I got this in an e mail today from my brother.
Not sure where to post it, so i put it here.

READ DOWN TO THE VEY BOTTON IT WILL GIVE YOU GOOSEBUMPS

VERY INTERESTING.......
1) THE GARDEN OF EDEN WAS IN IRAQ
2)MESOPOTAMIA

and look what they done with the place

OK computer is actin up

2) mesopotamia, which is in iraq now, 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 whichis in iraq
7)Jacob met rachel in iraq
8)Jonah preached in Ninevah 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 destroyedJerusalem
12)Daniel was in the lions den in iraq
13)The 3 hebrew children were in the fire in iraq(jesus had been in iraq also as the 4th 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 probably have seen this one:Israel is the nation most often mentioned in the bible
But do you know whish 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 thwe two rivers.
More exactly between the tigris and euphrates rivers.....
The name iraq means country with deep roots
Indeed iraq a counntry with deep roots and is a very significant country in the bible
No other country except israel has more historty and prophecyssociated with it thaniraq

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 dispair still more rejoyced; for the wrath of the eagle cleansedthe lands of Allah.
AND THERE WAS PEACE
(note the verse number hmmm)

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Not only was the area the first outpost of "civilisation" after the fall of Atlantis, most of the stories in the bible were found written on clay cuniform as happening thousands of years BEFORE the events in the bible were supposed to have happened. (Different names, of course..)
Egypt grew out of the Summerian empire also, and "Iraq" at the time was the world's FIRST democracy - BEFORE Greece.

Verse 9:11 of the Koran deals with repentence and acceptencet