| Friday, April 4, 2003 |
22:06 - Oh, for Pete's sake
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=540&e=5&u=/ap/20030405/ap_on_re_mi_
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Murder charges have been filed against Asan Akbar, dutiful servant of Indymedia's exhortation for US troops to frag their commanding officers.
He was the sergeant in charge of munitions the night in question; he was unhurt, there were eyewitnesses, and he was led away raving against the US military.
Akbar, an American Muslim, told family members he was wary of going to war in Iraq. His mother, Quran Bilal, told The Tennessean of Nashville that she was concerned he might have been accused because he is a Muslim.
Of course. That must be it.
This country is trying to be as studiously fair these days as it possibly can, to the point of absurdity in avoiding charges of racial profiling and bigotry. But what the hell chance have we got?
Sigh.
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