Well Mr Curtass, before you continue speaking B.S, what speaks volumes are the thousands of killings that the American soldiers are doing, to innocent civilians and kids, and destroying under what they claim to be "the fight against terrorism", so that Bush and his pals, will expand the acres of his ranch. what the IDF are doing to the Palestinian, the true land owners, what do you know about the war in the middle east, and why its happenings, so please do us all a favor and spare us your ignorance. if we have woman in the arab and muslim world holding rifles and guns, its because people like yourself, invaded our country, and left no place to talk. So dont go throwing your dirt all around the place. we've had enough from people like you, eventually god did give you a "brain" use it for a change!

captn curtass, before you continue your B.S, let me remind you of the what really speaks volumes."what speaks volumes", are the number of killings that the American forces have done and continue doing in Iraq, of innocent civilians and children, demolishing houses, and ruining to say the least, Iraqi lives, inaddition "what also speaks volumes" are the killings in Palestine, it seems you haven't visited the middle east, and those countries, being just happy on your lazy couch and drinking cold beer, and watching and beleiving what the media wants you to see and beleive. i dont blame you, what better life can a person like you ask for. but don't go throwing your ignorant dirt everywhere, people will laugh at you, for your sake. to add, if there a single woman in the middle east and Arab world who holds a weapon, its because your country "f"up her life, and invaded her country. so tell me what really speaks volume, what i mentioned to you or the picture of the woman holding the gun.

It's a pleasure making your acquaintance, Hameed. Apparently my assessment of the picture was right, and you sir have written the first chapter of volume 1. I saw the picture as one that was obviously staged by the photographer to elicit this very type of dialogue. I found this photo blog section last night purely by accident. I just clicked on a story topic and here I was. Until then, I had no idea this forum existed. I have to say that I find it much better than the other mainstream stories where posters do nothing but trade insults and political barbs back and forth at each other and you can't get a word in edgewise. Sure hope they don't find this place any time soon. so............ Chapter two; While you are right that there are indeed soldiers from America and other nations in the Middle East engaged in armed conflict that has resulted in innocent civilian deaths and destruction of property, the fact remains that that is not their MAIN mission. They are accidents that happen during armed conflicts. Al queda, the Taliban and the rest of radical Islam, however, purposely attack innocent civilians for no other reason than to further their agenda. Their agenda, by their own admission, is to see the world ruled by Islamic law. As to the killings in Palestine, they were happening long before you and I were born, and had nothing to do with the politics of your country or mine. Centuries, my friend, centuries. And it's all been in the name of one religion or another, or the different factions there of, mostly Shia and Sunni. Am I close here? It was presumptuous of you to assume that I am an American, and you are right. Therefore I will assume, by your writing, that you are a follower of Islam. If that is the case, answer me this; If the prophet Mohamed had hand picked a successor before he died, would Shia and Sunni be fighting each other today? Would the majority of the people in all countries in the Middle East prefer that the rest of the world leave them alone to work out their own problems, on their own? That would suit me just fine, as long as they can assure me that they will soundly smite the radical element and show them the err of their ways, and that once they are left alone, they will not try to kill anyone in any other country in the world because of their ideology, because I have a real problem with anyone who says that they have the right to kill me just because I don't believe what they do or chose to question what they tell me. Radical Islam will never take over and rule. The CIVILIZED world won't allow it.

Glad to meet you, girl. Looks like you just started chapter three. I like your use of the term sandmonkeys instead of sandthe"n"word. Haven't heard that one yet. My son did two tours over there and I think their favorite nickname was hadjis. Oh well. I like this forum better than the mainstream stuff, especially since I'm a bit of a photog myself. Be well.