US State Department Deputy Spokesman Tom Casey condemned Congressman TancredoÂ’s comments regarding attacks on holy sites if Islamist militants attacked the US.
He told reporters at the State Department press gaggle on Friday that “the US respects all religions and their holy sites. It is absolutely outrageous ... for anyone to suggest attacks on holy sites, whether they’re Muslim, Christian, Jewish or those of any other religion”. “We want to have good ... relations with countries, certainly in the Middle East and the broader Muslim world,” he said.