Manguaguan na Palabran Si Yuus – God's Precious Words
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November 6, 2006

“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of
the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knoweth the way of the
righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.” Psalm 1.
(All English Bible verses are from the King James Version, KJV, Bible translation.)

1. The Strong, Dry Desert Wind Blows Huge Clouds of Sand Creating a Hovering Sandstorm Which Changes the Color of the Entire Area, Including the Sky, Into a Surreal Orange Color (Tints of Orange), May 5, 2005, Tallil Air Base, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah - Republic of Iraq. Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Darcie Ibidapo, United States Air Force (USAF, http://www.af.mil); DefenseLINK News Photos (http://www.DefenseLink.mil/photos/, 050505-F-4903I-191), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).
1. The Strong, Dry Desert Wind Blows Huge Clouds of Sand Creating a Hovering Sandstorm Which Changes the
Color of the Entire Area, Including the Sky, Into Surreal Orange Hues, May 5, 2005
Tallil Air Base, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah – Republic of Iraq
 
2. As Nightfall Approaches So Does a Very Powerful, Very Fast Desert Windstorm Accompanied by Huge Mountains of Sand, a Massive Sandstorm Which Will Reduce Visibility to Near Zero, April 27, 2005, Al Asad, Al Anbar Province, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah - Republic of Iraq. Photo Credit: Corporal Alicia M. Garcia, United States Marine Corps (USMC, http://www.usmc.mil); Navy NewsStand - Eye on the Fleet Photo Gallery (http://www.news.navy.mil/view_photos.asp, 050427-M-5607G-001), United States Navy (USN, http://www.navy.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).
2. As Nightfall Approaches So Does a Very Powerful, Very Fast Desert Windstorm Accompanied by Huge Mountains of Sand, a
Massive Sandstorm Which Will Reduce Visibility to Near Zero, April 27, 2005
Al Asad, Al Anbar Province, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah – Republic of Iraq
 
3. No Human Power Can Stop the Dry Desert Winds From Blowing In This Very Powerful, Relentless, Nightfall or Evening Windstorm Which Is Bringing Huge Clouds of Sand (and Dust) - a Massive Sandstorm - Rolling Over and Engulfing the Tents on the Base (Camp), April 27, 2005, Al Asad, Al Anbar Province, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah - Republic of Iraq. Photo Credit: Corporal Alicia M. Garcia, United States Marine Corps (USMC, http://www.usmc.mil); Navy NewsStand - Eye on the Fleet Photo Gallery (http://www.news.navy.mil/view_photos.asp, 050427-M-5607G-006), United States Navy (USN, http://www.navy.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).
3. No Human Power Can Stop the Dry Desert Winds From Blowing In This Very Powerful, Relentless, Nightfall or Evening Windstorm That's
Bringing Huge Clouds of Sand – a Massive Sandstorm – Rolling Over and Engulfing the Tents, April 27, 2005
Al Asad, Al Anbar Province, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah – Republic of Iraq
 
4. Aerial View of a Huge Desert Sandstorm, May 17, 2005, Al Anbar Province, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah - Republic of Iraq. Photo Credit: Corporal Alicia M. Garcia, United States Marine Corps (USMC, http://www.usmc.mil); Navy NewsStand - Eye on the Fleet Photo Gallery (http://www.news.navy.mil/view_photos.asp, 050517-M-5607G-060), United States Navy (USN, http://www.navy.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).
4. Flying Above a Huge Desert Sandstorm Triggered by the Hot, Dry, Powerful and Blowing Desert Wind, May 17, 2005
Al Anbar Province, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah – Republic of Iraq
 
5. A United States Navy F-14A Tomcat Assigned to the 'Swordsmen' of Fighter Squadron Three Two (VF-32) Flies By a Very Big, Very Tall, Column-Shaped Desert Sandstorm, September 1, 1990, In the Vicinity of the Red Sea. Photo Credit: Lt. Cmdr. Dave Parsons, United States Navy (USN, http://www.navy.mil); Defense Visual Information Center (DVIC, http://www.DoDMedia.osd.mil, DNST9102741) and United States Navy (USN, http://www.navy.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).
5. A Very Big, Very Tall, Column-Shaped Desert Sandstorm, September 1, 1990
Red Sea Region
 

Video:
Al Asad Air Base, Iraq: Sandstorm » http://video.Google.com/videoplay?docid=-1447064212122697074

April 2005 Sandstorm Pictures »
By United States Marine Corps (USMC) Sgt Nelson, USMC LCpl Segovia, USMC Sgt Baumer, and USMC LtCol Delosreyes »
Medium Marine Helicopter Squadron 764 (HMM-764), 4th Marine Aircraft Wing »
"CH-46 Moonlighters" » HMM-764 Photos » April Sandstorm »
http://www.mfr.usmc.mil/4thmaw/mag46/detb/HMM764/Deployment/PhotoSandstorm.htm
 
6. In Broad Daylight this Sandstorm, an Enormous Mountain of Sand and an Awesome Display of Nature's Wind Power, Approaches the Base and Engulfs the Hardened Aircraft Shelter, May 21, 2007, Al Asad, Al Anbar Province, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah - Republic of Iraq Photo Credit: Senior Chief Aviation Structural Mechanic Andrew Stack, United States Marine Corps (USMC, http://www.usmc.mil); Navy NewsStand - Eye on the Fleet Photo Gallery (http://www.news.navy.mil/view_photos.asp, 070521-N-0000X-021), United States Navy (USN, http://www.navy.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).
6. In Broad Daylight a Sandstorm, an Enormous Mountain of Sand, Approaches the Base and Engulfs the Hardened Aircraft Shelter, May 21, 2007
Al Asad, Al Anbar Province, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah – Republic of Iraq
 
7. A Spectacular and Ominous View of an Approaching Sandstorm, an Unstoppable, Gigantic, Rolling Wall of Sand Between 4,000 and 5,000 Feet In Height, April 26, 2005, Al Asad, Al Anbar Province, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah - Republic of Iraq. Photo Credit: Gunnery Sgt. Shannon Arledge, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, USMC; Official Photo Archive - U.S. Marine Corps, Photo ID# :2005426141735 and 20050426-M-0502A-018, Marine Corps Photo Gallery (http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/imagearchive), United States Marine Corps (USMC, http://www.usmc.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA). See the Marine Corps News story 'Dust in the wind: A wall of sand moves through Al Asad' by USMC Gunnery Sgt. Shannon Arledge, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, April 26, 2005 (Story ID#: 2005426134811, http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/lookupstoryref/2005426134811).
7. A Spectacular and Ominous View of an Approaching Sandstorm, a Gigantic, Rolling Wall of Sand 4,000 to 5,000 Feet High, April 26, 2005
Al Asad, Al Anbar Province, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah – Republic of Iraq
 
8. USNS Brittin (T-AKR 305) is a United States Navy Military Sealift Command Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ship (LMSR), But This Windstorm Generates a Sandstorm That Is So Huge It Significantly Blocks (Filters) the Sun's Rays -- Casting a Yellow-Orange Hue Everywhere -- and Dramatically Obscures Much of the Docked Ship, 2003, Port of Ash Shuaybah, Dawlat al Kuwayt - State of Kuwait. Photo Credit: Military Sealift Command: 2003 in Review (http://www.msc.navy.mil/annualreport/2003/organization.htm) and Sealift, May 2003: 'MSC ships, crews deliver to inhospitable places' (http://www.msc.navy.mil/sealift/2003/May/inhospitable.htm), Military Sealift Command (MSC, http://www.msc.navy.mil), United States Navy (USN, http://www.navy.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).
8. USNS Brittin (T-AKR 305) is a United States Navy Military Sealift Command Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off Ship (LMRS),
But This Windstorm Creates a Sandstorm That's So Huge The Entire, Docked Ship is Barely Visible, Plus the
Sandstorm Significantly Blocks the Sunlight Casting a Yellowish-Orange Hue Everywhere, 2003
Ash Shuaybah, Dawlat al Kuwayt – State of Kuwait
 
9. The Long, Huge, Rolling Mountain of Sand is a Sandstorm 4,000 to 5,000 Feet High, and It Appears to Touch the Clouds In the Sky Above, April 26, 2005, Al Asad, Al Anbar Province, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah - Republic of Iraq. Photo Credit: Gunnery Sgt. Shannon Arledge, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, United States Marine Corps (USMC, http://www.usmc.mil); 'DefendAmerica - U.S. Defense Dept. War on Terror: 04/26/2005 - Edition 7, STORMY WEATHER' (http://www.DefendAmerica.mil/archive/2005-04/20050426pm4.html, http://www.DefendAmerica.mil), Photo ID: 20050426-M-0502A-017, United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA). See the Marine Corps News story 'Dust in the wind: A wall of sand moves through Al Asad' by USMC Gunnery Sgt. Shannon Arledge, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, April 26, 2005 (Story ID#: 2005426134811, http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/lookupstoryref/2005426134811).
9. The Long, Rolling, Mountain of Sand is a Sandstorm 4,000 to 5,000 Feet High, and It Appears to Touch the Clouds Above, April 26, 2005
Al Asad, Al Anbar Province, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah – Republic of Iraq
 
10. Looking Through the Sandy Haze You Can Discern the Form of a Soldier of the 101st Aviation Regiment Standing Engulfed In the Sandstorm, March 7, 2003, Camp Victory, Dawlat al Kuwayt - State of Kuwait. Photo Credit: U.S. Army Pfc. Joshua Hutcheson, 101st Airborne Division Public Affairs, Journalist; CFLCC Today: March 1 - 15, 2003 (http://www.arcent.army.mil/cflcc_today/2003/march/mar01_15.asp), CFLCC Today Photo Index (http://www.arcent.army.mil/cflcc_today/index.asp), Third Army/United States Army Central/Coalition Forces Land Component Command (Third Army/ARCENT/CFLCC or Third Army/USARCENT/CFLCC, http://www.arcent.army.mil), United States Army (U.S. Army, http://www.army.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).
10. Looking Through the Dirty Haze You Can Discern the Form of a Soldier of the 101st Aviation Regiment
Standing Engulfed In the Sandstorm, March 7, 2003
Camp Victory, Dawlat al Kuwayt – State of Kuwait
 
11. A United States Army Soldier (42nd Infantry Division) Conducts a Post-Attack Reconnaissance Sweep During a Big Sandstorm, July 14, 2005, Balad Air Base, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah - Republic of Iraq. Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. (SSgt) Chad Chisholm, United States Air Force (USAF, http://www.af.mil); Army Images (http://www4.army.mil/armyimages, U.S. Army Image ID: CSA-2005-07-22-091514), USAF Image ID: 050714-F-9209C-002; Photo Courtesy of United States Army (U.S. Army, http://www.army.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).
11. A United States Army Soldier Conducts a Post-Attack Reconnaissance Sweep During a Big Sandstorm, July 14, 2005
Balad Air Base, Al Jumhuriyah al Iraqiyah – Republic of Iraq

Photo Credits:

1. First Row (Full size): Staff Sgt. Darcie Ibidapo, United States Air Force (USAF, http://www.af.mil); DefenseLINK News Photos (http://www.DefenseLink.mil/photos/, 050505-F-4903I-191), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).

2. Second Row (Full size): Cpl. Alicia M. Garcia, United States Marine Corps (USMC, http://www.usmc.mil); Navy NewsStand – Eye on the Fleet Photo Gallery (http://www.news.navy.mil/view_photos.asp, 050427-M-5607G-001), United States Navy (USN, http://www.navy.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).

3. Third Row (Full size): Cpl. Alicia M. Garcia, United States Marine Corps (USMC, http://www.usmc.mil); Navy NewsStand – Eye on the Fleet Photo Gallery (http://www.news.navy.mil/view_photos.asp, 050427-M-5607G-006), United States Navy (USN, http://www.navy.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).

4. Fourth Row (Full size): Cpl. Alicia M. Garcia, United States Marine Corps (USMC, http://www.usmc.mil); Navy NewsStand – Eye on the Fleet Photo Gallery (http://www.news.navy.mil/view_photos.asp, 050517-M-5607G-060), United States Navy (USN, http://www.navy.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).

5. Fifth Row (Full size Original–Local copy, Large or Medium): Lt. Cmdr. Dave Parsons, United States Navy (USN, http://www.navy.mil); Defense Visual Information Center (DVIC, http://www.DoDMedia.osd.mil, DNST9102741) and United States Navy (USN, http://www.navy.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).

6. Sixth Row (Full size): Senior Chief Aviation Structural Mechanic Andrew Stack, United States Marine Corps (USMC, http://www.usmc.mil); Navy NewsStand – Eye on the Fleet Photo Gallery (http://www.news.navy.mil/view_photos.asp, 070521-N-0000X-021), United States Navy (USN, http://www.navy.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).

7. Seventh Row (Full size Original–Local copy): Gunnery Sgt. Shannon Arledge, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, USMC; Official Photo Archive - U.S. Marine Corps, Photo ID# :2005426141735 and 20050426-M-0502A-018, Marine Corps Photo Gallery (http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/imagearchive), United States Marine Corps (USMC, http://www.usmc.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA). See the Marine Corps News story "Dust in the wind: A wall of sand moves through Al Asad" by USMC Gunnery Sgt. Shannon Arledge, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, April 26, 2005 (Story ID#: 2005426134811, http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/lookupstoryref/2005426134811).

8. Eighth Row (Full size Original–Local copy): Military Sealift Command: 2003 in Review (http://www.msc.navy.mil/annualreport/2003/organization.htm) and Sealift, May 2003: MSC ships, crews deliver to inhospitable places (http://www.msc.navy.mil/sealift/2003/May/inhospitable.htm), Military Sealift Command (MSC, http://www.msc.navy.mil), United States Navy (USN, http://www.navy.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).

9. Ninth Row (Full size Original–Local copy or Large): Gunnery Sgt. Shannon Arledge, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, United States Marine Corps (USMC, http://www.usmc.mil); "DefendAmerica - U.S. Defense Dept. War on Terror: 04/26/2005 - Edition 7, STORMY WEATHER" (http://www.DefendAmerica.mil/archive/2005-04/20050426pm4.html, http://www.DefendAmerica.mil), Photo ID: 20050426-M-0502A-017, United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA). See the Marine Corps News story "Dust in the wind: A wall of sand moves through Al Asad" by USMC Gunnery Sgt. Shannon Arledge, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, April 26, 2005 (Story ID#: 2005426134811, http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/lookupstoryref/2005426134811).

10. Tenth Row (Full size Original–Local copy or Large): Pfc. Joshua Hutcheson, 101st Airborne Division Public Affairs, Journalist; CFLCC Today: March 1 - 15, 2003 (http://www.arcent.army.mil/cflcc_today/2003/march/mar01_15.asp), CFLCC Today Photo Index (http://www.arcent.army.mil/cflcc_today/index.asp), Third Army/United States Army Central/Coalition Forces Land Component Command (Third Army/ARCENT/CFLCC or Third Army/USARCENT/CFLCC, http://www.arcent.army.mil), United States Army (U.S. Army, http://www.army.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).

11. Eleventh Row (Full size Original–Local copy, Large or Medium): SSgt. Chad Chisholm, United States Air Force (USAF, http://www.af.mil); Army Images (http://www4.army.mil/armyimages, U.S. Army Image ID: CSA-2005-07-22-091514), USAF Image ID: 050714-F-9209C-002; Photo Courtesy of United States Army (U.S. Army, http://www.army.mil), United States Department of Defense (DoD, http://www.DefenseLink.mil or http://www.dod.gov), Government of the United States of America (USA).

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