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The US's occupation of Iraq will see to it that the Lion of Babylon rises again .. سنـُبعـَث ُ من جَديد ، وإلى ضَـيـرِِهِـم
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Friday, June 08, 2007
Decimating Baghdad ... التدنيس
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My wife left here only once, when she went to her job (which she has been on leave from since we left to Syria) in order to apply for a full year vacation. Thank God she got it.
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From an email to Dahr Jamail:
"May 27, 2007
Baghdad is a smashed city...
"Below is an email I have just received from my close friend and translator Abu Talat.
While he has fled Baghdad with his family and is now a refugee in Syria, he recently had to return to Baghdad in order to try to salvage what is left of his former life (his car, belongings from his house, etc.) before returning back to Syria.
His note is instructive as to the current living conditions in the capital city of Iraq.
Here is the full text of his message:
Habibi…
Baghdad is a SMASHED city…no roads to drive on…most of them are closed off by concrete obstacles with concertina wire. In addition, the presence of the Iraqi military, who cover their faces with black masks and hold their guns in such a way that when you see them you will definitely be afraid that they will shoot you.
The shops in most of the area I went to see are closed. I asked one of the shop owners I know, 55-year-old Abu Fadhil, since I heard that his shop was robbed. I found his door closed and locked and he was nowhere to be found.
The shops in most of the area I went to see are closed. I asked one of the shop owners I know, 55-year-old Abu Fadhil, since I heard that his shop was robbed. I found his door closed and locked and he was nowhere to be found.
Later, on my way to Sadr City, I found that two of the three roads which lead all the way from south to north Baghdad are either partially or totally closed in some places. You still remember the highways in Baghdad…well now most of them are closed, or at least fenced off with obstacles, yet they say there is some progress in the security situation inside the city!
Everyday two or three cars explode across Baghdad, killing large numbers of civilians.
When I returned to my neighborhood of al-Adhamiya, I couldn't get in unless the soldiers checked my ID and my car, even though the guards are from the same neighborhood and they know me personally. But they had to check it to ensure that no car bombs might happen. Nevertheless, daily mortars shell my neighborhood and those are out of control, despite this concrete wall placed by the Americans which now surrounds our neighborhood. Despite all that they do, they cannot bring security to our small neighborhood.
Needless to say, Baghdad has been changed into THE CITY OF GARBAGE. You can find it everywhere. You can smell the stench of dead bodies wherever you go.
Talking of electricity, there is now only one hour daily. That's it. From where we're staying in the city center, in Bab al-Muadham, I can see from the balcony that people sleep nearly naked on their rooftops because it is so hot and there is no electricity to run fans or air conditioners. Thank God that there are two large generators that maintain electricity in our building.
Everyday by 2-3 pm the buildings where we are staying are closed so that noone can leave or enter. That way it is kept secure, and this is how it remains until the next morning.
As far as my family life in this condition, we are as though we are in jail from 2-3 pm until the second morning where the doors are opened at 7 am.
My son goes to the hospital to work, but for the last two days he finds it without any running water. [His son works in Baghdad Medical City, the largest hospital in Iraq] For the last 2 weeks, as he told me, the hospital has been without any air conditioning and almost without patients, although it's the biggest hospital in Iraq.
My sons wife, who is also a doctor, has to go to another hospital just to try to assist since there is a drastic lack of Gynecologists. She stays in her hospital for three days continuously before my son picks her up with his car on the fourth day to bring her home, in order to insure her safety so she doesn't have to take a bus or taxi.
As for my daughter, she has not passed out the doorway of this apartment where we are staying for the last week except for one time for some work she had to accomplish.
My wife left here only once, when she went to her job (which she has been on leave from since we left to Syria) in order to apply for a full year vacation. Thank God she got it.
As for me, I found my car ruined, so I had to repair it. For that I called the mechanic to come to my home and repair it, since I couldn't take the car to him since all the mechanics shops are closed and there is no place to have a car repaired. All of those shops are totally closed. When I saw the mechanic he said, "We cannot live anymore, and there is no job we can find."
Dahr, this short letter gives you just a glance of the current situation in Baghdad. With the next letter I will tell you some more."
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How many in the audience will be future "terrorists"?
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(An important note, reposted in full)
To Uruknet & Kurt Nimmo on Sunnis & Shiites
In Kurt's Nimmo's reply to Layla Anwar on 19 March 2007 http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m31375&hd=&size=1&l=e, I noticed that Kurt Nimmo's comment (in the section of comments below the article) was last and concluded with a statement questioning the right of the "Sunni minority" to rule IRAQ!! This alone indicates that Kurt Nimmo is not well knowledgeable about IRAQ.
The Sunnis are not the minority in IRAQ and they were not brought to power forcefully to question their rights to rule. I am speaking about the period following the Ottoman occupation. The Sunnis have always been the majority in IRAQ despite that the politicians and mainstream media have been stating otherwise.* In the turn of the 20th century, the British plan was to linger in IRAQ for as long as they could. Obviously to make their choice of leader credible to the society was to have him represent the majority, not the minority.
Historically, the Shiites (especially the immigrants from Iran and Turkey) worked in commerce and business, and did not want to hold government positions, UNLIKE the Sunnis who did not mind, and some even preferred, holding government positions because they considered them secure. The vast majority among IRAQ's Shiites have been Arabs of whom a very large percentage lived in the South; they were less educated. As a result of having (not lack of education but) lesser education than the Sunnis, they held private for-profit jobs (in business, commerce and the arts).
It is universal for immigrants and minorities to think in terms of money power. So those who sometimes argue that the Shiites are financially poorer than the Sunnis in Iraq (like in Lebanon) are on the wrong. The Shiite Arabs who lived in Baghdad and other middle (of IRAQ) cities were generally more educated than those in the South. Having been the majority and more interested than the Shiites in government positions and considered them more secure were reasons behind bringing the Sunnis closer to politics. After all, it is common and obvious that the majority governs. This matter of the governing majority is a worldwide, not Iraqi, phenomenon.
Having said this though it is worth noting that the Shiites' participation in government has increased during PM Abdul Kareem Qassim and much more under the Baathists. So Kurt Nimmo's statement that the Sunnis were the only rulers or that they ruled the "majority Shiites" is INVALID.
Additionally, there is a religious side to the story of ruling in IRAQ: Shiites have created religious hierarchy, which is unacceptable in Islam (and not practiced by the 90% of Moslems worldwide). By religious hierarchy, I mean the mullas and ayatollas and their religious power. The beauty in Islam is that the relationship between humans and God is direct (unlike in Christianity and Hinduism). Non-Arab Moslems, mostly Persians, created hierarchy. As a result, Shiites have been more inclined to lead religiously than politically and their religious leaders have often challenged political leaders through history.
If we speak from a perspective of tradition; Sunnis are generally more traditionalists than Shiites. The latter have been involved in less mainstream activities and life style by modifying Islam and inserting new non-Islamic ideas and behaviors (hierarchy, marriage of pleasure, body beating & bleeding rituals and others) and those who are secular by joining the communist party, for instance. The vast majority of Iraqi communists were non-Arab (i.e. Iranians and Kurds) as well as Shiite and Jewish Arabs. Shiites were a majority in the communist party. In the entertainment business (as musicians and singers), which is not a mainstream, traditional way of life in IRAQ, the number of Shiites is generally higher than that of Sunnis. In the literature field, Sunnis (being more traditionalists and mainstream) have focused on and excelled in standard Arabic-classical poetry whereas Shiites have focused on and been more talented in Iraqi colloquial poetry (known as Shi'r Shaabi). This is true also among Iraq's religious communities; Moslems, Christians, Jews and Sabi'a (also known Mandaeans). In other words, they complimented each other. It was a form of division of labor that kept Iraqis living in harmony in all eras until the horrific occupation of 2003.
These economic and educational distinctions between IRAQ's Shiites and Sunnis have been bypassed/ignored by nearly all writers, historians and analysts on IRAQ. The minority-majority aspects of this matter along with the economic and educational distinctions amongst the religious communities were also poorly documented in Nissim Rejwan's book, "The Last Jews in Baghdad", yet neither the author nor his publisher have shown willingness to correct these errors and misconceptions, which have been made due to European and Euro-American propaganda. http://zennobia.blogspot.com/2007/02/book-review-last-jews-in-baghdad.html
Why haven't Kurt Nimmo and people in the USA made a fuss about the fact that in the history of presidency in the USA only John F. Kennedy was a Catholic and all others were Protestants? Not only that, but JFK didn't even finish his term, he was assassinated and his killing was blamed on the Russians!! His brother, Robert Kennedy, was assassinated as a presidential candidate even before elections, yet again his assassination was blamed on the Arab, Sarhan Sarhan. It was rather an interesting "coincidence" that JFK's son lost his life (and his wife's) in an "innocent" airplane crash!!! The Protestants (in the USA and most of western Europe) who came to power by force are the ones whose right to rule should be questioned.
Political and religious sectarianism and organized crime are two products/phenomenon created, funded and nurtured by European Christians. PERIOD.
I find it very disturbing to speak in terms of Religions, never mind SECTS, knowing where I grew up!
I hope that Paola forward my email to Kurt Nimmo and/or post this clarification on uruknet website. Thank you.
Regards,
Wafaa' Al-Natheema
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* All emphasis as per the original
To Uruknet & Kurt Nimmo on Sunnis & Shiites
In Kurt's Nimmo's reply to Layla Anwar on 19 March 2007 http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m31375&hd=&size=1&l=e, I noticed that Kurt Nimmo's comment (in the section of comments below the article) was last and concluded with a statement questioning the right of the "Sunni minority" to rule IRAQ!! This alone indicates that Kurt Nimmo is not well knowledgeable about IRAQ.
The Sunnis are not the minority in IRAQ and they were not brought to power forcefully to question their rights to rule. I am speaking about the period following the Ottoman occupation. The Sunnis have always been the majority in IRAQ despite that the politicians and mainstream media have been stating otherwise.* In the turn of the 20th century, the British plan was to linger in IRAQ for as long as they could. Obviously to make their choice of leader credible to the society was to have him represent the majority, not the minority.
Historically, the Shiites (especially the immigrants from Iran and Turkey) worked in commerce and business, and did not want to hold government positions, UNLIKE the Sunnis who did not mind, and some even preferred, holding government positions because they considered them secure. The vast majority among IRAQ's Shiites have been Arabs of whom a very large percentage lived in the South; they were less educated. As a result of having (not lack of education but) lesser education than the Sunnis, they held private for-profit jobs (in business, commerce and the arts).
It is universal for immigrants and minorities to think in terms of money power. So those who sometimes argue that the Shiites are financially poorer than the Sunnis in Iraq (like in Lebanon) are on the wrong. The Shiite Arabs who lived in Baghdad and other middle (of IRAQ) cities were generally more educated than those in the South. Having been the majority and more interested than the Shiites in government positions and considered them more secure were reasons behind bringing the Sunnis closer to politics. After all, it is common and obvious that the majority governs. This matter of the governing majority is a worldwide, not Iraqi, phenomenon.
Having said this though it is worth noting that the Shiites' participation in government has increased during PM Abdul Kareem Qassim and much more under the Baathists. So Kurt Nimmo's statement that the Sunnis were the only rulers or that they ruled the "majority Shiites" is INVALID.
Additionally, there is a religious side to the story of ruling in IRAQ: Shiites have created religious hierarchy, which is unacceptable in Islam (and not practiced by the 90% of Moslems worldwide). By religious hierarchy, I mean the mullas and ayatollas and their religious power. The beauty in Islam is that the relationship between humans and God is direct (unlike in Christianity and Hinduism). Non-Arab Moslems, mostly Persians, created hierarchy. As a result, Shiites have been more inclined to lead religiously than politically and their religious leaders have often challenged political leaders through history.
If we speak from a perspective of tradition; Sunnis are generally more traditionalists than Shiites. The latter have been involved in less mainstream activities and life style by modifying Islam and inserting new non-Islamic ideas and behaviors (hierarchy, marriage of pleasure, body beating & bleeding rituals and others) and those who are secular by joining the communist party, for instance. The vast majority of Iraqi communists were non-Arab (i.e. Iranians and Kurds) as well as Shiite and Jewish Arabs. Shiites were a majority in the communist party. In the entertainment business (as musicians and singers), which is not a mainstream, traditional way of life in IRAQ, the number of Shiites is generally higher than that of Sunnis. In the literature field, Sunnis (being more traditionalists and mainstream) have focused on and excelled in standard Arabic-classical poetry whereas Shiites have focused on and been more talented in Iraqi colloquial poetry (known as Shi'r Shaabi). This is true also among Iraq's religious communities; Moslems, Christians, Jews and Sabi'a (also known Mandaeans). In other words, they complimented each other. It was a form of division of labor that kept Iraqis living in harmony in all eras until the horrific occupation of 2003.
These economic and educational distinctions between IRAQ's Shiites and Sunnis have been bypassed/ignored by nearly all writers, historians and analysts on IRAQ. The minority-majority aspects of this matter along with the economic and educational distinctions amongst the religious communities were also poorly documented in Nissim Rejwan's book, "The Last Jews in Baghdad", yet neither the author nor his publisher have shown willingness to correct these errors and misconceptions, which have been made due to European and Euro-American propaganda. http://zennobia.blogspot.com/2007/02/book-review-last-jews-in-baghdad.html
Why haven't Kurt Nimmo and people in the USA made a fuss about the fact that in the history of presidency in the USA only John F. Kennedy was a Catholic and all others were Protestants? Not only that, but JFK didn't even finish his term, he was assassinated and his killing was blamed on the Russians!! His brother, Robert Kennedy, was assassinated as a presidential candidate even before elections, yet again his assassination was blamed on the Arab, Sarhan Sarhan. It was rather an interesting "coincidence" that JFK's son lost his life (and his wife's) in an "innocent" airplane crash!!! The Protestants (in the USA and most of western Europe) who came to power by force are the ones whose right to rule should be questioned.
Political and religious sectarianism and organized crime are two products/phenomenon created, funded and nurtured by European Christians. PERIOD.
I find it very disturbing to speak in terms of Religions, never mind SECTS, knowing where I grew up!
I hope that Paola forward my email to Kurt Nimmo and/or post this clarification on uruknet website. Thank you.
Regards,
Wafaa' Al-Natheema
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* All emphasis as per the original
GOP/Media Rewrite Iraq War History: Now, the bogus history of Saddam Hussein barring the U.N. inspectors has been passed down to a new political generation and surely is believed by millions of Americans who will be called on to evaluate this latest cast of aspiring presidential hopefuls.
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(Continuously appalled at the gross, impenetrable ignorance of virtually everyone around me I particularly appreciated Wafaa' Al-Natheema's contribution - earlier posting - on the "Sunni minority". Ordinary citizens like myself find unscrambling "information" presented by the media a most daunting task. Even extraordinarily well informed individuals and organizations, committed to truth & justice, sometimes are challenged. To make myself clear, I so categorize both Kurt Nimmo and Uruknet: extraordinarily well informed and committed to truth & justice.)
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(Continuously appalled at the gross, impenetrable ignorance of virtually everyone around me I particularly appreciated Wafaa' Al-Natheema's contribution - earlier posting - on the "Sunni minority". Ordinary citizens like myself find unscrambling "information" presented by the media a most daunting task. Even extraordinarily well informed individuals and organizations, committed to truth & justice, sometimes are challenged. To make myself clear, I so categorize both Kurt Nimmo and Uruknet: extraordinarily well informed and committed to truth & justice.)
How Permanent Are Those Bases? The Korea model is just one of the administration's many grotesque, self-interested misreadings of history, but it isn't new. It isn't a fantasy the President and his top officials have just stumbled upon in post-surge desperation. It's the fantasy they rumbled into Baghdad aboard back in 2003. It's the imperial fantasy that has never left their minds from that first shock-and-awe moment until now.
US eyeing bigger UN role in Iraq : In 1947, Britain ended up referring the Palestine question to the United Nations, which recommended its partition and thereby laid the groundwork for what are now six decades of conflict and four of Israeli occupation.
Broken lives and broken hearts in Iraq: Jassim Alwan recently made the dangerous trip from Samarra, 90 kilometers north of the capital city, to Baghdad.
"We have the 23-year-old Abdullah with his scruffy beard who keeps wandering the streets of Samarra," Alwan said. "Abdullah is more famous than the mayor of the city. He was a wonderful guy before his bride was shot by US and Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint. The poor guy couldn't stand the shock."
Maki al-Nazzal, a political analyst and poet, said: "The country of the Arabian Nights and wonderful poetry is no longer good for love. All Iraqi poetry under occupation is now about death and separation. Love stories are full of agonies and despair, marking the darkest period of violence and hatred."
To date, there are no accurate figures available for how many men and women have lost wives and husbands in Iraq. "Baghdad became the city of smoke, blood and death, instead of being the shrine of love and beauty," said Nazzal.
"We have the 23-year-old Abdullah with his scruffy beard who keeps wandering the streets of Samarra," Alwan said. "Abdullah is more famous than the mayor of the city. He was a wonderful guy before his bride was shot by US and Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint. The poor guy couldn't stand the shock."
Maki al-Nazzal, a political analyst and poet, said: "The country of the Arabian Nights and wonderful poetry is no longer good for love. All Iraqi poetry under occupation is now about death and separation. Love stories are full of agonies and despair, marking the darkest period of violence and hatred."
To date, there are no accurate figures available for how many men and women have lost wives and husbands in Iraq. "Baghdad became the city of smoke, blood and death, instead of being the shrine of love and beauty," said Nazzal.
More Smoke on the Horizon in the Middle East War Theater: The war dossiers against Iran and Syria, the last two bastions of independence in the Middle East, are being built.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiRugtbQGA8
سلامـــاً لا أرى فــيكِ السلامــا
أيا بغــداد كـــَم ذِقــنا الحِمامــا
أيا بغــداد كَـــم أدمى جراحـــي
أنينُ المــوتِ في نوحِ اليَتامـى
أيا غــافٍ بطرفِ العينِ سَــلهـا
إلى ما الحلمُ لو يَبقـى إلى مــا
أيـا أمــاً وَهــل ملــَّت فِطــامــي
إذا ما الطفلُ لا يَرضى الفِطامـا
فرغــمُ الـــداءِ لا نَرجـــو طبيباً
ولا نَــشكو إذا مــتنا السِّــقامــا
سهــامٌ وألمَها طاشَــت فــؤادي
وهَل من عاشقٍ يَخشى السهاما
لــغيرِ الأهـــلِ لا تُــبدي التــفاتا
ولا تَــصبو لِــمن غنــّى وهــاما
فأهلُ العــشقِ كــم هامـوا بليلى
على ما الــليلُ يا لَـيلى عــلى ما
وَهــل يُــجدي إذا قَــضّى الليالي
مَــلومٌ لا يــَرى فيــما المَـلامــــا
فغـضُّ الطـرفِ قــَد يَحلو بعـــينٍ
إذا مــا الجـفنُ قــد زاحَ الظلامـا
إذا مــا عاشــقٌ مــاتَ احتراقـــاً
بــنارِ الوجـــدِ ما أحلى المَــقاما
أيــا بغـــداد يا قــَلبي وَروحـــي
إذا مـــا هَوّمــَت أحــيت تُــهامـا
ألا صــبراً لعــينيها اصـــطباري
عــيونُ الصــبرِ لا تَــهوى مَناما
إذا مــا الــحزنُ أضـــناني بَكيتُ
رسمتُ الحزنَ في ثَغري ابتساما
وَهـــل عـــادَت تُجافيـــكِ الليالـي
فأيـــنَ الأنـــسَ في خـــلٍّ تَعامى
عــروسٌ تاجُــها عِــقدُ الـــثُريـــا
ألا فانــظر وَقــد عادت حطــامـــا
سحابٌ أطرقَــت فــوقَ الرصافي
إذا مــَرّت ولَــم تَبكي احـــترامـا
إذا مـا غــيمةٌ طافَــت بأرضــــي
وحلَّــت دونَ أن تَــبدي احتشاما
يَــموت ُالغـيثُ في ارضٍ سِواها
ألا فأطــبق بــما تَـلقـــى جِــهاما
ألا تــباً وقـــَد عـــاثَــــت حـروبٌ
ولــم تُـبقــي لَـــنا مـنّـــا امـامــا
ضــبابٌ والـــرؤى تاهَــت بغــيٍّ
فــلَـــم يــدرِ حــلالٌ ماالــحرامـــا
فــديـــنُ اللهِ أن تــأتـي بحُسنــى
ولــيسَ الديـنُ مَن صلّى وَصامـا
فــكَــم بالــكذبِ من عـيبٍ إذا مـا
بحــبلِ الكــذبِ قَــد نالوا مَــرامـا
كــَفى بالصـــدقِ مصداقــاً تَجلّى
وان خــابَــت مَساعــيهِ تَـسامـى
بلجــمِ الحَـلقِ كـَم ضاعَت حقوقٌ
عــليها احـكـمَ الـــداعي لجــامــا
وحــفـــارٌ لـقــبـــرٍ لــيـسَ خـــالٍ
وَهــل يَدري إذا نبشَ العــظامــا
وأجــداثٌ بهــذي الأرض تـَنعـى
عـلى حــيٍّ بـما ذاقَ الــزؤامــــا
ومــَن ذا يَــنتخي يــومَ العـوادي
إذا مــا خَــطبُها فـــلَّ الحـــِزامــا
فــما اهــتزوا وقــد هُــزَّت جبالٌ
فــما بـالُ بَنــي عَــمّي نــيّامــــا
حــدودُ اللهِ مــا قامَـــت بســيفٍ
ومَــن ذا يَــشحــذُ سيفاً هُــمامـا
فكــَم من عاقـــلٍ يَرقى المَــعالي
بوحــي الــنونِ قَد فــاقَ العِظاما
فبعــضُ الناسِ تنقـــادُ انصيّاعاً
ألا فاشــهَر إذا شَــتّوا الحِــساما
وبعــضُ النــاسِ يَـهــديهـا كلامٌ
لبيــبُ العــقلِ مَــن زانَ الكـلاما
تَتيــهُ العــيسُ في بَرِّ الصَحاري
إذا ما افــلــتَ الحادي الزِمـامـا
فــخُذ بالفــكرِ تَســتولي عَــليها
قــلوبــاً عـرشَـها أرقى وسامــا
سلامـــاً لا أرى فــيكِ السلامــا
أيا بغــداد كـــَم ذِقــنا الحِمامــا
أيا بغــداد كَـــم أدمى جراحـــي
أنينُ المــوتِ في نوحِ اليَتامـى
أيا غــافٍ بطرفِ العينِ سَــلهـا
إلى ما الحلمُ لو يَبقـى إلى مــا
أيـا أمــاً وَهــل ملــَّت فِطــامــي
إذا ما الطفلُ لا يَرضى الفِطامـا
فرغــمُ الـــداءِ لا نَرجـــو طبيباً
ولا نَــشكو إذا مــتنا السِّــقامــا
سهــامٌ وألمَها طاشَــت فــؤادي
وهَل من عاشقٍ يَخشى السهاما
لــغيرِ الأهـــلِ لا تُــبدي التــفاتا
ولا تَــصبو لِــمن غنــّى وهــاما
فأهلُ العــشقِ كــم هامـوا بليلى
على ما الــليلُ يا لَـيلى عــلى ما
وَهــل يُــجدي إذا قَــضّى الليالي
مَــلومٌ لا يــَرى فيــما المَـلامــــا
فغـضُّ الطـرفِ قــَد يَحلو بعـــينٍ
إذا مــا الجـفنُ قــد زاحَ الظلامـا
إذا مــا عاشــقٌ مــاتَ احتراقـــاً
بــنارِ الوجـــدِ ما أحلى المَــقاما
أيــا بغـــداد يا قــَلبي وَروحـــي
إذا مـــا هَوّمــَت أحــيت تُــهامـا
ألا صــبراً لعــينيها اصـــطباري
عــيونُ الصــبرِ لا تَــهوى مَناما
إذا مــا الــحزنُ أضـــناني بَكيتُ
رسمتُ الحزنَ في ثَغري ابتساما
وَهـــل عـــادَت تُجافيـــكِ الليالـي
فأيـــنَ الأنـــسَ في خـــلٍّ تَعامى
عــروسٌ تاجُــها عِــقدُ الـــثُريـــا
ألا فانــظر وَقــد عادت حطــامـــا
سحابٌ أطرقَــت فــوقَ الرصافي
إذا مــَرّت ولَــم تَبكي احـــترامـا
إذا مـا غــيمةٌ طافَــت بأرضــــي
وحلَّــت دونَ أن تَــبدي احتشاما
يَــموت ُالغـيثُ في ارضٍ سِواها
ألا فأطــبق بــما تَـلقـــى جِــهاما
ألا تــباً وقـــَد عـــاثَــــت حـروبٌ
ولــم تُـبقــي لَـــنا مـنّـــا امـامــا
ضــبابٌ والـــرؤى تاهَــت بغــيٍّ
فــلَـــم يــدرِ حــلالٌ ماالــحرامـــا
فــديـــنُ اللهِ أن تــأتـي بحُسنــى
ولــيسَ الديـنُ مَن صلّى وَصامـا
فــكَــم بالــكذبِ من عـيبٍ إذا مـا
بحــبلِ الكــذبِ قَــد نالوا مَــرامـا
كــَفى بالصـــدقِ مصداقــاً تَجلّى
وان خــابَــت مَساعــيهِ تَـسامـى
بلجــمِ الحَـلقِ كـَم ضاعَت حقوقٌ
عــليها احـكـمَ الـــداعي لجــامــا
وحــفـــارٌ لـقــبـــرٍ لــيـسَ خـــالٍ
وَهــل يَدري إذا نبشَ العــظامــا
وأجــداثٌ بهــذي الأرض تـَنعـى
عـلى حــيٍّ بـما ذاقَ الــزؤامــــا
ومــَن ذا يَــنتخي يــومَ العـوادي
إذا مــا خَــطبُها فـــلَّ الحـــِزامــا
فــما اهــتزوا وقــد هُــزَّت جبالٌ
فــما بـالُ بَنــي عَــمّي نــيّامــــا
حــدودُ اللهِ مــا قامَـــت بســيفٍ
ومَــن ذا يَــشحــذُ سيفاً هُــمامـا
فكــَم من عاقـــلٍ يَرقى المَــعالي
بوحــي الــنونِ قَد فــاقَ العِظاما
فبعــضُ الناسِ تنقـــادُ انصيّاعاً
ألا فاشــهَر إذا شَــتّوا الحِــساما
وبعــضُ النــاسِ يَـهــديهـا كلامٌ
لبيــبُ العــقلِ مَــن زانَ الكـلاما
تَتيــهُ العــيسُ في بَرِّ الصَحاري
إذا ما افــلــتَ الحادي الزِمـامـا
فــخُذ بالفــكرِ تَســتولي عَــليها
قــلوبــاً عـرشَـها أرقى وسامــا
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: June 08, 2007 5:51 PM
: June 08, 2007 5:51 PM
. . . and from a Guantanamo detainee who has tried to commit suicide 13 times to end his misery:
“I am here deprived of the simplest of human rights; I cannot describe the degree of our tragedy or the graveness of our misfortune. We are facing here the most horrible type of oppression, physical torture and terrorizing treatment at the hands of officers and physicians. What is happening here is what I call a cemetery or morgue for living people and is a mark of disgrace and shame for the United States. We are being tortured physically and psychologically on a regular basis and we die here a hundred times a day.”
“I am here deprived of the simplest of human rights; I cannot describe the degree of our tragedy or the graveness of our misfortune. We are facing here the most horrible type of oppression, physical torture and terrorizing treatment at the hands of officers and physicians. What is happening here is what I call a cemetery or morgue for living people and is a mark of disgrace and shame for the United States. We are being tortured physically and psychologically on a regular basis and we die here a hundred times a day.”
Shocking and Awful - The Real Face of Occupation
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