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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48778)	7/27/2005 9:34:40 AM
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Blindfolded Mahmoud Asgari, 16, and another unidentified teenager are set to be publicly hanged, in Mashhad, Iran, on charges of raping boys in this photo taken on July 19, 2005. Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi Saturday condemned the execution of two under-18 boys in northeastern Iran, a punishment that has also reportedly prompted protests by gay groups around the world. uk.fc.yahoo.com

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48778)	7/27/2005 6:46:38 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Posted on : May 25, 2002, some thoughts on fashion of suicide bombing, going down the memory lane.. Millions of young man are watching and learning this dreadful art of carnage and world, as a whole is a loser. These new techniques of suicide bombing will not see the end in Palestinian, like plane hijacks gained momentum this will spill out of the borders of the region, may be we will have to go through same kind of through checks as we to go through for planes even for small journeys in buses. The world is being made of smaller and closed place. Free movement is the strength of global interaction we are being robbed of that systematically. A study carried out that involved profiling more than 50 suicide bombers serving in Amal, Hamas, Hizbullah, Islamic Jihad and secular pro-Syrian outfits in Lebanon finally concluded that there is no single demographic or psychological profile for a suicide bomber. There is no single characteristic that defines a suicide bomber and it is the incessant amalgamation of the factors discussed above interacting in an individual’s mind that will induce a suicidal cum sacrificial mindset. Appeasement has never paid neither unreasonable tough position like that of Sharon. A middle way has always brought some semblance of order to chaos and that is the way out of this crisis. Human bombing will have to stop. In 1967 Palestinians introduced ‘ art of hijacking’ as a tool of political statement. It has added discomfort and huge cost of hundred of billions in lost revenues and lost time for millions of air travelers since. If we can’t have it, we will deny it to the whole world is the tall slogan of these extremists. Since than, the phenomenon of human sacrifice and hijacked planes have been further cunningly entangled and what we saw on Sept. 2001 was mix of that extreme wickedness that got new thrust as evil was perpetrated at a higher scale by combining a hijacked plane with humans who were suicide bombers. Is it not high time that these guys should not be appeased any further in name of ‘desperate survival?’ Has the desperate and evil art of hijacking made their aspirations of independent Palestinian state come true? The fact is that now hijacking has been hijacked by bigger criminals and combined with the zeal of ‘holy suicide bombers’, has made our world far more instable! Millions of young man are watching and learning this dreadful art of carnage and world, as a whole is a loser. These new techniques of suicide bombing will not see the end in Palestinian, like plane hijacks gained momentum this will spill out of the borders of the region, may be we will have to go through same kind of through checks as we to go through for planes even for small journeys in buses. The world is being made of smaller and closed place. Free movement is the strength of global interaction we are being robbed of that systematically. Someone who encourages youngsters to strap bombs on themselves with the intent of killing innocent civilians has no self-esteem, the lesson being taught, “if we cannot live peacefully then we will not let others live peacefully.” That is not a prescription for a healthy society. I believe that life is a gift of God and that progress and prosperity is a result of continuous hard word. Naturally prosperity, well-being, enhanced standards of living does make people comfortable and that makes love their near ones and surroundings they live in. To destroy this social structure established in the society on basis of ‘ if I can’t have I will deny it to you too’ is unadulterated barbarism. Present prosperity of mankind is a result of a virtuous cycle, a success of a model of cooperation between human beings and their ability to play their hand right. The writer is in Paris, France. mediamonitors.net Source: by courtesy & © 2002 Iqbal Latif by the same author: Bin Laden's ultimate twin towers are Pakistan and Saudi Arabia

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48778)	7/28/2005 3:58:58 AM
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July 28: 1794 - Reign of Terror leader Maximilien Robespierre was guillotined. 1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, starting World War I. 1976 - The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 magnitude flattened Tangshan, China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851. 1990 - Alberto Fujimori became President of Peru and the first person of East Asian descent to become executive head of state of a non-Asian nation. 1996 - The remains of the prehistoric Kennewick Man were discovered.