Flag burner accidentally sets himself on fire

[link|http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/breaking/1008Attacks-Pakistan-Protest-ON.html|Oh, the symbolism].

Excerpt:

QUETTA, Pakistan - Mobs stormed this city by the Afghan border today, lobbing firebombs while chanting glory to Osama bin Laden and hatred for America. Police shot one man dead in the tear gas-shrouded confusion.

In Peshawar, a pro-Taliban demonstrator was engulfed in fire while protesters burned a U.S. flag during protests against the sirstrikes. The demonstrator was taken to a hospital, and his present condition is unknown. .

From daybreak to late afternoon, in a huge rally downtown and in street-corner clusters, Muslims shouted support for Afghanistan's Taliban leadership. Compared with the scattered and sporadic protests elsewhere in the country, this was the worst sustained unrest to hit Pakistan over Sunday's U.S.-British attacks.

Thousands surged through the streets in running skirmishes with police, setting ablaze the U.N. Children's Fund compound, the central police station, movie theaters, a bank and other buildings in the city of 800,000.

I say:

Some people shouldn't be allowed near matches.

Post #12,321 by marlowe 10/8/01 5:58:58 PM Reply	Flag burner accidentally sets himself on fire [link\|http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/breaking/1008Attacks-Pakistan-Protest-ON.html\|Oh, the symbolism]. Excerpt: QUETTA, Pakistan - Mobs stormed this city by the Afghan border today, lobbing firebombs while chanting glory to Osama bin Laden and hatred for America. Police shot one man dead in the tear gas-shrouded confusion. In Peshawar, a pro-Taliban demonstrator was engulfed in fire while protesters burned a U.S. flag during protests against the sirstrikes. The demonstrator was taken to a hospital, and his present condition is unknown. . From daybreak to late afternoon, in a huge rally downtown and in street-corner clusters, Muslims shouted support for Afghanistan's Taliban leadership. Compared with the scattered and sporadic protests elsewhere in the country, this was the worst sustained unrest to hit Pakistan over Sunday's U.S.-British attacks. Thousands surged through the streets in running skirmishes with police, setting ablaze the U.N. Children's Fund compound, the central police station, movie theaters, a bank and other buildings in the city of 800,000. I say: Some people shouldn't be allowed near matches. [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfir...e/index.html] Sometimes "tolerance" is just a word for not dealing with things.
Post #12,332 by jb4 10/8/01 6:27:38 PM Reply	Possible Darwin award nominee? jb4 (Resistance is not futile...)
Post #12,355 by Andrew Grygus 10/8/01 9:58:49 PM Reply	Wonder who has the American flag concession over there? Should be doing quite well right now. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #12,596 by Steven A S 10/10/01 9:32:15 AM Reply	If Muslims are looking for a sign from Allah Re: the validity of their Jihad, maybe they should take a close look at this as well as the protestors killed by their own gunfire in the air. If I were religious, I'd see this as a sign that the Jihad is wrong; though some of the fundamentalist Muslims probably see it as a sign that they should be willing to give their lives in further suicide attacks or some such. ~~~)-Steven----

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