"Because in the time of the Prophet Mohammed, there were no generators."

Wow. This sounds like the cold logic of Pol Pot.

An interesting look at daily occurences that we are never made aware of. We, on the other hand, are in a national panic over $3.00/gal. gas. Which is still a bargain compared to most of the rest of the world.

We will never be free until we rid ourselves of the psychological need to invent gods, then kill in their name.

During Saddam's regime, nobody heard of Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq, they were all Iraqis under a secular regime.
Only under US oocupation,we started hearing of such descriminative codes and consequently of civil war in Iraq.Thanks to US and their coalition.

Well, he didn't exist in the time of the Prophet, either, so now I guess he's in compliance with his own standards.

I wonder if, 'in the time of the prophet Muhammed', they had the very explosives he was found using... probably not.

"He'd been doing it for two weeks before the fun was taken out of his fundamentalism."

Inappropriate or not, I laughed out loud when I read that line. What a unique job you have.

All I felt was the cold sick feeling I get when I hear a fundamentalist's simplistic reasoning.

How many American soldiers will it take to change the fundamentalist mind over a generator or a haircut? It makes me ask who is more inappropriate, the shoe beating, haircut above the ears Iraq public or the daisy cutting, James Dean sideburns American forces? And how do we know when who wins? Jesus and Mohammad-- if we could even recoginze which one is which by their haircut-- can't figure this out.

In 100+ degree weather, I would beat him with a shoe too if he blew out my A/C. But I certainly wouldn't use a flip flop, I'd go straight for my 6 inch heels.

It is not funny, this shows their level of ignorance. Many of them are fighting/proclaiming a religion they don't understand, but rely on what was handed down to them. I hope when the war is over their government will set out a programme that would help in educating them, which their likes in other country can use as well.

Re #4 ... Never heard of Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq before.... I hope that you are not speaking for all Americans on that one! Has anybody in the USA heard of the Iran/Iraq War? How about how Saddam Hussein was given 'the key to the city' of Detroit? Now that part of the 'iron curtain' around the USA has been pulled back and you have the BBC World channel, maybe some information about the reality of the world outside will start getting in.

I'm too scared to ask what the Islamic penalty is for getting a bad haircut in an air conditioned room.

I agree with Adebisi.These people for the most part are ignorant.A healthy environment with education is detrimental for this region but with oil in the picture, this may well be an obscure goal - too many "helping hands" and many with their own agenda.

Wonder if it would be accuate to suggest that the have's of the world have been providing payoffs to the have-nots in the form of grants, etc for the priviledge of being allowed to rip them off by denying them equal access to available resources. I think that if I were constantly told that I was a second class citizen, I would also be ballistic.

Why not set up a United States of Iran or what name would unite shites and Sunnis . Have a congress or house of representatives to see that their interest are considered and taken care of . Like education and
job training for thier respective people . HUH ! Why Not ?????

I'm not surprised of the ignorance of the small city Sunni radical . What gets me is the ignorance of United States citizens about Iraq .
We are the ones supposedly coming from places of higher education and I've heard some pretty bad statements from folks that make he look like Sir Issac Newton.

For R. Grimaldi
Rotten education, poor state of mental capacity, denial of free markets, manipulation of sources of information, and corruption (sounds like most of the 'have-nots' nations) all lead to the sort of second class citizen feelings you see here...

Its time for the educated Iraqis to go home and spread the true wisdom of living in peaceful, and happy community.

Who is more stupid, the AC generator terminator or the country spending billions of dollars a week and thousands of dead and wounded of our best young men to win the hearts and minds of the Islamic fundamentalist?

Everyone should be thankful for the country we live in, the freedoms we enjoy and the safety that our democratically elected government affords us. Some think what the USA is doing is wrong. But without the USA's unending committment to freedom for all, we could easily have a have a way of life similar to those in the middle east or even our southernmost neighbor, Mexico. Where would Germany be if we would have given up there. We should think about that while we sit in our airconditioned homes this summer.

I see this news every day and am horrified by and for these people. I hear fanatic Muslims want to kill USA, etc. But am admitting now: I have never really said in my prayers "God, please help Iraq." It saddens me we can't get along. We need a higher authority to help us relate. I am specifically adding Iraq and middle eastern sufferers to my prayers now.