WWII tombstones desecrated in Libya in response to Quran burning

Photos by Manu Brabo / AP

The headstone of A.J. M. Barbe, a soldier of pioneer corps who died Jan. 25, 1943 is seen broken at the Commonwealth Benghazi War Cemetery.

Graves of British soldiers who fought and died during the North African desert battles of WWII were recently desecrated by a mob of angry Libyans. Local reports claimed that Islamists, angered by the recent burning of a Quran at a NATO military base in Afghanistan, are to blame. Libya's national transitional government has apologized for the attacks and local authorities have detained several suspects.

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So, is this what Allah would do? I get so damn sick and tired of people's hipocrisy and all of the insanity in the name of their god or their savior or their religion. They get angry and violent and kill when their religion tells them to be good to one another and to be peaceful. I think John Lennon was right when he said, "Imagine that there's no religion, too." I think it would be a more peaceful world.

    Reply#1 - Tue Mar 6, 2012 10:03 PM EST

    What a joke.

    Some of THERE people used the THERE bibles to pass along THERE hate agenda, so we find those bibles and destory them. Why not find those "people" using the bible as a notebook of hate and desecrate them. Instead you whine like some spoiled children.

    I say leave them to themselves. That way they can destroy the rest of there country without our help.

    What a bunch of CRA**P

      Reply#2 - Wed Mar 7, 2012 4:43 PM EST
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