Rethinking New Zealands Military Commitment In Afghanistan
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00204.htm

{EXCERPT} Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - This runs in concert with
New Zealands total expenditure on military forces, which amounts to 1.9 percent
of GDP, just below the OECD average of...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0807/S00204.htm

Afghanistan Campaign/Issues Discussion/News/Info Exchange Forum

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Afghanistan Campaign Medal Issue Regulations
http://www.amervets.com/replacement/afg.htm#isr

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US military to be part of NZ exercise
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4626131a6160.html

{EXCERPT} Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - By HANK SCHOUTEN - The Dominion Post |
Tuesday, 22 July 2008 A large United States military delegation will take part
in an international security exercise...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4626131a6160.html

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Iechyd da...

well my weekend began with poets week
my friend stan was staying over... he is

the closest thing we have to yeats... the
rimless glasses and the close irish brogue

we ate at the nepalese cafe in alexandra
which stan loves because he loves the

mountains. and we ate curry and had
a semblance of an intellectual conversation.

Went on to the function and i shouted.
it was phenomenal. set in three stages

the feature poet was Brian Turner of oturehua
part of the urban rennaisance going on

round here with graham sydney and the
oamaru short storyist owen marshall

a veritable troika of art and culture.

on sunday i went to church and caught up
with the politics of that- raising buildings

Beware of imams and mullahs who are preaching LIES in masjids and
posting LIES on their Islamic
websites to deceive you- sincere Muslims- and the ignoramus from
knowing the truth of the True Allah of Jesus.

To verify the sayings of imams and mullahs, go to websites:
1] www.answering-christianity.org
2] www.faithfreedom.org

Mohammed HAD LIED as follows:
1]MOHAMMED HAD NOT EVEN 1 WITNESS TO AFFIRM HIS CLAIM THAT HE WAS THE
LAST MESSENGER OF ALL ALLAH'S PROPHETS;
2]MOHAMMED HAD LIED that Allah had given the Muslims the Covenant...

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New Zealand Troops Arrive Home From Solomon Islands
http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/new-zealand-troops-arrive-home-solomon-islands/5/...

{EXCERPT} Voxy, New Zealand - The Kiwis have worked alongside Australian, Tongan
and Papua New Guinean military personnel and police during their time in the
Islands....

http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/new-zealand-troops-arrive-home-solomon-islands/5/...

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July 11, 2008, 2:40PM
FACING CHALLENGES
Breaking down stereotypes
Islamic society president has become the face of American Muslim women

By BARBARA KARKABI

Ingrid Mattson lost her faith as a teenager. Years later she found it again in the pages of the
Quran and the teachings of Islam.

Since then, Mattson has been somewhat of a poster girl for Muslim women. Two years ago she made
headlines when she became the first woman and first convert elected to head the Islamic Society
of North America.

Mattson wears a head scarf, or hijab, and dresses modestly in long sleeves and ankle-length
skirts or dresses. She also has strong views on the role of women in Islam, which she backs up
with examples from the life of the prophet Muhammad and the Quran.

"The thing to understand is that Islam treats women as spiritual equals to men," Mattson said.
"Muslim women have the same obligation to pay charity, to perform community service, all of
those things. What looks different is that women wear more modest dress, not to oppress or
demean them but to allow them to be in the public space without being harassed or distracted."

She acknowledged, however, that problems exist. And she is not shy about discussing them.

Beware ..

Have you ever noticed when you use your computer first thing in the

morning, the icons appear to be in a different place than when you left?

Have you sensed that something goes on if you leave your computer on overnight?

Well, when you go to bed at night and forget to shut down your

computer, I think you ought to know what actually goes on.

For the first time, someone has captured what takes place after you leave the room

Turn Your Sound up. Great effects.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~jvdkuyp/flash/see.htm

Islam offers Dignity and Rights to all Humanity
by Mohamed Elmasry
(Friday, July 11, 2008)

"Islam was accepted and welcomed all around the Mediterranean basin because it countered the
rigid conformity of Roman rule by introducing the value of respecting each person's inherent
human dignity and by implementing concrete precepts to make the achievement of universal human
dignity a reality."

The Romans always regarded their Empire's northern and eastern borders as two major points of
vulnerability to their far-flung territories. They were not expecting the emergence of a
mightier power from the south - a power that was not so much a military force as a moral one.

The extraordinarily rapid spread of Islam from its modest beginnings in Arabia has no parallel
in history, even to this day. And while there are a variety of reasons why this phenomenal
movement took hold, none of them include the use of the sword as a means of conversion: no
individual, group, tribe, or nation was forced to convert to Islam under threat of death --
absolutely none.