Earlier today Islamic militants (Hey, AP called them that) attacked the US Embassy in Damascus, Syria. The attacked failed, three terrorists, along with one Syrian embassy guard.
Here's the part of the AP story that caught my eye:
Witnesses also said the gunmen tried to throw hand grenades into the embassy compound, shouting "Allah Akbar!" or "God is great!" It was not clear if any of the grenades made it over the walls, which are about 8 feet high.
No one knows if these terrorists were part of al-Qaida. But today CAIR, the Council on American Islamic Relations, is holding a press conference in Washington at their headquarters (pictured) near Capitol Hill.
Here's an excerpt from that release:
"Al-Qaida does not speak for Islam or for the vast majority of Muslims worldwide who want to live in peace with their neighbors, practice their faith in freedom and raise their children in societies based on justice and mutual respect," said CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad. "For the last five years, al-Qaida has offered nothing but a future filled with endless violence and division."
But here's a group--my hunch is they're not al-Qaida--who once again is using Islam in a violent fashion. Forget the phony fatwas: When is CAIR going to tell the world that there is a cancer of terror within Islam?
UPDATE 9:50AM CDT: Syrian authorities are blaming the attack on an al-Qaida splinter group. But this is still a developing story.
From AP:
The al-Qaida offshoot group, called Jund al-Sham, has been blamed for several attacks in Syria in recent years, the Syrian ambassador, Imad Moustapha, said in comments to CNN.
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