^^ Arab leaders not nations. The Arab nations have been rising and rising lately saaxib. This thread reminds me of: The PLO represents the Palestinian people, legitimately and uniquely. Because of this, the PLO expresses the wishes and hopes of its people. Because of this, too, it brings these very wishes and hopes before you, urging you not to shirk the momentous historic responsibility towards our just cause. For many years now our people has been exposed to the ravages of war, destruction and dispersion. It has paid in the blood of its sons that which cannot ever be compensated. It has borne the burdens of occupation, dispersion, eviction and terror more uninterruptedly than any other people. And yet all this has made our people neither vindictive nor vengeful. Nor has it caused us to resort to the racism of our enemies. Nor have we lost the true method by which friend and foe are distinguished. For we deplore all those crimes committed against the Jews; we also deplore all the real discrimination suffered by them because of their faith. I am a rebel and freedom is my cause. I know well that many of you present here today once stood in exactly the same resistance position as I now occupy and from which I must fight. You once had to convert dreams into reality by your struggle. Therefore you must now share my dream. I think this is exactly why I can ask you now to help, as together we bring out our dream into a bright reality, our common dream for a peaceful future in Palestine's sacred land. As he stood in an Israeli military court, the Jewish revolutionary, Ahud Adif, said: "I am no terrorist; I believe that a democratic State should exist on this land." Adif now languishes in a Zionist prison among his co-believers. To him and his colleagues I send my heartfelt good wishes. And before those same courts there stands today a brave prince of the church, Bishop Capucci. Lifting his fingers to form the same victory sign used by our freedom-fighters, he said: "What I have done, I have done that all men may live on this land of peace in peace." This princely priest will doubtless share Adif's grim fate. To him we send our salutations and greetings. Why therefore should I not dream and hope? For is not revolution the making real of dreams and hopes? So let us work together that my dream may be fulfilled, that I may return with my people out of exile, there in Palestine to live with this Jewish freedom-fighter and his partners, with this Arab priest and his brothers, in one democratic State where Christian, Jew and Muslim live in justice, equality and fraternity. Is this not a noble dream worthy of my struggle alongside all lovers of freedom everywhere? For the most admirable dimension of this dream is that it is Palestinian, a dream from out of the land of peace, the land of martyrdom and heroism, and the land of history, too. Let us remember that the Jews of Europe and the United States have been known to lead the struggles for secularism and the separation of Church and State. They have also been known to fight against discrimination on religious grounds. How can they then refuse this humane paradigm for the Holy Land? How then can they continue to support the most fanatic, discriminatory and closed of nations in its policy? In my formal capacity as Chairman of the PLO and leader of the Palestinian revolution I proclaim before you that when we speak of our common hopes for the Palestine of tomorrow we include in our perspective all Jews now living in Palestine who choose to live with us there in peace and without discrimination. In my formal capacity as Chairman of the PLO and leader of the Palestinian revolution I call upon Jews to turn away one by one from the illusory promises made to them by Zionist ideology and Israeli leadership. They are offering Jews perpetual bloodshed, endless war and continuous thraldom. We invite them to emerge from their moral isolation into a more open realm of free choice, far from their present leadership's efforts to implant in them a Masada complex. We offer them the most generous solution, that we might live together in a framework of just peace in our democratic Palestine. In my formal capacity as Chairman of the PLO I announce here that we do not wish one drop of either Arab or Jewish blood to be shed; neither do we delight in the continuation of killing, which would end once a just peace, based on our people's rights, hopes and aspirations had been finally established. In my formal capacity as Chairman of the PLO and leader of the Palestinian revolution I appeal to you to accompany our people in its struggle to attain its right to self-determination. This right is consecrated in the United Nations Charter and has been repeatedly confirmed in resolutions adopted by this august body since the drafting of the Charter. I appeal to you, further, to aid our people's return to its homeland from an involuntary exile imposed upon it by force of arms, by tyranny, by oppression, so that we may regain our property, our land, and thereafter live in our national homeland, free and sovereign, enjoying all the privileges of nationhood. Only then can we pour all our resources into the mainstream of human civilization. Only then can Palestinian creativity be concentrated on the service of humanity. Only then will our Jerusalem resume its historic role as a peaceful shrine for all religions. I appeal to you to enable our people to establish national independent sovereignty over its own land. Today I have come bearing an olive branch and a freedom-fighter's gun. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. I repeat: do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. War flares up in Palestine, and yet it is in Palestine that peace will be born. Source: UN website.

^^ Go watch his games for newcastle, mate.

^^ Waxa baan kugo nacay, you never hedge your bets.

^^ Dee waa work related. Can't broadcast it all online nooh.

^^ Barees cunayaal ayaa ii qayilay. They know I'm not "everybody's friend" and hardly ever gossip so they've been telling me one thing and telling others another. Anyway, ha o bixin, I dropped a couple of time bombs their way that expect to explode sometime this afternoon. Ah! Work is sometimes great fun.

Norf, Another Lucas or another Veron, a good player is a good player. Carroll IS a good player. Bahasha baro. p.s. Any of you watch the Valancia game last night. They gave Barca a hard time and they're top of La Liga (the LFC game was good too).

^^ I was early. But had to spend an hour in the staff room to get updated on the staff "gossip". Ileen while I spend my time on SOL too many things seem to be going on here. Morning.

Gives a whole new meaning to hammurabi's "an eye for an eye" code, eh Khadar?

Juxa it's just a job. Listen, don't react and try to forget.

^^ I'm trying to do other people a favour dee. Waliga qof maskeen oo wado khalad iska galay miyaanad favour o sameen oo odhan "sikkaada iska ilaali, waxa ku jira tuug dadka xadda"? Dee ana halkanaan jooga oo masakiinta meeshan khalad o gala ayaan ka celinaya "sikkadaan" dumarka waalan ka buuxada!

Aaliyyah;747224 wrote: lool women are your mothers, sisters, and daughters adeer...marka ka xishood. As much as I love them all I also fully accept their craziness, adeer. Life is like that.

When is this going to take place or has it? I'm lost!

When I say women are crazy nobody believes me. Bal watch these crazy women trying to work out why they get dressed the way they do!

^^ Indeed.

^^ Did you see his website? http://www.rafabenitez.com/ p.s. Rafa's tactics were always great (even when we finished seventh).

Inter sack yet another manager. Rafa was right!

^^ What he is worth or isn't does not matter much, saaxib. I believe that he's a good player that will come good soon. You, as ever, always follow the ball.

^^ Nice one. Best tell people who the organisation is instead of doing it in the shabby JSL Times way. Hargeisa (JSLTimes)-Somaliland president Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud Siilaanyo today obtains certificate of honor from an organization by the name of EDC in honor of the president’s commitment in improving country’s education.

^^ What is EDC? Who is EDC?

^^ Scored only eight goals with that left foot for Liverpool. All his other goals were with the right (and there were loads of them).

^^ I find the part about charity and happiness a tad vulgar. He said: Lo, the sky is somber, and frowned. I said: Smile just the same! Enough frowns in the sky He said: Youth has left me and fled; I said: Smile! Sorrow will never bring back your vanished youth He said: The one whose love was my heaven, Has tormented my soul And turned my love into an inferno She has betrayed my affection, After I made my heart her sole possession. So how can I smile I said: Smile and enjoy yourself; If you dwell on the hurt she dealt you, you will spend The rest of your days in pain and suffering He said: Business is in such turmoil, As a traveler, almost dying of thirst Like a consumptive young lass, in dire need of blood; Wasting her life blood, with each gasp I said: Smile, you are not the cause of her disease, Nor will you be able to heal her. Smile, for a smile may help If someone else is a culprit, Must you lose sleep worrying, As if you yourself were the culprit He said: The loud cries of my enemies Are blaring around me, How can I be happy when enemies are roundabout I said: Smile, they are not after you For a crime you have committed; They would have ought against you if you weren’t Better and greater than themselves He said: The sales’ season is upon us, Yet my merchandise of clothes and toys Is not selling at all I have an obligation toward my loved ones, Yet, I have no single penny in my hand I said: Smile, it is enough you are still living, And not lacking in friends and well wishers He said: The days have forced me to swallow bitter gall. I said: Smile, even if bitter gall was given to you in strong doses Perhaps if someone saw you in good spirits Will discard gloom and rejoice instead Will complaining ever earn you a penny? Will you lose anything for being cheerful There is no danger, friend, in parting your lips; Your face will not disfigure if you smile Laugh, for the stars laugh when night is darkest; It is for this reason we love the stars He said: Cheerfulness makes no one happy, People come to this world and leave it against their will I said: Smile as long as a short span Separates you from death; For once dead, you will not smile again

N.O.R.F;746926 wrote: Leave him alone. He is discovering his home town from a distance. Better than him going all the way there only to leave 2 hours later Two hours or four hours. I am no train spotter, adeer.

قال السماء كئيبة ! وتجهما قلت: ابتسم يكفي التجهم في السما ! قال: الصبا ولى! فقلت له: ابتــسم لن يرجع الأسف الصبا المتصرما !! قال: التي كانت سمائي في الهوى صارت لنفسي في الغرام جــهنما خانت عــــهودي بعدما ملكـتها قلبي , فكيف أطيق أن أتبســما ! قلـــت: ابتسم و اطرب فلو قارنتها لقضيت عــــمرك كــله متألما قال: الــتجارة في صراع هائل مثل المسافر كاد يقتله الـــظما أو غادة مسلولة محــتاجة لدم ، و تنفثـ كلما لهثت دما ! قلت: ابتسم ما أنت جالب دائها وشفائها, فإذا ابتسمت فربما أيكون غيرك مجرما. و تبيت في وجل كأنك أنت صرت المجرما ؟ قال: العدى حولي علت صيحاتهم أَأُسر و الأعداء حولي في الحمى ؟ قلت: ابتسم, لم يطلبوك بذمهم لو لم تكن منهم أجل و أعظما ! قال: المواسم قد بدت أعلامها و تعرضت لي في الملابس و الدمى و علي للأحباب فرض لازم لكن كفي ليس تملك درهما قلت: ابتسم, يكفيك أنك لم تزل حيا, و لست من الأحبة معدما! قال: الليالي جرعتني علقما قلت: ابتسم و لئن جرعت العلقما فلعل غيرك إن رآك مرنما طرح الكآبة جانبا و ترنما أتُراك تغنم بالتبرم درهما أم أنت تخسر بالبشاشة مغنما ؟ يا صاح, لا خطر على شفتيك أن تتثلما, و الوجه أن يتحطما فاضحك فإن الشهب تضحك و الدجى متلاطم, و لذا نحب الأنجما ! قال: البشاشة ليس تسعد كائنا يأتي إلى الدنيا و يذهب مرغما قلت ابتسم مادام بينك و الردى شبر, فإنك بعد لن تتبسما

Ouch!

Does this guy post anything other than maps of towns? Hail Raymond Babbitt.