Putting terrorism into perspective
 

http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/134287/Tamil_Suicide_Bomber_Explodes.html
At around 2:30 the woman in the white garment at the desk on the left, stands up and reaches into here clothes, pulls on something and then explodes. I'm still in shock from watching this.........

Death. Happens every second of everyday.

It's the way that she does it so casually though.........

What do you mean? Is death in this manner acceptable to you?

Put your dumb a$$ behind the table, Sparky.

Death is death. The manner in which it visits us is not for us to accept or deny. Any sensible person will avoid death. What this woman did was a terrible thing, both by ending her own life and taking those of others.

But our tax dollars have paid Blackwater employees to murder hundreds, if not thousands of innocent people. Those deaths were not shocking? Those deaths were acceptable? Because they weren't broadcast on Youtube.com for all to see, they are acceptable?

Given the conduct of this country in the last 4 years, to have the audacity to claim that murdering innocent people is some how shocking or wrong.....now THAT is unacceptable.

Got your underwear in quite a knot there. Try a few deep breaths.

You don't even know where that happened, do you? Tamil and Blackwater...nice try, Sparky.

Edit: Death. Happens every second of everyday.
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Such fallacious nonsense. It's amazing that you can get out of the house with your load of guilt about being a US citizen. Did the US task Blackwater with killing as many civi's as possible? Or particular persons. Or by suiciding?:rolleyes:

this is the best gross example of the almost infinite scale at which an insurgency can operate. I don't think anything in the typical American experience can provide perspective for this event.

Sri Lanka is a tiny island (270 miles x 140 miles), and yet the Tamil Tigers have flourished. When I was in India last month, the Tigers had launched an air attack on a Sri Lankan military base, destroying several planes on the ground and killing a dozen or so soldiers.

How does an insurgency on an island develop to such a maturity level that it has both the civilian population willing to kill themselves for virtually nothing and can operate an "air force?"

More insight on America from the left coast!

Here's how:
"Most of the supplies were from the countries of the former Soviet Union. They have also captured large quantities of arms from the security forces.

Most of the finance for the purchase of arms and other political and military activities is raised through expatriate activists in the West.

Methods are reported to vary from extortion, illegal trade and front organisations to legitimate business and charities.

Dedicated fighters

Tamil Tiger recruits are given a rigorous military training and ideological makeover.

On passing out, each one is handed a cyanide capsule to be worn around the neck. Martyrdom is achieved through avoiding capture by suicide."

More joy from the peace loving muslims.

Look man, with on-ramp gone, some has to play liberal looney.

Dottore?

Sorry. It's my night off.

Idiots.

Talk about Sudden Death.

the question was rhetorical, the answer was lacking.

Maybe you can put a red R by your rhetorical questions, so we can tell the difference. I thought you were just short on information, and I still do! The answer may not have been to your PC liking, but was accurate. You know what they say about the truth? Nah, maybe you don't. Well what they say is, the truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.

STAY ALERT!

They walk among us... and the scary part is that they VOTE and they REPRODUCE

"But our tax dollars have paid Blackwater employees to murder hundreds, if not thousands of innocent people. Those deaths were not shocking? Those deaths were acceptable? Because they weren't broadcast on Youtube.com for all to see, they are acceptable?

Given the conduct of this country in the last 4 years, to have the audacity to claim that murdering innocent people is some how shocking or wrong.....now THAT is unacceptable."

For that you win the Moonbat of the Day award- today we're featuring a brand new Kerry-Edwards bumper sticker. I'm sure your old one is looking a little tatty.

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Come on man....turning around a tamil suicide bomber video and pegging it on Blackwater? THATS quality moonbat.

I bet she doesn't have the guts to do that again. Did ya hear about the muslim sex doll? It blows itself up. Ba da bump. but seriously folks .....................

The human race is flawed and evil, and the portion that is made up of muslim extremists is the worst it can get.
Except maybe for harddrive when he makes statements like the one above.

There is no reasoning with unreasonable and violent people. Either ignore them or become their victims.
We can let them blow us up or we can blow them up before they get a chance.

Looks like she managed to saw herself in half very cleanly and no one else hurt? Cool.

Gotta love those fanatics that go out like that. One less fool on the planet.

Unlike OUR homegrown types (Unibomber mails bombs ...lives on) (Someone tampers with Tylenol on shelves ...lives on) (McVey blows up building ..drives away.)

Any question about WHOM is MOST committed to their cause(s)?

Glad you got that dig an at America.

If simple facts = a dig Mule, then I'm guilty.

Just pointing out how tough it will be to fight such determined types.

Simple facts? Equating 40 years of muslim terrorism with 3 or 4 lunatics? Are you trying to fill in for Moronramp?

QUOTE: "Simple facts? Equating 40 years of muslim terrorism with 3 or 4 lunatics? Are you trying to fill in for Moronramp?"
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"Mule". Yes indeed ...an appropriate name. As in stubborn as a ....'? Close cousin of the jackazz.

In the future, try your best to comprehend what is 'written' in a posting ...not what you read between the lines or wish it said.

I had my own exchanges with the 'offramp'...but if someone needs to take his place I will certainly attempt it ...if only for humors sake.

If elected I WILL SERVE!

Looks like you're doing fine!:D

By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY


BAGHDAD — On a recent Monday morning at the Iraq Stock Exchange, investors yammer into cell phones as about 30 traders on the floor scribble orders, study boards for stock prices or stand casually smoking cigarettes.
The scene doesn't match the frenetic pace of the New York Stock Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade. This is Baghdad, after all. But the activity is a good sign for those who are trying to shore up the country's financial institutions despite the daily violence carried out by insurgents.

"Financial institutions and markets make our economy grow again," says Taha Ahmed Abdul Salam, the exchange's chief operating officer. "You can't do business unless you have good banks and good capital markets."

The Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in 1992, but under Saddam Hussein's regime it was heavily regulated. Exchange spokeswoman Jaimy Afham says stocks traded within a specific price range. The exchange closed amid the chaos after the collapse of Saddam's regime.

The exchange, renamed the Iraq Stock Exchange, reopened last June under the supervision of the Coalition Provisional Authority, Salam says. It started with 15 listed companies trading about 1 billion Iraqi dinars ($683,000) in shares daily, he says. Today, the exchange lists 89 companies and averages about $2 million in daily trading, he says.

A law created last year allows foreign investors to deal in Iraqi stocks and has encouraged trading, Salam says. The market subsequently was boosted by an influx of capital from Iraqi exiles and a recent increase in disposable income driven by higher government salaries, Afham says.

But challenges remain. As is the case elsewhere in Iraq, security remains a key concern, he says. The exchange, open twice a week for 2½ hours a day, is purposely located on the ground floor of a small building on a nondescript side street, which can be blocked to deter car bombs.

The floor where the stocks are traded is also less than high-tech. Each listed company writes its stock deals on dry-erase boards: sales on the front, purchases on the back. A circled transaction signals a done deal. Salam says he plans to move into more high-tech digs later this year, complete with electronic trading and a network that allows brokers to trade from their offices.

The threat of car bombs and the lack of an electronic ticker don't stop investor Habeeb Yako Toma. He visits the exchange twice a week. Bank transfers are still slow, and he says he is often forced to ferry money in bags between banks and the exchange.

Nevertheless, he says he is optimistic about the emerging market's future. "The market has been steadily rising since the end of the war," Toma says. "Some days, you even make a profit."