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'The Storm Is From God'
Washington Post ^
| 03/25/03
| Anthony Shadid
Posted on 03/25/2003 8:21:18 PM PST by Pokey78
Some Iraqis See Sandstorm as Divine Intervention Aiding Iraq
BAGHDAD, March 25 -- The wind's howl buffeted Imad Mohammed's window today, suffocating the peal of bombs from Baghdad's outskirts.
Across the sky, the black haze of burning oil trenches mixed with desert sand from a savage storm to wrap the city in an otherworldly glow. Paper, bags and cardboard were blown across the street. Traffic lights and palm trees swayed. A soldier hunkered near the Tigris River, a black scarf draped over his head like a veil.
To Mohammed, the relentless sandstorm was foreboding, a portent of divine will.
"The storm is from God," he said, looking out his trembling window. "Until the aggression started, never in my life did I see a storm like this. We all believe in God, we all have faith in God. And God is setting obstacles against the Americans."
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: battleforbaghdad; faith; sandstorms
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posted on
03/25/2003 8:21:18 PM PST
by
Pokey78
To: Pokey78
Funny -- Oliver North just said it helped us cross the river at Nasyriha(sp).
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posted on
03/25/2003 8:23:33 PM PST
by
Naspino
To: Pokey78
Yep. It's from God alright. And the Devil is about to get his ass kicked.
To: Pokey78
Hah! ...... thats nothing, our GOD can make towering walls of fire!
To: Pokey78
The storm is from God. The cruise missiles are from W.
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posted on
03/25/2003 8:24:25 PM PST
by
speedy
To: Pokey78
Pity for this guy that American might is not quite the same as the Spanish Armada when Spain tried to end heresy in England once and for all, and the winds swept it all away.
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posted on
03/25/2003 8:24:35 PM PST
by
Torie
To: EternalVigilance
It does conjure up images from Revelations, though, doesn't it? Babylon?
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posted on
03/25/2003 8:25:14 PM PST
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Lurking since 2000.)
To: Pokey78
"The storm is from God," he said, looking out his trembling window. "Until the aggression started, never in my life did I see a storm like this. We all believe in God, we all have faith in God. And God is setting obstacles against the Americans."
Wrong-O.
God's giving our guys a SCREEN behind which to advance, and which also provides an atmosphere uniquely unsuited for a biochem attack...
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posted on
03/25/2003 8:25:49 PM PST
by
gaijin
To: Pokey78
Yeah, well...you know, the iraqi creep-guys lost BIG TIME attacking the 7th cav in a sandstorm....up to 500 dead and the big bombs kept dropping..... so it seems that SOMEBODY UP THERE DOES LIKE
YOU VERY MUCH!!!
B-52!!!!! That's who!!!
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posted on
03/25/2003 8:25:50 PM PST
by
crazykatz
To: Pokey78
You are right Abba, God sent this storm to give our troops some rest before we finish this Baghdad off..
To: speedy
TOO FUNNY!
To: Pokey78
Obviously, God doesn't like muslims.
To: Pokey78
"The storm is from God," he said, looking out his trembling window. "Until the aggression started, never in my life did I see a storm like this. We all believe in God, we all have faith in God. And God is setting obstacles against the Americans." No Mohammed. God just joined the coalition. Time to rethink which side of the line you want to stand with.
To: Naspino
'Tis from G*d ... the Christian (nee' Judiac) G*d.
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posted on
03/25/2003 8:26:55 PM PST
by
dodger
To: Pokey78
"The storm is from God," Indeed it is. It is giving our heroes a much needed time of rest just before the big battle.
To: Pan_Yans Wife
It does conjure up images from Revelations, though, doesn't it?well if it was locusts and not just sand...
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posted on
03/25/2003 8:27:40 PM PST
by
woofie
To: Pokey78
I have prayed for weather which would help our efforts and hinder the enemy's.
I believe this storm is giving us a chance to catch up with ourselves; allow some rest; shore up supply lines; do maintenance etc. before the big Baghdad game.
In any case . . . the games continue. . . wheeee. arrrrgh.
etc.
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posted on
03/25/2003 8:27:45 PM PST
by
Quix
(QUALITY RESRCH STDY BTWN BK WAR N PEACE VS BIBLE RE BIBLE CODES AT MAR BIBLECODESDIGEST.COM)
To: EternalVigilance
Actually, my daughter made me aware that "shekinah" (pronounce it aloud) means "A visible manifestation of the divine presence" as described in Jewish theology. (Google it) This oughta really stir up a sh*t storm!
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posted on
03/25/2003 8:27:51 PM PST
by
Harold Hill
(I always think there's a band, kid)
To: Naspino
Against the Americans, who are getting a little rest as a result, or against the Iraqis who can't very well use chem warfare against us when the wind is blowing so hard toward them?
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posted on
03/25/2003 8:28:15 PM PST
by
ChemistCat
(Zen and the benzene ring)
To: Pokey78
My Kansas cousins also remind us to '... pay no attention to that man behind the curtain ...' amid such Wizardry of Oz.
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posted on
03/25/2003 8:28:28 PM PST
by
dodger
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