Thank you, Mike. What more can I say? Thank you. Brian Staffordshire, UK List Admin www.lordbramhall.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "mikemail" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:48 PM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Daily Mirror > MUSLIM MARINE FIGHTS IN NAME OF ISLAM > >From Tom Newton Dunn At Bagram Air Base > > THE only Muslim Royal Marine in Afghanistan vowed last night to fight > al-Qaeda terrorists in the name of Islam. > Each night as his comrades sit in camp playing cards and talking about the > conflict, Ghazanfar Hussain, 22, reads the Koran. > He doesn't drink or smoke, and the Brit-born commando of Pakistani origin > tries to pray as often as possible - whenever he gets a chance to clean his > feet. > But he insists that to fight against the Islamic extremist organisation and > kill their followers does not clash with his beliefs. > Ghaza, from Yorkshire, said: "It made me very angry when al-Qaeda used my > religion on September 11 to justify what they did. > "There is no suicide bombing in the Koran. They are just simple terrorists. > Their faith is false. > "When we go up there to sort them out, not only will I be doing my job, I'll > also be doing right by my religion. They need to be stopped and brought to > justice. And that is in the Koran." > Ghaza's mother is home in Yorkshire while his father has returned to the > Kashmir mountains to look after Ghaza's ageing grandmother. > Speaking at Bagram Air Base as he prepared for war, Ghaza added: "The > terrorists killed hundreds of Pakistanis on September 11 and hundreds of > Muslims, not to mention hundreds of British. I think some people have > forgotten that. > "The bottom line is that I'm a British citizen, so I fight for Britain." > After 18 months' hard training, former Burger King waiter Ghaza is one of > the fittest marines in 45 Commando's Whiskey Company. > And he says he enjoys the mutual respect of his colleagues. "No matter what > your colour, creed or beliefs everyone is treated the same," he says. "We > are all brothers." > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 20/04/2002