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Algunos posts del foro de ASW...
An impassioned reply by an Iraqi-American to those (and there are many) who insist on posting messages of hate against the new Iraq:
Please feel free to ridicule Iraq's woes and the Al-Qaeda presence there when it's your own family being blown up by these barbarous terrorists, these self-described "freedom fighters." As someone who has actually been to Iraq and has studied the country in depth for nearly a decade, I can assure you that Al-Qaeda and its affiliated groups are alive and well in all parts of Iraq.
In Iraq today, former Ba'athists and those who benefited from the apartheid policies of the old regime finance poor, uneducated, and brainwashed Arab men (the "non-existent" Al-Qaeda splinter groups) who've come from all over the world in order to fight the elected government in an effort to re-introduce minority rule to Iraq. While the current government is far from perfect, it is the first Iraq government in centuries that fairly (much to the chagrin of pan-Arabists everywhere) reflects the true ethnic and religious make-up of Iraq today.
It is not about Shiism and Sunnism, it is not about Arab and Kurd, but rather about basic human decency. I challenge those who oppose everything about this new order in Iraq to sit down and review the history of the country - the thousands upon thousands (Shiite and Sunni alike) who were brutally murdered by the regime, the women who were subjected to rape at the hands of the cabal who ruled the country, and the endless wars that devastated not only Iraq, but nearly all of its neighbors as well. The vast majority of the violence today is a result of an inability of those who benefited from the former regime to let a new order take shape. It is they who have killed, or have indirectly caused the death of, thousands of Iraqis going about their everyday lives in Baghdad and beyond.
Is it not a shame upon all Arabs that today, from Morocco to the Gulf, there is not one home-grown Arab democracy in the region, save Iraq and the Palestinian territories, both of course under occupation by foreign forces. While the Americans have not done a great job in post-war Iraq (in fact, they've done quite a poor job on the whole), the Arabs have done everything in their power, from sending suicide bombers to attack Iraqi civilians to endlessly bombarding the media with their lofty anti-occupation rhetoric, to make sure that a new Iraq, one that provides for all of its citizenry, fails. How sad are the Arabs today, that they consider this a success...how sad indeed?
I pray that your families continue to enjoy the peace and tranquility that mine in Iraq have never known. I pray that those suicide bombers in Iraq so lauded in the Arab media today do not return to your countries to carry out the same acts of unimaginable brutality that they've unleashed in Iraq over the past few years. But most of all, I pray for Iraq, and for its deliverance from the hands of those terrorists who've made it the hell it is today. Good riddance.
You are the New Lebanese President-What will You do? ( 46 Views ) Detach
Topic: Lebanon
This question is for everybody who reads this thread, Lebanese or others . Can you offer in few lines (preferably a short concise paragraph so everyone can read) a Solution to save Lebanon (i.e: Military Power, Confederalism, No Solution...)
Note: No referrals to political leaders . Take it as a game where you have been chosen to save Lebanon. What are the steps you will implement?
I will offer my solution"s" shortly
We might do a vote at the end for the best solution
Best,
Paul
Do you believe in God ? ( 1446 Views ) Detach
If you do, how can you explain the loss of someone close, who left too early ? If not, how can you make your way without thinking that life is a bitter joke and asking yourself why are we on this earth ? Althought I'm - and will always be - an optimistic and positive person, these are some questions that obviously one has to think about in his life.
400 million USD for the Bulgarian nurses?
I need help understanding here
Last time I looked, Libya was banned from the world orgs due to the Pan Am and UTA (French airline) terrorist attacks.
Then some time ago Libya settled with Pan Am families (am I wrong?) and was welcomed again in the UN wolrd. Even "W" greated that country back into the right path....
Now, if I remember correctly, Pan Am families got around 3 million USD per victim (were they paid?) which brings total cost for Libya to around 700 million USD.
ARE WE ABOUT TO FINANCE OVER HALF OF THAT SETTLEMENT ?
JF writing without knowing any Pan Am victim's relative and feeling sorry for the nurses' fate so far
Book Club ( 585 Views ) Detach
Hello to all book worms,
Would anyone be interested in joing a virtual book club? Unlike the real ones there would be more chance of international diversity...
LATEST UPDATE
Monday 2nd July 2007
Looks like the ‘winning’ title for July is A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (author of The Kite Runner). It is now available (In the UK anyway) in hardback edition and paperback at the airports.
Please note that I am opening new thread for each title we discuss (in order not to clog this one). The thread name for this months title will be: Book Club: July 2007
We will use this thread as a ‘mother thread’ to suggest and select all future titles. Please bookmark both.
SO
16th-31st July discussion time for is A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini on the BOOK CLUB: JULY 2007 thread
and
16th-31st July suggestions for August title on THIS THREAD (please could we try to have different genres each month, historical novels, classics etc)
First 10 sugessted titles will be used to vote from for the August’s title.
Enjoy!
xx
p.s. any sugegstions greatly valued!
Como podéis leer (lo siento, pero el idioma obligatorio en los foros es en inglés) sólo se habla de yates, partidos de polo y fiestas en rascacielos...
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