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syrinix
You think that's nasty, have you read about how fast they can move? OMG, they are a thing to be feared indeed.
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
So you see, Your orwellian version of freedom does not count. I have but 4 words to counter your quote, "live free or die", these are words that are burned into my soul. These are the words, that the resistance live by or die with.
You say "you can fight but you will lose", but your wrong , because in the act of fighting for what is right, that's already the victory, no matter the outcome.
[edit on 17-5-2005 by Syrian Sister]
Originally posted by subcane
Congratulations you stand on the side that kills American soldiers. Some American patriot and hero you must be. Its Americans like you who are making this country head south.
Originally posted by phoenixhasrisin
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
So you see, Your orwellian version of freedom does not count. I have but 4 words to counter your quote, "live free or die", these are words that are burned into my soul. These are the words, that the resistance live by or die with.
You say "you can fight but you will lose", but your wrong , because in the act of fighting for what is right, that's already the victory, no matter the outcome.
[edit on 17-5-2005 by Syrian Sister]
Spoken like a true revolutionary.I congratulate you!
You must realize though, you are discussing this issue mainly with Americans, half of which do not even vote, let alone actually fight for anything they believe in.
Hell we are having our civil liberties taken from us day, by day, and that is not enough to get the average American out in the street, do not be surprised by these people who have never had to fight for anything in their lives, let alone put their lives on the line for their beliefs.
Just know some Americans are with you
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
A true patriot is someone like general Von Staufffenberg, who was a general in germany during world war 2. He attempted to assasinate hitler, because in his eyes, hitler was running germany down a hole. He was sent to the firing squad, and died shouting "LONG LIVE GERMANY".
In my eyes, you are what a true patriot is. Not just to your nation, but to the whole human race.
Originally posted by deltaboy
are we still talking about spiders sent by Allah to defeat the infidels?
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
As for what someone said about your patriotism. There is a difference between being a True patriot and a Flag waving Zombie.
A flag waving Zombie is someone who sig heiled for hitler, but when the US occuppied germany, the zombie just joins the ranks of the new pro-US government. A flag waving zombie will wave any flag you put in their hand.
A true patriot is someone like general Von Staufffenberg, who was a general in germany during world war 2. He attempted to assasinate hitler, because in his eyes, hitler was running germany down a hole. He was sent to the firing squad, and died shouting "LONG LIVE GERMANY".
In my eyes, you are what a true patriot is. Not just to your nation, but to the whole human race.
Originally posted by Syrian Sister
However i did say i belived the story about the whitedoves that came to aide the resistance, why, because i have a picture of it, now i can't say that the doves are a sign from god but he doves where definetly there! It kills you that you can't deny it doesn't it?
"The insurgents won in Fallujah? "
The resistance won in Fallujah. Ask me to prove it, i dare you, and i'll open up a thread.
"Syrian sister isn't your avatar of a Syrian flag? "
"You tend to deny Syrian complicity in crimes that have become international common knowledge and you speak of flag waving zombies? "
"Iraqis are not fighting US occupation! Saudis, Syrians, Kuwaitis, Yemenis (Mujhadin fighters) are fighting US occupation in Iraq. "
Yes, the photo displayed above does indeed show camel spiders encountered in Iraq, but it is not a fair representation of the creatures in that the angle of the shot makes them appear far larger than they are. Also, the claims made in photo's e-mailed accompaniment about camel spiders being flesh-eating anesthesia-injecting beasts are folklore, not reality. So worry not that those serving in our country's armed forces in Iraq are having to deal with man-eating creepy-crawlies the size of small cats.
Camel spiders, also known as wind spiders, wind scorpions, and sun scorpions, are a type of arthropod found (among other places) in the deserts of the Middle East. They're technically not spiders but solifugae (although, like spiders, they belong to the class Arachnida). Camel spiders are the subject of a variety of legendary claims, many of them familiar to Americans because they were spread by U.S. servicemen who served in the Persian Gulf War in 1991, and re-spread at the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003:
Camel spiders can grow to be as large as dinner plates.
Camel spiders can traverse desert sand at speeds up to 25 MPH, making screaming noises as they run.
Camel spiders can jump several feet in the air.
Camel spiders eat the stomachs of camels, hence the name "camel spider." (Legend includes the detail that camel spiders eat camel stomachs from either the outside in or the inside out. In the former case they supposedly jump up from the ground and grab onto camels' bellies from underneath; in the latter case exactly how spiders allegedly as large as dinner plates get into camels' stomachs intact remains unexplained.)
Camel spiders are venomous, and their venom contains a powerful anesthetic that numbs their victims (thus allowing them to gnaw away at living, immobilized animals without being noticed). U.S. soldiers were said to have been attacked by camel spiders at night but remained completely unaware of their plight until they awakened in the morning to find chunks of their flesh missing.
According to most spider experts, these claims are all false. Camel spiders (so named because, like camels, they can be found in sandy desert regions) grow to be moderately large (about a 5" leg span), but nowhere near as large as dinner plates; they can move very quickly in comparison to other arthropods (a top speed of maybe 10 MPH), but nothing close 25 MPH; they make no noise; and they capture prey without the use of either venom or anesthetic. Camel spiders rely on speed, stealth, and the (non-venomous) bite of powerful jaws to feed on small prey such as other arthropods (e.g., scorpions, crickets, pillbugs), lizards, and possibly mice or birds. They use only three pairs of legs in running; the frontmost pair (called pedipalpa) is held aloft and used in a similar manner to the antennae of insects. Camel spiders shun the sun and generally hide during the day, coming out at night to do their hunting.
Although whatever is shown in the photograph above appears to be far too large for camel spiders, the creatures look unusually large because they were held close to the camera, creating an illusion of exaggerated size. (Note the man's sleeve which appears on the right of the picture.)