All things Middle East related

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by firstdown

To be fair a many of US Presidents have tried to make them like us and it fails every time. We need to pack our bags and get the F out. Let them kill them self from within.

The evidence is there to suggest that they just want to be left alone to live a 7th Century life.

Except the brave girls/women who are trying to get educated and break free, of course.

[RedskinRat]

This never ceases to make me roll my eyes:

Bangladesh workers find survivor in factory rubble

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- A seamstress buried in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building for 17 days was rescued Friday, a miraculous moment set against a scene of unimaginable horror, where the death toll shot past 1,000.

Reshma survived, in remarkably good shape, by eating dried food that was in her area and drinking spare amounts of water with her. She was discovered on the second floor of the eight-story Rana Plaza building, where crews have been focused on recovering bodies, not rescuing survivors, for much of the past two weeks.

And the most hilarious part?

Hundreds of people who had been engaged in the grim job of removing decomposing bodies from the site raised their hands together in prayer for her survival.

"Allah, you are the greatest, you can do anything. Please allow us all to rescue the survivor just found," said a man on a loudspeaker leading the supplicants. "We seek apology for our sins. Please pardon us, pardon the person found alive."


Mother****er, you need to be thanking the volunteers pulling the rubble aside! Anyone else find it laughable that a deity gets all the props and very little condemnation for allowing shoddy workplace safety? Religious types, not too bright.

[Chico23231]

Actress in critical condition after acid attack in Pakistan - CNN.com

Pakistani actress injured in acid attack - Indian Express

"Bushra's brother Pervez Khan lodged a complaint with the police against film producer Shaukat Khan was behind the attack as the actress had turned down his marriage proposal.

Acid attacks on women, especially by men they have spurned, are common across Pakistan despite the amendment of a law to increase the punishment for such assaults."

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Acid attacks on women, especially by men they have spurned, are common across Pakistan despite the amendment of a law to increase the punishment for such assaults."

Not sure why they are still considered men. Laws don't stop people, you need societal pressure.

Until women are treated as equal this will continue. Same with the rape travesty.

[RedskinRat]

And it doesn't help when religion supports and advocates for ugly practices:

'Circumcision controls women's sex common sense' - Sheikh Yussef al-Badri

Female genital mutilation was made illegal in Egypt in 2008 but is still very widely practiced. Some estimates suggest over 75% of women, Muslim and Christian, still have had the procedure in some areas of the country.

Debate on the subject has re-opened after the recent death of a 13-year-old girl while having the operation. Studies have also documented cases of serious health and psychological complications.

Sheikh Yussef al-Badri is one of Egypt's biggest advocates for what he refers to as female circumcision, and has petitioned the country's courts to make it legal again.

He told Aleem Maqbool that it removed a woman's "need for man".

Apparently men can't be trusted to control themselves.

[RedskinRat]

Riots in Egypt, here we go!

[Chico23231]

The encouraging thing in Egypt is the youth there are not bout this Muslim Brotherhood life. They are rallying to say no to a conservative islamic state. Gotta give them props

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

The encouraging thing in Egypt is the youth there are not bout this Muslim Brotherhood life. They are rallying to say no to a conservative islamic state. Gotta give them props

There is hope

[JoeRedskin]

link?

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

link?

I resent being your unpaid Paralegal, sir!

Egypt

Clashes have broken out in the Egyptian city of Alexandria between anti- and pro-government supporters that have left at least one dead and more than 80 wounded, according to the state news agency MENA.
The country's interior ministry confirmed on Friday that the man was a US citizen and died from a stab wound to the chest while taking pictures of the clashes.
Some anti-government protesters set fire to the local headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party in the Sidi Gaber area of the city.
Violence also broke out in other parts of the country with reports of attacks on Muslim Brotherhood offices in several cities and governorates, including Gharbiya, Daqahliyah and Kafr el-Sheikh.
Earlier, several thousand protesters marched along the Alexandria's seafront complaining mainly about economic stagnation.
"There are no services, we can't find diesel or gasoline. We elected [President Mohamed] Morsi, but this is enough," said 42-year-old accountant Mohamed Abdel Latif.

You know it's bad when an accountant gets rioty.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

link?

Egyptian troops deployed to keep order after attacks - CNN.com

an american killed as well

[over the mountain]

HBO on-demand has a 41 minute oscar winning documentary called "saving faces" on victims of acid attacks in pakistan.

cool quick view.

[over the mountain]

Now Morsi is equally unliked, but removing him power could be seen a major step backwards for the revolution. After all, Morsi — as he is quick to point out — was democratically elected. If he can be forced out by violent protests or military order, then what kind of democracy does Egypt really have? The people want him gone, but are they willing to do so at the cost of giving power back to a military that can order a president around? The world now waits for his answer.

^^^i found this section of an article fairly enlightening.

[RedskinRat]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

Now Morsi is equally unliked, but removing him power could be seen a major step backwards for the revolution. After all, Morsi — as he is quick to point out — was democratically elected. If he can be forced out by violent protests or military order, then what kind of democracy does Egypt really have? The people want him gone, but are they willing to do so at the cost of giving power back to a military that can order a president around? The world now waits for his answer.

^^^i found this section of an article fairly enlightening.

'Democratically' elected, to be fair. If the MB weren't out bullying the rural voters he wouldn't have got in.

[RedskinRat]

Morsi is a Moslem Brotherhood stooge. He should never have been elected.

Democracy isn't compatible with islam.