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#231817 - 03/28/07 06:40 PM
Can the Brittish just fuck up Iran already
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Human Garbage
Registered: 06/23/06
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Oh wait, they cut their navy in half are little more than a coastal defense force now. This is not hyperbole, they actually cut their Navy in half. You have to pay for those entitlement programs some how. Even the French have the De Gaul Carrier group in the region. The most Brittish sounding ship in the region is named Stennis. Ahmenijad is one of the "students" behind the 78 hostage crisis.  I would love to see someone put him in his place.
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#231818 - 03/28/07 07:10 PM
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Demon Spawn
Registered: 02/11/07
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Rule Britania... HAR!!! 
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#231819 - 03/28/07 10:54 PM
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Porn Jesus
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They could always send over the Oxford rowing team.
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#231822 - 03/29/07 07:25 AM
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Porn Jesus
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The English actually think that the Iranians can be reasoned with and I think they had been a moderating force On Bush with regard to Iran. Then they go and do something incredibly idiotic like this kidnapping. Just goes to show that squirrels have more intelligence than your average Saracen.
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#231824 - 03/29/07 08:28 AM
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Porn Jesus
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If I was the west I would have no interest in normalizing relations with the saracen, they are the biting dog of the world, not to be reasoned with- either isolate them or conquer them.
I am also hearing that this kidnapping of the 15 British Navy personnel is selling quite well among the populace over there. The people are unhappy with their own government but still their hatred of the west overcomes.
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#231826 - 03/29/07 11:02 AM
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Registered Sex Offender
Registered: 07/09/06
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If I was the west I would have no interest in normalizing relations with the saracen, they are the biting dog of the world, not to be reasoned with- either isolate them or conquer them.
I am also hearing that this kidnapping of the 15 British Navy personnel is selling quite well among the populace over there. The people are unhappy with their own government but still their hatred of the west overcomes.
The western media has been reporting that Iranian "student" groups support the kidnapping of the Brits. These student groups do not represent the majority of university students in Iran and are merely shills for the government. They are just like the "students" who took over the U.S. embassy in 1978. They were all majoring in jihad. Time may not be on our side where the Iranian nuclear program is concerned, but Iranian demographics are more favorable. Approx. 70% of the Iranian population is under the age of 35 and they are largely pro-western and secular.
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#231829 - 03/29/07 12:02 PM
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Yeah, and we would have a lot more troops if our American cousins could just cut down on this 'blue on blue' business... 
Could you translate? What is blue on blue?
Blue on Blue is fratracide. We kill our own side re: Pat Tillman. What he is referring to is that during the second Gulf War, an A-10 Warthog mistakened a British Unit as Iraqis and rolled in hot, killing one Brit. 
That's the most recent incident, but there have been plenty of others too.
Getting back on topic, I have to say I'm rather puzzled by Iran's actions. Without this incident, public support for military action against Iran (whether it be British led or Britain lending a supporting role to the US or the Israelis) would have been extremely low, given the outright lies peddled as justification for invading Iraq and the volatile and bloody fuckup the occupation has now become. Dare I say it, but there may have even been some measure of public sympathy for or solidarity with the Iranians.
Now, having made this boneheaded move and given three different geographical locations for the capture (the first two being outside of Iranian territorial waters  ), the Iranians follow it up by forcing the female squaddie to don a hijab headscarf and read out an 'apology'. I'm sure you can imagine how this has played out with the British public (and indeed many people around the world)...Iran is now public enemy number 1.
It's the antithesis of a public relations victory, and instead more like PR suicide, but then we've come to expect this sort of irrational behaviour from that part of the world...
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#231830 - 03/29/07 12:45 PM
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AC Cream Wannabe
Registered: 09/11/06
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And picking a British crew to kidnap is also not a good move. Maybe they counted on restrictive rules of engagement from the Brits, but not the Americans?
However they chose, it was a mistake. If they had kidnapped a number of Americans, they could have sold the resulting incident to Europeans and "moderate" Arabs as just more of Cowboy Bush's overreacting. Instead, they have played right into the neo-cons hands in allowing this to be portrayed as a "terrorist states versus the civilized west" incident. Which, in reality, is what it is.
Video of that British sailorette being forced to apologize is going to shut up every member of Pelosi's shrill coalition when the war drums start to crescendo.
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#231831 - 03/29/07 02:43 PM
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AC Cream Wannabe
Registered: 01/19/07
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Yeah, and we would have a lot more troops if our American cousins could just cut down on this 'blue on blue' business...
Could you translate? What is blue on blue?
Blue on Blue is fratracide. We kill our own side re: Pat Tillman. What he is referring to is that during the second Gulf War, an A-10 Warthog mistakened a British Unit as Iraqis and rolled in hot, killing one Brit.
That's the most recent incident, but there have been plenty of others too.
Getting back on topic, I have to say I'm rather puzzled by Iran's actions. Without this incident, public support for military action against Iran (whether it be British led or Britain lending a supporting role to the US or the Israelis) would have been extremely low, given the outright lies peddled as justification for invading Iraq and the volatile and bloody fuckup the occupation has now become. Dare I say it, but there may have even been some measure of public sympathy for or solidarity with the Iranians.
Now, having made this boneheaded move and given three different geographical locations for the capture (the first two being outside of Iranian territorial waters ), the Iranians follow it up by forcing the female squaddie to don a hijab headscarf and read out an 'apology'. I'm sure you can imagine how this has played out with the British public (and indeed many people around the world)...Iran is now public enemy number 1.
It's the antithesis of a public relations victory, and instead more like PR suicide, but then we've come to expect this sort of irrational behaviour from that part of the world...
Concur, fucking with a Brit Navy female and parading her on TV doesn't go down well with the Home Office. They'll end up putting a Thatcher/Churchill whipping on their ass if they don't let them go. Once you piss the Brits off, stand the fuck by. 
Of course, we will be involved although probably clandestinely. We'll provide Supply chain, Tomahawk reloads, satellite intel, etc.
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#231832 - 03/29/07 03:21 PM
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Human Garbage
Registered: 06/23/06
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Ahmenijad could be the smartest motherfucker around. Brittain can't do shit unless they contract this out to Carrier Strike Group 12, Destroyer Squadron 2, and Carrier Air Wing 1, which all happen to be US assets. The once proud Brittish Navy could not even handle the Iranian Navy these days. It would not even be a fair fight. Meanwhile the US congress just announced we are pulling out. So chances are Iran gets to beat its chest and no one is going to do jack shit about it. The only wildcard is Bush is fucking nuts as well.
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#231833 - 03/29/07 03:50 PM
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AC Cream Wannabe
Registered: 01/19/07
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Ahmenijad could be the smartest motherfucker around. Brittain can't do shit unless they contract this out to Carrier Strike Group 12, Destroyer Squadron 2, and Carrier Air Wing 1, which all happen to be US assets. The once proud Brittish Navy could not even handle the Iranian Navy these days. It would not even be a fair fight. Meanwhile the US congress just announced we are pulling out. So chances are Iran gets to beat its chest and no one is going to do jack shit about it. The only wildcard is Bush is fucking nuts as well.
I'm beginning to think you are right. Although the Brits have 91 active ships with 2 jumpjet carriers, looking at the armament load on them is mostly defensive in nature. They probably have around 50 Harriers on the two carriers and I'm sure they have the latest small JDAM's. I didn't see any platform that could launch Tomahawks, including their fast attack subs, but I believe they surely have the capability. On the Iranian side, their air force is a hodge-podge of old U.S., French and Soviet birds with some rebuilt Mig-29's as their most formidible platform. They have look down shoot down and would give the Harriers a tough time. I doubt, however, that any of them are in really good shape. If I were the Brits, I'd attack at night. The Arabs do not like to fight at night for religious reasons. Bottomline, the Brits could hit a number of strategic facilities but I don't think they could sustain a prolonged event.
Even with W being a little out there, don't believe Her Chaney will go to the mat on this one over 12 sailors, at least not at the moment.
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#231834 - 03/29/07 04:25 PM
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Human Garbage
Registered: 06/23/06
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Ahmenijad could be the smartest motherfucker around. Brittain can't do shit unless they contract this out to Carrier Strike Group 12, Destroyer Squadron 2, and Carrier Air Wing 1, which all happen to be US assets. The once proud Brittish Navy could not even handle the Iranian Navy these days. It would not even be a fair fight. Meanwhile the US congress just announced we are pulling out. So chances are Iran gets to beat its chest and no one is going to do jack shit about it. The only wildcard is Bush is fucking nuts as well.
I'm beginning to think you are right. Although the Brits have 91 active ships with 2 jumpjet carriers, looking at the armament load on them is mostly defensive in nature. They probably have around 50 Harriers on the two carriers and I'm sure they have the latest small JDAM's. I didn't see any platform that could launch Tomahawks, including their fast attack subs, but I believe they surely have the capability. On the Iranian side, their air force is a hodge-podge of old U.S., French and Soviet birds with some rebuilt Mig-29's as their most formidible platform. They have look down shoot down and would give the Harriers a tough time. I doubt, however, that any of them are in really good shape. If I were the Brits, I'd attack at night. The Arabs do not like to fight at night for religious reasons. Bottomline, the Brits could hit a number of strategic facilities but I don't think they could sustain a prolonged event.
Even with W being a little out there, don't believe Her Chaney will go to the mat on this one over 12 sailors, at least not at the moment.
According to this story the Britts don't have 84 ships, they have 40ish ships and they plan to mothball 50% of that. I'm sure those carriers are commited elsewhere and they simply don't have the support vessels to prevent another carrier from getting sunk.
Bush already wants to hit Iran. Now he may have an excuse.
British Royal Navy to mothball half of fleet: report
Almost half of the British Royal Navy's 44 warships are to be mothballed as part of cost-cutting measures by the Ministry of Defense (MoD), London's Daily Telegraph reported on Friday.
The British government has said that 13 warships are in a state of "reduced readiness," putting them around 18 months away from active service, according to the report, which added that a further six destroyers and frigates were being proposed for cuts.
The report said a need to cut the defense budget by 250 million pounds (around 486 million U.S. dollars) this year to meet spending requirements had forced ministers to look at drastic measures.
Senior officials said the plan would turn Britain's Navy into nothing more than a coastal defense force.
"What this means is that we are now no better than a coastal defense force or a fleet of dug-out canoes." said a senior official.
MoD sources admitted it was possible that the Royal Navy would discontinue one of its major commitments around the world, the report said.
It is likely that the six destroyers and frigates to be mothballed will eventually be sold or scrapped. There are also fears that two new aircraft carriers promised in 1998 might never be built, the report added.
Recently, the MoD has been criticized for not giving proper backing to troops which has dogged operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The MoD said it had no plans to cut the destroyer and frigate fleet but it "routinely reviewed" defense capabilities "to ensure resources are directed where our front line armed forces need them most."
"We are some way from any decisions and just because a proposal is looked at does not mean that it will be implemented," a spokesman said.
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#231835 - 03/29/07 04:32 PM
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Porn Jesus
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mig-29's were some nice planes-the main issue is does iran have the parts to keep them repeatedly-deployed right now.
i've got an iranian friend in dubai right now who reports that a signifigant number of iranians are just thrilled iraq's been reduced to ruin and tribal warfare, whatever the government says. throwing them on the "axis of evil" wasn't the wisest thing given you've got a percentage of iranians who are always natively going to hate iraq more than us
dan-sorry about your boys. i don't want to sound dismissive about friendly-fire incidents, but let's face it-they happen.
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#231836 - 03/29/07 04:41 PM
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Porn Fucking Master
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dan-sorry about your boys. i don't want to sound dismissive about friendly-fire incidents, but let's face it-they happen.
Tell me about it.
US Pilot found guilty of dereliction of duty
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Friendly fire case: the legal saga
CBC News Online | June 6, 2005
On April 18, 2002, an American F-16 fighter jet dropped a laser-guided 225-kilogram bomb near Kandahar, accidentally killing four Canadian soldiers and injuring eight others.
The accident sent Canadians into mourning. Nearly two weeks later, the official mourning came to an end with an emotional memorial service in Edmonton.
Of the eight Canadian soldiers injured in the bombing, six returned to Canada the following week. The two others were treated for minor injuries and remained with their unit in Afghanistan. The unit, the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, has since returned to Canada.
In May 2005, the four soldiers were honoured with a granite memorial in Fort Campbell, Ky., home of the 187th Infantry Regiment, the American unit the PPCLI fought beside in Afghanistan. The soldiers' names were also engraved on a memorial wall in Fort Campbell, the first time the names of non-U.S. soldiers were included on the wall.
U.S. air force Maj. Harry Schmidt, one of the pilots involved in the "friendly fire" incident that killed four Canadians in Afghanistan, was found guilty of dereliction of duty on July 6, 2004, in what the U.S. military calls a "non-judicial hearing" before a senior officer. The maximum penalty he had faced was 30 days of house arrest.
He was reprimanded and forfeited more than $5,000 US in pay. The air force agreed to allow Schmidt to remain in the Illinois Air National Guard, but not as a pilot. Schmidt later appealed the verdict, but the appeal was rejected. He also filed a lawsuit against the air force, saying it released his letter of reprimand to the media, in violation of his privacy.
Schmidt had made a deal in June 2004 so he could avoid a full court martial.
Legal wrangling had delayed the case again and again. In late March 2004, the U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals refused to supply classified information to Schmidt's legal team, who had argued the data was crucial to the defence.
In a statement released by Gittins in the summer of 2003, Schmidt said: "It is clear that I cannot and will not receive a full and fair hearing" in a non-judicial proceeding which is heard by a senior U. S. Air Force officer.
Schmidt faced two counts of dereliction of duty for not making sure he was dropping a bomb on the enemy and for disobeying air controllers' instructions to "standby" while information was verified. The formal counts allege that he "failed to comply with the applicable rules of engagement" and "willfully failed to exercise appropriate flight discipline over his aircraft."
Schmidt was originally charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter and eight counts of assault. Schmidt's wingman, Maj. William Umbach was originally charged with four counts of aiding and abetting manslaughter, and eight counts of aiding and abetting assault.
Umbach agreed to accept a reprimand and retire from the Air Force.
When it decided to proceed with the dereliction of duty charges on June 30, 2003, the Air Force dropped the original charges of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault against Schmidt.
On June 19, 2003, Lt. Gen. Bruce Carlson, commander of the U.S. 8th Air Force, who reviewed the case, decided that both pilots should receive non-judicial punishment. That meant the Air Force had decided not to court martial the two National Guard pilots who were charged in the incident outside Kandahar, Afghanistan on April 18, 2002. As well as the four Canadian soldiers who were killed, eight others were wounded when Schmidt dropped a 250-kilogram laser-guided bomb from his F-16 on the night-time live-fire military exercise.
Schmidt maintains he was not briefed on the Canadian exercise before the flight. He says he was told in the briefing that the Taliban was active in the area.
The ruling came after an Air Force "Article 32" hearing - the equivalent of a preliminary hearing in Canada - was held at Barksdale Air Force Base near Bossier, La., in January 2003.
If Schmidt had faced the manslaughter charges, he could have received up to 64 years in prison. The dereliction of duty charge means Schmidt could face up to six months in jail.
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#231837 - 03/29/07 04:46 PM
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Porn Jesus
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i'm hardly a self-loathing american, but i do like pushups and feel a sense of embarassment every time some kid gets careless and decides to play cowboy, fucks up and kills some good guys. possibly the worst was when that jackass flew his fighter through the supporting wires of that ski-tram in italy. there's especially no excuse for that shit in peacetime.
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#231840 - 03/29/07 05:55 PM
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These period outbursts are nothing more than shit tests, typical of despotic, megalomaniacal political leaders. Saddam did it, Kim Jong-Il does it, and now Ah-me-ha-he-man-nah-he-whatever-jad does it. He knows that the U.S. has its hands full with the disaster in Iraq, and his rhetoric can puff out the chests of Iranians and distract them from their reality, which is that they're fucking poor and have few prospects.
Islam is the world's most dogshit religion. It doesn't even have any redeeming values like, like good art or music. It's the most fucking dour, anachronistic, homoerotic killjoy belief system around. I hate these people, and I want to scuba dive to that Iranian women-only resort island that someone posted about a few weeks ago, all Navy SEAL-like, and subject the women there to the most horrible "Violation of..." shit I can think of, and I can think of many.
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#231841 - 03/29/07 05:58 PM
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Porn Jesus
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These period outbursts are nothing more than shit tests, typical of despotic, megalomaniacal political leaders. Saddam did it, Kim Jong-Il does it, and now Ah-me-ha-he-man-nah-he-whatever-jad does it. He knows that the U.S. has its hands full with the disaster in Iraq, and his rhetoric can puff out the chests of Iranians and distract them from their reality, which is that they're fucking poor and have few prospects.
Islam is the world's most dogshit religion. It doesn't even have any redeeming values like, like good art or music. It's the most fucking dour, anachronistic, homoerotic killjoy belief system around. I hate these people, and I want to scuba dive to that Iranian women-only resort island that someone posted about a few weeks ago, all Navy SEAL-like, and subject the women there to the most horrible "Violation of..." shit I can think of, and I can think of many.
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#231842 - 03/29/07 06:08 PM
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Demon Spawn
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I'm with Cleetus. I just hope we have enough to do the job. Dumbass has mangled the militarty pretty badly over the last few years.
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#231843 - 03/29/07 06:08 PM
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These period outbursts are nothing more than shit tests, typical of despotic, megalomaniacal political leaders. Saddam did it, Kim Jong-Il does it, and now Ah-me-ha-he-man-nah-he-whatever-jad does it. He knows that the U.S. has its hands full with the disaster in Iraq, and his rhetoric can puff out the chests of Iranians and distract them from their reality, which is that they're fucking poor and have few prospects.
Islam is the world's most dogshit religion. It doesn't even have any redeeming values like, like good art or music. It's the most fucking dour, anachronistic, homoerotic killjoy belief system around. I hate these people, and I want to scuba dive to that Iranian women-only resort island that someone posted about a few weeks ago, all Navy SEAL-like, and subject the women there to the most horrible "Violation of..." shit I can think of, and I can think of many.
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#231844 - 03/29/07 06:13 PM
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Demon Spawn
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Islam is the world's most dogshit religion. It doesn't even have any redeeming values like, like good art or music. It's the most fucking dour, anachronistic, homoerotic killjoy belief system around. I hate these people, and I want to scuba dive to that Iranian women-only resort island that someone posted about a few weeks ago, all Navy SEAL-like, and subject the women there to the most horrible "Violation of..." shit I can think of, and I can think of many.
Apostates of Islam. It's by former Muslims and tells about why they left and how fucked up it truly is. Some good extras, like vid of an actual stoning, hands being cut off as punishment, etc.
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#231845 - 03/29/07 06:27 PM
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i once wrote to Sheikh Salman al-Oadah on the "submit question" part about whether koranic law permitted the killing of pam peaks. i never heard back. i've linked to the site before, but can i mention how much i love Islamtoday's fatwa archive? Question: I was reading a newspaper column that presents question and answers in the light of the Sunnah. A reader had asked whether killing a gecko earned a Muslim reward. To my utter shock, the answer given by the columnist was in the affirmative. He justified his position with strange sort of reasoning that defies common sense and logic. According to the columnist, there is a major reward for killing a gecko because, when Abraham (peace be upon him) was thrown into the fire, it was a gecko that kept blowing upon the flames to make them burn higher. I am in deep distress after reading this. Even if it is true that a gecko did that, does it mean every gecko should be punished for it? Please shed some light on this matter. Answered by Sheikh Sâmî al-Mâjid Umm Shurayk relates that Allah’s Messenger peace be upon him ordered the wazagh to be killed, and he said: “It had blown on (the fire) of Abraham (peace be upon him).†[Sahîh al-Bukhârî (3359)] The animal in question is a type of house gecko known in Arabic by the name wazagh. It is a common household pest in the Middle East that lives on the walls and in the crevices of people’s homes. The instruction to kill the wazagh is no different than the instruction to kill the scorpion, the poisonous snake, the mouse, and the feral dog that attacks people. There is an authentic hadîth that mentions the killing of the “five serious pests†in both normal lands as well as in the sacred precincts, and they are the snake, the scorpion, the feral dog, the mouse, and the kite (a type of bird of prey). The reason these animals may be killed is because they are pests that cause harm to people when they make their homes in places of human habitation. These pests were known in Arabia to cause harm. The instruction to kill the wazagh is for the same reason – it is a pest that poses harm to people. If a wazagh comes in contact with the skin, it can sometimes induce serious irritation. For this reason, it is also known to Arabs as sâmm abras (literally, “the leprosy venomâ€). It is not killed because of its blowing on the fire kindled for Abraham (peace be upon him). When Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) informed us that the wazagh blew upon the fire of Abraham (peace be upon him) to help fan the flames, he was merely depicting the distastefulness of the animal and the extent of its harmfulness. He was merely characterizing this species as an unpleasant one. As for your question of what sin is upon the wazaghs of today so that all of them should be punished for the act of a single wazagh of antiquity, we say that this is not the case at all. We are instructed to kill the wazagh simply because it is a harmful household pest, since it irritates people’s skin and it also forces people to discard the food that it comes in contact with. This is the reason why it should be killed, to preserve the comfort and cleanliness of places of human habitation, and not because of any sin of some past wazagh. And Allah knows best.
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#231846 - 03/29/07 06:45 PM
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Seeing the female Brittish sailor abused I'm wondering whatever happened to Serena South. She joined the navy right? I imagine it was 3 minutes before everyone in her unit figured out she was a porn whore and she was turning tricks to get off guard duty.
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#231847 - 03/29/07 07:00 PM
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Regarding Rosie O'Doughnut, how stupid and out of touch with reality do you have to be to have Danny Bonaduce suggest you be hung for treason?
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#231848 - 03/29/07 07:30 PM
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Kurt Lackwood's Fluffer
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what i love here is that people are having a serious political discussion all whilst british is proudly misspelled in the thread title
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#231849 - 03/29/07 07:31 PM
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also, if anyone can be bothered spending 10 minutes watching, this is a hilarious video involving fatwas
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#231850 - 03/31/07 05:04 AM
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Oh fuck, oh fuck!!! The UK has asked the U.N. to "deplore" the hostage taking. Its on!!!! Such poodles. Jimmy Carter would be a sure thing for Prime Minister in the UK.
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#231851 - 03/31/07 01:17 PM
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Bukkake Boy
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Apostates of Islam. It's by former Muslims and tells about why they left and how fucked up it truly is. Some good extras, like vid of an actual stoning, hands being cut off as punishment, etc.
I'll check it out, but I find the videos at memri.org disturbing enough. This butch dyke's blog is pretty good too.
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#231852 - 03/31/07 01:41 PM
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Islam is the world's most dogshit religion. It doesn't even have any redeeming values like, like good art or music. It's the most fucking dour, anachronistic, homoerotic killjoy belief system around.
You pretty much killed it here. Zero family planning and decreased mortality (due to Western medicine) has stocked the region with a huge under-30 population that could go either way into an age of progress, or of darkness.
The whole system has failed to keep up with the paces of the world, and old autocratic traditions of blaming internal problems on external forces are losing effectivenes in this age of instant web communication.
It only took two generations to split the whole religion in half and they've been at each others throats ever since. The prospects are not good. A Reformation is in order, IMO, but any such tack would be taken at great peril for the reformers. Barring a new prophet, I expect this religion and society as a whole will likely eat itself.
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#231855 - 03/31/07 05:10 PM
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Kurt Lackwood's Fluffer
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also, if anyone can be bothered spending 10 minutes watching, this is a hilarious video involving fatwas
Oh shit that was worth 10 minutes of my life. 
That was pretty funny. I wonder if Rove McManus still alive. 
unfortunately he is. he's a boring midget talk show host who panders to people with a mediocre sense of humour- kind of like leno. he gets all the "big" international guests and it's unfortunate that he's the impression they'll have of australian humour.
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#231856 - 03/31/07 10:57 PM
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Internet Tough Guy
Registered: 09/05/06
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also, if anyone can be bothered spending 10 minutes watching, this is a hilarious video involving fatwas
Yes, "John Safran vs. God" is a great series and totally hilarious in a Borat kind of way. Eddie, have you seen Fat Pizza? It's not the greatest comedy ever, but it got me laughing many times. That's it for my knowledge of Australian comedy.
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#231857 - 04/02/07 09:28 PM
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The botched US raid that led to the hostage crisis By Patrick Cockburn Published: 03 April 2007 A failed American attempt to abduct two senior Iranian security officers on an official visit to northern Iraq was the starting pistol for a crisis that 10 weeks later led to Iranians seizing 15 British sailors and Marines. Don't blame Iran, blame America. Par for the course.
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