According to this AP report, the beautiful city of Salt is turning into "a center of Islamic radicals traveling from Jordan to fight in Iraq." I haven’t been to Salt in years but I think the city is innocent of such a label. Just because Raed al Banna and a few other disillusioned individuals decided to blow themselves up, doesn’t mean the whole city should be labeled as a center for Jihadists. I think that is an undeserved reputation.
Here is a highlight from the report:
All sides acknowledge the city of Salt has its share of disaffected
Muslim youths dismayed by economic problems, angry at foreign troops
on Muslim lands and vulnerable to messages of extremism. It was the
city’s custom of holding public wakes that brought publicity here.
Specifically, it was the wake for a native son, Raed Mansour al-Banna,
who was accused of carrying out the biggest suicide bombing in postwar
Iraq — an attack on Feb. 28 in Hilla, south of Baghdad, that killed
125 people.
Any Saltis out there? Can anyone shed some light on this?
im probably the only salti here whose proud
u assholes make fun of who u r! those gay jokes arnt funny fags!i dunt care if there jokes,there considered racist! mashallah 3alaikom into in el3arab in america u dont even give a shit about being 3arab! what u guys r 2 ashamed?
go do something useful instead of posting some bullshit
Well im happy to hear you are smiling and laughing Luai. I should probably dedicate a section on my blog for salytee jokes
Linda,
That last one got a smile out of me…but not a huge laugh. I liked the shaver one though…and I laughed out loud!
Three brothers from the Salt finally got their Visas and are now going to America. They were so exited about this that they didn’t sleep for days. They made sure they hade every thing ready, from their luggage to their ids to their plane tickets.
The day finally came when they would be heading off to America. They took a taxi to the airport and got out of the taxi. The brothers saw their plane getting ready to take off and they couldn’t believe it. The older brother told his other brothers to leave their luggage there, follow him and run. “Welkoo I’m not going to miss out on America, follow me,” he told his brothers. They ran and the older brother grabbed the wheel of the plane while it was taking off. The other brother grabbed his brother’s legs, and the third brother grabbed his other brother’s legs. There they were, holding on to each other’s legs and the plane was in the air, heading to America.
After two hours in the air, still holding on, the brothers a very pleased with themselves and excited about their trip. The brother on the bottom was so happy, he started to sing, “Ya lailey Ya lailey.” The brother in the middle was so overjoyed with his brother’s singing, he started to thank God. The older brother holding on to the wheel of the plane was so happy and excited, he started clapping along to his brother’s singing.
I learned some of those jokes as Tafila originated! I expected a defense of the wonderful Saltieen, and I think that this humor IS the best defense.
Linda, now that I know you are a Salt/Zarqa blend, I understand some of your strong stands. But do tell some more jokes!