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  1. ok your link doesn't work, and honestly, I can't be assed to watch a retarded 20 minute video that's not even legitimate. now why in the HELL would you post a video taken from a clearly pro-Israeli site and parade it around as some sort of godly masterpiece? are we supposed to applaud your "objectivity" and selection of a video that is, quite frankly, glorified propaganda? I mean, WHY should we take seriously or even tell ourselves that we want to learn the "truth" from a site that admits it's made up of mostly ISRAELI JEWS. yes, what a great idea. Let's try to get the "truth" based on an account from a clearly biased source. FROM A PARTY INVOLVED IN THE CONFLICT. riiiiiiight. and, in case you didn't realize it, the video is not a full 60 minutes segment. it has been edited.
  2. hm a JEWISH newspaper BASED IN ISRAEL making allegations about evil Palestinians indoctrinating their evil, bomb-loving toddlers? doesn't sound phony at all to me.
  3. most of you in this thread don't really have a clue what you're talking about, and I'm directing this at people on BOTH sides. a few corrections: +the Palestinian Authority is NOT a puppet group of Hamas. If it were, the two groups would not both be vying for prime control of Gaza. +Hamas is NOT Saudi funded. +Hamas IS a terrorist organization, but some Palestinians tolerate it because the organization has done a lot for education, food, and clothing for children, not because they're some warped cowards who enjoy seeing others die. If you're poor and starving and some group gives out food and water and clothing to you as a donation, you're bound to not mind the group's existence.
  4. bomb blasts are not really rare for Egypt, although it is certainly rare for one of this scale. the egyptian gov't has a lot of problems and doesn't exactly do a great job of helping pull the country out of the hole it's in, so yeah....easy target, I guess.
  5. I've been to all the Middle Eastern ones, and they're all pretty nice, I guess. Cairo is fun and interesting, but it's really, really dirty. If you go, DON'T bring any white clothes because they will be BLACK within a few hours. The city itself is fun, and it's foreigner-friendly, from my experience. Egypt has lots of great sights to see, and every single one of them is worth it. I have gorgeous pics of the pyramids, etc.. There's also some pretty good shopping in Cairo, but I don't know if you'd be into that. Dubai is gorgeous, and it's very western. It's expensive (to live there for sure), but the beach is nice. There are tons of Americans and Brits there, and the people are friendly and helpful. Lots of great shopping (but more expensive than Cairo), and Dubai has a great jewelry market. You can get a lot of beautiful gold for considerably cheaper than anywhere in the US or Europe. Jerusalem is good, I guess, but I wouldn't really suggest going there unless you have some real drive to, like for religious reasons. I mean, I never really felt unsafe, but I just don't think it's worth the hassle unless you have some strong conviction to visit there. Out of those that I've been to, choose whatever you're looking for. Egypt has great resorts and scenery, Dubai has beautiful beaches, and Jerusalem has sacred connections. It all depends on what you're wanting to do.
  6. I've been to Dubai. It's really nice and fun, and if you go in the winter, it's not too hot. Winter is the high season, though. It's gorgeous, and I was tempted to spend all of my time in the jewelry/watch markets. They have beautiful jewels for relatively good deals. I'd suggest it. It's very western and friendly, too, so there's nothing to worry about. I've always had a good time.
  7. I seriously doubt we'll attack Iran in the near future. It'd be a disaster to convince the public to go along with it. I'm a little confused as to why Syria and Lebanon are being brought up. As mentioned before, Assad is no fool, and he's not going to jeopardize himself. I think if we have to worry about anyone, it's the Saudis, considering the monarchy is crumbling and no one can control anyone in that country.
  8. I don't want to turn this into a religion thread, but Islam is intended to be peaceful. Islam teaches to respect the other peoples "of the book," and it is actually very fair to women, if you choose to interpret it that way. I can't help what the whacko Saudis do, but it doesn't mean that their interpretation of Islam should serve to represent the entire religion. If you can't see some of the peaceful sides of Islam, then you don't know enough about the religion. Sure, there are some crazed out fundies that go overboard, but don't let that taint your perception of the entire religion. The problem here is that 24 is representing the Araz family as a typical, normal Arab-American family, and it implies that that's what could really be going on behind the doors of many Arab families. It's clearly not, and it only serves to further the public's already offbase interpretation of Muslims.
  9. I'm a 24 lover, but even I thought the season premiere was a little unfair. I wouldn't object to having a Muslim terrorist family, but some of the comments the characters were making were absolutely outrageous. Stuff like, "oh Bairouz, we are the CHOSEN family. We must do this for Allah," and "you cannot date that non-believer" is just absurd. Not only does that go against the very principles of Islam, but also only serves to fuel the Islamophobia that's taking over this nation. It is very possible to show a terrorist that is not Muslim, as there are many non-Muslim terrorist groups. It is also not the first time that 24 has put a Muslim terrorist on the show. I think in season 2 there was one. I don't recall many of the details since I was in Guatemala when the show aired (fast-paced show + Spanish = major problem), but I'm positive that Jack Bauer went into a mosque looking for a suspect with a bomb of some sort. I wouldn't care about a Muslim terrorist and no disclaimer as long as the writers toned down some of the stuff the "true Muslims" say. Some of the garbage is just ridiculous.
  10. If you're looking for tolerance of terrorists, you'll probably be disappointed here... 615198[/snapback] Who is this directed to?
  11. That's a huge shame. I really like Colin Powell. I've never heard him imply he was looking to run for president (as a matter of fact, I think I've read somewhere that he was not interested in it), but if he was a candidate, I'd vote for him in a flash. Likewise with Obama. Neither Hillary nor Dean have any chance, although I don't mind either of them. Kerry, thankfully, is done with presidential politics. I'd vote Republican before voting Kerry.
  12. When you're looking for an objective account of an issue, a source that doesn't clearly sway to one side or support one side more than the other is a better source than one that clearly has previous interests. Whatever about the name thing. It's not a huge deal, but just realize, that it's not very tolerant to laugh about different names. I'm sure you wouldn't particularly find it funny if I said, "OMG that guy is named Andres Mar?a Ramirez!!!!! har har har, he has a girls' name! har har har." I don't particularly care about where Arafat was born. However, realize that in the era and place in the world when he was born, there's a very good chance that any record (one of marriage, birth, or death) could be inaccurate or forged.
  13. Sites that support Israel are not accurate according to you. And that makes no sense. Just assume that someone is wrong just because they're not on your side or they don't believe in the samething you believe in. That doesn't make sense. You have no reason to say that. What the hell? In a conflict that involves the Palestinians and the ISRAELIS, a source that clearly vouches support for Israel is NOT accurate and clearly biased. Get your head out of your ass. And I think there is something funny about Arafats name because us(people who live mostly in Miami and if not then live in the rest of the U.S. and very few don't)So in the U.S. we are not farmilar with those types of names. And his name is huge and none of the words include "Yassir"...so where does Yassir come from? lol His name is so long and what he call him isn't even in his real name. Don't try to use the fact that you live in Miami to make up for your ignorance and lack of cultural respect. And there are documents and many things that say where and when Arafat was born. We know for sure he was born in Cairo. They have a lot of proof. Reporters just don't know what they're reporting when they report it a lot of times. They hear Arafat say he was born in Israel (because he wishes he was)so they report that he was born in Israel and before you know it everyone thinks he was born in Israel. That's what happens. 614506[/snapback] Yeah, because it's not hard to forge a document in the Middle East at all...
  14. That source is bull. First off, any site reporting on Arafat's death that is affiliated with two sites that are petitions for people to support Israel and speak out against the Palestinians is NOT unbiased and NOT accurate. I don't think there's anything particularly funny about Arafat's name. Many Arabs are named Abdelrahman or the like, and 99% of them go by some nickname. Arafat did not singlehandedly start the Lebanese civil war. The Syrians had a large part in it, as well as angry factions within the country. Middle Eastern records in the 1920's are absolutely horrible. There are many elder people now who have no clue where they were born or even in what year. see, people in the Middle East in that time would say that someone was born in "the year of the severe flood" and leave it at that. Likewise, it's quite easy to not know whether someone born in that time was really born in Hebron or Amman. I don't know much about Arafat's birth certificate (nor do I give a s***), but one could easily dispute the validity of any claim of the day/month/year/place of someone as old as Arafat.
  15. Ours is 8:05-3:05, but since everyone is required to do either a sport or an art, most people don't leave school until 5:00-5:30 because there are always practices after school from 3:30 on.
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