Friday, July 08, 2005

Arabs targeting Arabs....

Some of the reaction to the London bombing by Arabs:

"One of the targeted areas today is Edgware road, which is entirely accommodated by Muslims and Arabs. Do you know that no politicians, army troops, or any important governmental employees use the underground or buses, because simply they have so much more money to use a private car.

"This is not Islam. Aldgate station is a two-minute walk from the largest Muslim community in London."

"Lots of people went to school in London, lots of people spend the summers there. We go to London for business meetings, many people have homes there or rent one for the summer. So this is much closer to home than anything before. We can feel it."

"I don't think they targeted Edgware Road because there are Arabs there. They just don't care. They are just killing."

"London was the last place in the West where we Arabs were respected when we showed up at the airport,"

No Arab who spoke to The Jerusalem Post could give a reason why al-Qaida attacked London. Zein al-Khouri, a Jordanian businesswoman, was also taken aback. "I was totally surprised," she said. "It's terrible. And I don't see anything obvious about it. It could happen anywhere and you can't predict it. You could be doing work or going on holiday with your family. I was planning to go to London next year for vacation with the kids."

comments from CNN, Jerusalem Post, and Haaretz....

2 comments:

Scott G said...

I think they attacked there because it is a little more open to different faiths. I still don't think that al Qaeda wants us out of Saudi Arabia or wants us to become Muslims. They just want to prove that they can make us change. If they get Londoners to look a little more fearful at Muslim looking people, then they got what I believe they wanted

Unknown said...

I think that's part of it, I also think some of the more extremists don't believe the "westernized" arabs are religious enough.

It never has ceased to amaze me how the Quran strictly states one of islam's rules is not to kill innocents, especially innocent muslims yet some of them claim to be ultra religious. Granted part of that is the ones they seem to get to volunteer for the sucide missions aren't typically the educated ones.