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Politics : Foreign Policy Discussion Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (2647)	1/22/2003 10:47:43 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15987

Well, Dr. Zawahiri, bin Laden's right hand, is a pediatrician. Here is my "favorite" shrink story... A real beauty. Speaking of malpractice... This high profile psychiatrist seems to be teaching those who send children to blow themselves up. THe "doctor" in Kuwait must have been trained by THIS professor: memri.org Excerpts: Dr. 'Adel Sadeq, chairman of the Arab Psychiatrists Association and head of the Department of Psychiatry at 'Ein Shams University in Cairo... "...The psychological structure [of the perpetrator of a suicide attack] is that of an individual who loves life. This may seem strange to people who see the human soul as most sublime. They are incapable of understanding [the suicide attack] because their cultural structure has no concepts such as self-sacrifice and honor. These concepts do not exist in a number of cultures, and therefore they offer stupid interpretations, attesting to ignorance… But we know this well, because our culture is one of sacrifice, loyalty, and honor… Bush was mistaken when he said that the girl was killing the future when she chose to kill herself. On the contrary: She died so that others would live…" "When the martyr dies a martyr's death, he attains the height of bliss… As a professional psychiatrist, I say that the height of bliss comes with the end of the countdown: ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. And then, you press the button to blow yourself up. When the martyr reaches 'one,' and then 'boom,' he explodes, and senses himself flying, because he knows for certain that he is not dead… It is a transition to another, more beautiful world, because he knows very well that within seconds he will see the light of the Creator. He will be at the closest possible point to Allah… None in the [Western] world sacrifices his life for his homeland. If his homeland is drowning, he is the first to jump ship. In our culture it is different…"