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Domestic Terrorism

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via Debunking White:

Sunday, September 28th, 2008
9:57 pm More DOMESTIC TERRORISM. how is this NOT huge national news?????
Has this been on a news blackout? How is it that no-one has heard of this until now??

On Friday, September 26, the end of a week in which thousands of copies of Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West — the fear-mongering, anti-Muslim documentary being distributed by the millions in swing states via DVDs inserted in major newspapers and through the U.S. mail — were distributed by mail in Ohio, a “chemical irritant” was sprayed through a window of the Islamic Society of Greater Dayton, where 300 people were gathered for a Ramadan prayer service. The room that the chemical was sprayed into was the room where babies and children were being kept while their mothers were engaged in prayers. This, apparently, is what the scare tactic political campaigning of John McCain’s supporters has led to — Americans perpetrating a terrorist attack against innocent children on American soil.

to repeat: Muslim Children Gassed at Dayton Mosque After “Obsession” DVD Hits Ohio

Please, please, go to this link and read the whole thing. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/28/203016/697/536/613742

It was reported in the Dayton Daily News, but not commented on in major media since. The DVDs —28 million of them— were inserted in newspapers in many swing states by a pro-McCain group. And so here we are. A country where hatred is distributed with the Sunday paper. Where children are maliciously attacked because of their religion and no one blinks. Thankfully, no-one died. This time.

I urge you to call or write any major media outlet you know of and disseminate this story. Also, I’m sure the people in Dayton Islamic Society and their members would appreciate a kind word.
26 Josie Street, Dayton, OH 45403 Tel: (937) 228-1503
Here is the email:
isgd@hotmail.com

Here also is the email for the people that put this sick piece of trash into circulation.
info@clarionfund.org

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Written by Lisa Harney

September 28, 2008 at 10:18 pm

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  2. This really is quite amazing… I can’t believe that this isn’t headline news with at least the more liberal press… What on Earth is going on???

    Emily

    September 29, 2008 at 4:14 am

  3. I got that dvd. It immediately went into the trash after some headdesking.
    I see it says that no one was killed, but I hope none of the kids were seriously injured.

    drakyn

    September 29, 2008 at 12:22 pm

  4. The news I read implied that no one was seriously injured, but it disrupted Ramadan observance and made people feel significantly unsafe in their own mosque.

    Lisa Harney

    September 29, 2008 at 12:24 pm

  5. I guess no blood no story. I know that all the news is focused on the bailout right now but there are other things going on in the world. This story made me so completely ill. Of all of the places where you think there should be peace…a house of worship.

    Renee

    September 29, 2008 at 5:38 pm

  6. I think the lack of blood is no good reason – this is terrorism. No one has to die to be terrorized. :(

    I’m just sickened about this. That and the lack of coverage.

    Lisa Harney

    September 29, 2008 at 5:57 pm

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