OSAMA BIN LADEN DEAD. TRUE or FALSE? FACT or FICTION? You decide

The reporting of Osama Bin Ladens death opens up many questions.

I have presented what I have observed, every bit of this video is verifiable from the links mentioned. I am not stating that this is a deception, but, I would sure like to know why there are some inconsistensies found in the media report of Osama Bin Ladens reported killing by the US special forces.

1) Why was the bed overlaid on the blood pool?

2) Why were the seals of the medicines apparently unbroken?

3) Why was the body of OBL hastliy disposed, and not shown?

4) Who's responsible for circulating the neatly done fake picture of the dead Bin Laden soon after his death?

Hopefully we will find some before the election year (2012).

Cricket songs

Good evenings my sisters and brothers from the cricket section,

I return in a new and dynamic form: "Sportsman Rehman". It is the same Rehman now sporting a sportscap. More details on Sportsman Rehman can be obtained by clicking my icon. And a bigger picture can be seen in my blog.

This evening sisters and brothers I come with a question and a request. Question:

1. What are the teams that have been the toughest rivals for Australia this last 4 decades, including this decade?
2. What are the teams that have been the toughest rivals for West Indies this last 4 decades, including this decade?

Please split your answer by decade if it helps to simplify.

Now, my other question, I discovered some good cricket songs that I have put in my blog.

3. The first song is simply called the cricket song. Can you identify the original song?





4. The second song celebrates the great India vs Pakistan cricket rivalry, similar to the Ashes. This language unfortunately can be understood only by people living in Pakistan, some parts of India and Srilanka (perhaps)




My request for my friends from all cricket nations do you know of songs from your country with a link to you tube ?


Thank you and peace,

Rehman of Multan

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REHMAN"S QUIZ #8: ITS SATURDAY NIGHT FOLKS !!!

Dear Friends,

It is saturday night, and it seems the "fever" has caught up with two close buddies. In this historic event can you tell me who is saying what to whom? And what is the girl in the corner thinking.

Thanks and have a great Saturday Night.

Rehman of Multan
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You should be dancing, yeah !

The best answer this time was from Ms Ange .

It was a magical day, the BeeGees were singing their hearts out for Bhaji and his beautiful girlfriend Symmo...Bhaji was humming to himself:

"Shes juicy and shes trouble
She gets it to me good
My woman gives me power
Goes right down to my blood"



Here watch the Beegees singing live, it was crazy:

Ms Ange happened to hear a bit of their conversation:



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MEMORABLE DAY !!!!

REHMANS CRICKET QUIZ #6

Dear Friends,

Here is an interesting question:

1. What is this?

2. Who used it/

3. Why was it considered a contravention to Law 6 of the Cricket 2000 Code 2nd Edition ?

Law 6 (The bat)

1. Width and lengthThe bat overall shall not be more than 38 inches/96.5cm in length. The blade of the bat shall be made solely of wood and shall not exceed 4 1/4 in/10.8cm at the widest part.
2. Covering the bladeThe blade may be covered with material for protection, strengthening or repair. Such material shall not exceed 1/16 in/1.56mm in thickness, and shall not be likely to cause unacceptable damage to the ball.
3. Hand or glove to count as part of batIn these Laws,(a) reference to the bat shall imply that the bat is held by the batsman.
(b) contact between the ball andeither (i) the striker's bat itselfor (ii) the striker's hand holding the bator (iii) any part of a glove worn on the striker's hand holding the batshall be regarded as the ball striking or touching the bat, or being struck by the bat.
© Marylebone Cricket Club 2003
Quoted from:
http://www.lords.org/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-6-the-bat,32,AR.html

Thanks

Rehman of Multan

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The best response was (although the last point needs clarification) by Mumbhai Indian. Again a good answer with good explanation.

1. Its a Kookaburra cricket bat ???
2. Ricky Ponting along with his Australia team-mate Justin Langer, Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya and New Zealand's Nathan Astle used it.
3.The problem with this bat was the graphite content in it was exceeding the permissible limit.
In 2005, while using the bat, Ponting became the world's top-ranked batsman and played his 100th Test, enjoying a run-glut that recently saw him awarded the Allan Border medal for Australia's player of the year.
He hit 1,596 Test runs with seven centuries and also scored 1,137 runs in one-day internationals, with another two hundreds, using this bat.

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Correction: The reason why it contravenes law 6:
"Ponting’s Kookaburra bat is strengthened by a thin carbon graphite strip and MCC fear this gives him extra power and may damage the ball."

Read more about it from this great blog:

http://www.cricket.mailliw.com/archives/2005/04/21/pontings-bat-graphite-aint-wood/

REHMANS CRICKET QUIZ #5 (Rotten in the state of Denmark)

My dear Friends,

A quick and easy Sunday quiz:

1. Question: Name the cricketer that has inspired you and why?

2. What is the connection of this lady with a famous cricketer?



3.What is this symbol? and Which famous cricketer is it related to?



4. Who is this lady and what is she doing? How does it relate to cricket in Australia and India?



5. Name a "first" by this man? What was his profession?



Thanks friends

Have a great "Memorial day" weekend

Rehman of Multan

P.S: For those who have happened to notice my picture on Yahoo messenger, do I resemble the artistic rendition portrayed here?
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It seems this quiz turned out to be tougher than I thought.

The best response was by the most intelligent of users in Yahoo answers JustDoIt. Ha ha--- this time he has however expressed some rather deep emotions. These were his answers, the correct answers are below:

1. I do not think any cricketers have inspired me to the extentthat I really make them my hero. But Anil Kumble is one that, I can reckon for his attitude and his tendency to come out andplay the game even when injured. One such incidence that Ican remember is against WI, when his jaw was broken andIndia were loosing the game. He came to bat looking like amummy to save the match.

2. No clue who this lady is.....sorry not interested in knowing.

3. It is a flag and do not know which country has a crescentmoon with a star along with red and green flag. Looks to me a combination of Pakistan and Turkey.

4. The Brit royal crap queen...probably knighting someone. I have no respect for the colonial and occupied bullies. Aus and India are part of common wealth countries and wererules by the colonial powers in their history.

5. WG Grace - scored a century on debut. He was a medical doctor by profession.


Answers:

2. This lady is Chandrika Kumartunga, politician from Sri Lanka. Arjuna Ranatunga entered into politics by joining the PA led by Chandrika Kumaratunga. Later, he was the Deputy Minister of Tourism for Sri Lanka.

3. This is the symbol of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice) is a political party in Pakistan. At the last legislative elections, 20 October 2002, the party won 0.8% of the popular vote and 1 out of 272 elected members. PTI is headed by former Pakistani Test cricket captain Imran Khan. "Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem" is the slogan of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Imran Khan, the chairman of the party is also the Chancellor of the University of Bradford, England.

4. This is queen Elizabeth. She is seen in the process of conferring knighthood to somebody. Austalia and India have 1 cricket knight each.

5. WG Grace: He was Grace the first person who scored over 1,000 runs and took over 100 wickets . We was a medical doctor.

CRICKET QUIZ #4

Cricket Quiz #4

Dear Friends,

Quiz #3 seemed to be very easy for some really smart people. Lets see how you do in Quiz #4.

Again, please answer wisely, I will archive the best response/responses.

Question 1: For a spinner what are these 2 deliveries, (left and right) called?



Question 2: What spin delivery is this?




Question 3 : What is this shot called (full form please)?



Question 4: Why is this person famous?

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BEST ANSWER was by PRINCE

(the posts are as is and minimally edited to fit)

A bit about Prince and his favourites in cricket:

Favourite Cricket Shot: Late Cut

Favourite positin to Bat : One Down: Because : Thats an Importanat Position .. when the wicket falls early you need to put a solid base .. or if you have had a great start then you have to consolidate.

Favourite Bowling Delivery: Out Swinger.. and Inswinging Yorker

Preferred Fielding positin: Point

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According to Prince the correct answers are:

1)Googly (Right) and Doosra (Left)

2)Top spin

3)Leg Flick or an Hip Flick (It was Lara's Favourite shop)

4)Dickie Bird ..the Great test Umpire

and yes all were correct responses. Fantastic job, you sure know your cricket !
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Some favourites :

I had also asked a few general questions to my friends:

1. What is your favourite cricket shot?
2. What position do you like to bat and why?
3. What is your favourite bowling delivery?
4. What is your preferred fielding position?


These are some intersting replies:

Prince says:

Favourite Cricket Shot: Late Cut

Positin to Bat : One Down: Because : Thats an Importanat Position .. when the wicket falls early you need to put a solid base .. or if you have had a great start then you have to consolidate.

Favourite Bowling Delivery: Out Swinger.. and Inswinging Yorker

Preferred Fielding positin: Point


Furioso Lion88 says:

Salaam Rehman.

Edit:1. What is your favourite cricket shot?Anywhere around the field.

2. What position do you like to bat and why?I'm a middle order batsman that, is very aggresive as an opener batsman.

3. What is your favourite bowling delivery?My favorite bowling delivery is the inswinger deliveries or yorkers bc, i have passion to bowl for wickets only since childhood However, I love to bowl bc, Bowling is my only gate way ticket to express my feelings & emotions for wickets only.I love bowling.I have passion & inside anger that motivates me to get the wickets i want VS any batsman.My actions & glory comes off my bowling actions.I'm a fast right arm pace bowler that has nothing to lose but, wickets from the oppostion batting line-up.AMEN.

4. What is your preferred fielding position?I play silly mid on bc, i have 100% confindence i will catch any cric ball from a fatal mis hit from a batsman.

..................... further Bro. Furious (as I call him) writes:

Even if i got all four wrong, i just like to say you got a cool blog Rehman & your a unique Pakistani person. I never seen or met a Pakistani person like you that has intrest of other cultures or diversity. (I have many Pakistani cricket friends & 4our Pakistani friends i know since my early teens)
10 hours ago
Source(s):
Barhiya...blog Rehman.
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Thanks Bro. Furious for your compliments. One of the main purpose of my writing has been to understand from different people different aspects of their fascinating cultures. I want to also establish that irrespective of whether we are muslims, christians, hindus or jews we can all see the unity in each others religions. Furthermore, by the name of the Almighty and all the prophets there are or have been : the biggest religion (as stated by the Sufi saints and all great people in the world) is to give food to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked and shelter to the homeless.

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Also posted by Mumbhai Indian:

1. What is your favourite cricket shot?

Straight Drive

2. What position do you like to bat and why?

No.3.

What is your favourite bowling delivery?

Left arm off spin

4. What is your preferred fielding position?

covers

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Thank you all

Rehman of Multan

EDIT: MISTAKE POINTED OUT BY MUMBHAI INDIA

He just sent me this email:

Message: Hey thnx Rehman bhai 4 adding me in ur contact's list!I saw the correct answers to the Quiz #4..but I didn't get the first one...you have mentioned that the right one as googly and left one as doosra..hws that possible?For a right arm off spin bowler, from off it is turning inwards..so off spin and leg to off will be a doosra right?That means left is an off spin and right one will be a doosra.For a leg spinner, left will be wrong-un or googly and right will be leg-spin.Please don't hesitate to clarify me.Loved your Q's.TC bbye

My comments: yes indeed Mumbhai Indian you are absolutely correct. Very astute obeservation. Thank you and please accept my apologies.

REHMANS QUIZ #3 (AUSTRALIAN CRICKET ICONS)

CRICKET QUIZ #3

Dear Friends,

Good evening! The memorial day weekend is now upon us. Hope all of you have a fantastic weekend.

The topic of my quiz today is Australian cricket icons:

I begin with my apologies to the English people here. This cartoon was quite irresistible :



Friends the rivalry between England and Australia is well known, so, I suspect that the person who composed this cartoon must have been an Australian. Would the English users care to comment on this cartoon (as a repartee).

Question 1:



What is the claim to fame for this cricket bat?

Question 2:



To who did this cricketer say :"Tickets please" and why? (1991 AT)

Question 3:



Who devised a plan to get this cricketer out? What was it called? Was the plan successful? If you know how this cricketer countered the plan--it will be an added bonus

Question 4:



Who is this Australian cricket icon? Although he can be seen wearing non-cricketing gloves, the question to you is: What was the controversy surrounding his gloves? Which hand was he wearing it?

First correct response by

DingDong: (Great answer !)

Hello Rehman offfff Muuuuuuultaaannnnnnn....

I would choose the following as Australian Cricket icons:

1. Don Bradman: He is a cricket icon period! An average of 99.9 over 52 test matches may never be matched. He is not just an aussie icon but a world icon.

2. Greg Chappell: Can be considered as the most complete Aussie batter of his era. Ever reliable in tests and much more attacking than usual in ODIs for his era.

3. Shane Warne: Not just because of his record number of wickets but because of his immense stature! He brought magic to every game he played in and he was a real drama-queen off the field. Also was the best Aussie captain Australia never had.

1. What is the claim to fame for this cricket bat?

That is the famous Dennis Lillee Aluminum bat!!! He used it in a test match but was ordered to stop using it before he threw it with anger!

2. To who did this cricketer say :"Tickets please" and why? (1991 AT)
He said it to Pakistani batter Javed Miandad. Javed called him a fatty and a bus conductor and Hughes got him out and shouted "ticketsplease!!"

3. Who devised a plan to get this cricketer out? What was it called? Was the plan successful? If you know how this cricketer countered the plan--it will be an added bonus

This cricketer is the great Don Bradman and it was England captain Douglas Jardine who devised this plan -called BODYLINE. He had some help from Larwood, his fast bowler to devise this plan.
The plan was kind of successful though not completely. Bradman countered it by moving towards leg and punching the ball to off.

4. That is Gilly!!

He used the squash ball in his gloves during the WC! And he also scored a 100 using this tactic. He put the ball in his left glove.