo]

24. It looks like a not-so-subtle threat to hang Muslims to me

I wonder how many in the crowd consider themselves to be followers of Jesus Christ?

[Taoschick]

25. Yeah, it's stupid and childish

And I wish someone, anyone here would say the same when our friends in the ME do the same thing to American figures.

[IChing]

27. Why don't I see One person from the I/P forum

say that this is wrong?
This is wrong if it was a synagogue or a mosque.

[Behind the Aegis]

28. Maybe you aren't looking...

...some have replied...some just saw the article...

I think it is reprehensible. However, I guess we should be glad it wasn't an Islamic center or people might try to justify protesting in front of a building like that.