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To: alan w who wrote (11641)	2/18/2002 2:51:17 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Respond to of 23908

Collateral damage? They were aiming for the military targets?

To: alan w who wrote (11641)	2/18/2002 7:06:59 PM
From: alan w	Respond to of 23908

And people wonder why we help the surrounded Israelis. I guess we should let Pakistan run the world. CHRISTIAN FACES DEATH FOR 'BLASPHEMY' February 15, 2002 World Net Daily reports: “A Christian sentenced to hang for blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad has been granted one final hearing before the Pakistan Supreme Court, according to the Compass Direct news service. Ayub Masih, 34, was convicted on the testimony of a Muslim who claimed that during a private conversation his Christian neighbor slandered Muhammad by praising Salman Rushdie's book ‘The Satanic Verses.’ His case is the first under Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law to reach the Supreme Court. Masih was jailed in October 1996 and kept in solitary confinement on death row for nearly four years in Multan's New Central Jail. A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Masih's appeal must be heard due to apparent irregularities in his prosecution. The hearing should be held within the next two or three months, said Masih's defense lawyer, Abid Hassan Minto... Section 295-C of Pakistan's penal code says: ‘Whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by visible representation, or by any imputation, innuendo, or insinuation, directly or indirectly defiles the sacred name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad ... shall be punished with death and shall also be liable to a fine.