Images of rebel killing spark fury

ARABS were torn between seething rage at images of a US soldier shooting dead a wounded Iraqi in a mosque and dismay at Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah for turning holy mosques into battlegrounds.

Viewers said images, which Arab televisions aired repeatedly, of a marine killing a severely injured Iraqi, fuelled growing hatred against America and helped create more “terrorists”.

“I am not a jihadist, I am just a normal Muslim but such scenes are pushing me to jihad,” said Dubai-based engineer Abdallah. “We don’t expect this from the representative of democracy in the world. This is one of the things we saw on TV. God knows how many crimes they have committed which we have not seen.”