KUWAIT, Oct. 11 -- Muhammad al-Mulaifi, head of the information department at Kuwait's Ministry of Islamic Affairs, tried momentarily to suppress a smile, then broke into a broad grin when asked if he supported the terrorist attacks on the United States last year.
"I would be lying if said I wasn't happy about the attack," he said, sitting on the floor of his air-conditioned home office, a carpeted, cushioned oasis amid the harsh heat of this small, dry country. Mr. Mulaifi said that many Kuwaitis were delighted about what had happened to the United States and that he had attended parties held in celebration.
"Only then did we see America suffer for a few seconds what Muslims have been suffering for a long time," he said.
They WENT TO PARTIES.... you freaking idiot do you live in the west? Do You? They're not your friends. They would rather see you dead! Do you freaking understand this? You think your safe if you aren't American? They've killed French and Germans and I'm waiting to see the outcome of the blast in Finland. Who's next? Canada? Austrailia? You think hiding your head in the sand and offering up your backside for them to bugger is going to save you? Selling Isreal out won't make them love us, it will convince them of our weakness. They understand only one thing and that is force. They want only one thing and that is to force Islam down everyones throat. They are at war with the west, plain and simple. Maybe we sould just fight fire with fire and encourage Isreal to finish the issue. We could support a ultra-nationalist Hindu party in India and encourge them to wipe Islam off the face of the Earth. They've got a billion people and they have nukes. You think the Paki's nukes will hold them back? They want holy war, we'll give them a holy war like they have never known.
I am assuming that SWA offers a telephone number that you can call and make reservations. That provides both access and information. Would this be (should this be?) sufficient?
While IANANR (I Am Not A Nerual Researcher) I remember coming across an article on sciencedaily.com about knock-out mice being bred without sufficent glial cells. This prevented the mylenization(SP?) of the axons of the neurons. IIRC this caused a progressive and fatal form of MS. Stem cells were injected into the brain (may have been into the CSF), the stems cells migrated, formed into glial cells, and began the mylanization process. It has been probably over a year since I read that.
from the Research Defense Society page:
A completely new type of therapy may be possible using stem cells, possibly produced by cloning techniques. Stem cells are embryonic cells that have the potential to develop into all cell types found in the body10,11. Transplanted into the brains of mice lacking myelin producing proteins, these cells developed normally and secreted myelin, which began to cover nearby nerve fibres12. The characteristic tremor disappeared in over half the treated animals. Similarly, frozen human cells taken from nerve tissue have restored nerve function in rats with EAE13.
10. Flax JD, Aurora S, Yang C et al (1998) Engraftable human neural stem cells respond to development clues, replace neurons, and express foreign genes Nature Biotechnology 16, 1033.
11. Yandava BD, Billinghurst LL & Snyder EY (1999) "Global" cell replacement is feasible via neural stem cell transplantation: Evidence from the dysmyelinated shiverer mouse brain Proc Nat Acad Sci 96, 7029.
12. Liu S, Qu Y, Stewart TJ, Howard MJ, et al (2000) Embryonic stem cells differentiate into oligodendrocytes and myelinate in culture and after spinal cord transplantation Proc Nat Acad Sci 97 6126.
13. Kohama I, Lankford KL, Preiningerova P et al (2001) Transplantation of cryopreserved adult human Schwann cells enhances axonal conduction in demyelinated spinal cord J Neurosci 21, 944.
Did I say I refused to believe it? No I did not. all I said was I would give it more credence if was not simply a parrot. I expect better from the BBC. I'm sure I can find all kinds of "evidence" that says the earth is flat, why do you not believe it?
Bin Laden is (was) a spoiled little brat from a wealthy family. He went looking for an identity and found it in hate. His conversion to radical Islam has more to do with a sense of guilt about his privledged upbringing rather then anything American has ever done.
It is interesting to see the similarities between Bin Ladens upbringing and that of some european marxist-terrorists (Badder-Meinhof comes to mind)
start learning from it's elders how to play nicely with the rest of the world
Sure, we could learn how to treat our neighbors from Englands' illegal occupation of Scotland and Ireland. The English could also teach us how to how to create a geopolitical timebomb from their mismanaged colonial and post-colonial policies. The Middle East, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Sub-Continent are problems of their creation. From the French we could also learn colonial misrule. They must know something, they managed to slaughter a million Algerians. Many of the problems in SE Asia and North Africa can be traced back to French idiocy. The one thing we won't want to learn from the French is how to defend ourselves. The Germans? not even going to spend time on it. The Italians, not too bad but it would be nice if they gave the Ethiopians back their national monuments. Greece? No thanks, I like to play computer games. Hmmm... Belgium, wrong again, the current turmoil in Western Africa stems from their colonial rule. Luxembourg? Never been there, hear it is a really nice place. I suppose we could be like them, the only problem is that sometimes, somewhere, someone needs to get their ass handed to them and while I have great respect for the British military, they just don't have the logistical network or the deep pockets to stand in for the long haul. Well so much for Europe, what about Asia? Japan... see Germany above... China, I think the Tibetans might have something to say about that. Sure the US has made some bonehead calls in the past and will probably make some more in the future. However, compared with the foreign policy mistakes by our supposedly wiser "elders" we are pretty damn benign.
I belive it is called the "Stockholm Syndrome" where the abused begin to identify with the abuser. Never thought I'd see it employed as a business model.
The job of the police is law enforcement, not crime prevention. The concept of crime prevention assumes that someone is guilty. This goes directly against the idea of "innocent until proven guilty". You are right, law enforcement does little for the victim, but "guilty unless proven otherwise" is a path I do not want to tread.
I was thinking along the same lines. There is more story to the Smart case: an intruder, a witness, ect. It may also be possible that law enforcement officials involved with the Smart case are using (and pushing) the media involvement because they feel that the exposure might get them a break. On the otherhand with no leads in the Patterson case the police may have just dropped the priority on the case in order to shift resources to crimes they feel they have a chance of solving or they feel that media coverage would jepordize the case.
If you think that Socialism or Communism does not place a dollar value on a life you are kidding yourself. My guess would be that the value is even less since citizens are considered resources of the state.
> So how come these peasant children have to work for 80 cents a day on a product that costs two dollars to make and you pay two hundred dollars for it?
So that those free love, flag burning, hippies now known as Baby Boomers can keep their retirement portfolios growing. After all, it's not like they should be held responsible for their behavior.
> Free Food: Eat on post, it's free, Off post you pay.
Wrong, the money for rations is taken out of your pay before you ever see it. That is why, when you go on leave, you get paid leave rations. They are giving you back the money they took.
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Okay, lets examine reality ... from the NY Times
.... you freaking idiot do you live in the west? Do You? They're not your friends. They would rather see you dead! Do you freaking understand this? You think your safe if you aren't American? They've killed French and Germans and I'm waiting to see the outcome of the blast in Finland. Who's next? Canada? Austrailia? You think hiding your head in the sand and offering up your backside for them to bugger is going to save you? Selling Isreal out won't make them love us, it will convince them of our weakness. They understand only one thing and that is force. They want only one thing and that is to force Islam down everyones throat. They are at war with the west, plain and simple. Maybe we sould just fight fire with fire and encourage Isreal to finish the issue. We could support a ultra-nationalist Hindu party in India and encourge them to wipe Islam off the face of the Earth. They've got a billion people and they have nukes. You think the Paki's nukes will hold them back? They want holy war, we'll give them a holy war like they have never known.
ARABS AND AMERICA
Saved by U.S., Kuwait Now Shows Mixed Feelings
By CRAIG S. SMITH
KUWAIT, Oct. 11 -- Muhammad al-Mulaifi, head of the information department at Kuwait's Ministry of Islamic Affairs, tried momentarily to suppress a smile, then broke into a broad grin when asked if he supported the terrorist attacks on the United States last year.
"I would be lying if said I wasn't happy about the attack," he said, sitting on the floor of his air-conditioned home office, a carpeted, cushioned oasis amid the harsh heat of this small, dry country. Mr. Mulaifi said that many Kuwaitis were delighted about what had happened to the United States and that he had attended parties held in celebration.
"Only then did we see America suffer for a few
seconds what Muslims have been suffering for a long time," he said.
They WENT TO PARTIES
> The Kurds, who were gassed, are not "his people."
He has also killed killed people in Southern Iraq. IIRC it's some shite vs. sunni thing.
> Hussain invaded Kuwait because George Bush gave it the go ahead first.
Source please, something other then bedwettingliberals.com
> his chemical weapons came from the United States
wrong, while we did send him samples and technology (which I will not defend) his chem weapons were homemade.
> Oh, you mean Enron?
I didn't know Enron is Iraqi. I'll tell you who is over there Russia, France, and China.
I am assuming that SWA offers a telephone number that you can call and make reservations. That provides both access and information. Would this be (should this be?) sufficient?
> Squad to disappear the plaintiff
nah, make it a very public and very messy execution.
Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel.
> which make any fowl play very conspicuous
quit fsking the chickens!
While IANANR (I Am Not A Nerual Researcher) I remember coming across an article on sciencedaily.com about knock-out mice being bred without sufficent glial cells. This prevented the mylenization(SP?) of the axons of the neurons. IIRC this caused a progressive and fatal form of MS. Stem cells were injected into the brain (may have been into the CSF), the stems cells migrated, formed into glial cells, and began the mylanization process. It has been probably over a year since I read that.
from the Research Defense Society page:
A completely new type of therapy may be possible using stem cells, possibly produced by cloning techniques. Stem cells are embryonic cells that have the potential to develop into all cell types found in the body10,11. Transplanted into the brains of mice lacking myelin producing proteins, these cells developed normally and secreted myelin, which began to cover nearby nerve fibres12. The characteristic tremor disappeared in over half the treated animals. Similarly, frozen human cells taken from nerve tissue have restored nerve function in rats with EAE13.
10. Flax JD, Aurora S, Yang C et al (1998) Engraftable human neural stem cells respond to development clues, replace neurons, and express foreign genes Nature Biotechnology 16, 1033.
11. Yandava BD, Billinghurst LL & Snyder EY (1999) "Global" cell replacement is feasible via neural stem cell transplantation: Evidence from the dysmyelinated shiverer mouse brain Proc Nat Acad Sci 96, 7029.
12. Liu S, Qu Y, Stewart TJ, Howard MJ, et al (2000) Embryonic stem cells differentiate into oligodendrocytes and myelinate in culture and after spinal cord transplantation Proc Nat Acad Sci 97 6126.
13. Kohama I, Lankford KL, Preiningerova P et al (2001) Transplantation of cryopreserved adult human Schwann cells enhances axonal conduction in demyelinated spinal cord J Neurosci 21, 944.
These people rely on re-broadcasts to recoup their cots
well then, they should consider not giving their cots away or maybe buying a real bed.
Did I say I refused to believe it? No I did not. all I said was I would give it more credence if was not simply a parrot. I expect better from the BBC. I'm sure I can find all kinds of "evidence" that says the earth is flat, why do you not believe it?
I'd give it more credence if it was something more then a parrot of a report that was in itself a parrot of "news" reports.
not to make light of death but reading the last line of your post:
Total number of wars of aggression or war crimes that Japan has committed since 1945:
Zero.
the first thing that came to mind is: "for everything else there is Mastercard"
Bin Laden is (was) a spoiled little brat from a wealthy family. He went looking for an identity and found it in hate. His conversion to radical Islam has more to do with a sense of guilt about his privledged upbringing rather then anything American has ever done.
It is interesting to see the similarities between Bin Ladens upbringing and that of some european marxist-terrorists (Badder-Meinhof comes to mind)
there have been over a thousand Civilian deaths in Afganistan so far
Source please, and no, www.lefty.org, www.bedwettingliberal.com, www.deathtoamerica.net doesn't cut it.
start learning from it's elders how to play nicely with the rest of the world
... see Germany above ... China, I think the Tibetans might have something to say about that. Sure the US has made some bonehead calls in the past and will probably make some more in the future. However, compared with the foreign policy mistakes by our supposedly wiser "elders" we are pretty damn benign.
Sure, we could learn how to treat our neighbors from Englands' illegal occupation of Scotland and Ireland. The English could also teach us how to how to create a geopolitical timebomb from their mismanaged colonial and post-colonial policies. The Middle East, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Sub-Continent are problems of their creation. From the French we could also learn colonial misrule. They must know something, they managed to slaughter a million Algerians. Many of the problems in SE Asia and North Africa can be traced back to French idiocy. The one thing we won't want to learn from the French is how to defend ourselves. The Germans? not even going to spend time on it. The Italians, not too bad but it would be nice if they gave the Ethiopians back their national monuments. Greece? No thanks, I like to play computer games. Hmmm... Belgium, wrong again, the current turmoil in Western Africa stems from their colonial rule. Luxembourg? Never been there, hear it is a really nice place. I suppose we could be like them, the only problem is that sometimes, somewhere, someone needs to get their ass handed to them and while I have great respect for the British military, they just don't have the logistical network or the deep pockets to stand in for the long haul. Well so much for Europe, what about Asia? Japan
I belive it is called the "Stockholm Syndrome" where the abused begin to identify with the abuser. Never thought I'd see it employed as a business model.
The job of the police is law enforcement, not crime prevention. The concept of crime prevention assumes that someone is guilty. This goes directly against the idea of "innocent until proven guilty". You are right, law enforcement does little for the victim, but "guilty unless proven otherwise" is a path I do not want to tread.
Ahh yes, attending mass makes a moral person .... how many IRA gunmen were choir boys?
crediting the accountants ... because they aren't part of the creative talent
ummm... seems to me the accountants have been quite creative.
Well, with a name like Noshow, what did you expect. Piloted, I sure, by the aptly named "Sir not appearing on this plane"
I was thinking along the same lines. There is more story to the Smart case: an intruder, a witness, ect. It may also be possible that law enforcement officials involved with the Smart case are using (and pushing) the media involvement because they feel that the exposure might get them a break. On the otherhand with no leads in the Patterson case the police may have just dropped the priority on the case in order to shift resources to crimes they feel they have a chance of solving or they feel that media coverage would jepordize the case.
If you think that Socialism or Communism does not place a dollar value on a life you are kidding yourself. My guess would be that the value is even less since citizens are considered resources of the state.
> So how come these peasant children have to work for 80 cents a day on a product that costs two dollars to make and you pay two hundred dollars
for it?
So that those free love, flag burning, hippies now known as Baby Boomers can keep their retirement portfolios growing. After all, it's not like they should be held responsible for their behavior.
> Free Food: Eat on post, it's free, Off post you pay.
Wrong, the money for rations is taken out of your pay before you ever see it. That is why, when you go on leave, you get paid leave rations. They are giving you back the money they took.
yup, 59,999,999,999.99$ is my fault. As for the other penny? I have no idea.
Marx and Lenin already lost. They were to economics what LR Hubbard was to religon.