Hate crimes 'rise after UK bombs'

you know what?

this IS part of what the terrorists want.

fivefold rise in two weeks in attacks on muslims in the uk.

keep it up. muslim leaders are starting to warn of a backlash to the media inspired lash out at people of one certain faith and color.

a great ad for ...

true majority.

good flash, good break-down of where our money goes, good break-down of our "opponent's" money toward their equivalents of the pentagon, not so fantastic sound.

liked it. a lot.

on white bread vs brown bread:

the bombers/terrorists = british nationals.

three from west yorkshire.

my hubby said, "you saw this one!" and well, yes i did.

something stank the same way it stank in oklahoma city.

alleged web sites alleging responsibility means diddly-squat.

and, oh, btw: lots more dead in iraq. but we don't care about that, do we?




hypocrites.

c'mon, please?

skippy needs a million hits!

i admit i don't read skippy nearly as much as i should ... i find myself more charmed with hullabaloo, jesus' general, the rude pundit, james wolcott, and the like. when i want a quick update on the day i go to atrios, and when i want a girl's eye view i hit dc media girl. but i want in on this action, even if nearly too late and so here the fact i have nobody reading my damn barely updated pages can turn and bite me in the ass.

ha!

can we please just stop the ride NOW?

what's wrong with this picture?

Bali, Istanbul, Madrid and Casablanca have all borne the same hallmarks - multiple bombings indiscriminately targeting civilians in heavily populated areas.

The 2002 attack on night clubs in Bali, claiming 202 lives, was blamed on a Indonesian extremist group Jemaah Islamiah, which is allegedly linked to al-Qaeda.

In November 2003, Istanbul was hit by two co-ordinated attacks in 10 days, the first against synagogues and the second targeting UK interests.

Western Europe was struck in March 2004 with the train bombings in Madrid that left 191 dead.

There have also been multiple attacks in Saudi Arabia, Kenya, and Morocco causing extensive casualties and disruption. Pakistan, Yemen and other Indonesian targets have also been hit.

It has for some time been almost a commonplace to say that Britain was "due" an al-Qaeda strike like that on Madrid. Britain's unflinching support for the Bush administration's foreign policies, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan, make it an obvious target for al-Qaeda.

gee, could it be the fact that we have NO reason to know al qaeda did these attacks other than a random web site that could have connnections and says it does? how about the fact that several of those places hit in the above bbc site article have mainly islamic populations?

this assuming attacks were done by middle eastern men with heavy beards has gotten out of control. as out of control as the bombings themselves.

i have friends there. i have friends in london who had friends end up in the hospital. i have a very close and beloved friend who has not let me know he's okay yet (and knowing him it might take a day or two from me to hear from him if he's okay). and i have a ton of acquintances who i see when i go visit who i have no way of knowing if they're okay. i guess i'll have to wait to see the death list when it comes out