Iraqi Imam Defends Weapons Cache Near Mosque
(2003-10-23) -- "It's part of our cultural heritage," said the Imam as he gestured toward a huge weapons cache which had just been unearthed by U.S. troops next to an Iraqi mosque.
"American churches often have cemeteries," said the unnamed Muslim cleric. "We have rockets, artillery rounds, mortars, blasting caps and C-4 explosives next to our worship facility. What's so different? It's all about death, we're just more...how do you say?...proactive about it."