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BISIRA, PANAMA — Community members in Besira, Panama unload 3,000 pounds of food ‎staples and water from a Joint Task Force-Bravo UH-60 Black Hawk ‎helicopter Friday. Photo by JTF-Bravo photo

U.S. troops providing flood relief in Panama, Costa Rica

Dec 03, 2008
BY JTF-Bravo

CHANGUINOLA, Panama (Army News Service, Dec. 2, 2008) — Two U.S. military disaster-relief teams from Joint Task Force-Bravo, based at Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras, have delivered more than 278,000 pounds of relief supplies to victims in flood-affected communities in Panama and Costa Rica.

The teams, composed of 68 U.S. military personnel from the task force, have been supporting U.S. relief efforts in both countries since Nov. 26. During the past week, the teams have flown 95 missions, using eight “Chinook” and “Blackhawk” helicopters to distribute aid and evacuate 17 flood victims in need of immediate medical attention.

U.S. Southern Command directed the teams to support ongoing U.S. relief efforts in Costa Rica and Panama after authorities in both countries declared a state of emergency and requested U.S. assistance.

“We are here to help, and our teams are prepared to do whatever we can — be it through continued airlift support, search and rescue missions or medical assistance,” said Army Col. Richard Juergens, JTF-Bravo commander. “We are working hand in hand with our Panamanian and Costa Rican partners to provide help to those who need it most.”…

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BISIRA, PANAMA — Community members in Besira, Panama unload 3,000 pounds of food ‎staples and water from a Joint Task Force-Bravo UH-60 Black Hawk ‎helicopter Friday. Photo by JTF-Bravo photo

U.S. troops providing flood relief in Panama, Costa Rica

Dec 03, 2008
BY JTF-Bravo

CHANGUINOLA, Panama (Army News Service, Dec. 2, 2008) — Two U.S. military disaster-relief teams from Joint Task Force-Bravo, based at Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras, have delivered more than 278,000 pounds of relief supplies to victims in flood-affected communities in Panama and Costa Rica.

The teams, composed of 68 U.S. military personnel from the task force, have been supporting U.S. relief efforts in both countries since Nov. 26. During the past week, the teams have flown 95 missions, using eight “Chinook” and “Blackhawk” helicopters to distribute aid and evacuate 17 flood victims in need of immediate medical attention.

U.S. Southern Command directed the teams to support ongoing U.S. relief efforts in Costa Rica and Panama after authorities in both countries declared a state of emergency and requested U.S. assistance.

“We are here to help, and our teams are prepared to do whatever we can — be it through continued airlift support, search and rescue missions or medical assistance,” said Army Col. Richard Juergens, JTF-Bravo commander. “We are working hand in hand with our Panamanian and Costa Rican partners to provide help to those who need it most.”…

And there IS more! Go here.

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School Opens for Children of Ghazaliya

Thursday, 04 December 2008 Multi-National Division – Baghdad Public Affairs

School children attending the opening of the Nahwaran School in the Ghazaliya District of northwest Baghdad smile after receiving backpacks from Iraqi security and Coalition forces, Nov. 25, 2008. Photo by 2nd Lt. Cait Smith, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs.

BAGHDAD — The day was bright – as were the smiles on the faces of the families and children in attendance at the opening of Nahwaran School in the Ghazaliya district of northwest Baghdad, Nov. 25.

With more than 100 people in attendance, the event began with local Iraqi Police, Iraqi Army and teachers handing out backpacks, notebooks and pencils to the school children.

The talk among the Ghazaliya citizens present was of the growth and changes that have taken place, allowing such a happy event to occur. This opinion was echoed by the Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers present…

And there is more here. 🙂

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School Opens for Children of Ghazaliya

Thursday, 04 December 2008 Multi-National Division – Baghdad Public Affairs

School children attending the opening of the Nahwaran School in the Ghazaliya District of northwest Baghdad smile after receiving backpacks from Iraqi security and Coalition forces, Nov. 25, 2008. Photo by 2nd Lt. Cait Smith, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs.

BAGHDAD — The day was bright – as were the smiles on the faces of the families and children in attendance at the opening of Nahwaran School in the Ghazaliya district of northwest Baghdad, Nov. 25.

With more than 100 people in attendance, the event began with local Iraqi Police, Iraqi Army and teachers handing out backpacks, notebooks and pencils to the school children.

The talk among the Ghazaliya citizens present was of the growth and changes that have taken place, allowing such a happy event to occur. This opinion was echoed by the Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers present…

And there is more here. 🙂

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Clean Water Flows for Sadr City

Thursday, 04 December 2008 By Kendal Smith
Gulf Region Central District

BAGHDAD — “I am very happy for the 2 million people of Sadr City,” said Iraqi Engineer Aqeel Lami of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

“I have been working here at the R-3 Water Treatment Plant for more than three years, since the start of the project. It’s the first in Iraq, fully automatic and with American standards of best quality,” Lami continued.

“We meet the people in the streets of Sadr City and they are very happy. They feel that we are interested in them and their health. We are very proud of the success of this project.”

The $27 million Sadr City R-3 Water Treatment Plant construction originally began in 2005 as a USAID contract. It was handed over to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gulf Region Division in July 2007 to finish the remaining 15 percent.

“The plant location came as a result of a government study on water pressure and supply,” said USACE water expert, Simeon Francis, who has been with the plant as a technical expert from its beginning with USAID. “There is simply not enough water to Sadr City from the Kharkh and Shark-Dijilih Water Treatment Plants for the area.” Experts decided to add a plant on the northern fringe of Sadr City to remedy that, he said.

The plant began operation in mid-June with some interruptions due to power restrictions, but today, R-3 produces 4,000 cubic meters of treated water per hour into the distribution system through a 1.2 meter outlet line.

It is currently providing 27 sectors in Sadr City with clean potable water – sectors that historically have had no centrally distributed water. With the plant at full capacity as of Sept. 27, a performance test in October confirmed the quality of the daily output of 96,000 cubic meters per day (about 25 million gallons per day). That output equates to clean, quality water for a total of 1.5 million people in Sadr City and Baghdad, Francis said….

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Azerbaijanis Complete Tour in Iraq

Soldiers with the 1st Azerbaijani Peacekeeping Company stand in formation during a ceremony at Camp Ripper, Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, Dec. 3, 2008. Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Jason Bortz, 1st Marine Division Public Affairs.

CAMP RIPPER — For the past five years, servicemembers from a small country approximately the size of South Carolina have been providing vital security for one of Iraq’s major sources of power, the Haditha Dam.

On Dec. 3, Coalition forces recognized the hard work and efforts made by Soldiers from the 1st Azerbaijani Peacekeeping Company during the past year, for their mission in Iraq is over and the Soldiers will be returning home soon.

Azerbaijan is a small country located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, north of Iran. Azerbaijan was once part of the Soviet Republic, but declared its independence in 1991. The country is approximately 33,000 square miles and has a population of over 8 million.

Though Azerbaijan may not be well known by most Americans, the work they have done in Iraq for the past five years deserves special recognition worldwide.

“The Azerbaijanis provided security for an absolutely vital piece of infrastructure in the al-Anbar province, the Haditha Dam, which produces in excess of 25 percent of the entire power grid for the country of Iraq,” said Col. Patrick J. Malay, commanding officer of Camp Pendleton-based Regimental Combat Team 5, whose area of operation includes the Haditha Dam.

The first company of Azerbaijanis Soldiers arrived here Aug. 15, 2003, and was assigned to provide security for the dam. With 11 rotations and more than 1,000 troops, the Azerbaijanis remained a constant presence at the dam, which incurred no large-scale attacks during their time there….

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Planned Parenthood Cover Up

Indiana Planned Parenthood Covers Up Sexual Abuse of 13-year Old – The best home videos are here

Planned Parenthood Cover Up

Indiana Planned Parenthood Covers Up Sexual Abuse of 13-year Old – The best home videos are here

Terrorism: Islamic Sacrament

Two pending United Nations resolutions share a common deception with previous resolutions and common dogma. Lets examine them closely. [Bold red font added for clarity.]

Combating defamation of religions revised draft resolution

7. Expresses deep concern in this respect that Islam is frequently and wrongly associated with human rights violations and terrorism;

Agreed Draft Resolution on the Elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief

13. Also emphasixes that no religion should be equated with terrorism, as this may have adverse consequences on the enjoyment of the right to freedom of religion or belief of all members of the religious communities concerned,

How frequently is the association between Islam and rights violations & terrorism made? Is there an acceptable threshold of frequency, or is any single suggestion of association unacceptable to the UN morality police? Could they perhaps be persuaded to list & enumerated the offensive statements that cause them deep concern?

The deep concern expressed is that Islam is “Wrongly associated” with rights violations & terrorism. The unstated premise is that Islam neither violates human rights nor engages in terrorism. We must examine that premise in the light of truth.

• human rights violations

• gender equality

• 2:223. Your wives are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth (have sexual relations with your wives in any manner as long as it is in the vagina and not in the anus), when or how you will, and send (good deeds, or ask Allah to bestow upon you pious offspring) before you for your ownselves. And fear Allah, and know that you are to meet Him (in the Hereafter), and give good tidings to the believers (O Muhammad ).

• (And they assign to Allah a share of the tilth and cattle which He has created…)[The Meaning of Bahirah, Sa’ibah, Wasilah and Ham]

• ((Saying:) “Go to your tilth in the morning, if you would pluck (the fruits).”) meaning, `if you want to pluck your harvest fruit.’ [A Parable of the Removal of the Earnings of the Disbelievers]

• 4:34. Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has made one of them to excel the other, and because they spend (to support them) from their means. Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient (to Allah and to their husbands), and guard in the husband’s absence what Allah orders them to guard (e.g. their chastity, their husband’s property, etc.). As to those women on whose part you see illconduct, admonish them (first), (next), refuse to share their beds, (and last) beat them (lightly, if it is useful), but if they return to obedience, seek not against them means (of annoyance). Surely, Allah is Ever Most High, Most Great.

• Indeed, Allah ordered the wife to obey her husband and prohibited her from disobeying him, because of the enormity of his rights and all that he does for her. [Dealing with the Wife’s Ill-Conduct]

4:11. Allah commands you as regards your children’s (inheritance); to the male, a portion equal to that of two females;

• Allah commands that both males and females take a share in the inheritance, although the portion of the males is twice as much as that of the females. There is a distinction because men need money to spend on their dependants, commercial transactions, work and fulfillling their obligations. Consequently, men get twice the portion of the inheritance that females get. [Males Get Two Times the Share of Females for Inheritance]

2:282. …And if there are not two men (available), then a man and two women, such as you agree for witnesses, so that if one of them (two women) errs, the other can remind her…

• (so that if one of them errs) refers to the two women witnesses; whenever one of them forgets a part of the testimony, (the other can remind her) meaning, the other woman’s testimony mends the shortcoming of forgetfulness in the first woman. [Witnesses Should Attend the Dictation of Contracts]

rights of minorities

• 3:85. And whoever seeks a religion other than Islm, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers.
• 3:110. You [true believers in Islmic Monotheism, and real followers of Prophet Muhammad and his Sunnah (legal ways, etc.)] are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind; you enjoin Al-Ma’rûf (i.e. Islmic Monotheism and all that Islm has ordained) and forbid Al-Munkar (polytheism, disbelief and all that Islm has forbidden), and you believe in Allah. And had the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) believed, it would have been better for them; among them are some who have faith, but most of them are Al-Fsiqûn (disobedient to Allah – and rebellious against Allh’s Command).

• Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah commented on this Ayah, “(You, Muslims, are) the best nation of people for the people, you bring them tied in chains on their necks (capture them in war) and they later embrace Islam.” [Virtues of the Ummah of Muhammad ]

Shariah: Reliance of the Traveller, Book O (Justice) {rules of Dhimmitude}.

• O11.5.2 are distinguished from Muslims in dress, wearing a wide cloth belt (zunnar);
• O11.5.4 must keep to the side of the street;
• O11.5.6 are forbidden to openly display wine or pork, (A: to ring church bells or display crosses,) recite the Torah or Evangel aloud, or make public display of their funerals and feastdays;
• O11.5.7 and are forbidden to build new churches

• See O11.10 & 11.11 for the penalty clause.

The authors of the resolutions assert that Islam is wrongly associated with human rights violations; implying that Islam is innocent of violating human rights. I haveproved that Islam is a human rights violator.

I used used quotations from Islam’s canon of scripture to prove the fact that Islam considers women to be chattle property, tilth for men to plow. It allocates to them half the inheritance a male receives and their testimony is weighted as half that of a male.

I used quotations from Islam’s canon of scripture and jurisprudence to prove the fact that Islam violates the rights of religious minorities. How can the authors of the resolutions disprove those indisputable facts?

• terrorism

• 3:151. We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve, because they joined others in worship with Allah, for which He had sent no authority; their abode will be the Fire and how evil is the abode of the Zlimûn (polytheists and wrong­doers).

• Allah next conveys the good news that He will put fear of the Muslims, and feelings of subordination to the Muslims in the hearts of their disbelieving enemies, because of their Kufr and Shirk. [The Prohibition of Obeying the Disbelievers; the Cause of Defeat at Uhud]

8:12. (Remember) when your Lord inspired the angels, “Verily, I am with you, so keep firm those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who have disbelieved, so strike them over the necks, and smite over all their fingers and toes.”

• I will cast fear, disgrace and humiliation over those who defied My command and denied My Messenger [Allah commands the Angels to fight and support the Believers]

33:26. And those of the people of the Scripture who backed them (the disbelievers) Allah brought them down from their forts and cast terror into their hearts, (so that) a group (of them) you killed, and a group (of them) you made captives.

• (and cast terror into their hearts;) means fear, because they had supported the idolators in their war against the Messenger of Allah and the one who knows is not like the one who does not know. [The Campaign against Banu Qurayzah]

59:2. He it is Who drove out the disbelievers among the people of the Scripture (i.e. the Jews of the tribe of Bani An-Nadir) from their homes at the first gathering. You did not think that they would get out. And they thought that their fortresses would defend them from Allah! But Allah’s (Torment) reached them from a place whereof they expected it not, and He cast terror into their hearts, so that they destroyed their own dwellings with their own hands and the hands of the believers. Then take admonition, O you with eyes (to see).

• (and He cast terror into their hearts) means, Allah cast fear, terror and fright in their hearts, and why would that not happen to them He who was given victory, by Allah frightening his enemies the distance of a month, laid siege to them. [The Reason behind the Battle of Bani An-Nadir]

59:13. Verily, you (believers in the Oneness of Allah – Islamic Monotheism) are more awful as a fear in their (Jews of Bani An-Nadir) breasts than Allah. That is because they are a people who comprehend not (the Majesty and Power of Allah).

• (Verily, you are more fearful in their breasts than Allah.) meaning, the hypocrites fear you more than they fear Allah, as He says; (Behold! a section of them fear men as they fear Allah or even more.)(4:77) [The False Promise of Support the Hypocrites gave to the Jews]

Allah made me victorious by awe, (by His frightening my enemies) for a distance of one month’s journey. [Bukhari 1.7.331]

I have been made victorious with terror (cast in the hearts of the enemy), [Bukhari 4.52.220]

The authors of the resolutions assert that Islam is wrongly associated/equated with terrorism, implying that Islam is innocent of it.

I have displayed to you ayat which show beyond doubt that Allah sanctified and Moe engaged in terrorizing his intended victims. One of them, 59:2, ends with a warning to future victims. Another ayeh has a similar theme.

8:57. So if you gain the mastery over them in war, punish them severely in order to disperse those who are behind them, so that they may learn a lesson.

It is clear, on the face of Islam’s canon of scripture that terrorism is an intrinsic sacramental tactic of Islam. I have also displayed quotes from two hadith in which Moe braggs about being made victorious by terror. That is the clincher.

Beat them to death so that others will see and be scared defenceless. I have been made victorious by terror. But, no, Islam has no association with terrorism. Let the authors of the resolutions come forth and offer relevant, verifiable evidence to substantiate their assertion. If they shall quote the Qur’an, let them make first ascertain that their ayat have not been abrogated by latter recitations.

What is the big deal; the cause of deep concern ? Why shouldn’t Islam be associated with or equated with terrorism?

this may have adverse consequences on the enjoyment of the right to freedom of religion or belief of all members of the religious communities concerned,

Oh mercy! Some curmudgeon might demand impairment of Muslim’s right to practice Islam! Where in Hell are these rights ordained:

• right to conquer
• right to kill
• right to terrify
• right to enslave
• right to plunder
• right to rape.

Nowhere but:

• Allah’s word

• Surah Al-Anfal
• Surah Al-Taubah

Moe’s Sunnah

• Sahih Bukhari

• Jihad
• Khumus
• Expedition

Sahih Muslim

• Jihad

Abu Dawud

• Jihad

Malik’s Muwatta

• Jihad

Sharia

• Reliance of the Traveller Book O.

If Muslims have a right to practice Islam then we have no rights. This is because:

1. Allah commands Muslims to fight pagans & atheists until only Allah is worshiped in the entire world. This commandment is contained in 8:38–39. This commandment is confirmed by Ibn Kathir in the following tafsir; its title is dispositive. The Order to fight to eradicate Shirk and Kufr
2. Allah commands Muslims to fight ‘people of the book’ until we are subjugated and pay extortion. This commandment is contained in 9:29. This commandment is confirmed by Ibn Kathir in the following tafsir: its title is dispositive. The Order to fight People of the Scriptures until They give the Jizyah
3. In confirming those two commands, Moe declared that our blood and property are not sacred to Muslims until we become Muslims by submitting to Allah. “I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.’ And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah.“[Bukhari 1.8.387]
4. The relationship between Allah and the Ummah al Islamiyaa is that of master:slave. This fact is made clear in 9:111. Verily, Allah has purchased of the believers their lives and their properties; for the price that theirs shall be the Paradise. They fight in Allh’s Cause, so they kill (others) and are killed. It is a promise in truth which is binding on Him in the Taurt (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel) and the Qur’n. And who is truer to his covenant than Allah? Then rejoice in the bargain which you have concluded. That is the supreme success .
5. The compact with Satan is confirmed in Surah As-Saff. 61:10-13 tell Muslims of a commerce that will save them from Hellfire and assurre their admission to Paradise. That commerce is Jihad: holy fighting in Allah’s cause.
6. Only Allah has the right to be worshipped. 3:2. Allah! La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists.
7. Jihad, genocide and terrorism are intrinsic Islamic sacraments; part of the regular practice of Islam. Jihad is defined in Shariah and prescribed as an annual practice.

O9.0: Jihad

(O: Jihad means to war against non-Muslims, and is etymologically derived from the word mujahada signifying warfare to establish the religion….

O9.1 As for subsequent times, there are two possible states in respect to non-Muslims.

The first is when they are in their own countries, in which case jihad (def: o9.8) is a communal obligation, and this is what our author is speaking of when he says, “Jihad is a communal obligation,” meaning upon the Muslims each year.

O9.8: The Objectives of Jihad

The caliph (o25) makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians (N: provided he has first invited them to enter Islam in faith and practice, and if they will not, then invited them to enter the social order of Islam by paying the non-Muslim poll tax (jizya, def: o11.4) -which is the significance of their paying it, not the money itself-while remaining in their ancestral religions) (O: and the war continues) until they become Muslim or else pay the non-Muslim poll tax (O: in accordance with the word of Allah Most High,…

O9.9

The caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim (O: because they are not a people with a Book, nor honored as such, and are not permitted to settle with paying the poll tax (jizya) ) (n: though according to the Hanafi school, peoples of all other religions, even idol worshippers, are permitted to live under the protection of the Islamic state if they either become Muslim or agree to pay the poll tax, the sole exceptions to which are apostates from Islam and idol worshippers who are Arabs, neither of whom has any choice but becoming Muslim (al-Hidaya sharh Bidaya al-mubtadi’ (y21), 6.48-49) ).

So long as Islam is practiced, human rights are violated and we have neither peace nor security.

Atheist Introduces Nativity Derangement Syndrome

(Cross-posted from America Needs Me)

Via Gateway Pundit. If these were Old Testament times there would be some serious smiting going on.

Dan Barker of the National Dipshit Society Freedom from Religion Foundation says that the Nativity scene is “hate speech” and Jesus grew up to be a “dictator”.

Let me make something clear from the beginning here: I don’t think this guy is an idiotic douchebag because he’s an atheist, I think it because he’s an idiotic douchebag. That’s a professional opinion too, kids. After a lifetime spent in the entertainment industry I’m uniquely qualified to spot IDs.

I’m a lifelong practicing Roman Catholic who doesn’t much pay attention to how others conduct themselves vis-à-vis religion because it takes such a sustained effort just to keep myself on a spiritual path. So I’m good for dealing with me and answering some questions for my kid. I don’t force my religious beliefs on anyone and I get impatient with anyone who forces theirs on me, even when they’re non-beliefs.

That’s the thing about atheist activists that most perplexes me. Why spend that much time defining yourself by what you don’t believe? Is this approach pervasive in every area of their lives?

Waiter: And what would you like to have this evening?

Atheist: I don’t like pork tenderloin or carrots and I definitely don’t want to drink any scotch. That should do.

It’s like running around and bragging about what kind of car you don’t drive. Nobody cares, idiot.

And can we please dispense with the lunacy that mere visual contact with the symbols of a religion constitutes having it forced upon the viewer? When I see a man walking down Wilshire Blvd. wearing a yarmulke (a frequent occurrence) I don’t feel that Judaism is being forced upon me. When someone rides a racing bike past me I don’t feel that’s he’s forcing me to do a triathlon.

Man up, atheists. If you don’t like Nativity scenes don’t look at them. Better yet, don’t talk about them. Even better yet, if you don’t believe in an afterlife do something to make this one better.

Don’t believe in God, fine. Just don’t run around belching up insanity with lines like “Christians stole this holiday from us.” Nowhere in America is it illegal to celebrate the Winter Solstice. We didn’t steal anything, it’s still there. You’re the ones who are too busy hatin’ on the Jesus folk to throw a proper party.

Shut up and drink, already.

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