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The Common Ills
Religious targeting in Iraq
Religious targeting in Iraq The Ashura pilgrimage is going on Iraq. Shi'ite Muslims head to Krbala for rememberance and mourning. As with all pilgrimages in Iraq -- and despite Nouri al-Maliki's claims of having brought 'security' to Iraq -- the pilgrims are targeted. AP reports 11 dead and seventy wounded in bombing attacks on the Pilgrims today in Babil Province. Al Jazeera notes yesterday's attacks which led to the deaths of 4 pilgrims in Baghdad and twenty-eight more injured. CNN adds, "Ashura commemorates the martyrdom of Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. Hussein was killed in battle in Karbala in 680, one of the events that helped create the schism between Sunnis and Shiites, the two main Muslim religious movements." Iraqi Christians are again targeted in Iraq as well. Catholic News Service provides some of the recent history of targeting: International news agencies reported that Christians in Iraq had received threats because Christmas falls... (more)

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Merry Christmas Eve
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Politics Attitude
the confluence
= sexism
the confluence = sexism Something snapped when I saw the way they trashed my diary about International Women's Day, reminding me about abuse the women at DailyKos took during another conflict a few years back—something we called “the pie wars.” Markos, creator of the site, had some ads up with pictures many of us found offensive: busty women in tight shirts ready to throw pies at each other. Anyone who objected to the ads was automatically tossed into the “women’s studies group.” We may not have made up a huge percentage of members of that site but we DO make up half the population of this world. And as such, we deserve the same respect as the guys there. But the attitude was, how dare we ask for the right to expect a hostility-free place to post among other progressives? How dare we expect to be treated as equals? that's alegre writing, at women's media center, in 2008 about sexism online. the pie wars? those ads... (more)

sYaKeeRaH
contradict
Had a brief chat with him juz nw.. hahahh.. hepinyer dia.. kn da kata, aku yg syiok sendiri.. padanla muke ko.. anyway, why shldnt he? its his rizq, his ni'maah, opsss.. its theirs.. happy family ever after, and u.. u.. u.. sapa u?? eeeiiii, perasannyer.. u wait long-long la.. stop cryingla bodoh.. org tgh hepi-hepi, what's with you seyy.. stupid.. idiot.. fool.. 1st child.. dia fly dr sana.. 2nd child.. dia drive all the way.. mcm tu dia claim tk syg?? Haizzz.. bodohnyer kamu percaye.. time kamu, apa dia buat? Ohh, tk buat apape.. "I tkder duitla nak balik, abe kalo balik pun mcm mana I nk tgk u".. hahahh.. smpila masanya, buat sendiri, bile da berdarah all over, br tau takut kn.. Nasib ada didi.. tkle salahknla dia marah sgt.. She witnessed me bleeding with her own eyes seyy.. What a nightmare, ohhh pls, I dun want to remember that incident.. sakitnya.. I will never forgive myself for taking that tablet.. when I said the kisses are for them both, tk comment pulak..... (more)