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Jewish congresswoman shot in Arizona
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Published: 09.01.11, 00:28
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31. AntiSemitic Attack - Shooter list Mein Kamp as favorite book
Josh   (01.08.11)
32. #15 - 99% of attacks on Jews in France WAS antisemetism
William ,   Israel   (01.08.11)
and most of those times, it was perpetrated by Muslims, usually of African descent. They were quite vocal about their views on Jews and Israel, and justified their attacks as such. French media actually denied it was antisemetism because of France's fear of sectarian violence ruining their image. Where the hell have you been?
33. #17 - agree, but with reservations
William ,   Israel   (01.08.11)
while I agree with you that only police and military should have guns, its the PA police who first took their Israeli-supplied weapons and turned them on Israelis in 2000, killing quite a few. If the PA police had any integrity and it was only terrorists who used weapons, then you'd have a point. Sadly, this is not the case and only justifies Israelis being armed, everywhere.
34. #21- which is why I support IDF actions fully
William ,   Israel   (01.08.11)
tear gas towards violent protesters, Arabs armed with pipe bombs and knives at checkpoints, terrorists shooting civilians at point-blank range then being released by PA police....all reasons that the IDF should operate freely and settlers need to be armed. Sadly, even before 1967 Arabs condoned the use of terror to kill civilian Jews, so they did very much take into consideration religion (which is also known as "creed"). A heavy hand is just what's needed to push down Arab terror. Do you know a better way to deal with terrorists? Of course you do, we see it in Iran all the time, except outside of Iran we call them "unarmed opposition protesters".
35. In the shooter's personal profile
Jane   (01.08.11)
he listed on his YouTube page, his favorite books and, buried amongst them, is Mein Kampf. Wonder if that will be mentioned ?
36. Gun Culture
JaN ,   Australia   (01.09.11)
American gun culture claims another victim,barbaric laws upheld by morons living Wild West fantasy.If the victim was not Jewish it would not even rate or be published here.Pathetic primitive message from USA!
37. Gabrielle Gifford
Birdi ,   Israel   (01.09.11)
is the grandchild of Akiba Hornstein who was the son of a Lithuanian rabbi. Her grandfather changed his name to Gifford for reasons of anti-semitism after arriving in the US. She is a lifetime member of Hadassah, is pro-Israel & a great friend of Israel Wishing her a speedy & full recovery.
38. Violence in Arizona
David Powell ,   Everett, Wa. USA   (01.09.11)
The fellow in Sweden is wrong about the tea party movement here in the US. They are peaceful grassroots people who disagree with the spending and debt incurred by our government. They are not antisemetic. They are supporters of the state of Israel.
39. to #30
Koltov ,   pa, usa   (01.09.11)
I cannot answer your question accurately, but I do read about between 10 and 20 such cases over the course of a month. Not every story gets into the newspapers, so I assume there are many more. I would also like to include the following statistics: Property Crime Facts (According to the FBI in the US: www.fbi.gov. * One property crime happens every 3 seconds. * One burglary occurs every 10 seconds. * One violent crime occurs every 20 seconds. * One aggravated assault occurs every 35 seconds. * One robbery occurs every 60 seconds, or 1 minute. * One forcible rape occurs every 2 minutes. * There were over 2 million burglaries in 2005. * An increase in burglary offenses was the only property crime to increase in 2005 compared with the prior year data. Home Invasion Facts: * According to a United States Department of Justice report: o 38% of assaults & 60% of rapes occur during home invasions. o 1 of every 5 homes will experience a break-in or home invasion. That's over 2,000,000 homes! * According to Statistics Canada, there has been an average of 289,200 home invasions annually over the last 5 years. * Statistically, there are over 8,000 home invasions per day in North America * According to Statistics U.S.A., there was an average of 3,600,000 home invasions annually between 1994 and 2000.
40. Chill Out
Mark ben Josuf ,   USA   (01.09.11)
The facts are not all in yet. more than half the talk-backers are ready to pronounce something. Nobody has yet released anything about the shooter. He might a garden variety nut or a fan of Sharon Angle. Not even Fox News is speculating yet. Sean Hannity and the rest at Fox News have not yet decided who to blame. It might even be a liberal. Anybody who thinks that Arizona is going to curtail handguns should see a psychiatrist. It is the home of the Gunfight at the OK Corral. Ain't gonna happen.
41. SHE IS NOT JEWISH. her mother is a xtian
.....DACON9   (01.09.11)
she lived a xtian life ..2004 she decided to be jewish in her mind.
42. to nr. 33- william- israel.
sjoerd van der velde ,   hoorn-the netherland   (01.09.11)
i shall check the palestinians to hear what the other party has to say. i want to hear both sides in order to get proves what is right what you said about the palestinians. i prefer to have legal and convincingly evidence before iam convinced and that i know where iam eventually talking about. we all know when, why and how the conflict in the middle east began and the further development of it untill now.
43. Disinformation in full force!
Thomas ,   Dixieland USA   (01.09.11)
1.Several poster referred to the "Mein Kamp" and skillfully omitted "The Communist Manifesto" from this guy preferred readings. Why is the omission? It's listed on his youtube video. 2. Every Swiss citizen has gun in their home yet murder rate is minimal. 3. About the atmosphere of pent up hatred; - many people are angry at the radical Marxist push that going on in the US. As of today we cannot have mother and father officially: we will have parent A and parent B in our passport application. Pushing the homosexual agenda along with open border-illegal amnesty drive ruffle the feathers. 4. This is not a Jewish issue.
44. #15 you don't know the french
rachel ,   usa   (01.09.11)
45. #16 your disgusting
rachel ,   usa   (01.09.11)
46. Apparently he is leftwing Israel hater
Johnny ,   Stockholm Sweden   (01.09.11)
Mein Kampf anf The communist manifesto, well there you go.
47. Oh Really?
Shlomo Kamera   (01.09.11)
"If you want something done, your best bet is to ask a Jewish woman to do it,” she said at the time. What pro-jewish, pro-Israel nonsense, especially when she is not a jewess!
48. #25 - reclaiming land ethnically cleansed of Jews in 1948
William ,   Israel   (01.09.11)
why else are settlers in the West Bank, silly? Barren hilltops and places like Beit El which were filled with Jewish before Arab war crimes in 1948 were not of any consideration by Arabs until Jews began to return to their stolen land. Suddenly, this barren hilltop is the "expansion area of a local village" and "the legacy of a grandfather who had thousands of olive trees and donkeys". Question - settler or Arab, are these not human's who deserve to NOT be attacked on nationalistic grounds? Most people, including Arabs, consider settlers sub-humans and deserving of terror, that is, just before the rest of Israelis themselves deserve such terror.
49. #40 - "friend of Sharon Angle"?
William ,   Israel   (01.09.11)
said right after you ask talkbackers to "chill out". What kind of biased crap are you unloading here? Are you suggesting that supporters of Sharon Angle are violent, gun-toting, "whities"? I assume you extrapolate your bias to all of the Tea-party and not just Ms. Angle. Just seeing your take on FoxNews, the ONLY news outlet that refused to speculate until receiving facts, shows your "liberal gene" in action. BTW, how's that hope and change thing going for ya?
50. Israel must help US morals
Danny ,   Israel   (01.09.11)
Israel should to set up organisations in US for teach Torah morals to ordinary Americans help thus improving morality of American society. Everyone knows Israel leads the world in every area- science, technology, democracy , education, morality, health, law and order etc. We must teache country like USA learning how to run themselves better The future of Israel need strong America. Israel must act stopping US decline with sending our scientists and Torah experts to show American people thus Americans will see they not exist without Israeli no how thus ends to antisemitism like cause shot Jewish womans in article
51. Praying for Gabriella
Claudia ,   Tampa USA   (01.09.11)
I do hope she can return to her important work. She is a "bluedog" Democrat that can work with everyone rather than the Obamaite's that only now talk about bipartisan because they no longer have the power of the purse. In this country we need people like her, and I say that as a conservative that disagreed with her health care vote! G-d bless and I pray for her recovery.
52. To #8 Marcel Shooter Identified ...
John DeLancy ,   Alaska, USA   (01.09.11)
... in the article: The shooter was identified as Jared Loughner.
53. #25
John DeLancy ,   Alaska, USA   (01.09.11)
The "settlers" are in Israel proper. Hebron, Shiloh, Bethlehem - these are Jewish names. The so-called West Bank, more properly called Samaria and Judea, was invaded and settled by Arabs, primarily from Jordan, in the 20th Century.
54. Shooting Location
Bill in AZ ,   Casas Adobas, AZ   (01.09.11)
The article is confusing because the shooting was not in Tucson. This Plaza is in unincorporated Pima County, AZ a couple of miles from Tucson in Casas Adobas. A correct account would say 'just outside Tucson'. Having said that, We're in shock here.
55. #27 Attacker does not seem to be religious extremist.
Matt C ,   Canada   (01.09.11)
"Likely a divisive born again extremist that fears one world orders, and money changer ruling." Actually, in his Youtube rants he complains about receiving a "mini bible" before his tests at a military recruitment center, he calls religion and belief the "Mind Controller" and he mentions that he didn't write a belief on his army application, so his religion was filed as "none", so not a "born again extremist" unless you mean an atheist. The shooter seems, based on his rantings, to have been a severely mentally ill young man whose political views are confusing if not impossible to figure out, he lists Mein Kampf, The Communist Manifesto, Siddhartha and To Kill A Mockingbird among his favourite books and his rants seem to be obsessed with literacy, "dreamers" and vague anti-government, anti-American paranoia. He makes no mention of a "one world order" or anything of the sort. He does mention currency, but his words are incomprehensible except that he seems to want gold and silver based currency. There is currently no indication that this was an anti-Semitic attack, either, which I am grateful for, because there is already more than enough anti-Semitism in the world. My sympathies to the victims and their families.
56. Joe # 1
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (01.09.11)
Typical knee jerk reaction. We have drug control. All drugs are illegal. Wow Joe...we sure solved that problem didn't we? Lets try it with guns and increase the value of them just like we did with drugs so criminals who don't obey the laws anyway can have another illegal item to deal in and make them rich. Hitler had gun control and he loved it. You should have been there Joe to see how well gun control worked in Europe. Oh, and by the way Joe, we have had gun control in America since 1968. Any gun bought from a dealer is registered and not just anyone can buy them here like you think. At least they can't do it legally but anyone with enough money will always be able to get them just like they do drugs if they don't care about laws.
57. #36
mark ,   ca   (01.09.11)
"...barbaric laws upheld by morons living Wild West fantasy..." WOW!!! If some aussie moron wants to hurt someone, I bet he can get ( illegaly) gun in your country.Guns don't kill,people do. p.s. How many people in your country hurt or killed for luck of ability to defend their own home?
58. #20 YOU ARE INCORRECT
Zev ,   Scottsdale AZ   (01.09.11)
Citizens are able to own automatic weapons by applying for a Class C license; relatively painless procedure for us good guys. The only gun control needed is a better grip and breath control...for which I always recommend Altoids. :) My condolences to all who suffered and a refuah shlaymah to those injured
59. The Tea Party
BethesdaDog ,   Bethesda USA   (01.09.11)
The Tea Party is not anti-semitic. Sure, there must be some who are anti-semitic, but there are leftists who are antisemitic as well. Nobody has been more dangerous than Obama's close friend and ally, William Ayers, who was involved in bombings and probably murders of innocents. He did his work with full awareness and faculties; this nut who shot Giffords is loony. So don't blame the Tea Party, even if this guy is a follower. No. 14, your assertions are ridiculous.
60. Shooters favorite book Mein Kampf
Marcel ,   FLORIDA   (01.09.11)
This guy was deranged His youtube list of favorite books include Comunist Manifesto and Hitlers book. http://www.youtube.com/user/Classitup10#p/a/u/2/PnNx0WThoF0
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