Vatican deplores Istanbul bombing - Democratic Underground

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Thu Nov-20-03 10:16 AM
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Vatican deplores Istanbul bombing

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7930703%255E1702,00.html

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THE Vatican deplored today's bombings in Turkey, condemning the "barbarous logic of terrorism" that only causes the death of innocents and destruction.

Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls quoted Pope John Paul II's description of terrorism as based on the "contempt of human dignity" and as a "crime against humanity

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Superfly

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Thu Nov-20-03 10:20 AM
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1. Agreed 100%

These bombings, as are any bombings anywhere in the world are deplorable acts.

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NNN0LHI

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Thu Nov-20-03 10:24 AM
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2. No comment on "Shock and Awe", eh? It figures n/t

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Superfly

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Thu Nov-20-03 10:25 AM
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3. What figures?

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judge_smales

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Thu Nov-20-03 10:30 AM
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4. I was thinking about that myself while listening to the news.

I also broke out in cynical laughter as Tony Blair explained how anybody who kills innocent people should be punished. How could he miss the irony?

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Thu Nov-20-03 10:56 AM
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5. "A defeat for humanity"

Actually the Pope spoke quite passionately against the invasion of Iraq, saying that if it happened it would be a "defeat for humanity."

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