It WOULD be a great sin if we were to ignore what the insurgents have inflicted on Iraqis and others. So for that point, they are correct. they needn't fear,however, we have NO intention of ignoring jihad!
Everyone PLEASE Read:
GOOD FRIDAY
MARCH 25 - 2005
Terri's crucifixion
"Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do."
It wouldn't surprise me if Terri Schiavo died today.
It will be a tragedy.
I will be very mournful.
I suspect it will feel like losing a member of the family for many of us.
But it will not surprise me if she died on Good Friday, the day Jesus died.
I want to be optimistic. I want to believe there is still some virility, some manhood, some courage, some godliness, some morality and some intestinal fortitude in public officials who could save her life with the stroke of a pen, with a phone call.
But as Terri, now in her eighth day of court-ordered starvation, weakens, I am forced to contemplate the strong possibility that this young lady may be purposely and torturously killed with the whole world watching.
Good Friday. Imagine that.
Like Jesus, Terri was an innocent – at least for the last 15 years. By definition, she was virtually incapable of committing sin during her disability. Yet, she was treated more harshly than our society would ever treat even the most abominable serial killer.
Like Jesus, Terri was betrayed. She has her Judas. His name is Michael Schiavo. He claims he is starving her to death because that would be what Terri would want. And this specious, unsupported claim is the sole basis for starving to death a young handicapped woman denied rehabilitative efforts by her so-called "guardian."
Like Jesus, Terri's mother has been forced to watch this public execution helplessly. Imagine what this must be like for mother Mary Schindler. Can anyone reading my words today imagine watching your child starve to death by court order? Can you imagine what it must be like to be kept from your loving child in these hours by armed guards?
Like Jesus, Terri has her accusers. The high priests today wear black robes. Judge George Greer, an obscure county bureaucrat just a few weeks ago, is having his 15 minutes of fame at Terri's expense. Driven either by some blind ideological desire to pull the plug on handicapped people or in the death grip of fear of admitting a mistake, Greer was not so much a judge as he was the prosecutor and executioner. His supporting cast included the entire U.S. Supreme Court, the Florida Supreme Court and the entire 11th Circuit.
Like Jesus, Terri has her Herod. In this case, his name is U.S. District Judge James Whittemore, a Bill Clinton appointee who could have saved her or decided to hear the case himself. He could have listened to the will of Congress and the president of the United States. Instead, like Herod, he kicked the case back to Greer.
Like Jesus, Terri may, too, have her Pontius Pilate. It's not too late for Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida to avoid playing this role. He doesn't have to wash his hands of the matter. He has found no fault in the woman. He has spoken favorably of her and championed her plight. But he is uniquely positioned at this moment to save her. He, himself has already acknowledged he has the power and the legal authority to do it. He has even threatened to do it. But, like Pilate, he seems to be weighing the political implications of saving her life rather than using the scale of moral imperative.
I pray today Jeb Bush is reflecting on all this. I pray he has considered he has a big decision to make. I pray he listens to that still small voice in his heart that, I suspect, is speaking to him right now about this. I pray he is not distracted by the routine business of the governorship of his state to see this matter clearly. I pray he recognizes that if he washes his hands, pretending he did everything he could possibly do under the law, that he will become complicit in this horrible crime.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43489
Yep.
MEMRI.ORG: "IRAQ"
http://www.memri.org/iraq.html
http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=iraq&ID=SP88405
Special Dispatch Series - No. 884
March 24, 2005
No.884
"The Iraqi Al-Qa'ida Organization: A Self-Portrait"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Recently the first issue of the "Department of Indoctrination" of the Al-Qa'ida-Iraq organization's online magazine was published under the title of "The Crest of the Summit of Islam" [Dhurwat Sanam Al-Islam], an expression which is commonly used to designate Jihad. An article in the magazine by a certain Abu Maysara, who is believed to be one of the commanders of the Al-Qai'da organization in Iraq, discusses the identity of the Iraqi Al-Qa'ida organization and outlines its aims:"
===
===
ON THE NET...
http://www.islam-minbar.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=1688&forum=3
ON THE NET...
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/wanted_captured/index.cfm?page=Nasar
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/images/Nassar01.jpg
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/images/Nassar02.jpg
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/images/Mustafa_Sitmaryan_Nassar01.jpg
===
===
Note: The following text is an exact quote (minus the photos):
---
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/wanted_captured/index.cfm?page=Nasar
WANTED
Mustafa Setmariam Nasar
(Mustafa Sitmaryan Nassar)
Up to $5 Million Reward
Date of birth: October 26, 1958
Place of birth: Aleppo, Syria
Aliases: Abu Musab al-Suri, Umar Abd al-Hakim
Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, also known as Abu Musab al-Suri, is an al-Qa'ida member and former trainer at the Derunta and al-Ghuraba terrorist camps in Afghanistan.
Born in Aleppo, Syria in 1958, Nasar was a member of the radical Syrian Muslim Brotherhood. He fled Syria in the 1980s and traveled widely throughout the Middle East and North Africa, before associating with the Algerian Islamic Group. He settled in Madrid in 1987 and gained Spanish citizenship through marriage.
While in Spain, he authored a series of inflammatory essays under the pen name Umar Abd al-Hakim. In 1995 he moved to United Kingdom and served as a European intermediary for al-Qa'ida. Nasar traveled extensively between Europe and Afghanistan throughout the late 1990s, finally moving his family to Afghanistan in 1998.
He attempted to organize his own extremist group prior to September 11, 2001 - but in the wake of the attacks he pledged loyalty to Usama Bin Ladin as a member of al-Qa'ida. While in Afghanistan, Nasar worked closely with Midhat Mursi al-Sayid 'Umar AKA Abu Khabab al-Masri to train extremists in poisons and chemicals at the Derunta terrorist camp.
He is likely in Afghanistan or Pakistan. Recent unconfirmed press reports suggest that he may have had a role in the March 11, 2004 Madrid Bombings.
Rewards for Justice Washington, D.C., 20522-0303, USA 1-800-US REWARDS (1--800-877-3927)
