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A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. -- G. Gordon Liddy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Laurie Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 6:48 PM To: The Sandbox Discussion List Subject: Re: [Sndbox] New song blames U.S. for 9-11 Who listens to Egyptian music???? Laurie --- Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > New song blames U.S. for 9-11 > Egyptian singer croons Americans 'are the ones who > pulled [tower] down' > > _____ > > Posted: January 20, 2004 > 5:00 p.m. Eastern > > > > > C 2004 WorldNetDaily.com > > > A new song released by a popular Egyptian singer > claims the U.S. > deliberately caused the destruction of the World > Trade Center towers to make > Arabs look bad. > > > Sha'ban Abd Al-Rahim's new album recently was > reviewed in the Cairo Times. > The article was translated by the Washington, > D.C.-based Middle East Media > Research Institute <http://www.memri.org/> . > > > Al Rahim's song "Kharittat Al Tariq" ("Road Map") > includes the line, "Hey, > people, it was only a tower, and I swear by God that > they [the U.S.] are the > ones who pulled it down." > > > According to the published review, the song, which > focuses on the Middle > East road map peace plan, puts to music popular > notions in Egypt about > Israel, the Iraq war and September 11. > > > The song describes how "America is the spitting > image of Israel and it > carries out its desires, making the world into a > 'jungle.' But it does not > stop at that point. Abd Al-Rahim goes on to boldly > sing that the USA is the > perpetrator of the September 11th attacks," reports > the Cairo paper. > > > "Al-Rahim further sings that they purposely did it > to make people think that > Arabs and Muslims are terrorists and were behind > that disaster. Now the U.S. > can do what it pleases to the Arab world since > everyone thinks they are to > blame." > > > The song also mentions President Bush, quoting from > some of his speeches. > One line states, "Sometimes [Bush] says Iran and > sometimes he says Syria," > and "He shortens his speech if someone says Korea." > > > Al-Rahim's chief songwriter, who previously wrote > hits entitled, "I Hate > Israel" and "Striking Iraq," penned the road map > song. > > > "The album includes another nine songs that reflect > the mood of the Egyptian > street... Despite the fact that the album has not > been released yet, the > road map song has been a success on the music scene. > Abd Al-Rahim has been > doing publicity for his new song by singing it at > wedding parties and in TV > interviews," the Cairo Times reported. > > > One fan named Muhammad, who has memorized the lyrics > of "Road Map," said, > "To me, this is the first public and daring > accusation made against America > concerning the September 11th attacks, and the song > will soon be the No. 1 > hit in the Arab world." > > > > Charles Mims > http://www.the-sandbox.org > <http://www.the-sandbox.org/> > > > Blind people don't bungee jump. It scares the dog > too much. > > > _______________________________________________ > Sndbox mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://a8.mewebdns-a8.com/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net > ===== Love has its own time, its own season, and its own reasons from coming and going. You cannot bribe it or coerce it or reason it into staying. You can only embrace it when it arrives and give it away when it comes to you. --Kent Nerburn __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus _______________________________________________ Sndbox mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://a8.mewebdns-a8.com/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net _______________________________________________ Sndbox mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://a8.mewebdns-a8.com/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
