US worse than al Qaeda: imam- The Islamic cleric who wants to build a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero once claimed in a jaw-dropping speech that the United States has killed more innocent civilians than al Qaeda.
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf's remarks five years ago have set off a fresh firestorm of controversy, dumping fuel on the already combustible debate surrounding the estimated $100 million Islamic cultural center, and infuriating mosque opponents, who are fighting to have it moved far from the site of the 9/11 attacks.
"We tend to forget, in the West, that the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than al Qaeda has on its hands of innocent non-Muslims," Rauf said in 2005.
"You may remember that the US-led sanctions against Iraq led to the death of over half a million Iraqi children. This has been documented by the United Nations."
Note that he isn't just taking about U.S.-involved wars. He even considers the use of sanctions to be killing "innocent Muslims."
Basically, he's saying we're worse than terrorists.
And, not only are the liberals championing his mosque as a harmless addition to the city's religious culture but that the President is paying for this terrorist loving jackass to tour the world on the taxpayers' dime as a special envoy.
