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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (48015)	3/10/2005 5:02:19 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

The slogan of ‘murg bey Amreki’ is not very saleable commodity!- The Shiite quietism of Najaf will help defuse a lot of these possible civil war issues, I see Beirut thriving sans Syrians, although with some serious teething problems. Media is exploiting this demonstration to prove a point, after seeing the success of elections in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine, they hate to accept how wrong they were in understanding that Arabs and Muslims and their urge to be freed from the slavery of ideological demagogues, liberal media and liberal pundits who absolutely love ‘freedom’ and are ‘builders of weirdest of coalition’ have no problems to highlight a staged Syrian- Hezbollite propaganda where thousands were transferred from all over as a Lebanese resistance to change, Syrians are also Phoenicians and they have strong ties to Lebanon but they have been ‘praetors of Lebanon’ and no self respecting nations likes to live under as praetor. I had a lunch in very nice Lebanese restaurant today there was a huge picture of Hariri outside and every single Lebanese was distraught with Syrian dictatorial tyranny. Is the media trying to prove that Lebanese love their subservient status to Syrians, in blind eyed hatred of Bush they can go to any extent but you will see that Iraq did not become a Vietnam nor will be Syrians able to stay in Lebanon, yes, definitely all this staged discipline may be disrupted in nations who gain freedom, like Iraq under Saddam was secular and very controlled society so was USSR under Stalin and so was China under Mao, but the full potential of nations are released once that lid is taken off form the simmering pot. Freedom is very chaotic, and very reason that we could have this cedar flag waving pro-Syrian demonstration reflects the changes that ME is witnessing, this could not have been imagined, Beirut streets use to be littered by internecine wars here we see demonstrations for change or status quo, but giver credit to the policy that as been a catalyst for all these swift changes. Nations do have to pay sacrifices of blood, toil and tears, Hitler use to have a lot of staged managed demonstration, sometime nations go through that syndrome of a ‘hostage,’ falling in love and admiration of its exploiter Petty Hearst kind of phenomenon, the Shiites of Lebanon under Nasarullah may be example of such a phenomenon. Hostage nations do become docile and in this subdued state they can be manipulated but the forces ushered in Middle East are on rushing and such a torrential fall of freedom of expression is arising that these stage managed demonstrations will be regarded as only an encouragement to freedom yearning people in Cairo, Damascus and Beirut to express themselves and free themselves of tyrants, freedom will lead to internal rift and infighting like Saddam Baathists are having a last ditch effort to stop the majority taking control of Iraq, but it was Shiite of Iraq who helped make Iraq a free society, on that eventful day when Sadr was encamped in Imam Ali’s tomb if Sistani would have given a call to resist Americans nothing would have stopped Iraq to become a Vietnam, Sistani was pragmatic and Najaf today the holy seat of Shiite Islam is pragmatic, they will not let Syrian puppets to control events within their own heartland, they will try to manage the coexistence with the Sunnis, Druze and other minorities of Beirut they themselves are a minority but a strong one. Shiites today are nom ore fringe but part of mainstream political process within Islamic hinterlands it is first time since martyrdom of ¨Prophets Grandson that Shiites considered to be heresy by the Wahabis dogma are now free to run and coexist with other minorities in Iraq too. The Shiite quietism of Najaf will help defuse a lot of these possible civil war issues, I see Beirut thriving san Syrian although with some teething problems.

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (48015)	3/10/2005 5:04:58 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Spanish Muslims issue fatwa against Al-Qaeda's Osama Bin Laden MADRID (AFX) - Spain's Islamic Commission, which groups the nation's Muslim community, said it was issuing a fatwa against Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, 'We are going to issue a fatwa (religious decree) against Bin Laden this afternoon,' Mansour Escudero, who leads the Federation of Islamic religious entities (Feeri) and co-secretary general of the Spanish governmenmt-created Commission told AFP. The Commission invited Spanish-based imams to condemn terrorism at Friday prayers, when the whole country will be remembering the 191 people who were killed in the train blasts and the 1,900 injured a year ago.The attacks have been blamed on mainly Moroccan Islamic extremists loyal to Bin Laden.'We have called on imams to make a formal declaration condemning terrorism and for a special prayer for all the victims of terrorism,' Escudero said. The Commission has also drawn up a document designed to 'thank the Spanish people and the government for their attitude towards Muslims' since last March 11, in particular for not taking 'disproportionate' measures similar to those which the Sept 11 attacks sparked in the US. The Commission called on Muslims to take part in Friday's commemorative programme being organised by Spanish authorities and community groups and to work with them to ensure terrorism was defeated.