I Look I See

 
In Quran Allah says...
"You shall not accept any information, unless you verify it for yourself. I have given you the hearing, the eyesight, and the brain, and you are responsible for using them." (17:36)


There will always be conspiracies but it is our duty to find the truth out of so many lies. Remember, no excuse will be accepted in the hereafter for our ignorance because we are given enough chance to find the truth.

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There is a group of people in this world who becomes a big threat to the world only if they dream of making nuclear weapons and hence should be eliminated. But there also exists another group of people who are good type of people and can make thousands of nuclear weapons, biological weapons, chemical weapons and many other type of weapons of mass destruction and not only that they can also sell those weapons to other nations and can use them against them who they want to liberate and still they remain good type of people. HOW?

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I was willing to write something about Fahrenheit 9/11 for weeks after watching that movie. But couldn't manage enough time and I don't have much knowledge about Michael Moore either. So I refrained.
But here is an article about Fahrenheit 9/11 from Baghdad Burning. I could have never written anything like this.
Whoever was behind that 9/11, it matters little. US has found a reason to capture some countries because of that event. Now, the real fact is... 2 towers have brought US 2 countries. Mr. Bush surely is grateful to those who destroyed those towers so that he could start his wars on a good cause.
Now, some things are getting clear. Just those 2 towers are not enough for Mr. Bush to carry on his good cause farther. Maybe he belives in that theory that one country for one tower. So to attack Iran he certainly needs at least another tower to be destroyed. Hmmm... My little mind calculates in this way...Isn't it why Rumsfeld is certain that there would be more terrorist attacks on US soil?????????
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Yep, you paid this amount of money to liberate those Iraqis’ souls from their body (including thousands of children)... Now look what you have got... lots of tax money to pay and an increased amount of workload.

But this is not the end of wars. Brace yourself and start to save some money because Mr. Bush has a big list of countries to complete. Next is Iran, then Syria, then Saudi Arabia, then…. (Thanks Allah that we are not in his list. Hey, is it because Bangladesh doesn’t have oil???)

Don’t stop supporting Mr. Bush until he has liberated the whole world. And in this process some of your countrymen may get killed and you may have to endure a bit trouble. But all that will be for a good cause. The soldiers’ martyrdom will not go in vain and your tax money will not get wasted either (Yes, it can’t get wasted because Mr. Bush and his party will get hugely benefited from it and so will those who govern them).

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twin towers will the Zionists (pls refrain from accusing the Jews for what Israel do because it is not the Jews behind all these crimes but the Zionists. There are many Jews who are really good people. Some even fighting hard in opposing Israel's acivities.)will have to destroy until the Americans would understand that it is the Israel which is their enemy not the Arabs??????????????

"I was not involved in the September 11 attacks in the United States nor did I have knowledge of the attacks. There exists a government within a government within the United States. The United States should try to trace the perpetrators of these attacks within itself; to the people who want to make the present century a century of conflict between Islam and Christianity. That secret government must be asked as to who carried out the attacks.
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The American system is totally in control of the Jews, whose first priority is Israel, not the United States."--- Usama Bin Laden. (Don’t believe what this site says… Not a bit of it. Its all are propaganda...Directly from Binny boy's cave.)



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Photo is a renter in a house just beside ours. Her husband is a minor employee in a garments factory with a low income. Few months ago she was coming home from Chittagong Trade Fair by a rickshaw. She was quite upset then because she found that prices of different things were too high for her to buy with her mere 600taka. She was cursing her husband for not being richer while the rickshaw moved. It’s maybe he is not that smart. Maybe if Photo were in his place she could have earned a lot more money with her better intelligence. Different thoughts were coming into her mind.

Suddenly the rickshaw puller stopped the rickshaw half the way to her home and took a moneybag from the roadside. Most probably someone had lost it. Who knows was precious thing might be in that moneybag. He stealthily looked inside it but couldn’t escape the suspicious eyes of Photo. Understanding her motive he immediately took something out of that moneybag and put that in his pocket. Photo became very suspicious now. She wanted to know what he was hiding from her. Bringing phoney anger in her she told him to hand over the moneybag to her.
“Take it. There is nothing but two pages. I’m an illiterate person… Here you take them and read, please” said the obedient rickshaw puller. Photo found that one of pages was a letter and the other was a money receipt. She was glad at his obedience, although she was not completely relieved of her suspicion. She desperately wanted to know what he took out of the moneybag. Maybe the letter can tell her what was in that moneybag. She started reading…

“Respectable sister,
I have bought this gold chain that you told me to buy for your daughter. It took me 9,000taka to buy it. This chain is exactly of 1 bhoree. I have also included the money receipt for you. And after you have received this chain from Alauddin let me know. But don’t give him the price of the chain. I will go to your house soon. You can give me the money then. Khuda hafiz.
Your brother
Faisal”

And the receipt read…
“1 Bhoree gold chain……………….9,000taka
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Total……………………………..9,000taka.


Dated, 10/12/03
Anada Jewelleries, New Market”


“9,000taka??? Wow!!!! That’s a pretty big amount of money. Oh, if only I could have that chain from that rickshaw puller…” thought Photo. She couldn’t control her greed. So she asked him, “Weren’t there a chain in the moneybag? Let me see the chain. Quick”
The innocent rickshaw puller hesitated for a while but couldn’t oppose to her demand. While giving her the chain he asked, “Is it of gold madam?” Photo silently said, “Yes.” “Then it surely would be very costly. Isn’t it?” he inquired. “Yeh… very costly…it’s just of 1000 to 2000taka” Photo replied.
“I’m an illiterate person. Where would I be able to sell this chain! Would you like to buy this chain from me?”
Yap, this is what Photo was willing to hear from him. But alas, she doesn’t have 2,000taka with her. Now, she is accusing herself for saying the price of that chain so high. “I should have said the chain would be of just 500taka. Then I could have bought it now. Ahh… what a chance have I missed!” Photo thought.
“But I only have 600taka.” She told the rickshaw puller.
“Ok, then give me that 600taka and you take this chain. I’m badly in need of money now. My young daughter is very ill.”, said the poor rickshaw puller with much grief.

Photo couldn’t believe what she heard. Really, when God wants to bless someone there is nothing that can stop that blessing to reach him. She immediately gave him the 600taka she had and took the chain. She only had the rickshaw fare left with her. Then the rickshaw puller said, “Madam, I have to go to my daughter now since I’ve got enough money now to buy medicine with it. You, please go by some other rickshaw.” So Photo took another rickshaw and went home taking that gold chain.

It was noon at that time. Photo couldn’t wait a single minute more for her husband to come home. She was desperately willing to show him what she had purchased.

At last at 2’o clock he came home on lunch break. For the desperation to disclose the news she even forgot to greet him. “Honey, you won’t believe what I have purchased today. I have bought a gold chain of 9,000taka just for 6,00taka.” “What did you do?” Her husband couldn’t get it. “I bought a gold chain from a rickshaw puller for less than one tenth of the actual price.” “How do you know that it is of gold?” he asked. “Hey, do you think that I’m that stupid that I’d buy this chain without being confirm?” Photo proudly retorted. “Ok then it seems great to me.” Her hubby remarked. “Yes, it’s great. And you should feel proud of me… Now let’s go to the jewellery shop. I can’t wait a minute more to know how much price they offer for it.” Photo was so happy that she even couldn’t wait till her hubby takes his lunch.

Now, they have come to a jewellery shop close to their house. Photo asked the shopkeeper, “How much is a bhoree of gold?” “It’ of 9,000taka.” Photo smiled and looked at her hubby feeling proud of herself. “Okay, I have this gold chain of 1 bhoree and I want to sell it. How much would you give me for it?”
“Hmm… the chain looks very bright to me. It is certainly new. You surely have bought it lately. But why do you want to sell it so early?” asked the goldsmith.
“Yes, we bought it recently and didn’t want to sell it at this time. But we are having great financial problem now. So…” Photo replied.
“But before I go to any bargain I’d like to tell you that you would not get 9,000taka for it. We would pay you less then that because we will have to make some profit selling it.” Warned the goldsmith. Photo agreed.

The goldsmith examined the chain again and again. Then he said, “I can’t buy it, madam. It’s not real gold”
“It can’t be” Photo said in disbelief. “I saw it with my own...” She had to stop right there. She couldn’t utter anything more.

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I went to visit my younger brother Fakhrul in Dhaka the other day to see in what condition he is there and then I wrote an e-mail to my father about it. Here is that e-mail for all of you to read (the e-mail has slightly been changed). Fakhrul went there with some of his friends of Chittagong for university coaching.
“Assalamulikum abbu
Fakhrul stays here with 2 of his other friends. They are here for the last one-month.. There are three rooms. Fakhrul has his own room with an attached bathroom. And his friend Zamil is in the middle room and the other friend, Mayeen is in another room with another attached bathroom. Another boy named Zahid stayed with them for the first 10 days but later departed because of fever. Mayeen is living in Dhaka for the last 2 years. So he is very much accustomed with the weather and condition here. He has a peculiar type of character. No problem is a problem to him. I have learnt many interesting things about him that can easily make anyone laugh.

For the first 10 days they had to struggle a lot because of gas as this new building hadn’t installed gas line then. So they didn’t keep a Buya (housemaid) then. When Zamil came to Dhaka he bought a mobile set without a warranty but later found problem with the screen. He also found trouble in getting admitted into the couching center he liked. The food of restaurants in Dhaka was uneatable for him. And it sickened him. So the only child of his parents called his mother on one of the first days in Dhaka and said, “I don’t like anything of Dhaka. I bought a mobile phone but those cheats gave me a faulty one. I couldn’t get the admission anywhere yet. And the food is yuck. I’m saying goodbye to Dhaka.” But things settle down gradually.

None of them used mosquito net for the first 10 days. Although it is 5th (US) floor of the building, the mosquito problem is still acute. After 10 days Zahid had Dengue fever. So he left Dhaka for good. Fakhrul and Zamil learnt lesson from it and never slept without the mosquito net put in. But Mayeen has other idea. He as usual sprays insecticide on his whole body and then goes to bed.

Things got tolerable after 1st 2 weeks. They got gas installed and kept a housemaid to cook for them. Zamil and Fakhrul got used to the condition and are more tolerant now. When I asked Fakhrul how the Buya is, he said, “Oh she is nice. We play hide and seek with her.” Hide and seek?? I couldn’t understand its meaning until he clarified.

They kept the Buya for monthly 500tk. She was supposed to come everyday in the morning and make breakfast and lunch for them and come again at afternoon to cook dinner. But she steals food items regularly. If they brought fish or meat she used to take a good part of it with her. She used to take a part of the food she cooked for them along with rice.

One day they brought fish and the Buya cooked it in 6 pieces. After cooking she took two big pieces in a plastic bag, which she brought with her. Zamil saw it and told it to others. But they were too shy to question Buya for this. So after negotiation they decided to teach the buya a lesson in a nice way.
Zamil went to the kitchen and put 2-tea spoon salt in buya’s bag and mixed it well with the fish and then kept the bag where it was. All of them were very happy to be able to give buya a good lesson. But it didn’t pay off, on the evening when buya cooked dinner; the food was so spicy that it burnt everyone’s mouth. They had to spend that night in empty stomach.

After that day they planned that they would not eat fish any more. They will only eat egg, alu bhorta and dal. Now the buya doesn’t have anything to steal.

The other day Mayeen was drinking RC Cola and Zamil wanted to have a share. But Mayeen didn’t give. But when Zamil left his room Mayeen put black tea in it and kept it beside Zamil’s table. But that could never fool Zamil because the buya took that bottle with her without even asking anyone anything.

Now as they don’t eat anything except dal, alu bhorta and egg there is no valuable cooked thing left for the buya to take. So she began to take onion and potatoes. One day when she found that there was an extra egg, she took that with her. When they interrogated her for her this nature and instead of being shamed she said, “In Dhaka every buya does this. It is the system here.”

When I came here after learning the meaning of that “hide and seek” I told them they should not keep a buya just for to cook egg and dal. They better sack her and keep another Buya or try to cook themselves.” So on the next evening Mayeen was preparing to tell Buya not to come here again to cook. But then an amazing thing happened. Buya called Mayeen and said that she had found a new place to cook for and she is no longer interested in working here. Mayeen instantly gave her 11 days’ money and bid farewell.

Fakhrul and his friends now cook themselves. And they are really good cooks.
Allah hafiz.
Zahir.”

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For the last few years getting a housemaid has become as difficult as winning a cricket match for our national cricket team is. My physics teacher Mozammel sir’s mother was really glad to have a woman for her household works. She stays alone at home for most part of the day as all her children stay at work and often don’t even come home at noon for lunch. So getting her was like a great blessing from Allah to the old lady.

For the first three days the woman didn’t stop until taking full control of the kitchen and laundry. She also took good care of the ailing old lady. Moreover while gossiping with her while working she let the old woman forget loneliness. The old lady couldn’t ask anything more from her.

After three days my teacher and his siblings were convinced that this housemaid can take care of their old mother very well at the day time, so they also relived of worries.
Then came the 4th day. There was nobody at home except the old woman. All her 5 children were out at work like regular routine. And this day they 4didn’t even bother to make a phone call and take her news. And for this confidence on an unknown woman they had to suffer badly just hours later.

When everyone was out at work in the morning the housemaid gave the old woman her medicine to swallow. But today just after taking the pills she lost all her strength. She had the consciousness and could see that the housemaid was taking the jewellery and other valuable things but couldn’t help it. Staying three days at their house she had a clear idea of the whereabouts of the house. So it took her just few minutes to open the locker and take all the money and jewellery. My teacher estimated that she took 25,000taka and 80 bhoree (worth of 75,000TK) from their four brothers’ possession. Usually my teacher goes home after 6pm but that day for no specific reason he went to his house at 1 o’clock and found his mother unconscious.

He immediately brought an ambulance and took his mother to hospital. It took her 3 days to get full consciousness. Doctor said that if she were in that condition even for an hour or two more she would have certainly died. Now her physical condition is lot worse than before. She was released from the hospital after 3 days and the doctor recommended her children never to leave her alone.

In a similar case a Sri Lankan Bangladeshi woman in our neighbourhood lost 70,000taka. She later discovered that the housemaid might have informed the burglars when all the house members went out of home. This was the 70,000tk she had collected for her son’s medication.

After these incidents one day at about 8 o’clock at night an old woman came with a young girl to our house. She told my mother that a man sent them to Engineer Kamal’s house on the second floor at this address. Engineer Kamal’s family needed a housemaid so the old woman brought this girl with her from her village. The address was ours and we are on the floor but there is no one called Engineer Kamal in our entire building. And although one of our renters is an engineer, his family didn’t recognise them either. When my mother told them that there is no one in our house by that name, the woman wanted to spend at least the night at our house. My sister felt sympathetic and requested mom to let them stay at our house for one or two days but my mother didn’t even let them enter the house. She had heard the stories of burglary by housemaids in our neighbourhood before this event. When I heard from my mom about these two women I told my mom, “Why did you let them go? We could have sent them to the police.”



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Another e-mail from my father for good health.

DRINK WATER

Amazing! But True!
6 glasses of water (1.5 liters)
ASTONISHING PERFORMANCE
Allah has given us plenty and free water. Without spending on medicines, tablets, injections, diagnosis, doctor’s fee, etc., just by drinking pure water, the following diseases will be cured.
You can never believe before practicing. Let us see the list of diseases being cured by this therapy.

DISEASES CURED BY DRINKING WATER
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| 1. Headache | 17. Urogenital diseases |
| 2. Blood Pressure/Hyper | 18. Hyper Acidity |
| Tension | 19. Gastro-enteritis |
| 3. Anemia | 20. Dysentery |
| 4. Rheumatism | 21. Rectal Piodapse |
| 5. General Paralysis | 22. Constipation |
| 6. Obesity | 23. Hostorthobics |
| 7. Arthritis | 24. Diabetes |
| 8. Sinusitis | 25. Eye Diseases |
| 9. Tachycardia | 26. Ophthalmic Hemorrhage & |
| 10. Giddiness | Opthalmia (reddish eye) |
| 11. Cough | 27. Irregular Menstruation |
| 12. Asthma | 28. Leukemia |
| 13. Bronchitis | 29. Uterine Cancer |
| 14. Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 30. Breast Cancer |
| (TB) | 31. Laryngitis |
| 15. Meningitis | |
| 16. Kidney Stones | |
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HOW DOES PURE WATER ACT?
Consuming ordinary drinking water by the right method purifies human body.
It renders the colon more effective by forming new fresh blood known in medical term as Haematopaises. That the mucous folds of the colon and intestines are activated by this method is an undisputed fact, just as the theory that new fresh blood is produced by the mucous fold. If the colon is cleaned then the nutrients of the food taken several times a day will be absorbed and by the action of the mucous folds they are turned into fresh blood. The blood is all-important in curing and restoring health, and for this water should be consumed in a regular pattern.

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HOW TO DO THIS WATER THERAPY?
1. Early morning after you get up from the bed (without even brushing
your teeth) drink 1.5 liters of water. You may wash your face thereafter.
2. Here is very essential to note that nothing else neither drinks nor
solid food of any sort should be taken within 1 hour before and after
drinking this 1.5 liters of water.
3. It is also to be strictly observed that no alcoholic drinks should be
taken the previous night.
4. If required, boiled or filtered water may be used for this purpose.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO DRINK 1.5 LITRES OF WATER AT ONE TIME?
1. To begin with, one may find it difficult to drink 1.5 liters of water at one time, but one will get used to it gradually.
2. Initially, while practicing, you may drink four glasses first and the balance two glasses after a gap of two minutes.
3. Initially, you may find the necessity to urinate 2 to 3 times within one hour but it will become normal after sometime.

RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING DISEASES TO BE CURED WITH
THIS THERAPY WITHIN THE INDICATED DAYS AS BELOW:
Constipation 1 day
Acidity - 2 days
Diabetes - 7 days
BP & Hypertension - 4 weeks
Cancer - 4 weeks
Pulmonary TB - 3 months

NOTE
It is advised that the persons suffering from arthritis or rheumatism should practice this therapy 3 times a day, i.e. morning, mid-day, and night, 1 hour before meals for one week; and 2 times a day subsequently till the diseases is cured. We make an earnest request that the above method should be read and practiced carefully.

Please spread this message to your relatives, friends, and neighbors. It is a great service to the humanity. By Allah’s grace, all should lead a healthy life.



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Good Stuff - Read for your health...

1. Lungs & Big Intestines share the system. If one or the other is infected or sick, the other will also be sick.

2. When the Liver is in pain, there is not much signs or symptoms to be detected. Before many cancers happen, usually the Liver will be the first to get sick.

3. Liver filters out the poisons and it attacks all other viruses in the body.

4. 99% Chinese have weak livers as they eat a lot of meat, and high fat foods.

5. The Liver ‘s repair time is effective from 11pm to 3am. Therefore, sleeping late after 11pm & Having late night supper 2 hours before sleep especially high cholesterol and high fat foods weakens the Liver as it does not have sufficient time to rest and regenerate. Even when one sleeps in later in the morning to replace loss sleep will not help.

6. If U get very hungry just before bedtime, eat some fruits & vegetables which is easy to digest. Meat takes about 4 hours to digest before it goes into the intestines. Meat cooked in oil takes about 12 hours before going into the intestines. This will provoke the Liver & the digestive tract to overwork in filtering the toxins thus U will tend to feel very tired when U wake up in the morning.

7. Oil is the main culprit that will weaken the functions of the Liver and damage it. Medication cannot cure Liver problem and it will damage it even further.

8. Cold-pressed Olive oil, carrot, cucumber, raw chili, garlic, onion, little bamboo salt/sea-salt, radish, pumpkin and small fish are good for the body. Sesame oil is ok.

9. Food-preservatives, Food colourings, Bee Hoon is processed with Aluminium (causes Dementia), Bleach, syrup, Pesticides are bad for Liver health. Wrong medication can shrink and damage the Liver badly. Radiation from Microwave oven destroys all nutrients in the food.

10. Western medication is bad for the Liver. Chinese medication is bad for Kidney. White radish will disable the effects of the Chinese medication.

11. Sleeping late for children is unhealthy as it weakens memory and intelligence.

12. Best Healthy times to sleep is 9pm especially so for people who is sick or recovering from it and do not sleep later than 11pm. Lots of rest is good for the Liver to recover. When using eye-cover during bed-time, use only pure-cotton and do not use Rubber, latex material.

13. A Detoxification Diet helps the Liver & Intestines to recover fast.
Natural fresh foods are best for the Liver and overall well being. Do not rely on packed, bottled or canned health foods/vitamins as they lack a lot of natural and essential vitamins which can only be derived from pure, unprocessed natural foods.
13. A balance of mental/emotional state of mind is very important to the total well-being. Too much Stress of all kinds, loud noises/music, Anger, irritation suppressed for too long, Pessimism, depressive moods, no goals in life, feeling life has no value or blaming the World & Everyone else for his life will further weaken the body system. When the Liver is unhealthy, the Person usually has a bad temper and gets easily angered or irritated.

14. Giving out Gas, perspiration and urine are ways of purging out the toxins from the body. Do not use too much of air-conditioners as they suppress the body from perspiration. This natural way of purging helps to reduce the load of the Liver. Open the windows for fresh air.

15. Give Warm to any part of the body that is in pain will help ease it or soaking in a bathtub of warm water up to waist level will also help. Be careful if U have heart problems, do not soak up to heart level or else U might feel uncomfortable as your heart might get too stimulated.

16. Brown rice, wheat, oats, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yam and maize but we must be careful when buying these foods as they contain great amount of Pesticides. Maize and Brown rice contains B complex vitamin but be careful as Maize these days, has a lot of Pesticides in them too. Organic foods are better alternatives but they are more costly.

17. Blood A type has higher chances of Cancer diseases.

18. Blood O type has higher chances of Liver diseases.

19. Women Lives Longer because they are more even-tempered due to their menstration cycle expels the anger suppressed inside. It is better not to talk when a person is feeling very angry at that point of time. Breathe very slowly for 7 times and just smile.

20. Fat or overweight people usually have problems with their liver, heart and digestive system as they eat too much meat, high cholesterol and high fat foods which will damage their Liver and thus affect their heart and blood pressure.

21. Gastric problem is also associated with ingesting too much meat and high fat foods.

22. Heart & Uterus are linked together. Drinking 3000cc ? 4000cc of good filtered water with a healthy detoxifcation diet will help keep them healthy too.

23. There is no need to go for unnecessary check up. X-rays, CT scans (radiation is 5x-6x higher) are bad for the body as it kills thousands of cells and thus weakens the body further. Cancers & diseases are sometimes quite hard to detect in your Yearly Health checkups or blood tests. By the time they are detected, that particular part of the body has already been quite damaged. Always get a second opinion from another doctor before proceeding with the recommended surgery. If it is Liver disease, medication will destroy it further. Go on a proper detoxification diet and sleep by 9pm daily will help the Liver to recover much faster.

24. Vegetable and Fruits are high in Vitamin Cs which will help detoxify the poisons in the body, thus helping the organs to recover during the detoxification. Drinking lots of water 2000cc ? 3000cc will help the Liver as Urine is one way of detoxification.

25. Morning hours between 5am - 7am is the best time for Bowel movement otherwise the intestines might absorb the poisons from the digested matter to be distributed to the rest of the body and thus slow poisoning of the body will occur. This will result in the body getting sick.

26. Using Kelp Powder mix in water can help to stop itchy scalp.

27. Stones in gall-bladder, liver, brain, etc.. are usually poisons accumulated from animal protein and oily foods.

28. Minerals ? calcium, iron strengthen the kidney/bladder.

29. A Person having Mild Liver or Kidney problems can eat Fish & Beans Only after 4 months of detoxification diet.

30. If the whites of the eyes are Yellow means You might have Liver & Gall Bladder problem.

32. Red vegetables or fruits are good for the Brain and the Heart.
33. Yellow vegetable or fruits are good for Digestion. Be careful when choosing. Cabbage and Banana are good but they may have lots of pesticides.
34. Low Blood pressure is ok as long as the individual feels fine and healthy.

35. Having Pimples may mean that the toxins in the blood cannot be purged out.

36. Exercise is preferably done in the morning as there are lots of oxygen from the trees . and plants. Night time is not advisable as there are lots of carbon dioxide coming from the trees and plants. Afternoon is too hot. After 40 years old, try to do light exercises like long distance walking and not to do heavy exercises.

37. Having Headaches may mean weak pump of blood/energy from the Heart shows lack of oxygen.

38. Black under eyes means Liver & Kidney are weak.

39. For Arthritis problem, eat High vitamin C, kelp and detoxification diet.

40. People with Breast or Uterine cancer must not eat sea-cucumber or salty foods.

41. High-water content fruits are easier to digest.

42. Exercise is good for the heart.

43. Use as few electrical appliances and household items in your homes. In the long term, they can cause radiation exposure and ruin your health especially your Television set, radio, huge sound system. Don’t place them in your bedroom otherwise, you might find difficulty in sleeping thus feeling very tired in the morning. Also, try not to watch too much TV or surf the computer for a long time especially children otherwise in the long run, the radiation from the TV & computer might cause loss of memory and intelligence. Do not switch on the lights in your home or else too much of light exposure overhead might also be damaging to your body especially if you have not been very fit or healthy in your lifestyle.

44. If U want to take a bigger step to a truly healthier lifestyle , please use only stainless, ceramic (without lead), glass for your cooking , eating utensils. In the long run, Aluminium materials will give U dementia. Also get rid of your non-stick pans and cooking utensils as the coating will eventually fade into your food which cause poisoning. Use water to cook your food lightly. Overcooking your food will cause it to loose most if not all of its nutrients.

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I received this mail from my father. And I hope it may come to some help to you.

For all you weight watchers and health addicts, here is the all round cure for whatever ails you!!!!




Eat Your Bananas!!!



After Reading THIS, you'll NEVER look at a banana in the same way again!!

Bananas. Containing three natural sugars -- sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous
90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.

But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression:
According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS:
Forget the pills -- eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia:
High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure:
This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power:
200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brainpower. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Constipation:
High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers:
One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn:
Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness:
Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Mosquito bites:
Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Nerves:
Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Overweight and at work?:
Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

Ulcers:
The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature control:
Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD):
Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer, tryptophan.

Smoking:
Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress:
Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Strokes:
According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine, "eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!

Warts:
Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!

So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around.


So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say,
"A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"




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Couple of months ago I used to comment regularly on Alhamadi's blog(www.muttawa.blogspot.com). I am really pleased the way different discussions went on the comment section. On Alhamadi’s Friday, May 21, 2004’s post I had arguments with some nice guys who can comment in a very beautiful way. Here is how it went…

comments.
Do anyone in this world will ever believe that a country would spend billions of dollars and have thousands of it's soldier killed to liberate another country that has no similiarity with religion, culture and anything???

No matter how many westerners say that US and UK are liberating Iraq, the truth is they have gone there to steal the oil from Iraq. But for some terrorist Iraqies they are not
becoming successful.
zahir 05.24.04 - 9:43 am #

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"the truth is they have gone there to steal the oil from Iraq"


zahir. Are you SURE that that is the truth? Positive? Without a doubt? Care to guess how many Iraqis are recieving paychecks from Oil revenues? Thinking, zahir, will put your people on the moon. It will invent things, like computers. It will cure diseases. You should concentrate on thinking more. It is much more helpful for all of us.
Scott from Oregon Email 05.24.04 - 10:41 am #

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Zahir, if we went to Iraq to steal their oil we've done a pretty bad job of getting it. Have you checked prices lately? You know, that supply and demand thing?

Alhamedi, your entry today makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time. Laugh becuase your writing is so excellent, and cry because of what you say. Your work is precious. Keep up the good work.
Tom the Redhunter Email Homepage 05.24.04 - 5:10 pm #

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Zahir,
Your views on Americans plotting to steal oil just won't fly. It wasn't the U.S. that invaded Kuwait in the early 90's to seize their oil. The U.S. intervened to prevent that. It was not the U.S. that made a mockery of the oil-for-food program in Iraq. Is it just a coincidence that the current gas price issue is upon on just in time to influence the American presidential election? Who's trying to manipulate who? If some people want to indulge in conspiracy theories over oil supplies, then add this one to the list.
Dave Anthony Email 05.25.04 - 7:58 am #


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Ummm... Zahir....

"Do anyone in this world will ever believe that a country would spend billions of dollars... ...to steal the oil from Iraq"

You don't see the logic problem there, do you?
Ben Email 05.26.04 - 3:47 pm #

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Mr. Dave
You are saying that US actually helped Kuwait in the gulf war right?
But you don't know who created that war. The gulf war would have never happened if USA didn't work behind it from the beginning.

To have the complete domination in the Arab, USA plotted that war like many other wars in the past. Now let me tell you how it worked.
Zahir Email 05.27.04 - 10:51 am #

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After destroying a rapidly developing country, Iran by helping Iraq in every posible way USA actaully made sure that no Arab nation advances. Then Before the gulf war US gave Saddam the green signal to go for the war with kuwait by telling Saddam that US will never interfere with the internal matters of the Arab nations and on the other hand it promised Kuwait total support against Iraq. Now you said, "It wasn't the U.S. that invaded Kuwait in the early 90's to seize their oil". well, you are right in this case cause by saving Kuwait from Iraq US managed to have complete controle over the Kuwaiti oil feilds. And at the same time they got access to enter other Arab nations.
zahir 05.27.04 - 10:52 am #

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Even Saudies can't enter a big area of Dammam which US manage to occupy through this process.

actually, saddam was helping US all through his life by his foolish acts. but that fool never realized that.
Listen to the cassette "From the Shadow" Part 1 of Abdul Karim which u will get anywhere in USA and UK.
And don't say that US have invaded Iraq to help the Iraqies to live better, ppl will laugh at you. Nobody does anything without profit. And US is doing it for OIL only.
Visit www.whatreallyhappened.com
you will be able to know some truth there.
zahir 05.27.04 - 10:59 am #

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I would like all of you to read the following article. Please read it.
Please......

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/ARTICLE5/
zahir 05.27.04 - 11:34 am #

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Posted by Zahir:
"Nobody does anything without profit. And US is doing it for OIL only. "


Then why am I paying $2.10 dollars per gallon to fill up my Mazda you fucking panzy?!!

What an idiot. Conspiracy theories like this have a place - UP YOUR ASS Zahir.

And you know what? Even IF the US was doing it for the oil, then God bless them, because them coming after oil is a hundred times better than Saddam coming after your mom.

Idiota.
Magnus Maximus Email 05.27.04 - 2:26 pm #

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"Is terrorism inside the United States really from outside, or is it a stage managed production, designed to cause Americans to believe they have no choice but to surrender the Republic and accept the totalitarian rule of a new emperor, or a new Fuhrer? "

ZAHIR-- You forgot the THINKING part again!!! That was the second dumbest thing I have ever read. Think, man, think!!
Scott from Oregon Email 05.27.04 - 3:35 pm #

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Well...It's nice to know I am not the only one loosing sleep, either!

Zahir...

1) Helped Saddam against Iran because fanatical Islamist took over our embassy in 79 and held our people hostage for 444 days.
...We have just as long memories as the Islamists do.
2) Did not go to all out war with Iran because ARab world was worried it would cause turmoil in area and would spill over to them
Kat-Missouri/USA Email 05.27.04 - 10:41 pm #

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3) Arab world put serious pressure on the US not to do anything. Please note the oil shortages in 1979. (US history; I'm sure you can look that up)
4) Arab world does not care if they kill each other. Thought Saddam was a good way to keep Islamist from spilling over into their countries from Iran. They were not interested in the holy revolution.
5) Most weapons Saddam used were supplied by Russia and France (please see pictures of tanks and other weapons from the fall of Baghdad).
Kat-Missouri/USA Email 05.27.04 - 10:46 pm #

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6) through what countries do you think the weapons were delivered? Iraq does not share a border with US (please see a map of the world)
7) Comment on Bush 1 stating we would not interfere in with "internal matters of Arab nations" did not mean if one country invaded another. Simply meant that we were not interested, at that time, in removing him from his teetering totalitarianthrone. People want to change that to "green light to invade Kuwait" is their problem.
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-Are you implying that Bush 1 was brilliant and could fool anyone into doing what he wanted or are you implying that the Arab world in general are idiots (which I don't buy) and coulnd't see he was tricking them into letting him in?
9) Kuwait, Saudi, Oman, etc ASKED for our help because they knew when Saddam took over Kuwait they would be next and they could not rely on people like you to protect their countries.
10) Even though the leaders of ARab countries don't have much to say about it now, I am pretty sure they knew that SAddam was crazy and were severely afraid for themselves. Better to ask the US to come in help, then hope that their "muslim brothers" would come to their aid.
Kat-Missouri/USA Email 05.27.04 - 10:58 pm #

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11) Saudis, et al did not take Bin Laden's assistance of mujahideen because they knew when it was over they would have an armed militia inside their borders fomenting revolution. (For progressive, developing countries developed by bin Laden and taliban, please see Afghanistan) Of course, you would probably have liked that. I get the impression that Almehdi would have disagreed.
12) America did not invade Iraq to make Iraqis free. (darn it, I knew somebody would figure this out). US invaded Iraq because Iraq was conspiring with terrorist Al-qaida (see 9/11: why we don't like Al-qaida).
Kat-Missouri/USA Email 05.27.04 - 11:06 pm #

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13) We know this because Iraqi intelligence met with Al-qaida before 9/11 and let in al-zarqawi for "medical treatment". (somehow I don't think this was altruistic intent either)
14) Al-qaida thought Saddam would make a good partner for short term (the enemy of my enemy is my friend) But, probably would have turned on him the second they got what they wanted. Saddam is lucky we captured him. Al-qaida would have summarily chopped off his head.
Kat-Missouri/USA Email 05.27.04 - 11:13 pm #

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15) Again, Saudi, Kuwait, Oman, etc agreed to let US in because they knew Saddam + Al Qaida = big trouble for future of Arab world. Almehdi might have problems now, but at least the Talibani are not looking for him with a grenade.
16) Iraq invaded and Saddam overthrown because he was a threat to our security and, frankly, yours. If Saddam and Al-Qaida had their way, you would not be on this blog to speak so ill of what you know nothing about.
17) Free Iraqi people and oil flowing freely that is not part of OPEC is a side benefit.
1 Iraqi oil revenues are in the hands of the Iraqi IGC. 10 Billion US dollars. Please explain how oil is being "stolen" from Iraq.
Kat-Missouri/USA Email 05.27.04 - 11:27 pm #

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19) US gave Iraq 15 billion US dollars in non repayable (free) loans. NO Iraqi has to pay it back. Please explain how we are stealing from Iraqi people?
20) Iraqi oil revenues in the hands of Al-qaida/Taliban government would be the end of the Arab world. Thousands of non-sunni/wahabi practicing muslims would be dead even now. Almehdi would be telling us even worse stories if he could even actually get on the internet or was not one of the dead "heretics".

Zahir would probably enjoy rule by Taliban. Probably get a high up position like minister of propaganda...oops...information.

Please explain how you think you know US invaded Iraq for oil? Did the TV tell you?
Kat-Missouri/USA Email 05.27.04 - 11:29 pm #

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Dear friends
I can c that many of u have severely criticised my comments. I actually knew that u ppl will react like this because the truth is so much against your perception that it is very difficult for you to digest them. Someone even said that I'd probably like the rule of Taliban. I think he didn't mean it. But I actually would like the ruleship of Taliban. Like I said before you ppl don't know the truth. u think that whatever u learn from CNN and BBC is true. But USA and UK use CNN and BBA to promote their propaganda. let me make it clear pls.
Zahir Email 05.28.04 - 6:39 am #

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read this interview with Yvonne Ridley, a British jounalist who was captured by the Taliban and later released. GO to
http://thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/04/04/interview.htm

Dear frieds don't stick to your beliefs. Let some light come in to your heads.
Zahir 05.28.04 - 6:45 am #

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Forget what you have leart from CNN, BBC ect. Try to know how and why Taliban was formed. And try to know the character of Molla Mohammad Omar. And other leaders of Taliban. I hope you ppl will also begin to love Taliban like Ridley and me. Don't hate Taliban for one or two souldiers. And keep it in your mind that the truth is not what we get from the newspapers.
READ the articles of www.whatreallyhappened.com more carefully.

I will give more links to u ppl for better understanding "the truth".
Zahir Email 05.28.04 - 6:51 am #

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Kat: I'd bet money you didn't know you would be THAT right about Zahir. I think he already HAS that Minister of Propaganda position.
insomni Email 05.28.04 - 7:55 am #

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Mr. Magnus Maximus
you used some slangs that i'm not used to hear. But i didn't mind it at all cause i know its your nature to use abusive words without providing a little evidence.

I agree that Saddam was not good as a leader of Iraq but surely he was better than US. go to the following site if u what to know what kind of liberation US is giving to the Iraqis. And Mr. Magnus will also know who the actual rapist is.
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0421/mondo2.php
Zahir Email 05.28.04 - 8:00 am #

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Just as corruption can be found at all levels of government in the USA and elsewhere, so also there are corrupt individuals in government in SA. Problems caused by individuals within each system must be distinguished from the problems of each system, however.

Just as the Western legal system, including trial by jury, has evolved with the influence of diverse social influences over hundreds of years, so also law in the Muslim world has evolved, under impact by various influences, over a similar period of time.

Continued...
SF Email Homepage 05.28.04 - 9:37 am #

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Some people idealize "freedom" and individual liberty, while others believe that social order and stability are a higher priority in their lives.
The jury system is not without flaws. With its emphasis on personal freedom and 'evidence', the Western system sometimes allows criminals to go free. Innocent people have been incarcerated after jury trials, and executed. A judge's discretion is sometimes the better protection for the innocent.

Dealing with specific details makes for a clearer discussion than throwing out broad generalizations, but adapting some aspects of the SA (or Islamic) legal system to practices that better serve society rather than
condemning it in totality might be a better choice
SF Email Homepage 05.28.04 - 9:38 am #

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SF: You are smoking some bad weed if you can put the US and Saudi legal systems side-by-side and say that while both have their flaws, one is not necessarily better than the other. Do you work for arabnews.com, because this sounds like the drivel they put out.

Zahir: CNN offers pro-war propaganda? Oh, that's good. I'll have to save that comment for a laugh the next time I'm upset about the US media's relentless assault on the US military.
insomni Email 05.28.04 - 11:46 am #

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SF: You are smoking some bad weed if you can put the US and Saudi legal systems side-by-side and say that while both have their flaws, one is not necessarily better than the other. Do you work for arabnews.com, because this sounds like the drivel they put out.

Zahir: CNN offers pro-war propaganda? Oh, that's good. I'll have to save that comment for a laugh the next time I'm upset about the US media's relentless assault on the US military.
insomni Email 05.28.04 - 11:49 am #

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SF: You are smoking some bad weed if you can put the US and Saudi legal systems side-by-side and say that while both have their flaws, one is not necessarily better than the other. Do you work for arabnews.com, because this sounds like the drivel they put out.

Zahir: CNN offers pro-war propaganda? Oh, that's good. I'll have to save that comment for a laugh the next time I'm upset about the US media's relentless assault on the US military.
insomni Email 05.28.04 - 11:56 am #

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SF: You are smoking some bad weed if you can put the US and Saudi legal systems side-by-side and say that while both have their flaws, one is not necessarily better than the other. Do you work for arabnews.com, because this sounds like the drivel they put out.

Zahir: CNN offers pro-war propaganda? Oh, that's good. I'll have to save that comment for a laugh the next time I'm upset about the US media's relentless assault on the US military.
insomni Email 05.28.04 - 12:07 pm #

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SF: You are smoking some bad weed if you can put the US and Saudi legal systems side-by-side and say that while both have their flaws, one is not necessarily better than the other. Do you work for arabnews.com, because this sounds like the drivel they put out.

Zahir: CNN offers pro-war propaganda? Oh, that's good. I'll have to save that comment for a laugh the next time I'm upset about the US media's relentless assault on the US military.
insomni Email 05.28.04 - 12:42 pm #

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http://redhunter.blogspot.com/
Mary Martini Email 05.28.04 - 12:54 pm #

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SF: You are smoking some bad weed if you can put the US and Saudi legal systems side-by-side and say that while both have their flaws, one is not necessarily better than the other. Do you work for arabnews.com, because this sounds like the drivel they put out.

Zahir: CNN offers pro-war propaganda? Oh, that's good. I'll have to save that comment for a laugh the next time I'm upset about the US media's relentless assault on the US military.
insomni Email 05.28.04 - 12:57 pm #

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Queer Sheik: The Strange Emergence of Gay and Lesbian Culture in Saudi Arabia (The New Republic)

http://www.johnrbradley.com/recart_02.html?pt=F4bD483qZPViqE1CyQTDkh==
John R Bradley Homepage 05.28.04 - 1:14 pm #

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SF: You are smoking some bad weed if you can put the US and Saudi legal systems side-by-side and say that while both have their flaws, one is not necessarily better than the other. Do you work for arabnews.com, because this sounds like the drivel they put out.

Zahir: CNN offers pro-war propaganda? Oh, that's good. I'll have to save that comment for a laugh the next time I'm upset about the US media's relentless assault on the US military.
insomni Email 05.28.04 - 1:41 pm #

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Oh, CRAP! My apologies to all... I was hitting refresh on this window to see when new comments came in. Mine was always on the bottom, so I figured that nobody else had commented. It wasn't until just now that I realized that every refresh was resubmitting my last comment! Feeling foolish. Sorry about that. It's no excuse, but this is the first time I've seen a blog commenting system that works like that.
insomni Email 05.28.04 - 1:44 pm #

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I am an Orthodox Jew (I'm sure Zahir has already formed lots of opinions about me). There is another reason why Bush deposed Saddam. It was a matter of family honor. Bush Sr. advised the Shiites to rebel and then, on the advice of the State Department, didn't help out. Many died due to our neglegence. Bush Jr., and the USA, needed to repair that breach of trust.
Joseph from Oregon Email 05.28.04 - 2:40 pm #

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Zahir, like so many conspiracy theorists, thinks the US (and the Jews for that matter) are what the Arab world has always dreamed of being - united in belief, purpose and action. Fact is, sorry to break it to you Zahir, that we have disagreements and arguments and fundamental fault lines like anybody else. We (the West) succeed where you fail because we have developed a society that builds on disagreement and conflict rather than a society like that in the Arab world which will not allow disagreement or criticism and thus fails to develop at all. Individual liberty, SF and Zahir, leads to constructive conflict instead of destructive repression.
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Zahir: "Forget what you have leart from CNN, BBC ect."

This one had me rolling on the floor laughing! I haven't paid attention to either CNN OR BBC since the Gulf War of 1990-1991!!!!!!! ROFL! Those are the channels those who OPPOSE the Iraq War watch! LOL!!!!

Further, that article in the Village Voice says, "There is one photo of an American soldier having sex with an Iraqi woman."

They're a little behind the times. Word has gotten out that the woman in the picture is Lynddie England, she of the leash, not an Iraqi. There are no "rape" photos that are real.
Theresa, Florida 05.31.04 - 12:49 am #






Few days later I received a letter from Mr. Dave.

Letter from Dave
I've had to be off-line a couple of days because of work, but I did want to send an answer to you. I've just finished reading some of the discussion that followed our messages. I wanted to answer you this way rather than on the message board because some of the responses were profane and I don't care to be involved in discussions with such people participating.

Propaganda is a fine art. It takes facts and bends them to fit the needs of whoever is using them. I'll grant that the U.S. and the U.S. media indulge in it. It may surprise you to learn that a lot of Americans don't trust the word of our media or our government. Neither one of them certainly speaks for me.

I'm a Christian and we have a belief in orginal sin which is the idea that no one is without sin. We are all imperfect. I don' thave any illusions about my government or media. My question to you is -- are you as skeptical of the sources from which you get your news? They have their own agendas. They manipulate facts to fit what they want you to know just as our media tries to do with us.

The problem for you and me is how do we know what is true? We are both being manipulated, so we are left with this gulf between us that is filled with lies, half-truths and false impressions... Have you ever read George Orwell's book 1984? If you do, then that book explains better than I can how and why this happens.

Zahir, if you are an honest and honorable person, then you need to seek answers that don't demonize whole nations or groups of people. I seek to learn more about people in your part of the world by reading these blog sites. I have had wonderful, constructive conversations and had many mistaken impressions proven wrong. We (not just you and me) need to learn more about each other and stop being duped by this 'us versus them' mentality that we are being fed in the media & by governments.

The Truth lies somewhere in the middle between what you are told and what I am told. We need to seek that and build on that. Otherwise, matters will go from bad to worse.

Has my country always acted honorably? No. Did and does the U.S. make mistakes or bad judgments? Yes. Does all this mean we are involved in an evil conspiracy to monopolize world oil supplies and oppress Muslims? No. As imperfect as our efforts may have been, my countrymen have been trying to do the right thing for people in Kuwait and Iraq. Have you noticed that though some tried to cover up abuses, those are nevertheless being revealed in our media? Are those guilty going to be punished in a manner they deserve? Probably not in a way I would wish to see them punished. A reprimand or one year in prison is an outrage and scandal, but neither I or most Americans have any control over that -- only our government does.

Now, how about governments in your part of the world? Are their abuses reported? Are those who commit abuses punished ? I f they aren't, then what happens to people who publicy protest?

It is a sad state of affairs, Zahir, we are both pawns used by the authorities above us. I guess my best response to you is to say that one needs to accept the lesser of 2 evils and I sincerely believe that the U.S. is the lesser evil.

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my first message and for allowing me to answer. God's blessing on you, Zahir.



Then I made this reply.

Reply to Dave
Hello Mr. Dave
I’m really sorry for making so much delay in making this reply. I was actually busy with my university admission and I was away from home for a long time. I’m really glad that you took the hardship of writing the nice mail to me.


I've had to be off-line a couple of days because of work, but I did want to send an answer to you. I've just finished reading some of the discussion that followed our messages. I wanted to answer you this way rather than on the message board because some of the responses were profane and I don't care to be involved in discussions with such people participating.

Propaganda is a fine art. It takes facts and bends them to fit the needs of whoever is using them. I'll grant that the U.S. and the U.S. media indulge in it. It may surprise you to learn that a lot of Americans don't trust the word of our media or our government. Neither one of them certainly speaks for me.

I'm a Christian and we have a belief in orginal sin which is the idea that no one is without sin. We are all imperfect. I don' thave any illusions about my government or media. My question to you is -- are you as skeptical of the sources from which you get your news? They have their own agendas. They manipulate facts to fit what they want you to know just as our media tries to do with us.

Yes, you are right. There is no point in taking all the information of sites that I suggested at muttawa.blogspot.com as truth. I actually don’t rely on any particular source for information, as I know it very well all the sources are biased. I try to read stories of both sides. Then I try to answer to some questions. When someone gets killed the police at first tries to find out the person who got benefited from the killing. In most of the cases you will find the actual murderer in this process. I imply this theory to get to the truth. And I believe that there is not a single person in this world who would do anything without having any benefit from his act. Nobody does anything for free. And I’ve experienced that newspapers are the worst source of true information. I rather tend to rely on documentary books.


The problem for you and me is how do we know what is true? We are both being manipulated, so we are left with this gulf between us that is filled with lies, half-truths and false impressions... Have you ever read George Orwell's book 1984? If you do, then that book explains better than I can how and why this happens.

I’m glad that you at least know that your government manipulate news. No, I haven’t read the book of George Orwell’s “1984”. I will try to read that book if I find it somewhere. Just a week ago I read a book of Harun Yahya, a Turkish world famous writer “Romanticism: A Weapon of Satan”. After reading this book I understood why our governments manipulate, how we are manipulated and the affects. 900 people of your country committed suicide at a time just listening to their leader in 1978. And in another case 90 university students committed suicide at a time because their teacher suggested them to suicide. It happens actually for blindly loving someone without caring a bit about the authenticity of his claim. To bring romanticism in his countrymen Hitler started the terms as German blood, German flag, German honour, German pride… He also applied many other ways to convince Germans to go for war. He made the Germans believe that serving the country should be their sole aim in life. So when Hitler attacked other countries and committed genocides his countrymen didn’t oppose because they thought opposing would be unpatriotic. To justify killing the Jews Hitler first demonstrated Jews as cheats, characterless who only know how to spread disorder and chaos and make money. Later when his army began to murder Jews, no Germans raised voice against that injustice (Don’t you see any similarity between then Hitler’s act and now Bush’s act?).

Zahir, if you are an honest and honorable person, then you need to seek answers that don't demonize whole nations or groups of people. I seek to learn more about people in your part of the world by reading these blog sites. I have had wonderful, constructive conversations and had many mistaken impressions proven wrong. We (not just you and me) need to learn more about each other and stop being duped by this 'us versus them' mentality that we are being fed in the media & by governments.

Through chatting with many Americans I learnt what a miserable life the Americans lead. A woman named Clarissa Jonson aged 35 told me her miserable life story. Her first husband had affairs with other women so she left him and got married with another man but few months later she found that her this husband is even worse. So he started living with her first husband again. She only has one daughter. She keeps her in a day care centre. She desperately wants to have another child but can’t afford that because she doesn’t have the ability to pay the bill for the babysitter for 2. When I asked why she doesn’t look after her child herself, she said that only relying on her husband’s money the family can’t run. Most of the time her 5-year-old girl stay alone at home.

This is a very common story. You are in a workaholic country. You government make you work like a donkey. You are deprived of family bond. You don’t get a mother’s love let alone father’s. Your aim in life has been fixed by your country only to serve the country by paying huge tax. And with that tax money Mr. Bush liberate other counties. It is not that only the people of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Philistine (or should I say the rest of the world!!) will suffer badly for Mr. Bush’s liberating campaigns. I believe the Americans will suffer the most at the end. With no family bond, no love for each other, no freedom, and no religion: a country full of frustrated robots. What can be worse than this??? (Religion and family bond is the 2 greatest barriers in making people workaholic)

I actually didn’t want to mean that Americans are bad people by criticizing USA. What I wanted to mean that the US government is doing injustice and spreading lawlessness through out the whole world. I just wanted to say like Mr. Cofy Anan “The world would have been a better place to live if there were no USA”.

The Truth lies somewhere in the middle between what you are told and what I am told. We need to seek that and build on that. Otherwise, matters will go from bad to worse.

Has my country always acted honorably? No. Did and does the U.S. make mistakes or bad judgments? Yes. Does all this mean we are involved in an evil conspiracy to monopolize world oil supplies and oppress Muslims? No. As imperfect as our efforts may have been, my countrymen have been trying to do the right thing for people in Kuwait and Iraq. Have you noticed that though some tried to cover up abuses, those are nevertheless being revealed in our media? Are those guilty going to be punished in a manner they deserve? Probably not in a way I would wish to see them punished. A reprimand or one year in prison is an outrage and scandal, but neither I or most Americans have any control over that -- only our government does.


I’m sorry to say that I can’t agree a bit with this part of your letter. Firstly, … ok lets look at the following proven facts about Iraq war…
1. Before going into war against Iraq US government didn’t know that there is not a single WMD in Iraq.
2. US Government didn’t know that Saddam didn’t have any connection with Al Qaida (it has been proofed recently).
3. US Government didn’t know that Iraqis would come up with so much resistance. (It thought they would invite US with flowers.)
4. US Government couldn’t show any connection of Saddam with 9/11.
5. Saddam never had so much military power to pose threat to US security.
Now, you tell me how can you rely on a government like this that has the worst intelligence in the world???

And please never use the word “countrymen” in your statements like you did here, “my countrymen have been trying to do the right thing for people in Kuwait and Iraq.” Rather say “Our government”. I hate your government not your countrymen. And I think I’ve already let you know what kind of help US Government is giving to Kuwait and Iraq in muttawa.blogspot.com. So I won’t repeat that here.

And about the prisoner abuse by the great liberators…. Hmm.. I really expected something better from you as I know that you spend a lot of time on the net. I don’t know why you couldn’t get the actual news. POW abuse is not uncommon in US soldiers. Like Rumsfeld said when he was being interrogated about the POW abuse (quite like this), “listening the facts of POW abuse is one thing but I know that seeing them on the TV is lot different.” Actually we have been hearing the news of POW abuse by the US soldiers for years but this is the first time we are seeing the pictures. Don’t tell me that you don’t know how US government is treating the detainees at Guantenamo. I have seen pictures of even more brutal than what happened at Abu Ghraib. Maybe you don’t even know that US soldiers killed thousands of POWs in Afghanistan after severely torturing them. You can get the stories with pictures at www.whatreallyhappened.com. I will give you the URL later when I get time. It took 1 year for you to get the pictures of Abu Ghraib. I wonder how they leaked. US Government succeeded to deceive for years. It’s not unlikely that one or two out of thousands will leak (I’m really a stupid sometimes. I don’t even get simple things).
And about punishing those guilty… I don’t think it is necessary to punish them by sending them to prison. One reason is this they were ordered by the upper string. They just followed the orders (if their claims are taken to as the truth). Another reason is that they are already getting punishment. Some of the US army men have become mentally sick. After returning from Iraq an army man killed his wife (I’m insane in this case because she was totally innocent. She didn’t deserve such treatment. Those pictures really destroyed my sense of civility). There are other reports of committing suicide, abusing family members. They don’t find peace at home either. If you want someone to have punishment for this it should be Mr. Rumsfeld. Because he knew that such abuses were taking place in Iraq many months before those picture leaked out but he didn’t take any action.
And don’t tell me that you can’t do anything against your government’s acts. It is not true. You can at least hate your government’s injustice. That is enough if you don’t have the courage to let others know your opinion.

Now, how about governments in your part of the world? Are their abuses reported? Are those who commit abuses punished ? I f they aren't, then what happens to people who publicy protest?

I will let you know in details about my country in my next mail. But before that let me know you have received this mail.

It is a sad state of affairs, Zahir, we are both pawns used by the authorities above us. I guess my best response to you is to say that one needs to accept the lesser of 2 evils and I sincerely believe that the U.S. is the lesser evil.

Romanticism worked in you when you wrote these 3 lines. Don’t you remember that the whole world protested the war against Iraq? Do you think that only US has the ability to understand what is good for Iraq and what is bad?
Yes, agree that Saddam was an evil. But there can be no greater evil than US for Iraq. You will understand it but for a while you think yourself as an Iraqi. Just think that you are an Iraqi and ask yourself the question “Who the greater evil is?”

I’m from Bangladesh, a country that was a part of greater India along with Pakistan. The British ruled India for 200 years. We know what it is like to be colonized. If you just read the history of India you will know what a great, great evil England was. There can be no curse greater than being colonized. For 200 years there had been hundreds of mutinies, millions of people got killed to liberate the country again from the British vampire. But it would have been very easy to save India had our forefathers made a little effort 200 years ago. But they didn’t realize the fatal effects of letting the British colonize India then. Now you just see how badly it affected India.
· One third of the people of India died in 1776 when the British businessmen stored all the grains to make better profit.
· Most of the treasures of India were taken to UK. Just visit the British Museum. They didn’t leave anything from household materials to diamonds and jewelleries.
· In USA more than 30% of doctors and engineers are from India. You will find that students of Indian subcontinent are the best in the world. If all the workers of Indian subcontinent are taken out of US, it will not remain a superpower (tell me if I’m wrong). But having so many talented workers all over the world the people of this region have not progressed much. Our workers are building other countries but can’t do the same to their own country. And it is the effect of being colonized for 200 years.
· India divided into 3 parts after getting liberated from the British Vampire step by step through many deadly wars one deadlier then the other. Before leaving India, UK didn’t clarify whether Kashmir is a part of India or of Pakistan. And now for the last 57 years India and Pakistan are fighting for Kashmir and so far thousands of people got killed just for this Kashmir dispute.
· Still the stories of British solders’ cruelty towards our poor villagers haunt us.
There is no difference between 250 years ago UK and present US. UK also came to India to serve India and now US went to Iraq to liberate it. UK fooled us but I’m glad that Iraq hasn’t stepped on the deadly trap of US.
Saddam is just a man. There was hope in the Iraqis that after his death, Saddam’s days will be over. Or a strong mutiny can make their dream come true. But if US come, there is no hope.

Again just think what US soldiers have done at Abu Ghraib. A year hasn’t passed yet and they have started showing their real face. UK was cleverer than US. They showed their actual face after getting the total control of India. But US is stupid, it better get some lessons from its collaborator.

Finally I would like to tell you that, God never lets an oppressor get away with his crime even in this world. I don’t feel pity for the Iraqis. USA is doing a great job there. Petrodollar made those Iraqis lazy and haughty. Now for this war they are getting united, getting industrious. It surely is necessary for them. They will have better family bond, rational bond and of course they will get out of the idea of relying on petrodollar only. I thank Mr. Bush for liberating them of their ignorance about the cruelty of the world.
But I feel pity for you Americans. Just for to provide the money for liberating other counties (Afghanistan, then Iraq, then Syria, then Iran, then Saudi Arabia… hey, why Saudi Arabia so late??? They were the real culprits of that 9/11 attack as CIA claims…oh I must not forget your CIS always make mistakes) you will have to pay taxes after taxes. This is just the beginning. I don’t know what your warmonger Government will make your next generation do, to get the money to liberate other countries.
Don’t say that you can do nothing. As you curse your ancestors for making your country a workaholic nation, your next generation will curse you for not doing anything. Liberate yourself from this workaholic state. Get fun having a great family life. I know without my family I’m nothing. I can’t even imagine what a regretful life it is not to have good family bond. Look at your countrymen they are frustrated paying all those taxes. Don’t let your children blame you for not giving them a father’s love, a beautiful family.

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my first message and for allowing me to answer. God's blessing on you, Zahir.

Thank you too for writing your lovely mail. I would be very obliged if you let me know your daily routine and about you and your family.
Thank you once again
Zahir.


I’ve found that the westerners take a lot of hardship to convey their massage to us. And they try their best to discuss about facts to come to the truth. But unfortunately there aren’t many in us to tell them our story. So we can’t blame them for their ignorance.






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