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Originally posted by Anna Nicole:
I saw on last nights new the tabloid version of the Bin Ladin speech... just read on Aljazeera the full transcript.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/79C6AF22-98FB-4A...21F-2BC36E87F61F.htm
Oh I know! I am not the least bit anti semitic (Shemitic: Word comes from Shem or Sem who was one of Noah*s sons after the Great Flood, spoken of in the Book Of Genesis and the ancient Sumerian Flood Epics.) but I do not want to be anti Arabic either! It*s a tough one! The State of Israel is there and it*s not going to go away! And yes, it was formed by tearing down the homes of Palestinians (Philistines.) and chasing them off their own lands! (As we did with our Native Americans!) But the deed is done and we have to deal with the present day political situation which exists in The Middle East. Basically it appears that both sides utterly despise each other! And not wanting to sound too pessemistic, I really don*t think that there is a 100 per cent solution! It boils down to this: *How do we make it possible for two different peoples of different religions to live together in peace, even though they hate each other*s guts!* I think all anyone can do, is try and try again, and do the best that can be done and let history take its course, as it always does! Remember, it*s basically a *family* squabble. Both the Jews, and Arabs claim descent from Abraham. (Abram from the Sumerian city of UR.) Ishmael was a son of Abraham as was Issac. The Arabs claim decent from Ishmael and the Jews from Issac thru his son Jacob. Jacob*s name was changed to Israel and he begat the twelve Tribes of Israel. In ancient Sumerian and Hebrew EL means God. Eloim! Plural!) Also many Arabs and Arabic peoples claim descent from Essau,(Edom) who was Jacob*s (Israel*s) brother. These people have been fighting over this land for thousands of years! And they all come from the same ancestor, ABRAHAM! An interesting side point. King Herod was from the Edomite line of Jews. Many of them converted to the Jewish religion in the days of the Kingdom Of Judah. That is why the Isralites despised him! He was an Edomite a descendant of Essau not of Jacob (Israel!) By Jayne County. PS. Please read more of my writings at my blog at http://rockandrollantirepublikkkanleague.blogspot.com/
DO TRY TO READ IT ALL.

While i DO NOT condone any terrorist actions I did find this very well written and made me understand allot more. Of course Bin Ladin is always just portrayed as a demented mad man in the media so this was somewhat of an eye-opener (for me anyhow). Have an open mind and just read this.
Interested to know what you think.....

course now I am probably on some thought police list (so will YOU be) for reading Aljazeera! Ahh the land of the free eh! LOL

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Originally posted by Anna Nicole:
Wow what a great find Bobby... I must say I do love Al Jazeera, I wish it was on telly here, fascinating middle east coverage.
She lost me at the beggining, it's a long piece but worth stickin out till the end. Brave, brave woman.

I find it all very tough the arab israeli issue as at this stage if i were arab I think I too would be radical after so many years of torture. Plus there is the fact that governments like our own terrorist BUSH just commit these attrocities using other mens blood, yet they are not villified as much as a suicide bomber. But whats the difference, one is front media the other is a military act that is silenced in the media... wonder how many innocents were killed today in iraq at the hands of bush?

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Originally posted by Anna Nicole:
I find it no shock but it does sadden me .... how fast they were to execute Saddam. I certainly am NO supporter of his and don't believe he was good for the country at all... (although I must say my chum's Iraqi mother was here about 7yrs ago telling me how wonderful her life was in Iraq and how she would hate to be in America full time... now the poor woman lives in ruins after what the UK/US did to her town). If Saddamm wasn't arab he wouldn't have been executed so fast. There have been so many genocides around the world that the US/UK have NOT reacted to. Did 'they' kill Papa/baby Doc Duvallier in Haiti? Did they execute Idi Ami, Pol Pot, Tutsi/Huto's in Rwanda
what about the tyranny's in Liberia or Darfur? I could go on. His execution was tactical for the war and the pressure ($$$) that the US gives to Israel to fight the arab/israeli conflict and OIL and also some kind of moral booster for the troops or some other sick nature. His trial happened when his country was occupied. He never faced all the allegations. He was just executed fast. Again, I DO NOT support this man. But I don't believe that his swift execution is anything but trying to make two wrongs make a right. It wont.