Ukhti Haneefah Allaha adigana muraadkaaga kuu sahlo, inshAllah waxaan kugu dari doonaa listka walaalaheyga aan u duceyn doona maalinka Carafa, adigana sidaasoo kale i xasuuso. Maalinka Carafa waxaa cibaada ah in la soomo, Allahna aad loo dikriyo, la duceysto saladda casarka ilaa iyo qorrax dhaca. Nur

SOS brother Intersting! " Wa maa yaclamu junuuda Rabbik illa huwa" By the way, since you are Deutsch speaker, can you tells us if Mozart was also a Muslim? His first name was Ahmed ( Amedeus)! Nur

Nomads Waxaa ina soo haya maalinkii Carafa, maalinkii Allah u ka xoreynayay dad badan u madan cadaab, naarta. Ducada maalinka Carafa waa ka duwan tahay maalmaha kale, waa maalinka Sheitaanka uu dullinimo weyn dareemayo, markuu arko Allah oo deeqsinimo u cafinaya addoontiisa galay dunuubta waaweyn. Ma jiro maalin sanadka ka qiimo weyn oo Allah la baryo, hadaba, Allah aan wada barinno: 1. Inuu naarta naga badbaadiyo 2. Inuu nagu daro kuwa xisaab la'aan loo cafiyo 3. Inuu inta nolosha nooga hartay ka yeelo nolol fiican, markuu na oofsadana, si qurxan noo oofsado. 4. Inuu u gargaaro addoontiisa u taagan sare marinta kalimaddiisa, dhexdooda is waafajiyo, ugana hiilliyo cadowgooda iyo cadowgiisa. 5. Inuu ummadda inteeda badan ku kulmiyo kalimaddiisa iyo daacaddiisa ( walaa yazaaluuna mukhtalifiina illa man Raxima Rabbuk) kana sare mariyo mufsidiinta. 6. Inuu u gargaaro maatada, haweenka iyo carruurta dayacan oo ka khafiifiyo dhibka ay ku sugan yihiin. Allahumma Salli Calaa Muxammadin wa calaa Aalih wa saxbihi wa sallim. Amin Nur

Winnie sis you ask: " nur, you wouldnt do that would you ? Answer: Wouldnt do what? Please clarify the THAT! in your question, cant figure it out sis. Nur

Winnie sis So your take on this question is that: 1. Paradise is the End. 2. Adherence to the Quran and Sunnah is the only means. Let us discuss the First part, the second part becomes clear afterwards inshAllah. As humans, is our end ( Goals behind our creation ) different than Allah's ( Goals behind our creation )? Here we need to agree on the End , or goal. The qualifying question therefore is, WHOSE GOAL ? Allah's or Mankind's? Is Paradise a reward for adherence to Allah's Goals , or a stand alone Goal behind our creation ? In Quraan, Allah swt says: I have not created mankind and Jinn except for them to worship me . Is it possible that we seek Paradise as a goal and yet fail in establishing true Ibaada on earth which is Allah's END Goal? Conversely, is it possible that we make our End goal in life to live in constant Ibaada ( of course after understanding its true meaning ) and fail to reach paradise? The answer of the above two questions can help in prioritizing our tasks in life, to be aligned with Allah's goals, and purpose behind our creation and hence influence the context of our understanding of the Quraan and Sunnah. Nur

Ayoub bro As always, yours was a fresh breeze of curiosity in these smoke screened turbulent times, like you, I am always asking why? how? and who?, inshAllah, I shall keep you posted when I get the slightest whiff of truth behind these events. Nur

Ayoub bro. You asked: "911 style attack prepared by the Ethiopians? How did they pull it off? Please elaborate and don't leave a stone unturned" Answer: If this is the question for which you are looking an exact answer my answer is: I dont know how they pulled it off, I have no clue whatsoever bro. As this thread has pointed out, fast breaking events that baffle our perception are not necessarily what they seem to be, we are like detectives at the scene of a crime, (literally in this case), and like you said, we should not leave a stone unturned to find the bare truth behind this crime, in my case I have turned a stone, and it remains to be seen what I found to be what I thought it to be, I think a period of month may prove my theory right or wrong. As for the right interpretation of HOW it was pulled off, we are all equal in this turf when it comes to the HOWs of this Puzzle, instead, I took freedom to address the WHYs of this question as a stepping stone for the HOWs, the possible drivers and motivation of the culprits without putting a label of certainty on it, as only Allah was watching what was trully happening and continues to happen. To me, the circumstances of this incidence, the sweeping victory of the insurgency in the South and the sudden surge of the Pirates and the international outcry follwoing these seemingly separate events prompted me to smell a coincidence theory similar in nature to the unexplainable 911 attacks ( 911 was an inside job by obscure US related secret organization, its cost the lives of 3000 innocent civilans in New York, and over a million in Iraq alone and counting, this has nothing to do with Islam ) Rest assured that I am not speaking from an authoritative point of view, mine is coming from a moderation point of view, please take freedom to cast your own interpretation of the HOWs of this event, as I am very eager myself to know HOW it was pulled off. Once the ball gets rolling, I think more Nomads will be encouraged to throw in their theories of How this event was planned and executed and by whom. Here are suspicious news items; 1. Pirates capture a Ukranian Ship carrying 33 Russian made Tanks en Route to Kenya. a. Kenya has no history of buying Russian weapons, they are British Clients. b. It was later reported that the Tanks were ordered by Southern Sudan. c. But Southern Sudan is not Sovereign yet! d. Kenya seals its border with Southern Somalia. POSSIBLE ROUTE OF RUSSIAN WEAPONS WAS TO ETHIOPIAN TROOPS, TO ATTACK INSURGENCY WHO TOOK CONTROL OF KISMAYO SOMALIA. Here we have an intersting case: American money, Russian weapons, Ethiopian Soldiers and now EU Coast Guard? all struggling to control a popular Somali Resistance movement, yet they all fail. We have a case of Pharoah without Moses. But Pharoah seems to be chasing the weak Somalis to the brink of annihilation, when the tables are turned, and Pharaoh finds himself drowning in the Indian Ocean. The Future is interesting! Nur

Ayoub bro. America is trasferring ownership of what it terms as " Terrorism" with local flavors to all unaffected, from UK nations, Spain, India and Somaliland. These days its very easy to recruit naive people to commit crimes by players behind the scenes with far reaching motives. I am sure that you have seen the captured British soldiers in Iraq wearing Arab clothes who caught red handed fomenting secterian civil war in Iraq. My take on the Somaliland incidence, is that I find no Somali group whatsoever with an interest to harm their brothers in Somaliland, specially after Somaliland has proven to be very hospitable and tolerant. The only beneficiary from the Hargeisa carnage attacks is someone who has an interest to inflame the nascent warm brotherhood feelings between the South and the North, and to poison the well of Somaliland's well wishers for the struggle in the south. Thus, when you think about the fact that out of 18 Ethiopian officials working at their Consular Section, none has reported to work up until 10:00 am on that day, while only the poor Oromo guards were left for the carnage, something is vety fishy there. The other two targets were totally uncalled for. No Somali with a lizard size brain can brave to commit such a herrendous cold blooded carnage, The UN workers were delivering relief work to poor people, and the Government offices were crowded with a lot of inncoent people going about their daily work. Only an enemy of the whole of Somalis can pull an evil attack like this one, not the genuine Somali resistance in the South. Circumstancial evidence publicized by the government of some pictures of men allegedly belonging to the resistance being happy at the news can be very misleading. It begs many questions: 1. Who took these pictures? 2.Why were these pictures taken in the fisrt place if the criminals wanted not to be known? 3. Why did those who publicized the pictures failed to give a detailed account of the complicity of the happy gang to the crime? To date, no group has claimed responsibility to this senseless crime, to me, its a Coincindence-by-design, or a conspiracy. I lost all trust of the news and politicians, we need to start our own news network. Nur

SOS bro. Somaliland is under a test, the political climate as well as the economic are in a collision course with its constituency's aspiration, part of which is staunch sessionist ( Hargeisa) and the other pan-Somali ( Borama,Burco, Las Anod ). Your suggestion that the selection of Somaliland to be the next seat of Somalia as a setback for the warlord government is a possible scenario, because a central government in Somaliland can produce a better mix of Somali intellectuals. But what worries Ethiopia and the USA for this option is the close proximity of Somaliland to both Djibouti and Jijiga, the Capital of the occupied Western Somaliland. The Somali population of these regions can be politcially polorized, thus their failed preferred Baidoa option. Initially, their plan was to dismantle Somalia to be used as a stem-cell nation ( Somaliland to Join Ethiopia, and the South to be part of Kenya ), leaving Puntland, the remaining part of what used to be Somalia to as the new Somalia. Ameen bro. You write: " Nur, my question: Assuming that's their gameplan, to lure more Nations to involve themselves in the Somalian conflict, what can we do? How do I bring more attention to the situation? " The best thing we can do is to disseminate information about the players, their motives and if possible credible footings ( Pictures, documents ) of what is happening on the ground. Letter writing campaigns, demosntrations etc. We need to use all legal and recognized methods for protest, to draw attention to our people's plight. USA, the chief sponsor of the Somali Anarchy and the subsequent Ethiopian invasion has an inherent interest in the ongoing pain and suffering of the Somali people, but these days, its financially broke, so the best outcome for the US and Ethiopia short of their initial plan for Somalia, is to involve the international community to support the geriatric led Criminal Warlord Givernment. The good news is that these nations have diverse interest in Somalia. So the broad daylight robbery of Somalia by the American and their Ethiopian merceneries is not going to fair well when there are too many observers like Russia, India and the EU. The EU is worried about the discovery of the EU nations dumping of toxic waste along Somalia's shoreline, the Indians are worried for their illegal fishing vessels, Russia was pulled by the Ukranian Brokered Arms salle to the South Sudan, and American ships are worried about the transfer of the Russian weopons to the Shabaab. Here is todays news which I predicted: Countries can enter Somali waters to fight piracy: UN 3 Dec, 2008, 1319 hrs IST. UNITED NATIONS : The UN Security Council has passed a resolution permitting member countries to enter the territorial waters of Somalia to fight piracy. The US-sponsored resolution, passed unanimously by the Security Council Tuesday, is valid for 12 months. It welcomes the recent initiatives taken by countries like India, Canada, France, Russia, Britain and the US to counter piracy off Somali coast. The Security Council resolution is expected to come as a big help to countries like India that are fighting Somali pirates. Under international laws, naval ships are free to patrol international waters. Indian naval vassals and those from the other countries were constrained so far to enter the territorial waters of Somalia, a situation the pirates have taken full advantage of. "The resolution is the beginning for setting a comprehensive approach for dealing with piracy in that region," Rosemary DiCarlo, the US ambassador and alternate representative for Special Political Affairs, told reporters at the UN headquarters here. The resolution also makes very clear the support for the European Union mission that is about to be launched and welcomes the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) initiative to escort World Food Programme (WFP) shipments until the EU mission is up and running. Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yesui said piracy had become rampant and posed grave threats to international humanitarian assistance and navigational security, with dire consequences for the global economy and the lives of people in Somalia. Expressing concern over the increasing sophistication and strength of the pirates, Russian ambassador Vitaly Churkin said his country was considering sending more naval forces to add strength to the international fleet in the region. Combating piracy requires greater focus and the appropriate jurisdiction for bringing the culprits to justice, he said. Italian ambassador Aldo Mantovani said the resolution had made fight against piracy stronger, more coordinated and more effective. In its resolution, the Security Council called for "seizure and disposition of boats, vessels, arms and other related equipment" used or suspected of being used for piracy. The 15-member council expressed concern over the threat piracy poses to the prompt, safe and effective delivery of humanitarian aid to Somalia, to international navigation and the safety of commercial maritime routes. Nur

Nomads Somali Pirates are the new tilt in the news. The rise of the pirates grew from small boats chasing off foreign fishing trawlers off Somali coasts and protecting the shores from illegal toxic watse dumping by European and Asian ships. But, after the imminent fall of the Ethiopian and Amercian Supported Somali Warlord government, for being unpopular in Somalia and overseas, the warlords and their sponsors are coming up with a new trick. Here is a possible Ethiopian-American- Somali Warlord Government Plan . ( Advanced Coincidence Theory) They are using the small time pirates as a front to make a big story to draw attention to lawlessness in Somalia. Why? So that when the Ethiopian and US propose a joint resolution at the UN to tackle the " piracy/terror " scourge, all nations will approve to send troops to Somalia to support the Warlord government. How? The " Somali Pirates " have to capture 100 ships belonging to all nations whose vote is needed. To make all nations owners of the Somali problem. Then? Well, then, Somalia's problem will be internationalized and the show will be stolen again from the legitimate Somali resistance who are on the verge of another victory against the Mercenery Ethiopian and Ungandan troops. Then? Becuse Somaliland has already been prepared with a fake well coordinated 911 style attack prepared by the Ethiopians ( No single Ethiopian Official died although their Embassy was completely destroyed, while innocent Somali people died at the other two attacks, I personally lost a close relative ) which is unjustly blamed on the innocent Somali resistance. So the plan is that the international troops will land in Somaliland to " Protect " it from the " Terrorsits ". Another International contingent will land in Puntland for protecting the sea from pirates who use Puntland as a base. Then? The TFG will be based in either Somaliland ( which will be forced to accept the Ethiopian-American Plan to forget about its aspired autonomy to make room to the strategic plans of the Amercian sponsors ), or Puntland ( where the Multinational Anti-Piracy Forces will make its new base ). Nur 2008 eNuri Political Forecasts The Future Is Intersting!

Nomads Best days on earth are here once more, remember to make a lot of dhiker ( Takbeer, Tahleel, Tasbeex), and of course, the Salaat Calaa Rasuulillahi ( Allahumma Salli Calaa Muxammadin wa calaa aalihi wa saxbihi wa sallim) Nur

Iraqi Academics Assassinated During the US-Led Occupation Editor's note Pakistan Daily has published the list of Iraqi academics assassinated by US and allied occupation forces. The objective of these targeted assassinations is to "kill a nation", the destroy Iraq's ability to educate its people, to undermine its research and scientific capabilities in literally all fields of endeavor, to transform a nation into a territory, and ultmately to destroy civilization. Of particular significance is the assassination of prominent scientists and physicians, professors of medicine in the country's leading academic institutions, its social scientists and historians, its physical scientists, its biologists, its engineers. we are dealing with a carefully devised covert operation. The plan to kill the nation's scientists and intellectuals emanates from US intelligence and the military. It is a deliberate process. Is the new Obama administration going to turn a blind eye to this diabolical and criminal agenda? Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, 27 November 2008 List of Iraqi academics assassinated in Iraq during the US-led occupation Written by Pakistan Daily Wednesday, 26 November 2008 17:57 The following relation has being created against the Occupation and for the Sovereignty of Iraq with the information provided by direct Iraqi university sources and international and Arab media. It only includes names and data referred to university academics assassinated during the Occupation period. BAGHDAD, Baghdad University Abbas Al-Attar: PhD in humanities, lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Humanities. Abdel Hussein Jabuk: PhD and lecturer at Baghdad University. Abdel Salam Saba: PhD in sociology, lecturer at Baghdad University. Abdel Razak Al-Naas: Lecturer in information and international mass media at Baghdad University’s College of Information Sciences. He was a regular analyst for Arabic satellite TV channels. He was killed in his car at Baghdad University on 28 January 2005. His assassination led to confrontations between students and police, and journalists went on strike. Ahmed Nassir Al-Nassiri: PhD in education sciences, Baghdad University, assassinated February 2005. Ali Abdul-Hussein Kamil: PhD in physical sciences, lecturer in the Department of Physics, Baghdad University. Amir Al-Jazragi: PhD in medicine, lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Medicine, and consultant at the Iraqi Ministry of Health, assassinated 17 November 2005. Basil Al-Karji: PhD in chemistry, lecturer at Baghdad University. Essam Sharif Mohammed: PhD in history, professor in Department of History and head of the College of Humanities, Baghdad University. Faidhi Al-Faidhi: PhD in education sciences, lecturer at Baghdad University and Al-Munstansiriya University. He was also member of the Muslim Scientists Committee. Assassinated in 2005. Fuad Abrahim Mohammed Al-Bayaty: PhD in german philology, professor and head of College of Philology, Baghdad University. Haifa Alwan Al-Hil: PhD in physics, lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Science for Women. Heikel Mohammed Al-Musawi: PhD in medicine, lecturer at Al-Kindi College of Medicine, Baghdad University. Assassinated 17 November 2005. Hassan Abd Ali Dawood Al-Rubai: PhD in stomatology, dean of the College of Stomatology, Baghdad University. Assassinated 20 December 2005. Hazim Abdul Hadi: PhD in medicine, lecturer at the College of Medicine, Baghdad University. Khalel Ismail Abd Al-Dahri: PhD in physical education, lecturer at the College of Physical Education, Baghdad University. Kilan Mahmoud Ramez: PhD and lecturer at Baghdad University. Maha Abdel Kadira: PhD and lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Humanities. Majed Nasser Hussein Al-Maamoori: Professor of veterinary medicine at Baghdad University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Assassinated 17 February 2007. Marwan Al-Raawi: PhD in engineering and lecturer at Baghdad University. Marwan Galeb Mudhir Al-Heti: PhD in chemical engineering and lecturer at the School of Engineering, Baghdad University. Majed Hussein Ali: PhD in physical sciences and lecturer at the College of Sciences, Baghdad University. Mehned Al-Dulaimi: PhD in mechanical engineering, lecturer at Baghdad University. Mohammed Falah Al-Dulaimi: PhD in physical sciences, lecturer at Baghdad University. Mohammed Tuki Hussein Al-Talakani: PhD in physical sciences, nuclear scientist since 1984, and lecturer at Baghdad University. Mohammed Al-Kissi: PhD and lecturer at Baghdad University. Mohammed Abd Allah Al-Raawi: PhD in surgery, former president of Baghdad University, member of the Arab Council of Medicine and of the Iraqi Council of Medicine, president of the Iraqi Union of Doctors. Mohammed Al-Jazairi: PhD in medicine and plastic surgeon, College of Medicine, Baghdad Univeristy. Assassinated 15 November 2005. Mustafa Al-Hity: PhD in medicine, paediatrician, College of Medicine, Baghdad University. Assassinated 14 November 2005. Mustafa Al-Mashadani: PhD in religious studies, lecturer in Baghdad University’s College of Humanities. Nafea Ahmmoud Jalaf: PhD in Arabic language, professor in Baghdad University’s College of Humanities. Nawfal Ahmad: PhD, lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Fine Arts. She was assassinated at the front door of her house on 25 December 2005. Nazar Abdul Amir Al-Ubaidy: PhD and lecturer at Baghdad University. Raad Shlash: PhD in biological sciences, head of Department of Biology at Baghdad University’s College of Sciences. He was killed at the front door of his house on 17 November 2005. Rafi Sarcisan Vancan: Bachelor of English language, lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Women’s Studies. Saadi Daguer Morab: PhD in fine arts, lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Fine Arts. Sabri Mustafa Al-Bayaty: PhD in geography, lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Humanities. Saad Yassin Al-Ansari: PhD and lecturer at Baghdad University. He was killed in Al-Saydiya neighborhood, Baghdad, 17 November 2005. Wannas Abdulah Al-Naddawi: PhD in education sciences, Baghdad University. Assassinated 18 February 2005. Yassim Al-Isawi: PhD in religious studies, Baghdad University’s College of Arts. Assassinated 21 June 2005. Zaki Jabar Laftah Al-Saedi: Bachelor of veterinary medicine, lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Basem Al-Modarres: PhD and lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Philosophy. [source: Al-Hayat, 28 February 2006.] Jasim Mohammed Achamri: Dean of College of Philosophy, Baghdad University. [source: Al-Hayat, 28 February 2006.] Hisham Charif: Head of Department of History and lecturer at Baghdad University. [source: Al-Hayat, 28 February 2006.] Qais Hussam Al-Den Jumaa: Professor and Dean of College of Agriculture, Baghdad University. Killed 27 March 2006 by US soldiers in downtown Baghdad. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university source.] Mohammed Yaakoub Al-Abidi: Baghdad University. Department and college unknown. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Abdelatif Attai: Baghdad University. Department and college unknown. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Ali Al-Maliki: Baghdad University. Department and college unknown. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Nafia Aboud: Baghdad University. Department and college unknown. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Abbas Kadem Alhachimi: Baghdad University. Department and college unknown. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Mouloud Hasan Albardar Aturki: Lecturer in Hanafi Teology at Al-Imam Al-Aadam College of Teology, Baghdad University. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Riadh Abbas Saleh: Lecturer at Baghdad University’s Centre for International Studies. Killed 11 May 2006. [source: CEOSI university source, 17 May 2006.] Abbas Al-Amery: Professor and head of Department of Administration and Business, College of Administration and Economy, Baghdad University. Killed together with his son and one of his relatives at the main entrance to the College 16 May 2006. [source: CEOSI university source, 17 May 2006.] Muthana Harith Jasim: Lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Engineering. Killed near his home in Al-Mansur, 13 June 2006. [source: CEOSI university source, 13 June 2006.] Hani Aref Al-Dulaimy: Lecturer in the Department of Computer Engineering, Baghdad University’s College of Engineering. He was killed, together with three of his students, 13 June 2006 on campus. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university source, 13 June 2006.] Hussain Al-Sharifi: Professor of urinary surgery at Baghdad University’s College of Medicine. Killed in May 2006. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 12 June 2006.] Hadi Muhammad Abub Al-Obaidi: Lecturer in the Department of Surgery, Baghdad University’s College of Medicine. Killed 19 June 2006. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university source, 20 June 2006.] Hamza Shenian: Professor of veterinary surgery at Baghdad University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Killed by armed men in his garden in a Baghdad neighborhood 21 June 2006. This was the first known case of a professor executed in the victim’s home. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 21 June 2006.] Jassim Mohama Al-Eesaui: Professor at College of Political Sciences, Baghdad University, and editor of Al-Syada newspaper. He was 61 years old when killed in Al-Shuala, 22 June 2006. [source: UNAMI report 1 May-30 June 2006.] Shukir Mahmoud As-Salam: Lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Medicine and dental surgeon at Al-Yamuk Hospital, Baghdad. Killed near his home by armed men 6 September 2006. [source: TV news, As-Sharquia channel, 7 September 2006, and CEOSI Iraqi sources.] Mahdi Nuseif Jasim: Professor in the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Baghdad University. Killed 13 September 2006 near the university. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university source.] Adil Al-Mansuri: Maxillofacial surgeon and professor at the College of Medicine, Baghdad University. Kidnapped by uniformed men near Iban Al-Nafis Hospital in Baghdad. He was found dead with torture signs and mutilation in Sadr City. He was killed during a wave of assassinations in which seven medical specialists were assassinated. Date unknown: July or August 2006 [source: Iraqi health service sources, 24 September 2006.] Shukur Arsalan: Maxillofacial surgeon and professor at the College of Medicine, Baghdad University. Killed by armed men when leaving his clinic in Harziya neighbourhood. He was killed during a wave of assassinations in which seven specialists were assassinated. Date unknown: July or August 2006. [source: Iraqi Health System sources, 24 September 2006.] Issam Al-Rawi: Professor of geology at Baghdad University, president of the Association of University Professors of Iraq. Killed 30 October 2006 during an attack carried out by a group of armed men in which two more professors were seriously injured. [sources: CEOSI sources and Associated Press.] Yaqdan Sadun Al-Dhalmi: Professor and lecturer in the College of Education, Baghdad University. Killed 16 October 2006. [source: CEOSI sources.] Jlid Ibrahim Mousa: Professor and lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Medicine. Killed by a group of armed men in September 2006. During August and September 2006, six professors of medicine were assassinated in Baghdad. [source: CEOSI Iraqi sources.] Mohammed Jassim Al-Thahbi and wife: Professor and dean of the College of Administration and Economy, Baghdad University. Killed 2 November 2006 by a group of armed men when he was driving to university. His wife, a lecturer at the same university (name and academic position unknown) and son were also killed in the attack. [source: CEOSI Iraqi sources and Tme Magazine, 2 October 2006.] Mohammed Mehdi Saleh: Lecturer at Baghdad University (unknown position) and member of the Association of Muslim Scholars. Imam of Ahl Al-Sufa Mosque in Al-Shurta Al-Jamisa neighbourhood. Killed 14 November 2006 while driving in the neighbourhood of Al-Amal in central Baghdad. [source: UMA, 14 November 2006.] Hedaib Majhol: Lecturer at College of Physical Education, Baghdad University, president of the Football University Club and member of the Iraqi Football Asociation. Kidnapped in Baghdad. His body was found three later in Baghdad morgue 3 December 2006. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 2 December 2006.] Al-Hareth Abdul Hamid: Professor of psychiatric medicine and head of the Department of Psychology at Baghdad University. Former president of the Society of Parapsychological Investigations of Iraq. A renowned scientist, Abdul Hamid was shot dead in the neighbourhood of Al-Mansur, Baghdad, 6 December 2006 by unknown men. [sources: CEOSI Iraqi sources, 6 December 2006, and Reuters, 30 January 2007.] Anwar Abdul Hussain: Lecturer at the College of Odontology, Baghdad University. Killed in Haifa Street in Baghdad in the third week of January 2007. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 23 January 2007.] Majed Nasser Hussain: PhD and lecturer at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Baghdad University. He was killed in front of his wife and daughter while leaving home in the third week of January 2007. Nasser Hussain had been kidnapped two years before and freed after paying a ransom. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 23 January 2007.] Khaled Al-Hassan: Professor and deputy dean of the College of Political Sciences, Baghdad University. Killed in March 2007. [source: Association of University Lecturers of Iraq, 7 April 2007.] Ali Mohammed Hamza: Professor of Islamic Studies at Baghdad University. Department and college unknown. Killed 17 April 2007. [sources: TV channels As-Sharquia and Al-Jazeera.] Abdulwahab Majed: Lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Education. Department and college unknown. Killed 2 May 2007. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 5 May 2007.] Sabah Al-Taei: Deputy dean of the College of Education, Baghdad University. Killed 7 May 2007. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources. 8 May 2007.] Nihad Mohammed Al-Rawi: Professor of Civil Engineering and deputy president of Baghdad University. Shot dead 26 June 2007 in Al-Jadria Bridge, a few meters away from the university campus, when exiting with his daughter Rana, whom he protected from the shots with his body. [sources: BRussells Tribunal and CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 26-27 June 2007, ]www.wmin.ac.uk] Muhammad Kasem Al-Jebouri: Lecturer at the College of Agriculture, Baghdad University. Killed, together with his son and his brother-in-law, by paramilitary forces 22 June 2007. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 27 June 2007.] Samir (surname unknown): Lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Administration and Economy. His body was found shot one day after being kidnapped in Kut where he was visiting family. Professor Samir lived in the Baghdad district of Al-Sidiya. [source: Voices of Iraq, www.iraqslogger.com, 29 June 2007.] Amin Abdul Aziz Sarhan: Lecturer at Baghdad University. Department and college unknown. He was kidnapped from his home in Basra by unidentified armed men 13 October 2007 and found dead on the morning of 15 October. [source: Voices of Iraq, 15 October 2007.] Mohammed Kadhem Al-Atabi: Head of Baghdad University’s Department of Planning and Evaluation. He was kidnapped 18 October 2007 from his home in Baghdad by a group of armed men and found dead a few hours later in the area of Ur, near to Sadr City, which is under the control of Moqtada Al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 26 October 2007.] Munther Murhej Radhi: Dean of the College of Odontology, Baghdad University. He was found dead in his car 23 January 2008. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 24 January 2008.] Mundir Marhach: Dean of Faculty of Stomatology, Baghdad University. He was killed in March (exact day unknown), according to information provided by the Centre for Human Rights of Baghdad. [source: Al-Basrah reported 12 March 2008.] Al-Mamoon Faculty (private college, Baghdad) Mohammed Al-Miyahi: Dean of Al-Maamoun Faculty in Baghdad. He was shot with a silencer-equipped gun in front of his house in Al-Qadisiah district, southern Baghdad, as he stepped out of his car 14 December 2007. [source CEOSI Iraqi source and Kuwait News Agency, reported 19 December 2007, IPS reported 19 December 2007, and Al-Basrah, reported 12 March 2008.] Al-Mustansiriya University (Baghdad) Aalim Abdul Hameed: PhD in preventive medicine, specialist in depleted uranium effects in Basra, dean of the College of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriya University. Abdul Latif Al-Mayah: PhD in economics, lecturer and head of Department of Research, Al-Mustansiriya University. Aki Thakir Alaany: PhD and lecturer at the College of Literature, Al-Mustansiriya University. Falah Al-Dulaimi: PhD, professor and deputy dean of Al-Mustansiriya University’s College of Sciences. Falah Ali Hussein: PhD in physics, lecturer and deputy dean of the College of Sciences, Al-Mustansiriya University, killed May 2005. Musa Saloum Addas: PhD, lecturer and deputy dean of the College of Educational Sciences, Al-Mustansiriya University, killed 27 May 2005. Husam Al-Ddin Ahmad Mahmmoud: PhD in education sciences, lecturer and dean at College of Education Sciences, Al-Mustansiriya University. Jasim Abdul Kareem: PhD and lecturer at the College of the Education, Al-Mustansiriya University. Abdul As Satar Sabar Al Khazraji: PhD in history, Al Munstansiriya University, killed 19 June 2005. [A same name and surname lecturer in Engineering at the College of Computer Science Technology, Al-Nahrein University was assessinated in March 2006.] Samir Yield Gerges: PhD and lecturer at the College of Administration and Economy at Al-Mustansiriya University, killed 28 August 2005. Jasim Al-Fahaidawi: PhD and lecturer in Arabic literature at the College of Humanities, Al-Mustansiriya University. Assassinated at the university entrance. [source: BBC News, 15 November 2005.] Kadim Talal Hussein: Deputy dean of the College of Education, Al-Mustansiriya University. Mohammed Nayeb Al-Qissi: PhD in geography, lecturer at Department of Research, Al-Mustansiriya University. Sabah Mahmoud Al-Rubaie: PhD in geography, lecturer and dean at College of Educational Sciences, Al-Mustansiriya University. Ali Hasan Muhawish: Dean and lecturer at the College of Engineering, Al-Mustansiriya University. Killed 12 March 2006. [source: Middle East Online, 13 March 2006.] Imad Naser Alfuadi: Lecturer at the College of Political Sciences, Al-Mustansiriya University. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Mohammed Ali Jawad Achami: President of the College of Law, Al-Mustansiriya University. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Husam Karyakus Tomas: Lecturer at the College of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriya University. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Basem Habib Salman: Lecturer at the College of Medicine at Al-Mustansiriya University. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Mohammed Abdul Rahman Al-Ani: PhD in engineering, lecturer at the College of Law, Al-Mustansiriya University. Kidnapped, together with his friend Akrem Mehdi, 26 April 2006, at his home in Palestine Street, Baghdad. Their bodys were found two days later. (CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 5 May 2006.] Jasim Fiadh Al-Shammari: Lecturer in psychology at the College of Arts, Al-Mustansiriya Baghdad University. Killed near campus 23 May 2006. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university source, 30 May 2006.] Saad Mehdi Shalash: PhD in history and lecturer in history at the College of Arts, Al-Mustansiriya University, and editor of the newspaper Raya Al-Arab. Shot dead at his home with his wife 26 October 2006. [source: Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 27 October 2006.] Kemal Nassir: Professor of history and lecturer at Al-Mustansiriya and Bufa universities. Killed at his home in Baghdad in October 2006. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 2 November 2006.] Hasseb Aref Al-Obaidi: Professor in the College of Political Sciences at Al-Mustansiriya University. Since he was kidnapped 22 October 2006 his whereabouts is unknown. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources.] Najeb Al-Salihi: Lecturer in the College of Psychology at Al-Mustansiriya University and head of the Scientific Commitee of the Ministry of Higher Education of Iraq. Al-Salihi, 39 years old, was kidnapped close to campus and his body, shot dead, was found 20 days after his disappearance in Baghdad morgue. His family was able recover his body only after paying a significant amount of money. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources.] Dhia Al-Deen Mahdi Hussein: Professor of international criminal law at the College of Law, Al-Mustansiriya University. Missing since kidnapped from his home in the Baghdad neighborhood of Dhia in 4 November 2006 by a group of armed men driving police cars. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 5 November 2006.] Muntather Al-Hamdani: Deputy dean of the College of Law, Al-Mustansiriya University. He was assassinated, together with Ali Hassam, lecturer at the same college, 20 December 2006. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 24 December 2006. The Iraqi police identified Ali Arnoosi as the deputy dean assassinated 21 December, and Mohammed Hamdani as another victim. It is unknown whether [Muntanther Al-Hamdani and Mohammed Hamdani] both are the same case or not.] Ali Hassam: Lecturer at the College of Law at Al-Mustansiriya University. He was killed together with Muntather Al-Hamdani, deputy dean of the college, 20 December 2006. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 24 December 2006. The Iraqi police identified Ali Arnoosi as the deputy dean assassinated 21 December, and Mohammed Al-Hamdani as another victim. It is unknown whether both [Muntanther Al-Hamdani and Mohammed Hamdani] are the same case or not.] Dhia Al-Mguter: Professor of economy at the College of Administration and Economy of Al-Mustansiriya University. He was killed 23 January 2007 in Baghdad while driving. He was a prominent economist and president of the Consumer’s Defense Association and the Iraqi Association of Economists. A commentator at for As-Sharquia television, he participated in the Maram Committee, being responsible for investigating irregularities occuring during the elections held in January 2006. Al-Mguter was part of a family with a long anti-colonialist tradition since the British occupation. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources and Az-Zaman newspaper, 24 January 2007.] Ridha Abdul Hussein Al-Kuraishi: Deputy Dean of the University of Al-Mustansiriya’s College of Administration and Economy. He was kidnapped 28 March 2007 and found dead the next day. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers, 7 April 2007. See the Arabic letter sent to CEOSI.]. University of Technology (Baghdad) Muhannad Al-Dulaimi: PhD in mechanical engineering, lecturer at the Baghdad University of Technology. Muhey Hussein: PhD in aerodynamics, lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Baghdad University of Technology. Qahtan Kadhim Hatim: Bachelor of sciences, lecturer in the College of Engineering of the Baghdad University of Technology. Sahira Mohammed Machhadani: Baghdad University of Technology. Department and college unknown. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers, March 2006.] Ahmed Ali Husein: Lecturer at the Baghdad University of Technology, specialist in applied mechanics. He was killed by a group of armed men in downtown Baghdad 22 May 2006. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 24 May 2006.] Name unknown: Lecturer at Baghdad University of Technology. Killed 27 June 2006 by a group of armed men. They were driving a vehicle in the Baghdad neighborhood of Al-Mansur and shot him without stopping. Next day, students and professors staged demonstrations in all universities across the country opposing the assassination and kidnapping of professors and lecturers. [source: Al-Jazeera and Jordan Times, 27 June 2006.] Ali Kadhim Ali: Professor at Baghdad University of Technology. Shot dead in November 2006 in the district of Al-Yarmuk by a group of armed men. His wife, Dr Baida Obeid — gynecologist — was also killed in the attack. [source: CEOSI Iraqi sources, 16 November 2006.] Moa’ayed Jasim Al-Janabi: Lecturer in physics at Baghdad University of Technology. Killed 23 May 2006. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, December 2006.] Jalil Enjad Al-Jumaily: Lecturer at University of Technology. Department and college unknown. He was killed 22 December 2006 with his son, a physician, after being kidnapped. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 24 December 2006..] Abdul Same’e Al-Janabi: Deputy president of the Baghdad University of Technology. Missing after being kidnapped during the third week of January 2007. In 2004, Abdul Sami Al-Janabi was dean of Al-Mustansiriya University’s College of Sciences in Baghdad. He resigned from this position after Shia paramilitary forces threatened to kill him. Such forces began then to occupy university centres in the capital. Transferred by the Ministry of Higher Education to a new position to preserve his security, Sami Al-Janabi has almost certainly been assassinated. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 23 January 2007.] Ameer Mekki Al-Zihairi: Lecturer at Baghdad University of Technology. He was killed in March 2007. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers, 7 April 2007. Al-Nahrein University (Baghdad.] Akil Abdel Jabar Al-Bahadili: Professor and deputy dean of Al-Nahrein University’s College of Medicine. Head of Adhamiya Hospital in Baghdad. He was a specialist in internal medicine, killed 2 December 2005. Mohammed Al-Jazairy: Lecturer at University College Al-Kadhemiya Hospital, Al-Nahrein University. He was a specialist in plastic surgery. Layth Abdel Aziz: PhD and lecturer at the College of Sciences, Al-Nahrein University. [source: Al-Hayat, 28 February 2006.] Abdul As Satar Sabar Al-Khazrayi: Lecturer in engineering at the College of Computer Science Technology, Al-Nahrein University. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] [A same name and surname PhD in History at Al Munstansiriya University was killed on 19 June 2005.] Uday Al-Beiruti: Professor at Al-Nahrein University. Kidnapped in University College Al-Kadhemiya Hospital’s parking lot by armed men dressed in Interior Ministry uniforms. His body was found with sigs of torture in Sadr City. Date unknown: July/August 2006. His murder took place during a wave of assassinations in which seven of his colleagues were killed. [source: Iraqi health service sources, 24 September 2006.] Jalil Al-Jumaili: Professor at the College of Medicine, Al-Nahrein University. He was found shot dead in December 2006 (exact date unknown) after being kidnapped at University College Al-Kadhemiya Hospital, together with his son, Dr Anas Al-Jumaili, lecturer at the same college. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 24 December 2006.] Anas Al-Jumaili: Lecturer at the College of Medicine, Al-Nahrein University. He was found shot dead in December (exact date unknown) with his father, Dr Jalil Al-Jumaili, professor of medicine, after being kidnapped at University College Al-Kadhemiya Hospital. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 24 December 2006.] Adnan Mohammed Saleh Al-Aabid: Lecturer at the College of Law, Al-Nahrein University. He was found dead 31 January 2007 after having been kidnapped from his home 28 January 2007 together with lecturers Abdul Mutaleb Abdulrazak Al-Hashimi and Aamer Kasem Al-Kaisy, and a student. All were found dead in Baghdad morgue. [sources: CEOSI Iraqi university sources and Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 1 February 2007.] Abdul Mutaleb Abdulrazak Al-Hashimi: Lecturer at the College of Law, Al-Nahrein University. He was found dead 31 January 2007 after having been kidnapped 28 January 2007 on his way home, together with lecturers Adnan Mohammed Saleh Al-Aabid and Aamer Kasem Al-Kaisy, and a student. All were found dead in Baghdad morgue. [sources: CEOSI Iraqi university sources and Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 1 February 2007.] Aamer Kasem Al-Kaisy: Lecturer at the College of Law, Al-Nahrein University. He was found dead 31 January 2007 after having been kidnapped on his way home 28 January 2007, together with a student and lecturers Abdul Mutaleb Abdulrazak Al-Hashimi and Adnan Mohammed Saleh Al-Aabid. All were found dead in Baghdad morgue. [sources: CEOSI Iraqi university sources and Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 1 February 2007.] Khaled Al-Naieb: Lecturer in microbiology and deputy dean of Al-Nahrein University’s College of Higher Studies in Medicine. Killed 30 March 2007 at the main entrance to the college. Having been threatened by the Mahdi Army, Moqtada Al-Sadr’s militia, Dr Al-Naieb had moved to work in Irbil. During a brief visit to his family in Baghdad, and after recently becoming a father, he was killed at the main entrance to the college on his way to collect some documents. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 4 April 2007. Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report dated 7 April 2007.] Sami Sitrak: Professor of English and dean of Al-Nahrein University’s College of Law. Professor Sitrak was killed 29 March 2007. He had been appointed dean of the College after the former dean’s resignation following an attempt to kill him along with three other College lecturers. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers, 7 April 2007.]. Thair Ahmed Jebr: Lecturer in the Department of Physics, College of Sciences, Al-Nahrein University. Jebr was killed in the attack against satellite TV channel Al-Baghdadiya 5 April 2007. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers, 7 April 2007.]. Iyad Hamza: PhD in chemistry, Baghdad University. He was the academic assistant of the President of Al-Nahrein University. On 4 May 2008 he was killed near his home in Baghdad. [source: CEOSI Iraqi source. 6 May 2008.]. Islamic University (Baghdad) Haizem Al-Azawi: Lecturer at Baghdad Islamic University. Department and college unknown. He was 35 years old and married and was killed 13 February 2006 by armed men when he ariving home in the neighborhood of Habibiya. [source: Asia Times, 3 March 2006.] Saadi Ahmad Zidaan Al-Fahdawi: PhD in Islamic science, lecturer at the College of Islamic Science, Baghdad University. Killed 26 March 2006. Abdel Aziz Al-Jazem: Lecturer in Islamic theology at the College of Islamic Science, Baghdad University. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Saad Jasim Mohammed: Lecturer at the Baghdad Islamic University. Department and college unknown. Killed, together with his brother Mohammed Jassim Mohammed, 11 May 2007 in the neighburghood of Al-Mansur. The armed men who commited the crime where identified by the Association of Muslims Scholars as members of a death squad. [sources: Press note of the Association of Muslims Scholars, 12 May 2007, and CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 13 May 2007.] Qais Sabah Al-Jabouri: Professor at the Baghdad Islamic University. Killed 7 June 2007 by a group of armed men who shot him from a car when he was leaving the university with the lecturers Alaa Jalel Essa and Saad Jalifa Al-Ani, who were killed and seriously injured respectively. press note of the Association of Muslims Scholars, 7 June 2007, and CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 9 June 2007.] Alaa Jalel Essa: Professor at the Baghdad Islamic University. Killed 7 June 2007 by a group of armed men who shot him from a car when he was leaving the university with the lecturers Qais Sabah Al-Jabouri and Saad Jalifa Al-Ani, who were killed and seriously injured respectively. press note of the Association of Muslims Scholars, 7 June 2007, and CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 9 June 2007.] Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education (Baghdad) Lecturers killed after a mass kidnapping, 13 November 2006[4]: Abdul Salam Suaidan Al-Mashhadani: Lecturer in political sciences and head of the scholarships section of the Ministry of Higher Education. He was kidnapped 13 November 2006 in an assault on the ministry. His body was found with signs of torture and mutilation 24 November 2006. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 26 November 2006.] Abdul Hamid Al-Hadizi: Professor (speciality unknown). He was kidnapped 13 November 2006 in an assault on the ministry. His body was found with signs of torture and mutilation 24 November 2006. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 26 November 2006.] Baghdad Institutes Izi Al-Deen Al-Rawi: President of the Arabic University’s Institute of Petroleum, Industry and Minerals. Al-Rawi was kidnapped and found dead 20 November 2006. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 20 November 2006) BABYLON Hilla University Jaled M Al-Janabi: PhD in Islamic history, lecturer in Hilla University’s School of Humanities. Mohsin Suleiman Al-Ajeely: PhD in agronomy, lecturer in the College of Agronomy, Hilla University. Killed 24 December 2005. Fleih Al-Gharbawi: Lecturer in the College of Medicine. Killed in Hilla (capital of the province of Babylon, 100 kilometers south of Baghdad) 20 November 2006 by armed men. [source: CEOSI Iraqi sources, 20 November 2006.] Ali Al-Grari (or Garar): Professor at Hilla University. He was shot dead 20 November 2006 by armed men in a vehicle on the freeway between Hilla and Baghdad. [source: Iraqi police sources cited by Reuters, 20 November 2006, AT-TAMIM Kirkuk University Ahmed Izaldin Yahya: Lecturer in the College of Engineering, Kirkuk University. Killed by a car bomb in the vicinity of his home in Kirkuk, 16 February 2007. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 17 February 2007.] Hussein Qader Omar: professor and Dean of Kirkuk University’s College of Education Sciences. Killed in November 20, 2006 by shots made from a vehicle in the city center. An accompanying colleague was injured. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, November 21, 2006, and Iraqi Police Sources cited by Reuters, 20 November 2006.]. Sabri Abdul Jabar Mohammed: Lecturer at the College of Education Sciences at Kirkuk University. Found dead 1 November 2007 in a street in Kirkuk one day after being kidnapped by a group of unidentified armed men [source: Iraqi university sources to the BRussells Tribunal and CEOSI, 2 November 2007.] Abdel Sattar Tahir Sharif: Lecturer at Kirkuk University. Department and college unknown. 75-years-old, he was assassinated 5 March 2008 by armed men in the district of Shoraw, 10 kilometres northeast of Kirkuk. [source: Aswat Al-Iraq/ Voices of Iraq, 5 March 2008.] NINEVEH Mosul University Abdel Yabar Al-Naimi: Dean of Mosul University’s College of Humanities. Abdul Yabar Mustafa: PhD in political sciences, dean of Mosul University’s College of Political Sciences. Abdul Aziz El-Atrachi: PhD in plant protection in the College of Agronomy and Forestry, Mosul University. Eman Abd-Almonaom Yunis: PhD in translation, lecturer in the College of Humanities, Mosul University. Jaled Faisal Hamid Al-Shijo: PhD and lecturer in the College of Physical Education, Mosul University. Leila Abdu Allah Al-Saad: PhD in law, dean of Mosul University’s College of Law. Mahfud Al-Kazzaz: PhD and lecturer at University Mosul. Department and college unknown. Killed 20 November 2004. Mohammed Yunis Thanun: Bachelor of sciences, lecturer in the College of Physical Education, Mosul University. Munir Al-Jiero: PhD in law and lecturer in the College of Law, Mosul University. Married to Dr Leila Abdu Allah Al-Saad, also assassinated. Noel Butrus S. Mathew: PhD, professor at the Health Institute of Mosul University. Ahmad Hamid Al-Tai: Professor and head of Department of Medicine, Mosul University. Killed 20 November 2006 when armed men intercepted his vehicle as he was heading home. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 20 November 2006.] Kamel Abdul Hussein: Lecturer and deputy dean of the College of Law, Mosul University. Killed 11 January 2007. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 23 January 2007.] Talal Younis: Professor and dean of the College of Political Sciences. Killed on the morning of 16 April 2007 at the main entrance to the college. Within less than half an hour Professor Jaafer Hassan Sadeq of the Department of History at Mosul University was assassinated at his home. [sources: CEOSI Iraqi university sources and Al-Mousl.] Jaafer Hassan Sadeq: Professor in the Department of History of Mosul University’s College of Arts. Killed 16 April 2007 at home in the district of Al-Kafaaat, northwest of Mosul. Within less that half an hour, Professor Talal Younis, dean of Mosul University’s College of Political Sciences, was killed at the main entrance to the college. [sources: CEOSI Iraqi university sources and Al-Mousl.] Ismail Taleb Ahmed: Lecturer in the College of Education, Mosul University. Killed 2 May 2007 while on his way to college. [source: Al-Mosul, 2 May 2007.] Nidal Al-Asadi: Professor in the Computer Sciences Department of Mosul University’s College of Sciences. Shot dead by armed men in the district of Al-Muhandiseen, according to police sources in Mosul. [sources: INA, 2 May 2007, and Iraqi sources to the BRussells Tribunal, 3 May 2007.] Aziz Suleiman: Lecturer at Mosul University. Department of Mosul University’s College of Sociology. Killed in Mosul 22 January 2008. [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 24 January 2008.]. Jalil Ibrahim Ahmed al-Naimi: Director of the ‘Sharia’ Department (Islamic Law), Mosul University. He was shot dead by armed men when he came back home (in Mosul) from University, 30 January 2008. [sources: CEOSI and BRussells Tribunal University Iraqi sources, al-Quds al-Arabi, 31 de enero de 2008.]. QADISIYA Diwaniya University Hakim Malik Al-Zayadi: PhD in Arabic philology, lecturer in Arabic literature at Al-Qadisyia University. Dr Al-Zayadi was born in Diwaniya, and was killed in Latifiya when he was traveling from Baghdad 24 July 2005.] Mayed Husein: Physician and lecturer at the College of Medicine, Diwaniya University. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] BASRA Basra University Abdel Al-Munim Abdel Mayad: Bachelor and lecturer at Basra University. Abdel Gani Assaadun: Bachelor and lecturer at Basra University. Abdul Alah Al-Fadhil: PhD, professor and deputy dean of Basra University’s College of Medicine. Abdul-Hussein Nasir Jalaf: PhD in agronomy, lecturer at the College of Agronomy’s Center of Research on Date Palm Trees, Basra University. Alaa Daoud: PhD in sciences, professor and chairman of Basra University (also reported as a lecturer in history). Killed 20 July 2005. Ali Galib Abd Ali: Bachelor of sciences, assistant professor at the School of Engineering, Basra University. Asaad Salem Shrieda: PhD in engineering, professor and dean of Basra University’s School of Engineering. Faysal Al-Assadi: PhD in agronomy, professor at the College of Agronomy, Basra University. Gassab Jabber Attar: Bachelor of sciences, lecturer at the School of Engineering, Basra University. Haidar Al-Baaj: PhD in surgery, head of the University College Basra Hospital. Haidar Taher: PhD and professor at the College of Medicine, Basra University. Hussein Yasin: PhD in physics, lecturer in sciences at Basra University Killed 18 February 2004 at his home and in front of his family. Khaled Shrieda: PhD in engineering, dean of the School of Engineering, Basra University. Khamhour Al-Zargani: PhD in history, head of the Department of History at the College of Education, Basra University Killed 19 August 2005. Kadim Mashut Awad: visiting professor at the Department of Soils, College of Agriculture, Basra University. Killed December 2005 (exact date unknown.]. Karem Hassani: PhD and lecturer at the College of Medicine, Basra University. Kefaia Husein Saleh: PhD in English philology, lecturer in the College of Education Sciences, Basra University. Mohammed Al-Hakim: PhD in pharmacy, professor and dean of Basra University’s College of Pharmacy. Mohammed Yassem Badr: PhD, professor and chairman of Basra University. Omar Fakhri: PhD and lecturer in biology at the College of Sciences, Basra University. Saad Alrubaiee: PhD and lecturer in biology at the College of Sciences, Basra University. Yaddab Al-Hajjam: PhD in education sciences and lecturer at the College of Education Sciences, Basra University. Zanubia Abdel Husein: PhD in veterinary medicine, lecturer at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Basra University. Jalil Ibrahim Almachari: Lecturer at Basra University. Department and college unknown. Killed 20 March 2006 after criticizing in a public lecture the situation in Iraq. (Arabic Source: Al-Kader.] Abdullah Hamed Al-Fadel: PhD in medicine, lecturer in surgery and deputy dean of the College of Medicine at Basra University. Killed in January 2006 (exact date unknown). [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources.] Fuad Al-Dajan: PhD in medicine, lecturer in gynecology at the College of Medicine, Basra University. Killed at the beginning of March 2006 (exact date unknown). [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources.] Saad Al-Shahin: PhD in medicine, lecturer in internal medicine at Basra University’s College of Medicine. Killed at the beginning of March 2006 (exact date unknow). [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources.] Jamhoor Karem Khammas: Lecturer at the College of Arts, Basra University. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Karem Mohsen: PhD and lecturer at Department of Agriculture, College of Agronomy, Basra University. Killed 10 April 2006. He worked in the field of honeybee production. Lecturers and students called for a demonstration to protest for his assassination. [source: Al-Basrah, 11 April 2006.] Waled Kamel: Lecturer at the College of Arts at Basra University. Killed 8 May 2006. Other two lecturers were injured during the attack, one of them seriously. [source: Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 9 May 2006.] Ahmad Abdul Kader Abdullah: Lecturer in the College of Sciences, Basra University. His body was found 9 June 2006. [source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 10 June 2006.] Kasem Yusuf Yakub: Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Basra University. Killed 13 June 2006 at the university gate. [sources: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 14 June 2006 and Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 16 June 2006.] Ahmad Abdul Wadir Abdullah: Professor of the College of Chemistry, Basra University. Killed 10 June 2006. [source: UNAMI report, 1 May-30 June 2006.] Kathum Mashhout: Lecturer in edaphology at the College of Agriculture, Basra University. Killed in Basra in December 2006 (exact date unknown). [source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 12 December 2006.] Mohammed Aziz Alwan: Lecturer in artistic design at the College of Fine Arts, Basra University. Killed by armed men 26 May 2007 while walking in the city. [source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 1 June 2007.] Firas Abdul Zahra: Lecturer at the College of Physical Education, Basra University. Killed at home by armed men 18 July 2007. His wife was injured in the attack. [source: Iraqi university sources to the BRussells Tribunal, 26 August 2007.] Muayad Ahmad Jalaf: Lecturer at the College of Arts, Basra University. Kidnapped 10 September 2007 by a group of armed men that was driving three cars, one of them with a government license plate. He was found dead in a city suburb the next day. [source: Iraqi university sources to the BRussells Tribunal, 12 September 2007.] Khaled Naser Al-Miyahi: PhD in medicine, Professor of neurosurgery at Basra University. He was assassinated in March 2008 (exact date unknown). His body was found after his being kidnapped by a group of armed men in the streets of Basra. There were no ransom demands, according to information provided by Baghdad’s Center for Human Rights. [source: Al-Basrah, 12 March 2008.] Technical Institute of Basra Mohammed Kasem: PhD in engineering, lecturer at the Technical Institute of Basra. Sabah Hachim Yaber: Lecturer at the Technical Institute of Basra. Salah Abdelaziz Hashim: PhD and lecturer in fine arts at the Technical Institute of Basra. Kidnapped in 4 April 2006. He was found shot dead the next day. According to other sources, Dr Hashim was machine-gunned from a vehicle, injuring also a number of students. [sources: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 6 April 2006, Az-Zaman, 6 April 2006, and Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 7 April 2006.] TIKRIT Tikrit University Basem Al-Mudares: PhD in chemical sciences and lecturer in the College of Sciences, Tikrit University. His body was found mutilated in the city of Samarra 21 July 2004. Fathal Mosa Hussine: PhD and professor at the College of Physical Education, Tikrit University. Mahmud Ibrahim Hussein: PhD in biological sciences and lecturer at the College of Education Sciences, Tikrit University. Madloul Albazi Tikrit University. Department and college unknown. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Mojbil Achaij Issa Al-Jabouri: Lecturer in international law at the College of Law, Tikrit University. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Damin Husein Al-Abidi: Lecturer in international law at College of Law, Tikrit University. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Harit Abdel Yabar As Samrai: PhD student at the College of Engineering, Tikrit University. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Farhan Mahmud: Lecturer at the College of Theology, Tikrit University. Disappeared after being kidnapped 24 November 2006. [source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 26 November 2006.] Mustafa Khudhr Qasim: Professor at Tikrit University. Department and college unknown. His body was found beheaded in Al-Mulawatha, eastern Mosul, 21 November 2007. [sources: Al-Mosul, 22 November 2007, and Iraqi university sources to the BRussells Tribunal and CEOSI, 22-25 November 2007.] Taha AbdulRazak Al-Ani: PhD in Islamic Studies, he was professor at Tikrit University. His body was found shot dead in a car on a highway near Al-Adel, a Baghdad suburb. Also, the body of Sheikh Mahmoud Talb Latif Al-Jumaily, member of the Commision of Muslim Scientists, was found dead in the same car last Thursday afternoon, 15 May 2008. [source: CEOSI Iraqi sources, 21 May 2008.] DIYALA Baquba University Taleb Ibrahim Al-Daher: PhD in physical sciences, professor and dean at the College of Sciences, Baquba University. Killed 21 December 2004. Lez Mecchan: Professor at Baquba University. Department and college unknown. Killed 19 April 2006 with his wife and another colleague. [sources: DPC and EFE, 19 April 2006.] Mis (surname unknown): Lecturer at Baquba University. Department and college unknown. Wife of Professor Lez Mecchan, also assassinated. Both were killed with another colleague 19 April 2006. [sources: DPC and EFE, 19 April 2006.] Salam Ali Husein: Taught at Baquba University. Department and college unknown. Killed 19 April 2006 with two other colleagues. [sources: DPC and EFE, 19 April 2006.] Meshhin Hardan Madhlom Al-Dulaimi: Professor at Baquba University. Department and college unknown. Killed at the end of April, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education. [source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 10 May 2006.] Abdul Salam Ali Al-Mehdawi: Professor at Baquba University. Department and college unknown. Killed at the end of April, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education. [source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 10 May 2006.] Mais Ganem Mahmoud: Lecturer at Baquba University. Department and college unknown. Killed at the end of April, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education. [source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 10 May 2006.] Satar Jabar Akool: Lecturer at Baquba University. Department and college unknown. Killed at the end of April, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education. [source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 10 May 2006.] Mohammed Abdual Redah Al-Tamemmi: Lecturer in the Department of Arabic Language and head of the College of Education, Baquba University. Killed 19 August 2006 together with Professor Kreem Slman Al-Hamed Al-Sadey, 70 years old, of the same Department. A third lecturer from the same department escaped the attack carried out by a group of four armed men Students and lecturers demonstrated against his and other lecturers’ deaths. [source: World Socialist, 12 September 2006, citing the Iraqi newspaper Az-Zaman, CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 25 December 2006.] Karem Al-Saadi: Lecturer at Baquba University. Department and college unknown. Killed August 2006. Students and lecturers demonstrated against his and other lecturers’ deaths. [source: World Socialist, 12 September 2006, citing the Iraqi newspaper Az-Zaman.] Kreem Slman Al-Hamed Al-Sadey: Professor in the Department of Arabic Language at the College of Education, Baquba University. He was 70 years old when killed 19 August 2006. In the attack Mohammed Abdual Redah Al-Tamemmi, head of Education Department was also killed. A third lecturer from the same department escaped the attack of a group of four armed men. [source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 25 December 2006.] Hasan Ahmad: Lecturer in the College of Education, Baquba University. Killed 8 December 2006. [source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, December 2006.] Ahmed Mehawish Hasan: Lecturer in the Department of Arabic at the College of Education, Baquba University. Killed in December (exact date unknown). [source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 25 December 2006.] Walhan Hamid Fares Al-Rubai: Dean of the College of Physical Education, Baquba University. Al-Rubai was shot by a group of armed men in his office 1 February 2007. According to some sources his son was also killed. [source: Reuters and Islamomeno, 1-3 February 2007 respectively, and CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 2 February 2007.] Abdul Ghabur Al-Qasi: Lecturer in history at Baquba University. His body was found by the police 10 April 2007 in Diyala River, which crosses the city, with 31 other bodies of kidnapped people. [source: Az-zaman, 11 April 2007.] Jamal Mustafa: Professor and head of the History Department, College of Education Sciences, Baquba University. Kidnapped at home in the city of Baquba 29 October 2007 by a group of armed men driving in three vehicles. [source: Iraqi university sources to the BRussells Tribunal, 30 October 2007.] Al-ANBAR Ramadi University Abdel Karem Mejlef Saleh: PhD in philology, lecturer at the College of Education Sciences, Al-Anbar University. Abdel Majed Hamed Al-Karboli: Lecturer at Ramadi University. Killed December 2005 (exact date unknown.]. Ahmad Abdel Hadi Al-Rawi: PhD in biology, professor in the School of Agronomy, Al-Anbar University. Ahmad Abdul Alrahman Hameid Al-Jhbissy: PhD in Medicine, Professor of College of Medicine, Al-Anbar University. Ahmed Saadi Zaidan: PhD in education sciences, Ramadi University. Killed February 2005 (exact date unknown.]. Hamed Faisal Antar: Lecturer in the College of Law, Ramadi University. Killed December 2005 (exact date unknown.]. Naser Abdel Karem Mejlef Al-Dulaimi: Department of Physics, College of Education, Ramadi University. Killed December 2005 (exact date unknown.]. Raad Ojssin Al-Binow: PhD in surgery, lecturer at the College of Medicine, Al-Anbar University. Shakir Mahmmoud Jasim: PhD in agronomy, lecturer in the School of Agronomy, Al-Anbar University. Nabil Hujazi: Lecturer at the College of Medicine, Ramadi University. Killed in June 2006 (exact date unknown). [source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 20 June 2006, confirmed by Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education.] Nasar Al-Fahdawi: Lecturer at Ramadi University. Department and college unknown. Killed 16 January 2006. [source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, December 2006.] Khalid Jubair Al-Dulaimi: Lecturer at the College of Engineering, Ramadi University. Killed 27 April 2007. [source: Iraqi sources to the BRussells Tribunal, 3 May 2007.] NAJAF Kufa University Jawla Mohammed Taqi Zwain: PhD in medicine, lecturer at College of Medicine, Kufa University. Shahlaa Al-Nasrawi: Lecturer in the College of Law, Kufa University. Assassinated 22 August 2007 by members of a sectarian militia. [source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 27 August 2007.] Adel Abdul Hadi: Professor of philosophy, Kufa University’s College of Arts. Killed by a group of armed men 28 October 2007 when returning home from university. [source: Iraqi university sources to the BRussells Tribunal, 30 October 2007.] KARBALA University of Karbala Kasem Mohammed Ad Dayni: Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, College of Pedagogy, Karbala University. Killed 17 April 2006. MOSUL Mosul University Omar Miran: Baghdad University bachelor of law (1946), PhD in history from Paris University (1952), professor of history at Mosul University, specialist in history of the Middle East. Killed, along with his wife and three of his sons, by armed men in February 2006 (exact date unknown.]. Noel Petros Shammas Matti: Lecturer at the College of Medicine, Mosul University. Married and father of two daughters. He was kidnapped and found dead 4 August 2006. Muwafek Yahya Hamdun: Deputy dean and professor at the College of Agronomy, Mosul University. [source: Al-Hayat, 28 February 2006.] Naif Sultan Saleh: Lecturer at the Technical Institute, Mosul University. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Natek Sabri Hasan: Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural Mechanization and head of the College of Agronomy, Mosul University. [source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] Abdul Kader Ali Abdullah: Lecturer in the Department of Arabic, College of Education Sciences, Mosul University. Found dead 25/26 August 2007 after being kidnapped five days before by a group of armed men. [source: Iraqi sources to the BRussells Tribunal and CEOSI 26-27 August 2007.] Unknown: Lecturer at Mosul University, killed in the explosion of two car bombs near campus, 1 October 2007. In this atack six other people were injured, among them four students. [source: KUNA, 1 October 2007.] OPEN UNIVERSITY Kareem Ahmed Al-Timmi: Head of the Department of Arabic Language in the College of Education at the Open University. Killed in Baghdad, 22 February 2007. COMMISSION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION [5] Aamir Ibrahim Hamza: Bachelor in electronic engineering, lecturer at the Technical Institute. Mohammed Abd Al-Hussein Wahed: PhD in tourism, lecturer at the Institute of Administration. Mohammed Saleh Mahdi: Bachelor in sciences, lecturer at the Cancer Research Centre. Killed November 2005. INSTITUTIONAL POSITIONS Emad Sarsam: PhD in surgery and member of the Arab Council of Medicine. Faiz Ghani Aziz: PhD in agronomy, director general of the Iraqi Company of Vegetable Oil. Killed September 2003. Isam Said Abd Al-Halim: Geologic consultant at the Ministry of Construction. Kamal Al-Jarrah: Degree in English philology, researcher and writer and director general at the Ministry of Education. Raad Abdul-Latif Al-Saadi: PhD in Arabic language, consultant in higher education and scientific research at the Ministry of Education. Shakier Al-Jafayi: PhD in administration, head of the Department of Normalization and Quality at the Iraq Council. Wajeeh Mahjub: PhD in physical education, director general of physical education at the Ministry of Education. Wissam Al-Hashimi: PhD in petrogeology, president of the Arab Union of Geologists, expert in Iraqi reservoirs, he worked for the Iraqi Ministry of Petroleum. UNIVERSITY AFFILIATION UNKNOWN Amir Mizhir Al-Dayni: Professor of telecommunication engineering. Khaled Ibrahim Said: PhD in physics. Mohammed Al-Adramli: PhD in chemical sciences. Mohammed Munim Al-Izmerly: PhD in chemical sciences. He was tortured and killed by US troops. His body was sent to the Baghdad morgue. The cause of death was initially registered as “brainstem compression”. Nafi Aboud: Professor of Arabic literature. OTHER CASES Khalel Al-Zahawi: Born in 1946, Al-Zahawi was considered the most important calligraphist in Iraq and among the most important in the Arab-Muslim world. He worked as a lecturer in calligraphy in several Arab countries during the 1990s. He was killed 19 May 2007 in Baghdad by a group of armed men. He was buried in Diyala, where he was born. [source: BBC News, 22 May 2007. His biography is available on wikipedia.].

Wisdom of the Month: "Somali hal dhaqan umbaa mideeya si kasta ooy isku kala saaraan" By Haneefa

Protocol bro. Here is a saying that you suports your fears: Marriage: When a Faarax loses his Bachellors and a Halimo gets her Masters! On Mutca marriage, besides its assured ban, a rule of thumb is "would you consider to a relative of yours"? Nur

Nomads Another milestone on the road to Jannah, its the last ten days of Ramadan, and as usual, a rerun of my old posts for a reminder as well as motivation to stay the course of good deeds until we all meet our maker. Nur

Nomads Its the last ten days of Dhil Xijjah, best days on earth. Days in which a good deed is worth more than any other day of the year in reward. What can you do in these days to earn such a reward? 1. Feed the poor 2. Assist the elderly 3. Educate the ignorant 4. Forgive 5. Fast 6. Help relief work for refugees 7. Volunteer for public assistance 8. Donate Blood 9. Share an experience of benevolence 10. Mention the name of your lord. Nur

From eNuri Archives. Best Days On Earth NOMADS The Best Days on earth are upon us The Ten Days of Dhil Hijjah These are the days Allah SWT said about them: " Wal Fajr, Wa layaalin Cashr" " By The Dawn and the ten nights" Also Allah says about them : " Wa yadhkurullhaaha fii ayaamin macluumaat" " So they ( Mulsims) make dhikr, and mention his holy name in specified days" The prophet SAWS said: "The best days on earth are the ten days of thil Hijjah" Hadeeth is verified by Albani. So as you can see brothers and sisters, there are no days in the entire year where your good deeds count as these days, so take advantage of these days by doing as much good as you can do on earth. These are the ten days in which Allah gets close to us (and he is always close) and shows off in Pride to his angels the millions of worshippers gathering in Arafaat, The largest gathering of the fairthfhul, any faith anywhere, for the one and ONLY true God, owner of this tiny planet and the the ever expanding universe. These are the ten days in which all forms of worship earns you the maximum returns, if you have the intention and the will. So be thankful that you have lived through the year to reach this milestone, a second chance in the year in which you can come clean with a new slate if you make the pilgrimmage to makka the Hajj or make the intention for next year. Remember that this is your last stop for refueling till next Ramadan, in case you goofed around, but feel guilty and desire to mend fence with Allah. Take advantage of these holy days, here are ways to benfit from these ten days: 1. Tawbah: Repent, feeling guilty all the time does not get you anywhere, do something about it, align your life with the will of Allah, it is no picnic going against Allah, so surrrender willingly, before you surrender unwillingly, you will feel light after you get rid of the monkey on your back. 2. Regular prayers: If you have neglected your prayers, remember that living in the fast lane has its benefits, like falling off the cliff to Jahannam, for ever. Your prayers are the folder that binds all your good deeds, without this folder, your work is scattered in the open like snow, you can not claim any, and that is no smart way to plan for retirement. 3. MAKE HAJJ: Unless you are in Makkah by now, chances are you are not making Hajj this year, so plan this year to make Hajj next year. Your good intention is counted as a good deed, equal in weight to actual Hajj, in case you die before next Hajj, your credit will be in your folder, indeed a respectable exit to the next world. 4. Sacrifice: Go to a farm and offer Allah a sarifice, like a sheep or a Camel, if you can find one. For those who can not find animals to scarifice, I have few ideas: 1. If you have kids, sacrifice your TV, I know it is too much to ask, but think, Abraham was asked to sacrifice his son Ishmael. To get a dose of faith, you need to make a room in your heart, so throw something dear to you, to get something better in value and more lasting in terms of duration, take it from me, you will be surprised of the result. After you throw away your TV, here are the benefits that you can expetct: a. You will begin to notice the presence of real human beings who live with you, like brothers and sisters, parents, husband or wife or grandparents, you'd wonder, where have they been all these years?. b.You begin to laugh together, go places instead of sitting in front of the tube, and you will beging reading your daily papers and begin to think and use your brain, instead of the TV doing all the thinking and entertainment for you (I know some people who have their brains in a the new delivery cartons), . Kids begin to read, adults enjoy the company of relatives. So, Scarifice your TV, sell it in a flee market, the money, send it home for feeding the poor. Great thawaab Reward for this ten days. C. For the rest of the Brothers and sisters, sacrifice things you own that does not get you close to Allah, you know them, so give away things you love, that are forming a barrier between you and Allah. 5. Make Sadaqa: Rememnber the poor: Send money home to the poor families in this season, make someone happy, Allah will make you happy. 6. Make Dhiker all the time: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar. Laa Ilaaha Illal Allaahu Allahu Akbar wa lilaahil Hamd. Nur 2003 Nurtel Softwaano Series The Art of taking care of the Heart

A RESPONSE ON THIS STORY FOLLOWS! Paul Salopek,a master disinformationist and shill for the criminal invaders of Afganistan,Iraq and Somalia...He calls the people defending their countries against the illegal invaders terrorists!...That resistance fighter in prison is probably innocent of the murders of the aid workers,but this Salopek rather believe everything the terrorist state department says with no evidence whatsoever!..A real scumbag!...What a twisted world we live in!The good guys are bad guys,and vice versa!...There's no hope for western journalists to ever straighten out,and tell the truth,the whole truth,and nothing but the truth,so help us all God!...PEACE TO ALL... A MESOPOTAMIAN

"Nobody Is Watching " America's Hidden War in Somalia By Paul Salopek Tribune correspondent November 24, 2008 "Chicago Tribune" -- - To glimpse America's secret war in Africa, you must bang with a rock on the iron gate of the prison in this remote port in northern Somalia. A sleepy guard will yank open a rusty deadbolt. Then, you ask to speak to an inmate named Mohamed Ali Isse. Isse, 36, is a convicted murderer and jihadist. He is known among his fellow prisoners, with grudging awe, as "The Man with the American Thing in His Leg." That "thing" is a stainless steel surgical pin screwed into his bullet-shattered femur, courtesy, he says, of the U.S. Navy. How it got there — or more to the point, how Isse ended up in this crumbling, stone-walled hellhole at the uttermost end of the Earth—is a story that the U.S. government probably would prefer to remain untold. That's because Isse and his fancy surgery scars offer what little tangible evidence exists of a bare-knuckled war that has been waged silently, over the past five years, with the sole aim of preventing anarchic Somalia from becoming the world's next Afghanistan. It is a standoff war in which the Pentagon lobs million-dollar cruise missiles into a famine-haunted African wasteland the size of Texas, hoping to kill lone terror suspects who might be dozing in candlelit huts. (The raids' success or failure is almost impossible to verify.) It is a covert war in which the CIA has recruited gangs of unsavory warlords to hunt down and kidnap Islamic militants and—according to Isse and civil rights activists—secretly imprison them offshore, aboard U.S. warships. Mostly, though, it is a policy time bomb that will be inherited by the incoming Obama administration: a little-known front in the global war on terrorism that Washington appears to be losing, if it hasn't already been lost. "Somalia is one of the great unrecognized U.S. policy failures since 9/11," said Ken Menkhaus, a leading Somalia scholar at Davidson College in North Carolina. "By any rational metric, what we've ended up with there today is the opposite of what we wanted." What the Bush administration wanted, when it tacitly backed Ethiopia's invasion of Somalia in late 2006, was clear enough: to help a close African ally in the war on terror crush the Islamic Courts Union, or ICU. The Taliban-like movement emerged from the ashes of more than 15 years of anarchy and lawlessness in Africa's most infamous failed state, Somalia. At first, the invasion seemed an easy victory. By early 2007, the ICU had been routed, a pro-Western transitional government installed, and hundreds of Islamic militants in Somalia either captured or killed. But over the last 18 months, Somalia's Islamists—now more radical than ever—have regrouped and roared back. On a single day last month, they flexed their muscles by killing nearly 30 people in a spate of bloody car-bomb attacks that recalled the darkest days of Iraq. And their brutal militia, the Shabab or "Youth," today controls much of the destitute nation, a shattered but strategic country that overlooks the vital oil-shipping lanes of the Gulf of Aden. Even worse, in recent days Shabab's fighters have moved to within miles of the Somalian capital of Mogadishu, threatening to topple the weak interim government supported by the U.S. and Ethiopia. At the same time, according to the UN, the explosion of violence is inflaming what probably is the worst humanitarian tragedy in the world. In the midst of a killing drought, more than 700,000 city dwellers have been driven out of bullet-scarred Mogadishu by the recent clashes between the Islamist rebels and the interim government. The U.S. role in Somalia's current agonies has not always been clear. But back in the Berbera prison, Isse, who is both a villain and a victim in this immense panorama of suffering, offered a keyhole view that extended all the way back to Washington. Wrapped in a faded sarong, scowling in the blistering-hot prison yard, the jihadist at first refused to meet foreign visitors—a loathed American in particular. But after some cajoling, he agreed to tell his story through a fellow inmate: a surreal but credible tale of illicit abduction by the CIA, secret helicopter rides and a journey through an African gulag that lifts the curtain, albeit only briefly, on an American invisible war. "Your government gets away with a lot here," said the warden, Hassan Mohamed Ibrahim, striding about his antique facility with a pistol tucked in the back of his pants. "In Iraq, the world is watching. In Afghanistan, the world is watching. In Somalia, nobody is watching." From ashes of 'Black Hawk Down' In truth, merely watching in Mogadishu these days is apt to get you killed. Somalia's hapless capital has long been considered the Dodge City of Africa—a seaside metropolis sundered by clan fighting ever since the nation's central government collapsed in 1991. That feral reputation was cemented in 1993, when chanting mobs dragged the bodies of U.S. Army Rangers through the streets in a disastrous UN peacekeeping mission chronicled in the book and movie "Black Hawk Down." Yet if Mogadishu was once merely a perilous destination for outsiders, visiting today is suicidal. For the first time in local memory, the airport—the city's frail lifeline to the world—is regularly closed by insurgent mortar attacks despite a small and jittery contingent of African Union peacekeepers. Foreign workers who once toiled quietly for years in Somalia have been evacuated. A U.S. missile strike in May killed the Shabab commander, Aden Hashi Ayro, enraging Islamist militants who have since vowed to kidnap and kill any outsider found in the country. The upshot: Most of Somalia today is closed to the world. It wasn't supposed to turn out this way when Washington provided intelligence to the invading Ethiopians two years ago. The homegrown Islamic radicals who controlled most of central and southern Somalia in mid-2006 certainly were no angels. They shuttered Mogadishu's cinemas, demanded that Somali men grow beards and, according to the U.S. State Department, provided refuge to some 30 local and international jihadists associated with Al Qaeda. But the Islamic Courts Union's turbaned militiamen had actually defeated Somalia's hated warlords. And their enforcement of Islamic religious laws, while unpopular among many Somalis, made Mogadishu safe to walk in for the first time in a generation. "It's not just that people miss those days," said a Somali humanitarian worker who, for safety reasons, asked to be identified only as Hassan. "They resent the Ethiopians and Americans tearing it all up, using Somalia as their battlefield against global terrorism. It's like the Cold War all over again. Somalis aren't in control." When the Islamic movement again strengthened, Isse, the terrorist jailed in Berbera, was a pharmacy owner from the isolated town of Buro in Somaliland, a parched northern enclave that declared independence from Somalia in the early 1990s. Radicalized by U.S. military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, he is serving a life sentence for organizing the killings of four foreign aid workers in late 2003 and early 2004. Two of his victims were elderly British teachers. A dour, bearded man with bullet scars puckering his neck and leg, Isse still maintains his innocence. Much of Isse's account of his capture and imprisonment was independently corroborated by Western intelligence analysts, Somali security officials and court records in Somaliland, where the wounded jihadist was tried and jailed for murdering the aid workers. Those sources say Isse was snatched by the U.S. after fleeing to the safe house of a notorious Islamist militant in Mogadishu. How that operation unfolded on a hot June night in 2004 reveals the extent of American clandestine involvement in Somalia's chaotic affairs—and how such anti-terrorism efforts appear to have backfired. Interrogation aboard ship "I captured Isse for the Americans," said Mohamed Afrah Qanyare. "The Americans contracted us to do certain things, and we did them. Isse put up resistance so we shot him. But he survived." A scar-faced warlord in a business suit, Qanyare is a member of Somalia's weak transitional government. Today he divides his days between lawless Mogadishu and luxury hotels in Nairobi. But four years ago, his militia helped form the kernel of a CIA-created mercenary force called the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism in Somalia. The unit cobbled together some of the world's most violent, wily and unreliable clan militias—including gangs that had attacked U.S. forces in the early 1990s—to confront a rising tide of Islamic militancy in Somalia's anarchic capital. The Somalis on the CIA payroll engaged in a grim tit-for-tat exchange of kidnappings and assassinations with extremists. And Isse was one of their catches. He was wounded in a CIA-ordered raid on his Mogadishu safe house in June 2004, according to Qanyare and Matt Bryden, one of the world's leading scholars of the Somali insurgency who has access to intelligence regarding it. They say Isse was then loaded aboard a U.S. military helicopter summoned by satellite phone and was flown, bleeding, to an offshore U.S. vessel. "He saw white people in uniforms working on his body," said Isse's Somali defense lawyer, Bashir Hussein Abdi, describing how Isse was rushed into a ship-board operating room. "He felt the ship moving. He thought he was dreaming." Navy doctors spliced a steel rod into Isse's bullet-shattered leg, according to Abdi. Every day for about a month afterward, Isse's court depositions assert, plainclothes U.S. agents grilled the bedridden Somali at sea about Al Qaeda's presence. The CIA never has publicly acknowledged its operations in Somalia. Agency spokesman George Little declined to comment on Isse's case. For years, human-rights organizations attempted to expose the rumored detention and interrogation of terror suspects aboard U.S. warships to avoid media and legal scrutiny. In June, the British civil rights group Reprieve contended that as many as 17 U.S. warships may have doubled as "floating prisons" since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Calling such claims "misleading," the Pentagon has insisted that U.S. ships have served only as transit stops for terror suspects being shuttled to permanent detention camps such as the one in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But Tribune reporting on Isse indicates strongly that a U.S. warship was used for interrogation at least once off the lawless coast of Somalia. The U.S. Navy conceded Isse had stayed aboard one of its vessels. In a terse statement, Lt. Nathan Christensen, a spokesman for the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet that patrols the Gulf of Aden, said only that the Navy was "not able to confirm dates" of Isse's imprisonment. For reasons that remain unclear, he was later flown to Camp Lemonier, a U.S. military base in the African state of Djibouti, Somali intelligence sources say, and from there to a clandestine prison in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Isse and his lawyer allege he was detained there for six weeks and tortured by Ethiopian military intelligence with electric shocks. Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and office of prime minister did not respond to queries about Isse's allegations. However, security officials in neighboring Somaliland did confirm that they collected Isse from the Ethiopian police at a dusty border crossing in late 2004. "The Man with the American Thing in His Leg" was interrogated again. After a local trial, he was locked in the ancient Berbera prison. "It doesn't matter if he is guilty or innocent," said Abdi, the defense lawyer. "Countries like Ethiopia and America use terrorism to justify this treatment. This is not justice. It is a crime in itself." Tales of CIA "snatch and grab" operations against terror suspects abroad aren't new, of course. President George W. Bush finally confirmed two years ago the existence of an international program that "renditioned" terrorism suspects to a network of "black site" prisons in Eastern Europe, Iraq and Afghanistan. As for the CIA's anti-terror mercenaries in Mogadishu, they may have kidnapped a dozen or more wanted Islamists for the Americans, intelligence experts say. But their excesses ended up swelling the ranks of their enemy, the Islamic Courts Union militias. "It was a ****** idea," said Bryden, the security analyst who has written extensively on Somalia's Islamist insurgency. "It actually strengthened the hand of the Islamists and helped trigger the crisis we're in today." In the sweltering Berbera prison, Exhibit A in Washington's phantom war in Somalia had finished his afternoon prayers. He clapped his sandals together, then limped off to his cell without a word. A sinking nation The future of Somalia and its 8 million people is totally unscripted. This unbearable lack of certainty, of a way forward, accommodates little hope. Ethiopian and U.S. actions have eroded Somalis' hidebound allegiance to their clans, once a firewall against Al Qaeda's global ideology, says Bryden. Somalia's 2 million-strong diaspora is of greatest concern. Angry young men, foreign passports in hand, could be lured back to the reopened Shabab training camps, where instructors occasionally use photocopied portraits of Bush as rifle targets. Some envision no Somalia at all. With about $8 billion in humanitarian aid fire-hosed into the smoking ruins of Somalia since the early 1990s—the U.S. will donate roughly $200 million this year alone—a growing chorus of policymakers is advocating that the failed state be allowed to fail, to break up into autonomous zones or fiefdoms, such as Isse's home of Somaliland. But there is another possible future for Somalia. To see it, you must go to Bosaso, a port 300 miles east of Isse's cell. Bosaso is an escape hatch from Somalia. Thousands of people swarm through the town's scruffy waterfront every year, seeking passage across the Gulf of Aden to the Middle East. Dressed in rags, they sleep by the hundreds in dirt alleys and empty lots. Stranded women and girls are forced into prostitution. "You can see why we still need America's help," said Abdinur Jama, the coast guard commander for Puntland, the semiautonomous state encompassing Bosaso. "We need training and equipment to stop this." Dapper in camouflage and a Yankees cap, Jama was a rarity in Somalia, an optimist. While Bosaso's teenagers shook their fists at high-flying U.S. jets on routine patrols—"Go to hell!" they chanted—Jama still spoke well of international engagement in Somalia. On a morning when he offered to take visitors on a coast patrol, it did not seem kind to tell him what a U.S. military think tank at West Point had concluded about Somalia last year: that, in some respects, failed states were admirable places to combat Al Qaeda, because the absence of local sovereignty permitted "relatively unrestricted Western counterterrorism efforts." After all, Jama's decrepit patrol boat was sinking. A crew member scrambled to stanch a yard-high geyser of seawater that spurted through the cracked hull. Jama screwed his cap on tighter and peered professionally at land that, despite Washington's best-laid plans, has turned far more desperate than Afghanistan. "Can you swim?" Jama asked. But it hardly seemed to matter. Back on dry land, in Somalia, an entire country was drowning

SOS very interesting research brief! Just went through it quickly, its by no means different than the current Bush policy, and contrary to the superficial aspect of it, I am happy with this kind of strategy, specially the allignment of US interests in the region with Shia groups,( 15% of Muslim World ), in terms of Religious groupings and with the non Arabs (Who they suspect dont know much of Islam ), in terms of the Ethnic groupings, working with "Moderate Muslims" etc. I think, the above to be a blessing in disguise for the Muslim world, but its better left undiscussed in this forum until we all see the result this strategy. If this is the work of their Intellectual Think Tanks, it leaves a lot to be desired from their politicians, there will be only one sure result from all this, more owners of the Islamic Problem, which will cause more questions to be answered by their Think Tanks. " Laqad ibtaghaw al fitnata, min qablu, wa qallabuu lakal umuura xataa jaa a al xaqqu wa Dhahara amrullaahi wa hum kaarihuun" Nur

Western Progressive Opinion: Bring on the Victims! Condemn the Fighters! By James Petras November 23, 2008 "ICH" -- We know in some detail of the willing and gratuitous support, which tens of millions of American citizens have bestowed on the White House and Congressional perpetrators of crimes against humanity. The Clinton Administration was freely re-elected in 1996 after deliberately imposing a starvation embargo on Iraq and mounting a relentless, unopposed bombing campaign on that devastated country for four straight years, leading to the documented deaths of over 500,000 children and countless more vulnerable adults. The majority of US citizens re-elected Bush after he launched wars which caused the deaths of over a million Iraqi civilians, scores of thousands of Afghanis, thousands of Pakistanis, and after he gave full support to Israel’s murderous attacks on Palestinian civilians and the blockade of vital food, water and fuel to the occupied territories, not to mention the frequent bombing of Lebanon and Syria, which culminated, during Bush’s second term, in the horrific Israeli bombing campaign of Lebanese cities and villages killing thousands of civilians. We know this brutality received the unconditional support of the Presidents of the 52 Major American Jewish Organizations and their thousands of affiliated community groups (totaling over one million members). We know that for each and every Israeli assassination of a Palestinian, each dispossession of Palestinians from their land and homes and the uprooting of their orchards, vineyards and the poisoning of their wells, there is a systematic campaign here to obliterate our democratic freedom of speech and assembly – especially our right to publicly condemn Israel and expose its agents operating among US power brokers. Through hard experience the majority of the American public has come to recognize the pitfalls of militarism and is slowly coming to realize the profound threats posed by the entrenched Zionist Power Configuration to our ‘four freedoms’. That is all to the good. However, these advances in public opinion have been far from sufficient. The American public has just elected a new president who promises to escalate the imperialist military presence in Afghanistan and fill key posts in his regime with known militarists and Zionists from the previous regime of President ‘Bill’ Clinton. What has escaped public notice is the almost complete disappearance of the peace movement and its absorption into the pro-war Democratic Party electoral machine of President-Elect Barack Obama. Likewise, the vast majority of US ‘progressive’ opinion-makers embraced, with occasional mild reservations, the Obama candidacy and, in effect, became part of the ‘broad coalition’ joining hands with billionaire Zionist zealots and Wall Street financial swindlers, Clintonite ‘humanitarian’ militarists, impotent millionaire trade union bureaucrats and various and sundry upwardly mobile ‘minority’ politicians and vote hustlers. Whether progressives were intoxicated by the empty presidential campaign rhetoric of ‘change’, they willingly sacrificed their most elementary principles at the service of evil (presumably, they would say, to serve the ‘lesser evil’), but no doubt the evils of new imperial wars, complicity with Israel’s colonial savagery and the deepening immiseration of the American people. The US progressive intellectuals show no such (im)moral scruples when it comes to the anti-imperial resistance movements in Asian (especially in the Middle East), Africa and Latin America. US Progressives and Third World Resistance Movements Among the most prominent progressive intellectuals (PPIs) in the US and Europe, writers, bloggers and academics, there is nary a single one who exhibits the same ‘pragmatism’, which they practice in choosing ‘lesser evil’ politicians in the US or Europe, with regard to political choices in highly conflicted countries. Can we find a single PPI who will argue that they support the democratically elected Hamas in Palestine or Hezbollah in Lebanon, or the popularly supported nationalist Muqtada al-Sadr in Iraq, the anti-occupation Taliban in Afghanistan or even the right, recognized under international law, of the Iranian people to the peaceful development of nuclear energy – because, whatever their defects – these are the ‘lesser evil’. Let us consider the issue in greater detail. PPIs justified their support for Obama on the basis of his campaign rhetoric in favor of peace and justice, even as he voted for Bush’s war budgets and foreign aid programs funding the murder of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, Afghanis, Palestinians, Colombians, Somalis and Pakistanis and the dispossessing and displacement of at least 10 million people from their towns, farms and homes. The very same PPI reject and refuse to apply the ‘lesser evil’ criteria in support of Hamas, the democratically elected Palestinian administration in the Gaza, which is in the forefront of the struggle against the brutal Israeli colonial occupation – because it is ‘violent’ (which means it ‘retaliates against almost daily Israeli armed assaults), seeks a ‘theocratic state’ (similar to the theologically defined ‘Jewish’ state of Israel), represses dissidents (in the form of occasional crackdowns on CIA-funded Fatah functionaries and militias). At best the PPIs take an interest only in the Palestinian victims of Israel’s genocidal embargo of food, water, fuel and medicine; it protests against overt racist assaults by Israel’s colonial Judeo-fascist settlers when they assault school girls on their way to school or elderly farmers in their orchards; they protest the arbitrary and deliberate delays at Israeli military checkpoints, which cause the deaths of acutely ill Palestinians, cancer victims, women in labor, men with heart attacks and people in need of kidney dialysis by preventing them from reaching medical facilities. In other words the PPI support the Palestinians as victims but condemn them as fighters who challenge their executioners. The PPI’s support for victims is a cost-free posture, providing credibility to the ‘progressive’ label; opposition to the fighters assures the establishment that the PPI’s criticism will not adversely affect the US empire-building and its Israeli allies. The most outspoken, self-proclaimed progressive ‘libertarians’ and ‘democrats’ in the Western world claim to support national self-determination and oppose imperial conquests, yet they unfailingly reject the real-existing mass popular movements demanding self-determination and leading the struggle against imperial conquest and foreign occupation. Almost without exception they denounce national resistance movements for not fitting their preconceived notions of perfect justice, peaceful tolerance and secular, democratic principles, which their idea of a resistance movement should embody. Yet the PPI do not impose such criteria in advocating support for candidates in their own countries. Hezbollah is flatly rejected as too ‘clerical’ by the PPIs, but British progressives supported Tony Blair, the leader of the Labor Party and his role as bloody accomplice to Clinton, Bush, Sharon and a whole host of servile puppet regimes in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and elsewhere. In terms of military aggression – and deaths, loss of limbs and homes – the ‘lesser evil’ Democrats and European Social Democrats and Center-Left politicians have a far worse record that the Taliban, Hezbollah, Hamas and Sadrist forces. More to the point, the living conditions and safety of the vast majority of the people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Somalia – by any standard – were vastly better under the independent if authoritarian rule of Saddam Hussain, the clerical Taliban in Afghanistan, the Islamic Councils in Somalia than under the US-EU military occupations and client regimes. Some of the PPIs avoid the real and difficult choices by pretending that there are ‘third choices’ just on the horizon in countries currently under imperial and colonial conquest and occupation: They reject the imperial armies and the anti-imperial resistance in the name of abstract progressive libertarian principles. The shameless cant and hypocrisy of their position is clear when the same issue is posed in terms of political choices within the imperial mother country. Here the PPIs have a thousand and one arguments to back one (Obama) of the two major imperial war party presidential candidates; here ‘realism’ and ‘lesser evil’ arguments come to the fore. And what ‘choices’ are made! The same libertarians and democrats who condemn the Taliban for its destruction of ancient religious monuments support Democratic candidates, like Obama, who propose to escalate the US military occupation in Afghanistan and intensify the killing fields in South Asia. There are profound moral and political dilemmas in making political choices in a world in which destructive imperial wars are led by liberal electoral politicians and vigorously resisted by clerical and secular authoritarian movements and leaders. But the historical record of the past three hundred years is clear: Western parliamentarian imperialism and its contemporary legacy has destroyed and undermined far more lives and livelihoods in far more countries over a greater time span than even the worst of the post colonial regimes. Moreover, the colonial wars, pursued by ‘lesser evil’ electoral regimes and politicians, have had a profoundly destructive impact on the very ‘democratic values’ in the Western countries, which the PPIs profess to defend. Conclusion The PPI, by choosing the ‘lesser evil’ – in the most recent instance, supporting Barack Obama – have condemned themselves to political impotence in the making of Washington’s policies and political irrelevance to the struggles for national liberation. Consequential supporters of the millions of victims of Western and Israeli butchery do not live off foundation handouts; they make the difficult (and costly) choice to throw in their lot via solidarity with the resistance fighters. The ‘cost’ to progressive intellectuals in the US, of course, is a drying up of invitations to speak at universities with offers of five-figure honorariums; the ‘benefit’ is self-respect and the dignity that comes from being part of an international anti-imperialist movement.

Kabul 30 years ago, and Kabul today. Have We Learned Nothing? 'Terrorists' were in Soviet sights; now they are in the Americans'. By Robert Fisk November 22, 2008 "The Independent" -- -I sit on the rooftop of the old Central Hotel – pharaonic-decorated elevator, unspeakable apple juice, sublime green tea, and armed Tajik guards at the front door – and look out across the smoky red of the Kabul evening. The Bala Hissar fort glows in the dusk, massive portals, the great keep to which the British army should have moved its men in 1841. Instead, they felt the king should live there and humbly built a cantonment on the undefended plain, thus leading to a "signal catastrophe". Like automated birds, the kites swoop over the rooftops. Yes, the kite-runners of Kabul, minus Hollywood. At night, the thump of American Sikorsky helicopters and the whisper of high-altitude F-18s invade my room. The United States of America is settling George Bush's scores with the "terrorists" trying to overthrow Hamid Karzai's corrupt government. Now rewind almost 29 years, and I am on the balcony of the Intercontinental Hotel on the other side of this great, cold, fuggy city. Impeccable staff, frozen Polish beer in the bar, secret policemen in the front lobby, Russian troops parked in the forecourt. The Bala Hissar fort glimmers through the smoke. The kites – green seems a favourite colour – move beyond the trees. At night, the thump of Hind choppers and the whisper of high-altitude MiGs invade my room. The Soviet Union is settling Leonid Brezhnev's scores with the "terrorists" trying to overthrow Barbrak Karmal's corrupt government. Thirty miles north, all those years ago, a Soviet general told us of the imminent victory over the "terrorists" in the mountains, imperialist "remnants" – the phrase Kabul communist radio always used – who were being supported by America and Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Fast forward to 2001 – just seven years ago – and an American general told us of the imminent victory over the "terrorists" in the mountains, the all but conquered Taliban who were being supported by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The Russian was pontificating at the big Soviet airbase at Bagram. The American general was pontificating at the big US airbase at Bagram. This is not déjà-vu. This is déjà double-vu. And it gets worse. Almost 29 years ago, the Afghan "mujahedin" began a campaign to end the mixed schooling of boys and girls in the remote mountain passes, legislation pushed through by successive communist governments. Schools were burned down. Outside Jalalabad, I found a headmaster and his headmistress wife burned to death. Today, the Afghan Taliban are campaigning to end the mixed schooling of boys and girls – indeed the very education of young women – across the great deserts of Kandahar and Helmand. Schools have been burned down. Teachers have been executed. As the Soviets began to suffer more and more casualties, their officers boasted of the increasing prowess of the Afghan National Army, the ANA. Infiltrated though they were by the "mujahedin", Moscow gave them newer tanks and helped to train new battalions to take on the guerrillas outside the capital. Fast forward to now. As the Americans and British suffer ever greater casualties, their officers boast of the increasing prowess of the ANA. Infiltrated though they are by the Taliban, America and other Nato states are providing them with newer equipment and training new battalions to take on the guerrillas outside the capital. Back in January of 1980, I could take a bus from Kabul to Kandahar. Seven years later, the broken highway was haunted by "mujahedin" fighters and bandits and the only safe way to travel to Kandahar was by air. In the immediate aftermath of America's arrival here in 2001, I could take a bus from Kabul to Kandahar. Now, seven years later, the highway – rebuilt on the express instructions of George W but already cracked and swamped with sand – is haunted by Taliban fighters and bandits and the only safe way to travel to Kandahar is by air. Throughout the 1980s, the Soviets and the ANA held the towns but lost most of the country. Today, America and its allies and the ANA hold most of the towns but have lost the southern half of the country. The Soviets secretly sent another 9,000 troops to join their 115,000-strong occupation force to fight the "mujahedin". Today, the Americans are publicly sending another 7,000 troops to join their 55,000-strong occupation force to fight the Taliban. In 1980, I would sneak down to Chicken Street to buy old books in the dust-filled shops, cheap and illegal Pakistani reprints of the memoirs of British Empire officers while my driver watched anxiously lest I be mistaken for a Russian. Last week, I sneaked down to the Shar Book shop, which is filled with the very same illicit volumes, while my driver watched anxiously lest I be mistaken for an American (or, indeed, a Brit). I find Stephen Tanner's Afghanistan: A Military History From Alexander The Great To The Fall Of The Taliban and drive back to my hotel through the streets of wood-smoked Kabul to read it in my ill-lit room. In 1840, Tanner writes, Britain's supply line from the Pakistani city of Karachi up through the Khyber Pass and Jalalabad to Kabul was being threatened by Afghan fighters, "British officers on the crucial supply line through Peshawar... insulted and attacked". I fumble through my bag for a clipping from a recent copy of Le Monde. It marks Nato's main supply route from the Pakistani city of Karachi up through the Khyber Pass and Jalalabad to Kabul, and illustrates the location of each Taliban attack on the convoys bringing fuel and food to America's allies in Afghanistan. Then I prowl through one of the Pakistani retread books I have found and discover General Roberts of Kandahar telling the British in 1880 that "we have nothing to fear from Afghanistan, and the best thing to do is to leave it as much as possible to itself... I feel sure I am right when I say that the less the Afghans see of us, the less they will dislike us". Memo to the Americans, the Brits, the Canadians and the rest of Humpty Dumpty's men. Read Roberts. Read history

Secret Dossiers Kept on Muslims ? Former Marine outlines secret dossiers Muslims, Arabs not targeted, FBI says By Rick Rogers November 21, 2008 "Union Tribune" -- -OCEANSIDE — Two years after his arrest, a former Marine gunnery sergeant is talking about the FBI, CIA and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement files he stole from Camp Pendleton for a civilian agency. In interviews with The San Diego Union-Tribune, Gary Maziarz, 39, said “dozens of files” he gave the Los Angeles Terrorism Early Warning Group while serving as an intelligence specialist at the base were dossiers on Muslims and Arabs living in Southern California. This marks the first time Maziarz has spoken to the media about the files since pleading guilty in July 2007 to mishandling classified material and stealing government property. He agreed to the interviews despite signing a plea agreement with the government limiting his comments on the security breach, which might involve a decade's worth of intelligence culled from domestic and foreign sources. The deal also requires him to testify if called on. “Most of the (monitored) people were from Los Angeles. The ties they had to San Diego were, like, maybe they had a house down here or a relative or came down to visit or went on vacation here,” said Maziarz, who splits his time between North County and Arizona as he looks for work and tries to move on with his life. Many of the stolen files centered on the meeting spots of “people of interest,” including places of worship, businesses and travel plans, he said. Maziarz's case could have repercussions well beyond Camp Pendleton. The existence of CIA, FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement documents profiling specific minority and religious groups in the United States could undermine contentions by the FBI, the primary federal agency for domestic security, that no programs target upstanding Muslims and Arabs. “The FBI does not monitor the lawful activities of individuals in the United States, nor does the FBI have a surveillance program to monitor constitutionally protected activities of houses of worship,” FBI spokesman Darrell Foxworth said in an e-mail. Maziarz's arrest in October 2006 sparked multiple investigations, including those by the FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Federal agents testifying at his trial said the files found in his possession could not be shared legally with civilian law enforcement. Essentially, Maziarz said, he used computer networks at Camp Pendleton to tap into classified information that he then passed along to a higher-ranking Marine or one of that person's subordinates. Maziarz and federal investigative documents have identified that individual as reserve Col. Larry Richards, the base's former intelligence chief and co-founder of the Los Angeles Terrorism Early Warning Group. Maziarz said he and others broke national-security protocols out of concern that FBI officials were not sharing anti-terrorism intelligence with local law enforcement or were doing it slowly because of bureaucracy. There was a feeling that lack of cooperation prevented aggressive efforts to prevent future terrorist attacks. The Los Angeles Terrorism Early Warning Group is composed of two dozen local, state and federal agencies, including the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the Secret Service and the FBI. The Union-Tribune first reported on the Maziarz case in October 2007, after it obtained unclassified records from his court-martial. Maziarz originally was charged with stealing Iraq war souvenirs from a base armory. That investigation evolved into the document-theft case. He received a 26-month jail sentence. He was released in July after serving less than two years in Camp Pendleton's brig. In accepting Maziarz's guilty plea, Marine judge Lt. Col. Jeffrey Meeks avoided revealing specific contents of the stolen files. Two federal agents attended the plea-agreement sessions to make sure classified details stayed secret. While sitting recently at a café in Carlsbad, Maziarz explained how officials from the Los Angeles counter-terrorism group used him for years to steal highly sensitive FBI, CIA and immigration files to track and foil terrorist operations. He was more tight-lipped about classified files known as TIGER documents. TIGER, or the Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system, is a database developed at the U.S. Census Bureau. It can be customized to identify special demographic centers, such as areas where certain ethnic groups live. The Union-Tribune asked FBI officials whether any of the files Maziarz stole were were related to this system. They did not respond. Days after the newspaper made its TIGER inquiry to the bureau, Maziarz said, federal investigators gave him a lie-detector test to see whether he had talked to the media. Maziarz's claims about profiling have raised concerns among some Islamic, Arab-American and civil-liberty groups. The organizations' leaders said his statements underscore their longtime contention that government agencies are violating Americans' privacy rights with little to no congressional oversight. The Maziarz case could be “hugely important,” said David Blair-Loy, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego & Imperial Counties. In July, the ACLU filed Freedom of Information Act requests with the Defense Department, the FBI, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the National Security Agency and the U.S. Northern Command to flesh out its understanding of the government's domestic surveillance activities. “What was in these documents (that Maziarz took) is precisely the question we have been asking. What has the government been doing and who authorized it?” Blair-Loy said. On the criminal-justice front, the document-theft case involving Maziarz has moved slowly and unexpectedly. On July 18, the Marine Corps brought charges against Gunnery Sgt. Eric Froboese and Master Sgt. Reinaldo Pagan in connection with it. Pagan is accused of dereliction of duty and violation of orders. Froboese is facing charges of dereliction of duty, orders violations, conspiracy and wrongful transmission of classified information. Before they were charged, neither of the enlisted Marines had been mentioned in court records related to the Maziarz trial. Maziarz said he is angry that no Marine officer has faced the same legal scrutiny. “I don't think the government is interested in really finding out the truth . . . because the implications are too vast and involve too many senior people for them to really pursue it,” he said. More than 30 interviews with FBI and naval investigators, spanning hundreds of hours over the past two years, have convinced Maziarz that prosecutors plan to pin the national-security breach on those considered least culpable and most vulnerable: the enlisted men. “If Pagan is getting charged with dereliction of duty, then why not General Conway?” Maziarz said. He was referring to Gen. James Conway, the commandant of the Marine Corps. Conway served as commanding general of the Camp Pendleton-based 1st Marine Expeditionary Force when Maziarz worked in the intelligence unit and Richards ran it. A statement from Conway's office said in part: “Generally speaking, a subordinate who is accused of violating a commander's orders . . . and has done so without the knowledge or consent of that commander is not really in a position to place any portion of the blame for their own actions upon the commander.” Federal agents have warned Maziarz that he could be put back behind bars if he violates his plea agreement. While he is cautious, Maziarz said his intention is to set the record straight. “I have a pretty good memory,” Maziarz said, “and that's what bothers a lot of people.” Rick Rogers: (760) 476-8212; rick.rogers@uniontrib.com © Copyright 1995-2008 Union-Tribune Publishing Co

Brother GeelJire That type of Jihad can only be sanctioned by a Caliphate. Still, my personal opinion is that the make up of the modern world today is no longer JIhad-friendly to this type of Jihad. Unless, the UN resolves to a ban on all fire arms and explossives,( please read eNuri ISTUNKA AFGOYE article ) a Jihad of this type will cost a lot of human lives, and property, which beats the very purpose for which Jihad was ordained in the first place, which was to sustain lives, spread justice and peace on earth, hence the Moral of the Islamic Sharia ( Law) vehemently opposes this undesirable result. Nur

Ngonge bro. You write: " First, your first post did imply that this is a fact. You can split hairs all you like but when you say: “The following reports about American involvement in Iraq is an indicator of what had happened to the Islamic Courts Union of Somalia, just interchange Somalia for Iraq and you get the picture of how the Somali resistance was weakened and defeated “." Answer: You are right, the word ( IS ) is indeed misleading, a better choice would have been ( May be ). You write: " Thirdly, I do not reject ALL of your reports. I only reject the conspiracy theory ones. Let us be clear on that point, only the conspiracy theory ones ." Answer: Please dont reject ALL Conspiracy Theories, and do not accept ALL COINCIDENCE THEORIES, you see brother, when those who do injustice to you own the entire media, its not easy to digest ALL of the COINCIDENCE THEEORIES! A simple eNuri rule of thumb says: ,When in doubt, only trust news by your friends. A CONSPIRACY THEORY IS ONLY TRUE WHEN PEOPLE REFUSE TO BELIEVE IN THEM . When it comes to mainstream news, Dont believe ALL You hear, and HALF of what you see! (Sayings). You write: " Fourthly, our versions of Islam do not differ much. But that is only because you finally chose to come clean and declare your position rather than hide behind flowery language and feel good reports. If all you write is praise of these movements without ONCE acknowledging their numerous shortcomings, how am I (we) to know that you are not yet another blinkered fan ?" Answer: As a moderator, I go out of my way NOT to explicitly show my true stand on divisive issues, a critical reader may get a drift, but, I leave a lot of room to a readers discretion, however, with your heart piercing questions, no room was left this time around to manuever in order to safeguard my self imposed gag-rule on sharing my positions on current contraversial issues in the Somali political arena. Its an eNuri trademark to bring our people together, not help division, as i do not belong to any specific group, which gives me the freedom to speak on the issues rather about the players, because speaking about issues are likely not to insult intelligence, while, speaking ill of players can be a hot potatoe ( Exception to this rule are the Warlords, for whom I dedicated my Somali Anarchist Threads ). A lasting eNuri Tagline is : We Attack Problems, Not People ! You write: " I am fine with the rest of what you wrote there and happy to read all your future reports (conspiracy theories and all). As long as you acknowledge there are faults and hope for their correction I am on your side. But to know I am on the right side, I (and many of the readers I bet) would want to see you touch upon these issues from time to time. Feel good reports on their own give the whiff of propaganda you see ." Answer: Your remarks remind me of an incident that took place during the famous battle of Dhagax Tuur ( Mogadishu Stone Throwing Revolt, Before Gazza), in Mogadishu, during the Somali Youth(Shabaab ) League's ( SYL) resistance and fight for liberation from Italian occupation," The feel-Good-Reports Faarax " who was telling his comrades that the Italian guns where simply a ( Baaruud, Fire Cracker ) sounds, was refuted by a comrade (Ngonge)who was hit by a real bullet. The Feel-Good-Faarax had to muffle the cries of the wounded Comrade to safeguard the morale and zeal of his compatriots who were throwing rocks at advancing Italian troops with live bullets. Brother, I acknowledge faults, and there are quite many, but, my greatest fear is to add to the plethora of divisive mindless wannabees who thive on pointing at the resistance's faults without providing practical solutions. They are like flies, they seek out wounds, not to heal them, but to further in-flame our national wounds. Brother, We need peace, its about time, we need unity, we need reconciliation, we need wisdom, we do dont need to create more enemies than we already have, we need to be respected for our unyielding prinicples, and we equally need to respect others, we need to live with our principles and we need to know when to accept a genuine offer for peace ( NOT A TRICK ,) an old eNuri post has the definition of Somali peace as ( Period To Plan Out Next Round Of Cheating ). What we dont need is splinter groups, who are in bed with the Ethiopians while angry at their brothers. A Saying goes like this: When you have a hammar, everything looks like a nail. Now, the eNuri Converse says: When you are a NAIL ( Somalis), everyone looks like a Hammar ( enemy), this is the reason for my inclination to believe in the Conspiracy theory saaxib, and rightfully so, we are tired of being clubbed by so many interst groups, and now just when we thought we where out of the woods, that we got rid of the Warlords for the second time, our American CIA and Warlord tag team are working with the Pirates they created to make an international mess to justify an international intervention to deny the Somali resistance to set up a government that serves the Somali People's interest. ( my newest Conspiracy Theory ) I appreciate your piercing questions and grace, like you, I have my faults, and a bit more, I bet, I can beat you in that turf, I hold the ( UKG) trophy , the Undisputable King of Goofiness. Nur