Lies, Lies, Lies.

An email I received as a forward from a friend.

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Read ALL of this one, it is interesting!! Make sure you read down
to the very bottom!!!


VERY INTERESTING-
1. The Garden of Eden was in Iraq .

2. Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq, was the cradle of civilization!

3. Noah built the ark in Iraq

4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq

5. Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq

6. Isaac's wife Rebekah is from Nahor, which is in Iraq

7. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq.

8. Jonah preached in Nineveh - which is in Iraq.

9. Assyria, which is in Iraq, conquered the ten tribes of Israel.

10 Amos cried out in Iraq!

11. Babylon, which is in Iraq, destroyed Jerusalem.

12. Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq!

13. The three Hebrew children were in the fire in Iraq (Jesus had been in
Iraq also as the fourth person in the Fiery Furnace!)

14. Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq .

15. Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq .

16. Ezekiel preached in Iraq .

17. The wise men were from Iraq .

18. Peter preached in Iraq .

19. The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called Babylon, which was
a city in Iraq !

And you have probably seen this one: Israel is the nation most often
mentioned in the Bible. But do you know which nation is second? It is Iraq!
However, that is not the name that is used in the Bible. The names used in
the Bible are Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia. The word Mesopotamia
means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris
and Euphrates Rivers. The name Iraq, means country with deep roots.

Indeed Iraq is a country with deep roots and is a very significant country
in the Bible.

No other nation, except Israel, has more history and prophecy associated
with it than Iraq .

And also, This is something to think about: Since America is typically
represented by an eagle. Saddam should have read up on his Muslim
passages...

The following verse is from the Koran, (the Islamic Bible)

Koran (9:11 ) - For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a
fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands
of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more
rejoiced; for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah;
and there was peace.

(Note the verse number!)
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Okay, I'm uptight, I know that, but emails like this just get my goat.

While this is all very interesting, many of the "facts" listed are faulty or misleading. The garden of Eden was most likely more northeastern, in the Caucus Mts, same with Noah and his ark, but no location is known as fact. Assyria was huge, of which Iraq was just a part.

I do find the Koran quote interesting. Although, I'm not really sure what it has to do with the previous statements besides trying to lend biblical and religious credence to the War On Terror, associating the two by location within the same email, not on a factual basis.

And just for the record, "Israel" was not a nation in the political sense until 1948. Before then the term referred to a group of people, not a land mass. Which leads me to state that the people living in a country currently aren't necessarily the people who have always lived there. Take the US for an example, there wasn't always such a diverse population here. Just as the racial makeup of the Middle East during biblical times isn't the same as it is today.

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Egypt, Germany, Panama, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia are also associated with the eagle.

Oh and just to let everyone know, that quote from Koran is false, if it is in the Koran, which I cannot find, it certainly isn't verse 9:11.

Sources of information surround us everyday, but they don't do anyone good is they aren't used. You have the internet obviously if you are reading this, and libraries exist all over the world. Please get your facts straight before you blindly believe "facts" presented to you, especially ones forwared to you in email.