Pakistani Taliban targeted Danes because of cartoons: officials

Wednesday 04th June, 06:34 AM JST

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meija at 09:32 AM JST - 4th June

They want to kill anyone who isn't them. Any excuse will do. Race or religion isn't important to them. Just look at Iraq where they target "fellow muslims". They are condemned by the teachings of their own religion as murderers. No "peace talks" with them will succeed unless you offer complete surrender to them, which is unacceptable.
skipthesong at 10:09 AM JST - 4th June

Does anyone know that if the guys doing the actual killings have seen the cartoons themselves or if they were just ordered? I am very curious.
adaydream at 12:40 PM JST - 4th June

You mean that these chumps are still acting up because of cartoons. They don't want to make friendly.

Maybe another $10Billion would help. < :-)
Zaphod at 03:32 PM JST - 4th June

Skipthesong:

" Does anyone know that if the guys doing the actual killings have seen the cartoons themselves or if they were just ordered? I am very curious. "

There are hardly many subscribers to Danish newspapers in Pakistan, and you won`t see any in the local press. A call at the local mosque to kill the unbelievers should suffice quite nicely.
skipthesong at 03:43 PM JST - 4th June

zaphod: that's my point. How can you be angry at something that is said to be discriminatory against you if you have not seen it or heard it yourself?

I know people talk behind my back, but I ain't gonna do anything about until I hear it from the horse's mouth.

This proves more my point where I said the leaders of these Mosques and their leaders need to do a lot more to step up and smooth things out.. I think it is safe to say that when I talk about Muslims and vulgar against their actions, I can blame the leaders.
Zaphod at 05:07 PM JST - 4th June

Skipthesong:

" This proves more my point where I said the leaders of these Mosques and their leaders need to do a lot more to step up and smooth things out.. "

Why should they "smooth things out"? They are preaching islam. Calls to hate and kill the unbelievers until they submit are entirely normal for them.

I don`t know why you expect a tiger to behave like a herbivore.
SuperLib at 07:36 PM JST - 4th June

If the cartoons hadn't been published, then this attack wouldn't have happened. You can't deny that. Denmark is part of the Global War on Terror so this only proves Denmark's failures. Maybe Denmark should rethink what it's doing to innocents in Afghanistan. Denmark's support of Israel doesn't help. This attack will add to the increase in worldwide terrorism which shows that Denmark is actually part of the cause of the increase.
super delegate at 08:04 PM JST - 4th June

Danish knights ok they like undoubtedly took part in teh Crusades. And that means all a there ancestors are guilty.
Zaphod at 09:27 PM JST - 4th June

SuperLib:

" If the cartoons hadn't been published, then this attack wouldn't have happened. "

Undoubtedly. And if Denmark adopted the Shariah, that would be even better. And that recipe works for all these pesky democratic countries. Why don`t don´t we all convert to islam right now and get it over with. Brilliant thinking!
presto345 at 11:03 PM JST - 4th June

If the cartoons hadn't been published, then this attack wouldn't have happened

Like Zaphod said: Brilliant reasoning. The fre@ks would have found a different target for a different reason.
SuperLib at 11:20 PM JST - 4th June

I didn't say the Danes deserved to be killed, I'm just saying I'm not entirely comfortable with a discussion about the situation without at least some, if not all all, attention given to what the Danes might have done to bring this on themselves.

I mean, obviously I'm against terrorism. That goes without saying.
presto345 at 11:41 PM JST - 4th June

what the Danes might have done

Come on man. They exercised their hard earned freedom of opinion and press on their own territory with in mind they didn't need to bow to a bigoted middle ages inquisition style of censorship from another fundamentalist, human rights limiting clique far away, but trying to expand their sphere of influence.
Jyan_Bon at 05:42 AM JST - 5th June

I am all for "Freedom of Speech/expression", but some kind of insult on others' religion is not considered as a "nice thing to do ".
SuperLib at 06:23 PM JST - 5th June

Don't worry, presto. I'm just making a point. I find it odd that since Denmark is the target the JT "progressives" refuse to show their faces (and there arguments) here. You can see how terrorists attacking Denmark gets one reaction (ignored) while the exact same terrorists attacking the US brings volumes of condemnation for America. So, I figured, heh, why not apply their arguments here and see how well it sticks?

Looks pretty silly, doesn't it? Yet there isn't a progressive within miles of this thread, with the exception of daydream condemning the US and the $10 billion dollars in aid we gave Pakistan. Imagine that. :)
Madverts at 11:26 PM JST - 5th June

Superlib,

"You can see how terrorists attacking Denmark gets one reaction (ignored) while the exact same terrorists attacking the US brings volumes of condemnation for America. "

Maybe you could explain to me which Danish foreign policies are to blame for the rise of Islamic fundementalism?