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To: Cage Rattler who wrote (8850)	7/12/2007 4:58:59 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 20106

Sex and the Single Palestinian ABC news ^ abcnews.go.com While the Palestinian society is more open than many others in the Middle East, there is still much frustration these days and not only for economic reasons, says Bassem Ezbidi, a political scientist at the West Bank's Bir Zeit University. "The political stalemate with Israel and internal violence between Hamas and Fatah also contribute." Cell phone use has skyrocketed over the last five years, he says. His students often walk around with high-tech phones they can barely afford. "The unfortunate part is they use the phones not to communicate, but to surf porn and download useless ringtones. It's raised issues at the university," where cell phone chatter and the constant beeping of messages have become a campuswide scourge, he says. Back in the shopping center, the four men are done watching the porn clip. They head back inside to what they call a couples bar. Here men and women sit in darkened corners, close, but never touching. Just being here unchaperoned pushes the boundaries of acceptable social behavior. Virgin at 50? Muhammed and Muna are to marry next month. Muhammad is a construction worker who makes about $700 per month. They are not wealthy. They wanted a cheap wedding, but tradition and their parents compelled them to do otherwise. It's taken a toll on Muna, who unlike many other women here, married for love. (Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ....

To: Cage Rattler who wrote (8850)	7/14/2007 3:54:53 PM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20106

(CNN) -- Osama bin Laden stresses the importance of martyrdom for Muslim causes in a videotape that purportedly contains a 50-second message from the al Qaeda leader. cnn.com Osama bin Laden is seen in a videotape aired by the al-Jazeera television station on October 7, 2001. The 40-minute videotape, whose audio was being translated from Arabic by CNN, was intercepted before it was to appear on several Islamist Web sites known for carrying statements from al Qaeda and other radical groups. The videotape was made in the last four weeks, but the clips appear to be old, said Octavia Nasr, CNN's senior editor for Arab affairs. There is no indication of where it was shot, and CNN cannot verify its authenticity. Bin Laden, with a body guard standing directly behind him, is looking down slightly in the video, appearing to address an audience below, which is unseen. He says that the Prophet Mohammed wanted to be a martyr, and that is a worthy goal for every Muslim. "So be alert, be wise and think. What is this status that the best of mankind wished for himself? He wished to be a martyr. He himself said, 'By him in whose hands my life is! I would love to attack and be martyred, then attack again and be martyred, then attack again and be martyred.' "So this whole broad life is summarized by him who was inspired by God, the Lord of the heavens and earth, praised and exalted is he. This glorious prophet who was inspired by God summarized this entire life by these words. He wished upon himself this status. Happy is the one who was chosen by God as a martyr." Don't Miss Al Qaeda working to sneak terror plotters into U.S., report says Report: Al Qaeda strongest since September 11, 2001 Bin Laden was one of several men appearing and speaking on the tape. They include Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq who was killed in a U.S. airstrike June 7, 2006. How big is al-Qaeda? » The video was branded by As-Sahab Media, the company that traditionally handles al Qaeda communications to the public. The environment shown is similar to that on releases made before the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, in which bin Laden is seen in the company of some of the hijackers, Nasr said. Some of the backdrops also resemble those shown in videos when the U.S. attacks against the Taliban in Afghanistan began not long after the 9/11 attacks, she added. The last time a recording of bin Laden was made public it was an audiotape, with an Arabic transcript, released on June 30, 2006. For several weeks, radical Islamist Web sites have been announcing that there would be "good news soon from Sheikh Osama bin Laden."