This is great news:
An Iraqi lawyer who helped the U.S. military find and rescue Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who was held prisoner in a hospital in Iraq, has been granted asylum in the United States, officials said on Tuesday.
They said the lawyer, his wife and their daughter were granted asylum in Arlington, Virginia on Monday. Further details were expected to be announced by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge during a speech later on Tuesday.
I know some may think that Muhammed is nothing more than an Iraqi Uncle Tom and a craven opportunist, but hey- how many people, given the opportunity, do the right thing? That counts for something in my book. I want more people like Muhammed in the United States.
Ricky
C’mon, John, you should know that he’d catch the wrath of race mongers for helping out that blonde haired cracker girl while Shoshana Johnson (I need some help on that hero’s rank) was being held captive.
Mac Diva
John, I am still waiting for you to admit most of those crappy stories were made up. The Post has. What is holding you back?
Nothing in your current claim goes against the fact Mohammed is an opportunist at the very least. Nor did he have much to do with the ‘rescue’ of Lynch, from a hospital, not a torture chamber as you claimed.
John Cole
WHen Jessica states she was not tortured, whe Muhammed and other Iraqis state no one was ever tortured in the hospital/command post, then I will agree with you that this was a hospital, and only a hospital. Until then- I am sticking with my suspicions when I read reports that there were maps, uniforms, mortar rounds and car batteries in the hospital.
HH
First we heard she was shot, then she wasn’t, then the doctors said she was. I’ll go with doc.
Mac Diva
Duh. The doctors did not say Lynch was shot. The women you guys ignore because of their race are the ones who actually fought in combat and paid the price.
As for Mohammed (funny you care so much about him, but haven’t learned to spell his monicker, John) only Right Wingers seem to be privy to your latest claim.
And, last, but not least, why have you added a hatemonger like Marduk to your blogroll? It makes it appear you agree with racists. (As if Lil’ Dick were not enough.) Who’s next — David Duke?
Mac Diva
Duh. The doctors did not say Lynch was shot. The women you guys ignore because of their race are the ones who actually fought in combat and paid the price.
As for Mohammed (funny you care so much about him, but haven’t learned to spell his monicker, John) only Right Wingers seem to be privy to your latest claim.
And, last, but not least, why have you added a hatemonger like Marduk to your blogroll? It makes it appear you agree with racists. (As if Lil’ Dick were not enough.) Who’s next — David Duke?
John Cole
I have ignored no one- I quoted Spc. Johnsnon’s parents, I posted a picture of her, and really am not sure what you are talking about.
I have seen Muhammed spelled 50 different ways (Mohammad, Muhammad, etc.). Check around- you will note that the press has been inconsistent, and as it is not his real name, I don’t think he will feel insulted. If he does, and he is reading, this, my apologies, “M.”
Whose site do you object to- you do know that there are people who think you are a race hater/baiter, and I wouldn’t think of taking you off my blogroll to appease someone else’s delicate sensibilities.
Dr. Weevil
There is no single ‘correct’ way to spell Mohammed/Muhammad in English letters. The only correct spelling uses the Arabic alphabet, and there is no one agreed upon transliteration into English. The same goes for any language that doesn’t use some form of the Latin alphabet. Tchaikovski or Chaykovsy? Chiron or Kheiron? Beijing or Peking? Either one of each pair may be as correct as the other.
By the way, I’ve added Marduk to my blogroll, too. He has a lot of nasty, even hate-filled, things to say about various antisemitic and neoNazi lunatics. Does that make him a hatemonger, or the enemy of hatemongers? Some people ought to be hated by any decent person.
Mac Diva
Weevil, ALL that guy does is hate. There is never a post about the sun shining even. His remarks about people of color are blatantly racist, i.e., suggesting we should be eliminated. Most Right Wingers have passed on him even though he has advertised to try to attract them. I don’t link to the more far out Leftists, and I would expect people on the Right to excercise some judgment, too.
Ricky
Keep in mind that you think *I’m* a racist and that zizka isn’t a far out leftist, so your lenses are just a tad tinted.
Maybe if you weren’t so quick to pull the “racist!” flag….
David Perron
Yes, that whole racism thing can come back to haunt you.
http://www.usefulwork.com/shark/archives/000434.html
Ricky
Ouch.
Someone just got discredited.
Mac Diva
LOL! The day someone believes I’m a racist is the day Sharkansky resigns from Gene Expression, taking “Perron” with him.
David Perron
Someone’s under the highly deranged impression I have anything whatever to do with Gene Expression. Good grief, do you even listen to yourself?
SPQR
David, David, David, mac diva listens not only to his/herself but listens to all the voices … every one.