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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 04:18 PM
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Vandals hit Shi'a stores (in Detroit, following Saddam's execution)
Edited on Tue Jan-09-07 04:18 PM by deadparrot
DETROIT -- Muslim leaders say a spate of vandalism over the weekend involving stores owned by local Iraqis could stem from brewing sectarian Islamic tension over the execution of Saddam Hussein.

While Shi'a and Sunni Muslims are fighting in Iraq, the two groups generally get along in Metro Detroit and the United States. But Muslim and Arab leaders say the hanging of Saddam, and especially the timing of the execution, spurred hard feelings.

They say the vandalized property was owned or operated by people of Iraqi descent who are Shi'a.

"People are scared to come here. It's very dangerous, this place," said Inaam Alkhafaji, referring to her Detroit business, Dana Media, whose windows were broken.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070109/METRO/701090330
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BobRossi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 04:22 PM
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1. "We must fight them there....."
"Er.. ummnn.. So they can fight here!"
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 04:25 PM
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2. sad... it's just gets uglier by the day :-(
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 08:04 PM
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3. exactly my thought...
yeah right Bush. "Fight them there so we don't have to fight them here". Well, I didn't hear about a lot of Sunni Shi'ite fighting right here in America before Chucklenuts decided to invade Iraq. What a clueless, pompous asstwit the Terror of Texas is!
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 09:50 AM
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4. Yet another article on this subject
Religious leaders are harrumphing on the topic - "violence is bad, m'kay?"

http://www.pressandguide.com/stories/011407/loc_20070114002.shtml
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OKthatsIT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-14-07 03:14 PM
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5. American Al Qaeda...always was American
put that in your pipe and smoke it!

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