In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful, the All-Compassionate

 

"May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon You"

 

   Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah

          As-Salaam Alaykum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakaatuh

 

1)SECRET PLAN TO ARM LIBYA'S FREEDOM FIGHTERS    ...

 

 

America's Secret Plan to Arm Libya's Rebels

Obama asks Saudis to airlift weapons into Benghazi

 

 

Desperate to avoid USA military involvement in Libya in the event of a prolonged struggle between the Gaddafi regime and its opponents, the Americans have asked Saudi Arabia if it can supply weapons to the rebels in Benghazi. The Saudi Kingdom, already facing a "day of rage" from its 10 per cent Shia Muslim community on Friday, with a ban on all demonstrations, has so far failed to respond to Washington's highly classified request, although King Abdullah personally loathes the Libyan leader, who tried to assassinate him just over a year ago    .

 

Washington's request is in line with other USA military co-operation with the Saudis. The royal family in Jeddah, which was deeply involved in the Contra scandal during the Reagan administration, gave immediate support to American efforts to arm guerrillas     fighting the Soviet army in Afghanistan in 1980 and later - to America's chagrin - also funded and armed the Taliban    .

 

But the Saudis remain the only USA Arab ally strategically placed and capable of furnishing weapons to the guerrillas of Libya. Their assistance would allow Washington to disclaim any military involvement in the supply chain – even though the arms would be     American and paid for by the Saudis    .

 

The Saudis have been told that opponents of Gaddafi need anti-tank rockets and mortars as a first priority to hold off attacks by Gaddafi's armour, and ground-to-air missiles to shoot down his fighter-bombers    .

 

Supplies could reach Benghazi within 48 hours but they would need to be delivered to air bases in Libya or to Benghazi airport. If the guerrillas can then go on to the offensive and assault Gaddafi's strongholds in western Libya, the political pressure on     America and Nato - not least from Republican members of Congress - to establish a no-fly zone would be reduced    .

 

USA military planners have already made it clear that a zone of this kind would necessitate USA air attacks on Libya's functioning, if seriously depleted, anti-aircraft missile bases, thus bringing Washington directly into the war on the side of Gaddafi's     opponents    .

 

For several days now, USA Awacs surveillance aircraft have been flying around Libya, making constant contact with Malta air traffic control and requesting details of Libyan flight patterns, including journeys made in the past 48 hours by Gaddafi's private     jet which flew to Jordan and back to Libya just before the weekend    .

 

Officially, Nato will only describe the presence of American Awacs planes as part of its post-9/11 Operation Active Endeavour, which has broad reach to undertake aerial counter-terrorism measures in the Middle East region    .

 

The data from the AWACS is streamed to all Nato countries under the mission's existing mandate. Now that Gaddafi has been reinstated as a super-terrorist in the West's lexicon, however, the Nato mission can easily be used to search for targets of opportunity in Libya if active military operations are undertaken    .

 

Al Jazeera English television channel last night broadcast recordings made by American aircraft to Maltese air traffic control, requesting information about Libyan flights especially that of Gaddafi's jet    .

 

An American Awacs aircraft, tail number LX-N90442 could be heard contacting the Malta control tower on Saturday for information about a Libyan Dassault-Falcon 900 jet 5A-DCN on its way from Amman to Mitiga, Gaddafi's own VIP airport    .

 

Nato Awacs 07 is heard to say: "Do you have information on an aircraft with the Squawk 2017 position about 85 miles east of our [sic  ]?"

 

Malta air traffic control replies: "Seven that sounds to be Falcon 900 - at flight level 340, with a destination Mitiga, according to flight plan."

 

But Saudi Arabia is already facing dangers from a coordinated day of protest by its own Shia Muslim citizens who, emboldened by the Shia uprising in the neighbouring island of Bahrain, have called for street protests against the ruling family of al-Saud on Friday.

 

After pouring troops and security police into the province of Qatif last week, the Saudis announced a nationwide ban on all public demonstrations.

 

Shia organisers claim that up to 20,000 protesters plan to demonstrate with women in the front rows to prevent the Saudi army from opening fire.

 

If the Saudi government accedes to America's request to send guns and missiles to Libyan rebels, however, it would be almost impossible for President Barack Obama to condemn the kingdom for any violence against the Shias of the north-east provinces.

 

Thus has the Arab awakening, the demand for democracy in North Africa, the Shia revolt and the rising against Gaddafi become entangled in the space of just a few hours with US military priorities in the region?

 

By Robert Fisk

March 07, 2011

 

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27626.htm

Courtesy: http://www.iqraa.org/

 

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2) I DIDN’T APPRECIATE

As I get older, I realize there are things in
My life I didn't appreciate until it was too late.

I didn't appreciate the naps they used to make
Me take in kindergarten.

I long for the day when someone says, "You
Can't work anymore until you take a nap." I
Guarantee you, I won't argue.

I didn't appreciate one-Penny candy or milk
That was delivered to your front door. In the
"do-it-yourself" world we'll never see either of.

I didn't appreciate those face-squishing hugs
My mother used to give me.

Now that she's gone home to be with the God,
I long for just one more.

This time I would squish her right back.

I didn't appreciate the days I danced barefoot
In the rain with my mouth open wide trying to
Get a drink of raindrops.

I didn't appreciate the sacrifice my parents
Made for my brothers and me to keep us clothed,
Fed and happy.

I didn't appreciate mom letting us mess up the
Living room on a rainy day.

I thought building a tent with a secret tunnel
Is what everyone did on those days.

I didn't appreciate the marvels of planting a seed
And watching it sprout into a full-grown plant.

I didn't appreciate the struggles we had to go
Through as a family.

Because of yesterday's struggles, we have
Strength for today.

I didn't appreciate the times my Daughters came to
Me and asked those annoying, unanswerable questions.
"What makes a duck quack?" "Why is the sky blue?"

I had no idea they thought I was smart enough
To answer all their questions.

I didn't appreciate the times our family had.

I didn't appreciate those primary School teachers

 who went through so much
Trouble to collect toilet paper rolls so I could
Understand what a scroll was.

 

I didn't appreciate those clear nights when the
Stars danced with glee showing
Off their awesome Creator.

I didn't appreciate My Daughters' "refrigerator
Artwork" that made our house a home.

I didn't know to appreciate the muddy
Footprints my Girls and I so often found

making a Path across our carpet

 as a representation of life.

I didn't appreciate the times my children

Fell Asleep in daddy's arms.

I didn't realize it was there they felt
Protected from all the elements of the world.

God, I have just one prayer for today.
Open my eyes that I may be able to see
And appreciate the things that you do

 each day.

Compiled, edited and adapted by Khalid Latif, e-tabligue

 

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