Myth vs Fact

Myth	Fact
Islam: Religion of peace.	Sahih Muslim Book 020, Number 4662: It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: No two such persons shall be together in Hell as if one of them is such that his presence hurts the other. It was asked: Messenger of Allah, who are they? He said: A believer who killed a disbeliever and (then) kept to the right path."
Tafsir

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Myth vs Fact

Myth	Fact
Islam: Religion of peace.	Sahih Muslim Book 020, Number 4652: It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'id Khudri that a man came to the Holy Prophet (may peace he upon him) and said: Who is the best of men? He replied: A man who fights in the way of Allah spending his wealth and staking his life. The man then asked: Who is next to him (in excellence)? He said: Next to him is a believer who lives in a mountain gorge worshipping hid Lord and sparing men from his mischief.
Tafsir

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Every Day Heroes

A 20-year veteran, Master Sgt. Brendan O'Connor, formerly a senior medic on a 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Operational Detachment Alpha, was presented the Distinguished Service Cross for valorous actions during Operation Enduring Freedom. Photo by Courtesy

SF Medic Receives Second Highest Medal

BY Compiled from reports by Army News Service, Fayetteville Observer and Yuma Sun

A 20-year veteran, Master Sgt. Brendan O'Connor, formerly a senior medic on a 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Operational Detachment Alpha, was presented the Distinguished Service Cross for valorous actions during Operation Enduring Freedom.

"For the men who were with him that day, Master Sergeant O'Connor is a savior," said Navy Admiral Eric T. Olson, commander of United States Special Operations Command, who presented the award to O'Connor. "For all Americans, he is a hero, and for all members of special operations across the services, he is a source of enormous pride."

O'Connor was instrumental in keeping his team alive during an intense battle with more than 250 Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan on June 22, 2006. While making a temporary stop during a patrol, his team and their attached Afghan National Army soldiers were attacked from all sides with small-arms fire, heavy machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, recoilless rifles and mortars.

During more than 17 hours of sustained combat that followed, O'Connor and his team fought off wave after wave of Taliban attackers from a group of small compounds. Much of the combat was so close that the defenders of the compounds could hear cursing and taunting from the enemies who swarmed the perimeter.

After hearing two Soldiers were wounded at another location, O'Connor removed his body armor so he could press his body into a shallow ditch, then low-crawled some 200 feet under heavy machine gun fire to treat and extract his wounded comrades. One teammate commented that as he was crawling, machine gun fire "mowed the grass" around him. O'Connor then carried a wounded Soldier back to a safer area, again passing through intense fire.

One Soldier with a massive leg injury died, but O'Connor was able to save Master Sgt. Matthew Binney, also a Special Forces medic, who had been shot in the head, shoulder and arm. He then helped organize the continuing defense of the compound and eventual evacuation of the team.

"I don't think that what I did was particularly brave," said O'Connor. "My friend needed help and I had the opportunity to help him, so I did. I think I'm lucky to get this sort of recognition; there are so many other Soldiers who do similarly brave things overseas and are happy with just a pat on the back when they get home."

The DSC is the second highest award for valor, surpassed only by the Medal of Honor.

"I've never been more honored, but this medal belongs to my whole team," said O'Connor.
"Every member was watching out for the other, inspiring each other, and for some, sacrificing for each other. We all fought hard, and it could just as easily be any one of them standing up here getting it pinned on; every one of them is a hero," he said.

Four other members of the team, including Binney, received the Silver Star, the Army's third-highest award for valor. Binney recovered from his wounds after treatment at Walter Reed and Womack Army Medical Centers, and now is a pre-medical student at the University of Arizona.

(source)

Thank you for your service, Master Sgt O'Connor.

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Myth vs Fact

Myth	Fact
Islam: Religion of peace.	Sahih Muslim Book 020, Number 4651: It has been narrated on the authority of Masruq Who said: We asked 'Abdullah about the Qur'anic verse:" Think not of those who are slain in Allah's way as dead. Nay, they are alive, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord.." (iii. 169). He said: We asked the meaning of the verse (from the Holy Prophet) who said: The souls, of the martyrs live in the bodies of green birds who have their nests in chandeliers hung from the throne of the Almighty. They eat the fruits of Paradise from wherever they like and then nestle in these chandeliers. Once their Lord cast a glance at them and said: Do ye want anything? They said: What more shall we desire? We eat the fruit of Paradise from wherever we like. Their Lord asked them the same question thrice. When they saw that they will continue to be asked and not left (without answering the question). they said: O Lord, we wish that Thou mayest return our souls to our bodies so that we may be slain in Thy way once again. When He (Allah) saw that they had no need, they were left (to their joy in heaven).
Tafsir

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Democratic Trash: The Story That Just Won't Go Away

Democratic Trash: The Story That Just Won't Go Away

A note from Radarsite: This is fascinating. As happened before with the Hillary Forum, Radarsite started getting an inordinate amount of hits from an Obama camp website. So we looked into it. If anyone is interested in the differences between the Clinton Dems and the Obama Camp just read these comments, lifted directly from Democratic Underground and compare them with the Clinton Dems responses from The Hillary Clinton Forum reported here in an earlier Radarsite article. Whereas the general consensus from the comments thread at the Hillary Forum was one of surprisingly sincere regret and honest acceptance of responsibility for what had become a major political gaff, the Obama people are merely angry and defensive. Very angry and very defensive. Almost immediately the conspiracy theorists got to work. No acceptance of responsibility whatsoever. Just angry backlashes at everyone but themselves.
Till now, I must confess, I hadn't really appreciated the differences between these two Democratic factions. But I certainly do now. As much as I disagree with their candidate's vision of America and where they would want to bring this country, the Hillary Dems seem to have exhibited a strong sense of sincerity and humanity. They have stepped up to the plate and accepted responsibility for what has turned out to be a major strategic blunder -- even though it was more the responsibility of the Obama Camp to control the images that came out of that Obama Celebration.
And how do the Obama people react to their own revealing anti-patriotic blunders? They react with viciousness and anger. They call on their attack dogs to do their work. Cynical, manipulative, their only concern is in discrediting the source. No responsibility. No embarrassment. No concern for how their obvious disregard for patriotism may look to the average American.
To me, this whole episode has been an education. This is what an Obama Presidency would offer. A Democratic redux of the Nixon years, with all of that petty hatred and viciousness, and with a whole new Enemies' List. This, my friends, is a clear and unadulterated view of the Obama Camp, and it is both enlightening and disgusting. Read their comments and decide for yourselves. We have deleted the commenters identities. - rg

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From the Democratic Underground

***LET'S GET TO WORK ON THIS FLAG THING NOW***

"We need to press the meme that the McCain campaign STOLE the flags."

Here's the article from Puke News:
John McCain’s campaign prepared to accuse Democrats on Saturday of leaving behind 12,000 miniature American flags after Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance speech last Thursday in Denver.Boy Scouts have arrived with 84 trash bags full of bundles of flags at the site of a McCain rally scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. local time in Colorado Springs.The campaign says the flags were recovered from Invesco Field after the Democrats concluded their convention there, and they are going to be used as part of the warm-up ceremonies before McCain takes the stage for the rally.FOX News has been told a vendor at Invesco Field found the flags, which were going to be thrown out, and turned them over to the McCain campaign.Notice anything strange here?
12,000 miniature American flags
84 trash bags full of bundles of flags
a vendor at Invesco Field found the flagsThese flags were meant to go somehwere--and not to some dumpster. Did this "vendor" steal them for political purposes

So, its up to the vendor to distribute and clean up? Then that is his job..
Sep-06-08 02:30 PM
#1
Ah, but here's the catch...
Sep-06-08 02:32 PM
#2
McCain is running soooo low on funds, they have to steal American Flags from Obama?
Sep-06-08 02:35 PM
#7
Could be, and if they were intended for the trash, why spend all of the time rolling them up!!
Sep-06-08 02:46 PM
#28
utter crap
Sep-06-08 02:32 PM
Repukes cannot differentiate between symbolic and real .... delusional nt
Sep-06-08 02:51 PM
#37
Any meaningless issue will do for them, as long as it distracts from real issues. They need to be
Sep-06-08 02:32 PM
#4
EXACTLY! n/t
Sep-06-08 02:32 PM
#6
Exactly.
Sep-06-08 02:37 PM
#11
THey were neatly rolled up and stacked in the bags.
Sep-06-08 02:32 PM
#5
And here they are...
Sep-06-08 02:36 PM
#8
Look STOLEN to me
Sep-06-08 02:39 PM
#
That can't be right! Those are NOT miniature flags! n/t
Sep-06-08 02:45 PM
#22
Actually, it looks like a manufactured prop, if you ask me.
Sep-06-08 02:47 PM
#29
Do those look like the same size flags as at the DNC?
Sep-06-08 02:58 PM
#47
You're right...
Sep-06-08 03:01 PM
#52
Why else? To smear Democratic conventioneers. n/t
Sep-06-08 03:03 PM
#55
Yeah, and look at the booth to the left at the top...
Sep-06-08 03:20 PM
#69
Jesus Christ.
Sep-06-08 02:37 PM
#9
Because we all know they wouldn't use this against us...
Sep-06-08 02:39 PM
#12
My point is; so fucking what!
Sep-06-08 02:42 PM
#17
Look, I agree, it SHOULD be about the issues...
Sep-06-08 02:48 PM
#33
Because, as has been pointed out thousands of times,
Sep-06-08 03:16 PM
#65
You're absolutely right
Sep-06-08 02:55 PM
#44
If the flags were neatly rolled in bags, maybe they were stolen. nt

Sep-06-08 02:37 PM
#10
This story should be sent to KO's people to debunk.
Sep-06-08 02:39 PM
#13
Sounds like theft
Sep-06-08 02:41 PM
#14
I smell operatives...

Sep-06-08 02:42 PM
#15
are you one of them?
Sep-06-08 02:45 PM
#21
Go back and read some of my stuff...
Sep-06-08 02:50 PM
#35
ok well this is a stupid story
Sep-06-08 02:55 PM
#43
Perhaps...
Sep-06-08 03:06 PM
#57
My take on this
Sep-06-08 02:42 PM
#16
this stuff works and repubs would rather win that be nice so they do it nt
Sep-06-08 02:44 PM
#19
BINGO.
Sep-06-08 02:44 PM
#20
Patriotism doesn't come in a fucking trash bag.
Sep-06-08 02:46 PM
#24
"since when is how you treat the FLAG more important than how you treat the AMERICAN PEOPLE?"
Sep-06-08 02:46 PM
#27
I checked to see how small flags are packed.
Sep-06-08 02:43 PM
#18
new thread: the pukes owe us 15, 120 for stealing our flags!
Sep-06-08 02:46 PM
#26
CNN said the DNC says the flag story is a lie.

Sep-06-08 02:45 PM
#23
sounds like the kind of tricks Rove used to do
Sep-06-08 02:46 PM
#
DNC announced ahead of time that they were pushing recycling
Sep-06-8 02:46 PM
#25
new question for pukes: why do you hate recycling? nt
Sep-06-08 02:47 PM
#30
Huh?
Sep-06-08 02:47 PM
#31
I just thought of something else
Sep-06-08 02:48 PM
#32
DRUDGEREPORT.com is pushing this crap too nt
Sep-06-08 02:49 PM
#34
They've been talking about it since Aug 30
Sep-06-08 02:50 PM
#36
Welcome to DU!
Sep-06-08 02:52 PM
#39
You left of the "ng".
Sep-06-08 02:54 PM
#40
ng
Sep-06-08 02:56 PM
#45
That site appears to have a racist bent... n/t
Sep-06-08 02:54 PM
#41
I didn't go to it..
Sep-06-08 03:05 PM
#56
I like to check people like our dear Lemmi's sources.
Sep-06-08 03:09 PM
#58
Nah...LOL
Sep-06-08 03:17 PM
#66
found on radarsite: "stop the ACLU"
Sep-06-08 03:15 PM
#63
Probably
Sep-06-08 02:51 PM
#38
CNN reported that the DNC planned to ship the flags for use at other events.
Sep-06-08 02:55 PM
#42
So then they were stolen. n/t
Sep-06-08 02:57 PM
#46
And they should also say they were lifted by dirty tricksters
Sep-06-08 02:58 PM
#48
Let's remember Fox had a booth there too..
Sep-06-08 03:19 PM
#68
So they were stolen?
Sep-06-08 03:01 PM
#50
I knew it
Sep-06-08 03:01 PM
#53
I'm surprised that they aren't claiming some fetuses were thrown out with the...
Sep-06-08 03:01 PM
#49
they want to talk trash bags?
Sep-06-08 03:01 PM
#51
Classic GOP Ratfuck.
Sep-06-08 03:03 PM
#54
That was very well done and a great read.
JeffreyWilliamson
Sep-06-08 03:11 PM
#60
Thank you very much. It's important we educate the younger folks...

Sep-06-08 03:13 PM
#61
Maybe from the set? Which means they were packed to be shipped
EC
Sep-06-08 03:10 PM
#59
We need to press the meme that the McCain campaign STOLE the flags. n/t
Sep-06-08 03:14 PM
#62
Yup...
Sep-06-08 03:16 PM
#64
yesh! they got us!?
Sep-06-08 03:18 PM
#67
The DNC should report the flags as "stolen property"...
Sep-06-08 03:22 PM
#70
Thought about that...
Sep-06-08 03:26 PM
#72
I Knew This Had the Smell of "Democrats Trashed the White House" When Clinton Moved Out
Sep-06-08 03:24 PM
#71
1. So, its up to the vendor to distribute and clean up? Then that is his job..
So, why did the vendor throw them in the trash? Is he the Un-American one?

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