Who else..yes..once again it's the White Hopuse and it's Media stooges:
Associated Press Reports:
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sectarian violence has forced about 100,000 families across
Iraq to flee their homes, a top Iraqi official said.
Source:
Violence uproots 100,000 Families in Iraq
No blame on US occupation though. It's all between tribal and sectarian Muslims cutting each other up. I mean, think about it, if no one would have resisted this occupation and outright theft of their country's resources, these 100K odd people would still be living..happily under US merciful governance.
Amazing..rather genius spins I must say.
But do these matter at the ground level? If they did...Bunnies sitting at the White House would have been a happier lot.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Why shouldn't we believe Iranians?
I am NOT an Iranian and neither a muslim belonging to the Shia sect(just in case you accuse me of writing this for secarian loyalties) but I would like to catch your attention to the following:
1. The Iranian Government has told the world time and again that they do not need war. Even with Israel. Yes!! They have said Israel has no right to exist but so has many others in the last decade who have an iota of knowledge about the way and circumstances in which it came into existance and continues to occupy illegal lands. Here is Israel practically annihilating and indulging in holocaust of palestinians, forcing them our of their homes and lands with US blocking almost 5 UN mandated resolutions every year, that deals with condemnation of Israeli policies.
And to think of it, people can't even question 'Israel's right to exist.
Suspecting 'holocaust' lands esteemed authors like David Irving to a jail term. Wow!!
Bush is especially frustrated at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has abandoned negotiations with Europeans and defied international pressure. Bush's chief political adviser, Karl Rove, complained during a Houston appearance on Wednesday that it is hard to find a diplomatic resolution because Ahmadinejad "is not a rational human being''. Ha ! Ha!
Come to think of. If there was an award category of the most "irrational man of the decade", white house occupant in Wash. DC would win hands down.
Iranians on the other hand have had enough of their share of 'unwanted' and 'uninitiated' war. Remember the eight years of Saddam's war against Iran, when USA, USSR, Europe and even it's own so called 'Muslim' neighbours had got mobilised to bring the nation down to their knee and overthrow their popular government?
However, Saddam and his allies (Arab and non-Arab) lost the war.
2. People of the region (including Arab citizens) are well aware that their reserves of fossil fuel are not going to last long. Therefore, they should all be looking for energy source substitutes. Iran still maintains that they do not look for military arsenal back-up using the nuclear technology. Even Saudia or Kuwait, given the option of chances to develop and diversify their energy resources, will naturally chose nuclear energy.
3. Why does west think that Iran is on the track of militarisation? Iranian leaders, being Muslims, have announced many times that they do not seek nuclear or WMD. Why doesn't west believe them? Is it because the ingrained culture of politicians in the the west, that they 'say' something and but 'practise' something diagonally opposite?
Iranians have even announced that making nuclear weapons is against the teachings of Islam. Think about it...!! No christian/hindu nuclear power has ever said that.
4. However, the stakes are high for the Iranian government. Show me one case in history, when a regime, which is under threat of overthrow, does not defend itself and does not take measures to defend itself and the country from foreign aggression? What shall they do? Sit like Saddam and wait the foreign aggressors to intervene into the country and overthrow him? We would not do this, then why do we expect Iranians to do the same? Shall they sit down and wait for the foreign aggressors to come into their homes and rape their ...?
Would Iran be justified if 'as an act of pre-emption', it bombs the nuclear/military bases of Americans, for Bush is not making any attempt to hide his intentions of keeping his own military options open in order to embark upon yet another one of his disgusting and criminal, 'policy of pre-emption' on behalf of buddy Israel.
1. The Iranian Government has told the world time and again that they do not need war. Even with Israel. Yes!! They have said Israel has no right to exist but so has many others in the last decade who have an iota of knowledge about the way and circumstances in which it came into existance and continues to occupy illegal lands. Here is Israel practically annihilating and indulging in holocaust of palestinians, forcing them our of their homes and lands with US blocking almost 5 UN mandated resolutions every year, that deals with condemnation of Israeli policies.
And to think of it, people can't even question 'Israel's right to exist.
Suspecting 'holocaust' lands esteemed authors like David Irving to a jail term. Wow!!
Bush is especially frustrated at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has abandoned negotiations with Europeans and defied international pressure. Bush's chief political adviser, Karl Rove, complained during a Houston appearance on Wednesday that it is hard to find a diplomatic resolution because Ahmadinejad "is not a rational human being''. Ha ! Ha!
Come to think of. If there was an award category of the most "irrational man of the decade", white house occupant in Wash. DC would win hands down.
Iranians on the other hand have had enough of their share of 'unwanted' and 'uninitiated' war. Remember the eight years of Saddam's war against Iran, when USA, USSR, Europe and even it's own so called 'Muslim' neighbours had got mobilised to bring the nation down to their knee and overthrow their popular government?
However, Saddam and his allies (Arab and non-Arab) lost the war.
2. People of the region (including Arab citizens) are well aware that their reserves of fossil fuel are not going to last long. Therefore, they should all be looking for energy source substitutes. Iran still maintains that they do not look for military arsenal back-up using the nuclear technology. Even Saudia or Kuwait, given the option of chances to develop and diversify their energy resources, will naturally chose nuclear energy.
3. Why does west think that Iran is on the track of militarisation? Iranian leaders, being Muslims, have announced many times that they do not seek nuclear or WMD. Why doesn't west believe them? Is it because the ingrained culture of politicians in the the west, that they 'say' something and but 'practise' something diagonally opposite?
Iranians have even announced that making nuclear weapons is against the teachings of Islam. Think about it...!! No christian/hindu nuclear power has ever said that.
4. However, the stakes are high for the Iranian government. Show me one case in history, when a regime, which is under threat of overthrow, does not defend itself and does not take measures to defend itself and the country from foreign aggression? What shall they do? Sit like Saddam and wait the foreign aggressors to intervene into the country and overthrow him? We would not do this, then why do we expect Iranians to do the same? Shall they sit down and wait for the foreign aggressors to come into their homes and rape their ...?
Would Iran be justified if 'as an act of pre-emption', it bombs the nuclear/military bases of Americans, for Bush is not making any attempt to hide his intentions of keeping his own military options open in order to embark upon yet another one of his disgusting and criminal, 'policy of pre-emption' on behalf of buddy Israel.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Rumsfeld - Attila the Hun
NOBODY does dismissive better than Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. When confronted with an uncomfortable truth, he has a way of brushing it off with a brusque one liner.
"Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war,'' was one of his classics.
A war gone awry has a way of encouraging a depressing view of its leadership. Rumsfeld cannot so easily dismiss the rising chorus of condemnation from retired generals who have called for his resignation. As Army Maj. Gen. John Riggs told National Public Radio last week, Rumsfeld has fostered an "atmosphere of arrogance" at the Pentagon.
The nation has paid a heavy price for Rumsfeld's arrogance, including strategic miscalculations that have contributed to the quagmire in Iraq, even if the defense secretary won't acknowledge the word. "I don't do quagmires," he once said.
The commanders in the battlefield don't have a choice. They do what they are ordered to do -- at least until they are retired. Now liberated from the chain of command, some of them are providing damning testimony to their lack of confidence in Rumsfeld's leadership.
On Friday, President Bush expressed "full support and deepest appreciation" for his embattled defense secretary. It seems that the stubbornness and obliviousness in this administration goes all the way to the top.
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In passing:
**Attila the Hun (406–453)** was the final and most powerful king of the Huns. He reigned over what was then Europe's largest empire, from 434 until his death. His empire stretched from Central Europe to the Black Sea and from the Danube River to the Baltic. During his rule he was among the direst enemies of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires: he invaded the Balkans twice and encircled Constantinople in the second invasion. He marched through Gaul (later France) as far as Orleans before being turned back at Chalons; and he drove the western emperor Valentinian III from his capital at Ravenna in 452.
Though his empire died with him and he left no remarkable legacy, he has become a legendary figure in the history of Europe. In much of Western Europe, he is remembered as the epitome of cruelty and rapacity. Few (like GW Bush jr.)...do praise him too. Afterall, In India, Mahatma's Gandhi's killer is praised by many and so is Hitler.
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"Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war,'' was one of his classics.
A war gone awry has a way of encouraging a depressing view of its leadership. Rumsfeld cannot so easily dismiss the rising chorus of condemnation from retired generals who have called for his resignation. As Army Maj. Gen. John Riggs told National Public Radio last week, Rumsfeld has fostered an "atmosphere of arrogance" at the Pentagon.
The nation has paid a heavy price for Rumsfeld's arrogance, including strategic miscalculations that have contributed to the quagmire in Iraq, even if the defense secretary won't acknowledge the word. "I don't do quagmires," he once said.
The commanders in the battlefield don't have a choice. They do what they are ordered to do -- at least until they are retired. Now liberated from the chain of command, some of them are providing damning testimony to their lack of confidence in Rumsfeld's leadership.
On Friday, President Bush expressed "full support and deepest appreciation" for his embattled defense secretary. It seems that the stubbornness and obliviousness in this administration goes all the way to the top.
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In passing:
**Attila the Hun (406–453)** was the final and most powerful king of the Huns. He reigned over what was then Europe's largest empire, from 434 until his death. His empire stretched from Central Europe to the Black Sea and from the Danube River to the Baltic. During his rule he was among the direst enemies of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires: he invaded the Balkans twice and encircled Constantinople in the second invasion. He marched through Gaul (later France) as far as Orleans before being turned back at Chalons; and he drove the western emperor Valentinian III from his capital at Ravenna in 452.
Though his empire died with him and he left no remarkable legacy, he has become a legendary figure in the history of Europe. In much of Western Europe, he is remembered as the epitome of cruelty and rapacity. Few (like GW Bush jr.)...do praise him too. Afterall, In India, Mahatma's Gandhi's killer is praised by many and so is Hitler.
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Friday, April 14, 2006
When death is more favoured
"Revenge may be sweet. But for a man with a death wish and delusions of an awaiting paradise, decades in a dismal prison cell, not a quick execution, is the way to achieve it."
Excerpted from: Moussaoui seeks death.
Flashback..2003, When during the trial, in addition to keeping much of the evidence against Moussaoui secret, the Bush government had illegally defied a judge's order to disallow Moussaoui to talk with a captured Al-Qaeda member being held in a secret location bound to testify against him and also disallowed Moussaoui's plea to get the whole proceedings televised.
US Govt's refusal to abide by the said judge's order would have instantly meant that the entire case be dismissed. But true to it's strong arm tactics, the government had also made it quite clear they will put Moussaoui to a military tribunal, where it will be a much simpler matter to deny Moussaoui's defence access to the Al-Qaeda member requested, with no inconveniences like the Constitution to get in the way. And so..the trial moved on.
I think it is safe to assume that any american will agree that all arrested on charges of terrorism are guilty until proven innocent. That is the nature of living in an area saturated with news coverage that declares what they did in such a matter of fact manner as the news organizations do.
This brings me to the point where, If Moussaoui is found guilty (irrespective of his testimonies), any answers the trial might provide as to why he and other al Qaeda members hate America so much will appear only in cold print because despite his request, televised proceedings of the trial are not been granted. Moreover, if the death penalty were imposed on Moussaoui - for four of the six charges against him allow it - the world will neither have seen nor heard the basis for the sentence of death, but merely read about it secondhand.
And if Moussaoui is innocent, even an acquittal likely will not clear his name. The effect of damning and widespread reports that he wanted to learn to fly, but not to take off or land, probably can, at this point, only be superseded by televised evidence to the contrary.
The world also needs to hear our side of this story. The government's opening and closing statements in the Moussaoui trial can tell that story - and televising opening and closing arguments for both prosecution and defense poses no risk to witnesses at all.
Unlike broadcasting an Osama bin Laden video, a televised trial setting ensures that both sides are aired. In the end, it is closed proceedings and secrecy that inspire distrust. Let the people, and the world, judge who is right and who is wrong, who is guilty and who innocent.
Coming back to 2006...We hear that "For some time, Moussaoui's actions have suggested that, for him, life in prison is more horrible than death. At one point, he offered to testify for prosecutors in exchange for better prison conditions. His testimony might as well have been a request to die."
And we still believe happily that his "acceptance of involvement in 9-11" is absolute truth.
April 02 - 2006: "During my last night in captivity, my captors forced me to participate in a propaganda video. They told me I would be released if I cooperated. I was living in a threatening environment, under their control and wanted to go home alive. So I agreed," she said in a statement read by her editor in Boston."
Tha was the recently taken hostage and then freed journalist Jill Carroll for you.
The Iraqi insurgents are so dumb that they never thought of the fact, when she's released..she wouldn't reveal this to the whole world media.
But we believe her!! Who threatened her to change / retract her Anti-US statements?? No one's asking!!
Dumb iraqi terrorists!!
But dumber still..is the whole 9-11 trail and commission. Why? Look at the list of these suicidal 9-11 plane hijackers as furnished by the US government:
Satam al Suqami,
Wail and Waleed al Shehri (two brothers) [Both currently Alive],
Abdul Aziz al Omari [Found Alive],
Fayez Banihammad (from the UAE), Ahmed al Ghamdi, Hamza al Ghamdi,
Mohand al Shehri [Alive],
Saeed al Ghamdi [Alive],
Ahmad al Haznawi,
Ahmed al Nami [Alive], Majed Moqed, and
Salem al Hazmi [Alive.
Source:PrisonPlanet
How can the whole 9-11 related proceedings be taken seriously when they refer to 9/11 'hijackers' who are still alive?
An lastly:
Here is the finest movie about 911 tragedy, made till date. Backed by facts and evidence, it's no 'conspiracy theory', but pure and unadulterated *Truth*
Excerpted from: Moussaoui seeks death.
Flashback..2003, When during the trial, in addition to keeping much of the evidence against Moussaoui secret, the Bush government had illegally defied a judge's order to disallow Moussaoui to talk with a captured Al-Qaeda member being held in a secret location bound to testify against him and also disallowed Moussaoui's plea to get the whole proceedings televised.
US Govt's refusal to abide by the said judge's order would have instantly meant that the entire case be dismissed. But true to it's strong arm tactics, the government had also made it quite clear they will put Moussaoui to a military tribunal, where it will be a much simpler matter to deny Moussaoui's defence access to the Al-Qaeda member requested, with no inconveniences like the Constitution to get in the way. And so..the trial moved on.
I think it is safe to assume that any american will agree that all arrested on charges of terrorism are guilty until proven innocent. That is the nature of living in an area saturated with news coverage that declares what they did in such a matter of fact manner as the news organizations do.
This brings me to the point where, If Moussaoui is found guilty (irrespective of his testimonies), any answers the trial might provide as to why he and other al Qaeda members hate America so much will appear only in cold print because despite his request, televised proceedings of the trial are not been granted. Moreover, if the death penalty were imposed on Moussaoui - for four of the six charges against him allow it - the world will neither have seen nor heard the basis for the sentence of death, but merely read about it secondhand.
And if Moussaoui is innocent, even an acquittal likely will not clear his name. The effect of damning and widespread reports that he wanted to learn to fly, but not to take off or land, probably can, at this point, only be superseded by televised evidence to the contrary.
The world also needs to hear our side of this story. The government's opening and closing statements in the Moussaoui trial can tell that story - and televising opening and closing arguments for both prosecution and defense poses no risk to witnesses at all.
Unlike broadcasting an Osama bin Laden video, a televised trial setting ensures that both sides are aired. In the end, it is closed proceedings and secrecy that inspire distrust. Let the people, and the world, judge who is right and who is wrong, who is guilty and who innocent.
Coming back to 2006...We hear that "For some time, Moussaoui's actions have suggested that, for him, life in prison is more horrible than death. At one point, he offered to testify for prosecutors in exchange for better prison conditions. His testimony might as well have been a request to die."
And we still believe happily that his "acceptance of involvement in 9-11" is absolute truth.
April 02 - 2006: "During my last night in captivity, my captors forced me to participate in a propaganda video. They told me I would be released if I cooperated. I was living in a threatening environment, under their control and wanted to go home alive. So I agreed," she said in a statement read by her editor in Boston."
Tha was the recently taken hostage and then freed journalist Jill Carroll for you.
The Iraqi insurgents are so dumb that they never thought of the fact, when she's released..she wouldn't reveal this to the whole world media.
But we believe her!! Who threatened her to change / retract her Anti-US statements?? No one's asking!!
Dumb iraqi terrorists!!
But dumber still..is the whole 9-11 trail and commission. Why? Look at the list of these suicidal 9-11 plane hijackers as furnished by the US government:
Satam al Suqami,
Wail and Waleed al Shehri (two brothers) [Both currently Alive],
Abdul Aziz al Omari [Found Alive],
Fayez Banihammad (from the UAE), Ahmed al Ghamdi, Hamza al Ghamdi,
Mohand al Shehri [Alive],
Saeed al Ghamdi [Alive],
Ahmad al Haznawi,
Ahmed al Nami [Alive], Majed Moqed, and
Salem al Hazmi [Alive.
Source:PrisonPlanet
How can the whole 9-11 related proceedings be taken seriously when they refer to 9/11 'hijackers' who are still alive?
An lastly:
Here is the finest movie about 911 tragedy, made till date. Backed by facts and evidence, it's no 'conspiracy theory', but pure and unadulterated *Truth*
Sunday, April 09, 2006
Islam's no compulsion in religion clause - is it a joke?
YESTERDAY it was the cartoons. Today we are busy with this chap in Afghanistan who decided to revert from Islam and become a Christian. I am always amazed at how busy we become with the peripherals even as we lose massive amounts of Muslim real estate in Palestine, Afghanistan and lastly Iraq.
To those who are pulling up their sleeves in anger, all in the name of Islam and the Quran, here is what the Quran, the book of Islam, has to say on the freedom of faith: "There is no compulsion in religion, truth stands out clear from error". (2-256)
Elsewhere addressing the Prophet, Allah says: "If it had been thy Lord’s will, all who are on earth would have believed. Wilt thou then compel humankind to become believers!" (10-99)
"If they turn away, We have not sent thee as a guard over them, Thy duty is only to convey [the Message]". (42-48)
There is a difference between a Murtad who after entering and then leaving the Islamic faith, joins the adversary to instigate or conduct war against the Muslim community having taken along secrets and spying on the community and a person who simply changes his religion but remains at peace with the Muslim community. The Murtad is what can be defined as a traitor who in many countries of the world, including Muslim countries, is punished in many cases by death regardless of religious faith.
Apostates was also a term given to those who, during the life of the prophet, bacame Muslims with an intention of re-verting back to their pagan/christian/jewish religion soon afterwards, creatin an illusion of 'been there done that and found nothing useful/divine' , in the minds of other's in the community or new muslims.
Such a mischief had to be stemmed and seriously dealt with. "Death to apostates" was a warning to "Study...Think...Rationalise...and finally Declare" that you have become a Muslims and accepted Islam as a pristine religion of God (Allah).
Having done that and taken your won sweet time to 'be convinced', then you are not allowed to get back on your vows. A very important and useful command to deal with mischief mongers there.
Now are the times when we are shamelessly willing to strike at one another on the flimsiest of pretexts, as happened in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.
All the might and wealth of so called Islamic bloc of OPEC and OIC countries, is unable to help Hamas out of it's serious debt, when American's and Israeli's are against the palestinian's democratic right to choose whom they consider as best suited and most dedicated towards achieving freedom from occupiers.
Anyways..Muslim's puppet and impotent leadership aside, while we, as a community must respond, intellectually, to those who ridicule Islam in word, we Muslims must also remember that Islam is a religion, which has confidence in itself. Islam does not need to coerce people into Islam or retain its adherents through threats or the use of force. Islam’s view is, if you convert to Islam, it’s your gain, if you revert from Islam, it’s your loss. Islam has been around for 14 centuries, and without coercion, is the fastest growing religion today. Such is the self-confidence of Islam.
Rather than seek to punish those who revert from Islam, we must ask ourselves, what is it that could make adherents of Islam want to desert the faith? Are we as Muslims, by our behaviour, giving Islam a bad name? The answer to the second question is a definite Yes making Muslims and non-Muslims, especially those whose knowledge of Islam is scant, turn away from the faith. Let us not forget that most people judge religions on the basis of the behaviour of its followers. We cannot expect everyone to be a real intellectual — capable of seeing the big picture and distinguishing the message (Islam) from the medium (the Muslims) — who seeks the truth about the religion without any prejudice and bias.
-Abdullah Al Rahim-
To those who are pulling up their sleeves in anger, all in the name of Islam and the Quran, here is what the Quran, the book of Islam, has to say on the freedom of faith: "There is no compulsion in religion, truth stands out clear from error". (2-256)
Elsewhere addressing the Prophet, Allah says: "If it had been thy Lord’s will, all who are on earth would have believed. Wilt thou then compel humankind to become believers!" (10-99)
"If they turn away, We have not sent thee as a guard over them, Thy duty is only to convey [the Message]". (42-48)
There is a difference between a Murtad who after entering and then leaving the Islamic faith, joins the adversary to instigate or conduct war against the Muslim community having taken along secrets and spying on the community and a person who simply changes his religion but remains at peace with the Muslim community. The Murtad is what can be defined as a traitor who in many countries of the world, including Muslim countries, is punished in many cases by death regardless of religious faith.
Apostates was also a term given to those who, during the life of the prophet, bacame Muslims with an intention of re-verting back to their pagan/christian/jewish religion soon afterwards, creatin an illusion of 'been there done that and found nothing useful/divine' , in the minds of other's in the community or new muslims.
Such a mischief had to be stemmed and seriously dealt with. "Death to apostates" was a warning to "Study...Think...Rationalise...and finally Declare" that you have become a Muslims and accepted Islam as a pristine religion of God (Allah).
Having done that and taken your won sweet time to 'be convinced', then you are not allowed to get back on your vows. A very important and useful command to deal with mischief mongers there.
Now are the times when we are shamelessly willing to strike at one another on the flimsiest of pretexts, as happened in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.
All the might and wealth of so called Islamic bloc of OPEC and OIC countries, is unable to help Hamas out of it's serious debt, when American's and Israeli's are against the palestinian's democratic right to choose whom they consider as best suited and most dedicated towards achieving freedom from occupiers.
Anyways..Muslim's puppet and impotent leadership aside, while we, as a community must respond, intellectually, to those who ridicule Islam in word, we Muslims must also remember that Islam is a religion, which has confidence in itself. Islam does not need to coerce people into Islam or retain its adherents through threats or the use of force. Islam’s view is, if you convert to Islam, it’s your gain, if you revert from Islam, it’s your loss. Islam has been around for 14 centuries, and without coercion, is the fastest growing religion today. Such is the self-confidence of Islam.
Rather than seek to punish those who revert from Islam, we must ask ourselves, what is it that could make adherents of Islam want to desert the faith? Are we as Muslims, by our behaviour, giving Islam a bad name? The answer to the second question is a definite Yes making Muslims and non-Muslims, especially those whose knowledge of Islam is scant, turn away from the faith. Let us not forget that most people judge religions on the basis of the behaviour of its followers. We cannot expect everyone to be a real intellectual — capable of seeing the big picture and distinguishing the message (Islam) from the medium (the Muslims) — who seeks the truth about the religion without any prejudice and bias.
-Abdullah Al Rahim-
Saturday, April 01, 2006
When faith is put to ultimate tests...
"And certainly, We shall test you with fear, hunger, loss of wealth, lives and fruits, but give good news to the patient, Who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "Truly! To Allâh we belong and to Him we shall surely return. They are those on whom are the blessings and mercy from their Lord, and it is they who are guidedones."
Now that's God talking to us in Quran. Every human pays a price for ardently believing in what he percieves or is convinced to be the truth. Be it in religious or social terms. It's always been a test of faith to side with the Truth and usually much more easier to side with those who are not on that path.
One such heartrending story I read recently on a Middle eastern newspaper. Such stories never make headlines elsewhere and not even in the Middle East since most of the press is regulated and doesn't usually do western bashing for the rulers affinity towards their western friends but this is a paper which has many Indians amongst it's op-ed writers and journalists and this report is also by one such journalist bringing honor to her profession.
In this report is a story of a father who is being punished for following the noble diktats of charity of his religion which are sufficient for his implication. Funding of Osama during his Anti Soviet stance, Israeli occupation of lands, Support of saddams unjust and uncalled for war against Iran, wouldn't fall into this category of funding terror by US.
Read "Twin Tragedy":
May god save us from such tests in this life, for most of us are weak to see us through without getting insane.
But then...I have heard that God also gives one strength to pass through such calamities when they befall upon them...afterall, I wouldn't have betted a penny if someone asked me that American casualties in Iraq would go beyond a hundred. It was a country and a population with virtually no defenses, no air power and no missiles and an absolute, dictionary defiinition of "sitting duck", ready to take a direct shot.
But men courage to see them through travails and stand steadfast in face of oppression should never be underestimated. That's one lesson Iraq war has taught me.
Anyways...Present american administrations hegemony behind the curtain of it's "War on Terror" is bringing untold miseries on innocents which, if reported in "Truth", aptly qualifies the present Bush regime to be tried as "War criminals".
But who cares!!!
Now that's God talking to us in Quran. Every human pays a price for ardently believing in what he percieves or is convinced to be the truth. Be it in religious or social terms. It's always been a test of faith to side with the Truth and usually much more easier to side with those who are not on that path.
One such heartrending story I read recently on a Middle eastern newspaper. Such stories never make headlines elsewhere and not even in the Middle East since most of the press is regulated and doesn't usually do western bashing for the rulers affinity towards their western friends but this is a paper which has many Indians amongst it's op-ed writers and journalists and this report is also by one such journalist bringing honor to her profession.
In this report is a story of a father who is being punished for following the noble diktats of charity of his religion which are sufficient for his implication. Funding of Osama during his Anti Soviet stance, Israeli occupation of lands, Support of saddams unjust and uncalled for war against Iran, wouldn't fall into this category of funding terror by US.
Read "Twin Tragedy":
May god save us from such tests in this life, for most of us are weak to see us through without getting insane.
But then...I have heard that God also gives one strength to pass through such calamities when they befall upon them...afterall, I wouldn't have betted a penny if someone asked me that American casualties in Iraq would go beyond a hundred. It was a country and a population with virtually no defenses, no air power and no missiles and an absolute, dictionary defiinition of "sitting duck", ready to take a direct shot.
But men courage to see them through travails and stand steadfast in face of oppression should never be underestimated. That's one lesson Iraq war has taught me.
Anyways...Present american administrations hegemony behind the curtain of it's "War on Terror" is bringing untold miseries on innocents which, if reported in "Truth", aptly qualifies the present Bush regime to be tried as "War criminals".
But who cares!!!
