Shades of Tiananmen- US tanks crush Iraqi protestors in Square

I’m not surprised. People riled up by religious fervor tend to have so much illogical faith i whatever they’re believing in, they don’t consider the consequences of their actions.

Seriously, why would someone throw themselves in front of a 70 ton vehicle? Unless they had a shaped charge strapped to their back, I see no logic in this.

Some of these people are so fanatical in their devotion to this cleric, they’ll do anything he says–and he’s been saying plenty of inciteful stuff. Manipulating the facts, and downright lies. He blamed US soldiers on an attack in fellujia, where police were killed. Funny thing, even the sunni in fellujia showed thebodies of the attackers, and said that they were foreigners, not Iraqi or Americans. The SUNNI’s even called him on it–and they hate us even more than the radical shiite’s!

Some people have stated that THIS is the future of IRaq. Well, I seriously doubt that we’re going to let someone like THIs take a postion of power after paying with the lives of 600 soldiers.

IF it comes down to it, and this guy won’t be honest in what he says(even if he’s critical), he’s going to be killed.

I HATE religious fanatics…****es me off…
I have some relatives that are in a “religious” group that put their religion before any and all things–including their family. It’s sick, but they’re not killing people.

Knowing people that are otherwise perefectly intelligent, logical upstanding citizens, yet they think they’re going to be a God when they die, makes it easier to understand why/how there are people willing to go to such extremes to get a point across.

religion is good, in general, but when used as a crutch, or a tool, to accomplish one’s goal or agenda, it’s the most vile instrument of death feilded by man. God seems top be the #1 cause of war these days.

What do chinese kids do on new years eve
Go down to tiananmen square and get tanked

You wait all day for one to turn up, then four turn up at the same time…:rolleyes:

Flood.

being thrown in prison is alot different from being turned into a pancake by a column of tanks.

besides, there were no good face shots of the guy, and the authorities had other, more pressing concerns at the time, so his chances of not being found arent that bad to be honest.

True, but his subsequent fate is still a mystery.

Does anyone out there really think that the Chinese authorities simply forgave and forgot in his case? :rolleyes:

That would hurt

well that guy didnt get run over by the tanks.