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<title><![CDATA[تصاویرجدید از مزار امامان مظلوم سامرا دو سال پس از بمب گذاری تروریستی]]></title>
<link>http://youonline.wordpress.com/?p=54</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Medad</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[دو سال پس از بمب تروریستی سامرار وانفجار حرم امامان عسک]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>دو سال پس از بمب تروریستی سامرار وانفجار حرم امامان عسکرین در سامرا و بدنبال اغاز بازسازی حرم توسط سازمان ملل تصاویری از داخل حرم و قبور امامان سامرا علیهما سلام منتشر شد..شاید این تصاویر چهار مزار تخریب شده شما رو یاد قبرستان بقیع بیاندازه</p>
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<p>منبع: سایت موعود</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tari Pusar Kopidangdut]]></title>
<link>http://kopidangdut.wordpress.com/?p=559</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mas Kopdang</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Maka, mengapa Sadie, sang penari perut asal Winconsin itu jauh lebih baik dari pada penari yang lahi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://kopidangdut.wordpress.com/files/2008/04/samarradance.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-560" src="http://kopidangdut.wordpress.com/files/2008/04/samarradance.jpg" alt="" width="137" height="88" /></a></span>Maka, mengapa <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YamDoDK71Ds/"><span style="color:#800080;">Sadie</span></a>, sang penari perut asal Winconsin itu jauh lebih baik dari pada penari yang lahir dan besar di Timur Tengah? Tarian lenggak-lenggok yang ditiru di Indonesia namun dicekal di mana-mana.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">“<em>Sadie emang jagonya. Itu yang bikin aku terus latihan belly dance sepulang ngantor…masalah artis yang dicekal karena liukannya, ah, itu tiruan yang aneh, Kop. </em></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><em>Yang asli gak gitu. Ada hal prinsip yang kudu dijaga. Bila bagian atas tubuh kita gerak, maka bawah harus “still”. Diam pada porosnya. Begitu pun bila bawah yang sedang main, maka atas harus sabar untuk diam. Inilah prinsip yang harus dijaga..”</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Telpon yang tadi kuangkat sudah pada tahap liukan senja. Entah mengapa, aku dan dirinya tiba pada pembicaraan mengenai liukan tubuh. Obrolan seperti apa sih yang pantas di kala senja sedang meradang. Menciptakan romantisme dadakan dan hati yang rawan. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">“<em>Kemaren ada recital lho, Kop…kamu kenapa gak datang, bukannya aku udah kasih tahu kamu?”</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><em>“Aku semingguan kemarin gak di Jakarta..sorry.”</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><em>“Padahal aku dandan abis, lo…sampai gak nyangka dapat “the best make up”..</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Wow. “<em>Aku yakin emang juri gak salah pilih…”</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">“<em>Hmmmm…”</em> Ia terdiam.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">“Coba deh kamu buka </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/"><span>Youtube</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">, Kop…ada Sadie di sana memperagakan apa itu tari perut. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">This is what I wish I could do in two years time. Tonton gih…kalo kamu sampe horny, aku berani taruhan berani tanggung jawab atas ke-horny-an kamu."</span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Hah!? Apa nih maksudnya? Apa salahnya aku nonton via youtube. Sudah seperti yang kuduga sebelumnya. Sadie tampil luar biasa di situs itu. Tak ada kesan </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">mengundang. Kostum minimnya jauh lebih menyatu dan melekat melewati batas-batas sekadar pembalut tubuh dan ornamen tampilan. Gerakan yang elegan. Mimik mukanya ekspresif sekaligus enjoy.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">“Gimana Kop? </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Keren banget kan? Musiknya pas, ritmenya dinamis banget ya…Liat deh bagian rib cage* perut dia...bisa lentur dan terkendali? Gw yakin lo gak bakalan horny..Musiknya asyik kan?”</span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Segera saya besarkan volume suaranya di komputer mejaku. Menyetel tayangan Sadie di Youtube, namun dengan suara <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Crawford/"><span style="color:#800080;">Randy Crawford</span></a> mengalun sendu. Tembang <a href="http://kopidangdut.wordpress.com/wp-admin/youtube.com/watch?v=-37ULJNGSHk&#38;feature=related/">“People Alone”</a> membahana di senjaku sore ini.<span>  </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">“<em>Aku tuh pengen banget kayak gitu. Keren. Orang Amerika yang jadi masterpiece dalam dunia belly dance. Perfect banget deh…Kop, kalo aku bisa kayak dia, entar aku ajarin kamu deh..”</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Busyet! Bukannya belly dance indah bila dan hanya perempuan yang melakukannya? </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><em>“Emoh…aku mending liat show kamu aja..private tapi lo..”</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><em>“Hihihi…iya deh..Asal jangan minta yang lain ya..! Huahaha..”</em> Ia menggoda.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Sekejap bayanganku tentangnya kembali hadir. Wajah merah merona. Pulasan make –up yang menggelora. Liukan tubuh dalam satu sudut ruang. Remang cuaca yang menimbulkan nuansa berbeda.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><em>“Oh iya, aku liat rekaman acaranya aja deh, Fal…”.</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><em>“Ah, nggak mau..aku masih masuk kelas beginner..Entar deh kalo udah advance, aku kasih liat…. Apalagi di foto dan rekamanku kemaren, aku ngerasa tampil terlalu terbuka. Gak enak ah…”.</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Aih!..Apalagi ini? Ter-la-lu-ter-bu-ka..?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><em>“Kop, gak enak aja..ini bukan konsumsi publik..”.</em> Ia menambahkan sebagai reaksi diamku sejenak.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><em>“Aku kasih foto wajahku waktu itu aja ya..”.</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Lalu munculah di email. Wajah itu. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Ayu dan ngangeni. Kerling mata penuh percaya diri. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Namun, ada binar “mengundang”. Namun memang elegan. Namun memang cantik. Namun kamu memang betul-betul cantik.….</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><em>“Gimana Kop..keren kan…itu kalo gak aku crop, busana minimnya bisa kamu liat..”</em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><em>“Lha, kenapa gak kasih liat aku…? Bahaya lho..membiarkan seorang pria berimajinasi, lambat laun berubah menjadi imajiliarrrrr…!”</em> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><em>“Huahahahaha…”</em> Ia tertawa. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Lalu kembali berkata: <em>“Well..... you havent seen the costume, red and black, with a gold snake necklace, and gold earings, gold shoes...Terlalu vulgar buat kamu. So, I'll leave it to your imagination.. huahahaha..” </em></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Maka selekasnya dengan sepenuh jiwa ku-berfantasi ria….naik busway hingga ujung mangga dua, lalu naik moda khusus menuju ancol dan kolam lumba-lumba, sebelum naik bianglala!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><strong><em>Podjok Monas, 29 April 2008</em></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Dalam Belly Dancing tidak ada gerakan di mana tubuh bagian atas dan bawah gerak bersamaan. </span><em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">It's the rule</span></em><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">. Bahkan tubuh bagian tengah alias perut itu masih dapat dibagi 3 bagian juga: <em>rib cage (tulang yangmenutupi diafragma)</em>, perut atas, dan perut bawah. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Antara perut atas dan bawah itu juga masih ada 3 otot yang harus digerakan secara terpisah.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Amazing journey]]></title>
<link>http://oziorama.wordpress.com/?p=154</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>murcof</dc:creator>
<guid>http://oziorama.wordpress.com/?p=154</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Redacted di Brian de Palma è un film sulla guerra in Iraq, ed è una delle poche cose veramente nec]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Redacted</strong> di Brian de Palma è un film sulla <strong>guerra in Iraq</strong>, ed è una delle poche cose veramente necessarie che abbia visto di recente. Non so quanto bello, ma sicuramente ci voleva.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;">Tra le altre cose, viene citata anche questa <strong>antica leggenda </strong>mediorientale, ambientata proprio in una delle località turistiche preferite dai generali americani...</span></p>
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“C’era a Bagdad un mercante che mandò il suo servo al mercato per fare provviste. E il servo ritornò ben presto, pallido e tremante, e disse: «Padrone, poco fa, mentre ero al mercato, fui urtato da una donna nella folla, e quando mi volsi mi accorsi che era stata la morte ad urtarmi. Mi guardò e mi fece un gesto minaccioso. Te ne supplico, prestami il tuo cavallo ed io abbandonerò questa città per sfuggire al mio destino. E andrò a Samarra, dove la morte non potrà trovarmi.» Il mercante gli prestò il suo cavallo, e il servo montò in sella e, spronando a sangue l’animale, partì al galoppo. Allora il mercante si recò alla piazza del mercato e mi scorse fra la folla. «Perché hai fatto un gesto minaccioso al mio servo, stamane?» mi chiese avvicinandosi. «Il mio gesto non era di minaccia, bensì di sorpresa» risposi. «Fui stupita di vederlo a Bagdad poiché avevo un appuntamento col lui questa notte a Samarra.”</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Scalcoholic, Amazing Photographer]]></title>
<link>http://willboase.wordpress.com/?p=380</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fisheye</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This guy&#8217;s photographs are some of the best I&#8217;ve seen in a long time, please check them ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scalco/">This guy's photographs are some of the best I've seen in a long time, please check them out. His Iraq shots are just incredible!</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Media Lizzy Show: GOP looks to General Election - &amp; Iraq in Focus]]></title>
<link>http://medializzy.wordpress.com/?p=647</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Media Lizzy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://medializzy.wordpress.com/?p=647</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, March 5 @ 3PM Eastern / Noon Pacific
 We Have a Winner!  McCain Secures Republican Nomina]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wednesday, March 5 @ 3PM Eastern / Noon Pacific<br />
<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/MediaLizzy/2008/03/05/The-Results"> We Have a Winner!  McCain Secures Republican Nomination</a><br />
Media Lizzy discusses how Texas delivered the Republican Nomination for John S. McCain. Today, McCain will visit the White House, and receive the endorsement of President George W. Bush.  Hillary Clinton won Texas, Ohio, &#38; Rhode Island.  Obama's mojo is diminished - and now, it's seven weeks to Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>Friday, March 7 @ 3PM Eastern / Noon Pacific<br />
<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/MediaLizzy/2008/03/07/Iraq-in-Focus-Pete-Hegseth-of-Vets-for-Freedom"> Iraq in Focus: An Interview with Pete Hegseth of Vets for Freedom</a><br />
Media Lizzy welcomes Pete Hegseth, Iraq War Veteran and <a href="http://www.vetsforfreedom.org">Vets for Freedom</a>'s Executive Director. He was a witness to the Golden Mosque bombing and aftermath - and recently returned to Samarra.  It is time to put Iraq in focus: political progress, the success of the surge, and what it's really like on the ground - and how Iraq War Veterans are making a difference.</p>
<p>Join me!</p>
<p><i><b>---Media Lizzy</b></i></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Because I am Still a Bush Girl, Let's Have an Al Qaida Update]]></title>
<link>http://medializzy.wordpress.com/?p=568</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 19:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Media Lizzy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://medializzy.wordpress.com/?p=568</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Per my friends at the MNF &amp; WH:
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Al Qaeda Leader&#8217;s Diary Reveals Organization&#8217;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="left">Per my friends at the MNF &#38; WH:</p>
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<p align="center"><b>Al Qaeda Leader's Diary Reveals Organization's Decline</b></p>
<p>Document Entry: "The Renegades  And Americans Started Launching Their Attacks To Destroy Us. We Lost Cities, And  Afterwards Villages, And The Desert Became A Dangerous Refuge"</p>
<p>Diary Entry: "The Al Qaeda Emir Claimed That He Once Commanded  Almost 600 Fighters, But That After ‘The Tribes Changed Course,’ Many Of His  Fighters Quit, While Others Joined, Quote – ‘The Deserters.’"</p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><a href="http://www.mnf-iraq.com/images/stories/Press_briefings/2008/february/080210_emirexcerpttranslation.pdf" target="_blank"><b><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="4">View Excerpt From Translated Document  (PDF)</font></font></b></a></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="3">Rear Adm. Gregory Smith, MNF-I</font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="3">Press Briefing</font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="3">February 10, 2008</font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="3">"Today I want to talk with you about two recently  captured al Qaeda Iraq documents that tell a great deal about the enemy we are  facing here in Iraq. …</font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="3">"On November 18th of last year, Coalition forces …  killed Abu Maysara, a senior advisor to Abu Ayyoub al-Masri. Among his effects,  we discovered a number of electronic storage devices – computer hard drives,  thumb drives, compact discs and DVDs, along with original documents. One item  seized in this operation was a 39-page typed document, undated and unsigned.  …</font></font></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="3"><img src="http://webmail.aol.com/34032/aol/en-us/Mail/get-attachment.aspx?uid=1.19460238&#38;folder=Inbox&#38;partId=4" height="370" width="430" /></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="3">"Overall, the document is a pessimistic assessment of  al Qaeda Iraq’s long-term prospects in the al-Anbar area. The author describes  the difficulties involved with trying to manage foreign fighters. He states that  al Qaeda Iraq has lost popular support in the province. He recommends that al  Qaeda Iraq’s remaining foreign fighters in al-Anbar be moved to other areas of  Iraq, where the terrorists might have greater freedom of action. …</font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="3">"He credits Iraqi and Coalition forces with having  learned lessons from past mistakes … [says] ‘traitors and factions’ are taking  on al Qaeda … warns his superiors that the Sunni citizens of the area are  growing weary of the misfortunes and tribulations brought about by violence. …  says that Sunni Anbaris are becoming more willing to join the Iraqi Security  Force, and to participate in elections. … also laments the Americans have waged  a quote ‘ferocious media campaign against al-Qaeda.’</font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="3">"The document also describes the growing problems al  Qaeda is having with its recruits and terrorist operations. …</font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="3">"The author says, ‘The renegades and Americans  started launching their attacks to destroy us. We lost cities, and afterwards  villages, and the desert became a dangerous refuge. We got away from people and  found ourselves in a wasteland desert.’ ….</font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="3">"Let me now turn to a second al Qaeda Iraq document  found near Balad late last year. On Nov. 3, while conducting raids south of  Balad, Coalition Force soldiers captured a diary kept by an al Qaeda operative  named Abu Tariq. … </font></font></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="3"><img src="http://webmail.aol.com/34032/aol/en-us/Mail/get-attachment.aspx?uid=1.19460238&#38;folder=Inbox&#38;partId=5" height="334" width="502" /></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="3">"Abu Tariq’s diary provides clear and compelling  evidence that Iraq’s volunteer citizen groups are making their country safer by  weakening al Qaeda and restricting the terrorists’ freedom of movement. His  diary shows that al Qaeda regards these volunteer citizen groups as a grave  threat, and that the terrorists are increasingly targeting them. …</font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="3">"On the first page, shown here of his diary, the al  Qaeda emir claimed that he once commanded almost 600 fighters, but that after  ‘the tribes changed course,’ many of his fighters quit, while others joined,  quote – ‘the deserters.’</font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="3">"In these pages, the al Qaeda emir said that the  changing turn of events reduced his strength from almost 600 fighters to just 20  or fewer terrorists. … </font></font></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><font face="Arial Narrow"><font size="3">"Describing the Battalion of Abu-Haydar al-Ansari,  the al Qaeda emir claimed that it once had 300 fighters well equipped with  weapons and vehicles. He then tells that the leader of this unit deserted just  before the Awakening movement was organized. After this, the unit’s strength  declined to just 16 fighters, and then later only two. Of these two, the emir  wrote that one was arrested and the other captured as well. The rest of the  fighters joined Awakening groups.<span class="120442218-10022008">"</span></font></font></font></p>
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<link>http://destinationjourney.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/gayer-anderson-house-cairo/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>worldtraveler</dc:creator>
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sure there are other spots on the tourist itinerary for cairo, but this gem of a house, the gayer]]></description>
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<p align="justify">sure there are other spots on the tourist itinerary for cairo, but this gem of a house, the <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayer-Anderson_Museum">gayer anderson house</a>, is a must see.  007 thought it was worth a visit, part of the movie "the spy who loved me" was filmed in the house. it is located next to another favorite monument of mine in cairo, the <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Tulun_Mosque">ibu tulun mosque</a>. the house, actually, it is 2 houses joined by a bridge, is a rare example of 16th century domestic architecture of cairo, and one of the best preserved. major gayer anderson, who was later given the title pasha by egypt's ruler, king farouk, was allowed to live in the house in the early 20th century before he had to leave egypt with an illness. the house is also known as "beit el kritliyya" or house of the cretan woman - after a woman from crete who owned the house prior to gayer anderson. the house is now a museum, and contains all of gayer anderson's furniture, carpets and collectibles. especially interesting is the roof from where you can see the exterior wall of ibn tulun mosque and its unique spiraling minaret - i believe there is only one other such example in samarra, iraq. the mosque was constructed in late 9th century and is the oldest and largest mosque in area in cairo.  don't miss climbing to the top of the minaret on the exterior stairs for some breathtaking views of cairo. wrap up your visit with a stop at khan tulun, a shop of egyptian arts and crafts. if you're really in a rush, you can complete this tour in under 90 minutes.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Samarra University Enrollment To 225,000]]></title>
<link>http://thegoreyears.wordpress.com/2007/06/14/samarra-university-enrollment-to-225000/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Samarra University, a sprawling network of university campuses in Iraq, today announced that it had ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Samarra University, a sprawling network of university campuses in Iraq, today announced that it had admitted its 225,000th student. The university, named for the town where the Al-Askari mosque stands, was founded by Shia clerics under the auspices of the <a href="http://thegoreyears.wordpress.com/wp-admin/Hijric%20Collective">Hijric Collective</a> and has campuses scattered throughout Iraq. Its most recent campus was opened in Basra late this year.</p>
<p>Since 2001 the Iraqi university system has become the most robust in the Middle East. For example, Baghdad University has grown from 34,555 students (1988 numbers) to nearly 90,000, mostly through its two new campuses.<em>  </em>The Foundation of Technical Institutes has grown from 35,000 students (also 1988) to 70,000, a growth that also can be attributed to new campuses in Mosul and Basra. In addition, the Hijric Collective has opened up a number of smaller universities (in addition to the Hijric Samarra University) with a somewhat Islamic-focused curriculum. Although this makes conservative American politicians nervous,  so far the results are encouraging, with about 35% of the first wave of graduates moving on to post-bachelor work at the larger universities, and the rest into such fast-growing Iraqi professions as civil engineering, accounting, and IT.</p>
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<dc:creator>Diego</dc:creator>
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Desde que su cúpula fuera destruida en otra explosión atribuida a Al-Qaeda en febrero de 2006, la]]></description>
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<p>Desde que su cúpula fuera destruida en otra explosión atribuida a Al-Qaeda en febrero de 2006, la mezquita de Samarra es permanentemente custodiada por tropas iraquíes. El presidente de Iraq, Nuri al Maliki, ha culpado del atentado a Al-Qaeda y a antiguos partidarios de Sadam Husein. Osea, a fundamentalistas islámicos y a socialistas panárabes. Al final va a resultar que el grupo de Osama Bin Laden es la organización más plural y tolerante del mundo, porque, para ser fanáticos religiosos partidarios de monarquías semifeudales se llevan de lujo con grupos de izquierda como los huseinistas o (siendo aún más imaginativos) con ETA, que es marxista y atea.</p>
<p>Algunos dicen que el rey de "El País de las Pesadillas" es Marilyn Manson, pero yo creo que es Nuri al Maliki. Bueno, un Nuri al Maliki manejado con control remoto desde la Casa Blanca. No voy a hablar de los estragos de la misión libertaria y democratizadora que Occidente emprendió en Iraq en 2003, que ya son por todos conocidos. Voy a hablar de como se hace un atentado en una mezquita custodiada por el Ejército y situada en una zona de máxima seguridad.</p>
<p>Desde el principio, la voladura de la cúpula de la mezquita de Samarra, centro sagrado de la religión musulmana, resultó sumamente sospechosa . Llama la atención que según las investigaciones, el atentado fue perpetrado por expertos en explosivos con alto nivel de preparación.</p>
<p>Tras la explosión, se desató una ola de violencia entre suníes y chiíes que ha dejado centenares de muertos civiles, y disminuido los ataques contra las fuerzas ocupantes. Los grandes medios de comunicación olvidaron relacionar ese atentado con otras fracasadas acciones llevadas a cabo por comandos terroristas de la coalición.</p>
<p>El martes 11 de octubre de 2005, dos soldados estadounidenses, vestidos con atuendos árabes, fueron sorprendidos por la policía iraquí cuando intentaban hacer estallar un coche con explosivos en el distrito de Al-Ghazaliyah, un área residencial al oeste de Bagdad. Cuando los gendarmes los conducían hacia un centro de detención para interrogarlos, apareció una numerosa fuerza militar norteamericana, que rescató a los prisioneros y huyó rápidamente. Una página árabe en internet denunció que tras una pequeña pesquisa realizada por la administración iraquí se conoció que el objetivo final era matar indiscriminadamente a civiles para incrementar las tensiones entre las sectas musulmanas y disminuir los atentados contra los ocupantes.</p>
<p>Un mes antes, el 19 de septiembre, dos soldados ingleses camuflados con vestuarios árabes y portando explosivos en un vehículo civil, fueron apresados por la policía iraquí en Basora, a 450 kilómetros al sur de Bagdad. Inmediatamente, los jefes de las fuerzas inglesas destacadas en la nación árabe presionaron a los iraquíes para que soltaran a los detenidos, y ante la demora decidieron actuar con rapidez. Un comando británico con tanques y helicópteros atacó y destruyó la cárcel, mató a varios iraquíes y liberó a los prisioneros. La violenta acción, como era de esperar, quedó impune. Al paso de los días se supo que los dos militares con vestimenta árabe, pertenecían al Special Air Service (SAS), una fuerza entrenada “para atravesar las líneas enemigas por tierra, agua y aire en ambientes hostiles”.</p>
<p>Numerosas publicaciones alternativas han revelado que esas operaciones no son casuales ni esporádicas y que están plenamente concebidas por los servicios de inteligencia de los ocupantes para tratar de desviar la acción de la resistencia hacia una guerra de desgaste entre las distintas confesiones musulmanas.</p>
<p>Hasta la voladura de la cúpula de Samarra, habían sido infructuosos los esfuerzos por provocar una lucha fraticida entre chiitas y sunitas, pero el atentado provocó una enorme oleada de violencia sectaria entre chiíes y suníes que se cobró cientos de muertos y llevó a Iraq al borde de la guerra civil.</p>
<p>Ahora que las cosas se calman ligeramente (al menos para lo que es el Iraq actual), ahora que parecía alejarse el riesgo de guerra civil, la mezquita dorada de Samarra sufre un nuevo y misterioso atentado. Al Maliki culpa a Al Qaeda e impone el toque de queda, mientras los chiíes se lanzan a la destrucción de mezquitas suníes, a pesar de los llamados a la calma de los principales líderes chiíes. Así, Ali al Sistani, máxima autoridad religiosa chií, ha condenado el ataque y ha llamado a sus fieles a "no cometer actos de revancha contra los suníes". También se ha pronunciado en esta línea el clérigo chií Múqtada al Sáder, que ya en el ataque de febrero del año pasado pidió la unidad declarando que "todo el que ataca a un musulmán no es un musulmán".</p>
<p><a href="http://sonandolarevolucion.wordpress.com/files/2007/06/samarra_mezquita_400.jpg" title="Mezquita de Samarra en 2004"><img src="http://sonandolarevolucion.wordpress.com/files/2007/06/samarra_mezquita_400.jpg" alt="Mezquita de Samarra en 2004" align="middle" /></a></p>
<p>Si las tácticas terroristas de los anglo-norteamericanos triunfan, Iraq podría llegar a dividirse en tres pequeños Estados con gobiernos títeres, lo que aseguraría el abastecimiento de petróleo no solo a Estados Unidos sino también a su aliado israelí.</p>
<p>Los llamados a la calma de los principales líderes religiosos son muy importantes para lograr que la crisis iraquí no se agrave aún más, a la vez que demuestran que no todos son los fanáticos que algunos quieren que pensemos que son. Quizá algún día sepamos la verdad sobre los dos ataques a la "Mezquita Dorada" pero, de momento, todos los indicios apuntan (de nuevo) a las fuerzas de ocupación.</p>
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<p>Fuentes:</p>
<p>Hedelberto López Blanch, <em>La sospechosa voladura de la mezquita de Samarra</em></p>
<p>Agencias</p>
<p>EL PAÍS (foto)</p>
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<link>http://soulwitness.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/samarra/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Soham Das</dc:creator>
<guid>http://soulwitness.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/samarra/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It often snowed in Samarra*,
draped in the lilting hue of joy,
Gliding, merrily fell on the boulevar]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It often snowed in Samarra*,<br />
draped in the lilting hue of joy,<br />
Gliding, merrily fell on the boulevard<br />
mixed with the freedom of soil.<br />
Often I stretched the hand of mine<br />
with a desire to feel the joy<br />
on the withering fingers of mine<br />
but it felt only the warm sunshine<br />
I will not hold that glistening joy<br />
which shone in the morning sun<br />
because I cannot,<br />
but still I yearn to free myself from these bars,<br />
and these chains long and hard<br />
for the sun is calling me and the<br />
young flakes are giggling.</p>
<p>(c) Soham Das</p>
<p>(The author wrote this poem after he read the immense torture people in Iraq suffered on their own soil during and after Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti 's regime. Samarra had one of the many secret torture prisons.)<br />
*Samarra was changed from Sarre Ma (a joy of all who see) to Samarra (a "sad" for all to see) by Armenian soldiers in Medieval times.</p>
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