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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (183339)	3/11/2006 10:47:16 AM
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Read the Koran.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (183339)	3/11/2006 10:52:52 AM
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Islam, is arabian fascism, a political system masquerading as a religion, and the koran its manifesto for war and territorial expansion... conquest by the sword.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (183339)	3/11/2006 11:19:04 AM
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Terror Meets Delusion: The Murder of Tom Fox (insanity of the left) The American Thinker ^ \| 3/11/2006 \| Rocco DiPippo Yesterday, peace activist Tom Fox was found murdered in Iraq. Fox, along with fellow activists Harmeet Singh Sooden, Norman Kember, and James Loney was kidnapped in Baghdad verall disdain for America, as indicated by statements he made on his blog. He also suffered from a terrible naiveté: I think it would be fair to say that a survey of opinion taken from news sources in various parts of the world would find people using the words ‘fear and hatred’ much more often than they would use the words ‘respect and love’ when it comes to describing the United States. Not only in the Middle East but in Europe and in much of Asia and other areas as well. We are seen more as an empire rather than a beacon of hope to the oppressed and downtrodden. We are seen more as a militaristic superpower, bent on imposing our will on others, rather than the keeper of the flame of the hope and promise of democracy, said Thomas William Fox, ignoring, among other things, the fact that people fear America so much, that they flock to its shores in droves, seeking freedom and peace and economic opportunity. After reading most of his blog entries, it seems to me that Fox’s tragic flaw, the one that ultimately got him killed, was that he did not really believe that some men are more evil than others. Crippled by this moral confusion, Fox habitually ignored the greater of two evils. His blog entry on Fallujah hints at as much. Though in his writings he essentially described the liberation of Fallujah as a senseless act, he failed to mention that after U.S. forces chased out and killed the Islamists who had held the town hostage, they made the gruesome discovery of nearly two dozen torture chambers, awash in blood, some with bloated bodies and hacked off body parts dumped near them. Lt. Col. Gareth Brandl, a Marine said, The face of Satan was here in Fallujah, and I’m absolutely convinced that that was true. Ultimately, Tom Fox saw that face up close and personal. It is the face of those who commit shocking evil while promising Heaven on Earth. I wonder if, in the end, he finally recognized it for what it was—and is. The Utopian fanatics who killed Tom Fox could have cared less whether or not he was sympathetic towards them, or if he hated them or whether he believed in God, or not. They could have cared less if he had a family or friends who loved him. They did not care for his compassion. They did not care that, on some levels, he even empathized with them: they, who held him captive. They did not care that, in his way, he was trying to help alleviate the suffering of their brothers and sisters. All Tom Fox was to his captors and murderers was filth—a piece of garbage; a weak, vile, subhuman infidel of the Western variety; a creature to be spit on and reviled and, when no longer useful, slaughtered like an animal and then discarded. They treated Mr. Fox like they would treat us all, as stones to be kicked aside while building the road to Paradise. They treated Mr. Fox, and if given the chance they’d treat us all, like the Nazis treated the Jews. If there are lessons to be learned from the murder of Tom Fox, they are primarily for the Left: Like a person, it is never too late for it to abandon its suicidal march until the moment the executioner strikes. Thomas William Fox (1951-2006) R.I.P. Rocco DiPippo, a freelance political writer, publishes "The Autonomist" website.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (183339)	3/11/2006 11:22:17 AM
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Tom Fox simply used a different approach to achieve the goal of the world-wide left: subjugation of each and every person on the face of the earth to totalitarian rule. The left despises George Bush for defeating Sadaam Hussein because Hussein was running a perfectly good brutal dictatorship. The defeat of Hussein set the left back for years in establishing as many socialist utopias as possible. The last thing the left wants is more free people. Tom Fox was doing his part to assist the terrorists in establishing a oppressive system of government; the fact that it would hide behind a "religon" is irrelevant. The last thing he ever expected was to actually be forced to experience what he wanted for the rest of the world. Useful leftwing idiots are supposed to be spared the consequences of their actions.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (183339)	3/11/2006 11:24:49 AM
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According to Drudge, Tom Fox was tortured before he died. Appeared to have been beaten with an electrical cable then shot in the head. I am sure he had plenty of time to think about his ideals before he died.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (183339)	3/11/2006 12:45:42 PM
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US hostage in Iraq killed after torture: police Mar 11, 2006 By Faris al-Mehdawi and Ross Colvin BAGHDAD (Reuters) - American hostage Tom Fox has been killed and his body, showing signs of torture, left at a garbage dump in Baghdad, police said on Saturday. One of the policemen who found the body said the 54-year-old peace activist, wearing a gray tracksuit, appeared to have beaten with electric cables before his death. He had a single gunshot wound to the head and his hands were tied behind him. Fox, who had been in Iraq to campaign against the U.S. occupation and to work for the release of Iraqis held by U.S. forces, was taken hostage with three colleagues in November by a group calling itself the "Swords of Truth." The group had threatened to kill the four, members of the Chicago-based Christian Peacemaker Teams, unless U.S. forces and the Iraqi authorities freed all prisoners in their custody. U.S. embassy spokeswoman Elizabeth Colton said Fox's body was on its way back to the United States. She had no comment on the nature of his death. A member of the police patrol which found Fox's body told Reuters it had been left beside a railway line on waste ground used as a garbage dump in Baghdad's western Mansour district. The policeman, who declined to be identified, said local people had covered the body with pieces of cardboard after reporting the discovery to police. "When we pulled back the cardboard we immediately saw it was a foreigner and called headquarters," he said. Fox, a father of two, had expressed concern in an article written the day before his abduction about the dehumanization of Iraqis amid a raging insurgency and U.S. responses that he said often claimed the lives of innocents. U.S. State Department spokesman Noel Clay said the FBI had formally identified Fox's body. More forensic examinations would be conducted in the United States. PLEA Fears about Fox's fate were raised earlier this week when Arabic television station Al Jazeera aired a video dated February 28 showing only fellow activists Norman Kember, a Briton, and Canadians James Loney and Harmeet Sooden. There was no word on Saturday on the fate of the three, who looked well in the video and did not appear distressed. "We renew our plea for the safe release of Harmeet Sooden, Jim Loney and Norman Kember," Christian Peacemaker Teams said in a statement. In the video the activists called on Gulf Arab leaders and their own governments to help free them. It was the first video since the hostage-takers said in January that U.S. forces had a last chance to free Iraqi prisoners or the men would be killed. Baghdad residents interviewed by Reuters expressed dismay at Fox's killing. "We reject such a criminal act. There is no acceptable justification for killing that innocent man. Islam rejects such a shameful crime," Abu Hasanen said. In a posting on the Christian Peacemaker Teams Web site written before his abduction, Fox reflected on the dangers of working in Iraq and in particular about the threat of kidnapping. He resolved "to stand firm" and not give in to fear. "Does that mean I walk into a raging battle to confront the soldiers? Does that mean I walk the streets of Baghdad with a sign saying 'American for the Taking'? No to both counts. "But if Jesus and Gandhi are right, then I am asked to risk my life, and if I lose it to be as forgiving as they were when murdered by the forces of Satan." Spokeswoman Colton said the U.S. embassy was still working to free American journalist Jill Carroll, kidnapped in Baghdad on January 7. Her kidnappers had threatened to kill her by February 26 unless U.S. forces released women detainees. "We are working around the clock with the Iraqi authorities and foreign missions to win the release of all the hostages," Colton said. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the killing of Fox obviously raised concern about the other captives. "We have been in touch with the family of Mr Kember and we continue to do everything we can to ensure his safe release, but it's a very difficult situation," he said. More than 200 foreigners and thousands of Iraqis have been kidnapped since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Fifty-five foreign hostages are now known to have been killed by their captors. Two Germans and two Kenyans are among those still being held.