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2004-12-18 Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2004-12-18 12:09:21 AM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Wow, what a change a coupla years makes: a Saudi Press Agency in Saudi, not a PR firm in DC, "real" news on the TV... never woulda thunk it possible in The Magik Kingdom.

So the 28 - that's the official Saudi Press Agency count and doesn't include the "off the books" and infidel beheadings, I presume... Bloodiest year for expats since waay back when the Bedu were free to pick off travelers dropping by the oasis...

Posted by .com 2004-12-18 12:20:30 AM|| 2004-12-18 12:20:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 With all the hotheads on both sides of their border, one can only hope this will throw a wrench in the gears of any subtext regarding nuclear cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

As if.

Iran is the exact worst example of illegitimate nuclear prolifieration. Tehran's mullahs even surpass the hermit kingdom of North Korea. Kim has no stated intention of assaulting his neighbors with nuclear weapons, as does Iran regarding Israel.

The glaring lack of speedy and forceful interdiction with respect to Iran's nuclear aspirations has only encouraged, and in some ways even facilitated, continuing proliferation among the absolute worst candidate nations for atomic military capability. These are typically countries most prone to Islamist doctrine.

Acquisition of production level nuclear capability, even just electrical power generation, still yields a supply of enriched material that is best suited to both setting up fast-breeder reactors and fabricating weapons themselves.

Until these very worst of such hostile nation candidates all sign onto the concept of Global Cultural Cooperationâ¢ and a total prohibition against initiating any sort of attack with weapons of mass destruction, they are suspect in terms of assisting Islamist ends.

I now believe that a true test of Islam's viability will be the concept of co-religion. If Muslims overall are unable to accept the simultaneous existence of many faiths, then they instantly become the enemy of all other religions combined.

Freedom of religious worship is a fundamental human right on par with elected representation, right to sexual orientation and the bearing of arms. Private choices made without intent of harming anyone else rate among the most basic forms of human privilege.

Posted by Zenster 2004-12-18 4:22:55 AM|| 2004-12-18 4:22:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Please strike the "their border" part in the first paragraph. It's been a very long day.

Posted by Zenster 2004-12-18 4:27:23 AM|| 2004-12-18 4:27:23 AM|| Front Page Top

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