Cartoon Protesters Direct Anger at U.S.

[Last Roman]

We didnt even do anything this time!

from yahoo.com

QALAT, Afghanistan - Police killed four people Wednesday as Afghans enraged over drawings of the Prophet Muhammad marched on a U.S. military base in a volatile southern province, directing their anger not against Europe but America.
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The U.S. base was targeted because the United States "is the leader of Europe and the leading infidel in the world," said Sher Mohammed, a 40-year-old farmer who suffered a gunshot wound while taking part in the demonstration in the city of Qalat.

"They are all the enemy of Islam. They are occupiers in our country and must be driven out," Mohammed said.

Wednesday's violence began when hundreds of protesters tried to storm the U.S. base, said Ghulam Nabi Malakhail, a provincial police chief. When warning shots failed to deter them, police shot into the crowd, killing four and wounding 11, he said.

Flying rocks injured eight police and one Afghan soldier, he said.

Two Pakistanis arrested for allegedly firing at police were being questioned to see whether they were linked to al-Qaida, Malakhail said. Some officials accuse al-Qaida of inciting three days of bloody riots across Afghanistan that have left 11 dead.

Protesters also burned three fuel tankers waiting to deliver gasoline to the base, said Malakhail. He said U.S. troops fired warning shots into the air.

U.S. military spokesman Col. James Yonts said the American forces fired flares above the crowd, but he said it was not clear whether they fired their weapons.

Muslims around the world have demonstrated over the images — including one depicting the prophet wearing a turban shaped as a bomb — printed in Western media. Islam is interpreted to forbid any illustrations of the prophet.

[RZZZA]

The U.S. is perfectly justified in defending their territory from muslims trying to take it over. Seeing as how these are protesters and not armed insurgents, I would have ordered the use of non-lethal weapons...they exists and we have a lot of them, there is no reason why it shouldnt be an option to U.S. troops in afghanistan. Would U.S. troops shoot lethal bullets into a crowd of U.S. protestors? (i mean again).

[barbarion horde]

........the United States "is the leader of Europe and the leading infidel in the world,"

The U.S the leader of Europe,

For some reason, I found this funny comming from an Afghan. lol

[Arcarius]

i saw on the news that they are mad at the western world, is it all of the western world or just certian ones?

[QuackyNC]

They just want something to complain about.

Ive studied Islam quite a bit, and I have nothing against its ideals, message, or the people that practice it. But these people are starting to **** me off. Some cartoons pop up and they go around burning stuff and killing people. But a terrorist goes into a mosque and kills 8 innocent MUSLIMS, and they say nothing. These protesters are hypocrites, and its about time we did somthing about this radical Islam, or Islam in general. The war on terror needs to spread to jackasses like these people.

[Casanova]

I dont know about the protesters at Qalat, but here at Bagram Airfield they are not all being peaceful, trust me on that. They have fired into the base, and already 2 were killed because they turned on the ANA, (afghan national army) that is stationed here. I have feeling as do others that alot of these "so called protesters" are really Taliban, or at least Taliban supporters. We have well over 1000 afghans that work on base, including 18 i know personally, not one of them has said anything negative about the US or the fact that we are here. If anything they have only stated over and over again how greatful they are that we are here.