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فرق شاسع مابين الصفعتين

2011-02-08T20:51:00.002+03:00

الصفعة التي تلقاها بوعزيزي التونسي حركت شعبا باكمله لكي ينشد الحرية التي افتقدها وجعلت التوانسة يميزون طريقهم من نفق الظلام الى فضاء الحرية .. الكل يتساءل لماذا غيرت هذه الصفعة وجه تونس المعاصر ؟

لكن الصفعة التي تلقتها سهير اتاسي في دمشق تضامنا مع صفعة بوعزيزي لم تنر ولا حتى قنديلا في ظلام سوريا الدامس ...

الجواب سيكون قابلية الشعوب على تقبل الحرية مختلفة

سوريا لم يصل الشعب فيها الى نقطة الشعور باهمية الحرية رغم فداحة الخناق الذي يجثم على صدورهم وجيوش الرعب استطاعت ترويض الثوار وحولتهم الى داجنين

كما ان حناجر اهل فضائية الجزيرة لاتصدع بانغام الحرية ولاتسمعها للسوريين والسر مجهول حتى كتابة هذه السطور

لكنها تنقل احاسيس الناس وهمساتهم في تونس ومصر

ومثها كانت الجزيرة خرساء عما يحصل في بغداد قبل عام 2003

ان لمن ينشد الحرية في بقاع ارض العرب المقهورة ان يعلم بان تظاهرات السلام الخالية من الفوضى والسلب والنهب قادرة على ان تزحلق اكبر مؤخرة ملتصقة بكرسيها لاي حاكم يجثم على خوانيقهم

تعلموا السير باستقامة وانضباط حينما تسلكون اي طريق للحرية واستغلوا ما حملته لكم العولمة في بناء مستقبلكم وستنجحون فانتم شعوب مظلومة فقط لان حكامكم قرروا ذلك ...ولانهم كما قال وائل غنيم يمتلكون الخبرة في اعدام كرامة شعوبهم

عافاكم الله والى لقاء

الفرح من حقوق البشر... والعراقيين أيضا

2007-06-13T20:35:00.000+04:00

عندما يكون الحديث عن حقوق الإنسان فإن الخصم في ذلك قد يكون في كثير من الأحيان هو الإنسان نفسه لأن أحد أنواع الظلم هو ظلم الإنسان لنفسه. والشعوب بتكوينها النفسي وثقافتها وعاداتها وتقاليدها تظلم نفسها كثيراً, نعم .. تظلم نفسها أحياناً ظلماً يفوق أي ظلم خارجي يقع عليها.
من القضايا التي تطرح عند كل العرب وكل المسلمين في كل مناسبة محاولات جادة ومخلصة ومثابرة في كثير من الأحيان لقتل الفرح أو أي محاولة لاصطناع الفرح أو حتى لاقتناص جزء يسير منه.
قضية هي في منتهى الغرابة وتضع عدداً من علامات الاستفهام ولا بد من الوقوف عندها والكلام عنها بما أنها تطرح على كل الأصعدة، ابتداء من القنوات الفضائية ومنتديات الإنترنت وانتهاء ببعض خطباء العيد أو بمجالسنا الخاصة، وبهذا التكرار الممل على ضعف في منطقها.
ذلك حين يقول لنا بعض إخواننا، ليسوا فقط ممن يتبنون الطرح الإسلامي ، بل وغيرهم كيف لنا أن نفرح بالعيد السعيد ونحن نرى إخواننا في بلدنا العراق وفي فلسطين ولبنان يقتلون ويذبحون ويعيشون في حال من الذل والهوان والفقر؟
بالتأكيد يهمنا العراق وقبلها فلسطين ذلك الجرح النازف من خمسين سنة متدفقاً من خاصرة الأمة، لكن إن لجسدك عليك حقا وإن لأهلك عليك حقا وإن لولدك عليك حقا وإن لنفسك عليك حقا. من حقنا أن نفرح حتى وإن كنا نعلم علم اليقين أن أبناء عمومتنا يتألمون. هناك عدد لا يحصى من العظماء الذين وجدوا في ظروف صعبة وأزمات سياسية خطيرة فناضلوا من أجل قضاياهم طوال حياتهم لكنهم تزوجوا وأنجبوا ولم يتزوجوا قضاياهم. هذه قضايانا ولن نتنازل عنها أبداً لكن هذا لا يعني أن تنتهي عندها الحياة في كل بلد من بلدان العرب. كما أن الأمر لا يقف على العراق وفلسطين، فلو فرضنا أن هاتين القضيتين الشائكتين اللتين حارت فيهما عقول كل حكماء السياسة حلتا، فهل سينتهي الأمر عند هذا الحد ؟ فهناك بلدان أخرى فيها مسلمون يعانون من مشاكل سياسية وقد تجشموا عناء محاولات انفصالية في الشيشان وفي الفلبين.
ولو فرضنا أن كل المسلمين عاشوا في حالة معقولة من الاستقرار الأمني والاقتصادي فإنه لا يجوز من الناحية الأخلاقية أن نقف هنا. هناك أخ لنا في الإنسانية يعاني من الجوع والفقر في إفريقيا وتفتك به الأمراض بلا معين وهناك بلاد دمرتها الزلازل وقضت البيوت على رؤوس ساكنيها
وبالتالي لا يجوز لنا ولا لأطفالنا أن نفرح في أيام العيد ولا في غيرها من الأيام بل يجب أن نتشح جميعا بالسواد ونمارس شيئا من اللطم مع تناول القهوة المرة.
نصرة المظلومين والمقهورين لا تكون هكذا. هذه الطريقة في التفكير هي طريقة سلبية نائحة لا تسمن ولا تغني من جوع. بل هي الحل الأمثل للخائر الضعيف الذي لا يجد أفضل من الدموع ليقدمها كطعام للجائعين وعزاء للأرامل.
الفرح حق من حقوق الإنسان لا يجادل فيه إلا نحن العرب والمسلمون. من حق الإنسان في أيام العيد أن يتوقف عن مشاهدة قنوات الأخبار التي تبث مع صباح العيد الباكر صور المقصوفين والمقتولين والنائحات.
إنه من حقنا كبشر أن نخرج ولو قليلاً خارج حدود ثقافة الحزن ومواويل الموت لنسرق لحظة سعادة، لنتحدث باسترخاء دون أن يذكر أحد موضوعاً يثير التشنج ويتعب الأعصاب. إنه من حقنا في مثل هذه الأيام أن نحيي بعض الاحتفالات والعروض المبهجة والمضحكة وأن نخرج بأطفالنا ونسائنا جميعاً غير مفرقين إلى أماكن الاحتفالات هذه. ولو أخذنا بالاعتبار حجم أي مدينة عراقية وعدد سكانها فسنجد أننا بحاجة إلى الكثير من هذه المهرجانات التي نحتاجها للفرح، فالرقم والسعة بوضعه الحالي لا يكفي. لكن قبل هذا كله يجب أن ننافح بقوة عن حقنا في الفرح والبهجة ضد أعداء الفرح.
أضحكني وأفرحني أحد أقاربي مرة عندما قال لي في ذات عيد:

بالله عليك ما الفرق عندنا بين العيد والعزاء، ففي كليهما نجلس جلسات طويلة ونتحدث بأحاديث الهم والغم أمام شاشات الفضائيات البائسة المليئة بمناظر الموت مع شرب القهوة ثم نقوم إلى الطعام نملأ به بطوننا ونعود إلى دورنا مسطولين !!!..

The hidden messages in water

2005-10-25T16:33:00.000+03:00

An eye-opening theory showing how water is deeply connected to people's individual and collective consciousness. Drawing from his own research, scientific researcher, healer, and popular lecturer Dr. Masaru Emoto describes the ability of water to absorb, hold, and even retransmit human feelings and emotions. Using high-speed photography, he found that crystals formed in frozen water reveal changes when specific, concentrated thoughts are directed toward it. Music, visual images, words written on paper, and photographs also have an impact on the crystal structure. Emoto theorizes that since water has the ability to receive a wide range of frequencies, it can also reflect the universe in this manner. He found that water from clear springs and water exposed to loving words shows brilliant, complex, and colorful snowflake patterns, while polluted water and water exposed to negative thoughts forms incomplete, asymmetrical patterns with dull colors. Emoto believes that since people are 70 percent water, and the Earth is 70 percent water, we can heal our planet and ourselves by consciously expressing love and goodwill.

Can words affect water, too?
Next thought about what would happen if we wrote words or phrases like ‘Thank you’ and ‘Fool’ on pieces of paper, and wrapped the paper around the bottles of water with the words facing in. It didn’t seem logical for water to ‘read’ the writing, understand the meaning, and change its form accordingly. But from the experiments with music that strange things could happen. Water exposed to ‘Thank you’ formed beautiful hexagonal crystals, but water exposed to the word ‘Fool’ produced crystals similar to the water exposed to heavy-metal music, malformed and fragmented.”
What laws of science or lattice formation are at work here? How connected is life and what amount of soul is in all things?
Scientists, healers, and others who investigate will appreciate these experiments on repeatability of experimental results.
Now , I can say that , we used to see many Islamic healers were reading verses of wholly Quraan on water ,and were using the water for healing Patients , with a high degree of improvement in the patient’s condition without causing any side effects for him.

Killing Abu Jaafar

2005-10-21T22:06:00.000+03:00

A bomb went off at a famous monument Abu Jaafar al-Mansour in Baghdad which was honouring the eighth-century founder of Baghdad . This explosion, destroyed and blown to bits the monument as you can see in the below photo .
This is a good proof that violence in Iraq is getting random , and out of any control and in nearly future we will have nothing left undestroyed , even our art and history.

Can you guess who threw it here ?

2005-10-17T20:59:00.000+03:00

Well , it is useless for me to talk about the poll on constitution and if it will pass over or not .!
But the important thing to say is that no one from the people I know have the chance to read the Draft before saying yes or no .. !
I don’t know if any one of the voters gave their positive or negative voices on satisfaction about it’s contents .
Don’t be surprised but I found that thousands of copies of this draft were placed in a garbage dump instead of delivering them to the voters , who was responsible about that , I don’t know .

You want the proof , see this picture ..

Baghdad's Ancient Battery !!

2005-10-16T21:00:00.000+03:00

while excavating ruins of a 2000-year-old village near Baghdad, workers discovered mysterious small vase. A 6-inch-high pot of bright yellow clay dating back two millennia contained a cylinder of sheet-copper 5 inches by 1.5 inches. The edge of the copper cylinder was soldered with a 60-40 lead-tin alloy comparable to today's solder. The bottom of the cylinder was capped with a crimped-in copper disk and sealed with bitumen or asphalt. Another insulating layer of asphalt sealed the top and also held in place an iron rod suspended into the center of the copper cylinder. The rod showed evidence of having been corroded with an acidic agent.

German archaeologist ,Wilhelm Konig, examined the object and came to a surprising conclusion that the clay pot was nothing less than an ancient electric battery.

The ancient battery in Baghdad , as well as those others which were unearthed in Iraq, are all dated from the Parthian occupation between 248 BCE and 226 CE. However, Dr. Konig also found copper vases plated with silver in the Baghdad Museum, excavated from Sumerian sites in southern Iraq, dating back to at least 2500 BCE. When the vases were lightly tapped, a blue patina or film separated from the surface, which is characteristic of silver electroplated onto copper base. It would appear then that the Parthians inherited their batteries from one of the earliest known civilizations.

In 1940, Willard F.M. Gray, an engineer at the General Electric High Volatage Laboratory in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, read of Konig's theory. Using drawings and details supplied by German rocket scientist Willy Ley, Gray made a replica of the battery. Using copper sulfate solution, it generated about half a volt of electricity.
In 1970s, German Egyptologist, Arne Eggebrecht built a replica of the Baghdad battery and filled it with freshly pressed grape juice, as he speculated the ancients might have done. The replica generated 0.87 Volt. He used current from the battery to electroplate a silver statuette with gold.
This experiment proved that electric batteries were used some 1,800 years before their modern invention by Alessandro Volta in 1799.
It also seems that the use of similar batteries can be safely placed into ancient Egypt, where several objects with traces of electroplated precious metals have been found at different locations. There are several anomalous finds from other regions, which suggests use of electricity on a grander scale.

Life with big brother

2005-09-30T19:15:00.000+04:00

Internet users hoping to protect their privacy by using anti-virus software, ,Web anonymizers, false identities and disabled cookies on their computer's Web browser have something new to worry about – a patent filed by the National Security Agency (NSA) for technology that will identify the physical location of any Web surfer.

Patent 6,947,978, granted this week, describes a process based on latency, or time lag between computers exchanging data, of "numerous" known locations on the Internet to build a "network latency topology map" for all users. Identifying the physical location of an individual user, reports CNET News.com, could then be accomplished by measuring how long it takes to connect to an unknown computer from numerous known machines, and using the latency response to display location on a map.

NSA is so secret that its acronym has been said to stand for "No Such Agency." According to its website, "the National Security Agency/Central Security Service ... coordinates, directs, and performs highly specialized activities to protect U.S. government information systems and produce foreign signals intelligence information. A high technology organization, NSA is on the frontiers of communications and data processing. It is also one of the most important centers of foreign language analysis and research within the government."

According to a spokman in this agency , he said : "If, as we are speaking , Post-9-11, if bin Laden goes online, NSA may actually know where he is “..

Then why don’t you use it to locate “Al-Zarkawi ” website adminstration and all other terrorist’s websites,?!! instead of letting them advertise themselves every day and recruiting more brain-washed young men ??!!!!

Perhaps we can see results soon after long waiting .

رؤية إسلامية وسطية بين الشريعة والديموقراطية

2005-09-28T19:57:00.000+04:00

باختصار تضع الشريعة الإسلامية القواعد العامة للحياة الإنسانية. وتترك للإنسان في إطارها مساحات واسعة للحرية والاختيار.

وبالمقابل إذا كانت الديموقراطية سباقة إلى تكوين الرأي العام للفوز بأصوات الأغلبية.. فقد يقرر الإسلاميون أن يخوضوا السباق، وأن يقبلوا بثمرات الميدان.

الإسلاميون والديموقراطية :

في محاولة لحل الإشكال المرتسم في بعض الأذهان عن إمكانية المواءمة بين الشريعة الإسلامية والديموقراطية. إذ يبدو موقف الإسلاميون متناقضاً أو مرتبكاً، في نظر البعض، حين يطرحون تمسكهم بالشريعة وقبولهم بالديموقراطية. يتساءل الكثيرون: كيف يمكن التوفيق بين (الشريعة) الثابتة المستقرة، والديموقراطية النابعة من رؤية بشرية متغيرة خاضعة لمجموعة معقدة من العوامل والمؤثرات؟!

وللإجابة على هذا السؤال، سيمر هذا البحث سريعاً على أطر الديموقراطية ومحددات القرار الديموقراطي. لينتقل إلى الحديث المكثف عن الشريعة الإسلامية من حيث أنها شريعة ربانية مدنية تقوم على إقرار القواعد العامة للحياة الإنسانية، وتترك للاجتهاد البشري المنضبط مساحة واسعة لتقدير مصالح الناس في الزمان والمكان.

وبين هذا وذاك نؤكد أن الإسلاميين المعتدلين قد توافقوا عموماً على أن يكون مدخلهم إلى تطبيق الشريعة في فضاءاتها العامة صندوق اقتراع حر ونزيه يعبر عن رؤية الأكثرية من أبناء مجتمعاتهم. وأنهم مستعدون دائماً للنزول على نتائج هذا الصندوق حتى ولو يكن في جانبهم.

الشورى والديموقراطية :

يقرر المفكرون المسلمون أنه لا نزاع حول المصطلحات إذا تطابقت المفاهيم. في التأسيس الإسلامي للحياة العامة المشتركة تقدم القرآن الكريم بلفظ (الشورى) معبراً عن ضرورة مشاركة الرأي العام في مهمات الأمور.

و(الشورى) في اللغة العربية تعني استطلاع أكثر من رأي في الأمر الواحد، وتقليب وجهات النظر فيه، للوصول إلى رأي أو موقف عام يكون أقرب إلى الصواب ويجمع عليه الأكثرون.

في القرآن الكريم سورة تحمل اسم (سورة الشورى) تنبيهاً على أهمية المقصد في الشريعة الإسلامية. وفي هذه السورة يوصف المؤمنون بأنهم (والذين استجابوا لربهم وأقاموا الصلاة وأمرهم شورى بينهم ومما رزقناهم ينفقون) ولفظ (الأمر) هنا يشار به إلى المهمات والقرارات الخطيرة.

في آية أخرى يأمر القرآن الكريم الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم بمشاورة أصحابه (وشاورهم في الأمر) والملاحظ هنا تكرار لفظ (الأمر) الذي يعني كما قلنا القرارات الخطيرة في حياة الأمة.

تجلت في حياة الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم صور عديدة لتطبيقات الشورى كان معظمها في شؤون الحرب والسلم.

ففي غزوة (بدر)، وهي أول معركة يخوضها المسلمون ضد المشركين لم يأخذ الرسول قرار المعركة إلا بعد أن وقف على آراء أصحابه فصيلاً فصيلاً، ولا سيما الأنصار الذين أخذوا على عاتقهم حمايته في مدينتهم. فوقف في الجيش خطيباً وقال: أشيروا عليّ أيها الناس..

في المعركة التالية (أُحد) كان المشركون يستعدون للثأر من هزيمتهم في بدر، وكان رأي الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم وبعض العقلاء من القوم التحصن في المدينة. وكان رأي الأكثرية من الصحابة الخروج إلى الحرب، فنزل الرسول على رأي الأكثرية متجاوزاً رأيه الشخصي.

في معركة ثالثة معركة (الأحزاب) تحالفت قوات من قريش وسائر العرب مع يهود بني قريظة ضد المسلمين. حين استشار الرسول أصحابه أشار عليه (سلمان الفارسي)، وهو رجل من فارس أسلم، بحفر الخندق حول المدينة لتحصينها، وهي طريقة لم يكن يعرفها العرب من قبل فأخذ الرسول الكريم بمشورته.

في الغزوة نفسها أراد الرسول أن يفل تجمع الأحزاب، فراسل بعض القوى يفاوضها على أن يدفع لها ثلث (ثمار المدينة) مقابل فك الحصار. ولكنه عندما استشار أصحابه من أهل المدينة أبدوا اعتراضهم على الصفقة فنزل الرسول على رأيهم.

في واقعة خامسة يوم بدر عندما نزل الرسول بجيشه في موقع من الأرض، جاءه أحد أصحابه يسأله هل هذا المنزل منزل أنزله الله ليس لنا أن نتحول عنه أو أنه الرأي والحرب؟ فقال الرسول الكريم بل هو الرأي والحرب، فأشار عليه ذاك الصحابي بتغيير الموقع ففعل.

كان الرسول محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم ينبه أصحابه دائماً على بشريته وأنه بشر مثلهم ويرفض أن يوصف بوصف أو فعل يتجاوز حدود البشرية. كان يقول لهم (أنا عبد الله ورسوله. فقولوا عبد الله ورسوله).

في إحدى الوقائع حصلت سرقة في المدينة كانت الأدلة الظرفية كلها تدور حول يهودي من يهود المدينة، وحين هم الرسول الكريم أن يأخذ بتلك الأدلة، نزل القرآن الكريم يدفع التهمة عن اليهودي ويشير إلى السارق الحقيقي.

في القضاء كان الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم يقرر دائماً الفرق بين شخصه كرسول مبلغ عن الله، وكقاضي يقضي بالبينات التي بين يديه فيقول: (إنكم تختلفون إليّ وإنما أنا بشر وعسى بعضكم أن يكون ألحن بحجته من بعض فأقضي له بحق أخيه، فمن قضيت له بحق أخيه فإنما أقضي له بقطعة من نار..)

ومن هنا ميز العلماء المسلمون بين تصرفات الرسول كنبي مبلغ عن الله والتي اعتبرت من الشريعة، وبين تصرفاته كإمام حاكم أو كبشر عادي حيث لا تدرج هذه التصرفات في دائرة التشريع.

في واقعة أخرى أشار الرسول على أصحابه أن يتوقفوا عن عملية تلقيح النخل، فجاء الموسم الزراعي ضعيفاً في ذلك العام، فقال حديثه المشهور (أنتم أعلم بأمور دنياكم) منبهاً على أنه مهمته هي البلاغ عن الله تعالى. فكان هذا الحديث فتحاً لآفاق واسعة لحركة المسلمين في شؤون الحياة والقيام بمتطلبات المعرفة والعمران.

ومن هنا أيضاً نجد في القرآن الكريم العديد من التوجيهات لسلوك الرسول الإنساني أو السياسي فيعاتبه مرة لأنه عبس في وجه رجل أعمي، وأخرى لأنه عذر المتقاعسين عن الجهاد.

عندما توفي الرسول الكريم لم يحدد خليفة أي حاكماً من بعده. ترك الأمر شورى بين المسلمين وإنما أوصى (أبا بكر) أن يصلي بالناس إماماً، فهم الناس في هذه الوصية إشارة إلى تقديمه كحاكم للمسلمين. وعندما توفي أبو بكر، رشح عمر بن الخطاب لتولي أمر المسلمين، فبايعه المسلمون. وعندما توفي عمر رشح للمسلمين ستة من الصحابة تركهم يختارون واحداً منهم. وفي عملية التصفية كما نقول بعد أن تركز الاختيار بين شخصين، قام أحد الستة بعملية استطلاع رأي في المدينة حاضرة الإسلام، فدار على الناس بيتاً بيتاً يسألهم عن آرائهم حتى استشار في ذلك الاختيار النساء في خدورهن كما قال.

كانت تلك إشارة متقدمة إلى مشاركة النساء في العملية السياسية وفي تكوين الرأي العام منذ ألف وخمسمائة عام.

إلى جانب ذلك لقد اعتبرت الشريعة (الرأي العام)، في مجتمع إسلامي، حاكماً في ميدان القيم والأفعال. واستعمل القرآن الكريم لفظة (المعروف) كعنوان جامع لكل قيم الحق والخير والجمال. واللفظة مشتقة من المعرفة أي مما تعارف عليه الناس وألفوه. بينما جعل في المقابل لفظ (المنكر) العنوان الجامع لكل خلال الشر، وهو ما استقبحه المجتمع ورفضه الناس. يقول رسول الله محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم (ما رآه المسلمون حسناً فهو عند الله حسن..).

وفي مذاهب التفكير الإسلامي خلاف معمق في موضوع الحاكمية في (الحسن والقبح أو الخير والشر) هل هما شرعيان أو عقليان؟ وينظر الكثير من علماء الإسلام إلى أن الخلاف لفظي، ويؤكدون التطابق بين الشرعي والعقلي مع الاختلاف في ترتيب الأسبقية.

يتضح مما تقدم أن (الشورى) كمصطلح إسلامي عنت دائماً إشراك أكبر قطاع ممكن من الناس في الأمور التي تهم الدولة والمجتمع. حقيق أن الشريعة الإسلامية حددت القاعدة ولم تحدد الآلية تاركة ذلك لأبناء كل زمان ومكان لاختيار الوسيلة الأنسب للتعبير عن رأيهم الجماعي.

لن يفوتنا أن نشير إلى أن الحكام المسلمين في عصور متلاحقة أدخلوا كثيراً من الضيم على مفهوم الشورى وجعلوا من (البيعة) (وهي الآلية التي كانت متبعة لانتقال السلطة من حاكم إلى من يليه) عملية شكلية أشبه بالطقوس التي تمارس ظاهرياً. وحولوا تدوال السلطة الذي ساد في العصر الأول إلى ملك عضوض ونقلوا عن فارس والروم فكرة ولاية العهد!!

حين نقرن الشورى بالديموقراطية نرى أن في محتوى المصطلحين محاولة أفضل للتعبير عن رأي الأكثرية المجتمعية (الرأي العام) بحيث يكون القرار العام نتاج مشاركة جمعية. ولكن أين يتحدد الخلاف بين المفهومين؟

يقتضي منا الحق أن نبين في هذا السياق أن (الشورى) الإسلامية لا تطرح نفسها في فراغ وإنما ضمن أطر وقواعد عامة تنص عليها الشريعة وهذه الأطر والقواعد هي التي سنحاول الوقوف عندها في هذا البحث.

ولكن ومن ناحية أخرى هل تتحرك الديموقراطية في جميع دول العالم في فراغ مطلق؟!

ندرك أن العملية الديموقراطية ماتزال محاطة بأطر وقواعد القانون الطبيعي إلى جانب إرث قيمي ثقافي وفكري واجتماعي لايزال له وقعه وأثره في الحياة الإنسانية ببعديها الخاص والعام.

وسنعترف جميعاً أن في هذه الأطر والقواعد ما هو مطلق وما هو نسبي. المطلق هو الذي تشترك فيه الأمم والشعوب، وتجمع عليه الشرائع والأديان والثقافات. والنسبي ما كان وليد ثقافة أو ظرف خاص.

حين نقرر السير مع رغبات أو توجهات الرأي العام أو رأي الأغلبية يتطلب الأمر أن نتوقف ملياً عند مكونات (الرأي العام) والعوامل المؤثرة فيه حرصاً على مستقبل الإنسانية والإنسان.

أن هذه الشريعة بمحدداتها العامة لا تزيد على ضبط الأطر والقواعد تاركة للعقل البشري في الزمان والمكان مساحات واسعة للاجتهاد والتصرف.

وسيتبين لمن أراد أن يبحث ويستزيد في هذا الموضوع بأن الأحكام التفصيلية التي جاءت بها الشريعة الإسلامية لا تشكل إلا دائرة محدودة في مقابلة الدائرة الأوسع التي تركتها للاجتهاد البشري. وأن لهذه الدائرة الضيقة من الهوامش ما يؤهلها لكي تصلح في متغيرات الزمان والمكان.

غني عن البيان أننا عندما نتحدث عن الشريعة لا نتحدث عن العقيدة التي تتمتع بثبات مطلق يقوم على نصوص قطعية في ثبوتها ودلالاتها.

إن حماية الإنسان حياته وعقله وحريته وحقه في الوجود أصلاًً كما حقه في الملكية، وإقرار المساواة والعدل بين البشر على اختلاف اللون والمعتقد والجنس هي الأطر العامة التي تضبط القرار الإنساني في الشريعة الإسلامية والتي يجب أن تضبط كل قرار.

Where are the Iraq's Secrets archives of Saddam's regime ?

2005-09-28T19:06:00.000+04:00

U.S. troops arrived too late to take control of many of the 23 government ministries and other intelligence-rich sites in Baghdad. Local Iraqis carted off bags of documents and videotapes from secret-police facilities. An American TV company reportedly stuffed several vehicles with secret Iraqi documents.

Complicating the hunt for sensitive documents and electronic files are swarms of Iranian agents with their own agenda .

Other governments want to have access to (or take control of) the secrets of Iraq's oil supplies, money-moving networks, weapons programs and human operatives.
Forces loyal to Saddam have been destroying evidence for weeks.

Foreign governments that had helped the regime including , Russia , France and Germany reportedly want some of Saddam's secrets to stay secret.
Even some U.S. officials are said to want to prevent certain Iraqi secrets from seeing the light of day in order to cover up for Russia and other countries in the interests of diplomacy and cooperation.

The archives have explosive intelligence, diplomatic, economic and commercial value.
They also are powerful tools of political warfare, by which secrets can be deployed to discredit and even hunt down adversaries, empower friends and help a divided society come to terms with its hideous recent past.
Everyone has been hunting for loot or evidence .
Western intelligence agencies, which appear not to have let this unique opportunity pass , as " noted Daily Telegraph reporter David Blair :
More than 1,000 Defense Intelligence Agency analysts went to Iraq to itemize and index the regime's written records.
We can ask now :
are most of the terror's actions around us in Iraq , a part of the secret agents conflict in this area ?

Explore the truth about Qur'an

2005-09-26T09:31:00.000+04:00

In today’s climate of heightened religious sensitivities and apparent cultural clashes, now is the time for people of all faiths to better acquaint themselves with Islam’s sacred text, the Holy Quran.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced a new campaign intended to promote understanding of the Quran by distributing complimentary copies to any interested member of the American public. This campaign, titled Explore the Qur’an, serves as a response to those who would defame and desecrate the holy book of Muslims without full knowledge of its teachings.
False and uninformed accusations have been leveled against the Qur’an for some time. But now, this initiative places the sacred text directly in the hands of the American people and encourages all people of conscience to discover the truth about Islam. Explore the Qur’an allows the holy book to speak for itself and educate people of other faith traditions about the universal teachings of Islam.
To request your free copy of the Holy Quran, click here.

شيوخ حسب طلب الحاكم

2005-09-23T23:48:00.000+04:00

منذ ظهور الإسلام وبرغم أنه دين يرفض الكهنوت ولا واسطة فيه بين العبد وربه، وبرغم ظهور فقهاء على يسار السلطة تم نفيهم وتعذيبهم وقتلهم لأنهم قالوا كلمة حق في وجه سلطان جائر، إلا أن فقهاء السلاطين كانوا مشهداً غالباً ثابتاً روتينياً في لوحة هذا الدين العظيم، لم يكونوا مجرد رتوش باهتة بل كانوا الخط الأساسي، واللون المكتسح، والضوء المبهر، كانوا يبررون للحاكم قتل معارضيه ومن ضمنهم زملاؤهم من فقهاء المعارضة، وكانوا يزينون له أفعاله العدوانية، ويسكتون عن سرقاته لبيت المال، ويغضون الطرف عن مغامراته العاطفية ونزواته النسائية، وينصبونه ملكاً بدرجة إله، وسلطاناً برتبة رسول، وكان السلطان يمنحهم الضياع والإقطاعيات والذهب والحرير وصرة الدنانير والغيد الحسان، والأهم يمنحهم الأمان في أن تظل رقابهم في أماكنها على أجسادهم تطل على الفقراء من قصورهم المنيفة،كانت السلطة تحتاجهم بقدر ما يحتاجونها بل أكثر، وكانت كلمة السر هي الإلهاء، بمعنى أن وظيفة الفقيه هي أن يغوص في جدل فقهي، أو يخترع مشكلة كلامية فلسفية، أو يؤلف فتاوى غامضة لإلهاء الناس عن همها الحقيقي ومشاكلها الملحة، فلم تكن فتاوى فقهاء السلاطين تتحدث عن توريث الخلفاء الحكم لأبنائهم بل كانت تتحدث عن حكم من يصلي وعلى ظهره قربة فساء !! لم تكن هذه الفتاوى نوعاً من التسلية ولكنها كانت مسكنات لأورام في الامة .

محمد عبده وجمال الدين الأفغاني وغيرهم من القامات الفقهية العملاقة صنعهم الناس ومنحهم البسطاء صك الاعتراف وآمن بصدقهم العوام لأن اتجاهاتهم كانت صحيحة والصدق الذي تحدثوا به لم يكن مضبوطاً على بريق الذهب بل على بريق الحق والعدل، وعلى الجانب الآخر تجلس عمامات صنعتها أجهزة الإعلام وجملتها الفضائيات وصقلتها الميديات بكل جبروتها وسطوتها وتأثيرها ، فالمتفرج يشاهد وهو مشلول مكتسح مشدوهاً مخدراً يتلقى كورقة النشاف كل ما يلقى في وعيه من الغث والسمين والرخيص والثمين، وما أكثر الغث والرخيص، ومع توحش السلطة وطغيانها أصبحت في حاجة ملحة إلى مبررات أكثر ومجملات أقوى تأثيراً، وبالطبع لا يوجد من هم أكثر تأثيراً من فقهاء السلاطين وشيوخ السلطة وصنيعتها لتزييف وعي الناس وتمرير الظلم على أنه منتهى العدل، وتجرع السم على أنه مجرد عصير فأصبح قتل الناس وذبحهم أرهابا في بلد ومقاومة مشروعة في اخر فقط حسب ما يشتهي السلطان ولي النعمة.

تفصيل الشيوخ صناعة ازدهرت وراجت في عصرنا وهي التي جعلت حكام العرب ينتبهون الى اهمية صناعة شيخ مفتي لكل مرحلة زمنية .

ولقد أسهمت حالة الركود والجهل المطبق من قبل العامة بسماحة الاسلام وفهم جوهره الحقيقي وقابليته للتكيف مع العصور عن طريق الاجتهاد الذي ابقاه الله لهذا الدين ليضل مواكبا لروح العصر والزمان على رواج فتاوى تكفير للاخرين وعدم التسامح ليس فقط مع مخالفيهم من الاديان الاخرى بل مع اخوانهم في نفس الدين والمذهب ايضا فتحول اهتمام العامة من الجوهر الى المظهر والهيأة والشكل فأصبحت حالة الامة الى ماترون فلله الامر من قبل ومن بعد .

Where is the truth behind scenes ?

2005-09-23T09:34:00.000+04:00

The news coverage of Iraq frequently fails to convey the cumulative linkage of military events in this country.
Operations are often reported in a disconnected fashion, as if some troop's operations officer got up in the morning and asked 'what are we going to do today?', and then troops rush out to their vehicles ,whatever just occurred to them, and they are free to do anything they want until time passes and their patrol is over.
operations on both sides, whether car bombing, cordon and search, Suspects are in custody, precision strike, to provide safety and security to the citizens of the region. etc.. are often described according to some political theme , and the reader gets no sense of the logic behind the events.
It should be clear that we are inside and outside Iraq are watching the battle no matter whose side you're on in a very hazy and unclear vision , at least we should know what game we are watching ?? It looks very messy , don’t you think so also ??

To have a fresh example ,just remember what’s happened in Basra in the last three days :

Two undercover British soldiers have been arrested holding a lot of weapons and explosives in the southern Iraq city of Basra, they exchanged fire with police at a checkpoint. The British tanks, sent to the police station where the soldiers are being held, and set them free.
what is the real story behind this event ? Even though it was a very important story but it was covered in a very silly way by the world media.?

What’s happened here ?

2005-09-20T20:25:00.000+04:00

Sep.19, 2005:
A suicide attack was committed against three civilian American Vans guarded by US armored vehicles, the attack was very heavy in a way that destroyed at least one Van completely ,from the news later we knew that four American diplomatic were killed in this explosion . The place for this attack was only 300 meters away from Mosul university in a public road passing across residential area. One house was heavenly destroyed , it was left without walls , no windows , no doors but I am not sure if this explosion caused any casualties among house members.
People saw also

helicopter’s gun firing to keep people away from the explosion site.
Those suicides were usually committed by a non-Iraqi citizens , who came secretly across open boarders and they don’t care if they cause death to innocent people or even children , a friend of mine , whose house was 10 meters from the explosion told me that his family members survived with a miracle from the smashing pieces of window’s glasses when his family decided to prepare the lunch in the back garden in the nice weather at this time of the year.
Thanks God that this explosion didn’t happened in the student’s returning time from the university and schools to their houses through this road.

مقالة جديرة بالقراءة نشرت في أيلاف

2005-09-17T20:30:00.000+04:00

نشرت أيلاف مقالة جديرة بالقراءة بتاريخ 16 سبتمبر 2005

ياعرب تعلموا من حكمة البقر

2005-09-16T20:24:00.000+04:00

من صحيح البخاري الحديث التالي :

حدثنا علي بن عبد الله حدثنا سفيان حدثنا أبو الزناد عن الأعرج عن أبي سلمة عن أبي هريرة قال صلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم صلاة الصبح ثم أقبل على الناس فقال : بينا رجل يسوق بقرة إذ ركبها فضربها فقالت : إنا لم نخلق لهذا ، إنما خلقنا للحرث ، فقال الناس : سبحان الله بقرة تكلم ! فقال : فإني أومن بهذا أنا وأبو بكر وعمر.

من المؤكد ان هذه البقرة حكيمة و ربما بعثت يوم القيامة مع " العلماء " و لكن هذا لا يعني أن بعض ممن يدعون العلم ويسمون أنفسهم علماء" سيبعثون مع البقر .

و قد قال صلى الله عليه و سلم " إنما أخشى عليكم الأئمة المضلين

حكمة البقرة تقول لنا حين تخاطبنا ( نحن البقر لم نخلق للركوب ولكن للحرث)

لكن … اكثر الناس لا تعرف حتى المغزى من هذا الحديث

هذا الحديث العظيم يضع المرء أمام حقيقة مخجلة و مؤلمة و هي أن البقرة تعرف غايات وجودها و ما هي وظيفتها في هذه الحياة و ماذا يجب أن تقبل و ماذا يجب أن ترفض من السنن التي يمارسها عليها الناس .... بل و ما تمارسه هي على نفسها ... ؟

فهي لا تقبل الا أن تكون كما يريد الله و يرضى ... بعيداً عن " صاحبها " الذي كان يسوقها و تفهم من ذلك " أنه لا يحق له الركوب على ظهرها " ... فهي تعرف الفرق بين " حق الصحبة " و " حق الذات" الذي منحها الله لها وهي بقرة نقول عنها نحن العقلاء بأنها لاتعقل !!!

فهل لدينا من الإجابات على الأسئلة السابقة هذه مثلما لدى تلك البقرة ؟

و هل لدينا من الإيمان بمبادئنا مثلما لديها من الإيمان ؟

و هل لدينا من القدرة على إنكار ما لا يناسبنا حتى في ذواتنا كما لديها من القدرة على ذلك ؟؟

كم مرة ركب الشيطان على ظهورنا و ضربنا و لم نقل له

إنا لم نخلق لهذا ؟ .... إنما خلقنا لعبادة الرحمن

لماذا نحتاج من يخبرنا وهو يمتطي ظهرنا ما فيه مصلحتنا في الدنيا ويعتقد بانه الافضل لكي يجعلنا

نحشر أنوفنا في دماء الآخرين و نتذوق قلوبهم

لسنا بحاجة للمزيد من " التماثيل " التي لا تطول و لا تقصر و لا تفكر في يوم من الأيام أن تتحرك و أن تكون لها رجل تركض بها بين بني البشر وليس بها عرج لأن ثمة مجتمع جاهل قال لها ولازال يقول لها

"الى الابد إنك آلهة في هذا المكان " فامكثي

لازلت أعجب من أولئك البشر الذين أرتضوا ان يركب البعض على ظهورهم
وهم يؤمنون بأنهم خلقوا لهذه الغاية فقط في حين فاقتهم الابقار في أرادتها الحرة وهي مجرد أبقار لاتعقل

Update on Security in Mosul

2005-09-16T18:55:00.000+04:00

According to security resources in Mosul governorate , about 80 percent of the al-Qaida network in northern Iraq , Mosul and surrounding areas has been devastated, and those figures came from the last six al-Qaida leaders in Mosul that we captured and informed the security forces about the above information. Last one captured in Sep. 9 ,2005 was a Kurdish, a leader in al-Qaida , from “Ansar Alsunna”, his name is “Dara Bahktiar” and was responsible about many operations against MNF.
The people of Mosul, are "absolutely sick and tired of the terrorists, the brutal acts against innocent civilians, and they want a brighter future for their children.
According to the statistical security numbers , telephone "hotline" for civilians to pass information about the terrorists to the coalition forces and/or Iraqi police received an average of just 40 calls per month before the elections but for the past six months has averaged 400 calls a month.
Furthermore, Iraqi police and soldiers, with more training, are now performing better responses and the Iraqi police that ran away in last November are standing and fighting now in the streets.
In the last two days ,after the heavy hit to the terrorists in Talafar , a high tension in the security conditions could be noticed , bridges sometimes were closed again during day time before curfew actually starting , and people density in the streets reduced to minimum , because they were expecting the worst to happen after the last two bloodiest days in Baghdad that killed about 200 civilian Iraqis.
Perhaps that success was due to intelligence-gathering operations that have improved significantly in recent months but it was not enough to stop all terror actions yet . kidnapping , assassination , and blackmailing are still available in the society in a way that are still terrifying people .Many families with a good financial resources are living outside Iraq now ,such as Syria , Amman , and even in Dubai to maintain security circumstances for their family members.

Back to school,back to worry again

2005-09-12T21:33:00.000+04:00

Yesterday all students in Mosul returned to school again , but it is still a nightmare for the parents for many reasons:

It is quite possible to face a dangerous fire or explosions during thier way to school in early morning or in the noon. second , the dangour of kidnapping is very possible currently for a ransom request.
Third fuel shortage in Mosul increses transportation fees many times which puts a hard economic conditions on families because
most of the families are using private taxi drivers to transport their kids to schools , of course ,there are no school buses to be used .
In most cases in the early morning , many roads and high ways are closed so drivers have to search for other routes to reach schools causing more possibilities for passing through a dangerous sites across the city.
Well, I hope a good luck for every one in this year.

Abusing not only Humans !!

2005-09-08T21:16:00.000+04:00

I was upset and angry every time I read about abusing any human being , as a normal reaction against this cruel phenomena.
I asked myself always ,about the motives that activate these abnormal humans to be just like a savage animals and let them feel good about beating and torturing others ?
But the strange think that I found later , not only humans are suffering from abnormal actions ,
No ... Horses also are victims also ..
A website dedicated only for hating and abusing horses , the most peaceful and wonderful creatures in the animal kingdom.
Horse are full of proud and dignity ,very loyal , symbol of courage and good.
Who can hate those lovely animals .
Perhaps I found the answers about my questions , these kind of humans who hates even the peaceful animals may become very dangerous to other humans , and social
societies must deal with them in the same way of dealing with launatic criminals who can cause harms to others in society at any minute.

It was finding in IRAQ ! and looting in New Orleans !!

2005-09-06T21:30:00.000+04:00

Time is repeating history again and KATRINA revealed the secrets inside human beings .
In Iraq we saw a lot of people , looting , stealing , robbing , and destroying , but not all of the Iraqi people , there were people who suffered long years of hunger , fear and unjustice , but they never committed any thing wrong .
Now it is happening again in another country , and another nation , more wealthy , more educated living in democracy , freedom , and human rights . what's happened then ?
The most important thing to be noticed , lootings were happened under the monitoring and observations of the same army in both countries .
I am just wondering why was this army allowed for all that lootings to happened in Iraq before and they are preventing it from happening in their country ?
Iraq and New Orleans suffered both from the dangerous American aversion to long-term planning. Lack of planning for the postwar gave the world the current mess in Iraq. Lack of preparedness for a New Orleans flood produced a disaster that makes America look like a Third World country. Offers of help are pouring on the state as if they were starving Africans even Cuba offered more than 1,000 doctors.

Can we forcast our Future now ?

2005-08-31T17:30:00.000+04:00

After all bad times that hit our country Iraqi people are hoping to have a good future of peace , spreading love in community , no mor conflicts , no more terror and blood , no kidnapping , no political or religious conflicts .Iraqi need peace to amend their infra structure ,for rebuilding the country ,for finding jobs, to raise children in a good and peaceful environment and let them reach advanced modern world in science and technology and construction.
Every normal Iraqi in Iraq, from the north or the middle or the south, is looking to this future , forcasting with optimistic vision that future could be bright again , although we have a lot of economical and political problems but still hoping the best will come.

It's time to call them (OUTSIDERS)

2005-07-29T17:27:00.000+04:00

Following deadly bombings in Britain and other nations, American Muslim scholars issued an edict Thursday condemning religious extremism and calling terrorists "criminals, not `martyrs.' "
Many Muslim leaders overseas have made similar statements in recent weeks, and it is our must job as a blogger to call those people the (OUTSIDERS).
They never showed any Islamic behaviors and caused a lot of bad reputation for Muslims around the world .It's a wrong thing to call them (Fundementalist) or (Extremist) or any other silly words that brings charges to our peaceful religion.
Outsiders were exist in all the past islamic ages after Prophet's Muhamed death, and in times they were acting as a criminals and terrorists , who were destroying the lovely moments of Islamic history.

In cold blood : Abuses by armed groups in Iraq

2005-07-27T20:41:00.000+04:00

Amnesty international’s announced the last report on crimes committed by armed groups against Iraqi civilians and humanity in Iraq .
This report indicated that thousands of Iraqi civilians have been killed and thousands more injured in attacks by armed groups in the past two years. Some died or were wounded in attacks aimed primarily at United States (US) or other troops comprising the US-led military alliance that toppled Saddam Hussain’s regime but others were victims of direct attacks intended to cause the greatest possible civilian loss of life. Many of the killings of civilians were carried out in a perfidious way, with suicide bombers or others disguising themselves as civilians, or were marked by appalling brutality – as in the cases of hostages whose deaths, by being beheaded or other means, were filmed by the perpetrators and then disseminated to a wide public audience.Read full report

Extortion and Kidnapping for ransom

2005-07-23T18:23:00.000+04:00

From observations in the past months, security forces in the city have done a very small progress regarding children and civilian kidnapping .This matter is of great importance to destroy the financial support of terrorist .Last week only we heard about five kidnapping accidents, a ransom for only one of them was 90000$ for returning a little boy to his parents.
The target boy doesn't have to be from a rich family. They kidnap children randomly, just on the basis of how they dress.
fear of being targeted again - and low expectations of getting help from Iraqi security forces keeps many families from turning to the police, who are absent from most neighborhoods anyway. Also, they cannot seek assistance from the US military, whose troops aren't trained to deal with crime, and getting their help means death for the kidnapped person.
Most of the family fled to Dohuk, in northern Iraq, in the formerly Kurdish autonomous region, where crime never spiraled out of control the way it has done here. This is the first time we've ever seen this happen here in Mosul; there were no such things before.
Several families who acknowledged being victims of kidnappings and abduction attempts declined to be interviewed during visits to their homes, fearing additional problems. There has also been a sharp increase of abductions of women, but that many such crimes are not reported.
Leaving these accidents without solutions and focusing only on violence and terrorist actions will solve only a single side of the problem , because terrorists will own an economic support from ransom , then they can hire a lot of criminals to finish their jobs.
Also, leaving the city economy retreating back, most of the markets are closed most of the time, roads are blocked, and thousands of jobless people. All these things give the terrorism phenomena good chances for wining the poor, and the non- educated people to plant a road side bomb or to explode a bomb-car in any street randomly and get few hundreds of dollars as a prize.
It's hard to get statistics and reports from the police stations, because they don’t have it.
My understanding is that we are living in a postwar situation, and the police don't want things to look bad for the Americans.
Economy was always the effective factor in improving security in any society in the world. It's a free advice for security forces to take it seriously and pay more attention in securing city from kidnappers, by showing them arrested on TV screens and giving a push in developing anti-kidnapping teams as a quick response in solving the problem.

Increasing violence in Iraq against civilians

2005-07-21T22:08:00.000+04:00

Surrounded by her devastated family, the wife of Jalil Shaalan, a security guard at a local school, raises her arms as she reacts just after he was gunned down in front of them outside of the school compound by unknown shooters in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 21, 2005.
According to the Associated Press's count, more than 1,600 people have been killed in an increasing level of violence since April 28, 2003
In all periods and times hundreds of Innocent Iraqi civilians were paying their lives and been forgotten easily.

Some thing to say about Iraqi bloggers

2005-07-15T11:54:00.000+04:00

There are an increasing number of excellent bloggers in Iraq and out side Iraq also. They have a perspective that you will not find anywhere else. As different as they are, one from another, it seems to me that they have something in common.
They are dealing , day by day, intimately with their survival in extreme circumstances, They speak the truth out of desperation, and they are wining respect from their readers very day around the world.
What they say may not be what you want to hear sometimes and they do not speak with a united voice, each person speaks for themselves from their own unique situation but they are unified in being Iraqis .
I wish for them to stay focusing about building a new improved future for Iraq , amending past damages , healing the wounds in the community , and getting more education and experience .
William Fisher was writing also about same subject.
In the Wall Street Journal's Opinion Journal last May, US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz called attention the new Iraqi " bloggers." He was referring to those Iraqis who have a weblog, or "blog," a simplified, often free personal website that looks like an online diary, and that allows virtually anybody to post his or her thoughts on the web.Read the full essay in Daily Star.

Fighting poverty by selling their blood

2005-07-13T22:00:00.000+04:00

Poor Iraqi citizens began to sell their blood in the Black market to provide additional income for their families , now , the jobless is 33% , and any ordinary job available for average Iraqi can provide him with about 60 -100 $ monthly, and selling blood container each week for one donor can provide him with additional 70-80$ every month.
This kind of black market started after the increasing numbers of wounded victims in each terrorist operation causing a big pressure on the central blood bank in every Iraqi city due to shortage in blood supply.
Today I was waiting in the long line of gasoline at fuel station, when a big tanker holding 30000 liters of gasoline arrived to the station , suddenly this tank have been shot with a sniper bullet which terrified all the people who start running in all directions .
Thanks God it was not exploded , because such an accident could destroy every thing in area of 200 meters diameter at least. I survived again ,Thanking God again for not giving any chance to Najma (star from Mosul) to say : Where is he ? another blogger vanishes ?? .

Friends , Pray for me always and keep in touch .

Mister Ghost's interviews ....this time with me

2005-07-12T21:50:00.000+04:00

Mister Ghost used to make interviews with bloggers in the Iraqi bloggers central , now it was my turn in the (moment of truth) interview ..
you can read it on the IRAQI BLOGGERS CENTRAL or on his blog THE IN T VIEWS .

I hope you will enjoy judging my personality ..Oh by the way , Mister ghost put a graphic design that he thinks it fits each blogger , This time he used this design for me :

I think it's very nice , you tell me ?

Fatal hi-Tech needed for Iraq

2005-07-08T11:22:00.000+04:00

Anti kidnapping high tech. solutions introduced to the world many electronic chips , and it is available on the internet for ordinary users.
It’s very strange , many cases of kidnapping happened each month in Iraq for diplomatic workers, Iraqi officials , and Journalist but no one so far used this technology that allow security forces to detect easily the kidnapped person with few meters mistakes only.
Is it possible that western technology that was designed for such conditions , not to be used in Iraq !!
Kidnapped victims for ransom money also can use it by hiding the device into items that are worn or belong to the user such as the mobile phones.
Many hours was spent in the air on some countries for tracking a watch or phone or belt for more then 14 miles away from target.
Here is a brief notes about one sample of the RFID chip :
Triangulation of the GSM modem enables this data to determine an approximate location of the RFID chip that is inserted in any item or even under human skin.
If there are greater requirement for accuracy, the RFID component can be activated and the asset can be located within metres, with the aid of a direction finding receiver.
The RFID can be activated by the user, or be remotely activated by the monitoring station via SMS. The frequency band 868 MHz is used as a standard Europe
The RFID is used for exact positioning. With the direction finding receiver, the position can be pinpointed with an accuracy of less than 1⁄2 meter.
Direction finding recovery service will be provided by a third party, depending on geographical location. Available direction finding receivers can also be purchased.
Depending on geographical conditions and local topography, a direction finder ranges from 2-4 km. The direction finder gives an audio signal which increases in strength as you get nearer to the RFID Tag. If you are able to gain elevation on the RFID, up to 10km can be reached. tracking frequency, Prices for the RFID are reasonable for common users.

Ninava citizens March against terror

2005-07-05T21:32:00.000+04:00

Over 1,000 citizens and 500 Iraqi Police from numerous villages in southern Ninava Province participated in a historic March. This was the first March Against Terrorism and was conducted in the town of Qayyarah south of Mosul today. This was a strong demonstration which indicated citizens have had enough.
Many influential sheiks, mukhtars and Muslim's imams took the lead to support and rally together citizens from all backgrounds, including Arabs and Kurds from east of the Tigris.
Following the march, many of the participants rallied together near a school and continued to demonstrate ,while the organizers participated in post-march interviews. Eighteen media members, both international and Iraqi, covered the march.
The March Against Terrorism concept came from over 500 sheiks, imams, and government officials at a regional security meeting. They felt there was a need to demonstrate that the people and leaders of Ninava are not afraid. The large turn out for this event proved that there are many who appose the terrorist in their communities. Participation in this type of march shows that terrorism will lose out to the will of the people.
The Iraqi Army and police force took the lead in providing a safe and secure environment, which helped to make the March a large success and went off without incident.
Governor D.Kashmoula has voiced his strong support for such events and encouraged other cities and villages in Ninava Province to band together and voice their protest against terrorism in a similar manner.

Laptops for poors only

2005-07-03T22:02:00.000+04:00

Barazilian government made a contract with MTI to develope a cheap 2 millions laptops to be distributed on poor families,students and schools to let the new technology reach the poor also.
The laptops will not be sold in market and to be delivered directly to poor people with any assistance from any agents , the supposed price for the laptop is 100$ only.
Why not we have such a deal in Iraq by any donation country around the world , it is much better than importing silly toys for kids such as guns , army vechicles models , and other killing machines designs toys ??
Where are the NGO around the world to adopt such an idea , it will help in setting a new,and normal generation in Iraq eager to know more about computer and new technology and internet ??

Mosul involved in the Sister-cities projects

2005-07-03T21:03:00.000+04:00

Philadelphia becomes the fourth U.S. community to join the Partners for Peace project with Iraq.Lady Laura Bush announced the first three pairings:
Denver with Baghdad.
Dallas with Kirkuk
Tucson with Sulaymaniyah.

and now the latest :
Philadelphia with Mosul

It was started some time ago when contributions started among few Iraqis who were born in Mosul , Baghdad and living now in Philadelphia , with other people in Iraq who were eager to see their country rebuild again ( like me).
I am just hopping my humble thoughts could inspire the concerned staff for finding best ways in serving our community. Thanks God we can see the first step appears to help our city .

لكي لاتكون مساجدنا ضرارا

2005-07-02T22:54:00.000+04:00

لا يعلم إلاّ الله كم من الشباب المسلم، قد ضاعوا، وضاع مستقبلهم، حيث وظفت طاقاتهم لخدمة مشاريع سياسية ومذهبيّة باسم الدين، فانطلقوا في ميادين يظنون أن فيها رضا الله ومصلحة الأمة، ثم يتكشف الحال، عن عصبيات حزبيّة أو مذهبيّة، كانت هي المحرك الأول والأخير، لعلماء المذاهب وقادة تلك الأحزاب ، فذهبت كل تلك الجهود إما هباءً- وهذا أهون الشرين- أو إلى زيادة تمزيق الأمة وإفساد مؤسساتها التي كان يرتجى الخير منها، وشبابها الذين كان يؤمل بهم التطوّر.
فهل تسهم هذه المؤسسات المهمة في حل مشكلات هذا المجتمع ؟ أم أنها على العكس تسهم في تمزيقه وتفريقه ؟ آن لنا أن نقف أمام هذه الظاهرة بصدق وصراحة، وأن نطلب النصفة للأمة، من الذين وظفوا مثل هذه المؤسسات، لخدمة آرائهم الحزبية أو المذهبية أو الشخصية، من علماء دين أو قادة دينين ، ممن يرفعون الصوت عالياً باسم الإسلام، ولكن دون أن يفرقوا بين مخالفتهم والخيانة أو الضلال، في دمج حرج بين آرائهم وحكم الله، فأصبح المخالف متهما في دينه ومعتقده، وذلك لمحاسبتهم عن كل تلك الأعمار والأموال والطاقات التي بذلت،فذهبت هدرا، أو أورثت ضرراً على وحدتها، قد تجلت ثماره في تمزق الأمة ، واستباحة بعضها لدماء وأعراض وأموال بعض ، الأمر الذي كانت آخر وصايا النبي ( ص ) وهو يغادرنا إلى ربه- وهو العالم بأننا سنختلف- أن لا نتجاوزه فجعله حراماً علينا حرمة اليوم الحرام في الشهر الحرام في البلد الحرام : ألاّ وأن دماءكم وأعراضكم وأموالكم عليكم حرام حرمة يومكم هذا في شهركم هذا في بلدكم هذا، وحيث قال : كل المسلم على المسلم حرام دمه وماله وعرضه، ولكن هل أبقت المذاهب الدينية والسياسية، والمصالح الدنيوية حرمة لمقدس في هذه الأمة ؟! وهل أبقت مؤسسة لم توظفها لعصبياتها ومصالحها الفئوية، وباسم الله والدين ؟
المسجد هو أول وأهم مؤسسة أسسها الإسلام، وكانت منذ اليوم الأول: محلاً للعبادة، وتلقي العلوم ، وتلاقي المسلمين ، وساحة إعلان وإعلام ، وملاذا للغرباء ، وموضع تعرض المساكين وذوي الحاجات لذوي الإحسان، ، ومقصد غير المسلمين ممن يريدون التعرف على الإسلام وسماع كلام الله، لم تكن يومها حكراً على الصلاة، أو على المسلم دون غيره ، ولم تكن لفئة دون أخرى، ولمذهب دون مذهب، بل كانت مفتحة الأبواب لكل أصحاب الآراء والمذاهب والحاجات المختلفة،إلى أن بلغ تدابر رجال الدين أن كفّر بعضهم أتباع بعض وحرّموا الصلاة معهم، فتدابر المسلمون وتفاصلوا وتقاطعوا في مخالفة متعصبة لوصية رسول الله - ص -
وكانت المساجد تتوزع في المدن والأحياء والقرى ، حيث يكون المسجد الجامع هو مركز المدينة أو الناحية ومن حوله تنتشر الأسواق والمؤسسات العامة للدولة والقضاء وفي هذا المسجد تقام صلاة الجمعة ويتعرف الناس على مهمات الأمور المتعلقة بالمسلمين، ويقصده أبناء السبيل، والغارمون، وذوو الحاجات، المادية أو المعنوية، حيث يجدون هناك الدليل والمعين، والمضيف والمؤوي . ثم تتوزع في الأحياء مساجد أخرى لكل أهل حيّ، تقوم هي الأخرى مقام دار التعارف والتلاقي والتفقد، لكل أهل الحي، والطارقين له من الغرباء والفقراء، فتكفل حاجاتهم وتيسر سبيلهم ، لا يطرد منها قاصد، مهما كان دينه ومذهبه، بل يجار حتى يسمع كلام الله، وهكذا أرادها رسول الله وهكذا وظفها،فكان مسجده وهو أعظم المساجد بعد البيت الحرام، مفتح الأبواب للمشركين، ولأهل الذمة، لم يصرفهم عنه بدعوى النجاسة والشرك، وكانت أمام المسجد "صفّة" لفقراء المهاجرين، ممن لا دار لهم ولا أهل، أو ممن نذروا أنفسهم للجهاد، يتفقدهم فيها أخوانهم المؤمنون، وأحرق المساجد التي اتخذت غير هذا السبيل، من مساجد ضرار التي كانت تعمل على الفرقة بين المسلمين لسبب شخصي أو سياسي أما اليوم فانظر ماذا ترى ؟ فهذه مساجد المسلمين قد تفرقت بتفرقهم:
فمساجد للسنة، وأخرى للشيعة، ولكل طائفة أوقافها التي لا يجوز " شرعاً " إنفاق أموالها على غيرها، في دلالة واضحة على اعتبار أن مساجد كل فريق ليست مساجد في اعتقاده،وإن تجنبت الألسن التصريح، أو لبسها علماء الدين عباءات من تفاصيل الأحكام
لقد أصبح إيذاء المخالف اليوم دينا يتعبد به الناس، ويسوّقه فيهم العلماء، حتى لقد ظهرت الكراهية، وأفصحت الألسن عن البغضاء، وبدت إمارات التدابر، فمن هذا نشتري ، ومع هذا نتعامل،لأنه من "جماعتنا"!، اللهم إنا نبرأ إليك من مساجد ضرار، وحسينيات ضرار، التي لا تريد طلب الإصلاح في أمة جد الحسين عليه السلام، إلاّ التمزيق والتفريق وباسم الحسين والدين وهما منها براء ، ونبرأ إليك من علماء ضرار، لا يقودون الأمة إلاّ إلى وادي الهلاك
ثم انظر كيف تتواثب الاتجاهات السياسية الدينية على المساجد، احتكاراً وتأسيساً ، حيث لا تجد- ولن تجد- مسجداً يجمع بين فئتين مختلفتين سياسياً، يأتمون ببعضهم، إلا أن يحاول طرف الاستحواذ عليه دون الآخر ، ودائماً ستجد رجل دين، أو ناشط متدين، يقود هذه المفرقات العصبية ، حتى كأن الله سبحانه لم يعلن بأن المساجد لله،( فَلا تَدْعُو مَعَ اللَّهِ أَحَداً) ، فالدعوة فيها لغيره قائمة وباسمه مرتسمة، فالمسجد يتخذ منبراً ومكتبة ودار نشر وجمعية لأعضاء ذلك التوجه الديني السياسي ، وكثيراً ما تحدث مواجهات بين هذه الزعامات.
ودائما ستجد رجل دين يتصدر النزاع، ويوجهه وجهة شرعية، فمرة بحقه في إمامة المسجد لأنه " صاحب الراتبة " فيرد عليه الآخر :
بأن الله لعن إماماً أمَّ قوماً وهم له كارهون ، هكذا، أغراض سياسية أو فئوية أو شخصيّة تلبس لباس الشرع، لعلّه يطهر نجاستها، ولكن أي صلاة تقبل في أثواب طاهرة إذا كانت القلوب متنجسة؟
وأما ما كانت تقوم به المساجد، من إيواء الغريب، وفك العاني، وتفقد الفقير ، وإيواء المسكين ، فلا تكاد تراه إلاّ في تفقد عناصر نفس المتحزبين دون غيرهم ، وليس للآخرين في ذلك المسجد ، إلاّ الغيبة والسب تلميحا وتصريحاً . وأما أن تكون ملجأ وملفى لغير المسلمين، ممن يطمع فيهم أن يسمعوا كلام الله، فهذا الكلام اليوم قد أصبح منكراً بعد أن كان معروفاً، وصار دخول غير المسلم للمسجد حرام، فهو نجس ينجس دور العبادة. وجعل هذا شرع الله وتراجع قوله سبحانه :
وإن احدٌ من المشركين استجارك فأجره حتى يسمع كلام الله ذلك بأنهم قوم لا يعلمون " إلى المجهول ، ولعلنا نسمع غداً من يشترط على المستجير- وإن كنا اليوم نجار ولا نجير- أن يقف خارج المسجد ويرفع الصوت طالباً الإجارة .. لأن دخول المسجد عليه حرام !
إن بنية المؤسسات الدينية قد سُخّرت لخدمة السياسة، وسيّجت بالتعصب المذهبي ، فلم تعد المساجد لله، يجتمع فيها كل الأطراف دون احتكار ، ولم تكن الحسينيات تعمل على طلب الإصلاح في أمة جده ، وأموال الصناديق قد أنتنتها العصبيات السياسية والمذهبية وبصراحة صادقة يقف وراء كل ذلك رجال دين وقادة متدينون، لا يحملون إلاّ الفكر المنغلق المتعالي، والموقف المتعصب ، وثمارهم المرة قد آتت أكلها في المسلمين ، وإن من حقنا أن نقول " وقفوهم إنهم مسؤلون" .
فماذا علينا أن نفعل؟ هل نغلق هذه المؤسسات لأنها ضرارية؟ فإلى أين يذهب المسلمون؟ كلا، ولكن على الجميع أن يعي دوره، فلا يقع فيما يفرق ويفسد وهو يظن أنه يصلح، وعلينا جميعا أن لا نستجيب لنداءاتهم المفرقة بين المسلمين ، وأن لا نسمع لهم قولا في تفسيق أو تكفير أو تفضيل فئة على فئة، أو الانجرار معهم في توزيع الجنة على من يشاءون ، وحرمان من يشاءون، أو تصديقهم فيما يقولونه في غيرهم من الناس في الناس، فتشوا في مدفون آرائكم عن المختلف، ستجدون فيها من أمثال هذا كثيرا تجمعه القاعدة الفاسدة المفسدة: إن في إيذاء المخالف أجرا

My projects became fruitful for others

2005-06-28T18:29:00.000+04:00

You remember when I asked for a donation to educate six students during summer’s holiday and a donation introduced to us from Mr. Kosel to assist my project.
A few days ago and after seeing my blog , the Scientific Club decided to take similar further step to support teenagers and students to use their class rooms, computers, internet line in registering interested persons during summer to learn essential lessons on computer and internet , and the most important thing it is all ( FREE OF CHARGE).
A man sent me an email thanking me for introducing the good example of serving others and asked my permission to introduce my project as a trial proposal in Scientific Club that could be traced by in serving society.
He made required contacs withthe club administration and convinced them to adopt a similar idea, and he succeeded in his efforts.
Well I feel very fresh and young when I see that any simple good we made could bring good results for others.
Another good news also , after too much talking about Thalassemia patients , efforts succeeded also last Saturday in sending first group of (six patient’s families) to Italy for treating their children also FREE OF CHARGE. I hope I can get more happy news for you in nearly future after the bad news only in last weeks

Rare Iraqi Artifacts Recovered in Philadelphia

2005-06-27T19:23:00.000+04:00

A US Marine brought home what he thought were cheap souvenirs from Iraq, but they were much more. They are ancient artifacts which will go on display soon in Philadelphia.
The Marine paid a vendor a few hundred dollars for the eight seals, and had them examined by a university archaeologist upon his return. He turned them over to authorities in Delaware County after learning they are ancient stone seals used as signature stamps.
The seals, which were looted from an archaeological site near Babylon, are about 5,000 years old and valued at $2,000 to $5,000 each.
In old Mesopotamia, families rolled the cylindrical seals onto clay tablets to stamp their signature image, perhaps a graphic or animal design,
Experts say many ancients sites in Iraq have been looted since the fall of Saddam Hussein, who threatened looters of antiquities with the death penalty.
US soldiers are allowed to bring back souvenirs and trinkets, but are not supposed to bring back antiquities.
As a show of thanks, Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations plans to loan the set to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology for a three-month exhibition.
There are about 14000 pieces of missing artifacts looted from Iraqi national museum began to appear in some auctions around the world.

لم الحديث عن الغزو الثقافي ونحن اصحاب حضارة تشع

2005-06-26T20:09:00.000+04:00

كثر في الآونة الأخيرة الحديث عن العولمة والغزو الفكري والحضاري والثقافي القادم إلينا من الغرب عبر العولمة بوسائلها المختلفة كالانترنت والفضائيات والحديث دائما مرتبط بالخوف من نتائجه.
أكثر المتكلمين في هذا الموضوع ينسون أو يتجاهلون هم أكثر المتشدقين بأننا شعوبا عربية إسلامية لنا حضارتنا وهويتنا الممتدة آلاف السنين إلى الوراء.. فان كان هذا حالنا فلماذا الخوف إذا ؟؟
وان كان الغرب الذي يغزونا قد امتلك هذا السلاح الذي يسمى بالعولمة فلماذا ننسى بأنه أعطانا أيضا نفس السلاح لنستخدمه بنفس القدر من الحرية فنحن نستخدم الانترنت ونمتلك الفضائيات والمطابع ونطبع الجرائد ونبثها عبر الأقمار الصناعية إلى دول تبعد عنا آلاف الأميال.. فأين يكمن الخلل إذا ؟؟
يكمن الخلل فينا كحكومات أولا وكشعوب ثانيا فنحن لا نمتلك القابلية على اختيار البضاعة الفاسدة من الجيدة حين نستوردها من الغرب فأكثرنا من اخذ القشور وتركنا كل مفيد صنعوه من اجل فائدة الآخرين فتحولنا إلى مستهلكين للبضائع الفاسدة حتى لم تعد أدمغتنا لفرط إهمالها لا تهضم إلا كل غث !
ومن ناحية أخرى فنحن نحمل أندر بضاعة وأجودها وهبها الله للبشرية جمعاء ألا وهي الإسلام وأخلاق الإسلام لكننا ومع الاسف كنا تجارا فاسدين لكننا نحمل أغلى بضاعة.. لقد جهلنا وتطرفنا وتظالمنا فيما بيننا ونسينا قيمنا الإسلامية التي لم تحث على شئ مثلما حثت على حسن الخلق ومعاملة الناس أجمعين بكل خير فلم يكن الإسلام أبدا في مفهومه إكراه الناس على دخوله عنوة وكل الفتوحات والحروب التي حصلت إنما كانت مع حكومات كانت تمنع وصول الدعوة التي تحث على حب الخير والإصلاح لكل البشر.
أكثر المتحدثين المعاصرين على منابرنا الإسلامية يلقون بكل مشاكلنا وعذاباتنا على الغرب والصهيونية والاستعمار وبقية المصطلحات القاموسية التي سمعوها من حكومات قادتهم سنين طويلة بالحديد والنار ومنعت عنهم كل سبل الحياة الكريمة ولا داعي لتسمية الدول المعنية لان كلامي هذا قالب حر يناسب أي دولة عربية كل حسب حجمها في تعذيب شعوبها.
لماذا يتناسى هؤلاء ممن يعتبرون أنفسهم كموجهين في الفكر الإسلامي في تشخيص وإعلان عيوب حكوماتهم وشعوبهم ولماذا لا ينبرون للاستفادة من نتاج العولمة وتسخيرها لمصلحة دينهم ودعواهم أنا كفرد أعيش في العراق لم أكن اعلم أي شئ عن الانترنت قبل سنتين لكني استطعت تطوير نفسي وتطويع قلمي في محاولة لمخاطبة العقل العربي والغربي سويا وبالقدر البسيط من العلم الذي اعرفه عن الدين والحياة والمجتمعات وتبادل الآراء مع غيري وإعطائهم فكرة عن قيمنا وأخلاقنا وفعلا في خلال ستة اشهر من التدوين راسلني المئات من الغربيين من المستفهمين والمستوضحين والمعقبين والمعارضين لآرائي وزادت خبراتهم وخبراتي الفكرية بالتواصل وهو من صميم ما حث ديننا عليه ( وخلقناكم شعوبا وقبائل لتعارفوا).
لم أجد أبدا ولحد الآن رجل دين مسلم اعرفه من المتحدثين والمشتكين من آثار نقمة الغرب والعولمة علينا قد حاول أن يطوع هذا السلاح لمصلحته ودعوته فلم يطوروا أنفسهم بعلوم الكومبيوتر وكأنها رجس من الشيطان ولم يحاولوا حتى تعلم الإنكليزية للدفاع والدعوة عن مبادئهم وأخلاقهم ويا ليتهم سكتوا ولكنهم أصبحوا يحرضون الناس عن كل ما هو معاصر وانظروا النتيجة فيما يحصل في العراق من كوارث لم يجلبها إلا فكر فاسد منحرف شاع بين الجهلة من العوام وأصبح النور الذي يهديهم لتدمير دينهم ودنياهم قبل أن يدمر غيرهم.
نعم أيها السادة يجب أن نعترف بأخطائنا القاتلة التي صنعناها بجهلنا وفكرنا المنحرف قبل أن نلوم أحدا من الغرب
بأنهم سبب مشاكلنا وأخطائنا.
أين واجباتنا التربوية كمفكرين ومثقفين وأئمة مسلمين تجاه أبناء مجتمعنا دون أن ننسى أن الحياة لابد أن تبهر الشباب
بزخارفها فأنت لا يمكنك أن تضع الشباب والشابات في غرف مقفلة طوال عمرهم بل يتوجب عليك ان تنور أفكارهم ليحسنوا اختيار ما فيه مصلحتهم الدنيوية والأخروية من دون مساس بعقائدنا وثقافاتنا الاجتماعية وألا كانت زاوية التصادم حرجة مع تلك الثقافات تسبب الارتداد العنيف عن الهدف السامي.
قبل أيام عدت من صلاة الجمعة لأرى على شاشة إحدى فضائية أم بي سي العربية التي تعتبر رصينة ومرموقة احد الشيوخ الذين كانت تؤخذ منه الفتاوى العامة عبر الاتصال الهاتفي.. وعجبت والله كل العجب عندما رايته ينهى عن السفر الى بلاد لا يعبد فيها الله ؟؟
وأنا أقول هل وجدتم استخفافا بعقلنا أكثر من هذا ؟؟ فبربكم هل يمكن لأحد أن يذكر لي دولة من الدول على وجه الأرض لا توجد فيها عبادة الله حتى في أكثر الدول كفرا وإلحادا ستجد فيها من يعلم بوجود الله ويعبده.. يا ترى هل ترونني مخطئا في ذلك أم على صواب ؟
وسمعت شيخا يقول بكل حزم وانفعال لا تغتروا بما أنجزه الغرب من اختراعات واكتشافات وإنجازات حضارية فإنها لن تغني عنهم من الله شيئا لأنها كانت لأغراض دنيوية !!!
أسالكم بالله هل خلقنا الله على هذه الأرض وكرمنا بالعلم إلا لكي نفيد الناس بعلومنا في الدنيا ( ولقد كرمنا بني ادم وحملناهم في البر والبحر ) وقال رسولنا (صلى الله عليه وسلم) اعمل لدنياك كأنك تعيش أبدا واعمل لاخرتك كأنك تموت غدا.
وقال خير الناس من نفع الناس, وقال من سلك طريقا يبتغ به علما سهل الله له به طريقا إلى الجنة.
وهنا اشدد انه ترك (علما) كنكرة وليست معرفة بعلم معين ليفهمنا بان العلوم الدنيوية أيضا التي تخدم حوائج الناس
وتحسن أحوالهم تفيد صاحبها ثوابا في الدنيا والآخرة.
فهل يكون من اخترع لنا أنواعا من الأدوية لنتعالج بها من الأمراض مذموما عند الله.؟
وهل أن أديسون الذي اخترع لنا المصباح الكهربائي الذي أصبحنا نقرا القران تحت نوره يوميا طالب دنيا عند الله يستأهل أن يكب على وجهه في جهنم لأنه اخترع المصباح قبل أن يصبح مسلما ؟
وهل أن الذي اخترع مضخم الصوت (والذي لا اعرف من هو) قد أخطا لأنه جعل صوت صاحبنا المتباكي (يلعلع) على منصات الخطابة باكيا حضارتنا التي غزتها الحضارة المعاصرة.
لقد آن الأوان لكي نراجع أنفسنا وما ندعو اليه لان كل ما نقوله قد يكون بناءا اوهداما للمجتمع ومن هذه الزوايا البسيطة نشأت بدايات الأفكار المتطرفة للخوارج والتي باتت تشوه الإسلام وتنحره قبل أن ينحره أعداؤه. وللحديث بقية ..

Another bloody morning in Mosul

2005-06-26T14:07:00.000+04:00

Again terrorist targeted a police station and surrounded civilian buildings in the most crowded city center .It was happened at 7 AM , just before shop owners in market began opening it.
I visited the area after one hour for seeing the site, all streets were closed and many searching points allowing to civilian to get through after searching them.
Helping groups were still trying to find the dead bodies under the wreckage of the police station, and still that time, the counted casualties 8 dead and 18 wounded.
The shops in surrounding area destroyed completely, and big damages also hit the area around explosion for about 150 meters.
Explosion happened by a pick up car bomb that was carrying musk melon to give an ordinary look for guarding policemen but I still don’t know if the committed attack was by a suicide bomber or by a remote control Bomb.
Before few days when I was looking at historic pictures for Mosul from 1952, I saw a picture for the Same area of explosion , It was really very beautiful , clean ,and organized , and I began to compare this picture with that in my mind for the same area at present time, a big difference but ( in minus ) and nothing developed in the area all the passing years , taking in consideration that it is the most important area in Mosul.
I am sure of one thing now , killing Iraqi people is becoming the first alternative for terrorist , this is the same strategy as that been used by last regime , as a mass punishment and people understood this fact as a real intention of such criminal actions .
Feeling sorry for not showing you any pictures because I don’t have a digital camera, just to let you see how much Iraqi people were suffering every day in life just to earn their livings under continuous fire.
Many shop owners after this destruction lost their capitals and need to start from zero again if they survive after each explosion.

الغربة والاغتراب في عالم صغير افتراضيا

2005-06-24T19:56:00.000+04:00

ما دعاني لكتابة هذا الموضوع رسالة تلقيتها من قارئ عربي يدعوني للكتابة بالعربية ثانية كما بالانكليزية وان كنت احبذ الكتابة بالاولى دائما لانها لغتي واسهل علي في نقل افكاري من لغة مكتسبة .واني اتساءل هل أصبح العالم حقًا "قرية صغيـرة" ؟ وهل يحيط أفراد هذه القرية علمًا ببعضهم ، كما يبدو في القرية ؟! ، هل قربت وسائل الاتصال والتكنولوجيا بين الشرق والغرب ، وبين الشمال والجنوب في أنحاء القطر الواحد ، ومن ثمَّ أنـحاء المعمورة كلها ، بحيث لم يعد هناك داعٍ لذكر المسافات أصلاً ؟؟ ، ثم هل أصبحنا أكثر درايةً ومعرفة بأنفسنا أكثر نتيجـة انفتاحنا على ذلك الآخـر ؟؟ . . . أم أن الأمور ازدادت تعقيدًا .. ولا تزال رغم كل التقارب الذي تتيحه وسائل التقنية الحديثة فإنها تحمل في خصائصها كل ما يزيد من فردية الإنسان وتدفعه للانعزال. بدا من الواضح في الآونة الأخيرة أن وسائل الاتصال الحديثة تطرح عددًا من الإشكاليات التي تظل تؤرق العقل المعاصر ، ورؤية الإنسان لمستقبله القريب والبعيد في آنٍ معًا ! ، ففي حين يفترض أن تلك الـوسائل تسعى لتقريب المجتمعات ، وتسعى لفتح أفق تواصل أوسع على الحضارات والثقافات والمعتقدات الأخرى في سهولة ويسر ، إلا أنها تظـل من جهة أخرى تهدد بتلك العزلة عن المجتمع ، وتضخم الفردية على حساب " الجماعة" ، و تدهور " المجتمع" الواقعي في سبيل نشوء ما سُمي بالواقع الافتراضي .
وليس هذا ـ في الحقيقة ـ هو ما يدفعني لكتابة تلك الكلمات ، ولكنني أتحدث عن أمر آخر ، أراه أكثر خطورة وهو على وجه التحديد شعور الفرد بالغربة أو " العزلة" في هذا العالم الذي يضج بالعديد من وسائل الاتصال وأسباب التقارب ، التي لا تزال توهم بالدنو ، في حين أن أي اقتراب ـ خلالها ـ يؤكد مدى البعد والغربة في ذلك العالم الغريب بمعنى (الاغتراب) ..
أتحدث عن الاغتراب الشديد الذي يغرق فيه العالم العربي حتى أذنيه ! ، شعوب العالم العربي ( الشقيقة) ، تلك التي لا نكاد نسمع عنها إلا عند حلول الكوارث ، والمصائب ، وكبار المشكلات ! ، أو لربما المهرجانات والاحتفالات التي يجب أن تكون (عالمية) حتى تصل إلى جيرانهم ( الأشقاء!!) ، وتلك الغربة ليست ادعاءًا أو رجمًا بالغيب ، وإنما هو الواقع ، ولن أنطلق هنا من إحصائيات وأرقام أو استفتاءات شعبيـة ، حتى لا أزعجكم كثيرًا معي ، ولكن إليكم هذه الإشارات :
منذ نحو عقدين من الزمان كان هناك عدد من المفكرين يتساءلون ـ بصدق ـ هل "الكويت " في آسيا ، أم أفريقيا ؟!! كانوا متأكدين من (عروبتها) ! إلا أن أحد " العمال" المسافرين إلى هناك أكد لهم أنها في الأولى !
لا نكاد نعرف أو نسمع شيئًا عن دولة " الأردن" الشقيقة ـ عدا أخبار تنقلات سياسييها و أراهن على أن عددًا من المثقفين لا يستهان به يجهل أن (عمان) لا تزال محكومة بطائفة من ( الخوارج) الإباضية والمفاجأة أن ساكنيها يجهلون الفرق بين الخوارج والسنة و الشيـعة رغم كونهم من صدروا الزرقاوي الى العراق !!
دولة عربيـة إسلاميـة يمنع نظامها الحاكم على أفراد الجيش الصلاة ، وصوم رمضان !!!! وأخرى تحرم على مواطنيها ما أحله الله الزواج بأكثر من واحدة !!
وهناك ملاحظات أصـغـر :
البحرين .... تلك التي لا تتعدى مساحتها القاهـرة !! مملكـة !
ولولا ( الجزيرة ) لما عرفنا قـطـر !!
وبالمثل لولا فضائيات التشليح (بالشين وليس السين) اللبنانية لما عرفنا لبنان !!
المثير للدهشة أن العالم الإسلامي غدا اليوم من اهتمامات طائفة محددة جدًا من الناس ، وهم (الشيوخ) والدعاة ، فلم نكد نسمع مثقفًا يتحدث عن مشكلة شعب إسلامي ، أو مأساة تحدث هنا ، أو انتصار يحقق هناك ، وكأن المثقف يجب عليه أن يكون غارقًا في المحلية إلى أذنيه ، أو هو على النقيض لا ترى عينه إلا غربًا ـ هذا مع غض النظر عن فكرة العلماني الذي يحارب ذلك أصلاً ـ ويبقى أثر السياسات الدولية ، وعلاقات القطر الإسلامي بغيره هو المؤثر والحاكم ، فدولة مثل ( السعوديـة) تشرف بأنها تجمع دول العالم الإسلامي على مدار العام ، وبخاصة في موسم كالحج ، ولكن هل حاول شعبها التعرف على هذه الأقطار ( الشقيقة) حقيقة !! أم اكتفى بمراقبة وفودها ، ومغادرتها ، كما يفعل أبناء أي قطـر عربي مع السائح .
وأزعم أنه من أهم الأسباب التي أدت بأبناء العالم إلى هذا الاغتراب الشديد ، ذلك الانفتاح الهائل الذي لا أول له ولا آخـر ، مع الاهتمام بكل من هو بجوار الميكرفون ! إننا في الحقيقة لا نسمع ولا نرى إلا من تحدثوا هم عنهم !! ، ولكن أن نسعى للتعارف والتقارب منطلقين من مـبدأ إسلامي صميم *وجعلناكم شعوبًا وقبائل لتعارفوا *
يظل هذا الهدف ، أو الغاية تحتل المرتبة الـصفر في اهتمام الفرد المغترب في العالم الغريب
لكم نحن بحاجة إلى وحدة حقيقية ، وتعارف حقيقي ، يلغي ما وضع بيننا من حدود ، ويقارب بيننا بعيدًا عن العالم التكنولوجي ، الذي سيظل مغتربًا ، ويتزايد اغترابه ، لتضخم الفردية فيه تدريجيًا وبالمناسبة يطمئننا البعض ـ في هذا الصدد ـ أن شعوب أمريكا لا يعرفون شيئًا البتة خارج حدود ولاياتهم !! أي أننا نظل أفضل لكن العجيب ان الاغلبية من زوار موقعي هم من الامريكان والغربيين وقلما واجدت احدا من العرب يقرأ مدونتي لذلك تحولت الى الكتابة بالانكليزية وقللت من كتابة العربية ليسهل على تركها ان استمر العرب على هذه العادة !!!!!
هل نستطيع فعلاً تجاوز الحدود ، والاقتراب الواقعي من همومنا وهموم العالم من حولنا بعيدًا عما تمليه علينا نشرات أخبار مدلسة من خلال الواقع العملي مستغلين كذلك العالم الافتراضي ،ووسائل التكنولوجيا والاتصال ؟؟؟؟ اني استمر بالتساؤل ايضا ؟

More bad news from Iraq

2005-06-24T10:01:00.000+04:00

Last terror news :
The last invension of terrorist in the city now to keep a financial support for their criminal actions by using a bullet attached to a letter and sending it to choosen targets
and families asking them to pay or die .. of course tenth of thousands dollars must be paid for them secretly .Most families were obliged to sell every thing they own , houses,
cars , golden items , lands , properties to cover the required amount.
Other families escaped to other cities or outside Iraq to spend the money their better than paying for terrorists.
Any one refuse to pay will be a possible target with all his family members for kidnapping or assasination , so this kind of terror began to destroy the society inside the Iraqi cities.
Security forces (Forien or Domestic) don't care about this crime wave , because they were busy in keeping their forces security as a number one , and they don't have enough time or ability to invistigate a bout individual cases .but In my opinion this is
the most important job for the security forces IF they want to dry an unseen terror financing tools.
I already know two families who escaped from the city after receiving letters of threat .
Public health :
Ministry of health announced in the last four days that water supply of drinking water is not sterilized by chlore anymore and must be boiled before drinking , this is due to shortage of chlore,which is a required substance in municipal water treatment .
Just asking the government , don't you believe that providing this substance is a very important need for the society , and thousands of sick Iraqis in hospitals were not a problem for the government and the best discovered solution was (boiling the water before drinking) ?
Fuel :
Fuel shortage is getting increased every day , now you feel afraid to drive in what was supposed the most croeded streets in the city , streets were almost empty and you feel that the city was abandoned .
Few working taxi are taking high charges for transpoting people , and the price for one liter of gasoline about 60 cents , as compared to last week it was only 1 cent. !!!
Electricity :
Still the same situation , not less than 15 hours of power off in the day , in winter there was no problem but in summer you can imagine what is happening in a temp.
of 45 C .
Economic :
In general the whole Iraqi market is passing the worst economical conditions in the modern history of Iraq , even the goods were very cheap if you compare it to suppliers prices and salaries are much better than Sadam leadership period , but security condition prevent people from going out unless they have something important.
Well I hope all these bad news are not frustrating at least for the adults and we are still working to the maximum to have a normal life , but don't ask me about the children feelings , it is very griefly

Heavy days in Mosul

2005-06-20T22:13:00.000+04:00

No need to tell you about weather too much , know only that temp. is about 45 C , it is ordinary for us to live in hell every year with electric power went off for many hours , the hours were passing very slowly .
As for security conditions , Mosul is relatively quiet in some areas but in other area's in the city a small wars were occurred here and here , you can hear in the early morning sounds of heavy explosions besides seeing many police cars with high sirens all the day scouting the city corners.Yesterday I was accompanied with my son , then we saw in the middle of the town a searching operation by both MNF and ISF forces about insurgents in the old part of Mosul near the river (Al maydan) , nothing serious happened except smashing a civilian car by a retreating Stryker vehicles accidently , then I saw American soldiers are taking photographs for the car and talking to car owner to gave him a compensation about the damages. There are also an increasing accidents of car thefts and people kidnapping for ransom by terrorist groups , after arresting the no.1 terrorist in Mosul (M.K. Shkara) who supposed to be the leader and supervisor of Zarqawi groups in the city . He was captured without any resistance hiding in Mosul , same as other cowered terrorist’s leaders.Moreover there is a heavy fuel shortage in Mosul , long lines of cars stayed for hours to get fuel , and private Generators that supply us with electricity began to cheat in working schedule to save more gasoil needed to keep it running in this heavy summer.
Well it seems nothing will cheer us in nearly future and we should wait more time also before dreaming in better life again.

To all bloggers : Try BlogJet blog editor

2005-06-17T22:12:00.000+04:00

I have installed an interesting application - BlogJet.
It's a cool Windows client for my blog tool (as well as for other tools).
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Blogger's job board

2005-06-17T11:01:00.000+04:00

I’ve been knocking this idea around in my head for a while…

What if companies could post online jobs that were specifically open to Iraqi bloggers . Not that only bloggers would be considered, of course, but ones where they would really appreciate having a blogger be hired. And where bloggers could respond to those offerings?
The reason I ask, is that I’ve been watching Iraqi's bloggers , they were all independant
without any financial support , risking their lives and families , most of them were trying to gave help to their people , many of them are students without any income , paying high fees for private internet connection.
I guess this idea would be acceptable by majority of Iraqi bloggers.
Please respond to this blog about you thoughts ,and suggestions that help .Good luck.

Visions of a simple Iraqi for the future

2005-06-12T20:38:00.000+04:00

Iraq

is a country that has been suffering from wars and bloody conflicts for thousands years and what you see now is a decisive episode of the bloody Iraqi saga.
Perhaps the richness of this country is what attracts all these wars, or maybe it's the despair of its people , whatever the reason the result is the death of innocents, the spread of fear, terror and injustice. I can't remember any period longer than a two year without wars and destruction. We have grown accustomed to storing food and the basics of life for long years ago.The last war was happened and no way to return back we need to work for making it The last one , let’s give a chance for this country for moving ahead in a democratic fashion ,after the removal of the old regime , and by elections, we could reach the beginning of a new era.
In general, I want to say that the situation in

Iraq

is still not good, but we can see that the heroes of

Iraq

sacrifice themselves to keep the smiles on the faces of the children. Pray to God to preserve the heroes of the police and the army and the guards and very honorable Iraqi who protects the smiles of the children and women of

Iraq

.
During the last years, Iraqi people were almost left alone because many nations did not support the war in

Iraq

.
If you watch Arabic media channels you can see obviously what kind of biased news that focused only on making all insurgent’s military actions as a legal resistance against Occupation , but they were ignoring daily casualties of innocent civilian Iraqis kidnapping ,disturbing daily life by random terror , car-bombs and all other society destruction by mean of this criminal behavior .
Now it is needed time for start talking about types of assistance to be given to Iraqi people, it is responsibility of all western and Arabian countries that used

Iraq

in the past to go to war for their political goals.
We were the majority simple Iraqis don’t care about political conflicts , we already paid the high prices from our blood, our family’s future, and wealth.
Now the time can give proofs about the real intentions and goals for each country to stop the suffering of my country , It is time now to talk about peace , to stop killing each other , and to end this war to save precious lives of all sides .
We really need serious talks from

USA

and other European countries to our public about the infrastructure rebuilding in

Iraq

, how to remove poverty from this country, to motivate small businesses , and improving economy .
Smiling and shaking hands in a polite diplomatic scenes in front of TV channels is not working to change our miserable past-current situations into a nice dreams of progress and democracy .
I spent my last 35 years dreaming in seeing my country living’s condition just like any other country in the Arabic or western world .

Iraq

must stop paying other’s blood taxes , we had enough , I am just asking my self when surfing on internet : why only few sites are talking about the needs for a positive future of

Iraq

?
My writings are always reserved for brining the best for my country and Iraqi people and to write what I think it is good for my country only.
As a conclusion , the dream of every honorable Iraqi is to live in peace and quiet and with no more wars . Please try to give solutions that help us in achieving our goals , in treating our wounds and rebuilding our damaged country again .
I need people from every where on this globe to react with me and share their ideas and comments for the best of my country.

English barriers among nations .

2005-06-11T21:47:00.000+04:00

We live in an increasingly interconnected world. Information technology is allowing individuals, organizations, businesses, and governments to communicate easily across vast distances.
Demands for learning other language is putting pressure on involved groups or human resources to find new ways to communicate with other nations and foreign cultures.
Who speak only limited single language will find how much difficult to deal with other in daily life communications.
The need for multilingual communication was very obvious after April 9, 2003, because of the enormous demand to find a certain way for communication among foreign soldiers who speak English and Iraqis who speak Arabic.
Statistically , educated Iraqis speaking English are very scarce if compared to Iraq population of about 20 millions.
Language barriers put many problems in dealing with each others, also different cultures and religions as well as education levels increased the problems in understanding each other and even reduce level of trust among them.
In Iraq we need to increase rapidly the English language learning by establishing specialized institute for teaching English on different levels.
Academic learning in Iraq is insufficient to develop the required level of language Needed in our new world of globalization.
In same way Americans need to study Arabic language for best understanding the Arabic and Islamic world.
A friend asked me by an email, how did you managed to learn and to become a blogger in English?
I tried my best from my childhood and till now to improve my language, even though I am not satisfied with the current result but it is better than nothing, and others can understand my writing easily and I consider the Internet is a tremendous resource for accomplishing this result.
Now , I suggest that interested language institutes in United States give a free or a cheap chance to quick English learning in Iraq for interested people in a concentrated courses, Let’s say three months, It is possible to be achieved if both sides insist on its importance to minimize cultural distance between the two nations.

Hunting the ghost in Mosul

2005-06-05T20:20:00.000+04:00

"Mahdy Alhumairy" one of the most important terrorist in northern Iraq , Mosul.
Finally , he is been arrested with other five criminals yesterday .
He was considered a "prince of the princes" in terror ranking !!
Also if you remember the suicide explosion that happened last year in a resturant at an american camp in Mosul which killed about "50" American and Iraqi soldiers , this man was the planner for that operation.
his terrorist gang was responsable for killing , kidnapping civilians ,and many car-bombing in Mosul.
people in Mosul hope that his capturing will reduce terror wave in the city.

Iraq Living Conditions Survey (ILCS)

2005-05-20T12:29:00.000+04:00

Based on data from 22,000 households and released last week, is the first comprehensive statistical description of living standards in the country produced in years and is expected to steer future reconstruction and development assistance.Household surveys were conducted by (ILCS) last year and measured indicators ranging from health to employment, housing, status of and access to public services, education, income and war-related deaths.
The report estimates the number of Iraqis who have died since the US-led invasion of 2003 somewhere between 18,000 and 29,000. Of those deaths, 12% were children under 18 years of age, meaning that between 2,100 and 3,500 children have been killed in the war thus far, according to ILCS data.
In a country where almost half the population of 27.1 million people is less than 18 years old, some of the most startling findings relate to youth.
Nearly one-fourth of Iraqi children aged between six months and five years are chronically malnourished, meaning they have stunted growth, the report says. Among all Iraqi children, more than one in 10 suffer from general malnutrition, meaning they have a low weight for their age. Another 8% have acute malnourishment, or low weight for their height.
In some areas of the country, acute malnourishment reaches 17% and stunting reaches 26%, the report says. Both infant and child mortality rates appear to have been steadily increasing over the past 15 years. At present, 32 babies out of every 1,000 born alive die before reaching their first birthday.
In addition, 37% of young men with secondary or higher education are unemployed and just 83% of boys and 79% of school-age girls are enrolled in primary school.
The infant mortality and malnutrition findings make clear that "the suffering of children due to war and conflict in

Iraq

is not limited to those directly wounded or killed by military activities", the report says.
Researchers found that diarrhea killed two out of every 10 children before the 1991 Gulf War and four in 10 after the war.
The report also highlights disparities in access to and supply of services and infrastructure between town and countryside.
Some 47% of urban households but only 3% of rural ones have a sewage connection. More than 80% of urban households are able to reach secondary schools, health centers, pharmacies and police stations within 30 minutes while only 60% of urban households can reach a pharmacy or police station in that time.
Rural households tend to be more overcrowded and more frequently have open sewage nearby.
Overall, about eight out of every 10 Iraqis get water piped to their dwelling but in rural areas, only 43% of households have that service, according to the report. Piped water is widely available, but much of it is unsanitary and one-third of all Iraqi households receive an unstable supply.This is part of a wider trend of infrastructure existing but not working, the report says.
Some 98% of all households are on the electric grid, but 78% of them say the electricity supply is unstable.
Key facilities have been neglected for years under economic policies described as misguided and as a result of international sanctions, which cut

Iraq

off from most trade throughout the 1990s. Infrastructure has also been damaged by three wars, the most recent of which was followed by severe looting and vandalism. The report concludes that refurbishing these systems is one of the biggest challenges to rebuilding

Iraq

.
The World Bank and United Nations have estimated that

Iraq

needs US$36 billion for reconstruction over four years.
The report is a joint effort involving the UN Development Program (UNDP) and the Iraqi government. No other report has covered all of

Iraq

's provinces, or governorates, and previous data on the Kurdish region was particularly sparse.
The ministry oversees the government agency that conducted the surveys, the Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT). A team from COSIT conducted the fieldwork. The Norwegian non-governmental organization Fafo-AIS trained the team and analyzed its data.

This is only one scene from many others

2005-05-16T22:14:00.000+04:00

This picture to show you the suffering of our kids they are studying hard for examination on candles ,in a summer conditions where temp. reaches 40 C at night , and 55 C at mid-day. They are from the same teenagers whom I wrote about them in a previous post, with their intention to learn and gain more knowledge. But I am feeling very sorry to tell that no one in the world cares for this country condition or even have any true intention to support them or donate for them to increase their knowledge and get more progress .I am telling you that , after my personal bad experiences in the last two years in getting any assistance for them from different non-profit projects . As a conclusion I can tell you following ( no one care for Iraqis )

Iraq's insurgency, death with no rules

2005-05-13T21:47:00.000+04:00

Iraq's insurgents decided that Iraq would not be governed by the elected government. After the elections of January 30, they also determined that a government elected under the American occupation would not govern it. But how are they are going to impose their will?
Their decision seems to be that one side has to be either eradicated or defeated.
The American side cannot be eradicated, but the insurgents seem to have decided that they will not be defeated, as long as they are willing to die for their cause.
A US Marine recently described the battle with insurgents in Ubaidi, 15 miles east of the Syrian border, “They came here to die. They were willing to stay in place and die with no hope. All they wanted was to take us with them."
How do you develop an effective strategy to fight those who follow no rules, except their willingness to die for their cause?
And recently they were targeting civilian Iraqis as well; No one seems to have an answer.
I can recall a famous American paraphrase from the 18th century:
"Give me liberty or give me death." In this instance, the Iraqi insurgents are not interested in living under a system based on liberty. They have chosen death as a price of destroying that system. In the process of dying, they are also willing to take a whole lot of Iraqis and Americans with them. This is not a reality that AmericaIraq.
American efforts for stabilizing Iraq are by increasing reliance on the Iraqi security forces, while keeping a high operational attempt for catching the insurgents or killing their top leaders. It is hoped that the capture or eradication of the top leadership of the insurgency will eventually lead to the defeat of that movement.
How much worse do things have to get in Iraq before they get better?
No one has a clue, except for the insurgents. We must not forget also the insurgency encouraging by many Arabic countries and surrounding neighbors who want to stop the emergence of the real democracy in Iraq by affecting internal factors in Iraq. That is why insurgency follows no rule other than dying for their cause, and takes with them a whole lot of others who oppose them.

My Loyal Readers : Help needed for smart students

2005-05-07T22:06:00.000+04:00

Internet is a new undiscovered tool for majority in Iraq. During a lecture in a high school last week , many distinguished smart students in this high school asked me to help them in getting required training during the three months of summer vacation about how to use the internet , surfing , learning to search online , how to establish Blog spots and web pages , and all other internet applications , They want to learn every thing about internet before attending the university next year.
Those students should attend special courses in a private computer learning centers, and they also need internet café reservations few hours every day all summer time.
Because they cannot pay the required fees, they asked for my advice in helping them in solving money problem.
I promised them that I will do my best for helping them in getting this knowledge as easy as possible. So, I am inviting all my loyal readers to offer any amount of money donations for them by using the Donation Button on this blog.
I do hope that I can get enough money to include maximum number of the students in this summer program.
It only needs you to take a matter of minutes if you decided to donate, really it will help to change their life for better.
Thank you in advance for your attention.

This time we talk bout oil

2005-05-06T15:36:00.000+04:00

If oil producers cannot meet surging global demand, energy prices, and gasoline prices in particular, will likely continue upward. Which means that the Arab OPEC countries , which are already swimming in cash , will become even richer. According to a recent report from the World Bank, the Arab oil-producing countries will take in nearly $300 billion from their oil exports this year. That's nearly double the amount they garnered in 2002. By the end of this year, the World Bank predicts that Iran will have $18.5 billion in cash on hand , more than four times the surplus the country had in 2002. Kuwait will have $13.9 billion, more than three times its 2002 surplus. The Saudis will have a staggering $60.6 billion surplus, five times the amount they had in 2002.
O.k , where is the broken economy of Iraq on this global map , is there any healthy sign may appear in nearly future ?? perhaps time will reveal more secrets .

Two pictures can make big difference

2005-05-04T22:39:00.000+04:00

Before few days, I was walking in down town when a group of American forces accompanied by Iraqi national forces are searching a certain place in the market.
Usually in this kind of events you see only tough faces of American soldiers only holding their weapons in stand by action, suddenly, I saw a young American soldier who was holding his gun on his shoulder, smiling for people and even shaking hands of few Iraqis who were moving a round, and then I saw him saying hello with big smile on his face when he saw a young kid with a bandage covering his broken arm.
This scene reminded me with all times that we spent in war times in the last twenty five years , most of us are holding a human feelings even in war frontiers , we were obliged to go to war , but from inside we were not ready to cause any harm even to our supposed enemy ( by our leadership ).
I figured out that the world can see only the military uniform of any soldier but can’t see the inside of this soldier. To give you an example, the world talked too much and can recall very easily Lynndie England, the American soldier that was responsible for Iraqi prisoner’s abuse. See the picture.
But very rare to hear or see in many occasions that there is always a human beings inside the uniform who are against the Wars, and they feel very sorry for being in war frontier seeing much blood and sadness of death and may be they have no choice but to go and fight in any war see this picture for a kid who was killed on May 2, 2005 in Mosul after a suicide exploded himself killing 8 people.
Being a subjective and neutral blogger , we must give truth in subjective and neutral way beyond our emotional estimation , and this kind of coverage cannot be seen in Media that is affected by political limitations and objects.

Making the people an enemy is a losing strategy

2005-05-01T22:45:00.000+04:00

Let the world understand that the change that happened in

Iraq

was necessary and it is what the majority in

Iraq

wanted.
Is This what is called “resistance” (I really doubt about their good intention lately) Who were murdering hundreds of innocent people monthly in Iraq, deserves to call them (Resistance)?.
Only a few hours ago, a suicide car driver in Talafer, small city in western Mosul, he entered a mourning gathering tent , exploding himself and killing twenty five persons and injuring eighty,
For what reason ?
can any one tell me about his intention ?
No more comment by me and, to let you discuss this action from your observations ..

Festival of death of April 28

2005-04-30T21:25:00.000+04:00

It is still happening as usual, exploding cars, that kill hundreds of innocents in street, but the difference in the last events is:
It is happening in the occasion of Sadam’s birthday at April 28, and in the occasion of announcing the new elected government in Iraq. The message from Sadam and his gangs was very loud and clear:
We are still enjoying our thefts of billions of dollars from you Iraqis, and we decided to continue showing you that the price will be high if you choose saying yes for freedom, and no one in the world can keep you away from our revenge now and in the future.
Death festival was not only in Baghdad and it’s surroundings, today the same gangs of the last dictator (assuming so) put explosives in the grave of great historian writer in Mosul, the grave is located in a crowded public market, after the explosion, no one can estimates how many people were dead because the remains are only a small pieces of bloody flesh.
Many Arabic countries are still calling it (resistance) but any natural human being must say : it is the ( festival of death ) committed by dirty savage criminals.

To build a bridges among honest bloggers

2005-04-29T15:25:00.000+04:00

All bloggers would be invited to share their reporting on each post, and good credible stories that are broken on the Internet find their way into coverage in the mainstream media.
It is true .The bridge is already there.... It's called a web browser. If the bloggers have anything worth saying, the message would get out .After the Tsunami, a blog that was only like 3 weeks old became the #1 blog in the blogosphere in just a few hours because he linked the videos of the event. When there is content, the blogosphere is breathtakingly efficient.
What is really going on here is something else. The trolls have had a stronger influence because we have had no ideas to oppose the trolls and they routinely manage to find a way to be cheering on our daily suffering and pains.
being good blogger, play the victim card; "You bloggers online keep citing what is said on honest blogs and not on dishonest blogs and talk to mainstream media sites directly if you can.
Some will say this is just silly. The media has more than enough contributors already; they don't need the blogosphere to play back-up.
Indeed, if there were more close people to the events then bloggers would have much material, because they are spreading every where on the ground.
Why don't the honest bloggers just get on their blogs and find something impressive to say?
Try to ignore all nonsense and troll comments, as it is still happening in Iraq blog count blog.
We need affirmative action for boring posts and comment that are not related to our country condition.
Just use your imagination and let us share useful ideas to build strong bridges among us .

Who cares ??

2005-04-28T19:03:00.000+04:00

Newly married couples in Iraq are being given a helping hand from the Ministry of Trade in starting a new life.
They are being offered building materials for homes at a reduced cost to local market prices, as well as the chance for them to pay in installments.
This announcement from Ministry of Trade is welcomed.
OK …. What about the OLD married families with three or more kids owho spent their whole life giving every thing to Iraq!! Their blood, wealth, youth, experience, and hard efforts ….and get nothing till now , they are still paying most of the family income just to rent a small house or apartment only.
Who will care about thousands of Iraqi families who don’t own even one meter square of land to build any shelter on it?
Supposing they have land , but those people are not working in the government ,and aren’t able to buy the land , and cannot take any support from any bank because they are working privately , then who will care about them ?
There is a big problem in Iraq about residential areas, we are the Iraqi citizens do need critical support from our Government and from other world countries to solve this problem.
At least two or more families are living in each house in Iraq.
To give you an example , before the last war the price for 200 square meter area of medium rank land is about 10000$ , now price for same land after the war is 60000$ .
In both cases it is very hard for average Iraqi to buy it. Saddam gave millions of distinguished residential lands to his people, now they are selling these lands with millions of dollars.
As a conclusion I can tell you some thing as a rule in Iraq: God is the only hope for the poor people and no one else …

Blogging as a challenge

2005-04-26T21:13:00.000+04:00

During the past few days I have received e-mails from several readers asking how to maintain the entrepreneurial spirit when so many people in any forum around us are throwing negative comments.
A reader asked for suggestions on how to handle friends who intrude on your ideas or comments.
Blogging, like life, can be a challenge and, surrounding yourself with people who throw negative or non-supportive comments at you and your endeavors can make the challenge more difficult , but creative thoughts come out this way during hard times.

Exploding morning

2005-04-16T20:55:00.000+04:00

Today at 8.20 AM , a bombed car exploded on a highway in Mosul creating a cloud of smoke and dust that hovered over the road and nearby forest.
I was in my friend’s car in the morning crossing the bridge when the accident happened , both of us were on our way to work, the explosion caused the car to shake , it was about 500 meters from us , soon after a while we saw three strykers vehicles with full speed heading to the location , but I don’t know the casualties yet.
We both are lucky for not being in the wrong place and time , but who knows about the next time ?
Every day we expect bad things to happen in the city as usual in a way that we consider each passing day and we are still in one piece as a win in destiny.
In the last 10 days , the accidents of bombed cars were obviously increased in the city.
From time to time on some building walls in the city , you can see a spray-painted graffiti, it says : “ Warning to all policemen: You will be killed.” And you can see later that the owners of the buildings erase the death threat against the Iraqi policemen and those who want to volunteer as a policemen.

WiFi internet Project needed here

2005-04-15T19:59:00.000+04:00

After the falling of Sadam’s Regime , internet was first entered to our city through satellite connections in internet café . Then two major private local companies monopolized internet distribution to Houses , hospitals , schools , and even official directorates.
Prices and services for the internet are very high - (75$ to 50$ depending on speed and downloaded data volume )- as compared to services in other parts of the world.This amount paid by each subscriber here is high , assuming that his average income is about 200$ monthly , then he must pay at least 1/3 of his income to internet service.
Students are the most affected persons , they do need internet but can’t pay for it unless they get some help from others or parents.
The most important thing for my 2 millions residents in the city now , is providing a broadband wifi internet service with a reasonable price .
Once I negotiated an European company to start the project here , they liked it after studying it , but unfortunately their representative told me that they changed their mind after some delay in two projects in greece that obliged the company to stop this project here .
I don’t know who and why ? but from my blog I am asking any company who would like to start this business here , such a project will be very helpful for our public and also very profitable for them , in fact I have some useful technical information about such a project and just waiting a sign to do my best for my city.
I do have some other wonderful projects needed also but will talk about it later.

Don’t blame Islam

2005-04-12T20:25:00.000+04:00

There is a misperception in the west that Islam promotes terror, women repression and backward thinking. I don’t blame westerners for viewing Islam the way Muslims portrayed it ; I blame Muslims for misbehaving in the name of Islam. There has never been a greater enemy to Islam than Muslims themselves; Muslims misrepresented Islam and made it look like that.
I believe that one of the lessons that a lot of people missed, is that religion evolves. Two examples to point out; first, Muslims believe in all prophets from Abraham to Mohammed - including Moses and Jesus - and the revelations given to them by the one God (Allah).
We know that it’s all about good and evil, and we also know that the rules and guidelines changed or to be more specific, increased from one prophet to the next depending on the circumstances, but why?
Since God knows everything, the rules and guidelines could have been given more or less the same to all of them! But the rules change with time and depending on the circumstances; i.e. they evolve.
Second example is alcohol. God banned alcohol in stages; first, Muslims were not allowed to pray while drunk; but then after that rule was broken, God forbidden alcohol. It could have been easily banned in the first revelation; but it had to evolve.
These are clear indications that Islam - or any religion for that matter – should evolve, as long as it doesn’t offend God (Allah).
It’s all about interpretation! The rules and guidelines can be interpreted differently, as we have different sectors within Islam that have different interpretations, depending on the way it’s been look at and who looked at it. Therefore, these rules and guidelines should also be interpreted differently depending on the time and place.There are three factors that contributed to Islam’s bad image:
1. Tribal culture
The tribal culture is a serious problem; albeit, many Arabs have been urbanized, their culture is derived from the tribal culture, especially when it comes to women and honor. Women were repressed before Islam; but many were also repressed after Islam! The reason is not Islam, it is the tribal traditions!
Islam advocated equality between human beings regardless of race and gender. But because the gender issue can be argumentative, I will say - for argument sake - that Islam differentiated between men and women; but even then, Islam undoubtedly gave women more rights than what women had anywhere else at that time - 1400 year ago - which should’ve been embraced and progressed not regressed; only tribal mentality didn’t give up all traditions that easily. Female infanticide was one of the tribal traditions that Islam prohibited!
Honor killing is not an Islamic practice, it’s a tribal tradition to preserve the honor of the tribe/family; yet many justify this act as an Islamic law! Islam does not distinguish between men and women when it comes to punishment, whether it’s for unlawful sex or any other reason. But to justify honor killing as an Islamic law, all you need to do is to look at the rules and guidelines with a tribal mentality.
Therefore, it is important to differentiate between Islamic culture and the Middle East culture. For example, Islam prohibit sex before marriage for both men and women; whereas the ME culture only prohibit women! Non-Muslims in the ME are part of ME culture which is influenced by tribal culture; therefore, they consider honor - and other values - same way their Muslim neighbors consider it.
2. Fundamentalists :
If you accept that Islam can be interpreted differently depending on how you look at it; then you will accept that fundamentalists can justify what they advocate! To be honest, I find it hard to understand how they justify killing innocents in the name of Islam!
The problem of many fundamentalists is that they are retrogressive; now that makes all the blinded followers retrogressive too. They either look back at the Caliphate's era or the Prophet’s era, and they dream of making today look like centuries ago! Therefore, their actions and interpretations are not of today, but of centuries ago.
There is no need for me to talk about the roots and reasons for terrorism as it is irrelevant to this subject; however, what is relevant is the damage caused by terrorism. Terrorism damaged Islam and Muslims more than anything else; the impact of 9/11 on the Muslim community around the world was gigantic; Muslims became target of racism and hatred; Westerners looked at them differently after that day; Islam became a feared religion, a religion that export terrorism and oppress women! And I don’t blame westerners because they love their freedom and democracy and want to protect it, I blame the fundamentalists and their followers who don’t want to evolve!
3. Leaders of Muslim countries
Most of the leaders don’t care about Islam more than they care about their own people! However, what they care about is the chair and for that they need to justify their existence, the emergency laws, the oppression, etc; and what can do the job better than pro-Arabism, anti-Imperialism and anti-Zionism!
Pro-Arabism, anti-Imperialism and anti-Zionism, that sounds like the Islamic fundamentalists agenda! Exactly! They have the same agenda and for their survival, they have to encourage the retrogressive fundamentalists! Could that backfire?
Furthermore, they persecute, oppress, torture and unjustly kill their own people; women - and human - rights are appalling; justice is merely a tool used to protect themselves and Islam is the excuse!
I think history repeats itself; I always compare the Arab Muslim world today with the European Christian world few centuries back, i.e. in the Middle Ages. The Church was powerful then, and later were in a power struggle with the state; but what happened when the church was powerful? Were there any human - and women - rights? How about anti-Semitism? What about justice? Sort of similar to what we have now in the Muslim world! We are just few centuries behind! But it looks like we are catching up.
Islam is being abused by Muslims and that’s why it has a bad image. Justice for Muslims and Islam would be served best if we get rid off tyranny, fundamentalism and tribal mentality and replace them with secularism, freedom and democracy.
written by an Iraqi Expat , Ahmad

How can you help our sick children

2005-04-11T20:56:00.000+04:00

This is the second year after our efforts succeeded in establishing a non profit society in Mosul for treating the sick children with THALASSEMIA.
All people in the society are working free of charge as a charity ,because all of them having a sick children with this disease .We get at last a small clinic , with volunteers doctors , and, we established a data base for blood donors ,and financing support to pay for our daily expense.
We received office facilities from world organizations, from Japan and USA.
But we still need most important medicine (Desferal) that is given to the patients free of charge to save them.
I am not a doctor, but usually I spend most of my part time in holidays to help them in maintaining their online communication and making a web page design for them free of charge to reduce the daily expenses.
Every one is doing his best for the sake of the (1000) patients, who are (Muslims, Christians, Kurdish, Yezidis, and Turkuman).
All patients in the society are seeking your support of any kind, if you feel that you can do something to help those children please send me an email .This society name is (Ninava Thalassemia society).

Blood on asphalt , the daily scene

2005-04-10T17:58:00.000+04:00

This morning I was going for my appointment with my dentist. Clinic location in down town. During my visit to the clinic there was a big balcony with a window enabling waiting patients to see the street. About 1 PM , I was reading a newspaper waiting for my turn in the clinic , suddenly , there was a high explosion , looking through the window , I saw a police pickup car with the driver’s side destroyed and there were four bleeding policemen two of them still in the car and the other two on the street.
After a while about thirty soldiers from Iraqi security forces arrived from nearby police stations and start evacuating the wounded policemen in other police cars.
Part of this security force start chasing the man who threw a grenade on the police car, he escaped from the narrow alleys towards the old city houses.
It was really terrifying to see many civilians hit also asking for help from other people , but no one have the courage to come close after seeing policemen shooting in the air to keep the crowd away.
Wounded people helped themselves to reach any available shelter around them in the shops, clinics, and electronic selling shops.
Policemen arrested six of the shop owners who saw the accident for interrogation .
It is really very hard job for police and soldiers in the city , they have to protect themselves and the wounded , also they cannot trust any one from the civilians to get help from them , also they have to chase the terrorist in the most dangerous and crowded area in the down town.
I am seeing these scenes every day ,I am praying to God to keep us safe and to help our new government to Control the security condition again .

Another spring will vanish soon

2005-04-09T20:38:00.000+04:00

People in Mosul from long ago used to go out in family picnics at holidays.
Unfortunately this is the third spring that will vanish soon in fast coming summer heat without any picnics, of course the reason for that is security.
My city till now is not completely safe, people are still afraid to go out in the surrounding green fields because it was full of villages that exported a lot of terrorism to the city.
Many captured criminals and terrorist’s origin is from these villages especially that are located in the south and southern west.
Yesterday, me and family were trying to cross the bridge, when we heard a very high explosion on the other bank of the bridge. In a quick action we turned our direction to the next bridge, because we knew that the traffic will stop and a big traffic jamming will appear soon.
Later we saw choppers and US stryker vechiles coming fast from the nearby airfield.
The casualties are about eight Iraqi civilians. It’s happened almost every day and every where in downtown. Today, for example, I heard six high explosions, this number is considered above average due to the occasion of April 9.
In the last two days many searching points appeared in the streets, security forces are checking every thing, even looking inside the mobile names list for any suspected one.
Jalal Talabany, the new presidents, gave some hints for the occupation resistance, that it is the time now to have new start with political resistance and leaving military resistance, showing his intention to accept them in the new democratic political process in new Iraq.

Good luck Iraq

2005-04-06T20:46:00.000+04:00

Today was the first day in Iraq’s modern history to have a new president without using weapons in getting the leadership , which is really a big progress in our life , although most people were upset for the delay in this process .
What’s funny, that Sadam was watching TV showing all that to him but we could not figure out his inside reaction during the show?
Also we saw a lot of reporter’s crowd, without any order, asking questions randomly causing a lot of noise around the new president.
I still remember in the last years, when reporters are whispering with frightened voices, and could ask only what Sadam’s likes to hear.
I am quite sure that Arabic citizens in most of the Arabian countries are confused in estimating the results of this progress in Iraq.
Sooner or later, Arab nations will achieve advantages from the new democracy, if we keep it clean and honest now and later, wishing for all of Iraq to stay in one piece and free for ever.

How to understanding our country better

2005-04-02T23:37:00.000+04:00

Democracy is a form of governance, which has been poetically referred to as a government for the people, of the people and by the people. That means that the people of a democratic country have the power to make decisions for themselves and their country. They have a chance to influence and shape their nations today and tomorrow. This in itself is a huge responsibility; a responsibility so big that every decision should be taken with a lot of consideration and deliberation.
In this modern day world, one doesn’t seem to have time to give a thought to what is happening in their family member’s life, so where will they find time to think about the country. A simple survey would reveal that most of us must know what is happening in the government and country in this critical changing stage in Iraq.
But then one valid question would be where can we find such information that will help us become more responsible citizens. The various media channels always seem to be giving only a lop-sided perspective.
What we need is an unbiased and factual view into the politics of our country and the events of our government. But from where we can get required information that will give us a chance to participate and interact with our elected representatives and various issue groups in Iraq ???.
This is my big question ?
Till now I failed in finding the answer.

Trying to Kill our history

2005-04-01T22:39:00.000+04:00

It was not enough for terrorists in Iraq to kill us, now they have bombed the famous historic Minaret of Samara city.
This Minaret was one of the most important historic sites in Iraq, built in 1270 A.D by Almu’tasim Abbasid Caliph .
We can still remember when Talban fighters in Afganistan when they bombed the historic statue of Buda , all the world refused that action , but we are hearing nothing now when it’s happened in Iraq.
Aljazeera news channel mentioned this topic as an ordinary accident that happened everywhere without any comment .
Now every thing is getting clear , because we are paying our historic dignity beside our blood , I just hope the Arabic and Western world could be fair enough to act quickly for helping this suffering nation.!!

Merbed , Festival in Basra

2005-03-30T21:06:00.000+03:00

Merbed is the name of the annual Poetry Festival in Basra, in the south of Iraq. This year was the first time after the fall of Saddam and brought together Iraqi poets, writers and other artists from all parts of Iraq and from the diaspora.
Until last year Saddam exploited this well known festival for his own political purposes, but this time it was free: a celebration of liberation, a meeting of old friends. It was a first attempt to deal with past pains and articulate a future for free artistic expression and contributing to enlightenment and development of Iraqi society at large.

Again , increasing insurgency...

2005-03-30T20:49:00.000+03:00

Mostly in the last three days, insurgency accidents were increased in my city, insurgency was started when a university professor was assassinated by two criminals in a car, after a while the area was surrounded by Iraqi security forces and about (100) suspects with criminal records were arrested.
Later two policemen were assassinated also followed by two ambushes to kill more of the Iraqi security forces in city urban sites.
Also ISF with MNF has arrested four students from the University, next day the University student Started a peaceful strike against that action, after that a car was exploded without any casualties.
Today I saw arresting procedure from my work window for two citizens riding a motor cycle after explosion of motor cycle last afternoon near a security patrol.
During my return home today, I heard a high explosion, with a traffic jamming which caused me to take 130 minutes of delay before reaching my house, later news on TV say, it was a bombed car exploded in a public market causing heavy casualties among women and children during their shopping this afternoon .The local hospital asked help for blood donation.
Insurgents from Arabic countries usually are committing bombing suicides; we never expect to hear about an Iraqi citizen committing a bombing suicide because it is not from our manners, even criminal won’t do something like that.
It’s really frustrating to see all that terror against Iraqis, our country was suffering for 35 years, we passed 4 wars for nothing ,then came through UN sanction difficulties and now facing every day terror without any sign for help from the world that enable us to live average peaceful life again.

Considerations and Obligations

2005-03-28T15:32:00.000+03:00

I am glad to return again for sending new posts after the new arrangement applied by our server provider to achieve better internet connection with the server.
So far it is great, but, the bad news to say about increasing in service prices which will make it more difficult to bear the monopoly of the cyber space when you hear every one saying, it was invented to make life easier!!
During a discussion in a meeting with friends, they are all wondering, what will be the next steps for USA to improve the life in my country after the new government starts it's duties in Iraq.
Our discussion reached a dead end, because we could not found any light in the end of the tunnel.
Hearing nothing about infrastructure reconstruction yet, but we can hear always long speeches about democracy and its benefits to the people in Iraq, but we still need to know something else?
USA Government (for any reason) did not prepare any typical projects for the post-war stage...
Then what about the USA, and UK nations, they have a lot of (NGO) societies helping many countries in the world... are we listed on their programs or not?
You always send me emails, giving your thanks, but I still owe you to know the truth about real feeling regarding this point and how you can be effective in pushing your governments to think seriously about that.
We are a wounded country for only one reason, (Bad ambitious politics), and I am sure that western countries are one of the players, and still responsible for making this country get up again.
You as civilians in free countries, have obligations to make this point clear about your practical opinions to produce reasonable suggestions.
Any discussion on this blog is very useful as a helping method that will give honest answers from the people of involved countries who are setting up our destiny and future.

To my readers : More about my city diaries

2005-03-17T20:53:00.000+03:00

Today in the morning at 8 AM, the traffic movement was very slow causing jams every where especially near the bridges.
I have to cross the bridge from my house to the work place every day; I saw that security conditions applied by Iraqi security forces were dense this morning more than usual.
We heard later from the city mayor that they are expecting explosion-trapped cars to enter the city suddenly.
At about 9.30 AM all bridges were under search points, each car should cross but with much attention.
These kinds of security precautions are needed but can you imagine how much frustration and anger generating inside each driver on the road.
We hardly reached our work place after spending one and half hour for only 5 kilometers distance.
All the day, patrols of Iraqi national guards and Iraqi police and some times accompanied with MNF are moving inside the city expecting any hostile action against them.
After returning in the afternoon, I passed one check point on one bridge, they were looking for each car carefully, but they were searching only the suspected cars.
Later TV showed us a new bunch of terrorist who have been captured few days ago.
Two leaders for these terrorist groups are from Syrian intelligence system, according to their confessions. They came to Iraq to encourage terror groups in their action to frightened people by kidnapping, killing, beheading and planting explosives.
They succeeded in the last three months in making our city completely out of control by government, with much horror for every one as I mentioned in my past posts.
The city mayor apologized for any annoyance caused by security forces asking people to endure the situation for a while until they can clean the city, surrounding urban and villages from any insurgency and terrorism.
City is feeling much better now, announcing a new curfew time from 9 PM from today which means a progress in security condition.
I must tell that I began to describe the situation in my city because I get many emails requesting me to continue posting this news, Ok no more to tell you for now.

Security conditions and our families

2005-03-16T22:43:00.001+03:00

As a reaction on TV show of terrorist and criminal who used to terrified the city in the last three months.
Two police officers were assassinated today, and yesterday a local media photographer was killed also after he was tortured and finally shot in head.
Too much terror, enough to keep our citizens frightened, but majority realized that if they don’t cooperate with Iraqi security forces, they will pay a very high price with their lives in future.
My wife told me today that she had a miracle for not being hurt by a roadside explosion during her way back to house.
These kind of daily accidents made our average life just like a nightmare, you have to stay worry all the day until the whole family gathered again afternoon safely.
The big threat for us as a family, when children are usually going or returning from school, we must worry about them not to be kidnapped or killed by explosion or by a random fire among security forces or American soldiers and the insurgents, just in the middle of any street crowded with civilians.
The tension in our nervous system changed our emotional sensor to danger to the (Red Alert Degree) 24 hours in the day!
We became very nervous, always upset, and ready to fight for simple reasons, much of depression inside each one of us, and this behavior is affecting our kid’s personalities .
Every one now having his own dream in obtaining a normal stable life condition, without blood or fear, perhaps it is impossible to make this dream comes true with this mess in Iraq.

Curfew benefits for Iraqi bloggers

2005-03-15T20:56:00.000+03:00

Perhaps 2005 will be the year of the Iraqis Blog...! Even with the fair number available today.
As our Blogs are new, the idea of optimizing and submitting them to search engines (Search Engine Optimization) is not enough , but we still have many other things to determine.
I began feeling a serious interest in blogging when my own readers began to show their courage and interest in my posts (The english post readers only) so I realized that my posts were not dead in the cyber world.
Excludeing the fact it was only written to people who’d requested it, or it was getting lost in the daily mass of boring posts !!
People were my indicator to calibrate my writings , with more signals coming from them, I can set my path correctly reducing my mistakes to minimum.
Frankly speaking , my story with blogging started when the terror waves hit my city in the last few months.
A curfew has been applied to manage the city security from ( 4 PM to 6 AM).
This curfew provided us with additional spare hours to stay online after I decided to subscribe to the relatively expensive wireless internet connection .
In fact , that curfew changed the emotions and behavior of the people in the city.
After returning home early , people do not have time to spend it together in this conditions. They stopped visiting each others , no more families dinner together , no meal parties during wedding celebrations and no restaurants meals at night.
Just wishing to start our normal life that we forgot it's taste long time ago .

Reader survey for blog advertising

2005-03-14T22:11:00.000+03:00

Blogads have released the results of their reader survey for blog advertising.
Looking forward to having a look through their results Adrants summarizes it as follows:
• 75% are over 30
• 75% are men
• 43% have HHI over $90K
• Most, 14%, are employed in education
• 71% have signed a petition
• 66% have contacted a politician
• 50% (highest of any media) rank blogs tops in usefulness for news and opinion
So we’ve got middle aged, men with pretty decent wages who are politically aware/active…. Interested in what others are thinking about the results ?
What conclusions can we draw - what are the signs that we as pro bloggers need to take note of ?
I’m expecting ALL the answers here in comments below

Time but not you , makes your future

2005-03-11T23:54:00.000+03:00

If the wars on Iraq did not happen, I would have continued living my life the way it was.
I would have to learn more about the new companies and products, and sales duties.
For life never stops, and learning and development are very important factors for success.
However, the war took place, all that happened to Iraq hurt me, and the Iraqis, and I could not live on as if nothing has changed…There are still a lot of remaining evils in Iraq now, and the Iraqis, in spite of all their suffering and tries for passing over it.
Yesterday I see that evils increased in Iraq, and all doors are open for them... One crazy suicide carrying two belts of explosives killed about 50 persons and wounded about hundred of innocent civilians.
No reasons for this nonsense, it is only sick needs to kill.
We must contribute to decrease the effects of evil upon us, and extend a helping hand to people, regardless of facing dangers..I would have had a flourishing future in my career, if I would have becoming an agent of companies, or stay on a research analysis center. Now I no longer can stay on a single path only …
I want to help as much people as I can, through work, not business based on interests, as a first priority.
I do not even like politics, because it is dishonest, and untruthful, and lies are more frequently used than truth.
I am looking for a clean field to deal with people in need… the poor and crushed, who were the victims of the injustice, those who had no chances to gain a good childhood. It could be through a humanitarian societies, or governmental programs in the future, to support and care for them, I wish to extend a helping hand, to help them for their own good.
The most social category worthy of interest, are children, who will be responsible for bringing up the future generations.
Experience, education, and better social medical care, are what they really need.
As for other channels needed in our new society, I have another thoughts in my mind may be there will be a chance one day to find an investor to help me in some solutions for digital technology transfer to Iraq. There is a shortage for digital printing color offset, digital photo labs, as new tools to set better-educated society.

لم يشوه صورة الاسلام على مر العصور الا الخوارج

2005-03-10T22:33:00.000+03:00

إن المتتبعَ لتاريخ الإسلام منذ عهد الخلافة الراشدة, وحتى يومنا هذا, ليعلم أنه لم يُبتلَ أهلُ الإسلام بطائفةٍ هي أشدُّ وأخطرُ مِن الخوارج, الذين أضروا بالإسلام وأهله, وأفسدوا على الناس دينهم ومعيشتهم, فأزهقوا الأرواح واستحلوا الأموال, ولم يَسلم مِن شرِّهم أحدٌ, حتى أفضل الخلقِ بعد الأنبياء, ألا وهم الصحابة رضي الله عنهم, فقتلوا عثمان رضي الله عنه وعلي ابن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه, وجمعاً مِن صحابة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم. وما زال هذا ديدنهم على مرِّ الأزمنة, وتصرم الأعوام,
وها هم اليوم يعودون مِن جديد ليخرجوا على الناس ويستحلوا الأنفس المعصومة, والأموال المُحرمة - باسم الجهاد - باحثين عن دولتهم المزعومة, التي لن تتم, مصداقاً لحديث المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم:
(كلما خرج قرنٌ قطع) قال الراوي -ابن عمر رضي الله عنه-: سمعتُ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: (كلما خرج قرنٌ قطع) - أكثر من عشرين مرة - (حتى يخرج في عِراضِهمُ الدجال).
وليس أدلَّ على خطورة هذه الفِرقة مِن أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لم يُحذِر مِن أحدٍ أشدَّ مِن تحذيره مِن هؤلاء الخوارج, كقوله صلى الله عليه وسلم:
(يأتي في آخر الزمان قومٌ حُدَثاء الأسنان , سفهاء الأحلام , يقولون من خير قول البرية , يمرقون من الإسلام كما يمرق السهمُ من الرمية , لا يُجاوز إيمانهم حناجرهم , فأينما لقيتموهم فاقتلوهم , فإن في قتلهم أجراً لمن قتلهم يوم القيامة). وكقوله صلى الله عليه وسلم: (الخوارج كلاب النار).
وعن عبيد الله بن أبي رافع رضي الله عنه مولى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم:
أن الحرورية لما خرجت, وهو مع علي بن أبي طالب رضي الله عنه, قالوا: لا حُكم إلا لله.
قال علي : كلمة حق أريد بها باطل , إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وصف ناساً , إني لأعرف صفتهم في هؤلاء:
(يقولون الحق بألسنتهم لا يجوز هذا منهم - وأشار إلى حلقه - مِن أبغض خلق الله إليه).
وقال صلى الله عليه وسلم: (يخرجُ فيكم قومٌ تحقرون صَلاتكم مع صلاتهم, وصِيامكم مع صيامهم, وعملكم مع عملهم, ويقرؤون القرآن لا يُجاوز حناجرهم, يمرقون من الدين كما يمرق السهم من الرمية..).
وقال صلى الله عليه وسلم: (يخرجُ ناس من قِبل المشرق, ويقرؤون القرآن لا يجاوز تراقيهم, يمرقون من الدين كما يمرق السهمُ من الرمية, ثم لا يعودون فيه حتى يعودَ السهمُ إلى فوقه).
وعن زيد بن وهب الجهني: أنه كان في الجيش الذين كانوا مع علي; الذين ساروا إلى الخوارج فقال علي رضي الله عنه أيها الناس إني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: (يخرج قومٌ من أمتي يقرأون القرآن ليس قراءتكم إلى قراءتهم بشيء, ولا صلاتكم إلى صلاتهم بشيء, ولا صيامكم إلى صيامهم بشيء, يقرأون القرآن يحسبون أنه لهم وهو عليهم, لا تجاوز صلاتهم تراقيهم, يمرقون من الإسلام كما يمرق السهم من الرمية) لو يعلم الجيش الذين يصيبونهم ما قضي لهم على لسان نبيهم صلى الله عليه وسلم لنكلوا عن العمل.
ثم قال عليٌ رضي الله عنه:
(والله إني لأرجو أن يكونوا هؤلاء القوم فإنهم قد سفكوا الدم الحرام وأغاروا في سرح الناس).
وقال صلى الله عليه وسلم: (سيكون في أمتي اختلاف وفرقة, قومٌ يُحسنون القيل, ويسيئون الفعل, يقرؤون القرآن لا يُجاوز تراقيهم, يمرقون من الدين مروق السهم من الرمية, لا يرجعون حتى يرتدَّ على فوقه, هم شرُّ الخلق والخليقة, طوبى لمن قتلهم وقتلوه, يَدْعُون إلى كتاب الله وليسوا منه في شيء, مَن قاتلهم كان أولى بالله منهم).
قال الإمام أبوبكر الآجُرِّي رحمه الله: (فلا ينبغي لمن رأى اجتهاد خارجيٍ قد خرج على إمام, عدلاً كان الإمام أو جائراً, فخرج وجمع جماعة وسلَّ سيفه, واستحلَّ قتال المسلمين, فلا ينبغي له أن يغترَّ بقراءته للقرآن, ولا بطول قيامه في الصلاة, ولا بدوام صيامه, ولا بحسن ألفاظه في العلم إذا كان مذهبه مذهب الخوارج).
رحم الله الإمام الآجُرِّي, فوالله لكأنه ينظرُ إلى واقعنا هذه الأزمنة, فيُسدي هذه النصيحة العظيمة لأولئك الذين اغتروا بهؤلاء المرجفين, الذين لم يقنعوا بما نحنُ فيه مِن الأمن وتحكيم الشريعة, فأبوا إلا الخروج إلى الشرق والغرب, وأخذوا يؤلبون على دولة التوحيد, وهم يحتمون بدول الكفر والقبور والوثنية ...!
وهذا مذهب الخوارج وهو يتكون من ثلاثة أشياء :
أولاً : تكفير المسلمين .
ثانياً: الخروج عن طاعة ولي الأمر .
ثالثاً : استباحة دماء المسلمين .
وهناك من يفتي الناس هذه الأيام بوجوب الجهاد بالهوى والمزاج ويقول : لا يشترط للجهاد إمام ولا راية ؟ و هذا رأي الخوارج
أما أهل السنة فيقولون : لا بد من راية ولا بد من إمام
هذا منهج المسلمين من عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فالذي يفتي بأنه لا إمام ولا راية وكل يتبع هواه ، هذا رأي الخوارج " فهو يشيع الفوضى وسفك الدماء والاموال والاعراض لانه يفتح بابا كبيرا من ابواب الفتنة حين يكون اغلب العوام من الجاهلين بامور دينهم ودنياهم فيفسدون ولايصلحون . طهر الله بلادنا منهم وعصم اولادنا من فتنهم.

Untold daily stories from Iraq

2005-03-09T20:26:00.000+03:00

For the fifth time, Ibn-Alatheer children hospital in Mosul which is opposite to Mosul University was hitted with mortars in one week.
May be the hospital is not the supposed target, because there is a police station about 100 meters away from it but that is not the point.
I am wondering, where are the American plane patrols, or Airbone monitoring systems ,and other high tech. sensors used by US army?
Why can only two or three helicopters in any city in united states monitor a speedy car in the streets , but not here ?
Are these technologies only a science fictions on screen? Or, because this is just concerning an Iraqi civilian hospital and not a military target, so they do not have to pay so much attention To it?

Now in this hospital , all the doctors, Patients, workers, and Volunteers in Thalassemia Society, flee from hospitals to nowhere !
They refused to return until full security achieved again... That is good to keep them alive , but what about daily visitors of sick children?
Where they should go to take their necessary doses of medicine that keep them alive,? Moreover this is the only hospital in Mosul for the Thalassemia disease ,and the small clinic in hospital is run only by a Volunteer doctors and workers .
Every day we are as Iraqis expect our problem to be decreased or solved, but the fact, it is getting more complicated and very difficult to be resolved.
I can find no answer for the present security problems, we are in Iraq floating the middle, and US military cannot been increase to the maximum limit so that they can keep the life conditions in Iraq acceptable.
Also Iraqi security forces still lacking many things until it will be able to keep Iraq as Calm region.
Moreover, Iraq now is just like a magnet for terrorist from all over the world, it is now the preferred conflict area to settle all accounts between USA and her enemies.
The only payers as a result , are poor Iraqi civilians from different ages and religions.
What are the expected solutions for our attached problems?
I don’t know, and no one can reply on this question, because it is beyond our control, and world politics made us pay and still paying our blood as an ordinary price.

Children , rising prices we are still paying

2005-03-05T22:01:00.000+03:00

A friend of mine who is working in a children’s hospital as a doctor, told me that in the last four days ,this hospitals was hit with mortars in around middle of the day , causing the death of tow mothers and one kid , destroying a car , and thanks God few a shells didn’t exploded .

There is no explanation for that, but I do believe that insurgents now are trying to apply (mass punishment) against Iraqis after they began to loose any kind of acceptance in the most cities of Iraq.

TV showing confessions of insurgent gangs , made viewers see the savage and terrible crimes committed against Iraqi citizens, changed the attitudes of Iraqis 180 degrees in the opposite direction.

Now, insurgents are trying to send a message to every one: we are still present and can continue destroy you daily life, so don’t cooperate with the elected government or you just Think that freedom and democracy are blood free!!

From my observations, I began to see that people are getting stronger, not frightened as before Three months and began to give any tips to security officials just to keep the city safer everyday.

Repair damage as much as you can

2005-03-05T21:17:00.000+03:00

At a conservative estimate in Iraq, around a million books from Iraq's libraries, and many thousands of manuscripts and documents, have been burned or looted after occupation of Iraq.
Almost all of Iraq's major museums and libraries are out of action, and will be for many years. 
It will cost vast amounts of money, time, and expert labor to reverse the effects of two weeks of Post-war chaos and thirteen years of sanctions. 
Do not, under any circumstances, buy Antiques or Arabic manuscripts you may see for sale.
It has been illegal in the UK to handle any Iraqi antiquities that do not have an export license.
If you do come across anything that you think might be an illicit Iraqi artifact do not challenge the dealer.
Just Photograph it if you can ; make notes on what you have seen, and where and when, as soon as possible, and report it to the Metropolitan Police Art and Antiques Team in the U. States , by this way You can help us to return our stolen culture to home.  
 

Happened in Iraq now

2005-03-03T22:36:00.000+03:00

( Iraqia) is the name of the Iraq's TV station and satellite channel broadcasting on Nile sat.

Recently, this channel start showing in daily series the groups of terrorist and criminals who terrified Citizens in last months.

Most of the criminals are young, uneducated, suffering from brain washing by their leaders who are from the generation that supported last regime in his three wars.

Each one of the gang’s leaders is called (Prince), and for being a prince, he must kill TEN people at least by cutting their heads!!!! then throwing the body in the middle of the highways ,with the cut head over the chest , attaching warning paper in the mouth , and leave it two or three days in the street .

No one dare to bury the body.

Just think how this event can terrify people in big cities in Iraq, Like Mosul, Kerkuk, and others.

These events happened in Mosul for the last three months, after about (8000 policemen) abandoned their positions on purpose because of fear, bribes, and careless.

Can you imagine any city in the world, of two millions, been left one morning without any policemen?!!

These gangs’ confessions show on TV that they are working for the favor of Syrian intelligence

To destroy security condition in Iraq and been paid by them together with former escaped leaders of Baath party who stay in Syria after occupying Iraq.

The gangs admitted of killing policemen, Iraqi national guards, and multi national forces soldiers. Also they raped women after kidnapping them and shooting them in heads.

I saw a criminal said that he kidnapped a kid of 8 years old near his house door, killing him, and putting his body in the street, for no reason, only to make people frightened.

Also they killed a two workers ladies in the TV station as a revenge from the public media .

All these Savage actions were recorded on video CD s and uploaded to certain websites on internet, and to make people accept it they make it (By the name of Allah) as a (Jihads).

Islam real concepts are respecting other’s opinion, and religions, and nothing in Islamic rules Accept any bad action like this.

Now after a big security operations were started against those criminals, USA pushed Syrian officials to reveal all information about the terrorist groups, and all news indicate that (35 groups) of terror were captured in Mosul and Baghdad, Kerkuk, and Samaraa.

The most important man accused of giving financial support to the terrorist is (Sabaawi), Sadaam’s brother who was staying in Syria and controlling the criminals in their actions in Iraq.

Poor Iraqi citizens, they suffered a lot in the past and still suffering until today.

People after seeing them captured on TV, they get their self confidence again and refused to stay frightened any more, so they start giving security tips about the criminals every day which helped the government in capturing them in dozens in the last week.

Today news said that a young teenager who is the son of the Police commander in Mosul was kidnapped by terrorist asking his father to release six of criminal leaders but he refused to negotiate them, this is the second time this brave man refused to give up , because they kidnapped his brother also before one month ago but he succeeded in releasing him and arrested his kidnappers .

Now , most important thing to any iraqi is the security problem and how to keep society safe , so I think this will be the most important job of the new elected government in iraq to win the trust of the nation.

To my readers : somethings to tell you

2005-03-02T23:22:00.000+03:00

The truth telling is to write what you see, and nothing else, but as an Iraqi , sometimes I should follow my passion in describing some emotional events but I never stopped being rational at any time .
I used to watch the news about Iraq and get frustrated with the amount of lies and deception in the majority of reports from both Arabic and western media.
What was worse is that everyone was speaking on behalf of Iraqis.
But now as a blogger no one can prevent me from saying what I believe is the truth.
The hardest part of doing a blog from a hot or occupied zone is figuring out a way to write without violating any body and to not pollute my writings with any political slant.
Probably the most satisfying aspect of blogs has been the out pouring of support from readers for both foreigners and Iraqi readers, in giving certain reactions about what’s happening every day.
For me personally, I get great feelings of confidence by the response I have received from readers of my blog and also from reading the comments people have left on the comment boards.
Other’s informed opinions give me compliments on my writing and views. My writing on Iraq is very limited because I only want to be neutral to the maximum.
The hardest part about blogging is finding the time to sit down and write it with all daily barriers around me .
Readers support is beyond words. They quote feelings, recite sayings from life or share their own experiences. I am humbled by the people who visit my blog.
Yesterday, I took decision to write a short story about how is the daily life of Iraqi family going on, this kind of information is scarce in the media.
The bad thing in that for most of you , I wrote it in Arabic only , ( you can see it previous to this post ) , because I was very tired and electric power did not give me enough time to translate it to English , I am sorry.

كيف تعيش العائلة العراقية يومها

2005-03-02T20:01:00.000+03:00

وسط هذا الكم الإعلامي الهائل والمتناقض والذي غالبا ما أصبح يركز على أحداث العراق السياسية والعسكرية ضاع المواطن العراقي في صراع العولمة والتنافس على الخبر.
نادرا ما أرى أو اسمع شيئا في الميديا العالمية يخبرنا كيف يقضي المواطن العراقي حياته اليومية بكل معاناتها ومشاكلها والتي أصبحت ابسط مفرداتها تنغص حياته ليلا ونهارا
العراقيون كأغلبية شعب متحرك, ليس كسولا لمن أسعده الحظ بامتلاك عمل يسد به رمقه مع عائلته فهناك الكثيرين فقدوا أعمالهم التي امتلكوها يوما أو خسروها في فوضى الاقتصاد التي أصابت العراق بسبب مغامرات وحروب بلا طائل .
حين يستيقظ العراقي صباحا يصبح همه الاول أن يصل أطفاله إلى مدارسهم بسلام دون أن تنتظرهم سيارة مفخخة قد تمزقهم أو أن يقتلوا في تراشق نار عشوائي بين المسلحين الذين لم يجدوا ساحة معركة أفضل من الشوارع الغاصة بالمدنيين الأبرياء وبين قوات الاحتلال والأمن العراقية.
هم العراقي الثاني هو كيفية الوصول إلى عمله في زحام مروري هائل وفوضى لم يشهد العراق لها مثيلا فمعظم الطرق أصبحت مليئة بحواجز وكتل إسمنتية هائلة وضعت لحماية الدوائر والمؤسسات ومراكز الأمن ومواقع القوات المتعددة الجنسية. يضاف إلى ذلك دخول ما يقارب مليوني سيارة مستعملة وجديدة بعد احتلال العراق لان استيراد السيارات بشكل شخصي كان ممنوعا في السابق وأصبحت معظم سيارات الناس تزيد أعمارها عن الخمسة عشر عاما مما ولد حاجة كبيرة لاستيراد السيارات المستعملة من الغرب لتعويض النقص دون أن يصدر قرار لحد الآن بإقصاء السيارات القديمة جدا .
غالبا ما يحصل أن تتعطل إحدى السيارات في الطرق والجسور الضيقة مسببة بذلك اختناقا مروريا هائلا لايمكن تحمله. في كثير من الأحيان يتم قطع الشوارع في الصباح للشك بوجود عبوات أو ألغام ناسفة على جوانب الشوارع مما يستلزم قطع المرور والانتظار لفترات طويلة حتى يتم رفع تلك الألغام .
ولمن أسعده الحظ بعدم التعرض لكل ما ذكر فان أي اشتباك مسلح يقع في احد الشوارع سيجعل الطرفين المتقاتلين يتعرضان لرصاص عشوائي لا يرحم أحدا والذعر الذي يصيب المدنيين في حالة كهذه يجعلهم يحاولون الفرار إلى أي ملاذ اّمن مما يجعلهم أهدافا محتملة لان إطلاق النار يكون على كل شئ يتحرك.

تخيل أن يكون أطفالك في باص المدرسة قرب حادث من هذا النوع فما هو رد فعلهم أن بقي لهم وقت في الحياة لكي يقوموا أساسا برد فعل وقد حصل ذلك فعلا قبل شهرين مما أدى إلى مقتل طلاب ومدرسين أيضا.

إذا ما وصل العراقي إلى مقر عمله ستبدأ معاناة من نوع اّخر فانقطاع التيار الكهربائي لساعات طويلة في اليوم يربك معظم الأعمال التي تحتاج إلى الكهرباء كضرورة لعملها وقد استطاع العراقيون من التكيف نوعا ما لهذا الأمر منذ أكثر من عشرة سنوات حيث نصبت مولدات كهرباء في الأحياء التجارية والسكنية لتعطي لكل محل وبيت بضعة امبيرات من الكهرباء لإدامة الحياة بأدنى صورها.

وإذا ما سار أي شخص يزور العراق في الشوارع فسيعجب من امتداد الاف الأمتار من الأسلاك الكهربائية بشكل عشوائي وسيحدث نفسه بان فيلم الرجل العنكبوت حقيقة وليس خيالا وان العراق هو موطن سكن رجال يملكون قدرات الرجل العنكبوت.!!

الوضع الاقتصادي تأثر كثيرا بالأزمات والحروب التي مر ولا يزال يمر بها العراق ويمكن مشاهدة اثر ذلك على حركة السوق التجارية التي تأثرت بذلك مسببة ضعفا كبيرا في النمو التجاري ورغم الازدياد الكبير في مدخولات الناس بعد انهيار النظام السابق إلا أن غياب الأمن ولد شعورا لدى الناس بعدم المخاطرة بالنزول إلى الأسواق إلا في حالات الضرورة.

العراقي معرض في أي لحظة في مقر عمله أو سكنه لان تهاجمه عصابة مسلحة إما لقتله أو لاختطافه والمطالبة بفدية كبيرة من عائلته وقد ظهرت مؤخرا حالات إجرامية جديدة على سجل الإجرام العراقي متمثلة بخطف الأطفال من على أبواب المدارس أو حتى من داخل الصف في المدرسة أو بإيقاف الباص أو السيارة التي تقل الأطفال وأخذهم منها.

البالغون يتعرضون لحوادث من هذا النوع كثيرا ولاتنتهي ألازمة الا بعد عودة المخطوف لأهله وحتى حوادث الموت تصبح بسيطة مقارنة مع حوادث الاختطاف التي تجهل فيها عدوك ونواياه الحقيقية من ذلك وفي أحيان كثيرة لا يكون الاختطاف المصحوب بالقتل لأسباب شخصية أو سياسية ولكن فقط لإشاعة الرعي بين الناس وهو ما اقر به العديد من المجرمين الذين القي القبض عليهم واعترفوا بأنهم قتلوا أطفال واختطفوهم لإشاعة الفزع لدى الأهالي وبتشجيع من مخابرات دول مجاورة لزعزعة الوضع الأمني العراقي.

في الأشهر الأخيرة حددت الجهات الأمنية العراقية منع التجول مع ساعات الغروب في المساء لذلك تغلق المحلات أبوابها مبكرا في الثالثة عصرا ويعود الناس إلى بيوتهم قبل الغروب وسوف تتعجب إذا ما نظرت إلى المدينة في الساعة السابعة مساءا فانك ستراها مدينة أشباح ولن تفكر أبدا بالخروج من دارك لأي سبب خصوصا إذا ما كانت أضواء الشوارع مطفأة لعدم توفر الكهرباء.

في أحيان كثيرا تحصل حالات مرضية طارئة أو حالات ولادة مستعجلة يحتاج الناس فيها إلى الذهاب للمستشفيات ولكن انقطاع الاتصالات الهاتفية العادية والخلوية لأسباب فنية أو أمنية يجعل الناس تغامر بالخروج في ساعات منع التجول وكثيرا ما يقتل ركاب السيارات من هؤلاء الأبرياء لوجود تعليمات بإطلاق النار على أي سيرة تسير بعد فترة منع التجول وقد قتلت عائلة من ثلاثة أفراد أثناء اضطرارهم للذهاب إلى المستشفى في عملية ولادة مستعصية وقد قتل كل من الأم والأب والجنين الذي لم يولد أبدا.

حين يعود العراقي لبيته فهو لا يملك شيئا من وسائل التسلية إلا التلفزيون ومشاهدة المحطات الفضائية التي لم يراها أبدا على شاشة تلفزيونه المنزلي إلا بعد سقوط النظام السابق. كان محرما على أي عراقي اقتناء أي جهاز التقاط بث فضائي والمغامرة بذلك تكلف المخالف فترة ستة شهور من السجن مع غرامة مالية تصل إلى مائتي دولار ومصادرة الجهاز وأنا شخصيا جازفت باقتناء جهاز فضائي واستعملت كل أساليب الغش والاختفاء التي تعلمناها في خدمتنا العسكرية الإلزامية ( والتي كانت مقررة قانونا بثمانية عشر شهرا لكني قضيت تسعة سنوات في خدمتي وسرحت في حين بقي زملائي ممن كانوا معي لمدة إحدى عشر عاما بالتمام والكمال ) .

كل أنواع التسلية والسفرات والعطل والنزهات لم تعد موجودة في قاموس العراقيين بل إني احتار كثيرا حين ارغب بشراء هدية لأحد الأطفال في أي مناسبة كعيد الميلاد لان أسواقنا ببساطة خالية من أي هدية صالحة لأني لا أجد شيئا غير المسدس والبندقية والدبابة ونادرا ما تجد لعبة فكرية تنمي روح الطفل السلمية وإذا ما سالت البائع لماذا لا تبيع أشياء مفيدة للأطفال بدل ألعاب تشجع على ثقافة العنف فسيخبرك بان سوقها كاسد.!!

أرجو أن يتخيل القاري كيف تصبح الحياة في المنزل ليلا حين تتوقف المولدات الكهربائية التي أصابتها الشيخوخة عن العمل لعطل فيها أو لإعطائها فترات راحة قد تمتد لساعات, تعلم الأولاد في العراق في القرن الحادي والعشرين على كل أساليب تشغيل وإصلاح وإدامة المصابيح النفطية والغازية بعد نفاذ بطاريات الشواحن الكهربائية لان فترات توفر الكهرباء تكون غير كافية لشحن البطاريات تماما مما يجعلهم يلجاؤون إلى إيقاد مصابيح النفط والدراسة عليها !! قارنوا ذلك بأي طفل آخر يعيش في مدن أخرى بالعالم خصوصا إذا ما استمر الأمر لسنوات طويلة فكيف ستكون نفسيته العامة ؟
كثيرا ما تنام الأسرة في الشتاء البارد ذو الليل الطويل المعتم في الساعة التاسعة مساءا حسب نظرية نم مبكرا واستيقظ مبكرا بسبب الملل.
في هذا العام زادت معاناة العراقيين بسبب شحة المحروقات من الكازولين والكيروسين وأصبحت تباع بالسوق السوداء بعشرين ضعفا وكل ذلك نتج من مهاجمة المسلحين لمحطات التصفية والتوزيع وأنابيب نقل النفط في عموم العراق وصرت ترى مئات السيارات في صفوف طويلة تنتظر ملئ خزاناتها بالوقود.

لا توجد لدينا منتزهات ولا مدن ألعاب ولا ساحات ولا ملاعب ولا مسابح في معظم مدن العراق المتوسطة والصغيرة وحتى ما هو موجود فقد أصبح مدمرا من فرط الإهمال
بالنسبة للانترنت دخل الخدمة في العراق في آخر سنتين وأصبح لمن يريد العمل على الانترنت أن يذهب إلى مقاهي الانترنت لتكلفه الساعة الواحدة دولارا أمريكيا وهو مبلغ كبير قياسا على متوسط دخل العراقيين.

في المنازل لا تتوفر خدمة الانترنت عبر الهاتف لان بدالات وخطوط نقل الخدمة الهاتفية قديمة جدا ولا تخلو من التشويش لذلك نشأت شركات خاصة تقدم خدمة الانترنت اللاسلكي لكن بأسعار عالية جدا قياسا بدول العالم فمثلا لكي تصبح الخدمة متاحة لك يجب أن تدفع 250 دولارا ككلفة تأسيسية بالإضافة إلى مبلغ 75 دولار شهريا وهو مبلغ كبير يعادل ثلث متوسط الدخل للعراقي العادي وهذا ما جعل قلة فقط من العراقيين في المدن تستعمل خدمة الانترنت من المنازل.

شركات الانترنت العالمية اراد قسم منها تقديم خدمتها في العراق وباسعار مناسبة لكن الوضع الأمني المتردي وعمليات اختطاف الأجانب جعل الشركات تغير رأيها حول هذا الأمر

أرجو أن أكون قد وفقت في عرض الوضع العام للحياة اليومية لمعظم العراقيين وأرجو أن أرى ردود أفعالكم وتعليقاتكم على ذلك عبر تفاعلكم مع صفحات موقعي المتواضع.

Let us heal other's wounds together

2005-03-01T21:07:00.000+03:00

Before three years, I can remember very well, how much eager I was just to use something called (internet), at that time internet was one of the unknown, and forbidden tools in Iraq.
Keeping the world media like satellite dishes and internet connections beyond the reach of the Iraq’s people to prevent them from being open- minded was a usual action at that time.
But now, Happy like a kid with a new gift , I have a private internet connection and a blog to post my thoughts on it, is really a big victory for me.
This thing gave me a great motive to use this peaceful weapon for posting best ideas that could improve Iraq’s people conditions as far as I can go.
Frankly spoken, your emails to me as my readers , in the past few days gave me more courage to continue giving my best for my family, My Neighbors, my work colleagues, other bloggers, and whole Society.
I am quite sure now that there is a mysterious relationship established between the writer and his reader, this relationship become as a magic stick to heal other wounds if it has been used perfectly.
I hope God will give me enough power to achieve what I really believe is the best.

Simple forgotten things could please others

2005-02-28T20:28:00.000+03:00

Most of you, who are living in the modern west, and taking simple decisions to improve your life style in an ordinary way that still happening every day.
Let me give an example, your decision to change your old laptop computer with a new version, of course you are going to throw away the old one in your storage room upstairs.
Can you imagine that in some parts of the world like Iraq, there is a very different image !!!
We have a new established non profit society for orphan children , being established by donor's efforts only , no grants from government or any other else , this society needs a three computers to teach their children how to use it .
I decided to donor the three computers for them; the total amount for these computers is equal to my hard work net profits of two years …!!
Very hard to believe it , and very brave to give also, but some people cannot see others suffering without paying attention. For me as a Muslim, and know very well what is the meaning of Islam concepts, I must not sleep well keeping other HUMANS suffering, (Humans are from all religions not Muslims only). So I do that with a great feeling of self trust to comfort my willing.
I am not telling you that to make you proud of me or to be famous on my blog , No I am gust trying to tell you that paying attention to other’s demand may cost us very little to make them feel happy.!
So , please before wasting any thing you don’t need , don’t be hurry , It could be very useful to others , and just ask me about it and I will find who deserve it.
Another example , I am quite sure as a Blogger , that a Laptop worth too much for me and for all Iraqi bloggers , ( not in money value ) but because it give me enough time to stay on internet while electric power get off in Iraqi cities for 18 hours in the 24 hours !!
And this is another story which I will you tell about later.
I write too much and have only five minutes before electric power off, see you later.

How to keep our blog alive ??

2005-02-27T18:39:00.000+03:00

Most of my blog’s readers asked me to continue writing in English, this way could draw there attention to what is really happening in Iraq and how is our life running.
First idea passed my mind, I want you to know how is difficult to keep our blogs alive and running smoothly.
As a rule in the third country, always the educated people are suffering from an empty pockets.!!
It could be very strange for you, but here no one cares for your writings unless it is against our rulers intentions , and in this case , execusion or jail is waiting for you.
For average Iraqis, after last regime fall, Internet entered our life suddenly, opening a very wide screen in our thirsty soul for writing freely.
But due to the very small income for most of the Iraqis, using internet was only possible through internet cafe which cost the user 1$ per hour.
This kind is suitable for bloggers who are student or don’t have any income, and cannot pay for internet connection in their houses.
Wireless internet connection service here is monopolized by two private companies, they offered the service for 75 $ monthly. This amount of money is considered very high as compared to a standard average income of about 200 $ . Percentage of 35% is not little.
We have to stop buying many items, stop going to restaurants, no good candies or expensive toys for
Our kids, no gifts in occasions, we care only for one important thing , TO KEEP OUR BLOGS RUNNING.
As a writer in the west you can easily get some additional money from your writings, but here you write for free always.
For me, I even tried in the last two months to find an Arabic media that could pay for writings but failed. Then I tried some other western media in the USA, they accept my writings with a lot of their thanks but no Money gained at all .
I understood from friends who are living in the states and writing articles in USA media they get as an average of 200 $ per article.
My point, for making good bridges between cultures, we need to have some self confidence that our writings are worthy, and could bring some thing useful for our families.
I am asking any one in the west , who are working in societies , newspapers , magazines , and even website , have relations with some media channels to give a chance for our bloggers to sell their mini articles and reports , at least this can achieve some motives for others to write and get involved in the global net .
If you believe this is a good idea, let me know, of course I have other things in my mind for later discussion in next posts.
Thanks for all of you.

TO : ALL CHARITY AND HUMANITY SOCIETIS IN THE WORLD

2005-02-26T20:06:00.001+03:00

This is message to conform that the Thalassemia society in Ninavah /Iraq is the first recent humanity and charity is to conform that the Thalassemia society in Ninavah is the one that established after the last war on Iraq by the coalition forces, because there was no such societies in the past! However our Thalassemia patients suffered severally from lack of drugs, health care and other medical supplementation’s including blood sacks and /or vaccines!!, some other patients died. There were over 250 patients died because of such circumstances .We have more than 750 Thalassemia patients under different categories of severity. Our new society is hopping to get some help and medical support our patients to keep their lives and health. Also we are hopping to get some volunteer center and people to send our patients to the BONE MARROW CENTERS or even the new CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANT CENTERS. (STEM CELL TRANSPLANT) The patients and their families looking forward to have such opportunity once for their smile and breathe You will be not forgotten at all please, our patients are waiting for a positive reply soon.

About Building Bridges - Friendship Groups

2005-02-26T17:59:00.000+03:00

Fayrouz , is a very nice lady , she is an Iraqi origin lady , living with her husband in America , she always wrote in her blog (Live From Dallas) a great things that keep upper grade of nobel humanity active in people in a very calm and cool way , for which i am very gateful.
She replied to my last english post very quickly , so that i decided to post what she wrote in her blog , I hope this effort will be the first stone in our cooperating among nations .
Here is the text from Fayrouz blog :
This blog is known for building bridges between Iraqi and American people. Since, we're done with Iraqi elections, I'll write about building those bridges as much as I can. It's weird how you think of writing about a subject and all the sudden events direct you toward the resources. There's an Iraqi blogger, "A Free Writer", who mostly writes in Arabic with infrequent English posts. He's been writing for three months. His posts are very intelligent and informative in both languages. Yesterday, while thinking of "building bridges," I visited his blog and here's what I read: Why it is the US media continues to paint a picture of the situation on the ground in Iraq as one where the Iraqi people hate Americans? Most every service member who has served in Iraq will tell you that the majority of the people are friendly and hospitable, talking on the streets, inviting foreigners into their homes or businesses and many times offering food. Read more...He's asking for ideas on how to build Iraqi-American friendship groups. Knowing my readers, I know you and me can help him with this matter. So, please, visit his blog ,and drop him an e-mail or a comment with a suggestion. And please encourage him to write more often in English

Also i receivet another kind email from KT , another blogger also , for which i thank her very much.
I am enclosing the email below :
Much of what you say is absolutely true which is why blogging has done so much to bridge the cultural gap between Iraqis and Americans. Logically, we all thought we understood living under oppression, but not really until we read blogs and understood. Sounds stupid, I know. Thanks goodness for the internet and blogs, because it has opened alot of minds. We all do want the same things, and the majority of Americans just want Iraqis to be free to determine their own future.

I have often thought what a shame it was that the security situation was so bad that the coalition and Iraqis couldn't interact more on a one on one basis, because it wouldn't be long before things were on the right track. Blogs for Iraqis and soldiers certainly have made a difference and recently have been a topic of discussion in America. Think the media is beginning to understand we don't believe them anymore.
Also as you mention, if we can get people together helping in education, medicine, and business and reconstruction so much the better. Has to be Iraqis doing the work with assistance from the coalition. How to do that I don't know except bloggers as a group could make a difference and bring attention to the problem. Some have taken up certain things like Iraqi schools, and maybe that's the best way to get the word out for help.
Enjoy you blog; thanks for taking the time and effort to build strong bridges.

Building Strong Bridges

2005-02-25T20:02:00.000+03:00

Why it is the US media continues to paint a picture of the situation on the ground in Iraq as one where the Iraqi people hate Americans?

Most every service member who has served in Iraq will tell you that the majority of the people are friendly and hospitable, talking on the streets, inviting foreigners into their homes or businesses and many times offering food.

There are insurgents, terrorists and bad people in Iraq who are gaining the media focus only, but not the average Iraqis.

Geographically, there are differences where people are friendlier or less friendly varying even from village to village or town to town.

The great majority of Iraqis are just like the majority of Americans; wanting to raise their children and prepare them for their future while earning a living in a safe and secure environment and continue living in peaceful environment .

Founding an Iraqi-American friendship groups that works in educate people, open a dialogue between the two countries, this idea came when I noticed that the American soldiers know nothing about the Iraqi and the Islamic cultures except a few ideas which's wrong in mostly and the same thing for the Iraqis, they only know America from Hollywood movies (violence, crime, gangs, drugs, and porn) !!.

Always when seeing all those kids working in streets, escaping from schools , or begging, cleaning shoes, smoking cigarettes etc … I always thought about how they works in bad situations and they still to young for that, I always asked myself "what will happen if one of them become the Iraqi president?, what is the common thing between them and Saddam ? My mind answer was: “poor uneducated” .

Let me get your emails which stimulate any ideas that may reduce the miserable life’s condition for those kids??

UFO again...in Tsunami !!!

2005-02-23T00:23:00.000+03:00

Was it a coincidence?
Lots of people now from the Tsunami and earthquake hit areas are reporting about strange Unidentified Flying Objects they saw a few days before the mega quake and Tsunami. People in Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Island as well as many in Indonesia were reporting for some time about strange flying objects in the sky.
The local media in these areas did not know what to do with the reported sightings. But it seems now from the reports that many UFOs were in the sky and were trying to communicate something.
Some even are conjecturing that this horrific Tsunami and earthquake may be some kind of experiment. In Port Blair, the capital city of Andaman Island of India, last week some tourists saw strange silent flying objects.
In Sumatra, remote places also had similar experiences for quite some time.
According to some UFO experts, UFOs always hover around the epicenter of major calamities. They somehow sense these coming natural disasters. Some believe that they try and communicate with us to warn. Some even believe these UFOs simulate natural disasters in the earth.
India especially in the Himalayas, China, Indonesia were experiencing heavy UFO sightings in recent days. Remote areas of Bangladesh, Mayanmar, and Andaman Island, Sri Lanka have also recently reported such sightings.
Indian Government and the military are quiet for a long time about these numerous UFO sightings. Some believe that India in recent days have been contacted like America was in the middle of the last century.
The recent excessive UFO sightings all over the world are forecasting serious disasters in the world. Many people believe, we are in for a rough time as far as earthquakes; volcano and similar natural calamities are concerned.
The lining up of Sun, Earth, Moon, Venus and Jupiter is dangerous. And this has caused some to belief that earthquakes can havoc the earth. As a matter of fact India has seen many earthquakes in last few months.
Earthquakes in India are not common like Japan.
It is possible that UFOs are trying to communicate to us to warn about the planetary positioning effects on the Earth’s tectonic plates and crust.
In older days, Mayans and Egyptians were always scared about planets lining up in one line.
How did they know that earthquakes are eminent? It may be they did communicate with the extra-terrestrials and understood about planetary angular momentum theory that we just started learning now.

Needed Sympathy

2005-02-16T20:40:00.000+03:00

USA and UK are in place in Iraq ,
How do American and British people move forward from their countries to help the Iraqi population?

Pulling out USA/UK troops merely confirms to the remaining Arab dictators that time is still on their side at least for the present time, also to maintain training of Iraqi forces until it can take responsibility of whole Iraq regions.

How about: each UK and US town/city to "twin" with an Iraqi town/city to show normal Iraqis that the West doesn't just consist of Armies only .

Any other ideas ?

أستدعاء المسوخ حين يغيب الأبطال

2005-02-13T17:24:00.000+03:00

يا سادة شاهت مسوخ العصر التي قد يلتف حولها الناس حينا

وسيهلل الجمع قليلا ثم تسقط عنهم عباءاتهم الموشاة بالبطولة الزائفة

لا تثريب عليكم في لحظةٍ تنفسّون فيها عن الإحباط و اليأس و هواننا على الناس بالهتاف لهذا أو ذاك
لكن بالله عليكم كفى فرحا و تشييدا للأوهام على كاهل من ليس أهلا للأمر
خطر ذلك أننا نصدق أحيانا ما نصنعه بأيدينا

فلا يتحتم عليكم بالضرورة إن كنتم تبغضون أمريكا أن تناصروا صنيعتها القديمة وإبنها البار الذي إنقلب عليها

و للذين خدعهم الدخان المتصاعد حول أنقاض ابراج مانهاتن أو صراخ الناس في أنفاق مدريد أو رشاش الدماء النازفة على تراب العراق فاني اخبرهم أن الأسلوب الهمجي ليس من أخلاق الإسلام ولا فروسيته الأصيلة.

يحدث دائما في فترات الضغط و الإحباط....حين يغيب الأبطال الحقيقيين عن الساحة فإننا سنظل متعطشين لبطل أسطوري نهلل حوله

استدعاء المسوخ ليس ظاهرة جديدة ...

ففي ظل غياب البطل الحقيقي الشريف...يستدعي العقل أقرب الصور إليه وفي هذه الصور يتفاوت الناس تفاوتا واضحا حتى ولو كانت صورة شائهة أو كانت مسخا أخلاقيا أو حتى صورة مشوهة من البطل كأن يكون مثلا قد وُلد في بلدٍ أنجبت صلاح الدين أو غيره مما يستحضره عقلنا المعاصر الملئ بالإحباط من فشل متتالي وتأخر عن ركاب العلوم والتكنولوجيا مع ضياع متعمد او غير متعمد لهوية إسلامية خالية من العقد والأمراض ولأننا في ظل غياب الحلول المنطقية الواقعية يدفعنا الإحباط و رفض اليأس للهرب نحو انتظار الأساطير ...

والعجيب أن بعض من هللوا للبطل البارحة... قد يبصقون عليه اليوم إذا ما تكشفت لهم حقائق عملية تثبت خطأهم لكن ذلك لا يثير فيهم شعورا بالذنب تجاه دينهم.. فهم يستمرون بالمكابرة وتـأخذهم العزة بالإثم

كفى بالله عليكم.. فلم نتوه خلف المسوخ تاركين السبيل الحقيقي و الأبطال الحقيقيين. ثمة شئ يدفعنا دائما لترك الحقيقة جانبا و الهروب نحـو الأساطير
فالأسطورة تتحقق أسرع و بأقل التكاليف..ونحن لا نريد أن نتعب...

شئ أخير لابد من قوله وأنا أكتب هذا المقال في موقع عام يرتاده الجميع فلا يتصور احد أن الطريق لن يكون مرهقا و يستوجب منا أن نصبر ولو ألف عام لكي نستوضح الصورة ونجد ما أضعناه خلفنا قبل أن نصبح ما نريد... والسلام

UFO Sighting & Strange Signals in Indian Ocean

2005-02-11T23:45:00.000+03:00

People are again reporting heavy UFO sighting in Nicobar Island, Andaman, India, Maldives, and Sri Lanka coastal areas. The animals in these areas are again showing strange behavior. The fishermen and their families this time are taking these signs seriously and are refusing to move near the ocean. The tribal people of Andaman Nicobar Island have again moved to the high grounds. The sea birds are also showing strange signals.

The UFO sightings happen at night with strange lights. The continuation of tremors of 6 or less Richter scale seems never ending. The ships traveling between India’s mainland and the Andaman-Nocobar Island as well commercial fishermen in Indian Ocean are reporting strange signals as well as jamming of their radio channels.

According to some experts, these are signs of possible experimentation with tectonic plates by some entity. People in Nicobar island complaints something is going on under the ocean – deep underground – many miles below the water surface.

The pattern of aftershocks is also strange. Normally on plotting the same they show a gradual decrease in the moving average of Richter scale reported. This time no pattern can be found. After one large aftershock, a considerable time lapses before the next one. It seems someone is controlling the after shocks and making sure plates are not over stressed. Andaman and Nicobar islands has experienced 121 aftershocks between 5.2 and 6.2 Richter scale. The Geologists in India are closely tracking these aftershocks and cannot find a pattern. The only pattern that can be found is a large lapse after a considerable aftershock.

A sailor in the Shipping Authority of India Limited who also sailed in transatlantic shipping routes says, this part of the Indian ocean resembles now Bermuda triangle region.

In Burmuda triangle part of Atlantic ocean manifest strange behavior and ships as well as aircrafts vanish.

But there is a difference. Here the disturbance seems to be coming from the tectonic plate levels.

One explanation can be some entity doing underground research with moving plates. It is known that some countries have research projects on creating artificial earthquakes. The other possibility is bizarre. Many in Indian coastal areas now believe that the UFO sighting before the Tsunami had something to do with the Tsunami.

المد والجزر ما بين النشر الالكتروني والمطبوع

2005-02-04T10:35:00.000+03:00

في ظل التحدي الذي جلبته شبكة الإنترنت ، فرضت الصحافة الالكترونية نفسها على الساحة الإعلامية كمنافس قوي للصحافة الورقية ، بالإضافة الى ظهور الأجيال الجديدة التي لا تقبل على الصحف المطبوعة .
ومن أهم مميزات الصحافة الالكترونية هي نقلها للنص والصورة معا لتوصيل رسالة متعددة الإشكال والاحتفاظ بالزائر اكبر قدر ممكن حتى لا تتحول الجريدة الالكترونية إلى نسخة الكترونية من الصحف التقليدية كما ان هناك مميزات للقارئ الالكتروني منها السرعة في معرفة الأخبار ورصدها لحظة بلحظة على العكس من الصحف التقليدية التي تقوم بالرصد والتحليل للموضوعيات ، بالإضافة لغياب مقص الرقيب على المواد الصحفية التي يتم نشرها نظرا لان الانترنت عبارة عن عالم مفتوح .
و بالرغم من أن الوسيلتين لاغنى عنهما في الوقت الحالي باعتبار هما وسيلة من وسائل التثقيف إلا أن هناك مجموعة من التحديات التي تواجه الصحافة الالكترونية في العالم العربي من بينها تواضع أعداد مستخدمي الانترنت العرب والذين تصل أعدادهم إلى 14 مليون مستخدم معظمهم من الشباب علاوة على غياب آليات التمويل في مختلف صورها سواء كان تمويلا ذاتيا أو بصورة إعلانات حيث أن هناك حالة من انعدام الثقة بين المعلن العربي والانترنت بصفة عامة .
بالإضافة الى ان نقص المحتوى العربي على شبكة الانترنت يقف وراء عدم انتشار الصحافة الالكترونية بصورتها الواضحة كماهي الحال في الغرب – ونشير هنا الى ضرورة خلق كيان يضم فيه المحرريين الالكترونيين بحيث يضمن لهم آليات جديدة للعمل الصحفي من خلال التدريب ورفع مهاراتهم وكفاءاتهم .
اذ أن الصحافة الالكترونية مكملة لدور الصحافة الورقية والمطبوعة وليس هناك صراع بينهما الا أن التمويل أصبح الآن من آليات نجاح تلك الصحف في شكلها الحديث والذي ينعكس بالتالي على شكل وأداء الموقع من حيث تنوع اخباره وتحديثها بين الحين والآخر اذ أن ثقافة الانترنت اصبح لها جماهيرها وشعبيتها وهي بازدياد على العكس من قراء الصحف والكتب .
والصحافة الالكترونية التي تشهد ميلاد مواقع كثيرة تواكبها زيادة في عدد زوارها ، تستفيد من الأزمات التي تمر بها الصحافة التقليدية ومن بينها الرقابة عليها ومنع بعض المواد الصحفية من النشر و الأزمات الاقتصادية التي يمر بها العالم العربي مما دفع الصحف التقليدية الى الاهتمام بمواقعها الالكترونية على الانترنت وتحديثها بصفة دورية فالغالبية من الصحف أصبحت تتجه إلى الانترنت والإعلام الفضائي في ظل نزيف الخسائر الحالي ، الا ان الصحافة الالكترونية لن تحل محل الصحافة الورقية مهما طال الزمن .

RSS - how to use it in your site ?

2005-02-03T21:09:00.000+03:00

What is RSS?

RSS, or Rich Site Summary (sometimes also known as 'Really Simple Syndication', is an easy way to have the latest news and features on Beliefnet delivered directly to you.

An RSS reader, also called a news aggregator, makes it easy for you to keep tabs on what's new on many web sites—without having to surf through them all—by pulling in the most recent, most interesting features and articles created by your favorite web sites, weblogs, and online newsletters.

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What's XML?

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How Do I Do It?

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Open your RSS Reader. If you don't have one already, you can get one for free. Bloglines or Yahoo! are web-based; Pluck has software that you can download.
Select the RSS Feeds that you want to receive from the orange box on any web site using this service.
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