۝ ʂʇɴɐɥɗəɭə ɟo ʞɐəɗ

Glenn Greenwald does a great job exposing the hypocrisy behind the powerful individuals who take money and advocate for the MEK, a terrorist cult.

Once again, a minuscule percentage of terrorist attacks in Europe were committed by Muslims. In 2009 and 2010, there were a grand total of 543 terrorist attacks, of which only 4 were committed by Muslims. This means that only 0.7% of terrorist attacks–again, less than 1%–were committed by Muslims. Meanwhile, in that same time frame, separatist groups in Europe committed 397 terrorist attacks, or 73% of terrorist attacks overall. In other words, separatist groups committed 99.2 times (almost 100 times) more terrorist attacks than Muslims.

Bombings hit Iraq Shia pilgrims in Karbala

The aftermath of the blasts

Two suicide bombers have killed at least 40 people and injured more than 140 on the outskirts of the Iraqi city of Karbala, police reports say.

About a million Shia Muslim pilgrims are in the city to visit the Imam Hussein shrine. About 60 pilgrims were killed in two other attacks this week.

Friday is the last and most important day of the Arbaeen, 40 days of mourning for the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson.

Meanwhile, 25 people were killed in an attack on Shias in Karachi in Pakistan.

Election fears

Police said the Karbala attack was a double suicide bombing - two cars packed with explosives were detonated on either side of a bridge across which pilgrims were making their way in and out of the city.

Some reports said the car bomb attack was followed up by mortar rounds.

Provincial governor Amalheddin al-Hir told the AFP news agency he believed that al-Qaeda militants, supported by the outlawed Baath party of former leader Saddam Hussein, had carried out the attack.

The attack came despite heightened security for the pilgrimage to Karbala, which Mr Hir said had drawn about 10 million worshippers to the Imam Hussein shrine over the past two weeks.

This year’s pilgrimage has already been hit twice by bombers.

A bomb planted on a cart pulled by a motorbike killed at least 20 pilgrims on Wednesday as they streamed into Karbala.

Bus targeted

And more than 40 pilgrims were killed on the outskirts of the capital Baghdad on Monday as they began the long walk to Karbala.

The bombings also raise fears of an increase in sectarian violence before Iraq’s March parliamentary elections.

The tension has risen with the row over the banning of more than 500 candidates, many for links to the Baath party.

Sunnis believe they have been heavily targeted in the exclusions, which are the subject of a legal challenge.

The BBC’s Gabriel Gatehouse in Baghdad says that the stakes are high; a peaceful and credible election would allow the country to draw a line underneath the bloodshed and turbulence of recent years, he says.

But, he adds, these recent bombings have raised fears of a return to sectarian violence, just as American forces prepare to withdraw.

The Pakistan attack, possibly involving a bomb on a motorcycle, targeted a bus carrying Shia Muslims to a religious procession also marking Arbaeen.

In addition to the 11 dead, about 50 people were injured.

The Shia-Sunni schism originates from a dispute soon after the death of the Prophet Muhammad over who should lead the Muslims.

Sunnis remain the majority globally, with Shias estimated to number about 10% of all Muslims. Shias are however the majority in Iraq.

Two bombs targeting Shia Muslims exploded in Pakistan’s largest city yesterday, one outside a hospital treating victims from the first blast hours earlier. At least 25 people were killed and around 100 others wounded.

Police appealed for calm following the strikes in the chaotic city of 16 million people. In late December, a bomb in the southern port city killed 44 pilgrims attending a procession to mark Ashura, the anniversary of the death of revered Shia figure Imam Hussein, sparking deadly riots.

Yesterday’s blasts coincided with Arbaeen, the final day of the annual 40-day mourning period for Hussein.

The first blast targeted a bus carrying worshippers, most of them women and children, killing 12 and wounding 49, officials said. The bomb was attached to a motorcycle and detonated as the bus drove to an Arbaeen procession, witnesses said. The second bomb exploded outside the entrance to the emergency ward at Jinnah Hospital, packed with victims and relatives of those caught in the earlier attack.

“A woman was calling me at the emergency ward, when the blast went off outside and then it was all darkness,” said Seemi Jamali, a senior doctor, as he recalled the explosion. “There was absolute chaos and people ran out of the hospital from whichever door they could.”

Photos

“According to the official FBI database, only 6% of terrorist attacks on U.S. soil from 1980 to 2005 can be attributed to Muslims. This compared to 7% for Jews and 42% for Latinos. No, not all terrorists are Muslims.”

Two more churches and a Catholic convent school in Malaysia have been targeted by arsonists, amid a row over the use of the word “Allah” by non-Muslims.

Holy shit, really? Stop it, you retards! Seriously, just stop it. Oh, and you know what? You’re not Muslim anymore. That’s right: you’re out of the club. We don’t allow dual membership with the Douchebag Club, and it’s clear which one you’ve chosen.