tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post110064365613119987..comments2023-07-01T08:55:59.065-05:00Comments on City of Brass: DesecrationAziz P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11825546047253660903noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387550.post-1100720600313129512004-11-17T13:43:00.000-06:002004-11-17T13:43:00.000-06:00Uzer, the presence of teh Americans there could al...Uzer, the presence of teh Americans there could also be construed as fighting on behalf of Iraq. The political argument of aims is irrelevant to whether a mosque is being desecrated. <br /><br />The desecration of a mosque occurs when one side uses it as a military installation, not a place of worship. Having done that, the mosque is no longer protected. It is violated. <br /><br />The jihadis, or freedom fighters, or whatever you want to call them, use mosques as amunition dumps. They fire upon soldiers from its minarets. <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fcityofbrass.blogspot.com%2F2004%2F11%2Ffallujah-for-children.html">They booby-trap nearby schools and use the mosque as the trigger-point</A>. <br /><br />In comparison, the Americans have secured a <B>military target</B>. It may have once been a mosque. But it wasn't the American soldiers who changed its status by their actions.Aziz P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11825546047253660903noreply@blogger.com