"Islamic extremists trash Pakistani TV offices after Peres interview," from AFP, with thanks to Ali Dashti:
KARACHI (AFP) - Islamic extremists ransacked the offices of a private Pakistani television channel the day after it broadcast an interview with Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres, police said.A Geo television official said the incident appeared to be a reaction to an interview in which Peres called on Pakistan to establish diplomatic contacts with Tel Aviv.
"We don't yet know the reasons behind the attack, but we suspect it could be a reaction to Mr Peres' interview," Geo TV chief Imran Aslam told AFP on Saturday.
Police said around 40 men armed with sticks, some of them carrying pistols, barged into the building which also houses the mass circulation daily Jang and the English-language newspaper The News.
During the attack, which occured around 2:20 am local time (2120 GMT), the men smashed window panes, broke the furniture and torched newspapers' files, witnesses said....
Islamist parties in overwhelmingly Muslim Pakistan have frequently warned the government against establishing any contacts with the Jewish state.
"We don't yet know the reasons behind the attack, but we suspect it could be a reaction to Mr Peres' interview," Geo TV chief Imran Aslam told AFP on Saturday.
Ummm, well, by golly, we certainly do need to consider this as an option but given the fact that anyone who is anyone obviously knows that the Jews tend to be responsible for the world's ills then maybe...just maybe...the fact that a Jewish leader was at the station, then perhaps appropriate blame should be made toward the...Jews? Let's review. Socrates was a man. All men are Greeks. Therefore, Israel must account for its hand in the bombing of Pearl Harbor which ultimately led the US into WWII thereby acting as proxy in the destruction of Nazi Germany. Hey! This is fun!! (Yes, I am aware that the state of Israel was not in existence at that time...editorial license).
jim stated: Ummm, well, by golly, we certainly do need to consider this as an option but given the fact that anyone who is anyone obviously knows that the Jews tend to be responsible for the world's ills then maybe...just maybe...the fact that a Jewish leader was at the station, then perhaps appropriate blame should be made toward the...Jews? Let's review. Socrates was a man. All men are Greeks. Therefore, Israel must account for its hand in the bombing of Pearl Harbor which ultimately led the US into WWII thereby acting as proxy in the destruction of Nazi Germany. Hey! This is fun!! (Yes, I am aware that the state of Israel was not in existence at that time...editorial license).
actually it is the jews fault... if they had killed jesus and kept him dead, and if they had killed mohammed when they had the chance we would not have had the crusades or islam...
so it is the jews fault....
...and of course the Crusades were funded by George Soros.
(and everyone understands we're being sarcasting/joking, yes?)
Technically speaking, I am not Jewish although my wife is and so then theologically are my kids.
My point being that I want to be blamed too. I am a white guy with eurocentric heritage and so therefore I suppose I could claim colonialistic tendencies but, I fear, this ploy has beeen SOOOOO overdone. Basically, I really feel left out here. Now, by my having sex with my wife, is there any possibility that this might bring upon an appropriate amount of Zionist angst...you know, the old sturm und drang? Hmmmm, apart from the German comments, just remember to please not mention the war. I digress...