Truly barbaric!
These people are the pure meaning of EVIL
muslim rebels in the southern philippines have beheaded two christian hostages, part of a group of jehovah's witnesses seized on tuesday.
the two severed heads were found by the philippines military on the remote southern island of jolo.
the army chief on jolo, brigadier general romeo tolentino, said that a note was attached to one of the heads, saying: "those who do not believe in allah will suffer the same fate.
Truly barbaric!
These people are the pure meaning of EVIL
muslim rebels in the southern philippines have beheaded two christian hostages, part of a group of jehovah's witnesses seized on tuesday.
the two severed heads were found by the philippines military on the remote southern island of jolo.
the army chief on jolo, brigadier general romeo tolentino, said that a note was attached to one of the heads, saying: "those who do not believe in allah will suffer the same fate.
Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines have beheaded two Christian hostages, part of a group of Jehovah's Witnesses seized on Tuesday.
The two severed heads were found by the Philippines military on the remote southern island of Jolo.
The army chief on Jolo, Brigadier General Romeo Tolentino, said that a note was attached to one of the heads, saying: "Those who do not believe in Allah will suffer the same fate."
The rebels, believed to be members of the Abu Sayyaf group, are still holding four women taken hostage at the same time, including the wife of one of the murdered men.
The army has now launched a ground and air offensive on suspected Abu Sayyaf positions around the town of Patikul, near where the group were taken captive.
Two freed
According to the authorities, the Abu Sayyaf seized eight people as they were travelling in a jeep near Patikul on Tuesday.
Two of the men, who were Muslim, were soon freed, but the six Christians were held.
Officials originally said that the two men and four women were selling cosmetics door to door for the Avon company.
However, later reports suggest that this may have been a cover to allow the Christians to engage in missionary work in a predominantly Muslim area.
The group came mainly from the city of Zamboanga, on the main southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
The kidnapping was the first on the island since US troops began working with the Philippine military to hunt down the Abu Sayyaf group.
The Abu Sayyaf group is best known for kidnapping for ransom, though the US and Philippines governments have linked it to the al-Qaeda network.
Frequent kidnappings
The US sent more than 1,000 troops to the southern Philippines to train local security forces for their campaign against the Abu Sayyaf, which last year took dozens of people hostage, including three Americans.
The US troops left the country last month.
The latest kidnapping took place on the island of Jolo, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) south-west of Basilan.
The victims were travelling in a remote region when suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen stopped their vehicle.
They were made to get out and led away into a forest, the military said.
The Abu Sayyaf rebels on Jolo are reported to belong to a different faction than those operating on Basilan island, and are believed to have suffered less from recently military offensives.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2208898.stm
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after watching panorama on line
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/cta/progs/panorama/latest.ram
, i am sick in the stomach.
If I knew how, I would put a string of angry smilies
IF I KNEW HOW, THERE WOULD BE FISTS COMING THRU THE SCREENS AT THE IDIOTS IN BROOKLYN READING THIS!!
GB, How do you sleep at night?
after watching panorama on line
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/cta/progs/panorama/latest.ram
, i am sick in the stomach.
After watching Panorama on line http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/cta/progs/panorama/latest.ram , I am sick in the stomach.
The way the Watch Tower just dodges and refuses to answer a question that is SIMPLE to answer is just beyond me.
I have never been abused sexually, but putting myself in the shoes of these unfortunate people has just made me sooooooo MAD!!!
If this did happen to me,,,, well I guess everyone handles it different but believe me...... whoever is part of the desision making process should be fearful for their life.
They are criminals plain and simple
I am so pissed!!
Bill, strip em bare for the world to see, the true IMAGE of the 'Watch Tower'
Gods spokesmen haha, I spit in your face GB
Reap what you sow dipshits!!
quote from cnn-.
"in a perspective piece in this week's science magazine, jim bell, professor of astronomy at cornell university, suggests these initial findings might just be the "tip of the martian iceberg," and that there may be large subsurface water ice deposits on our neighboring planet".
"mars was perhaps a lot like the earth a long time ago, early in its history.
lol @ Elsewhere
quote from cnn-.
"in a perspective piece in this week's science magazine, jim bell, professor of astronomy at cornell university, suggests these initial findings might just be the "tip of the martian iceberg," and that there may be large subsurface water ice deposits on our neighboring planet".
"mars was perhaps a lot like the earth a long time ago, early in its history.
'One difference between science and religion is that science is willing to discard a hypothesis once it is shown to be false.'
So true.........
How would the writer acting as THE channel between man and God feel reading this now-
*** The Truth Shall Make You Free, p 285, 1943 edition ***
Man cannot by airplane or rockets or other means get above the air envelope which is about our earthly globe...
DOH!!!
quote from cnn-.
"in a perspective piece in this week's science magazine, jim bell, professor of astronomy at cornell university, suggests these initial findings might just be the "tip of the martian iceberg," and that there may be large subsurface water ice deposits on our neighboring planet".
"mars was perhaps a lot like the earth a long time ago, early in its history.
Quote from CNN-
"In a Perspective piece in this week's Science magazine, Jim Bell, professor of astronomy at Cornell University, suggests these initial findings might just be the "Tip of the Martian Iceberg," and that there may be large subsurface water ice deposits on our neighboring planet"
"Mars was perhaps a lot like the earth a long time ago, early in its history. The atmospheric pressure may have been higher, the temperature may have been warmer, and liquid water may have been stable on its surface. We see evidence for valleys carved into the rock, for tributaries, all the hallmarks for liquid water flowing on a planet. But Mars today is a very, very cold, very dry, very hostile environment and liquid water is not stable. Liquid water cannot exist on Mars today because the temperature is too cold, and the atmospheric pressure is too thin. So the question is, if Mars was like the earth a long time ago, if it had a lot of liquid water ... responsible for creating some of the land forms that we see, and perhaps being related to Mars once having been a hospitable environment for life, where did all that water go? That's the $64 million question in Mars science today."
Hopefully within my lifetime I will witness humans walking on Mars.
If they do find evidence that there was/is life on Mars, wouldnt that throw the whole JW belief out the window?
How will the Watchtower leadership deal with these new findings?
New light once again?
Thousands upon thousands of articles down the drain as to how God created life on earth ONLY and nowhere else!
hehe, cant wait!!
hullo people, well its my first time here so, i wanted to say hi and if any of you guys who pop in here happen to be from australia or even new zealand, please contact me, well if you want, because i know there are heaps of us around who have had the big df and i know a few in the brisbane area, so if you by chance find this note, yes its me and maybe we could get together.
see ya all.
soldier on :)
Who else here is from Brisbane?
hi all,.
after almost a year of trying to fade out, they have come to my door encouraging me to be there for the memorial this year.. could you guys give me some strong valid reasons why this whole ritual is wrong in the first place?
maybe some counter scriptures from the bible.. i have a few in mind already but just wondering what you guys think.. getting ready for theocratic war hehe.
Thanks AGuest, you sure have a strange way/writing gettin your point across.
Has anyone else had a 'VISIT' similar to mine? You most probably will........
hi all,.
after almost a year of trying to fade out, they have come to my door encouraging me to be there for the memorial this year.. could you guys give me some strong valid reasons why this whole ritual is wrong in the first place?
maybe some counter scriptures from the bible.. i have a few in mind already but just wondering what you guys think.. getting ready for theocratic war hehe.
Hi all,
After almost a year of trying to fade out, they have come to my door encouraging me to be there for the memorial this year.
Could you guys give me some strong valid reasons why this whole ritual is wrong in the first place? Maybe some counter scriptures from the bible.
I have a few in mind already but just wondering what you guys think.
Getting ready for theocratic war hehe.