[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

A proud Papa.

[anniegetyourgun]

"The Hamas uses these women in television interviews and in internet discussion forums to encourage other mothers to send their sons to perpetrate suicide attacks."

It's an absolute soul sickness these people have. Drawn down into the abyss of the devil himself who whispers into their ears - "kill yourself, kill others, kill your children"......

[Ramius]

Human beings do not do this.

[dagnabbit]

Actually the real reason Mrs. Shadi celebrates, is that with son Mahmoud gone, the family's goats will finally get a good night's sleep.

[Slings and Arrows]

Enough.

Let's roll.

[Slings and Arrows]

Yeetgadal v' yeetkadash sh'mey rabbah...

[dennisw]

Time to level some family houses. Though if it were up to me I'd just fire rockets into them to avenge the young Jews who were murdered.

[Denver Ditdat]

Verse 109 in Surah Repentance, which is found in the first part of the Koran - this is the day of collapse.

Hmm. The 109th day of the year would be in April, so that's not it. 1+0+9=10, so that's not it. Counting backwards from Dec 31st leaves us a couple days short, so that's not it, either.

Can anyone suss out the medieval brand of numerological hoodoo at work here and explain it to me?

[Valin]

"In searching the Koran, we find: Verse 109 in Surah Repentance, which is found in the first part of the Koran - this is the day of collapse. The number of the Surah Repentance is 9 - this is the month of the collapse. The number of words in the Surah from its beginning to its end is 2001 - this is again the year of the collapse."

Begs the question, who's collapse?