MSM Coverage of the French Intifada

Edward Morrissey has a concise article at the Weekly Standard on the MSM coverage of the French intifada. Two things that he notes:

1) The major US papers (NYT, WP, LAT) refuse to make the connection between the French rioting and the fact that the rioters are Muslim.

2) The Post's own coverage at least a week before the present riots started indicates that Islamic terror groups had identified France as the next target. Specifically, the Algerian terrorist group GSPC issued a communique that described France as "enemy number one."

The second point is stunning. If it is true that the Islamic terror internationale is behind the rioting, France is dealing with a much larger problem than they seem to understand or admit.

In other news regarding the "Religion of Peace", two Indonesian teenage Christian schoolgirls were shot in the head yesterday in the same town where three Christian schoolgirls were beheaded last week. Yes, this is manhood in Islam: attacking women, girls at that. Attack the weak to show you're strong. It is sad to see that Islamic terrorists are using strategy devised on a primary school playground. Isn't it about time that the adults step in and end the bullying?

An open question that I admit I don't have an answer to (but I do have an opinion): is there a time coming in which Christians internationally are going to have to form some sort of roving militia to protect other Christians undergoing persecution? Are there any biblical prohibitions from taking up the sword? Are the Crusades going to be re-fought? What do you think?