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To: longnshort who wrote (8275)	8/24/2006 6:00:17 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 9838

that REALLY IS all you can think about

To: longnshort who wrote (8275)	8/25/2006 9:11:25 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

In a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has chastized the German leadership for failure to reinstate "the enlightened anti-Zionist policies of the great Adolf Hitler." "Hitler was blocked from fulfilling the dream of a Jew-free world by the untimely interference of the U.S. imperialist forces who invaded his country," wrote Ahmadinejad. "But he was headed in the right direction and made a good start. Why have you not taken steps to resume his great work?" Ahmadinejad closed his letter saying that much to his regret that despite Germany's historical contribution to the battle against the Jewish pestilence, he was adding Germany to the list of nations slated to bear the consequences of "Muslims' righteous wrath." azconservative.org

To: longnshort who wrote (8275)	8/25/2006 9:16:49 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Musharraf faces bitter clash over rape law reforms [Mullahs are not pleased] The Telegraph (UK) ^ \| August 25, 2006 \| By Isambard Wilkinson in Peshawar telegraph.co.uk President Pervez Musharraf has opened a new and especially bitter confrontation with radical Islam by trying to rewrite Pakistan's controversial rape laws. These place an almost impossible burden of proof on women by compelling them to produce four "pious" male witnesses to prove rape or risk being convicted of adultery and face 100 lashes or death by stoning. This law, known as the Hudood Ordinance, has been regarded as untouchable since its passage 27 years ago. It also sets no minimum age for sex with girls, saying only that they should have reached puberty. A powerful militant Muslim lobby regards this code as sacred and based on Koranic texts and sharia law. No previous Pakistani leader, not even the country's first female leader, Benazir Bhutto, dared reform it. But Gen Musharraf's allies in parliament sparked the fury of the militant opposition by introducing a Women Protection Bill. This would remove the requirement for four male witnesses to prove rape and set 16 as the age of consent for sex with girls. When this measure came before parliament, Islamic radicals responded by tearing up copies of the bill and storming out. "This bill is against the Holy Koran," said Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the leader of the militant opposition. "We reject it and will try to block it in any possible manner." Other MPs chanted "death to Musharraf" and "Allah is great." Liaqat Baluch, the deputy leader of an alliance of six Islamic parties, pledged to mount a public campaign to show that "under the garb of this bill and women's rights, the government is deviating from the Koran". The prime minister, Shaukat Aziz, countered that the militants had committed "an act of desecration" by tearing up the bill. Gen Musharraf, who claims to favour "enlightened moderation", has waited until his seventh year in power before venturing into this uniquely sensitive political territory. But western diplomats, who have repeatedly demanded the repeal or reform of the Hudood Ordinance, believe he will succeed. The general's allies have a comfortable majority in parliament. The bill will go before a parliamentary committee, where Islamic radicals could introduce wrecking amendments. Last month Gen Musharraf, a key US ally in the war on terrorism, changed Pakistani law to allow women detained on charges of adultery and other minor crimes to be released on bail. Hundreds of women were later freed. Until now the general, who has survived three assassination attempts by radical Islamic groups, has preferred to avoid confrontation over an issue that has not, despite an unprecedented publicity drive by the government, caught the popular imagination. "How can a dictator propped up by the West introduce democratic reforms?" asked Hazat Aman, an official of a social welfare group run by the hardline Islamic Jamaat-i-Islami party. "It is an attack on Islam," he said.

To: longnshort who wrote (8275)	8/25/2006 1:29:59 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Chavez says Israel's action in Lebanon "worse" than Hitler AFP ^ \| August 25, 2006 news.yahoo.com Visiting Venezuela President Hugo Chavez has denounced Israel's recent attacks on Lebanon as "genocide," likening its action to war crimes committed by Germany's Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. "Israel often criticizes Hitler ... but they have done the same thing, perhaps even worse," Chavez told reporters Friday in a briefing during his six-day visit to China. Denouncing the "fascist attitudes" of Israel, he said: "What has happened was a genocide. They must be brought in front of an international tribunal." "Nobody should stay muted," he said. The 34-day conflict in the Middle East came to an end on August 14 after a UN-brokered agreement for a cessation of hostilities in line with Security Council Resolution 1701. Chavez said the resolution came late, but expressed his country's support for the United Nations. Caracas pulled the Venezuelan charge d'affaires out of Israel in early August to protest its operations inside Lebanon, with Chavez charging that Israel "had lost its mind".