Where are the holy men to denounce the violence? There needs to be a summit of religious leaders for a declaration against violence.

I don't care what religion it is, if people get the idea they are not going to their rewards for killing and committing suicide perhaps that would help end it. I doubt that Bobby Sands would stop, though.


A man claiming (click title to entry - thank you) al Qaeda links and suspected in the killings of three Jewish children, a rabbi and three paratroopers had planned to kill another soldier imminently, prompting a major police raid on his apartment, a French prosecutor said Wednesday.

Prosecutor Francois Molins said the suspected gunman remains holed up in the apartment in the city of Toulouse more than 13 hours after a standoff began before dawn. Talks are under way to secure his surrender.

In the negotiations, the suspect "expresses no regret, only that he didn't have time to have more victims. And he even bragged, he said, of bringing France to its knees," the prosecutor said.

"He had foreseen other killings, notably he foresaw another attack this morning, targeting a soldier," Molins said, adding also planned to attack two police officers. "He claims to have always acted alone."...