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Syrian Rebels Behead Catholic Priest
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:58 am
by anygunanywhere
What can I say?
A Syrian Catholic priest has been beheaded by jihadist fighters in Syria, it has been claimed.
The death of Franciscan Father Francois Murad has been confirmed by the official Vatican news agency.
Grainy footage purported to show the 49-year-old’s gruesome death has been posted on the internet.
Father Francois, was killed on 23 June in Gassanieh, in northern Syria.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... crowd.html
Anygunanywhere
Re: Syrian Rebels Behead Catholic Priest
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:03 am
by The Annoyed Man
It's OK though. Obama says we can trust them with brand new machine guns, light artillery, and MANPADS.
At least Father Murad was serving God when he died and was thus martyred for the faith. He would not want to return to cellpool earth, and we would not ask him to.
Re: Syrian Rebels Behead Catholic Priest
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:13 am
by Redneck_Buddha
They were just trying to score points with Obama.
Terrible tragedy. Situation there just makes my head spin.
Re: Syrian Rebels Behead Catholic Priest
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:40 am
by SQLGeek
We as a country don't learn lessons very well sometimes.
Why exactly are we involved in this? With the way the Russians are escalating their involvement, where does this go from here?
Re: Syrian Rebels Behead Catholic Priest
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:01 am
by jimlongley
Words fail me.
Re: Syrian Rebels Behead Catholic Priest
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:22 pm
by VMI77
anygunanywhere wrote:What can I say?
A Syrian Catholic priest has been beheaded by jihadist fighters in Syria, it has been claimed.
The death of Franciscan Father Francois Murad has been confirmed by the official Vatican news agency.
Grainy footage purported to show the 49-year-old’s gruesome death has been posted on the internet.
Father Francois, was killed on 23 June in Gassanieh, in northern Syria.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... crowd.html
Anygunanywhere
They have to be our friends because if they were our enemies, then Obama, by giving them weapons, would be guilty of Treason. So it's all good.
Re: Syrian Rebels Behead Catholic Priest
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:15 pm
by wheelgun1958
Those Catholics are so divisive you know.

Re: Syrian Rebels Behead Catholic Priest
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:16 pm
by anygunanywhere
wheelgun1958 wrote:Those Catholics are so divisive you know.

I'll bet he was taught in one of those Catholic schools too.
Anygunanywhere
Re: Syrian Rebels Behead Catholic Priest
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:21 pm
by mamabearCali
I would like to say I am shocked. What I am is sickened. Why are we choosing sides at all? This is an internal conflict between two brutal parties. We need to MYOB.
Re: Syrian Rebels Behead Catholic Priest
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:37 pm
by bdickens
Ah yes....
The religion of peace at work.
Re: Syrian Rebels Behead Catholic Priest
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 2:56 pm
by gthaustex
Tolerance at its finest from the religion of peace.
What amazes me is the hypocrisy from those who would ask us not to judge the entire religion based on the actions of a few misguided individuals, but then turn right around and say we must infringe on the 2nd Amendment rights of millions based on the actions of a few misguided individuals.
Re: Syrian Rebels Behead Catholic Priest
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:48 pm
by AEA
This has been determined to be a mix up between a Priest that was Jailed (or something) and someone else being be headed (two different incidents) according to Fox News today.
The person that was beheaded was not a Priest.
Re: Syrian Rebels Behead Catholic Priest
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:03 pm
by Oldgringo
AEA wrote:This has been determined to be a mix up between a Priest that was Jailed (or something) and someone else being be headed (two different incidents) according to Fox News today.
The person that was beheaded was not a Priest.
So, it's okay to behead people who are not Priests?
Re: Syrian Rebels Behead Catholic Priest
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:26 pm
by AEA
Well, that's not what I meant at all.........
I simply wanted to let peeps know it was not as it was initially reported.

Re: Syrian Rebels Behead Catholic Priest
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:29 pm
by Dadtodabone
As is to be expected, there is a lot of confusion in what is going on in Syria. Father Murad was murdered, though now it appears he was shot when his monastery was attacked and ransacked. Even this event has several story lines, he was alone, he was defending nuns, he was defending Christian women who sought refuge when their homes were destroyed.
The 3 men shown bound and on their knees in the video, were indeed beheaded. The reason for this barbaric act is unknown, as are the identities of the murdered men.
There are reports of a "ethno-religious cleansing" occurring under cover of the civil strife. Both Pro and Anti Assad forces have been implicated.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07 ... -beheaded/