04 May 2011 By Juan Cole Professional hate blogger Pamela Geller is going to
be exposed once again in the following article. She is
going to be exposed pretty brutally. We know about her vitriolic hate and twisting of
truth quite well now. Her claims that Obama is the
love child of
Malcolm
X, that he was born in
Kenya,
her calls to nuke Mecca, Medina, Tehran and to destroy
the Golden Dome, her crusade against Campbell Soup's
"imminent Sharia' take over," etc. We know her world is a twisted, vapid void in which
honesty and intellect is frowned upon and viewed as
frightening. Half the time I wonder if she isn't
asleep or on some hallucinogenic while typing away on
her propaganda site, but this time she may have topped
even her own crazy self. Pamela is claiming in a blog titled, Nigeria:
Muslim Hordes Mass Slaughter Christians that a
gruesome picture is evidence of Muslim violence
against Christians in
Nigeria
(be warned the picture is gruesome): A terrible and horrifying picture indeed. Pamela brags that she wrote about it "first" back
on April 19, and then wonders "why" is America
fighting in
Libya
to restore a "universal Caliphate?" Huh?? It turns out however that the above picture is not
evidence of some "Muslim rampage" in Nigeria! The
charred bodies are a tragic result of a tanker
explosion in the CONGO!! A whole
other country the last time I checked! Here is the
evidence from Afrik.com (I give you the Google
translation since it was originally in French): The explosion, on July 3, a tanker in the town of
Sange, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
has resulted in 235 deaths. Here is the original
French
language report where you will also find more
pictures: RDC : les images atroces du drame de Sange
au Sud-Kivu You will also see an interesting picture of Muslim
UN soldiers, possibly from
Pakistan helping to respond to the tragedy. Here is a report from Reuters with some more
pictures: (Reuters) – At least 230 people were killed when a
fuel tanker overturned and exploded in eastern
Democratic Republic of Congo, unleashing a fire ball
that tore through homes and cinemas packed with people
watching World Cup soccer. Officials said on Saturday the explosion late on
Friday also injured 196 people, adding that the death
toll could rise. They described scenes of devastation in the town of
Sange, where houses were burned and bodies littered
the streets. Some people died while trying to steal
fuel leaking from the tanker, but most were killed at
home or watching World Cup soccer in cinemas. Many of the bodies were charred beyond recognition. United Nations helicopters began airlifting injured
people to hospital, while Congo's army, which lost a
number of men in the blast, has sent soldiers in to
help with the rescue. "Our latest numbers are 230 dead and 196 injured,"
Madnodje Mounoubai, a spokesman for the U.N. mission,
said. Congo's government also gave the same number of
dead. Marcellin Cisambo, governor of South Kivu province,
where the incident took place, said the blast occurred
when the fuel truck overturned, leaked fuel and then
later exploded. It was not immediately clear what caused the
initial accident or later blast, but local people said
the truck, which was part of a convoy, stopped when
the road seemed to crumble, toppling the vehicle and
spilling fuel. Fire then erupted. "It's a terrible scene. There are lots of dead
bodies on the streets. The population is in terrible
shock — no one is crying or speaking,"
Jean-Claude Kibala, South Kivu's vice governor,
said from Sange, which is between the towns of Bukavu
and Uvira. "We are trying to see how we can coordinate with
(the U.N.) to manage the situation and how to take the
wounded to hospital," he added. Roads in the area are notoriously bad after years of war and neglect in the vast central African nation. "Some people were killed trying to steal the fuel, but most of the deaths were of people who were indoors watching the (World Cup) match," Cisambo said. There have been numerous similar accidents across Africa, where crowds gather around fuel tankers involved in crashes, only for the tanker to explode. Millions of football fans across Africa were watching Ghana, the continent's last team in the World Cup, play Uruguay in the quarterfinals of the tournament on Friday evening. For many, who have no electricity at home, makeshift cinema halls are the only option for watching the football. "My children were watching the football match in the cinema and then they ran out to see the petrol," said Kiza Ruvinira, who lost three children and his sister-in-law in the blast. "I went out to see what happened and I found my three children's bodies myself. I don't know how to go on." Mubaya Mumasura also lost three family members: "I don't know what to do with myself I am so sad. I want the government to assist all the victims and help us." Congo's weak government has difficulty providing even the most basic services, so U.N. peacekeepers began airlifting some of the wounded to nearby hospitals and aid workers were called in to help with medical treatment. "The national Red Cross is working on collecting the bodies and taking them to the morgue, but the priority is obviously to take the wounded to the hospital," International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) coordinator Inah Kaloga told Reuters." Kaloga said aid workers were trying to identify bodies before they were buried, but many were completely charred. "It's a catastrophe," said Captain Olivier Hamuli," spokesman for Congo's military operation in South Kivu, adding that 13 soldiers had been injured and another 10 were missing. The Kenyan driver of the truck is being held by the police. Alain Ilunga, deputy CEO of Congo's storage and distribution company, which is already investigating the incident, said the truck was carrying 49,000 liters of petrol at the time. Comments 💬 التعليقات |