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Just in case you forget what kind of people we're dealing with: the Daily Telegraph tells us that "the body of a police special-forces officer who died when Islamic terrorists blew themselves up in Madrid was taken from its grave, mutilated, and burnt.".


* JUST IN CASE YOU FORGET WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE WE'RE DEALING WITH: The Daily Telegraph tells us that "the body of a police special-forces officer who died when Islamic terrorists blew themselves up in Madrid was taken from its grave, mutilated mu·ti·late  
tr.v. mu·ti·lat·ed, mu·ti·lat·ing, mu·ti·lates
1. To deprive of a limb or an essential part; cripple.

2. To disfigure by damaging irreparably: mutilate a statue.
, and burnt." The coffin coffin, closed receptacle for a corpse. Its purpose is usually to protect and to aid preservation of the body, although in the past some have believed that it may confine the spirit of the deceased.  and body of Special Agent Francisco Javier Torronteras were "doused with petrol petrol: see gasoline.  and set alight." Moreover, "the body was found with a pick driven into its head and a spade SPADE - Specification Processing And Dependency Extraction. Specification language. G.S. Boddy, ICL Mainframes Div, FLAG/UD/3DR.003  dug into its chest." Although "no motive was immediately apparent, police speculated that it could be the work of sympathizers of the Moroccan terrorist group that carried out the train bomb attacks in the Spanish capital on March 11, killing 192 people and injuring 1,900. The interior ministry said the act of desecration could have been part of 'an Islamic rite of revenge.'" Etc.
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Title Annotation:The Week
Publication:National Review
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Date:May 17, 2004
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