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April 22, 2009 | 12:05 pm

Exclusive Coverage from DURBAN 2 - DAY 3: Bring Popcorn and a Tissue

Posted by David Weiner

David Weiner is a guest blogger for JewishJournal.com.  He is currently in Geneva attending the Durban Review Conference (also referred to as Durban 2) as part of a delegation representing the American Jewish Committee, composed of roughly 15 young professionals.

Armed with his laptop, still camera, and flip video camera, David will be providing continuous updates and sharing his own thoughts and experiences from Durban 2.

Click Here to Read Day 1
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If you like good theater, then you would like the Durban Review Conference.  But you should be prepared for a tragedy.

It’s a tragedy that this conference, convened to address all forms of racism and intolerance around the world, has become a grandstand for Ahmadinejad.  With so many people and groups affected by discrimination and intolerance, it’s too bad that this conference has become focused on Israel.  It’s not that Israel is free of human rights problems and should be removed from the human rights agenda, but does it really deserve to be the entire agenda?

This conference, at least for the first couple days, has been more about style than substance.  I was in several important meetings today, “Racism: The Road to Genocide,” and “Human Rights, Discrimination and Islamophobia” – however, both of these meetings featured delegates from Iran and Neturei Karta making disruptive comments, walking out, and repeatedly attempting to equate Zionism with racism.  Where was the conversation about genocide happening in Africa?  Where was the conversation about how Jews and Muslims could actually work together on issues like Islamophobia? 

And then came the clowns.  The French Student Union, breaking in strategy from the European Jewish Student Union, formed a disruptive protest in the UN building.  Outside the meeting rooms featuring panels on “Discrimination and Poverty” and “Double Odds: Women overcoming discrimination,” the French students donned wigs and started shouting “Masquerade, Masquerade.”  Security had a difficult time rounding up the protestors, so the show continued for around 20 minutes.  Television reporters interviewed the students who avoided security, and the focus shifted once more to Ahmadinejad.

It’s a tragedy that this conference has become so heavy on theatrics rather than the core issues of racism that require attention.  I felt uncomfortable watching the latest protest.  Are these tactics very different from the Iranian delegates hijacking the meetings I attended? 

Anyone can go to the store and buy a wig.  Anyone can shout in the meetings.  But the real challenge is to find areas where we can engage.  For Wednesday, I have set up a meeting with two Palestinian NGOs working on Palestinian human rights.  I think we are all hungry to actually talk with each other.  Who knows….?  We might even find some common ground.

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I am so embarassed about this as a Muslim woman.  Darfur deserves the utmost attention especially by Muslim leaders who have done nothing for the african Muslims.  I hope Jews and Muslims can find common ground, i believe that we can, and we will without the leadership of Muslim leaders!
Sincerely…Shalom/Salaam

Comment by Maehnaz Afridi on 4/22/09 at 6:59 pm

Durban I begat Durban II.  Think u can negotiate with a pistol pointed at u.  Don’t play the fool!

Comment by WILLIAM I. GOLDSTEIN on 4/22/09 at 9:39 pm

Shouldn’t we get real and disengage from this which hunt which is looking only to try to undermine what Jews have spent the last 61 years building, a light amongst vast darkness.

I just read from the Times Online a story by James Hider, “Despite that, al-Qaeda and other terrorist networks have proven capable of carrying out a number of bloody attacks in recent weeks that peaked today with two suicide bombings that killed 73 people.

The deadliest was near Baqouba, deep in the territory that al-Baghdadi’s organisation once controlled. A suicide bomber walked into a crowded restaurant and killed at least 45 diners, including many pilgrims from neighbouring Iran.

A further 28 people, including five children and 10 policemen, were killed in another suicide bombing as police distributed food aid to displaced people in an abandoned building in southeastern Baghdad, security officials said. More than 100 people were wounded in the two blasts. ” 

Here is a list (unverified) of Islamic “Jihads” from http://www.thereligionofpeace.com :

List of Islamic Terror Attacks For the Past 2 Months
Date   Country   City   Killed   Injured   Description
2009.04.21   Iraq   Mosul   2   0   A female professor and butcher are brutally murdered by Islamic extremists in separate attacks.
2009.04.21   India   Poonch   5   7   A young girl and mother are among two people blown to bits by a Lashkar-e-Toiba landmine.
2009.04.20   Afghanistan   Khost   2   8   Islamists bomb a passenger bus, killing two civilians.
2009.04.20   Pakistan   Lahore   2   0   An 18-year-old girl is among two women shot to death by their family member on suspicion of illicit relations with men.
2009.04.20   Pakistan   South Waziristan   3   0   A woman and child are among three people killed during a Taliban ambush.
2009.04.20   Iraq   Baqubah   11   15   Eleven Iraqis are blasted to death by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2009.04.20   Iraq   Fallujah   2   0   Jihadis manage to kill two young girls with an IED.
2009.04.20   Somalia   Kismayo   7   15   Seven people are killed during an al-Shabaab assault.
2009.04.20   Afghanistan   Uruzgan   1   2   Religious extremists kill a civilian with a roadside bomb.
2009.04.19   Iraq   Baghdad   1   0   Terrorists assassinate a government official.
2009.04.19   Iraq   Mussayib   2   0   Two Sunnis are gunned down by suspected al-Qaeda.
2009.04.19   India   Doda   2   0   Lashkar-e-Toiba militants open fire on local security forces, killing two.
2009.04.19   India   Pulwama   1   0   A former terrorist who renounced violence is shot to death by Islamists.
2009.04.19   Afghanistan   Zabul   2   3   Three local police are murdered in a Taliban ambush.
2009.04.19   Somalia   Merka   1   0   Islamic gunmen murder a humanitarian worker.
2009.04.19   Pakistan   Hangu   2   0   A man and woman are executed by the Taliban for having relations outside of marriage.
2009.04.19   Pakistan   Orakzai   2   0   Two women are killed when fundamentalists blow up a house on suspicion of sexual activity.
2009.04.19   Ingushetia   Sunzhen   1   1   Mujahideen stage a grenade attack on a home, killing a woman.
2009.04.18   Pakistan   Khyber   4   0   Four men are killed in a remote-controlled bomb attack.
2009.04.18   Afghanistan   Kandahar   2   4   A woman is among two people blown to bits by a planted bicycle bomb.
2009.04.18   Pakistan   Hangu   27   55   A Holy Warrior rams an explosives-laden truck into a local checkpoint, sending at least twenty-seven souls to Allah.
2009.04.17   Afghanistan   Nimroz   3   3   A suicide bomber takes out three civilians.
2009.04.17   Afghanistan   Parwan   5   5   Five security guards are gunned down by suspected Sunni radicals.
2009.04.17   Iraq   Baghdad   7   15   Seven people are killed when Jihadis lob mortars into a residential neighborhood.
2009.04.16   Iraq   Baquba   1   4   One person is killed in an al-Qaeda bombing.
2009.04.16   Pakistan   Lahore   1   0   An 18-year-old woman is shot dead by her brother-in-law for trying to leave the marriage.
2009.04.16   Pakistan   Mardan   1   0   A woman is killed when Islamic militants bomb the offices of a humanitarian organization.
2009.04.16   India   Anantnag   1   1   A woman is murdered, and her son wounded, when Mujahideen intrude into the home and open fire on the family.
2009.04.15   Pakistan   Jacobabad   1   0   A young girl is killed by her uncle on suspicion of sexual immorality.
2009.04.15   Pakistan   Charsadda   18   5   A suicide bomber drives an explosives-laden car into a police checkpoint, killing both officers and civilians.
2009.04.15   Pakistan   Karachi   1   0   A lawyer is gunned down in a suspected sectarian attack.
2009.04.15   Philippines   Elian   2   0   Moro Islamists ambush and kill two locals.
2009.04.15   Iraq   Kirkuk   11   22   Eleven Iraqis are murdered by a Fedayeen suicide bomber near an oil facility.
2009.04.15   Somalia   Mogadishu   1   0   A government official is assassinated by al-Shabaab terrorists.
2009.04.14   Pal. Auth.    Gaza   1   0   A 28-year-old woman is murdered by her family in an honor killing.
2009.04.14   Thailand   Yala   1   0   A villager is murdered by Mujahid gunmen.
2009.04.13   Afghanistan   Herat   4   0   Four civilians are blown to bits when Sunni hardliners bomb a passenger bus.
2009.04.13   Afghanistan   Khost   2   0   Two construction crew guards are murdered by Islamic militants.
2009.04.13   Afghanistan   Nimruz   2   0   A man and woman are publicly executed by the Taliban for eloping.
2009.04.13   Pakistan   Jandola   2   0   Two people are kidnapped and shot to death by Mujahid.
2009.04.13   Iraq   Baghdad   0   4   Fundamentalists toss a grenade into a liquor shop.
2009.04.13   Somalia   Mogadishu   1   3   A woman is among the casualties as Islamists set off a bomb along a city street.
2009.04.13   Somalia   Mogadishu   1   5   Terrorists send a rocket into a Red Cross building, killing one civilian.
2009.04.13   Philippines   Basilan   1   0   Abu Sayyaf terrorists behead a kidnapped Christian.
2009.04.12   Jordan   Basira   1   0   A 28-year-old pregnant woman is stabbed to death by her younger brother in an ‘honor killing.’
2009.04.12   Iraq   Yathrib   2   0   al-Qaeda terrorists murder two Iraqis with a roadside bomb.
2009.04.12   Iraq   Mosul   3   2   Mujahideen gun down a civilian and two policemen.
2009.04.12   Pakistan   Peshawar   1   7   Islamic militants attack a trucking terminal, killing a security guard.
2009.04.12   Afghanistan   Kandahar   1   0   A women’s rights activist is murdered by four fundamentalist gunmen.
2009.04.11   Iraq   Iskandariya   12   32   A dozen innocents waiting in line for pay are blown apart by an al-Qaeda suicide bomber.
2009.04.10   Pakistan   North Waziristan   2   0   Two civilians are kidnapped and beheaded by Taliban militants.
2009.04.10   Afghanistan   Helmand   6   7   Religious extremists attack a police post, killing six local officers.
2009.04.10   Iraq   Mosul   7   20   Five Americans are among seven murdered by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2009.04.10   Thailand   Narathiwat   1   2   Mujahideen gunmen fire into a passenger train, killing one railway worker.
2009.04.10   Somalia   Mogadishu   2   9   The ‘Mujahideen Youth Movement’ take out two civilians in a mortar attack.
2009.04.10   Philippines   Basilan   1   8   Muslim terrorists attack a Christian village, killing one and kidnapping several young children.
2009.04.10   Pakistan   Bannu   1   2   Islamists bomb a tribal elder meeting, killing one member.
2009.04.09   Afghanistan   Lashkar Gah   5   17   Two children are among five Afghans blown apart by a Shahid suicide bomber.
2009.04.09   Thailand   Pattani   1   0   A teenager is kidnapped and beheaded by Mujahideen.
2009.04.09   Pal. Auth.    Gaza   3   0   A 5-year-old boy is among three family members gunned down over immoral behavior.
2009.04.09   Algeria   Jijel   3   0   Three brothers are massacred by Islamic fundamentalists at a fake checkpoint.
2009.04.08   Pakistan   Buner   5   0   Taliban fighters attack a local village, killing five people.
2009.04.08   Algeria   Kabylie   1   0   A cop is killed in a Mujahideen bombing.
2009.04.08   Pakistan   Lahore   1   0   A Muslim man guns down his niece to keep her from marrying against the family’s permission.
2009.04.08   Iraq   Baghdad   7   19   Jihadis bomb a marketplace, murdering seven patrons.
2009.04.07   Iraq   Baghdad   7   14   Mujahideen blow seven people to bit with a car bomb.
2009.04.07   Iraq   Fallujah   3   7   A suicide bomber takes out three Iraqis.
2009.04.06   Philippines   Basilan   3   9   Three laborers are cut down by automatic weapons at point-blank range by Abu Sayyaf militants.
2009.04.06   Iraq   Baghdad   37   100   Six coordinated terror bombings leave thirty-seven Iraqis dead.
2009.04.06   Iraq   Jalawla   3   0   Three civilians are gunned down in a Sunni drive-by.
2009.04.06   Pakistan   Mingora   1   1   A village guard is murdered by Islamic gunmen.
2009.04.06   Pakistan   Mansehra   4   0   Three female aid workers and their driver are brutally murdered by suspected Muslim militants.
2009.04.06   Afghanistan   Khost   2   1   Taliban bombers take out two local security personnel.
2009.04.05   Iraq   Abu Ghraib   1   2   A civilian is taken out in an al-Qaeda bombing in a residential area.
2009.04.05   Pakistan   Chakwal   24   35   Two dozen innocents, including four children, are blown to bits in a religious center by a Shahid suicide bomber.
2009.04.05   Somalia   Mogadishu   1   6   A child is killed in an Islamist mortar attack.
2009.04.05   Iraq   Mosul   2   1   A child and his mother are among three casualties of two terror attacks.
2009.04.05   Jordan   Sahab   1   0   A 22-year-old woman is stabbed to death by her brother for ‘spending too much time out of the house.’
2009.04.04   Pakistan   Islamabad   8   4   Eight embassy guards are blown to bits by a Shadid suicide bomber.
2009.04.04   Thailand   Pattani   2   0   A 60-year-old man and his teenage son are shot to death outside their home by Islamic terrorists.
2009.04.04   Pakistan   Miranshah   7   30   Children are among seven people murdered by a Fedayeen bomber.
2009.04.04   Iraq   Mosul   1   0   A Christian repairman is shot to death by Muslim gunmen in front of his workshop.
2009.04.03   Iraq   Baghdad   2   5   Jihadi bombers successfully kill two Iraqis.
2009.04.03   Philippines   Basilan   2   8   A woman is among two people killed when Islamic militants bomb a fast food shop near a Catholic cathedral.
2009.04.03   Afghanistan   Ghazni   4   0   Four construction crew workers are killed in a Taliban bombing.
2009.04.02   Afghanistan   Heart   4   0   Sunni fundamentalists kill three civilians and a local cop in an ambush.
2009.04.02   Iraq   Baqubah   3   0   Terrorists plant a bomb at a car dealership, killing three people.
2009.04.02   Israel   Bat Ayin   1   1   A 45-year-old Muslim slips into a Jewish settlement, stabs a 7-year-old and axes a 13-year-old to death.
2009.04.02   Daghestan   Khasavyurt   3   0   A local cop and his two brothers are kidnapped and murdered by Islamic separatists.
2009.04.02   Iraq   Baghdad   2   0   Two homosexuals are killed by their tribes in a bid to “restore family honor.”
2009.04.02   Iraq   Baghdad   2   0   Two older Christian sisters are murdered by Mujahideen gunmen.
2009.04.02   Pakistan   Koral   1   0   A Muslim man stabs his sister to death for marrying without the family’s permission.
2009.04.01   Pakistan   Upper Dir   5   2   Five police are slaughtered in a brutal Taliban ambush.
2009.04.01   Iraq   Mashtal   1   0   A Christian man is gunned down in front of his restaurant by Islamic terrorists.
2009.04.01   Afghanistan   Kandahar   13   17   A Fedayeen attack on a government office leaves thirteen people dead.
2009.04.01   Somalia   Mogadishu   1   1   A civilian is killed when al-Shabaab terrorists fire at a vehicle carrying a lawmaker.
2009.04.01   Iraq   Mosul   4   0   Two bombings and a shooting leave four dead, including a schoolteacher and a 7-year-old child.
2009.03.31   Philippines   Alamada   1   3   Moro Islamists gun down a local soldier guarding a town square.
2009.03.31   Iraq   Kirkuk   1   0   An elderly Christian is gunned down by Muslim radicals.
2009.03.31   Iraq   Mosul   7   40   A suicide truck bomber takes out seven Iraqis.
2009.03.31   Iraq   Kirkuk   1   0   A 71-year-old Christian man is killed in his own home by Muslim intruders.
2009.03.31   Pakistan   Samundri   1   0   A father of four young children is murdered by suspected Islamists.
2009.03.30   Thailand   Pattani   1   1   A vendor is murdered by Muslim gunmen while riding on his cart with his 14-year-old son.
2009.03.30   Afghanistan   Kandahar   9   8   A Fedayeen bomber calmly walks into a government office and detonate, leaving at least nine dead.
2009.03.30   Pakistan   Bannu   5   3   A Shahid rams an explosives-laden vehicle into a police checkpoint, killing five officers.
2009.03.30   Afghanistan   Paktia   3   0   Three local cops are killed by a Taliban roadside bomb.
2009.03.30   Pakistan   Lahore   9   93   Civilians are among at least nine innocents slain in a Fedayeen attack on a police academy.
2009.03.30   Thailand   Narathiwat   1   0   Muslim gunmen murder a civilian as he is walking home.
2009.03.30   Iraq   Baqubah   3   9   Mujahid bombers murder three people outside a real estate office.
2009.03.30   Somalia   Saydhelow   3   10   A woman is among three people killed in an al-Shabaab ambush.
2009.03.30   Iraq   Hillah   3   0   Three al-Qaeda victims are found dead in a car.
2009.03.30   Thailand   Pattani   2   0   A married couple is brutally shot to death by Islamic extremists.
2009.03.29   Iraq   Basra   5   6   Five Iraqis are blown apart by a Jihad roadside bomb.
2009.03.28   Afghanistan   Paktia   7   5   Seven local security personnel are killed by Sunni hardliners in two separate attacks.
2009.03.28   Thailand   Yala   1   0   A 51-year-old man is gunned down in his home by Muslim radicals.
2009.03.28   Iraq   Fallujah   2   0   Two farmers are murderd by Muslim extremists while working in their fields.
2009.03.27   Thailand   Pattani   3   0   Mujahdieen gunmen murder three civilians in two attacks.
2009.03.27   Pakistan   North Waziristan   3   0   Three civilians are shot to death by armed fundamentalists.
2009.03.27   Iraq   Jalawla   1   1   A cleric is gunned down by al-Qaeda assassins.
2009.03.27   Thailand   Narathiwat   1   16   A local farmer is shot to death as he returns from work and sixteen others injured in a separate bombing.
2009.03.27   Pakistan   Jamrud   71   115   Over seventy people are slaughtered by a horrific Taliban suicide attack on a rival mosque.
2009.03.27   Philippines   Maguindanao   7   2   Moro Islamists ambush a security patrol, killing seven members.
2009.03.26   Thailand   Pattani   1   1   Mujahideen storm a school, injure the principal and shoot a teacher to death.
2009.03.26   Algeria   Kabylie   2   3   Separate al-Qaeda ambushes leave two people dead.
2009.03.26   Thailand   Narathiwat   1   1   Militant Muslims shoot a female grocery owner to death and injure her 70-year-old husband.
2009.03.26   Pakistan   Tank   11   25   A Shahid suicide bomber detonates at a restaurant, killing a dozen patrons.
2009.03.26   Pakistan   Dera Ismail Khan   3   3   Three Sunnis are shot to death in a sectarian drive-by attack.
2009.03.26   Thailand   Yala   1   0   Muslims shoot a 46-year-old Buddhist woman, then set her on fire.
2009.03.26   Afghanistan   Helmand   9   6   Nine local police are gunned down when armed religious extremists attack a checkpoint.
2009.03.26   Iraq   Baghdad   26   37   Sunni car bombers massacre over two dozen Shiites, including women and children, at an outdoor market.
2009.03.26   Iraq   Baghdad   4   0   Four homosexual men are shot to death following a call by clerics for a crackdown.
2009.03.26   Iraq   Mosul   7   2   Three children are among seven Iraqis killed in two Muslim terror bombings.
2009.03.25   Chechnya   Vedeno   1   0   A policeman is abducted and killed by Jihad warriors.
2009.03.25   Sudan   Abu Zor   2   2   Suspected Janjiweed militia torch a refugee camp, killing two people.
2009.03.25   Thailand   Pattani   1   0   Mujahideen gun down a Buddhist man.
2009.03.25   Afghanistan   Khost   10   6   Ten civilians, including women and children, are blown to bits when Islamic hardliners bomb their passenger bus.
2009.03.25   Iraq   Mosul   4   7   Four schoolgirls are murdered by Islamic bombers. Seven other children are injured.
2009.03.24   India   Ghaziabad   1   0   A 16-year-old girl is burned alive by Muslim moral police over a suspected affair.
2009.03.24   Somalia   Mogadishu   4   1   al-Shabaab terrorists shoot four local policemen to death in a drive-by.
2009.03.24   Iraq   Mosul   1   0   Mujahid murder a woman inside her home.
2009.03.24   Pal. Auth.    Gaza   1   0   A Palestinian is tortured and beaten to death in the hospital by Hamas.
2009.03.23   Pakistan   Miranshah   2   0   Religious extremists kidnap and kill two civilians in separate attacks.
2009.03.23   Iraq   Jalula   24   28   A suicide bomber strikes a Kurdish funeral, killing at least twenty-four mourners.
2009.03.23   Iraq   Fallujah   8   9   Two children are among eight killed when Islamists bomb a residence.
2009.03.23   Thailand   Saida   1   1   A young man is murdered by Muslim gunmen while talking to a friend in front of his home.
2009.03.23   Afghanistan   Spin Boldak   8   1   Eight local police are killed in a brutal ambush by Sunni hardliners.
2009.03.23   Iraq   Abu Ghraib   9   19   Jihad bombers kill nine Iraqis in a commercial district.
2009.03.23   Pakistan   Markez   1   4   A Shahid suicide bomber takes out a local policeman.
2009.03.23   India   Bandipora   1   0   A civilian is shot to death inside his home by Mujahideen.
2009.03.23   Lebanon   Saida   1   3   Iranian agents are suspected in the assassination of a Palestinian official at a refugee camp.
2009.03.23   Pakistan   Dera Ismail Khan   1   1   A Sunni is gunned down by Shia militants.
2009.03.22   Iraq   Diyala   5   2   Five Iraqis are killed in two Jihad bombings.
2009.03.21   Afghanistan   Nangarhar   6   5   Six Afghans are murdered by a Shahid suicide bomber while waiting in line at a checkpoint.
2009.03.21   Afghanistan   Khost   5   5   Islamists murder five civilians when they bomb a celebration for the Persian new year.
2009.03.21   Jordan   Amman   1   0   A man and his two sons beat his 19-year-old daughter to death for talking to a strange man.
2009.03.21   Thailand   Yala   1   0   An older man is murdered by Mujahid gunmen while working outside his home.
2009.03.21   Afghanistan   Nauroz   2   4   A second attack on people celebrating the Persian new year leaves two dead.
2009.03.21   Bahrain   Ma’ameer   1   0   An innocent foreigner dies from injuries suffered in a 3/8 petrol bomb attack by Islamic terrorists.
2009.03.21   Iraq   Hilla   1   0   An Iraqi is killed in a suspected al-Qaeda bombing.
2009.03.20   Afghanistan   Kandahar   1   6   A civilian is killed when Sunni hardliners rocket an airport.
2009.03.20   Pakistan   Lahore   1   0   A mother of three is shot to death by her brothers on suspicion of having an affair with a neighbor.
2009.03.20   Afghanistan   Kandahar   1   1   Sunnis murder a carpenter with a mortar.
2009.03.20   Iraq   Fallujah   1   2   An Iraqi is blown to bits by a suicide bomber.
2009.03.20   India   Kupwara   8   15   Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists Indian troops, killing eight.
2009.03.20   Thailand   Pattani   1   0   Muslim terrorists gun down a man riding his motorcycle home.
2009.03.19   Iraq   Mosul   1   1   A woman is killed, and her daughter injured, by Sunni gunmen along a city street.
2009.03.19   Afghanistan   Helmand   5   0   A lawmaker who stood up to the Taliban is assassinated in a targeted bombing along with four others.
2009.03.19   Thailand   Pattani   4   0   Islamic bombers murder four local soldiers riding in a pickup truck.
2009.03.19   Pakistan   Landi Kotal   8   30   Islamic militants lob mortars into a town’s commercial district, murdering at least eight innocents
2009.03.19   Somalia   Mogadishu   1   0   An aid worker is gunned down in his car by Islamic militia assassins.
2009.03.19   Somalia   Balad   2   0   Two men are beheaded by al Shabaab terrorists.
2009.03.18   Iraq   Mosul   2   0   An older married couple is killed within their home by Mujahideen.
2009.03.18   Iraq   Mosul   1   4   A Fedayeen suicide bomber kills a local policeman.
2009.03.18   Somalia   Mogadishu   1   2   al-Shabaab terrorists murder an AU peacekeeper in a roadside ambush.
2009.03.17   Pakistan   NWFP   5   3   Islamic extremists fire rockets at a university, killing five people.
2009.03.17   Philippines   Mindanao   2   0   Moro Islamists attack a government patrol, killing two local troops.
2009.03.17   Iraq   Mosul   1   0   A university student is gunned down by Mujahideen.
2009.03.17   Pakistan   Pirwadhai   14   25   At least fourteen people are killed when a suicide bomber detonates at a crowded bus stop.
2009.03.16   Algeria   Tadmait   4   5   Four local soldiers are taken out in an Islamist bombing.
2009.03.16   Algeria   Oued Essania   2   0   Two people are killed in a bomb blast.
2009.03.16   Afghanistan   Lashkar Gah   11   28   Eleven Afghans are blown to bits by a Shahid suicide bomber.
2009.03.16   Iraq   Kirkuk   1   0   Sunni militants murder a doctor with a grenade.
2009.03.16   Philippines   Jolo   2   4   Abu Sayyaf militants toss a grenade into a karaoke bar, killing two patrons.
2009.03.16   Iraq   al-Mukhifa   5   0   Five al-Qaeda kidnap victims are found executed.
2009.03.16   Algeria   Tebessa   5   0   Fundamentalists slit the throat of a shepherd, then kill his family with a bomb.
2009.03.15   Pakistan   Dera Ismail Khan   2   0   Two Sunnis are shot to death outside a mosque by Shia gunmen.
2009.03.15   Afghanistan   Kandahar   1   6   A bystander is killed by a Taliban wheelbarrow bomb.
2009.03.15   Afghanistan   Kabul   2   9   A suicide bomber kills two civilians outside a high school.
2009.03.15   Israel   Masua   2   0   Two Israelis are shot to death by Palestinian gunmen while riding in a car.
2009.03.15   Yemen   Shibam   5   4   Four Korean tourists and a local are murdered by fundamentalist bombers.
2009.03.15   Iraq   Baghdad   1   0   Mujahideen bombers murder an oil engineer.
2009.03.15   Pakistan   Multan   2   0   A young husband and his pregnant wife, both doctors, are brutally murdered by Islamists for being minority Ahmadiyya.
2009.03.15   UK   London   0   1   A Christian minister critical of Islam is brutally beaten by local Muslims.
2009.03.14   Pakistan   Dera Ismail Khan   2   0   Sunnis spray a Shiite couple on a motorcycle with automatic weapons, killing both the husband and wife.
2009.03.14   Afghanistan   Helmand   2   0   Sunni hardliners attack a police post, killing two officers.
2009.03.13   Pakistan   Bajaur   3   0   Three tribesmen are abducted and beheaded by Sunni hardliners.
2009.03.13   Iraq   Baghdad   1   1   Islamic radicals kill a woman and wound a boy with a planted bomb.
2009.03.13   Thailand   Narathiwat   3   1   Three local soldiers are killed in an ambush by Muslim militants.
2009.03.13   Thailand   Yala   1   0   A woman dies from injuries a day after being shot by Muslim extremists.
2009.03.13   Iraq   Orakzai   2   0   Two civilians are murdered by the Taliban.
2009.03.12   Ingushetia   Nazran   1   0   A Russian policeman is murdered by suspected Mujahid.
2009.03.12   Iraq   Basra   1   0   Shia gunmen take down a Sunni official.
2009.03.11   Somalia   Mogadishu   4   0   Islamists trigger a roadside bomb, killing four people.
2009.03.11   Pakistan   Peshawar   4   2   Two women are among four killed by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2009.03.11   Iraq   Kirkuk   2   8   Two Iraqis are killed in a Jihad car bombing.
2009.03.11   Iraq   Mosul   4   10   Mujahideen car bombers take out four civilians along a city street.
2009.03.11   Algeria   Barika   1   1   Islamic fundamentalists attack an approaching group of policemen with machine guns.
2009.03.11   India   Reasi   1   0   A man is murdered in his home by Islamic gunmen.
2009.03.10   Iraq   Abu Ghraib   33   34   A Shahid detonates an explosive belt in the midst of Sunni and Shia tribal leaders, murdering over thirty people.
2009.03.10   Pakistan   Dera Ismail Khan   1   0   A policeman is gunned down in revenge for preventing a suicide bombing.
2009.03.10   Afghanistan   Helmand   4   6   Four civilians are killed when fundamentalists detonate a roadside bomb.
2009.03.10   Iraq   Mosul   3   6   A woman is killed inside her home by Mujahideen. Two other civilians are killed elsewhere.
2009.03.10   Afghanistan   Khost   7   2   Seven local soldiers are killed by Taliban roadside bombers.
2009.03.09   Thailand   Pattani   1   0   A 25-year-old man is murdered by Muslim gunmen.
2009.03.09   Iraq   Baghdad   2   0   Two moderate Sunnis are gunned down by al-Qaeda militants.
2009.03.09   Iraq   Mosul   2   0   Two policemen are shot to death at their post by Islamic terrorists.
2009.03.09   Pakistan   South Waziristan   3   0   Two brothers are among three civilians abducted and murdered by religious extremists.
2009.03.09   Pakistan   Quetta   2   0   Two Shias are shot to death by Sunni rivals.
2009.03.09   Pakistan   Kohat   1   4   Islamists fire a rocket at a passenger bus traveling through the Kohat Friendship Tunnel, killing one rider.
2009.03.08   Iraq   Mosul   3   3   Jihadi bombers take down three local soldiers at a traffic stop.
2009.03.08   Iraq   Khalis   25   0   Twenty-five victims of al-Qaeda abductions are found in several mass graves.
2009.03.08   Iraq   Baghdad   28   57   An al-Qaeda suicide bomber attacks new police recruits, leaving nearly thirty innocent people dead.
2009.03.08   Russia   St. Petersburg   1   0   A Muslim man has his 21-year-old woman shot to death over wearing a miniskirt.
2009.03.08   Algeria   Tizi Ouzou   1   0   A policeman is shot and then set on fire by Islamic fundamentalists.
2009.03.08   Thailand   Yala   1   1   Islamists fire on a pair of teachers, killing one.
2009.03.07   Pakistan   Mohmand   14   0   Fourteen Pakistani soldiers are killed in an ambush by Sunni fundamentalists. Some are executed in captivity.
2009.03.07   Pakistan   Darra Adam Khel   2   7   Two civilians are murdered by Jihadi car bombers.
2009.03.07   Pakistan   Peshawar   8   5   Islamists kill an elderly man, then booby-trap the body, killing seven investigating police.
2009.03.07   Pakistan   Khyber   5   8   Lashkar-e-Islam terrorists bomb a shop, killing five people.
2009.03.07   Iraq   Mosul   3   8   Three local security personnel are killed in two Sunni militant attacks.
2009.03.07   Thailand   Pattani   2   0   Two Buddhist brothers riding a motorcycle are shot and then burned by Religion of Peace militants.
2009.03.07   Algeria   Kabylie   2   8   An elderly woman is among two people killed by a Shahid bomber.
2009.03.07   Afghanistan   Nimroz   2   3   Two Afghans are take out by a Fedayeen suicide bomber.
2009.03.06   Pakistan   Bannu   1   1   Sunni militants take out a local official with a bomb blast.
2009.03.06   Somalia   Mogadishu   3   0   Three civilian bystanders are killed when Islamic militia attack African peacekeepers.
2009.03.06   Thailand   Yala   1   0   The 52-year-old owner of a tea shop is shot to death at his business by Mujahideen.
2009.03.06   Iraq   Tikrit   2   0   Mujahideen bombers take out two civilians.
2009.03.06   Pakistan   North Waziristan   2   0   Religious extremists abduct and murder two civilians.
2009.03.05   Iraq   Hillah   12   40   Holy Warriors send a dozen souls to Allah with a car bombing at a livestock market.
2009.03.05   Philippines   Basilan   3   2   Three fisherman are killed when suspected Islamists storm their boat.
2009.03.05   Thailand   Yala   1   0   Muslim terrorists murder a 33-year-old civilian in a drive-by attack.
2009.03.05   Ingushetia   Nazran   6   2   Six policemen are killed trying to defuse an Islamist bomb.
2009.03.05   Pakistan   Dera Ismail Khan   1   19   Radicals throw a hand grenade into a rival mosque, killing at least one.
2009.03.05   Egypt   Qalubiya   2   0   Muslims set a young Christian on fire and also stab his 60-year-old father to death.
2009.03.04   Iraq   Baghdad   5   24   Two Shahid suicide bombers leave five Iraqis dead.
2009.03.04   Iraq   Samarrah   4   0   Four members of a family are eliminated by al-Qaeda gunmen.
2009.03.04   Thailand   Pattani   3   0   Two truck drivers are among three people shot to death by Islamic terrorists.
2009.03.04   Somalia   Galkacyo   1   0   A cleric is gunned down by Islamist rivals.
2009.03.03   Pakistan   Quetta   5   0   Five members of a Shia family are shot to death by Sunni radicals in a sectarian drive-by attack.
2009.03.03   Pakistan   Lahore   8   6   Eight people are gunned down when Mujahideen stage a brutal attack on a visiting cricket team.
2009.03.03   Thailand   Yala   2   0   Two civilians are murdered by Mujahideen gunmen while riding home from work.
2009.03.03   Pakistan   Swat   2   0   Taliban militants kill two local soldiers in an ambush along a highway.
2009.03.02   Pakistan   Kili Karbala   6   6   A 15-year-old suicide bomber takes out a half dozen people at a girl’s school.
2009.03.02   Iraq   Khalis   3   16   Sectarian Jihadis plant a bomb near a mosque, killing five rivals.
2009.03.02   Philippines   Mindanao   2   0   Two local security personnel are murdered in an ambush by Moro Islamists.
2009.03.02   Pakistan   Songo   1   28   Muslim radicals open fire on a Presbyterian church, then enter the building and beat a 45 woman to death.
2009.03.02   Germany   Rees   1   0   A 20-year-old girl is clubbed to death by her brother for having sex.
2009.03.01   India   Doda   1   0   A local police officer is abducted, tortured and murdered by Lashkar-e-Toiba.
2009.03.01   Iraq   Fallujah   1   0   A civilian is killed in his home by an intruding suicide bomber.
2009.03.01   Pakistan   Quetta   2   0   Sunni radicals shoot a Shia man and his son to death in their shop.
2009.02.28   Afghanistan   Uruzgan   1   0   A civilian contractor is killed by Taliban bombers.
2009.02.28   Iraq   Baghdad   2   7   Jihadis murder two Iraqis in a restaurant bombing.
2009.02.27   Iraq   Hawija   2   2   Two Iraqis are taken down by al-Qaeda gunmen.
2009.02.27   Somalia   Mogadishu   42   125   Forty-two civilians are killed in three days of Islamic militia violence.
2009.02.27   Pakistan   Hangu   4   5   Mujahideen open fire on a school van, killing three students and their driver.
2009.02.26   Jordan   Ajlun   1   0   A teenager strangles his 30-year-old sister to death on suspicion that she is in a sexual relationship.
2009.02.26   Pakistan   Mohmand   2   0   Islamic militants kill two tribesmen and blow up a girl’s school.
2009.02.26   Pakistan   Razmak   1   0   The Taliban behead a 35-year-old Afghan civilian as a ‘gift’ to the new American President.
2009.02.26   Iraq   Baghdad   2   10   Two Iraqis are killed when Islamists explode a bomb near a university.
2009.02.25   Somalia   Mogadishu   2   4   Two schoolchildren under the age of ten are taken out by an Islamic mortar shell on a school.
2009.02.25   Ingushetia   Karabulak   1   0   Fundamentalists gun down the owner of a local bowling alley.
2009.02.25   Afghanistan   Kandahar   2   8   Two civilians are killed in a Taliban bombing along a city street.
2009.02.25   Thailand   Narathiwat   3   0   Three people are beheaded by Muslim radicals.
2009.02.24   Somalia   Mogadishu   18   78   Eighteen people, including woman and children, are killed when Islamic hardliners attack peacekeepers.
2009.02.24   Thailand   Yala   1   3   Muslim militants storm a food shop and murder the owner.
2009.02.24   Pakistan   Kohat   2   0   Two civilians on a motorcycle are taken out by Sunni bombers.
2009.02.24   Pakistan   Landikotal   2   0   Two women who may have been prostitutes are tortured to death after having their faces disfigured.
2009.02.24   Afghanistan   Helmand   5   0   Religious extremists kill four US soldiers and a civilian with a roadside bomb.
2009.02.24   Pakistan   Quetta   4   0   A Shia trader and his three sons are brutally shot to death by Sunni extremists while on their way home.
2009.02.24   Thailand   Yala   1   0   A 41-year-old woman is shot to death by Islamic terrorists.
2009.02.23   Thailand   Narathiwat   1   1   A rubber tapper is brutally shot to death by Muslim radicals, who also shoot his wife.
2009.02.23   Iraq   Baghdad   5   15   Jihadis take down five Iraqis in two terror attacks.
2009.02.23   Sudan   Darfur   2   4   Two Doctors without Borders humanitarian workers are shot to death by suspected Janjaweed militia.
2009.02.23   Afghanistan   Helmand   8   17   Eight civilians are killed when Taliban gunmen attack an ISAF patrol.
2009.02.23   Afghanistan   Kandahar   3   0   Three children are blasted to death by a Taliban IED.
2009.02.23   Pakistan   Bannu   1   2   A policeman is murdered by a Shahid suicide bomber.
2009.02.22   Somalia   Mogadishu   11   15   al-Shabaab suicide bombers take out eleven Burundi peacekeepers on their base.
2009.02.22   Pakistan   Karachi   1   0   A man chops his 60-year-old sister into pieces on suspicion that she was having unmarried sex.
2009.02.22   Algeria   Spas   9   3   Islamic fundamentalists machine-gun nine local guards to death in an ambush.
2009.02.22   Afghanistan   Zaranj   1   3   A local guard is taken down by suicide bombers.
2009.02.22   Thailand   Yala   2   0   A married couple are beheaded by Muslim militants on their way home from work at a rubber plantation.
2009.02.22   Egypt   Cairo   1   21   Islamists bomb a market, killing a 17-year-old French girl.

Comment by A. Bales on 4/23/09 at 11:04 am

You missed the point of the wigs.  These are wigs used as costumes during the festival of Purim which celebrates the defeat of Haman, the Persian second in command to the King who plotted to annihilate the Jews.  These Jewish students were carrying out political commentary in the most significant way they knew how—and it was extremely affective.

Comment by marilyn on 4/23/09 at 7:29 pm

“A Christian repairman is shot to death by Muslim gunmen in front of his workshop.” I don’t understand why there’s so much hostility between Muslims and Christians. I’m sure Allah would not want the Muslims to kill people the same way that Jesus Christ doesn’t want the Christians to kill Muslims.

Comment by Handyman on 9/04/09 at 3:44 pm

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