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Persecution of Christians
News of Christian imprisonment in Saudi only now reaching U.S.
Thirty-five Christians have been jailed in Saudi Arabia for worshiping in their own homes according to a recent report. The news only surfaced this week that the Christians have been imprisoned for over a month.
Jonathan Racho of International Christian Concern says it is no wonder that Christians there worship in their homes because of the danger they face.
“In Saudi Arabia there is no church,” says the ICC spokesman. “There is no other place of worship other than mosques — so the Christians in Saudi Arabia only gather at their private homes to worship. And when they worship, as you can see in this particular example, they could also be arrested.”
Using Bing search engine, there are 29,400,000 hits for “Christian persecution in Saudi Arabia“. That’s TWENTY NINE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND. This from a country that is supposedly an ‘ally’. I’m afraid I cannot consider any country run by Muslims an ally of the United States of America. I also am more than disturbed by the continuous importing of Muslims by our government to our country. Search for “Christian persecution in the United States“, and the number is even more disturbing… 150,000,000….ONE HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION! That is more than 5 times the number in the supposed Land of the Free.
Visitors to Saudi Arabia are not allowed to bring in Bibles, wear Crucifixes, and I’m fairly sure, the Star of David is a no no as well. I guess I won’t ever be going there, will I, considering I carry a Bible with me everywhere I go, and this 
doesn’t leave my neck! I wonder how long it will be before I am banned from wearing it in the U.S.? When will Bibles and Tanuchs be banned? Organizations such a CAIR have our officials on the run for doing nothing more than telling the truth.
The saddest thing, and most dangerous, is the idea that Islam is a religion of peace. No. It. Is. NOT! There is nothing peaceful about forced conversions, or brutalizing women and children. The contradictions of what is said, and what is taught, are mind boggling. I have posted many times on this issue. I don’t think I need to post anymore of the pictures of the results of their ‘peace’. You can find them yourself, or look here, or here, or here, or here for information.
Many people say ‘I learned everything I need to know about Islam on 9/11.” I learned long before then, at my mother’s knee, and how she came to be a first generation American.
They Are STILL Heroes!
Allen West on the Marines Incident: ‘Shut Your Mouth, War Is Hell’
“I have sat back and assessed the incident with the video of our Marines urinating on Taliban corpses. I do not recall any self-righteous indignation when our Delta snipers Shugart and Gordon had their bodies dragged through Mogadishu. Neither do I recall media outrage and condemnation of our Blackwater security contractors being killed, their bodies burned, and hung from a bridge in Fallujah.
“All these over-emotional pundits and armchair quarterbacks need to chill. Does anyone remember the two Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who were beheaded and gutted in Iraq?
“The Marines were wrong. Give them a maximum punishment under field grade level Article 15 (non-judicial punishment), place a General Officer level letter of reprimand in their personnel file, and have them in full dress uniform stand before their Battalion, each personally apologize to God, Country, and Corps videotaped and conclude by singing the full US Marine Corps Hymn without a teleprompter.
“As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.”
EXACTLY!
I’d really appreciate it if our government officials would stop whining, quit kowtowing, and knock off the ‘we’re so sorry’ for any and every little thing. This is a freakin’ war. WAR! This trash are killing our young men and women, and honestly, I wouldn’t walk across the street to whiz on a one of ‘em if they were on fire. They do not deserve any respect, dead or alive!
Operation Torch of David
Oil, Security, and Incompetent Bureaucrats
War Games, An Energy Crisis, and the Iranian Threat
The Foundry
The Strait of Hormuz lies between Iran and the United Arab Emirates, providing passage for some 15.5 million barrels of crude oil per day, amounting to one third of the world’s seaborne oil shipments. In a word, it is a 34-mile-wide chokepoint, making Iran’s threat this week to shut down the strait all the more serious for the global community.
The Iranian regime’s provocative warnings came on Tuesday from Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi who threatened to close the strait if Iran faces sanctions for its nuclear ambitions. And Wednesday, Iran’s top naval commander Habibollah Sayyari said, ”Closing the Strait of Hormuz for Iran’s armed forces is really easy … or, as Iranians say, it will be easier than drinking a glass of water.”
Visit The Pyramids! NOT!
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Welcomes Tourists
According to a Muslim Brotherhood official, the political party wants to boost tourism numbers to Egypt and will not take steps that would harm the industry.
The strong showing by Islamists in Egypt’s staggered parliamentary poll has aroused fears among liberals and others in Egypt that it could lead to rules that would ban alcohol sales and outlaw mixed bathing in popular resorts.
Tourism is Egypt’s top foreign currency earner, accounting for more than a tenth of gross domestic product and employing an estimated one in eight of the workforce.
Essam el-Erian, deputy head of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), said accusations that the Islamists rise to power would harm tourism were “rumours” circulated by remnants of the party of deposed President Hosni Mubarak to influence voters.
Perhaps the folks of Egypt should have considered the tourist industry before they went nuts for the Islamists? I don’t know about you, but Egypt is the one of the LAST places on earth I would go right now. I guess we should have gone when we were in the area back in 2008. I just don’t trust those people! For very obvious reasons. Obvious, that is, if you’ve been paying close attention to the happenings in the region.
“No citizen who makes a living from this field should be concerned,” Erian said in statements carried by the party’s website while addressing voters in Sinai ahead of the third stage of the election in January.
He said the party wanted to draw in 20 million tourists a year to Egypt, compared to the more than 12 million that visited before the uprising against Mubarak and subsequent political upheaval that sent tourists packing.
Yeah, I’ve no doubt Mubarak needed to be sent packing, but the direction they are heading may end up being 10 times worse than that dictator handed them. Not to mention the danger these thugs have put the Copts in on a daily basis. Apparently, these people think that 8 million more tourist will be glad to come to their country? Seems to be, all they have done is swap one dictator for another, even more oppressive one. Conrats D’Bama for encouraging the insanity. 
Erian said laws regarding alcohol would not be changed and the party would not support legislation that might harm the industry. Alcohol is sold at hotels across Egypt and can also be bought at specialised shops and some licensed restaurants.
But he hinted the Brotherhood would seek to curb some aspects of public consumption, but only based on existing laws.
“The current law has punishments in this regard (to alcohol). We won’t add to it nor modify it but drinking alcohol won’t be in the streets,” he said, without giving details.
Under Egyptian law, anyone caught drunk in a public place can be imprisoned for up to six months, but the law is only sporadically enforced.
I kind of get the feeling they don’t want Americans in the country, spending their dollars on tourism. And they especially don’t want folks from Wisconsin. (heh) Seriously, I’m not a drinker, so such rules wouldn’t apply to me anyway, but who is to say they won’t make crap up, accusing people of doing something that is against their laws just because that person if from a certain country, or is not a Muslim? The idea of charging and sentencing tourists, and then demanding money for said tourist’s release wouldn’t be completely out of the norm for Islamist. Nope….don’t trust them at all! I’d much rather go back to Israel, where I felt completely safe. Well, except for in the Muslim territories.
Erian suggested there was broad agreement among Egypt’s political forces to keep, without modification, the first four articles of the constitution, including the one saying “the principles of Islamic (Shariah) law are the principle source of legislation”.
And, there ya go! “The principles of Islamic (Shariah) law” is about as oppressive as they come. American tourists and Shariah don’t mix. Respecting the laws of the country you are visiting is a really good idea, however, when said country’s law is contrary to everything a person believes in, such as FREEDOM, then there is definitely a conflict. Just sayin’.
It’s not a phobia if they really want to kill you!
Obama – The VERY Weak Link
Iran Conducting Anti-U.S. Operations in Latin America
The Foundry
An attack on the British embassy in Tehran. A desperate pursuit of nuclear weapons. A plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington. Alone, any one of these actions by Iran’s regime would be cause for alarm, but taken together they make it undeniably clear that the Iranian threat cannot be ignored. Now, there is news of another effort by Iran to take aim at the United States, this time coming from Latin America.
Heritage’s Israel Ortega and James Phillips explain:
Iran is conducting anti-U.S. operations from Latin America, including military training camps in Venezuela, and expanding its reach across the border from the U.S. in Mexico, according to footage unveiled late Thursday by the largest Spanish-language network in the United States, Univision.
The documentary showed a former Iran senior official accepting a plan to launch from Mexico a cyber war on the United States, one that would cripple U.S. computer systems, including the White House, the FBI, the CIA and several nuclear plants. The official, former Iranian Ambassador to Mexico Mohammad Hassan Ghadiri, was shown accepting the offer from undercover Mexican university students. A trailer to the documentary can be seen on Foundry.org.
Other revelations in the documentary include undercover Mexican students presenting plans for the cyber attack to Venezuelan officials in Mexico. Ortega and Phillips write that the Venezuelan official appeared very receptive to the plot, saying that she was close to Venezuela’s hard-leftist President Hugo Chavez and that she would love to share the information with him as soon as possible. The same happened with Cuban officials in Mexico, who were equally interested in a plot against the United States.
Irrational Hatred
Via Frontpage.com
Bombers Whine After Getting Bombed?
Lebanon files UN complaint over Israel’s rocket response
Lebanon filed a complaint in the United Nations against Israel Monday for its retaliation to Katyusha rockets fired into Israel late last month, Lebanese newspaper the Daily Star reported.
In response to the four rockets fired from Lebanon, the IDF pounded the launch sites with artillery shells. The Lebanese report claimed that only one rocket was fired from Lebanon into Israel and that the IDF fired six artillery shells.
So, let me get this straight. Rockets were fired into Israel from Lebanon. Israel retaliates. Lebanon files a complaint because after they fired rocket into Israel, Israel fired rockets right back. Have I got this right?
May I say…… what a load of caca de toro! You punch someone in the face, they punch you back, and then you have the gall and audacity to go whining to the teacher?
This is a serious incident in violation of UN Council Security Resolution 1701 and is clearly directed at undermining stability in the area,” a UNIFIL statement said.
An organization associated with al-Qaida claimed responsibility for firing the rockets.
A group that can definitely be called “terrorists”, claims responsibility. Lebanon is giving them a ‘safe haven’, then has the balls to complain when they get slapped back? Seriously? Who is it that is ‘undermining stability”? It sure isn’t Israel.
Reality snap here. Muslims want to destroy Israel. Muslims want to destroy the United States. The Useless Numnuts is nothing more than the mouthpiece for ‘Muslim extremists’. It’s not surprising the guilty go whining to them on a regular basis.
Obama’s Ambassador To Belgium Insults Israel
Obama Fundraiser and Ambassador Blames Israel for Anti-Semitism
The U.S. ambassador to Belgium, Howard Gutman, recently told a conference hosted by the European Jewish Union that Israel is to blame for growing anti-Semitism harbored by people of Muslim faith.
“A distinction should be made between traditional anti-Semitism, which should be condemned and Muslim hatred for Jews, which stems from the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians,” Gutman reportedly said, according to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. “He also argued that an Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty will significantly diminish Muslim anti-Semitism.”
Yet, once again, an Obama peon has proven the ignorance of this whole administration. Blaming Israel for the hatred of Muslims isn’t just ignorant, it’s down right dangerous! There is NO such thing as a Palestinian. Never has been, never will be.
There has never been any Palestinian state, neither any Palestinian archaeological find nor coinage. The present-day “Palestinians” are an Arab people, with Arab culture, Arabic language and Arab history. They have their own Arab states from where they came into the Land of Israel about one century ago to contrast the Jewish immigration. (source)
For more history of the area, read this. Today’s so called Palestinians were kicked out of Jordon in 1970.
According to the account in the Israeli paper, “The legal experts at the event were visibly stunned by Gutman’s words, and the next speaker offered a scathing rebuttal to the envoy’s remarks.”
Once again, egg on an Obamaite’s face. And more embarrassment for the American people. Perhaps the Ambassador should read the Bible, and see exactly what land was given to His people. Here’s a little visual help.
Gutman was a major fundraiser for President Obama’s 2008 election campaign. He bundled $500,000 for Obama, according to OpenSecrets.org, personally giving at least $2,300 to the campaign.
In 2009, Obama nominated Gutman, a Washington, D.C. attorney, to be ambassador to Belgium.
Gee, wonder how he got his job? It’s quite obvious he isn’t qualified. If he was, he’s be better informed, and he obviously is NOT. After he reads the Bible, perhaps he should do a little study of that ‘religion of peace‘, and figure out just where all that hatred comes from, eh? If Obama had any sense, which apparently he doesn’t since he appointed this idiot, this clown would be recalled, and make a very public apology to Israel, and to the American people, for being such an ass!
Going Home
Three U.S. Students Arrested in Egypt On Their Way Home
Three American students arrested during a protest in Cairo caught flights out of Egypt early Saturday, according to an airport official and an attorney for one of the trio.
The three Americans were arrested on the roof of a university building near Cairo’s Tahrir Square last Sunday. Officials accused them of throwing firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters.
Luke Gates, 21, and Derrik Sweeney, 19, left the Egyptian capital Saturday on separate flights to Frankfurt, Germany, an airport official in Cairo said. Gregory Porter, 19, also left the country, his attorney said.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief reporters.
An Egyptian court ordered the release of Gates, Porter Sweeney on Thursday. All were studying at the American University in Cairo.
Whether or not these kids did what they are accused of, I have to ask…considering the volatility of the entire region right now, why the blazes did their parents send their children over there? And that’s what they are….children! We have heard numerous times, they do not like Americans! What kind of parent would allow their child to jump off a bridge?
Landmines
Syria lays landmines along Lebanon border
Syria is planting landmines along parts of the country’s border with Lebanon as refugees stream out of the country to escape the crackdown on anti-government protests, officials and witnesses said Tuesday.
A Syrian man whose foot had to be amputated after he stepped on a mine just across from the Lebanese village of Irsal on Sunday was the first known victim of the mines, according to a doctor at a hospital in Lebanon where the man was brought for treatment. He asked that his name not be published out of fear of repercussions by authorities because of the sensitivity of the case.
I was under the impression that Syria was one of the original members (October 1945) of the United Nations, and the UN has pretty much condemned the use of landmines. So, I’m really wondering why they are laying out landmines? And not to protect their borders from invaders, but to keep it’s own citizens from escaping the violence perpetrated by the government against civilians.
The Syrian exodus to neighboring Lebanon and Turkey has proven a deep embarrassment for increasingly besieged President Bashar Assad, who warned over the weekend that the Middle East will burn if foreign powers try to intervene in his country’s conflict.
Perhaps Assad should stop shooting his countrymen? Just a thought.
A Syrian official familiar with government strategy claimed the anti-personnel mines are meant to prevent arms smuggling into Syria. The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. Witnesses on the Lebanese side of the border also told the AP they have seen Syrian soldiers planting the mines in recent days in two parts of Syrian territory: in the restive province of Homs and across from Lebanon’s eastern Baalbek region.
Considering the outcomes of the so called “Arab Spring”, I can see where the Syrian government wouldn’t want arms to be smuggled in, however, it appears that those wanting out might actually be the real targets? Perhaps. Now that Tunisia, Egypt, and Lybia have fallen to the Islamists (read that terrorists), do we really want another one?
Falling Into A Trap
Christian Churches Read Quran from Pulpits across America
How would you feel if your pastor stood in the pulpit this past Sunday opened what you believed to be his Bible and then started to read passages completely unfamiliar to you. Then in the midst of the reading you hear him say Allah instead of God and you realize he is reading not from his Bible, but from the Quran.
How would you feel and what would you do?
How would I feel? Betrayed. What would I do? I’d get up and leave, never to return.
If this didn’t happen to you yesterday, count yourself fortunate because it did happen to a number people sitting in Christian churches across America.
Lucky for me, and the rest of our church members, our pastor is quite aware of world events, and is totally Bible based!
Social activists involved with Faith Shared, a program of Interfaith Alliance and Human Rights First were trying to promote tolerance and respect of Islam and counter opposition to the Muslim faith. So starting with the National Cathedral in Washington DC, at least fifty other churches in twenty-six states joined in the effort to host readings from the Quran.
Excuse me, but there is nothing in the “faith” of Muslims in common with the faith of Christians. Interfaith? Seriously? Islam isn’t a religion, of peace or anything else. It’s a political ideology that wants to control every aspect of your life. It’s a violent and hateful 7th century way of life, and it is not compatible with our Constitution.
The effort is meant to counter what they refer to as ‘anti-Muslim bigotry and negative stereotypes’ that have been growing in the US. By getting prominent national and local churches to read from the Quran and teach their congregations about Islam, the Alliance believes it will help make Christians more knowledgeable and tolerant of Islam.
Most folks will say they ‘learned all they need to know about Islam, they learned on 9/11/2001.” I learned much earlier, listening to my family. My mom was a 1st generation American of Lebanese decent. Her parents were sent to the U.S. at a young age to escape from the murderous Muslims. A large number of resident in their village were MURDERED. Why? Because they were not Muslims, but Christians! I learned from more recent relative immigrants, who were escaping from even more violence in the 60s and 70s. Hearing the story of the pregnant Christian woman whose breast were sliced, sticks of dynamite inserted, and blown up.
Read more at Godfather Politics. I’m disgusted!
Any church that buys into to this ‘propaganda’ is not a church of God’s Word. It does not follow the teaching of Christ, and should be avoided at all cost. Our souls are at stake here!
Sorry…
I don’t approve anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, pro-terrorist comments. I have done my homework, maybe you should do yours.
