An extreme Sharia Alert from Baghdad:
American commanders cite al-Qaida’s severe brand of Islam, which is so extreme that in Baqouba, al-Qaida has warned street vendors not to place tomatoes beside cucumbers because the vegetables are different genders, Col. David Sutherland said.
From “Insurgents battling al-Qaida outside Baghdad, U.S. says,” by Todd Pitman for The Associated Press (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist).