Mullah Mohammad Omar

Disclaimer: I am neither a supporter nor a hater of Taliban. what you read here are purely third-party views, I am just re-posting for everyone to read.


Mohammad Omar
The Greatest Living Leader of Any Country Today is Muhammad Omar of Free Afghanistan

Dick Eastman


Mullah Mohammad Omar is a man his people to become the first nation to throw out Soviet Communism. He then led his country with a group of students of Islam -- the word "student" in Pishtan is "taliban" -- to overthrow a corrupt and immoral government of globalist stooges underwhom Afghanistan was being converted into a sewer of drugs, murder, theft and sexual immorality. Under the Omar's leadership the opium druglords were being pushed further and further north, cutting into the trillion dollar trade in Chinese heroin laundered into the international banking system to be invested in China's industrialization and the extension of organized crime throughout the world. Then came September 11, 2001. When on the very day of the supposedly unexpected surprise attack Paul Wolfowitz blamed Osama bin Laden, the Saudi who fled to Afghanistan after being blamed for the boming of a US ship, Mohammad Omar, after consultation with other leaders, offered to
extradite bin Laden to the United States for trial, if the American government would provide evidence leading to a reasonable belief that bin Laden was involved in the terrible attack. Omar was acting in accordance with international law and his request was even consistent with the reqirements of the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution that a person be secure in his person from arrest until authorities have established has "probable cause" for taking someone into custody. Bush ignored this request and merely set a deadline for Obama's extradition after which US forces would go in "to get Osama bin Laden" -- that is how the war in Afghanistan really started -- in case any of your people with dead sons or son's blown apart or blinded or psycologically mangled are curious -- and all of you countrymen who called me pro-terrorist and a non-supporter of our troops and a conspiracy theoriest etc. etc. At any rate, in the opening weeks of
October 2001, Omar's house in Kandahar was bombed, killing his stepfather and his 10-year old son. He has been leading his students of Islam against the Zionist's puppets, ever since. And yes, our soldiers continue to die to support this government made up of the Bush-Blair allies, the Norther Alliance, who, of course, are none other than the opium drug lords that Omar had banished before 9-11. (When you hear about the US government going after Afghanistan "opium dealers" -- they are talking about the independent opium growers who are in competition with the Jewish - Chinese Triad organized crime alliance who are producing more heroin than every before, but do not want potential supporters of Muhammad Omar to get money with which to regain their nation's freedom and integrity.

Before Bush attacked Afghanistan, I put out a letter that I had written to George W. Bush saying that I was voluntarily and on my own joining the Taliban in protest to the criminal plan to attack Afghanistan under the above mentioned conditions. Bush never responded and neither did any of you. And today we have the Money Power's step-and-fetch it, Barrak Obama, talking about the need to send more American's to Afghanistan to die. Afghanistan is right on China's boarder. China fears the appeal and power of Islam in its western provinces. I suppose Obama is going in to kill Omar's students because we owe the Chinese so much money -- but I think it has more to do with the opium trade and maybe the pipeline that Omar was not allowing to be built because of the vice and corruption large American corporations always bring with them in their great projects where money is thrown around and human beings are degraded and prostituted by it. Can you say
Muhammad Omar was wrong about that?

Dick Eastman

Farrakhan 20102 or sooner



Mohammad Omar, "one tall hombre"

Mullah Omar had a dream in which the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) appeared to him and told him to bring peace to Afghanistan.

from various internet sources (wiki etc.):

Mullah Mohammed Omar (Pashto: ملا محمد عمر) (born c. 1959, Nodeh, near Kandahar) often simply called Mullah Omar, is the leader of the Taliban of Afghanistan and was Afghanistan' s de facto head of state, and was recognized by three states, from 1996 to 2001, under the official title of Head of the Supreme Council. He held the title Commande of the Faithful from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. He is wanted by U.S. authorities "for sheltering Osama bin-Laden and his al-Qaeda network in the years prior to the September 11 attacks". He is believed to be directing the Taliban in their war against Hamid Karzai's Government and foreign NATO troops in Afghanistan from Pakistan.

Despite his political rank, and his high status on the FBI's wanted list, not much is publicly known about Omar. Few photos, none of them official, exist of him and a picture used in 2002 by many media, has since been established as representing another Taliban official. The authenticity of the existing images is debated.
He is very tall. Some say 1.98 m or 6'6." He has been very quiet and not talkative with foreigners. When the Soviet Union invaded in the 80s Omar was a guerilla warrior with the Harakat-i Inqilab-i Islami faction of the anti-Soviet Mujahideen. He was wounded four times and lost one eye in an explosion
During his tenure as Emir of Afghanistan, Omar seldom left Kandahar and rarely met with outsiders, instead relying on Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil for the majority of diplomatic necessities.

Omar is an ethnic Pashtun, a member of the Hotak tribe, of the Ghilzai branch of the Pashtun. He is thought to have been born around 1959 to a family of "poor, landless peasants," growing up in mud huts around the village of Sangisar Maiwand district in Kandahar province, (or, by some reports, Nodeh), near Kandahar. His father is said to have died before he was born and the responsibility of fending for his family fell to him as he grew older.

Omar fought as a guerilla with the Harakat-i Inqilab-i Islami faction of the anti-Soviet Mujahideen under the command of Nek Mohammad, and fought against the Najibullah regime between 1989 and 1992. It was reported that he was thin, but tall and strongly built, and "a crack marksman who had destroyed many Soviet tanks during the Afghan War."
Omar was wounded four times, and lost an eye either in 1986 or in the 1989 Battle of Jalalabad, which also marred his cheek and forehead. Taliban lore has it that, upon being wounded by a piece of shrapnel, Omar removed his own eye and sewed the eyelid shut. However, reports from a Red Cross facility near the Pakistan border indicate that Omar was treated there for the injury, where his eye was surgically removed.
After he was disabled, Omar may have studied and taught in a madrasah, or Islamic seminary, in the Pakistani border city of Quetta. He was reportedly a mullah at a village madrasah near the Afghan city of Kandahar.

Unlike many Afghan mujahideen, Omar speaks Arabic. He was devoted to the lectures of Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, and took a job teaching in a madrassa in Quetta. He later moved to Binoori Mosque in Karachi, where he led prayers, and later met with Osama bin Laden for the first time.

Following the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989 and the collapse of the Communist regime in Kabul in 1992, the country fell into anarchy as various mujahideen factions fought for control. Omar, known for a pure devotion to Islam, was a mullah with a village madrassah near Kandahar. As the war lords continued fighting for power in Afghanistan the country was reduced to a state of anarchy. Omar started his movement after being, "horrified," by the behavior of mujahideen fighters. When a group of mujahideen kidnaped and raped two girls in early 1994, Omar led 30 men armed with 16 rifles to free them.[2][3] This fighting force would grow and become the Taliban. The word Taliban is the Pashto plural form of the Arabic طالب Tālib, "seeker". The phrase "طالبِ علم" or "Thaalib-e-Ilm" , literally "seeker of knowledge", is the Persian phrase for "student"

His recruits came from the Qur'anic schools within Afghanistan and in the Afghan refugee camps across the border in Pakistan. They fought against the rampant corruption that had emerged in the civil war period and were initially welcomed by Afghans weary of warlord rule. By November 1994, Omar's movement managed to capture the province of Kandahar. By 1998, they were in control of almost 90% of Afghanistan.
After the 911 attacks and his refusal to hand over Bin Laden, Omar was forced into hiding when American backed Northern Alliance a group of Afghan warlords took over the country. He is rumored to be in Pakistan and still releases audio tapes calling for the death of present day Afghan leaders.
He is said to have rose to power in 1994 in a moral clean-up campaign after two local warlords waged a full-scale tank battle in Kandahar's central bazaar, after a fall-out over their homosexual affections of a young boy. Omar he led religious students to take control of the city.

In April 1996, supporters of Mullah Omar bestowed on him the title Amir al-Mu'minin (أمير المؤمنين, "Commander of the Faithful"), after he donned a cloak alleged to be that of Muhammad out of a series of chests it was locked in, held in a shrine in Kandahar. Legend decreed that whoever could retrieve the cloak from the chests would be the great Leader of the Muslims, or "Amir al-Mu'minin" . In September that year, Kabul fell to Mullah Omar and his followers.

Under Omar's rule, Sharia was enforced causing crime to diminish. The civil war continued. His Afghanistan was named Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in October 1997.
A "reclusive, pious and frugal" leader, Omar visited Kabul twice between 1996 to 2001.
Omar stated: "All Taliban are moderate. There are two things: extremism ["ifraat", or doing something to excess] and conservatism ["tafreet", or doing something insufficiently] . So in that sense, we are all moderates – taking the middle path

After the NATO invasion of Afghanistan began in 2001, Omar went into hiding and is still at large. He is thought to be in the Pashtun regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The United States offered a reward of $10 million for information leading to his capture.

Claiming that the Americans had circulated 'propaganda' that Mullah Omar had gone into hiding, Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil stated that he would like to "propose that Mssrs Blair and Bush take Kalashnikovs and come to a specified place where Omar will also appear to see who will run and who not". He stated that Omar was (merely) changing locations due to security reasons.

In the opening weeks of October 2001, Omar's house in Kandahar was bombed, killing his stepfather and his 10-year old son.

Omar is believed to have played a significant role in the ending of the Waziristan War between Waziri Pashtuns and the government of Pakistan in September, 2006. He continues to have the allegiance of prominent pro-Taliban military leaders in the region, including Jalaluddin Haqqani. Former foe Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's faction has also reportedly allied with Omar and the Taliban.
In April 2004 Omar, with Mohammad Shehzad had a telephone interview. During the interview, Omar claimed that Osama Bin Laden was alive and well, and that his last contact with Bin Laden was months before the interview. Omar declared that the Taliban were "hunting Americans like pigs".
A captured Taliban spokesman, Muhammad Hanif, told Afghan authorities in January 2007, that Omar was being protected by the Inter-Services Intelligence in Quetta, Pakistan. This matches an allegation made by the President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, in 2006, though it is denied by officials in Pakistan.
Numerous statements have been released identified as coming from Omar. In June 2006 a statement regarding the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq was released hailing al-Zarqawi as a martyr and claimed that the resistance movements in Afghanistan and Iraq "will not be weakened". Then in December 2006 Omar reportedly issued a statement expressing confidence that foreign forces will be driven out of Afghanistan.
In January 2007, it was reported that Omar made his 'first exchange with a journalist since going into hiding' in 2001, with Muhammad Hanif via email and courier. In it he promised 'more Afghan War', and said the 100+ suicide bomb attacks in Afghanistan in the last year had been carried out by bombers acting on religious orders from the Taliban – “the mujahedeen do not take any action without a fatwa.” In April 2007, Omar issued another statement through an intermediary encouraging more suicide attacks.
In Ayman al-Zawahiri' s frequent appearances in as-Sahab videos, he regularly refers to Mullah Omar as "Commander of the Faithful," Amir al-Mu'minin.

Here is what American's were reading just before the American invasion of Afghanistan:



From the Christian Science Monitor (which is a respected newspaper read by the American ruling elite)
October 10, 2001 edition

The reclusive ruler who runs the Taliban
By Robert Marquand | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - A Pakistani official arrived in Kandahar, Afghanistan, this spring, on a mission to save two towering 1,700-year-old mountain carvings of Buddha. He tried to dissuade the Taliban Supreme Leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, from blowing up the statues.
Mullah Omar replied by describing a dream he'd had about "a mountain falling down on him." Before it hit him, Allah appeared, asking Omar why he did nothing to get rid of the false idols.

"I closed my attaché case," the Pakistani recalls, shoulders sagging. "There was nothing left to say."
Such private visions are part of the decisionmaking process that has guided the life of the man who rose from village mullah to Taliban leader to partner of Osama bin Laden.
Those who have met Omar, say he's tall (6 foot, 6 inches) bearded, reclusive, and a lover of war stories. A fierce commander, he was wounded four times in the jihad against the Soviets, leaving him with one eye.
His title, "Commander of the Faithful," has not been adopted by any Muslim anywhere for nearly 1000 years. Omar has given few interviews, rarely meets with non-Muslims, and there is only one known photo of him - as a young man. Diplomats describe him as shy and untalkative with foreigners. Omar says he has one son.
"He has never visited Kabul, the capital," says Rahimullah Yousefzai, who has interviewed Omar twice for The News, a Karachi, Pakistan, based newspaper. "He is not a great speaker. To his followers, his strength is his piety, the force of his belief."
In the past year, facing drought, military problems, a lack of international recognition, and sanctions, Omar has become increasingly isolated, and influenced by Arabs such as Ayman Zawahiri, Osama Bin Laden's No. 2. Omar's rhetoric used to focus on rebuilding Afghanistan, and even on censuring Mr. bin Ladin. During the past year, his public statements have taken on a pan-Islamic tone found more among militant Islamists from Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Omar used to be seen cross-legged in local mosques talking with his followers. But in recent months (until this week's air raids), he was seen in convoys of Landcruisers with tinted windows, a gift of wealthy Arabs. Omar's house (reportedly hit by bombs yesterday) was was one of 16 large residences built with Arab money along a stretch of Herat St. in Kandahar. Mr. Zawahiri is a neighbor.
Born in 1959 as the son of a peasant farmer, he grew up in mud huts around the village of Singesar, near Kandahar. In short, he's an unlikely leader in a country where pedigree and royalty have always been the path to power.
Omar, in fact, was relatively unknown in Afghanistan until 1994. He came to power reluctantly, says Mr. Yousefzai. Omar told him that he started the Taliban after a dream in which Allah came to him in the shape of a man, asking him to lead the faithful. There were also practical reasons.
Omar, known for a pure devotion to Islam, was a mullah with a village madrassah near Kandahar. But he was "horrified," says Yousefzai, by the behavior of former mujahideen commanders that he had fought alongside from 1989 to 1992. They were kidnapping and raping boys and girls, stealing from Afghans at gunpoint on the road, and driving international aid workers out of Kandahar. So, Omar and 30 ethnic Pashtun followers "picked up the gun" - at first to stop four notorious mujahideen who were raping women near Omar's village - and later to bring law and order to an entire country.
The idea: create a Muslim state that would perfectly practice a strict interpretation of the Koran, one taught in the fundamentalist madrassahs of Pakistan, where Omar went to school.
The Taliban movement, backed by the Pakistani secret service, succeeded beyond anyone's imagination - capturing most of the country by 1998.
In 1996, as Taliban fervor increased, Omar accepted the title of "Amirul Momineen," or "commander of the faithful," in an emotional meeting in Kandahar where he appeared on a balcony above thousands of cheering Taliban, wrapping himself in a cloak said to belong to the Prophet Mohammad. The cloak had not been removed from its Kandahar shrine in 60 years, and had never been worn before. Omar is the first Muslim since the Fourth Caliph, a nephew of Prophet Mohammad, to publicly accept the Amirul title, a ranking in Islam nearly second to the Prophet.
Omar's weighty title, which is not accepted by Muslims outside Afghanistan, represents a long journey for a man who never finished his Islamic education. In fact, Omar laments his interrupted schooling, and still calls himself a "talib," (one who seeks), rather than a "mullah" (one who gives) - even while some of his followers think of him as a god.
Many ordinary ethnic Pashtun followers see him as a repository of piety. "It is our duty to follow Omar, he is our father, the first man to take the cloak of the prophet," says Qoari Ali Khan, the head of a madrassah in Pabbi, Pakistan, who was one of 250 mujahideen commanded by Omar in the anti-Soviet war, where the Taliban chief made a name for himself as a marksman with anti-tank rockets.
Still, in the past year, some of the shine has come off the mantle of the current Amirul Momineen of Afghanistan. Some young Pashtuns who used to support Omar, and his dream of a pure Islamic state, are disillusioned.
Omar has never traveled to Kabul to set up a functioning government. Decisions are made in private with a small council of elders. Funds are often distributed among the Taliban by special envoys who travel to Kandahar for an audience with Omar. A plea is made, and Omar opens a large tin box, kept near his bed, which is filled with US dollars.
Some Afghans now speak of Omar's past year as something of an evolving tragedy, as he continues to be buffeted between Arab, Pakistani, and other influences. Some Muslims sympathetic to the Taliban do not want to see Afghanistan used as a platform for bin Laden's violent pan-Islamic jihad.
"There is no question that at the top levels, the Arabs have grown strong in the past two years," says a young Pakistani journalist who has visited Kandahar recently. "People like Osama and Zawahiri don't have to actually see Omar to influence him. Their presence isn't needed. The circumstances and their moves make it possible."
In the Taliban ranks, there is some dissatisfaction - though US strikes may again bring a rallying to Omar. Still, as the country undergoes drought, farmers are reportedly tired of handing over their sons each year for a jihad to take the Panjshir Valley, held by the Northern Alliance. That's another reason Omar depends on Arab fighters on the front lines.
Moreover, in something of a risky move that did not yield Omar any of the international credit he expected, the Taliban did last year stop an entire harvest of poppy. Farmers growing poppy earn about $5,000 a hectare, as compared with $1200 a hectare for wheat.
Last year as well, a huge truck bomb exploded near Omar's headquarters, killing his brother, and reportedly sending the mullah into a period of troubled silence.
During this time, as well, wealthy Arabs who come to Afghanistan to cut their teeth as radical jihadis - have often been reported as "bossing around" and "treating badly" many of the local Taliban. "We used to see them once in awhile, and knew they lived in camps," says the Pakistani journalist. "But in the past year, they are seen on the streets, in the restaurants, everywhere. Omar seems unaware of this."
In the late 1990s, Omar told Mr. Yousafzai that "I am ready to sacrifice everything in completing the unfinished agenda of our noble jihad...until there is no bloodshed in Afghanistan and Islam becomes a way of life for our people." Yet the country has lived in fear, with continued bloodshed.
Again, in the late 1990s, Omar is on record condemning any export of jihad by the Taliban to neighboring countries, and especially by Osama bin Laden. "We have told Osama not to use Afghan soil to carry out political activities as it creates unnecessary confusion about Taliban objectives," Omar told Yousefzai.
Yet the Pakistani Minister of Interior Moinuddin Haider, who visited Omar last month to persuade him to turn over Osama bin Laden, say the man is isolated: "I told Mullah Omar, 'You have switched off your TV set,'" Mr. Haider told reporters here. "I said, 'You don't have many embassies ...to tell you what is happening. You don't know what the Muslim world is saying right now.'"
Some observers say that Omar, who never finished his Islamic schooling, has become swayed by Gulf Arabs who have Islamic credentials that, for a man with humble origins, must be dazzling.
The scholars and clerics from the schools of Egypt and the land of Saudi Arabia, the land of the prophet, and, in the mind of a fundamentalist, the place where a restoration of "true Islam" must spring from - give these figures great influence on Omar, experts say.
In a Voice of America interview on Sept. 21, Omar said: "God says he will never be satisfied with the infidels. In terms of worldly affairs, America is very strong. Even if it were twice as strong or twice that, it could not be strong enough to defeat us. We are confident that no one can harm us if God is with us."
"I want an independent state for Palestine too," says one local Muslim who has followed the Taliban closely. "But I don't want to put my gun on your shoulder, the way the Arabs are doing with Omar.
"The tragedy is that at the beginning, Omar sounds like the man who will pave the way for the king's [Zahir Shah's] return. He talked about peace and security. But he never said he would try to become the leader of the Muslim world

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 22:42 • Labels: babble, babbler, L

Priority

Last to be picked
At the bottom of the stack
At the end of the queue

Something of no value
When it's here
You lifted and you threw
When it's gone
It won't bother you
Something of no value

It'd be too late to say
You cared all the way
When what you hold today
Out of your hand, far away

Last to be picked
At the bottom of the stack
At the end of the queue

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 11:15 • Labels: chagrin, L, poem, poet

Permatang Pasir : D-Day

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 10:13 • Labels: babble, babbler, L

Trying to Stay Afloat

Trying to stay afloat

Rowing in bantered boat

Bobbling with your tide
Rising with the high up
Down with the reside
Swaying side to side

Trying to stay afloat

Shivering along the soak

Ignoring the old leak
Knowingly, it won't fix
In this boat before it flip
Sinking tail to tip

Trying to stay afloat

And it's choking my throat

What you want, what you won't give
The way I chose to live
Will my boat kiss the reef
Future seems like a myth

Trying to stay afloat

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 10:59 • Labels: doubt, glum, hope, L, poem, poet

Ramadhan Nowadays...

Transliteration:

This is a conversation between the shaitan and one of the TV channels manager. Because Ramadan is coming the all the shayateen will leave during this month, this shaytan is passing a message to that manager.

Alshaytan: we want you to carry the big responsibilities this year; we want all people to spend their time in dancing and singing all the time.

The manager: Do not worry at all; we have prepared more than 100 series and more than 500 songs to be published during Ramadan. Besides the funny programs, games and other things to keep people busy with the TV all the time. We are qualified to take this responsibilities don’t worry.

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 10:13 • Labels: babble, babbler, L

Escalation

Escalation to the high mist
To the majestic burning balls
Beyond the oval spiral path
Existed from smokes and dust
Gliding through septa arcs
Of septa shines and septa lights
Feeling the septa vibration
Soothing the septa vision

Elevation to the rabbit rock
A mirror knows no stop
Never blind ever so gleaming
Smoothen the dark by the glint
Sailing through the whisper of life
Whispering the joy at your rise
Whisper that caress a bruised heart
As it whispers all day and night

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 20:58 • Labels: bliss, L, poem, poet

Struck off 'lawyer' to contest in Permatang Pasir

UMNO announced their candidate few hours ago, and PAS will do their announcement in short while. Well, Google search engine must be flooded by queries for the name of this UMNO's fighting bull. And guess what? It's not going to be a good news for that poor guy.

UMNO's candidate in Permatang Pasir, Rohaizat Othman, is claimed to be a lawyer. Well, IS he or WAS he?

According to Malaysian Bar Council, Rohaizat had been STRUCK OFF on 7 March 2008 (One day before the 12th general election!). Rohaizad has been struck off by a DISCIPLINARY Order under Section 103D LPA 1976.

If you're satisfied, that's enough. Else, check this link for yourself:
Malaysian Bar Disciplinary Orders January-March 2008


DISCLAIMER: The excerpts of (most of)this post is deduced 100% percent from Malaysian Bar's website. There might be some misunderstanding, or even mistaken identity. Let see what the Bar council says on this.



EDIT: it's confirmed:

Source: Malaysiakini.com

Meanwhile, Rohaizat said the internal disciplinary action initiated by Bar Council on him on an allegation of unprofessional conduct had been struck off in March 2008.... Read more

"The allegation is no more an issue now," he said.

Rohaizat's name has appeared on the Bar Council report on disciplinary orders for January - March 2008.

The report revealed the case against Rohaizat had been initiated under Legal Profession Act 1986 and was struck off on March 7, a day before the last general election

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 21:09 • Labels: babble, babbler, L

Hassan Ali and Ronnie Liu made peace

Datuk Dr Hassan Ali and Ronnie Liu today made an open statement on their peacemaking.
A good development on the Pakatan side. Strike one to the manipulating media. The PR leaders should realise, the people are not hoping for them to be in sync with each other all the time, that would be too ideal and non-progressive. But what the people want is for them to use more civilized and democratic way to stop the drift. If any PR leader thinks that the only ways to go are either cutting each other's throat or give 100% loyalty and obedience to the 'supreme' leader, then these hypocrics can jump over to BN. They'll find more comfortable home and mates there.
As for Dr Hassan Ali and Ronnie Liu, thumbs up for the decision to make peace !

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 14:55 • Labels: babble, babbler, L

Nothing has changed

Another hole dug
Inside the valley
Another rock blown
Onto the mountain
Another rain fell
Into the ocean

A mere hole...
It won't change the flowing river
A mere rock...
It won't stop the blowing wind
A mere rain...
It won't flood the stretching continent

And the river
Still streaming its torrent of hope
And the wind
Still whispering the breeze of joy
And the continent
Still containing the life of dream

And nothing has changed

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 14:52 • Labels: glum, hope, L, poem, poet

Trusting the Untrusted

I'd hide the corpse with canvas
And the wound with cloth
I'd wipe the tears with a curve
And say everything is alright

I'd wear the mask to hide my face
And my black swollen eyes
I'd stay lost in this maze
And find my way in the starlight

I'd carry this pain with me
And bear it to infinity
I'd burden all the hurt within
And holding on left and right

I'd try to put my trust in you
And crying as I do
I'd try finding loyalty in untrusted you
And hoping for miraculous sight

Trusting you...
Trusting the Untrusted...

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 08:02 • Labels: chagrin, glum, L, poem, poet

Pak Samad says: Let's bring PPSMI to the street again!

It has been reported that Pak Samad suggested another gathering should be organized to demand that PPSMI be taken out IMMEDIATELY.

How's that? Street protest is more popular than Akademi Fantasia nowadays. That's what you get when the voices of the people have been muted in all 'proper' channels.

I'd say "Get our towel, water and salt ready! And don't forget the mask, if you have one"

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 17:31 • Labels: babble, babbler, L

Ramadhan Mubarak

(CLICK ON THE PICTURE FOR FULL SIZE IMAGE)

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 09:24 • Labels: babble, babbler, eater, L

In the Cupboard

Hideous and disgusting
A secret tightly locked
Darker, even than nullified light
No eyes shall be rested on the face
No sense should catch the stench
No soul should know the existence
No mind should be allowed to ponder upon
Hideous and disgusting
Skeleton in the cupboard
Never shall you step outside
Hold on tight
Live with your might
With you, burdened the shame
Ripping through the name
Skeleton, inside the cupboard

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 19:41 • Labels: chagrin, glum, L, poem, poet

Thank You

You melt my heart
When I was stone
You open my eyes
When I was blindfold

You gave me wings
Now I can fly
You gave meanings
When I look at the sky

Thank You

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 10:37 • Labels: amour, bliss, L, poem, poet

Scent

The lingering around
Keeping me abound
Only the fragrance
No light nor sound
Your presence in scent
Binding my momentary stance
Freezing in the astound
You're alive in remembrance

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 18:16 • Labels: amour, bliss, L, poem, poet

Police Brutality: What is right, what is wrong?

Here's another example of police brutality. But before we raise our fingers blaming the cops, please look through and listen to the video first, and then you can decide whether you want to condemn this or not. Just one note; imagine if that guy's victim is your wife (or daughter, or sister), won't you be doing the same thing as these cops (if not more)?



I condemn police brutality when it comes to political issue, that is firm. But this one is criminal issue. I'm not saying that I would commend this violent act by the cops. We did witness (or heard) several occasions where detainee was dead in the lock-up.

But look at the excerpts from what the cops said in the video:
- "Why did you do that to somebody's wife?"
- "It's lucky enough that you're getting it here, if we leave you to those people (who caught you), you might be dead by now"
- "Be thankful this is Malaysia, if this is an Arab country, you'd be sentenced to death"

Once again, I'm not in favor of violence. But the first time I watched this video, the thoughts such as 'this b*****d does not deserve to live', 'if somebody did that to my wife, i might ask the cops to trash him more than this' did pass through my mind. And while writing this post, I'm still trying to justify those passing thoughts, and it is hard to do. We are all human, after all.



So, am I pro or against this kind of police brutality? I do hope that I am against, but I'm not too sure...


Oh, yes... compare that video with this picture:


The scenes look similar, but one is a criminal; the other is innocent... one is thinking about satisfying his lust; the other is thinking about having justice for his people... one had been kicked; the other had been kicked, beaten with baton, sprayed with chemicals and shot with tear gas...

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 09:01 • Labels: babble, babbler, L

Throw Me Away

Did I tell you how you make me feel?
Like an old toy floating in the sea
While the wave pushes me further adrift
Into what seems like an eternity
Waiting for someone who needs company
This game is something I failed to see
When I chose where I wanted to be
Now I don't know what is real
When you stay or when you flee
You giggle, you laugh cheerfully
I opened my eyes I saw solitary
Around me I can't see your glee
Do you really think that you own me?
Did you think that when you...

You pick me up
You throw me me away
We could fight as much as we may
You pick me up
You throw me away
We'll just make up another day
You picked me and now you throw me...
Away...

Did I tell you what you make me think?
Like an old toy stench and stink
An eyesore even to a blink
Waiting for the end of this hellish dream
The bore in my chest that you reamed
And you called it one of my stint
Closing your lid to this bleeding
It's spilling along the brim
When you turn and you grin
Plugged off from my scream
Yesterday you healed the wound clean
And now you jab another sting
You own me, is that what you think?
Did you think that when you...

You pick me up
You throw me me away
We could fight as much as we may
You pick me up
You throw me away
We'll just make up another day
You picked me and now you throw me...
Away...

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 15:36 • Labels: chagrin, doubt, glum, L, poem, poet

The Throne

The throne of icicles
Cold spikes ups and downs
Void of heat
Vacuum of life

Who's the king of that crown?
Who's going to bear
The pain sans heir

When nightingale sings
And breeze of odor wind
Scent that lingering

When the owl scowl
And wolves howl
The stinks so foul

Then who's the king of that crown?
Who's going to suffer
Inflicted upon the throne

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 12:03 • Labels: doubt, fear, hope, L, poem, poet

American al-Qaeda exposed!!!

Fabricating paranoid is always the best tool to justify the evil..

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 10:20 • Labels: babble, babbler, L

Umar and Amr: ISA, freedom of speech, corruption & immunity

Umar bin al-Khattab (r.a.) was the second caliph, succeeding Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (r.a). He was well-known for his soft yet rigid heart.

Amr bin al-Aas was the conqueror and governor of Egypt. He enjoyed a high position but in spite of that he did not escape from the scrutiny of Umar.


Story #1:
It was reported to Umar that Amr had amassed much wealth. Umar wrote to Amr:

"It has come to my notice that you have amassed considerable wealth. Originally you were a man of ordinary means. Whence comes such wealth?"

Amr explained that he owned some land which brought good income. Moreover the salary that he got was ample which he could invest in business.

Umar was not satisfied with the explanation. He had half of the wealth of Amr confiscated to the State. Umar reprimanded Amr in the following terms:

"O ye Governors you have sat on the springs of wealth. Nothing stands in your way in amassing wealth. You people are playing with fire."


Story #2:
Amr bin Al Aas had a pulpit for himself in the Juma Mosque at Fustat. Umar rebuked Amr for that in the following terms:

"I cannot approve that the Muslims should sit low while you should sit above them. Do away with the pulpit."

Amr bin Al Aas complied with the orders.


Story #3:
Once on the occasion of the Hajj in the presence of all the Governors, Umar addressed the people:

"O ye people, I have not sent the Governors so that they may maltreat you or deprive you of your lawful possessions. I have sent them so that they may be a source of inspiration to you in leading life according to the Islamic way. If any Governor violates these terms, please inform me and would take action."

A man rose up from the congregation to inquire whether a Governor could on his own account beat a Muslim. Umar said that if any punishment was inflicted as a result of a judicial trial the man could be punished; otherwise not. The man complained that Amr bin Al Aas the Governor of Egypt had inflicted eighty stripes on him without any judicial trial. Amr said that he had beaten the man to enforce discipline Umar said that unless the man was judicially tried and found guilty no punishment could be inflicted on him. Umar asked the complainant that as Amr beat him without authority, he could strike him with a similar number of lashes to vindicate himself. Amr begged for Umar's permission to conciliate the man. Umar agreed, and Amr bin Al Aas conciliated the man after paying him a substantial amount.


Story #4:
On one occasion Amr called a man 'Munafiq'. The man came to Umar and complained. Umar gave the complainant the authority to return to Egypt, confront the Governor with the charge before the public and if it was established claim indemnity. The man returned to Egypt and confronted the Governor with the charge in the main mosque. Amr denied the charge but the man asked the men in the congregation to say on oath whether they had heard the Governor on such and such a day calling him 'Munafiq'. Many persons stood up to corroborate the statement. Thus cornered Amr said to the complainant, "You may take your revenge". Thereupon the complainant said, "Now I forgive you."


Story #5:
On another occasion an Egyptian complained before Umar that in a horse race his horse was leading but Muhammad the son of Amr beat him and had his own horse to be the winner. When the matter was brought to the notice of Amr he put the complainant in prison. The complainant escaped from the prison and came to Madina to lodge his complaint with Umar. Umar summoned Amr and his son to Madina. They were apprised of the complaint against them. They could not offer a satisfactory explanation. Umar ordered that the complainant should beat Muhammad the son of Amr in the same way as Muhammad had beat him. The complainant beat Muhammad the son of Amr accordingly and felt satisfied.




Umar al-Khattab had shown us a good example of how a leader should be. Leaders should not get themselves busy accumulating wealth, especially through corruption. Should not be oppressing the people of their freedom of speech. Should not think themselves as immune from the law. And should never ever punish anyone without a fair trial. Think of Umar al-Khattab, and then think about our leaders. Do you see any differences? I do...


-Ariff Abdullah

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 14:53 • Labels: babble, babbler, L

Bombshell: Bin Laden Worked for US Till 9/11

By Lukery, taken from Information Clearing House

July 31, 2009 "Daily Kos" -- Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds dropped a bombshell on the Mike Malloy radio show, guest-hosted by Brad Friedman (audio, partial transcript).

In the interview, Sibel says that the US maintained 'intimate relations' with Bin Laden, and the Taliban, "all the way until that day of September 11."

• lukery's diary :: ::

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 14:45 • Labels: babble, babbler, L

Mansuhkan ISA - My story of August 1st

Here's my story:

Although I received reminders over and over again to come early, but I decided to leave home after Zuhur. The reasons are:
1) I know the police will start arresting even before march started. Call me a coward, but I don't want to risk getting caught before the 'fun' started.
2) This time I want to take as many pictures as possible, and from many angles. So I don't want to be in the main crowd from the beginning (which will limit the perspective which I can capture with my camera)
3) There are main crowds and small crowds. If the main crowds are planets, the small scattering crowds can be considered the satellites. I've never been in this small crowds, so I'd like to see how it is like to be in one

The Masjid Jamek and Bandaraya LRT stations are closed due to 'technical' problem, so I took the train to Plaza Rakyat instead. I arrived at 2.25pm. Since I'm already 15 minutes late for Masjid Jamek's crowd, I decided to take some detour first. I checked up Mydin, Kota Raya and Petaling Street. Life was as usual in the places, as if nobody noticed there are something big is happening in a very close proximity. Then I went to Central Market to see what it is like for the 'white' street demonstration. To my surprise, except several uniformed policemen, the area was full of shoppers! There's nothing that indicated that this place is holding a large 'illegal' gathering. And the cops were as laid back as they can be in a peaceful time.

Losing interest, I made my move to, finally, Masjid Jamek. When I arrived there, the main crowd already left the premise. There were still some people gathering here and chit-chatting about the event.

I saw the uniformed cops and FRUs blocking the road at one end. This is one of the questions I always find myself asking. How did the small crowds managed to merged with the main crowds despite this kind of blocking? It is not easy, especially when the cops are shooing everyone away from the area. I went to take a look first.

Seeing that the main crowd from Masjid Jamek was not heading towards the direction os Istana Negara (They were at Jalan Tun Perak), I deduced that they were going to SOGO, where the PR leaders are. So I took another way to SOGO avoiding the police blockade. I arrived at Jalan TAR where many people were gathering. There's faint smell of tear gas lingering. Seemed like the battle was already on. Far behind me, the FRU tanks and trucks were stationed. Cops were trying to arrest some of the protesters, to be jeered and cursed by the shouting crowd. Then came the dreaded siren. A water cannon truck sped up the street and started showering the protesters with the chemicals. Everybody ran into alleys and backstreets for cover.

I continued moving towards SOGO. Police arrests can be seen along the way. And some of the protesters were taking a breather, especially the elderlies.

At SOGO, as in Masjid Jamek, it seemed like the main crowd already left, or leaving. I can see them from afar. As much as I want to join them, there was a blockade between me and that crowd. The foot policemen were retreating, which means one thing: making way for tear gas and water cannon. I took the opportunity to slip past them, heading towards the main crowd. Not even halfway, the tear gas canistered were fired, falling several yards in front of me. I ran and took a detour circling the SOGO complex with my eyes burning. Lucky I had my pinch of salt and two small bottles of mineral water with me.

I arrived in front of MARA, where the frontline of the crowd, especially the Unit Amal, were calling for people to regroup. More canisters of gas were shot. Having one of them fell just in front of me, I quickly grab my camera and tried to take a video. Unfortunately, another one of the canisters came and got me by surprise. Though as much I tried to record the event, the resulting video were as crappy as it can get. Amidst the confusion, I didn't realise that the water cannon were speeding from my back. Only when I took a glance back I saw the truck was less than 50 meters behind me. There was no cover around me so I pushed the record button on my camera, hoping something decent will come out (unfortunately, it didn't), and made a dash to the nearest cover around 20 meters ahead. Before I managed to get into a shelter, the chemicals from the water cannon hit me on my face, from the left side. Adrenaline helped me a lot to continue running. Once I reached safety, my eyes were itchy. And worse than that, they were blurry. That's when I realised I lost my glasses along the run. The crowd had retreat further, and the FRU had slowly taken over the place. Going to look for my glasses means I have to search amidst the FRU. I had no choice, I need my glasses. Several good fellows helped me during the rush. Once my glasses are found (it was right at where my face was hit by the water cannon), I went around the building for another breather.

Several minutes later, I continued towards Jalan Raja Laut. Seeing where the crowd was heading, there's only one possible place to go: PAS HQ. At the cost of the time spent looking for my glasses and the breather, I once again fell behind the FRU, and missed some more actions.

More tear gas can be seen shot at the crowd heading to Jalan Raja Laut. The FRU trucks were regrouping. Again, there's a blockade between me and the crowd. I looked around for a way to get past the blockade, and my luck was with me. Several press members were there, and the cops were letting them loose. So I walked beside a guy with 'PRESS' tag hanging from his neck, while pretending to be busy checking my camera. I casually walked pass the blockade, stopping sometimes to take some pictures. Once ahead of the blockade, I made my way towards the crowd. Looking back at the place where I was several minutes before, I saw a lot of people had been stopped by the police from continuing to Jalan Raja Laut. Smiling, I knew I was lucky to get through them.

Crossing the busy traffic light, the main crowd were already far ahead. Nevertheless, a lot of people were still gathering here. Some were talking furiously, some were resting. Some were keeping a watch at the FRU 100 meters away. Many were busy with their mobile phones, sending messages and calling their friends and family, maybe. My family didn't know I was here, only some of my friends knew, but I'm not into sending them the updates.

Then the FRU started to march again. Same routine: troops march>tear gas>water cannon. and arrests along the way. I made another run, this time straight to the destination: PAS HQ. In front of PAS HQ, there was speech going on. I couldn't get a good angle to see who was speaking behind the megaphone, but from the voice, I think it was Hj Mat Sabu (anyone can confirm this for me?). The speech was ending, with several shouts of 'Mansuhkan ISA', 'Hidup Rakyat' etc, the crowd were told to disperse peacefully.

So here it is, THE END. Everybody's heading back. Nothing choatic seemed to happen. Unfortunately, the FRU didn't think so. Out of surprise, another batch of tear gas were fired onto the street,and including the backstreets. It was a little havoc at this point. I went up the bridge to get a better picture. An old man and his daughter slumped at one corner. Obviously the tear gas got them. Someone passed them a bottle of water (I finished my ration on the way, unfortunately). I gave them the salt that I was carrying and told then to put some on their tongues. They seemed better, so I left the bridge after several shots of pictures.

Once down, my face started to sting. The tear gas was still lingering so I dashed to the backstreet. Bad decision, since they fired the tear gas into the backstreet as well. Without water and salt, a small towel was my only defense, and the pain was unbearable. I walk in circles, trying to put my mind away from the pain. Thank God, after several minutes it was gone.

I walked back to Jalan Raja Laut. Luckily, 7-Eleven kept operating even during the chaos. The only shop that was operating (they lived up to their 24hour status, kudos to 7-Eleven!!!). I bought a soy milk and two small mineal waters. The crowd had been reduced to very small number. Uniformed policemen were takig charge of the street, arresting more people. I waited across the street from PAS HQ. After a while, the FRU dismissed their formation and went into the trucks. Nevertheless, it didn't seem like they're going back soon. Everybody understood what is happening: They are waiting to arrest the PR leaders.

A long wait, the came several cars screeching and abruptly stopped in front of PAS HQ. several plainclothed men stormed the entrance of PAS HQ, followed by the media and uniformed cops. The plainclothed men were SB, by the way. They tried to get in, but the building were barricaded by PR supporters from the inside. SB went away empty handed.

Another long wait, I sat at the stairs of PAS HQ, looking at the police patrol cars and FRU trucks on standby, readying for the arrest. Nothing was happening. At 5.30pm, I couldn't take it anymore. My face was still burning and I really needed a bath. I made my way towards PWTC station to catch a train home.

It was painful, it was tiring, and it was a hassle. But it was worth it. And I'd do it again.. and again



-L

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Videos:

Video Himpunan Mansuhkan ISA

Pictures:

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10

Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14

And here's a compilation of rejected videos:
(The part where you can only see rubbish scenes are the ones I'm running and geeting hit with water cannon and tear gas)

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 11:41 • Labels: babble, babbler, L

Himpunan Mansuh ISA videos

Here's some videos from the Himpunan Mansuh ISA on 1 August 2009. For pictures, click on the links below:

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10

Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14



Video 1: The main crowd already left the area. Latecomers are blocked by the police from joining the rest of the protesters.



Video 2: Patrol car jeered by protesters at Jln TAR. Someone gave a speech in a pantun manner while the crowds regroup before proceeding



Video 3: Police started arresting protesters at Jln TAR and received shouts and screams from the crowd



Video 4: Jln TAR just before water cannon



Video 5: Water cannon hits Jln TAR



Video 6: Jln TAR after water cannon



Video 7: Protesters taking refuge in back alleys



Video 8: Police standing back for tear gas



Video 9: FRU regrouping between assaults at LRT Bandaraya. They just finished one assault and preparing for another



Video 10: FRU marching towards protesters



Video 11: Resounding crowds in front of PAS HQ, Jalan Raja Laut



Video 12: Protesters are dispersing. PR leaders and the press went inside PAS HQ. Everybody thought it was a peaceful end, unsuspecting that FRU is about to launch another tear gas and water cannon assault



Video 13: SB arrived in several cars trying to arrest PR leaders, assisted by uniformed policemen. PR leaders are in PAS HQ, barricaded by the supporters from inside

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 08:29 • Labels: babble, babbler, L

Himpunan Anti-ISA Part 14 of 14

(for now, pictures only. Stories and videos will follow soon)

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 22:58 • Labels: babble, babbler, L

Himpunan Anti-ISA Part 12 of 14

(for now, pictures only. Stories and videos will follow soon)

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 22:57 • Labels: babble, babbler, L

Himpunan Anti-ISA Part 13 of 14

(for now, pictures only. Stories and videos will follow soon)

Posted by Posted by Ariff Abdullah , on at 22:57 • Labels: babble, babbler, L