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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (14871)	8/6/2006 6:26:20 AM
From: lorne	Respond to of 32591

ralph...."You can't change radical Islam, some of them are in the stone age and don't want to come out and you cannot force them to."..... Correct and thats why the must be eliminated...removed from Planet Earth. And ralph all of them are in the stone age not just some of them. ....."ban all world religions which is what the book of Revelation says is Gods role for the United Nations, but in its own due time. This time is rapidly approaching".... Don't talk so foolish...if there is a God how in hell do you know what his/her/it's intentions are???????????????????? ....."OTOH America is no shining example and Hezbollah is NOT a terrorist organisation, they are merely carrying on the struggle of palestinians to liberate their homeland from terrorist Israel, or do you suppose that all Palestinians are somehow terrorists? "...... And what exactly would you call an organization who bombs night clubs, embassies, or other public places if not a islam terrorists?????????????? First of all there are no palestinians...there never ever was a state known as palestine.... so called palestinians are arabs from other arab countries. I do not think all arabs ( so called palestinians )are terrorists and neither do I think all muslims are terrorists but let me ask you a question ralph...if the islam terrorists appear to be winning the war against the civilized world whose side do you think so called moderate islam would be on?????????? ....."Where you lose credibility is your being unable to draw the distinction between religion which causes people to do horrible tings and victims of political decisions that have ruined lives and causes justifiable resistance in order to survive."...... Where you lose credibility seems to be with every statement you make. Ok, think here ralph.... read what you just stated and understand that ISLAM the religion is a political organization that uses religion as an excuse to murder thousands of innocent people through out the world. So ralph is the resistance of Israel and the USA as well as many other countries justified as a result of political decisions that islam the political party has made or should we All here in the civilized world let them have their way???????????

To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (14871)	8/6/2006 10:55:31 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 32591

Though not recognized by the European Union as such. Hezbollah has been designated a terrorist organization by Israel, the United States, and Canada. You are supporting them therefore you are one of them and you will be reported to the authorities. You passport is to be flagged and as you attempt to travel you will find many inconveniences. Good luck!

To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (14871)	8/6/2006 11:11:02 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32591

Here is additional proof that you are being brian-washed ralphyboy. What else have you succumbed to? Reuters admits altering Beirut photo: ynetnews.com Reuters withdraws photograph of Beirut after Air Force attack after US blogs, photographers point out 'blatant evidence of manipulation.' Reuters' head of PR says in response, 'Reuters has suspended photographer until investigations are completed into changes made to photograph.' Photographer who sent altered image is same Reuters photographer behind many of images from Qana, which have also been subject of suspicions for being staged Yaakov Lappin A Reuters photograph of smoke rising from buildings in Beirut has been withdrawn after coming under attack by American web logs. The blogs accused Reuters of distorting the photograph to include more smoke and damage. The photograph showed two very heavy plumes of black smoke billowing from buildings in Beirut after an Air Force attack on the Lebanese capital. Reuters has since withdrawn the photograph from its website, along a message admitting that the image was distorted, and an apology to editors. Reuters withdraws doctored image In the message, Reuters said that "photo editing software was improperly used on this image. A corrected version will immediately follow this advisory. We are sorry for any inconvience." Ignored Israeli war deaths go largely unnoticed / Yaakov Lappin Hours after mother and two daughters are killed in Hizbullah rocket attack, media outlets around world fail to report deaths; meanwhile, British press continues anti-Israel tirade Full Story Reuters' head of PR Moira Whittle said in response: "Reuters has suspended a photographer until investigations are completed into changes made to a photograph showing smoke billowing from buildings following an air strike on Beirut. Reuters takes such matters extremely seriously as it is strictly against company editorial policy to alter pictures." "As soon as the allegation came to light, the photograph, filed on Saturday 5 August, was removed from the file and a replacement, showing the same scene, was sent. The explanation for the removal was the improper use of photo-editing software," she added. Earlier, Charles Johnson, of the Little Green Footballs blog , which has exposed a previous attempt at fraud by a major American news corporation, wrote : "This Reuters photograph shows blatant evidence of manipulation. Notice the repeating patterns in the smoke; this is almost certainly caused by using the Photoshop “clone” tool to add more smoke to the image." News version of photo (Photo: Reuters) Johnson added: "Smoke simply does not contain repeating symmetrical patterns like this, and you can see the repetition in both plumes of smoke. There’s really no question about it." A series of close ups are then posted on the blog, showing that "it’s not only the plumes of smoke that were 'enhanced.' There are also cloned buildings." The close ups do appear to show exact replicas of buildings appearing next to one another in the photograph. The Sports Shooter web forum , used by professional photographers, also examined the photo, with many users concluding that the image has been doctored. Threat From Reuters Reuters employee issues 'Zionist pig' death threat / Yaakov Lappin Worker suspended after telling American blogger: 'I look forward to day when you pigs get your throats cut' Full Story 'Looks so obviously doctored' "I'll second the cloned smoke...but it looks so obvious that I don't know how the photographer could have gotten away with it," wrote one user. After further research, Johnson posted a photograph he says is the original image taken before distortions were made, showing much lighter smoke rising. Other blogs have also analyzed the photographs, and reached similar conclusions, such as Left & Right , which states: "The photo has been doctored, quite badly." The author of the Ace of Spades blog wrote: "Even I can see the very suspicious "clonings" of picture elements here. And I'm an idiot." The Hot Air blog also looked at the photo, describing the image as "the worst Photoshop I have ever seen." Adnan Hajj, the photographer who sent the altered image, was also the Reuters photographer behind many of the images from Qana – which have also been the subject of suspicions for being staged. First Published: 08.06.06, 10:41 Latest Update: 08.06.06, 17:12