Father of Cole victim sues over ban of his anti-Islam decals

by Kate Wiltrout
Virginian-Pilot
December 8, 2008

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1215/father-of-cole-victim-sues-over-ban-of-his-anti

Excerpt:

For more than six years, Jesse Nieto drove to work at Camp Lejeune, N.C., in a car that left no doubt about his views.

"Islam = terrorism" asserted one sticker on the back window of his maroon Scion. Another decal showed a cartoon boy urinating on the image of a turban-wearing man. A third, paraphrased to eliminate a curse word, said, Disgrace my flag, and I will defecate on your Quran.

His feelings stem from a personal tragedy: His son died in a terrorist attack on the Norfolk-based destroyer Cole in Yemen in 2000.

In August, base officials told Nieto, a retired Marine and civilian employee, to remove those stickers. He did.

Two weeks later, Nieto was ordered to remove two other decals critical of Islam on his car, or stop driving it onto base altogether.

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