General Smut

Well Ceuta is in North Africa. Julian changed sides and fought against the Visigoths. It was a war. He needed allies. Like what the Romans did with the Goths in 376AD http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Ceuta+ In 710, as Muslim armies approached the city, its Visigothic governor Julian (also described as "king of the Ghomara") changed sides and urged them to invade Spain (for personal reasons, according to the Arab chroniclers; the Visigothic King Roderick is said to have mistreated his daughter). Under the leadership of Berber general Tariq ibn Ziyad, Ceuta was used as a prime staging ground for an assault on Visigoth-ruled Iberia soon after. After Julian's death the Arabs took direct control of the city; this was resented by the surrounding indigenous Berber tribes, who destroyed it in a Kharijite rebellion led by Maysara al-Haqir in 740. It lay waste until refounded in the 9th century by Majakas, chief of the Majkasa Berber tribe, who started the short-lived dynasty of the Banu Isam. Under his great-grandson they paid allegiance to the Idrisids (briefly); the dynasty finally ended when he abdicated in favour of the Umayyad Caliph of Cordoba Abd ar-Rahman III an-Nasir in 931. Chaos ensued with the fall of the Umayyad caliphate in 1031, but eventually it was taken over by the Almoravids in 1084, and again used as a base from which to invade Spain. http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Julian,+count+of+Ceuta The next summer Julian provided the ships to carry Muslim troops across to Europe. Julian also briefed Tariq, their general. Then the latter left Julian behind among the merchants and crossed the Strait of Hercules with a force of some 1,700 men. He landed at Gibraltar on April 30, 711, and thus began the Islamic conquest of Iberia. Later, in the Battle of Guadalete on July 19, Roderic's army of around 25,000 men was defeated by Tariq's force of approxamately 7,000, largely due to a reversal of fortune when the wings commanded by Roderic's relatives Sisbert and Osbert deserted or switched sides—which legend would later attribute to a deliberate plan developed by Julian. Afterwards Julian was apparently granted the lands he was promised by the Muslims but, as the story goes, lived on friendless and full of guilt for having become a traitor to his country.

You bas*/*!! Was there any need for the picture???? SOME OF US HAVE PHOBIAS!! *shakes fist*

I worry about Mark - ever since that penis thread - he's been obessed with them. Even doggie ones...

I treat everyone online as i would do in real life. You need to have a bit of faith and trust in people. Its very,very rare that people get stalkers etc off the net. Anyway as far as i'm aware perverts prefer hip-hop then Coldplay sort of music.

Green Eyes, your the one that i wanted to fiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd Anyone who, trys to deny you must be right out of their minnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddsssssssssssss Uh oh oh.

Shit Just realised i'm 24. I'll be a quarter of a century old this time next year.

I'm planning myself to be a millionaire by this time next year - Does that mean i'm going to be one?

why does he look scared in the second picture?

I love the show, but the guys in hospital because of it, so i dont think its nice to show it whilst hes still in there. Leave it for a few weeks at least.

Welcome back I think i may remember you - the avi looks familier

You do realise she will kill me thou? (She probably will anyway for starting this)

She is Lovely indeed, and before shes off to China and joins the army (The IDF not the Chineese one) i thought it would be nice to dedicate a thread for her. I have a picture of her dressed up for Purim - it was taken a while ago and its rather embarressing for her. Shall i post it??

At least it hasnt been spent on another chat/game/reality tv show!!

sex is good. When its with someone else its even better.

Well this talk is all hypothetical. Using nukes is the worst case scenario. America doesnt have the manpower to fight Iran- its struggling for recruits for the army, its strecthed enough in Iraq as it is and it would end up a disaster. The world would be outraged. Your just being a scaremonger, getting people all worried... (didnt they say that about Churchill thou?)

If not spread the word - maybe someone will be in a generous mood! What do you mean effort? Does doing the washing up count?

Yes, all you need is a credit card or just send some cash over. ( i can find an address for you) Its a really tough thing to do, and its one big effort (they've started training now and it doesnt happen til next July)

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Yes, i feel great! Will you donate money to these lovely people? *points to sig*

Perhaps another factor is that only 3.1% of the population live under the poverty line? Or that the medain average income is over $60,000? http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Kennesaw And i see it also doesnt mention any accidents relating to gun use.

madrid is not a country! Madagascar

It was just like the show. I thought David Soul was good but the whole thing was naff. Anyway more thoughts and comments on this article here: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34615

Will my friends reach their sponsership goal of £5,000? *points to sig*

i was poached from the other site.