Muslims in Iraq are taking to the streets to protest the opening of a huge Christian church in Baghdad, the Ground Zero of America’s “shock and awe” campaign launched on March 19, 2003. On that day, thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians were slaughtered when America’s George W. Bush decided to punish Iraq for Saudi Arabia’s 9/11 attack on New York City (most of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudis). “We couldn’t very well go after the Saudi’s, Bush said at the time, “where would we get the oil we need to preserve the American way of life? Yet America’s citizens are demanding we kick some Muslim ass and there’s nothing left in Afghanistan to blow up. So God told me to invade Iraq and there you go.”
Standing in the footprint of what once was a gigantic palace belonging to Saddam Hussein, the American facility is the only building project in Iraq that’s on-time and on-budget at $592 million (probably because Halliburton didn’t build it). Aside from providing areas for the worship of Jesus and his dad, the Christian center, also called the American Embassy, sits on an area the size of 80 football fields and comprises 21 buildings on its 104 acres. It contains offices for 8,000 US staff workers, boasts the largest swimming pool in the country, a well equipped gym, tennis courts, movie theaters and a huge nightclub for evening social functions. Unlike the surrounding area of downton Baghdad that has no clean water or electricity, the Christian center has its own water treatment plant and a fleet of generators to provide the electricity needed to run the KFC restaurant, the Taco Bell, the McDonald’s and the Wal-Mart size Christian book store on its enclosed air conditioned mall.
Noted Muslim scholar Nehprahim Sistani, the leader of the protest movement, points out that the Islamic center being built several blocks from New York City’s Ground Zero is welcoming of New Yorkers of all faiths. He added that all the permits needed for the construction of the facility were obtained from the city’s planning department, while the monstrosity the Americans built in Baghdad was built without any input from Iraqi citizens and went up despite their many objections. He went on to point out that no Iraqis will be allowed inside the Christian facility unless they first submit to a body cavity search and leave all Islamic artifacts in a bin at the entrance.
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