Friday, July 15, 2005
The New York Times quotes a British Muslim boutique owner on the London bombing:
"There's no denying it's payback for what's happened in Iraq and Afghanistan," he said. "You've been bombing people for the last two to four years, so you are going to get a backlash."
"England is a great country and we love it to bits but do we love this government? No," Mr. Qazi said. "There were 24 Muslims killed in Iraq today; there will be more tonight and more tomorrow."...
Unacknowledged by Mr. Qazi, and unnoted by the Times, is that those 24 Muslims killed were the ones killed by terrorists while troops were handing out candy to kids. Qazi, an individual, may know that and not care, instead wanting to make a rhetorical point that all deaths in Iraq are Britain (and America's) fault. Sad, even sick, thinking, but he's entitled to it. Does the Times agree? They chose to include the quote, and did so without follow-up context.
The death-toll from that incident is now up to 32, by the way. Most of them children
