Waleed Shaalan, Slain Muslim at Virginia Tech, Helped Save A Life
munaeem | 19 April, 2007 21:18
via Ali Eteraz
The list of good people who were killed in this horrifying tragedy keeps growing. There was Professor Librescu (a holocaust survivor) who held the door shut so his students could get away; and a PhD candidate in the Computer Engineering department who helped save three people and held a door closed (does anyone have his name); and now I received an email about Waleed Shaalan, the Egyptian PhD candidate.
Assalamu alaikum everyone,
I would like to share with you some additional information that I received from a colleague in the CEE Dept. This colleague of mine is the supervisor of a graduate student who was with Waleed in the class and survived the massacre. I should mention that the description is graphical so I apologize in advance.
The student mentions that Waleed saved his life and wants to convey this to Waleed’s family. Apparently, the murderer came into Norris 206 and shot Dr. Loganathan and a number of students injuring Waleed. Waleed was sitting in the front row where he always sat. Everyone jumped to the floor after hearing the gun shots including the person narrating the story. The murderer then left Norris 206 to go to another classroom. The student that narrates the story was not shot but pretended to be dead and lay on the ground beside Waleed who at that time was only injured. The muderer then re-entered the classroom and was checking for alive victims. He had approached the person narrating the story who mentions that his heart was pounding out of fear. Waleed at that instant made a movement to distract the murderer’s attention and was shot for the second time. At that time Waleed died and the murderer left the narrator to search for other victims. Ina Lillahi wa ina Ilayhi rajeoon. We ask Allah to forgive Waleed all his sins and grant him paradise.
Like everyone else killed in this horrible tragedy, Waleed was a good man, and our prayers should be with everyone of the victims, their families, and friends, and ourselves as well.
Egypt's security still at threat from Israeli spying
munaeem | 19 April, 2007 19:50
The arrest of an Egyptian engineer - who worked at a local nuclear power plant - for spying for Israel was the most serious in a series of espionage cases in the country.
The recent case also clearly revealed that Israel continued to violate Egypt's national security, harming its interests by recruiting Egyptians and foreigners to spy on the Arab country.
Despite the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, and Israel's claim that it desired peace and normal relations, the Jewish state continued to try to penetrate Egypt's intricate secrets.
Arabs opposed to both Israeli, Iranian Mideast hegemony
munaeem | 19 April, 2007 11:01
A commentary in Jordan's Ad Dustour said it rejected having to choose between Israel and Iran, arguing that this frustrated any hope of self-determination for the Arab peoples and their governments.
The mass-circulation daily argued that Iran had its own plans and strategies to export its revolution to the Arab world, having initiated this agenda by acting as the primary assistant to the US in its war in Iraq, enabling Iran's Shiite element to take power.
"Why should ... Arabs ... have to choose between two occupiers? Between one [colonialist agenda] and the other? ... Where is our [freedom of] choice? And why is our stance against the Iranian scheme in dominating the region interpreted as being in favor of the Israeli scheme?" queried the paper.
The daily, which describes itself as independent but is partially owned by the government, insisted that Arabs were opposed to both countries' drive toward regional hegemony, stressing that each threatened future Arab independence and stability.
Between al-Baghdadi and the Clever
munaeem | 19 April, 2007 09:47
Study is available summer and winter, day and night. The invitation is open to the 'university of terrorism' in Iraq, as Abu Omar al-Baghdadi - who is called the 'Emir of the Islamic State of Iraq' - was proud of calling it, as he believes that he graduates officers with international degrees! If it is a disaster above all the disasters that have afflicted those who were liberated from Saddam Hussein that one of them bargains in the name of Islam to link it to the 'university of terrorism' and his followers slaughter as many Iraqis as possible - those who are homeless, displaced and panicked in the jungle of winning flags - the greater catastrophe is that the whole world abandons an entire people since the task was entrusted to the civilized American occupation. Read More
Intelligence Brief: U.S. Defense Secretary Pays Visit to Arab Allies
munaeem | 19 April, 2007 09:21
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On April 16, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates arrived in Jordan to begin a series of visits to U.S. allies in the region. One of the main purposes of the trip is to build a common front against Iran's attempts to increase its regional power. His trip to Jordan, Egypt and Israel will focus on pursuing a unified strategy in relations toward Iran and on weakening Iranian proxies such as Hezbollah, in addition to continuing cooperation against threats from Islamist terrorist groups like al-Qaeda. Read more
