Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia

• By Cadet Hodge

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kaaba

• The Koran commands the Muslims to face the sacred
  precincts in Mecca during prayer which is a
  fundamental tenet in slam. The legend of this
  purely Islamic development of a sacred stone
  structure dates back to the fall of Hadhrat Adam
  (alayhis salaam) from Paradise onto earth at
  Mecca.

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kabba

• It has been reported by Al-tabari that Hadhrat
  Jibraeel (alayhis salaam) flapped his wings to
  uncover a foundation laid in the seventh fold of
  the earth. Angels paved this foundation with
  stones and Hazrat Adam went round this structure
  following the example of the Angels.
• Therefore it stands to reason that Allah Ta'ala
  contemplated and designated the kabba before the
  creation of the earth. It is said that the kaaba
  is a prototype of Baitul Mamoor, a house in the
  seventh Heaven situated immediately over the
  Kaaba.

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How the gulf war was

• As far as food, it would depend on if the food
  drop was in the right place. Whether the people
  in the supply unit got it to us in time. We were
  always on the move, so there were several times
  when we wouldn't eat at all. There was plenty of
  bottled water, but I was there for 13 months and
  we only got to take three showers the entire
  time. Those were out of a five gallon barrel that
  you tilted with a cord for your shower. When that
  five gallon barrel was out, that was it. That was
  your shower, and not very clean water at that.

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facts

• Location Middle East, bordering the Persian
  Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen
  
• Climate harsh, dry desert with great temperature
  extremes

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