Dang!

“Dang!” doesn’t even begin to describe it. It’s been almost a year and a half since I was last here. And a lot of things went down during that time. Here are just a few highlights:

1. I joined facebook.
2. There’s a global economic crisis going on and it’s on the rise.
3. Obama was elected president of the United States.
4. Israeli troops attacked Ghaza killing and injuring hundreds.
5. The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Omer El-Bashir on charges of war crimes.
6. I graduated.
7. Sami El-Haj was released from Guantanamo Bay. (I obviously have a lot of editing to do).
8. Gillian Gibbons was arrested for a “teddy bear blasphemy case” in Khartoum.
9. The rebels reached Khartoum and attacked everyone.
10. I quit facebook.

Did I mention that I finally graduated? I also joined facebook for a considerably long time, but just last night I made the decision to deactivate my account. Apparently, you can’t delete your own account. You can deactivate it, but you can reactivate it easily by logging back in. So I sent them a request to delete my account, though they haven’t done anything about it yet.

I recently discovered that there has been an economic crisis in Sudan since forever, which explains why no one can get a job without knowing someone way up the social chain. I have a lot of friends in the US and even Dubai who are extremely worried about losing their jobs. Fortunately I don’t have one to worry about in the first place.

Obama! I read in the paper last month that a Sudanese woman gave birth to a little boy and his parents named him “Barack Obama”. Sudanese people are way too fascinated by this guy. They are seriously expecting him to do something for them. I will not reveal my thoughts about him yet, maybe after he does at least 10% of the superb things that he promised he would. Guantanamo is a hell of start.

Sigh, the Ghaza conflict… 1.5 million punished for the actions of a few. Inhumane, to say the least.

El-Bashir’s arrest warrant. What a great disctraction from everything else going on in the world. And such double standards. I don’t see Bush behind any bars for sending American troops to Iraq which highly qualifies him as a war criminal. That said, I needn’t say that El-Bashir must own up to what he has been doing to innocent people in South Sudan for years and years.

I’ll be back later.

Ashura pilgrims attacked in Iraq

Crazy world.

This whole Shiite-Sunni conflict is twisted.

The Drama Following Saddam's Execution

And subject of the year award goes to...

Apparenty, the US tried to delay Saddam's hanging.

I guess now we know who really wanted him dead on the morning of Eid al-Adha.

Also.. a Kuwaiti businessman wants, umm.. Saddam's rope!

From Big Pharaoah:

Al Arabiya is reporting that a Kuwaiti businessman offered any amount in order to buy the rope that hanged Saddam Hussein. The businessman was told that he has to negotiate with the person who now owns the rope: Muqtada Sadr!

Question: What does he want to do with that rope? Huh??
We've established that Saddam was the bad guy, and for alot of people he got what he deserved. & we know that the guy is a Kuwaiti, and that he probably suffered thanks to Saddam.
But what's the deal with wanting to possess the rope that was wrapped around the man's neck seconds before he died? It seems a bit sadistic to me.

Oh, brother. The endless drama!

Please god, let people move on with their lives... What's done is done.

Execution of Saddam Hussein

It's the first day of Eid El-Adha, and the first thing you see on TV is Saddam's execution, long awaited by millions of people.

Okay, he was a war criminal. He earned his death penalty.
But for his execution to be performed by Americans, and on a day where Muslims are supposed to be celebrating.. Isn't that an insult to the Iraqis themselves? Or perhaps they're overlooking it since they're too busy celebrating Saddam's death and final downfall?
I don't know.
It saddens me that the cruelty of the US government has reached such an extent. On Eid.. really?

Anyway.

We'll never know where Saddam is right now..
It's a fact that if a Muslim is killed by a non-Muslim it automatically makes him/her a martyr. But does that case apply on Saddam?
He was killed by non-Muslims, and alot of people are now considering him a martyr.. but how can anyone be sure though?
He's had his share of killing, massacres and torturing of his own people.. will Allah overlook what he's done in his life just because he was killed by non-Muslims?

I am clueless, & I don't know whether I should be making dua'a for him.

Allah is the only one who can judge.

May Allah give the Iraqis the strength to recover the doings of Saddam.

PS- Read Drima's interesting point of view on Saddam's execution.