Alms for The Religion of Peace
Shortly after the news of the wildfires in southern California reached Iraq, local troops there did something unheard of: They made a tremendous sacrifice to collect donations toward Californian relief efforts, despite the fact that their nation's economy is less than 1/10th the size of California's.
The Taliban-aligned Pakistani tribesmen? Not quite so helpful:
The Taliban-aligned Pakistani tribesmen? Not quite so helpful:

Local residents donate money for a Jihad or holy war at a camp arranged by supporters of Maulana Fazlullah, a Pakistani military leader, in Manglawor near Mingora, the main town of Pakistan's Swat district bordering Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007. About 5,000 Pakistani tribesmen joined a rally led by an alleged Pakistani associate of al-Qaida's No. 2 leader near the Afghan border Tuesday, demanding the government halt military operations against Islamic militants in the country's northwest. (AP Photo/Mohammad Iqbal)

