I missed u,
Not you, but me,
I missed ME
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Asking the wrong questions...
I am reading a Yahoo posting about 'Jihad Jane'.
Wanna read it...it's HERE. Below is a snippet of the news.
Washington – The case of Colleen R. LaRose – also known as “Jihad Jane” and “Fatima Rose” – raises troubling questions about the ability of Al Qaeda to attract US-born women to terrorism.
Blond and green-eyed, Ms. LaRose looks more like a former cheerleader than the Western conception of an Islamist extremist. According to the FBI, she told co-conspirators in an e-mail that her appearance would allow her to blend in “with many people,” so that she could achieve “what is in my heart.”
Her US passport would also allow her to travel easily in and out of the country.
US counterterrorism officials long have been concerned about the possibility of Islamic radicalization of US natives. But generally speaking, they have focused on potential terrorist recruits that are males.
I am not at all surprised about the *so-called* terrorism experts in the US being perplexed about how a middle age woman be in cohorts with foreign terrorists. The problem with this sort of foreign experts is that...the questions they posed is made in the plush air-conditioned comfort of the offices in Pentagon where they still believe that the terrorists are against America because the terrorist hates democracy, hates the freedom that the citizens of America have and ultimately hates America because in America, women can vote and does not have to wear a veil over their faces.
The experts seemed surprised about why a woman would put herself in danger and risk herself being caught as a traitor to her own country. Why would a woman do that? Isn't it stupid?
In June, 2008, LaRose ( the woman caught by the authorities) posted a comment on YouTube under the moniker “JihadJane” saying that she was “desperate to do something somehow to help” suffering Muslims.
With the War against Terror now in full swing in Iraq, Afghanistan and soon Iran....the casualities now numbers in the hundreds of thousands of innocent women and children. It doesn't take a fancy slide rule to figure that it CAN sicken even the most blondest, blue eyed woman in America.
Perhaps it's about time the experts ask the right type of questions....
Monday, March 8, 2010
Babyface in KL.
I'm camera shy..
The show opened with a medley of babyface hits...then a medley of his writing/producing hits with the who's who of R&B in America. I grew up listening to Babyface songs sung by Bobby Brown, TLC, Boys 2 Men, Pebbles, Toni Braxton and Whitney Houston.
The guitar is upside down because Babyface is a lefty. So he doesn't strum the guitar with his right hand. I'm wondering why he doesn't buy a specially designed left hand guitar..
Encore...
My date..
At 11.45pm after the show ends...it's our twin towers...
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Westerners just don't understand...
Merovingian: Oh my god Persephone, how could you do this? You betrayed me.
Persephone: Cause and Effect, my love.
Merovingian: Cause? There is no cause for this. What cause?
Persephone: What cause? How about the lipstick you're still wearing?
Merovingian: Lipstick? Lipstick? Heh, what craziness are you talking about woman? There is no lipstick.
[checks his face]
Persephone: She wasn't kissing your face, my love.
(Movie quote Matrix Reloaded - 2003)
I read a typical news report yesterday in Yahoo. I have posted only the first 8 paragraph of the news report. Click below for the full report.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan
NATO commander makes televised apology to Afghans
KABUL – The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan went on national television Tuesday to apologize for a deadly airstrike, an extraordinary attempt to regain Afghans' trust while a mass offensive continues against the Taliban in the south.
Two U.S. Marine battalions, accompanied by Afghan troops, pushing from the north and south of the insurgent stronghold of Marjah finally linked up after more than a week, creating a direct route across the town that allows convoys to supply ammunition and reinforcements.
In a video translated into the Afghan languages of Dari and Pashto and broadcast on Afghan television, a stern Gen. Stanley McChrystal apologized for the strike in central Uruzgan province that Afghan officials say killed at least 21 people. The video was also posted on a NATO Web site.
"I pledge to strengthen our efforts to regain your trust to build a brighter future for all Afghans," McChrystal said in the video. "I have instituted a thorough investigation to prevent this from happening again."
Sunday's attack by NATO jets on a convoy of cars was the deadliest attack on civilians in six months and prompted a sharp rebuke from the Afghan government. McChrystal apologized directly to President Hamid Karzai shortly after the incident. The video is another sign of the military coalition's intense campaign to win public backing for the Marjah offensive with a strategy that involves taking all precautions possible to protect civilians.
NATO said McChrystal made a similar apology via video this past fall when U.S. pilots bombed two hijacked fuel tankers near the northern town of Kunduz. Afghan leaders estimated that 30 to 40 civilians were killed.
The civilian deaths occurred as 15,000 NATO, U.S. and Afghan soldiers were in their 10th day of fighting insurgents in the town in Helmand province. A Romanian soldier was killed Tuesday and another was wounded in a bombing in southern Afghanistan unrelated to the offensive, Romanian officials said.
At least 919 U.S. service members have died in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001, according to an Associated Press count. The figure does not include Americans based in other countries in support of the Afghan mission who did not die as a result of combat.
It is very hard for the western military and politician to UNDERSTAND the context of cause and effect. It basically concerns about why things happen.
Causing collateral damage and killing civilians is only an EFFECT and somehow the CAUSES remained obscure from scrutiny in all of the US military, politics and media. With all their fancy degrees and experience, they choose to remain quiet of the underlying causes why their exploits in Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan and now Iraq failed miserably. I have long ago treat US news media especially CNN as lazy account of the true facts.
They hate our democracy, they hate our women, they hate our institution and more importantly, they hate our freedom...this is what been fed by the politicians to quell dissent at home and make families of US servicemen whom died find solace in 'The War against Terror' rhetoric.
Granted, the 3000 people whom died in the World Trade Centre did not deserve their cruel fate but the hundreds of thousands whom died in Afhanistan and Iraq as a direct consequence of the War on Terror did not deserve their fate either. Especially in Iraq, where the premise of the war is to punish Saddam for his involvement in the WTC attack now proved false and only used as a justification for USA to control the flow of oil in the region.
Killing begets killing, hatred will be met with hatred and the viscous cycle of revenge will continue. Winning the hearts and mind does not work if you equate the killing of a child as mere collateral damage.
Persephone: Cause and Effect, my love.
Merovingian: Cause? There is no cause for this. What cause?
Persephone: What cause? How about the lipstick you're still wearing?
Merovingian: Lipstick? Lipstick? Heh, what craziness are you talking about woman? There is no lipstick.
[checks his face]
Persephone: She wasn't kissing your face, my love.
(Movie quote Matrix Reloaded - 2003)
I read a typical news report yesterday in Yahoo. I have posted only the first 8 paragraph of the news report. Click below for the full report.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_afghanistan
NATO commander makes televised apology to Afghans
KABUL – The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan went on national television Tuesday to apologize for a deadly airstrike, an extraordinary attempt to regain Afghans' trust while a mass offensive continues against the Taliban in the south.
Two U.S. Marine battalions, accompanied by Afghan troops, pushing from the north and south of the insurgent stronghold of Marjah finally linked up after more than a week, creating a direct route across the town that allows convoys to supply ammunition and reinforcements.
In a video translated into the Afghan languages of Dari and Pashto and broadcast on Afghan television, a stern Gen. Stanley McChrystal apologized for the strike in central Uruzgan province that Afghan officials say killed at least 21 people. The video was also posted on a NATO Web site.
"I pledge to strengthen our efforts to regain your trust to build a brighter future for all Afghans," McChrystal said in the video. "I have instituted a thorough investigation to prevent this from happening again."
Sunday's attack by NATO jets on a convoy of cars was the deadliest attack on civilians in six months and prompted a sharp rebuke from the Afghan government. McChrystal apologized directly to President Hamid Karzai shortly after the incident. The video is another sign of the military coalition's intense campaign to win public backing for the Marjah offensive with a strategy that involves taking all precautions possible to protect civilians.
NATO said McChrystal made a similar apology via video this past fall when U.S. pilots bombed two hijacked fuel tankers near the northern town of Kunduz. Afghan leaders estimated that 30 to 40 civilians were killed.
The civilian deaths occurred as 15,000 NATO, U.S. and Afghan soldiers were in their 10th day of fighting insurgents in the town in Helmand province. A Romanian soldier was killed Tuesday and another was wounded in a bombing in southern Afghanistan unrelated to the offensive, Romanian officials said.
At least 919 U.S. service members have died in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001, according to an Associated Press count. The figure does not include Americans based in other countries in support of the Afghan mission who did not die as a result of combat.
It is very hard for the western military and politician to UNDERSTAND the context of cause and effect. It basically concerns about why things happen.
Causing collateral damage and killing civilians is only an EFFECT and somehow the CAUSES remained obscure from scrutiny in all of the US military, politics and media. With all their fancy degrees and experience, they choose to remain quiet of the underlying causes why their exploits in Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan and now Iraq failed miserably. I have long ago treat US news media especially CNN as lazy account of the true facts.
They hate our democracy, they hate our women, they hate our institution and more importantly, they hate our freedom...this is what been fed by the politicians to quell dissent at home and make families of US servicemen whom died find solace in 'The War against Terror' rhetoric.
Granted, the 3000 people whom died in the World Trade Centre did not deserve their cruel fate but the hundreds of thousands whom died in Afhanistan and Iraq as a direct consequence of the War on Terror did not deserve their fate either. Especially in Iraq, where the premise of the war is to punish Saddam for his involvement in the WTC attack now proved false and only used as a justification for USA to control the flow of oil in the region.
Killing begets killing, hatred will be met with hatred and the viscous cycle of revenge will continue. Winning the hearts and mind does not work if you equate the killing of a child as mere collateral damage.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
My Kafkaesque Life..
And I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something to help me burn out bright
I'm looking for complication
Looking cause I'm tired of lying
Make my way back home when I learn to fly
I think I'm done nursing the patience
I can wait one night
I'd give it all away if you give me one last try
We'll live happily ever trapped if you just save my life
Run and tell the angels that everything's alright...
I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something to help me burn out bright
Monday, February 15, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Much ado about nothing...
I was clearing my phone sms when I found this. I got it when I was still in Mekkah...it's funny as hell when I first got it.
Big Bro : Assalamualaikum bro? Buat ape, dah start mengaji kat masjid ke?
Reza :W'salam. Mengaji? Dah..sikit-sikit
Big Bro : Dah sembahyang Qada, for all the waktu that u missed..
Reza : Belum..Thanks for reminding me..
Big Bro : Good, start doing it. Don't forget sembahyang sunat too. And don't sembahyang in yr hotel room, go and do jemaah.
Reza : OK, only once aje prayed in my room.
Big Bro : GOOD. Hv you managed to see any Iranian chicks yet..?? Hot babes, they wear sunglasses and tight jeans under their jubah...Oh LA LA. Check that out too bro..
Big Bro : Assalamualaikum bro? Buat ape, dah start mengaji kat masjid ke?
Reza :W'salam. Mengaji? Dah..sikit-sikit
Big Bro : Dah sembahyang Qada, for all the waktu that u missed..
Reza : Belum..Thanks for reminding me..
Big Bro : Good, start doing it. Don't forget sembahyang sunat too. And don't sembahyang in yr hotel room, go and do jemaah.
Reza : OK, only once aje prayed in my room.
Big Bro : GOOD. Hv you managed to see any Iranian chicks yet..?? Hot babes, they wear sunglasses and tight jeans under their jubah...Oh LA LA. Check that out too bro..
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