'Idea of the day' trading in and out for profit

[Ike Latif]

Condor, just read this, interesting post...my deep gratitude for the poster..I thought that sharing with the thread will be such a good thing for all of us, what a good community we have created here.
Monday, November 12, 2001 3:50 PM ET
To: IQBAL LATIF
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Dear Ike.
Reading your posts have brought a calm to my life and a better understanding of your people and the trials and tribulations of their everyday life. You have made me appreciate so much more, the life I have lived since I was born. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you have shared with so many of us here in cyberworld.

I sent your post to the President. I do not write that well but expressed what was in my heart the best way I could. May God keep you and your loved safe always.

Subj: A message for President Bush that is important
Date: 11/12/01 2:44:15 PM Central Standard Time
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Dear President Bush

I want to write to thank you for your calm during these horrific times for many of us. I am a ..... two grown adults and your handling of the affairs of our great country make me truly grateful that you were elected, and I did not even vote for you.

There is a site on the internet, called Silicon Investor, and I follow the postings of a man that is level headed and a great countryman in my eyes and he has been writing daily to explain many things that have happened to help me and so many others to understand exactly what is going on with the people of Afganastan and with our USA.

His name is IQBAL LATIF , and we all know of him as IKE.

This is what he posted today which I would be honored if you could read it. (so would he) ;o)
To:BubbaFred who wrote (41572)
From: IQBAL LATIF Monday, Nov 12, 2001 4:22 AM
View Replies (2) / Respond to of 41582

Herat's Ismael Khan holds a lot of cards; let Afghans settle these affairs amongst themselves. I agree with you. The major defections are going to happen soon. The reason the pounding from up above or you may say ‘Allah’ is hard and deafening. I doubt if most of these Taliban will make it to Kabul or Kandahar after rote of Mazar. The bombing is so minutely carried out that the distance become impossible to cover. In face of daisy cutters and carpet-bombing I doubt we can see reinforcements of Kabul. If they want they can get Kabul before 17th. The real fight will be to restore Afghan nation and their children and women to levels of respect and education that we all may take pride. The freedom from shackles of slavery is like opening the doors of Auschwitz, Afghanistan is a mental Auschwitz, although I make no comparison here, but in terms of breaking the will of a nation the nazism can be compared to this extreme form of fanaticism that we witnessed in Afghanistan. The case of rebuilding this nation is strong and very viable. A fund approved by UN and funded by Saudi Oil wealth along with other major players in the region as a punitive damage payment for restoration of Afghanistan is a must. Punitive damages for nations of Osama bin Laden, his company may cough up a cool 100 million $ here. That would be a nice gesture from International group of Bin Laden contributing to the welfare of Afghanistan orphans and widows. I doubt they would do it, but time to call the King Fahd to be ready for 1 million barrel of oil in kind for next 5 years delivered free to Afghanistan. The Afghans can barter it with money. Someone should write it to the President. Saudis owe it big time to the world community for actions of their nations, condemnation alone is great but 'some money to restore' Afghanistan would be equally welcome.
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http://www.siliconinvestor.com/stocktalk/msg.gsp?msgid=16642610

He is wise, honest, and has brought peace into the lives of many who read his postings. He has given up trading the markets to take the time to keep us all abreast of the many things that have gone on since September 11, 2001.

He has met personally a lot of the people that you are presently dealing with in foreign countries.

Here is the site that shows where IKE writes a column in an "The Iranian" paper with his opinions.
http://www.iranian.com/Opinion/2001/August/Islam/index.html

Perhaps one day there will be an article somewhere in the USA papers that will acknowledge what he has contributed to so many of us in the cyberworld to calm our fears in the real world as it is today.

I sincerely thank you for your time in reading this.

A grateful American and proud one.



Iqbal Latif