Paul Long's Ramblings

Sunday, January 20, 2013 Saudi Arabia Sent Death Row Inmates to Fight in Syria in Lieu of Execution By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries SAUDI ARABIA   (ANS)  --  A top secret memo sent by the Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia has revealed the Saudi Kingdom sent death-row inmates, sentenced to execution by decapitation, to Syria to fight Jihad against the Syrian government in exchange for commuting their sentences. A clandestine picture taken of a beheading about to take place in Saudi Arabia According to the memo, dated April 17, 2012, which was reported by the Assyrian International News Agency ( www.aina.org ) the Saudi Kingdom negotiated with a total of 1239 inmates, offering them a full pardon and a monthly salary for their families, who were to remain in the Kingdom, in exchange for "...training for the sake of sending to the Jihad in Syria." The memo was signed by Abdullah bin Ali al-Rmezan, the "Director of follow up in Ministry of Inter...

2012 has flown by pretty quickly and 2013 is already here. 2012 did not end too well .... sick most of the days I was on leave and it followed through into 2013. Pretty miserable and plans to take off for a short summer holiday did not materialize. Anyway, I was sort of (and still am) "holding the fort" - someone needed to be around to lead worship, dispense communion, preach etc during the long Christmas to New Year summer break. But the quieter period even though busy for me personally has also been positive. Had a lot more time for reflection. For example I realized that there was a clear pattern of my physically "crashing" very often on my off days and when I take leave. So while I have been trying to be diligent in taking rest and time off, it has not been working out well. Often too much spills over (in my mind) on Mondays and I end up sorting these things out (and it eats into my off day). Also I suspect that when I try to switch off and enforce rest my adren...