Sunday, December 31, 2006

No matter what, Saddam already dead!!

Saddam was Right and Bush was Wrong

Think about it. It was the Bush administration and not Saddam that turned out to be lying about WMDs. As we all know now, there weren't any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Amazingly enough, it was Saddam who was telling the truth from the very beginning. Bush was the one who lied to the whole world.

You may remember that in 2002, the UN Security Council ordered Iraq to put together a report detailing the entirety of its biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons programs. In response, Iraqi officials compiled an 11,800-page report on the past and present status of Iraq's weapons programs.

From that report we learned (from the Iraqis) that Iraq once had both chemical and biological weapons, as well as a program to develop nuclear weapons. We also learned that Iraq acquired biological and chemical weapons from the US, and Iraqi nuclear scientists were trained at US government nuclear facilities. Most importantly, though, the Iraqis told us that some of the weapons and nuclear facilities were destroyed in the first Gulf War, and the rest were destroyed under the supervision of UN weapons inspectors.

All of this turned out to be true.

WHAT WE'VE LEARNED

George Bush repeatedly told us that Saddam was lying, that Iraq had WMDs, and that Iraq under Saddam was a "threat to the whole world." So, here we are, years later. What have we learned to be the truth?

The search for WMDs turned up nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch.

Everything Hussein said about the weapons has turned out to be true. Everything Bush said about the weapons has turned out to be false.

But, it wasn't "faulty intelligence" as the liars keep telling us. War against Iraq was the product of a witch's brew of disinformation, distortions, spin, and lies given by people interested in the US invasion of Iraq.

The non-existent weapons of mass destruction weren't the only falsehood. There were the phony uranium purchases, lies about Al-Qaeda training camps in Iraq, mobile weapons labs, and drones that were going to attack the East Coast of the US.

Remember the lies about babies being thrown out of incubators? The propaganda started years ago. Even the claims of Saddam's brutality are suspect. Why? Because most of these claims come from the same people that have already discredited themselves.

No one would call you naïve for distrusting someone who lies to you over and over and over.

NEW REASONS FOR WAR

So, when confronted with the charge that he lied about the reasons to go to war with Iraq, President Bush simply went into spin mode and said, "The defense of freedom is always worth it."

Was it worth it to the thousands of Americans who have been wounded or killed?

Was it worth it to the countless Iraqi men, women and children who have died?

Was it worth it to their families?

FOREIGN ENTANGLEMENTS

The reality of the situation is that the US Government - from Bush Sr., to Bill Clinton, to G.W - decided on its own that Saddam should no longer be the president of Iraq. This is the very thing that the Constitution and International Law were designed to prevent.

America was never threatened by Saddam Hussein. Iraq had absolutely no capability to attack the United States, and never was there indicated a desire to do so.

In short, American "freedom" was never threatened by Iraq, or Saddam Hussein. So how can anyone consider an unprovoked attack on another nation as "defending freedom"? The absurdity of such lies will ring on for centuries.

It's not America's calling to choose who should or should not be in charge of another country. But, obviously, the Iraqi war was worth it to George Bush.

If George wants to donate his own money to revolutionary movements in foreign countries, he has the right as a free person to do so. If he wants to quit his job (wishful thinking) and go fight in one of those countries, he has a right to do so as well.

But, he has absolutely no constitutional authority to use American money and American lives to fight for "freedom" in other countries.

So, in order to continue war, the lies must continue.

TRUTH AND LIES

The result of all this was that the "Butcher of Baghdad" was right and that the "President of the United States" was wrong. Saddam Hussein was given the death penalty for "war crimes," while George Bush and his accomplices in our two-party Congress continue to rule over us.

We're living in sad times, indeed, times when you can trust what Saddam Hussein says more than your own government.

In practice, being honest or lying doesn't matter. It's might that's right.

And that's the sad truth.

Michael Boldin [mboldin@populistamerica.com], an outspoken critic of the American political system, is a senior editor and contributing writer for http://www.populistamerica.com.

From http://www.polyconomics.com/searchbase/11-18-98.html

US Army War College: NO PROOF SADDAM GASSED THE KURDS!

Memo to Jess Helms from InfoTimes. Note excerpt from US Army War College report that no evidence exists to support US claims that Iraq used gas on the Kurds.

I continue to make inquiry into the situation in Iraq, as it is likely to brew up into another crisis one of these days when the US Army War College has no choice but to conclude that Iraq is not hiding any weapons of mass destruction -- or if they are, they are so well hidden that nobody is going to find them. As you know, I'm sure, the warhawks in the United States will continue to insist that the embargo remain in place no matter what, and there will be assertions from around the world that we have not been acting in good faith. As you also know, I believe there are serious questions regarding our behavior toward Iraq that go back further. You would agree, I think, that at the very least our State Department gave a "green light" to Saddam Hussein to go into Kuwait in August 1990. The more I read of the events of the period, the more I believe history will record that the Gulf War was unnecessary, perhaps even that Saddam Hussein was willing to retreat back to his borders, but our government decided we preferred the war to the status quo ante.

In my previous correspondence with you on this matter, I had been in a quandary about the state of our relations with Baghdad during that critical period. In the months immediately preceding the "green light" given by our Ambassador, April Glaspie, a number of your Senate colleagues including Bob Dole had traveled to Baghdad, met with Saddam, and found him to be a head of state worthy of support. Even Sen. Howard Metzenbaum [D-OH], a Jewish liberal and staunch supporter of Israel, gave him a seal of approval. What disturbs me even now, Jesse, is that these meetings occurred after the Senate Foreign Relations committee had accused Iraq of using poison gas against its own people, i.e., the Kurds. Like all other Americans, in recent years I had assumed that what I read in the papers was true about Iraq gassing its own people. Once the war drums again began beating last November, I decided to read up on the history, and found Iraq denied having used gas against its own people. Furthermore, I heard that a Pentagon investigation at the time had also turned up no hard evidence of Saddam gassing his own people.

This is serious stuff, because the US Army War College tells us that 1.4 million Iraqi civilians have died as a result of the sanctions, which is 3,000 times more than the number of Kurds who supposedly died of gassing at the hands of Saddam. Many of my old Cold Warrior friends practically DEMAND that we not lift the sanctions because if Saddam would gas his own people, he would gas anyone. Now I have come across the 1990 Pentagon report, published just prior to the invasion of Kuwait. Its authors are Stephen C. Pelletiere,

Selamat Hari Raya Aidul Adha

Mutiara kata buat semua
Kalau ingin menjadi pohon yang tinggi,
bersedialah untuk ditiup angin.
Kalau rela menjadi rumput di bumi,
bersedialah untuk dipijak pijak.

Why before raya haji?


cilok from malaysia today

30/12: Saddam 'frightened' in final moments

Category: General
Posted by: Raja Petra
Yahoo News

Saddam Hussein refused to wear a hood when he was taken to the gallows but looked "broken" and "frightened", it has been revealed. National Security adviser Mouwafak al Rubaie said that Saddam had "totally surrendered" and did not resist. He said a judge read the sentence to Saddam, and he was then taken in handcuffs to the execution room.

When he stood in the execution room, photographs and video footage were taken.

Mr al Rubaie said: "When we went to the gallow room he turned around to me. I was standing next to him and he said 'don't be afraid' as if I was going to be executed. I think it was self-reassurance for himself.

"The man was very, very broken, he looked really, really weak."

Mr al Rubaie added that Saddam had shown no remorse over his actions.

He said: "I expected at the moment of reality the man will be repentant, will confess to his crimes, will show some remorse, but he hasn't."

Mr al Rubaie had earlier told state-run Iraqiya television: "He did not ask for anything. He was carrying a Koran and said: 'I want this Koran to be given to this person,' a man he called Bander," adding he did not know who Bander was.

"Saddam was treated with respect when he was alive and after his death," he added. "Saddam's execution was 100 percent Iraqi and the American side did not interfere."

Sami al-Askari, political adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, said Saddam struggled when he was taken from his cell in an American military prison, but was composed in his last moments.

He said Saddam was clad completely in black, with a jacket, trousers, hat and shoes, rather than prison garb.

Shortly before the execution, Saddam's hat was removed and Saddam was asked if he wanted to say something, but Mr al Askari said he had not wanted to, though he did recite a Muslim prayer.

He added: "Saddam later was taken to the gallows and refused to have his head covered with a bag.

"Before the rope was put around his neck, Saddam shouted: 'God is great. The nation will be victorious and Palestine is Arab'."

It has not been revealed where the execution took place, but it is believed it was not held in the fortified Green Zone.

One official said it took place at a facility known to Americans as 'Camp Justice', a former base for Saddam's feared security services and now used regularly for executions by Iraqi's courts.

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Today in history


Saddam Hussein executed in Iraq
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been executed by hanging at a secure facility in northern Baghdad for crimes against humanity.

The news was confirmed to the BBC by the Iraqi deputy foreign minister.

Iraqi TV said the execution took place just before 0600 local time (0300GMT). A representative of the prime minister and a Sunni Muslim cleric were present.

Two co-defendants, Saddam Hussein's half-brother and a former chief judge, are to be executed at a later date.

All three were sentenced to death by an Iraqi court on 5 November after a year-long trial over the 1982 killings of 148 Shias in the town of Dujail.

A small group of Iraqis witnessed the execution at an Iraqi compound known by the Americans as Camp Justice, a secure facility in the northern Baghdad suburb of Khadimeya.

They watched as a judge read out the sentence to Saddam Hussein. The former Iraqi leader was carrying a copy of the Koran and asked for it to be given to a friend.

The noose was then placed around his neck before the trap door was released. The execution took just a few minutes.

Video footage of the execution is expected to be released as final proof of Saddam Hussein's demise although it is expected to stop short of showing the actual death.

US troops and Iraqi security forces are on high alert for any violent backlash. The US State Department has urged all its embassies to increase security.

'End of a dark period'

News of Saddam Hussein's execution was broadcast on state-run Iraqiya television, as patriotic music and images of national monuments were played out.


It is an important milestone on Iraq's course to becoming a democracy that can govern, sustain, and defend itself
US President George W Bush

Saddam Hussein was hanged first, followed by Barzan and then Bandar, it announced. However, an Iraqi national security advisor later said only Saddam Hussein was hanged.

"We wanted him to be executed on a special day," Mouwafak al-Rubaie told Iraqiya, adding that Saddam Hussein "totally surrendered" and did not resist.

Saddam Hussein's half-brother Barzan al-Tikriti and Iraq's former chief judge Awad Hamed al-Bandar are to be executed some time after the Eid festival ends next week, he said.

Other Arab TV stations aired live footage of the sunrise over Baghdad's Firdous Square, where US Marines pulled down a statue of Saddam Hussein, after he was deposed in April 2003.

The BBC's Peter Greste in Baghdad says Shias have generally welcomed Saddam Hussein's death and hailed the execution as justice for the suffering endured under his leadership.

But Saddam's own Sunni tribesman were angered by his treatment and may well protest once more, our correspondent adds.

'Held to account'

US President George W Bush hailed the execution as "an important milestone" on the road to building an Iraqi democracy, but warned it would not end the deadly violence there.


I feel saddened by the death of Saddam, not because he deserved to live but because it is taking place under US occupation of Iraq
Nafeesa Zafar, Pakistan

He said: "It is a testament to the Iraqi people's resolve to move forward after decades of oppression that, despite his terrible crimes against his own people, Saddam Hussein received a fair trial.

"It is an important milestone on Iraq's course to becoming a democracy that can govern, sustain, and defend itself, and be an ally in the War on Terror."

UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett welcomed the fact that Saddam Hussein had been tried by an Iraqi court "for at least some of the appalling crimes he committed" and said "he has now been held to account".

France called on Iraqis to "look towards the future and work towards reconciliation and national unity".

Friday, December 29, 2006

Aku dan pacat

from 20th - 25th dec. aku balik kg kat kelantan. Ada urusan sendiri dan adik kawin. Hari2 aku memulakan hari dengan membersih sekitar rumah bonda. Musim hujan, tapi tak banjir. Pacat banyak. Ah, bukan tak biasa dengan pacat. Tapi, dalam dok beringat2 tu kena juga gigit dgn pacat. Kat kaki, betis , bawah lutut, pelipatan dan perut. yang aku paling gerun kalau pacat singgah kat "situ" je.... nasib baik selamat. Gatalnya sesudah digigit pacat bukan main lagi... sampai hari nigatal lagi. Masa aku sedar yg digigit kat kaki tu, dia dah kenyang. Aku jentik dia, senang je dia tercabut. Yalah dah kenyang!! Yang tinggal kesan berlubang dan darah. Aku tarok aburokok dan genyeh2 kat situ.

On the way balik kl, kaki kiri terasa kebas. Besoknya baru ku perasan kaki ku dah bengkak di sekitar tempat pacat gigit yg aku tenyeh abu rokok. Gatalnya tok sah cerita. Sampai ke betis.! Cuak juga dlm hati, kot2 jadi lagi teruk. Nak g klinik takut doktor gelak. Puas aku bubuh minyak panas, tak jadi.Esok nya, bengkak masih maintain. Gatal pun maintain. Apa aku nak buat? Nasib baik teringat kayu ntah menatang apa, yg jenis spesis kuning. Tapi rupa dia hitam. Guna dia untuk gigitan binatang bisa. Masa mula2 sampai hari tu aku dah rendam dalam cawan ngan air panas. Aku ambil air kayu tu,campur dengan air suam, aku rendam kaki sampai air dah tak suam.

Alhamdulillah, dah tak bengkak dan tak gatal macam semalam. Tak ingat apa nama kayu tu, aku belikat pasar borong wakaf che yeh. Dia buat dalam bentuk key chain.

80G hard disk n earthquake

semalam aku baru tukar harddisk baru,80G. Harap2 dapat store banyak barang dan dapat surf lag laju. Malam tadi try surf,mak oi...slow nyer....aku tak tau apa sebabnya. Nakmasukemail pun menyakitkan jiwa. rupanya erthquake punya pasal. Korang pun tentualmi masalah yg sama kan?

Sunday, December 17, 2006

A Forgotten HiStory..




I remember during my kids day, this structure was known to me as 'kubu jepun' (japanese fort) and lots were found along Pantai Sabak, Pengkalan Chepa where the Japs were first landed in Tanah Melayu. After reading it through http://raykinzoku.fotopages.com/, only now i know that it was built by british .
Sad to see this hystorical structures being swallowed down into the sea. The ministry related should take action to preserved these structures as they are very-very valuable.

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Persahabatan

Aku tergerak untuk menuls mengenai persahabatan setelah membaca posting dalam group alumni masa sekolah dulu. Benarlah kata-kata "dulu lain, sekarang lain". Sebabnya, keakraban masa alam sekolah tidak semua orang boleh bawa ke alam dewasa. Faktor2 yg mendorong, kalau mengikut pemerhatian aku adalah:-
1. Kedudukan ekonomi dan karier
Ada inferior dlm diri sesetengah kawan bila kawannya lebih berjaya dan berkedudukan. Maka wujudlah jurang yang merenggangkan keakraban itu.
2.Kesibukan karier dan keluarga
Tentulah masa bujang berbeza dgnmasa berkeluarga. Apatah lagi kalau pasangan tidak memahami.
3.Megah atau bangga dgn kedudukan sekarang
Ada sesetengah org memang menunjuk2 apa yg dia ada sekarang menyebabkan jurang kpd yg punya sifat inferior makin luas. malahan, memandang rendah kepada kawan2 yg tidak setanding dgn. nya.
4.Dendam lama
Ada juga yang masih mengungkit cerita lama, seolah2 si kawan yg pernah bersalah tidak perlu dimaafkan.

Pun begitu, bagiku, biar siapapun dia, dia pernah menjadi kawan dan tetap kawan. Alangkah bahagia hidup di keliling oleh kawan2, apatah lagi yang ikhlas berkawan. Kawan masa dulu, ikut cara dulu. Kawan masa dulu berjumpa semula, ikut cara sekarang. Yang penting, ikhlas dan saling menghormati. Semoga perjalanan ke destinasi akhir kita tak punya beban yang belum ditunaikan.

Friday, December 15, 2006

A story

This blog is nothing but a scrap of mind from a person with many things to do n yet nothing can be done ... yet!

Feel like talking to somebody but it seems like nobody can suit to listen what i want to talk about.

But life must goes on. Instead of telling others, i'm listening to others. And yet, its not bad. Insteresting indeed! But i cannot let myself being left out from this world. People must know that i'm still exist.

So, if i didn't tell a story, you tell. Ok!

Hadis Nabi

Riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim
Nabi s.a.w bersabda :
Seutama-utama perjuangan adalah perjuangan seseorang terhadap dirinya sendiri dan hawa nafsunya.