1 Thanks Rusty, for posting this, and for your friendship. Both mean a lot to me.

2 They have been make threats to Denmark for some time now. At the same They time Denmark receives threatening notes, so does El Salvador - believe it or not, there are forces from El Salvador in Iraq. also refuse to beg into the terrorists and their troops went to Iraq. Not many of course, each country can only spare so many troops, depending upon the size of their country and size of their troops. South Koreo just sent 4,000 more. There are over 61 different coalition troops in Iraq at the moment, if not more. It's really about time the world was told the only reason these terrorists are doing these things is not just to stop troops from coming into Iraq, but to change the outcome of the elections there as well as here in the United States. They do not want Bush in office because they know he will not bend to their will. NO ONE SHOULD. They are also trying to stop the elections in Iraq, as they have been in Afghanistan, but even the only real Grand Ayatollah Cleric Sistani has said that the elections must be held in January and the date not changed despite what these terrorists are doing. The real problem here is the UN and their refusal to come into Iraq - sort of like their refusal to go to Darfur while tens of thousands of people die every day there due to Genocide. The ones doing the killing there are also Arab muslims - Islamists. Because the world is full of Muslims, it is really important that these people stand up and fight for their rights and show the rest of the world that not all Muslim are terrorists because it is giving them a bad name. dah... and it seems that they are getting tired of these islamis terrorists (who aren't even from their country by the way) and they are tired of getting killed, losing their families, living in fear and getting away from the bombs that are being dropped to kill these sons of bitches. The terrorists has asked that all muslims leave Iraq, so they can kidnap, murder and do their damage to any non-muslim in the country. First of all, where would the Iraqi's go? We heard from Allawi today, who spoke to the joint session of Congress, was given a warm welcome and he told them straight out - we will win - please be patient - and he thanked the American people. I am sure he was heard around the world and his speech carried to every ear over there. Our soldiers have had to stop the rebuilding progress, just to fight off these terrorists but I truly believe we are making quite a dent, or why else would they be so desperate right now? They know we are winning the war on terrorism against them and even if they hit these other countries and even our country which they know will do just about everything and anything to stop it - and my gawd, I sure hope they do. But after listening to Allawi today, he made me feel better about what is happening. He said that none of the troops (coalition, too) and the innocents have not died in vain; his people have also died. He continued to say this fight will eventually be won, even though things look bad now, it's really not as bad as it seems; there is still a lot of good going on there. Again asked for patience, said the Iraqi's will stand by us, actually stand with us, to make this happen. Based on what he had to say today, I finally feel good about this situation and believe we are winning. He came right out and said that invading Iraq and getting rid of Saddam was the right thing to do. Thus far, I'd say, he's a pretty good man for the job of prime minister. I hope they hold onto him. I also hope that within the week he also talks at the United Nations (still the most unuseful group of people I have ever met.) Then he thanked us again; Allawi got a standing ovation. Rome was not built in a day and neither will Iraq but it will be happening. Of that, I have no doubt. Going back to Denmark (I should say "the Netherlands") have been threated before many times, as has Italy and other countries. You'll find the information on these threats in the same place with the threats to a small place like El Savador. No one is going to bend to these terrorists and NO ONE should be blaming Tony Blair for Kenneth Bigley. His family saying that they are all being held hostage because of Tony Blair is preposterous. Then they go on saying that Tony Blair is a puppet of the United States. argh. As Allawi said, if we give in to these terrorists, all we do is give them free license to continue doing what they've been doing. Allawi made me feel very proud for what we are doing in Iraq and it made me even prouder as a United States of America citizen. We were all questioning our beliefs not long ago; anyone who got to see his speech or can find it on c-span and watch it, will also feel proud that we did and are doing the right thing - along with the other 61 plus countries that make up the coalition. We are making progress. We bombed the building where the terrorists were holding prisoners (the 2 americans and the briton workers) where the Iraqi soldiers found the headless body of Jack Hensley. We also killed the leader of the Hawdid and Jihad group that claimed the kidnappings and murder of the other two American waste water plant workers. We are winning, of that there is no doubt, which is why the terrorists are getting desperate. Terrorism is a global problem and it will take every one of us, every person in every country, every government of every country to stop it. The Taliban are recollecting in Afghanistan, and we're losing soldiers there, so maybe it's time to carpet bomb them again. Afghanistan's elections are coming up soon and they will be held no matter what, just as the elections being held in Iraq in January, will also be held. We have another thorn in our side that needs removing; that person is the radical cleric, Muqtada Al Sadr, so hopefully he will get killed in the bombings in Najaf, Falluja and Sadr City. If every country stands together; these terrorists will never win. These guys are not Iraqi and they will kill anyone and everyone they kidnap, no matter what anyone does or says, so all we can do is pray for his soul and give his family the emotional support they need to ge through this horrible time. They can't move around very well right now with a victim in an orange jump suit, if he is indeed still alive. In a way they remind me of today's democratic party - they love to rant and rave and threaten and lie using their religion against us. It does not matter who is there, they just don't like people who are not muslims, but they have no problem killing muslims, either. The good people of Iraq in areas like Fallujah, Najaf and Sadr city should move out of that area temporarily so they do not become "collateral damage" and let the US and coalition forces flatten it to the ground to get rid of these rats. The only people I see dancing around dead bodies are other radical islamists around soldiers dead, sometimes burnt bodies of our countrymen. I think other muslims around the world are also getting tired of these barbarian terrorists. Not a day too late, either. ~Cindy

3 Thankyou excellent post

4 Can a person support the war on terrorism, and support Kerry? Well, thats who I am. It's a no brainer. Supporting our troops, supporting all out war against international terrorism, these things don't mean support for George Bush. For many years, going back well before the day of 9-11, I have been waiting for the time the world would take on terrorism. Bush has made an attempt at this, but I always hoped that when it happened, those of us in the free world would be united-there is one of the keys here-in our stand. That the so called Allied forces would work together. The fact is, Bush ignored the rest of the world's thoughts, and he blew a beautiful opportunity at really making a historical, world changing decision, by not taking the time to build a world wide united effort of free people to take on these animals in the way they should be dealt with. Bush blew it, big time. I am not even going to bother going into it deeper than that. The fact that you Bush supporters stand behind a man, an administration, that mostly avoided service to their country, and that you buy into this nonsense of how it supposedly is that a man who has been to war somehow doesn't know how to fight one, is totally beyond my understanding. It stikes me a bit strange, would you trust a person who never has performed surgery to operate on your heart? Or would you go with the guy who has? So without further kudos, thats who I am: a supporter of our war against terrorism (Iraq didn't have anything to do with 9-11), a supporter of our troops. I am an independent voter, and usually split my votes based on what I hear, rather that beiong simple enough to vote party lines. Freedom is much more sacred than that. Geoff New Hampshire

5 I still can't believe what I am reading. You can not defeat an ideology in the way that you defeat an army. There are struggles all over the world where terrorism has crippled countries for years such as in Israel, Palestine, Spain Irelnd and England to name but a few. Why does America think it can suddenly win this war by invading Iraq? Bin Laden was the terrorist who launched the attacks on the US, not Saddam Hussein. As repellant a man that he is, I re-itterate, he was not a threat to the US. With regards to Bin Laden, how come he is not being pursued in the way that Saddam was? Lost the appetite for the fight beause it has suddenly dawned on you that such people are very difficult to apprehend. Or, could it be more sinister than that? Regardless of your stance on the war, whether you be for it or against it, the fact remains that the conflict is now an almighty cock-up. There is no easy solution. An allied withdrawl will probably see a fundamentalist regime take over. Compared to Saddam's securalist state, do you honestly believe that this will serve the people of Iraq better? Similarly, do you see the re-introduction of diplomatic relations between Iraq and the West under such a regime? Carrying on the battle will result in further bloodshed. Stealth bombing, special forces will not bring an end to this conflict either. Neither will gung ho attitudes, such as "it our duty to save the world from such tyrants". It is a case of damned if we do damned if we dont. Sadly the current administrataion in the US failed to heed the warnings from countries with expeience of terrorism and a real perception of the Middle east and now finds itself the chief target of every fundamentalist Islamic terrorist group in the world. It is not anti war protestors whom the Americans should be berating but rather its own inept and twisted government. I despise terrorism and its supporters. I am saddened that I can offer no viable solution to the problem. But equally I am apalled at the arrogance of those supporter of the war, whom say that they are trying to make the world a safer place. The world is not a safer place and where-as before the religions of Islam and the rest of the world co-existed to a degree, we are now beginning to see moderate Muslims voice their protests in more determined language. The war if anything is polarising the world's opinions as opposed to uniting then. Thanks a lot Mr Bush et al Iraqi insurgents, whether they be the remanants of the Ba'ath party, ordinary Iraqis disillusioned by the so-called liberation are now being joined by foreign fanatics.

6 Geoff, many of those who are against Kerry do so because they don't think he can LEAD. Just because he reluctantly went to war, shot himself in the foot a few times to get out of it, and protested against it, does not mean he'd be a good commander in chief. He doesn't seem to have the stomache for it. Whether you think Bush is right or wrong, we know where he stands. He doesn't need to know how to shoot a weapon or dodge bullets in a swift boat to be commander in chief: he has to be able to make decisions. And if you're gonna argue that it shows his integrity, that arguement doesn't hold water either. As I've pointed out before, the Beltway Sniper that killed civilians in front of Home Depot stores last year was a trained military soldier. I've admitted before that both presidential candidates have their downsides. Bush err's on the side of "shot em up", as most Texans do. Kerry, I'm afraid, would do more to strengthen the resolve of the terrorists than the alternative. If you read some of the other posts here on mypetjawa, you'll see that the terrorists aren't Iraqi, they're not doing this just becase the coalition invaded Iraq, but their justifcation comes from all anti-muslim actions around the world, including Russia. I don't see how anyone could honestly think that if the coalition hadn't invaded Iraq, the terrorists would be sitting by their campfires knitting mittens instead of killing people. We just made it easy for them because we put their enemies right in their own back yard, where they're free to hunt. And James, you may think it's arrogant to support the war, but there are those of us who think it's just as bad to be ignorant about it enough to give the terrorists their victory without a fight. We're not at war with Iraq. We're are war with the people who use terror to conquer others. I'm afraid they've conquered you. As for you anti-war protestors: you have the right to protest the administration for making what you feel was the wrong decision. But when you use your terroristic like actions to berate the families of our soldiers, I think you've put yourselves in the same cave as Bin Ladin.

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8 DB. This site is beginning to resemble a rubbish tip with the amount of absolute crap that's been submitted. I have not berated the family of anyone and would not consider myself ignorant of the facts surrounding the war. Neither do I consider myself conquered by the terrorists nor do I share their politcal/religious beliefs. How you came to that conclusion is beyond me. I live in London, but am not English. I did not feel any threat from Saddam Hussein. However since the US led invasion of Iraq, I would say that the possibility of an attack on the Uk mainland by Islamic extremists has increased dramatically. And for that I, like the majority of the British public would hold Blair and Bush accountable. Saddam was a deply unpleaseant leader but he was not an Islamic terrorist which appears to be the understanding of quite a few of the regular contributors. It is obvious that we will never agree on the legitimacy of the war nor the legality of the war. Still think it would have been more prudent for the US to have concentrated its efforts on dealing with Bin Laden rather than extending the "war on terror" by invading Iraq. The almighty mess that is Iraq was avoidable. Were it not for the agenda of that neanderthal you call a president, Bin Laden could be in irons now awaiting trial for crimes against humanity. Instead, Bin Laden could be holed up anywhere plotting God knows what, but atleast shit for brains Bus has got his lttle war, it's just thats its not that little anymore. On another note, and this is not directed towards you but in general to those who believe that europe is lacking in a free media. Firstly the media in most countries have a political agenda of some kind and perhaps nowhere is this most eveident than in Europe. However, where as our reportage is politically biased, just as yours is, ours is uncensored. In Europe we are allowed make up our own minds which I'm afraid can not be said in the US. I can say this because I spent several years working in Chicago. Were it not for the internet, keeping abreast of what was going on in the world would have been nigh on impossible.

9 SEEKING A WAY FORWARD FOR IRAQ. It is surely critical that we support efforts to improve the economy for the benefit of Iraq and its citizens. Indeed, many UK companies, which are currently conducting business worth £1.4 billion, have made it clear that they will stay in Iraq despite the risks. The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London has been contacted three times in one week to give advice on the generic principles of setting up contracts including private dispute resolution, to assist in business between Iraqi companies and potential international partners. For this to continue, it is imperative that media coverage demonstrates greater breadth and avoids stroking the egos of terrorist groups, encouraging business and much-needed investment.