Calif. Nat'l Guard Sorry About Pig-Blood Flier

[stormraiser]

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Islamic leaders and peace groups are criticizing the California National Guard for a flier posted in its headquarters suggesting the United States execute Islamic terrorists with bullets dipped in pig's blood to deny them entry to heaven.

The flier attributed the practice to World War I General John J. Pershing.

"Maybe it is time for this segment of history to repeat itself, maybe in Iraq?" the flier stated. It was posted outside a cubicle in the Guard's Civil Support Division.

A second flier showed the wings and tail of a bomber forming a peace sign with the slogan, "Peace the old fashioned way."

Also posted was a cartoon from a Web site showing a Red Crescent ambulance stuffed with weapons and a caricature that looks like the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat unloading the weapons.

Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Doug Hart at first defended the postings to the San Jose Mercury News, which reported them Tuesday, but Hart later said they had been removed.

Peace activists spotted the fliers during a tour last week.

The tour came after peace groups and a state senator questioned whether a new Guard unit had been formed to spy on U.S. citizens and had monitored a Mother's Day anti-war rally. A federal investigation of the allegations is underway.

"It's troubling to see a governmental organization dedicated to the security of our country promoting culturally and religiously insensitive ideas," said William Youmans, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Santa Clara. "It's very possible to combat terrorism without offending the cultural values of a major world religion."

Why should they apologize. Did al-qaida apologize for dragging Americans through the streets of Iraq?

[LSU2001]

Hate to say it but it sounds like a da## good idea to me ~~~~~~~~~~

[streetsoldier]

What was actually done happened in 1901, during a Moro revolt in the Philippines. The Moros, Islamic tribesmen, were particularly violent and dangerous, and often sent into battle "juiced up" on local plant concoctions so that, regardless of injury, they could keep going until killing the intended targets.

Pershing managed to have 50 Moros in captivity, caught after bearing arms and fighting; he ordered all of them to dig their own graves, then had his troops slaughter pigs and throw the carcasses into the holes. Pershing then had all of the Moros tied to stakes set up behind the graves.

His troops executed by firing squad all but one of the Moros, who was set free to tell the tribesmen what will happen if they continued.

The Moros didn't attack again until after WW II (although they were part of the resistance against the Japanese)...today, they are part of an Al-Qaida "franchise" that is operating within the Philippines and elsewhere in the area.