MORE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST

First up today - Irbil, northern Iraq. Muslim extremists now seem to be increasingly turning on other muslims as improved intelligence amongst western countries makes attacks in europe or the States more difficult. 2 suspected Al-Qaeda operatives took advantage of low security on the first day of the Eid religious holiday at offices of the main Kurdish political parties and simultaneously detonated bombs strapped around their waists. At least 56 people are dead. It seems their main complaint is that Kurdish muslims are not extreme enough and are accused of working with the States against muslim interests.
I've always thought the best way to persuade people to join your cause is to bomb the hell out of them, don't you agree?

Secondly - Mecca and the Hajj pilgrimage. 244 dead in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage. Saudi authorities said "it is God's will" . If their God's idea of thanking people for travelling hundreds or thousands of miles to participate in a pilgrimage in honour of him (unlikely to be "her" given their views on equality I think) is to have them tramppled to death by other believers, then I'm glad he's not my God! Imagine if you did something he didn't like?

The more I try to understand the muslim point of view, and their view of the world, the less sense it makes.