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16:54 - Now you're talkin'.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=32749
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Via LGF and InstaPundit.
According to the Moskovski Komsomol newspaper, Russian security forces have decided to bury the terrorists from last's week's hostage siege wrapped in pig's skin. The aim is to deter potential Islamic terrorists from future attacks.
Shahidi (Jihad martyrs) believe by their nefarious acts that they ascend immediately to heaven. Using their beliefs against them, wrapping their corpses in 'unclean' pigskin prevents them from entering heaven for eternity.
At least some people understand the kind of playing field on which we're tussling. We would do well to learn from this example, particularly if the reaction is something new, something other than the age-old and feckless cycle of diplomacy from the civilized and shrieks of holy rage from the zealous. These two kinds of reactions feed off each other, because they're so mutually alien. But to fight zealotry on its own terms... now that's a novel idea.
UPDATE: Aziz has some clarifications. Well, drat.
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