Interesting Blogs from Iraq and Cuba
It’s been a quite a while since I updated my blog. In fact, I haven't even accessed it for the last month. I haven’t been particularly busy, I just kind of forgot that I had a blog. Anyways, I've been looking at other people's blogs around the world and I found two good ones I want to mention.
The first is a blog from a guy in Iraq talking about daily life in the country. He has a post titled "Sample Threat Letters from Iraq" which shows some of the messages various groups use to threaten people (October 9, 2006). Below is one of the letters:
Warning. Warning. Warning.
All members of the Sunni community, Wahhabis and Takfiris, are required to leave the Abu Al-Khasib province immediately as a result of the killings and deportation suffered by the [Shia] followers of the Prophet’s household. We do not exclude anyone. You have destroyed holy sites and you have slaughtered the Shia based on their identity. We were patient but not any more. We will not be silent from now on. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, and the first transgressor is more unjust. We will take revenge for the Shia and the followers of the Prophet’s household. We will not stay silent in the face of injustice. Never. We will not tolerate humiliation. You do not have much time to leave.
He who has warned is henceforth excused.
Saraya Al-Tha’r
The strangest thing I found about these letters is the way most of them begin with the words:
“Warning...Warning...Warning”
After making a threat and explaining their motivations, nearly all of them end with
“He who has warned is henceforth excused.”
It almost sounds like a proverb.
Another good blog I found is from an exchange student in Cuba which you can see here
For a while I had some very positive beliefs about Cuba, I still do actually, but not as much as before. I always thought that even though people were poor, they had all the basics in life like food, shelter, education, and a very good health care system. But, I've read some more about the place to suggest that its really not like that. But still, maybe the life of a poor person in socialist Cuba is better than the life of a poor person in a capitalist Latin American country like Brazil or Columbia.
The first is a blog from a guy in Iraq talking about daily life in the country. He has a post titled "Sample Threat Letters from Iraq" which shows some of the messages various groups use to threaten people (October 9, 2006). Below is one of the letters:
Warning. Warning. Warning.
All members of the Sunni community, Wahhabis and Takfiris, are required to leave the Abu Al-Khasib province immediately as a result of the killings and deportation suffered by the [Shia] followers of the Prophet’s household. We do not exclude anyone. You have destroyed holy sites and you have slaughtered the Shia based on their identity. We were patient but not any more. We will not be silent from now on. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, and the first transgressor is more unjust. We will take revenge for the Shia and the followers of the Prophet’s household. We will not stay silent in the face of injustice. Never. We will not tolerate humiliation. You do not have much time to leave.
He who has warned is henceforth excused.
Saraya Al-Tha’r
The strangest thing I found about these letters is the way most of them begin with the words:
“Warning...Warning...Warning”
After making a threat and explaining their motivations, nearly all of them end with
“He who has warned is henceforth excused.”
It almost sounds like a proverb.
Another good blog I found is from an exchange student in Cuba which you can see here
For a while I had some very positive beliefs about Cuba, I still do actually, but not as much as before. I always thought that even though people were poor, they had all the basics in life like food, shelter, education, and a very good health care system. But, I've read some more about the place to suggest that its really not like that. But still, maybe the life of a poor person in socialist Cuba is better than the life of a poor person in a capitalist Latin American country like Brazil or Columbia.
posted by Resto at 4:06 PM
3 Comments:
Yes, that is a proverb. It is sad people hold grudges against each other. And why should some people, including innocent children, be held responsible for the misdeeds and crimes of others within their community? That's absurd! If that's what an Iraqi democracy is like, then I guess they need another dictator.
So when was the last time you updated your blog?!?
hey there! Is this the same Haluk I know from Turkie, Bristol, and then Dubai? or maybe it's just a coincidence :)
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