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Africa: North
Al-Akhbar: Are they really Muslims?
2005-07-24
The coward barbarian attack that targeted tourists in Sharm el-Sheikh resort will give Egypt the full insistence to combat terrorism any way, any where.
Does that mean the al-Jamaah guys go back to jug?
Egypt, at the same time, will go on backing the Arab fair issues, particularly the Palestinian and Iraqi ones.
Whoopdy doo. That means you're gonna keep doing business at the same old stand.
Combating terrorism surely requires the gathering of all international efforts to uproot it, a matter that obliges the implementation of President Mubarak's suggestion of an international conference on terrorism.
Yeah. Hold a conference. Maybe you could have it at Sharm el-Sheikh? No, wait... That's gone...
Convening such conference would help confront that devil that threats innocent victims regardless of their religions or nationalities.
Rounding the nutbag imams up and shooting them would go a lot further...
Nevertheless, the real image of Islam would be unveiled for the all after the deformation process that infected Islam by those fanatics who thought themselves defending Islam. On the contrary, world states have an increasing insistence on fighting terrorism and unfortunately their hatred to Islam and Muslims is also growing as a result to their stupid actions. Is this the patriotism they are seeking for? Are they really Muslims? I think the answer is definitely No.
At the risk of repeating myself, they're killing people because they're Muslims, not in spite of the fact. That means Islam needs a thorough housecleaning, and so far there hasn't been a single step that we've seen in that direction. Once there are piles of holy men lying dead in the gutter things will start to get better. If it doesn't eventually happen, this will turn into a war of extermination. The bad guyz are already fighting their half of a "crusade," and we're fighting another war entirely. For now.
Posted by:Fred

#15  #13 - guffaw! :)
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2005-07-24 20:56  

#14  [lightbulb moment] - Google, but of course! "Goooogle, Is there nothing it can't do?"

I think the RoEA idea was probably too radical for the time (Dec 03 - GWB focussing all energies on getting Iraq sorted out and ensuring he gets re-elected to keep the momentum up) but things are different now. It seems (from what I've been reading on blogs etc) that the Democrats are going to lose more (seats?) in the 2006 elections, further strengthening Republican power. This then allows GWB some leeway to consider options like RoEA, but will it be seen as 'yet more warmongering'? And what would be the causus belli?

Horribly, it may require another attack on the US before RoEA moves onto the table - and if the assumptions we've been making about 'the ultimatum to the Saudis' is right, RoEA may not be the #1 option.

Which would be really bad news, because RoEA solves so many problems; no money for the ticks, not invading 'holy lands' (any soldiers there would be guests of the RoEA, not SA - which has gone on a crash diet), secure flow of oil (to the West *and* East - if appropriate), no money to madrassas, no money for Wahabism in other countries, no money for Mosque building in other countries and many other benefits.

It's a thought...
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2005-07-24 20:54  

#13  Tony - to go with the milk pic.

NSFW - but it's Sunday and I've been really really good for a long time.
Posted by: .com   2005-07-24 20:52  

#12  Tony - I finally figured out the true secret of RB... when you're in a separate article page, you'll see a Google search at the bottom which lets you search RB articles AND comments, that's how I found it again, lol! I didn't think to save it at the time - cuz the response was a tad underwhelming, to be honest.
Posted by: .com   2005-07-24 20:28  

#11  Bugger! - 5 minutes too late...
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2005-07-24 20:20  

#10  Red Dog, it's about the Republic of Eastern Arabia - all .com's idea. Basically, a 40km strip of land at the eastern side of Saudi Arabia holds most of the oil (and infrastructure?) to produce it. If that is held by a government (the RoEA) that is nothing to do with the Saudis, is pro-Western, and merely wants to produce oil, then a major source of funding for Wahabism evaporates.

Perhaps .com can point to the original article(s) where it was mentioned? I'm afraid I don't know where it is now.
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2005-07-24 20:19  

#9  Well, RD, look here - #4. Affectionately referred to as establishing The Republic of Eastern Arabia, nowadays.
Posted by: .com   2005-07-24 20:14  

#8  Ã‚»:>
Posted by: Flosh Hupinter5423   2005-07-24 20:11  

#7  Pray tell....strips?
Posted by: Red Dog   2005-07-24 20:10  

#6  There is a short-circuit approach... it involves this narrow strip of land...
Posted by: .com   2005-07-24 18:16  

#5  Fred, your final inline comment summarizes the situation in a nutshell. Operative phrase: 'for now'.
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2005-07-24 18:10  

#4  Re: inline commentary: word.
Posted by: .com   2005-07-24 17:55  

#3  Will the 3rd Plank from the left on the Democratic platform be Arab fair? Arab true? Juden frei? Politics, poitics.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-07-24 17:49  

#2  Al-Qaeda is not afraid to refer to "the apostate Saud regime" in their communiques. Our Muslims, however, refuse to declare terrorist groups to be apostate (murtad). They don't do so because they agree with most of the terrorist goals. Think of our Muslim leadership in terms the IRA used: an "Official" wing that used negotiation, while a "Provisional" wing used terror.
Posted by: Vlad the Muslim Impaler   2005-07-24 12:47  

#1  The coward barbarian attack that targeted tourists in Sharm el-Sheikh resort will give Egypt the full insistence to combat terrorism any way, any where.

In other news, the brave, defensive attacks against Israeli aggression -- aggression which is unwarranted and outside the law -- will continue with the support and prayers of muslims everywhere. . .

Posted by: PlanetDan   2005-07-24 12:24  

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