Hallowed places of worship.
“Gunmen perched on mosque open fire as Marawi burns,” by Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News, August 10, 2017 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
MANILA – Terrorist snipers were captured on camera firing at state troops from atop a mosque in Marawi City Thursday, boosting reports that the extremists have been using the place of worship as camp.
ABS-CBN footage showed snipers from the Maute group perched on the mosque and opening fire on soldiers as plumes of dark smoke billowed in the background.
Gunshots can be heard clattering as security forces fired back.
Thousands of state troops have been battling Islamic State-linked terrorists Marawi since May 23. They have confined the crisis to less than a square kilometer within the lakeside town.
The fighting however intensified anew on Wednesday night as soldiers engaged the rebels in close quarter battle.
ABS-CBN night vision cameras captured the exchange of gunfire that lasted up to the late hours, during which fires broke out and thick smoke engulfed the city.
Military tanks were also seen moving around the old capitol under enemy fire.
As of Wednesday, the battle for Marawi has killed some 700 people, including 539 terrorists and 122 state troops….
Paul says
Why not fire back and kill the vermin???
MacUalraig says
Exactly. With a MOAB. Vaporize that mosque and all the scum innit.
balam says
IT WAS THE golden opportunity TO DESTROY THE mosque ALONG WITH THE Muslim terrorist.7
Shane says
Send in tanks and heavily armed soldiers to take back the city and kill the Muslim rebels. If they have to destroy a few Mosques, then so be it.
pandainc says
Please. if you have to destroy a few mosques? You make that sound like a bad thing. How about just plain and simple LEVEL the suckers? All of them.
How stupid, one might say, that’ll just make the muslims angry. News flash. They’re already angry.
Paul says
fire back and kill the vermin???
gravenimage says
Philippines: Muslim snipers open fire on non-Muslims from mosque rooftop
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Could you imagine Christians using churches in this manner? Of course not.
Remember, Turkey’s Erdogan said, “the mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets…”. The first part of this is not symbolic; it is quite literal.
The only good news here is that it sounds as thought the Philippine government is *finally* acting to take back Marawi.
miriamrove says
Yes. It seems that this guy Duarte, their president is not fond of them which is great. M
gravenimage says
I wish this were true, miriam. While Duterte is rough on drug addicts (more than drug dealers) he actually pals around with the leaders of Jihad groups. This is probably why it has taken him so long to get around to even trying to take Marawi back from the Islamic State.
balam says
It was a good excuse and opportunity for the Phiiippine army to destroy the MOSQUE completely along with those despicable MUSLIM TERRORISTS because that is the only language they understand.
Shane says
Why not sell their Muslim population to Muslim countries that want slave labor? Of course, take away their citizenship first.
gravenimage says
Muslims enslave Infidels.
We don’t enslave people.
Blurb1000 says
Round them up and burn ths shithouse to the ground. No mercy!
Guy Forester says
I am shocked, utterly shocked I tell you!
PRCS says
“MANILA – Terrorist snipers
Muslim snipers.
gravenimage says
Spot on, PRCS.
Voytek Gagalka says
President Duterte: EXTERMINATE this vermin!
somehistory says
It is a barracks, and they are soldiers, and they keep weapons inside, and they are at war with everyone…no matter how innocent or vulnerable. In fact, the more vulnerable, the more they like the killing.. No surprises here.
Carlos Danger says
C130 gun run.
abad says
Throw some bacon on the roof of the mosque. Problem solved.
WorkingClassPost says
Bacon-filled hollow points, I think you’ve invented the perfect weapon to deal with jihadis.
After all, we’re always being told that they’re not really muslims, and that it’s got nothing to do with islam, so nobody should be offended.
Robeaver says
Yes, are these the same mulums Ben Afleck knows? Should anyone tell him?
balam says
SHOOT THE MUSLIM TERRORISTS WITH BACON LACED BULLETS.THAT WOULD STOP THEM.
manat bint allaha says
how to make a public park: blow up the mosque, fill up the hole, cover with grass, plant trees, voila!
762x51FMJ says
What do you call the Filipino Muslim women’s gymnastic team?
The Manila Folders.
Robeaver says
And covered folders as well. Not as good as original, I know, I am not that clever
Singh the Sikh says
European cities should start bracing for similar insurgencies.
Santa Voorhees says
And if that happens authorities would probably search every building except the mosque.
Baucent says
Three months later the Philippines military is still unable to crush the insurgents who apparently are holed up in a relatively small corner of the city. And why is it that the jihadists don’t seem to be running out of ammunition? The city is suppose to be surrounded by the Army but the suspicion is there are pathways in and out for the Jihadists that haven’t been closed. It’s looking again like bumbling and incompetence from the Philippine forces.
gravenimage says
It doesn’t help that the Philippine president is palling around with Jihad leaders. I imagine he is not all that committed to taking the city back.
Tom says
I guess we can now add our mosque roofs are our sniper nests.
“Assimilation is a crime against humanity. There is no moderate or immoderate Islam, Islam is Islam. The mosques are our barracks, The minorets are our bayonets, The cupolas our helmets, and the faithful our soldiers.” Tyyip Erdogan, President of Turkey
stan lee says
Mosque used as sniper platform? Maybe an ammo store also. It has been true among Arabs. and Philippine Moros are not beyond duplicating their cousins of the Mid-East.
Philippine military should roll a Howitzer into artillery range and put some rounds onto that Moro
firing platform. It’s their mosque that they use to shoot troops, probably believing no one will fire upon a place of worship, but this is different and has been done many times in Arab mid-east Return fire is necessary or the extremists will use all places of worship from which to fire on civilians and troops. They are Muslims trying to revive the Moro (Philippine Muslim) jihads of the early 1900’s.and are following the extremism of their Arab brethren.
Matthieu Baudin says
After Marawi is retaken the entire island of Mindanao needs to be subdued and reformed in line with clear secular guidelines. Militant Islam has no place in the Philippines and those locals who can’t bring themselves to adapt to the new reality should move their abodes westwards to other lands.
gravenimage says
Even before this, Marawi enforced aspects of Shari’ah law. I’m sure many of the Muslims there welcomed the Islamic State.
Matthieu Baudin says
Well those Philippines Muslims will have to change their attitudes and demeanor if they are to have a future as citizens of that country. There are plenty of other foreign islands to the west that they can move to.
gravenimage says
Muslims have been wrecking havoc in the Philippines for a long time, Matthieu.
John A. Marre says
Islam is a religion that promotes death, and is therefore a false religion.
Robeaver says
Please, the old testaments are full of deaths. So you are saying…………ok got it. Very subtle
gravenimage says
Rob, the Old Testament–the Torah–is not teaching Jews and Christians to slaughter unbelievers as is the Qur’an.
Eur says
The god of the old testament ordered to exterminate the Canaanites.
The god of the Old Testament is hideous, full of revenge, fear, wrath and destruction. Only Jesus changed that idea and transformed it into a god of love. Then the church transformed her into a god to be afraid of. There is no sin, no fear of the final judgment. You have to be a good person, that’s enough. I do not accept the idea of a God who demands permanent adoration and is constantly vigilant of what we do. The god of Abraham is a tyrant and Abraham a madman who was willing to murder his own . If God required me to murder my son … I would disrupt the eternal creator himself … he would have me in front of him. I am going to reason and question everything. The allegory of Abraham is an insult to intelligence … God’s law must be called into question because if we do not fall into theocracy. Islam does not reason.Alah is even worse than Yaveh.
Sven Oljaski says
My buddy in the army turned his big guns and sent a heat round into a prayer tower that snipers were shooting from in Mosul. I loved watching that video, but it was years ago. We need to update it with this Mosque and a heat round.
gravenimage says
Thanks for that story, Sven.
patriotliz says
Now this is where the US should be helping out on the side of non-Muslims fighting Muslims.
staffsgt7 says
that means it is full of ammo – that means it needs to be leveled AND NOT REBUILT! (like we did in Afghanistan and Iraq!) What a pile of fools to rebuild their symbols of conquest and what they consider their barracks. We should never build mosques in our lands. Read: The Mosque Exposed
RationalVoice says
Perhaps the Philipino army should use female fighters to take them on like the Kurds did as among their many stupid beliefs they think they won’t go to Paradise if killed by a woman !! Just a suggestion folks !!!!
eduardo odraude says
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mortimer says
Muslims pray shoulder to shoulder like soldiers in ranks. They can more easily be soldiers after their mosque indoctrination.
moeped says
I wonder if the authorities considered burning down the mosque and all other mosques in that country in order to protect themselves and deter future attacks.
Hopefully not! Western laws work just fine against invaders right?