Archive for the 'Iraq' Category
Monday, January 6th, 2014
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) The al Qaeda flag is now flying over two major cities in western Iraq. It has been two years since President Obama declared ‘victory’ in Iraq and took our forces out of the country. The American media has substantially ignored the news coming out of there ever since. We have carried […]
Filed under: Iraq, Islamist Radicals, Obama Administration
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Friday, December 27th, 2013
(Map of Iraq: Wikipedia) It was another bloody Christmas for Christians in Bagdad, Iraq. At least 34 were killed in bomb attacks on Christmas Day according to Reuters: At least 34 people were killed in three bombings in Christian areas of Baghdad on Wednesday, including a car bomb that exploded as worshippers were leaving […]
Filed under: Attacks on Churches, Christmas, Iraq, Islamic Terrorism
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Tuesday, December 17th, 2013
(Iraqi Prime Minister in the Flag: Truthout.org) Christians in Iraq are now afraid to openly celebrate Christmas in 2013. Read this report from ASSIST News Service: “Violence-Weary Iraqi Christians Can’t Celebrate Christmas in Peace” Response: There was a time when there were over one million Christians in Iraq and they were free to decorate […]
Filed under: Christmas, Iraq, Islamic Intolerance, Islamist Radicals, Persecution
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Saturday, March 10th, 2012
(Image via Wikipedia) This is one of those stories that are withheld or distorted by the American main stream media. This is what the Iraqis are now doing with their new-found freedom since President Obama pulled American troops out of the country. The Iraqi Ministry of the Interior authorized the formation of a ‘Moral […]
Filed under: Iraq, Islamist Radicals, Media Bias, MSM, Obama Administration, Sharia Law, USA
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Thursday, September 15th, 2011
On Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that growing religious intolerance was an overlooked downside to the ‘Arab Spring.’ While the popular revolts against longtime dictators in the Middle East and North Africa brought hope to millions of Arabs, Religious minorities in those countries, particularly Christians have seen an increase in persecution in the […]
Filed under: Coptic Church, Egypt, Freedom of Religion, Iraq, Islam, Islamist Radicals, Libya, Middle East, Pakistan, Persecution, Religious Persecution, Syria, Toleration
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Friday, September 2nd, 2011
For years, Bible teachers and preachers have been looking for Russia to lead a coalition of nations in an attack against Israel as foretold in Ezekiel 38-39. The only problem was that many of the ancient nations mentioned in the prophecy are now incorporated in modern Turkey and Turkey had close ties with Israel and […]
Filed under: Bible Prophecy, Eschatology, Iran, Iraq, Islamist Radicals, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territory, Russia, Turkey
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Thursday, August 11th, 2011
On Sunday in a television interview, MP Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Walid Sakariya, a senior Hezbollah official, presented plans of a plausible strategy for destroying Israel. See the video above. Here’s part of the transcript provided by IMRA: "Iran is the country most hostile to Israel, but Iraq serves as a buffer between Iran and the Palestine […]
Filed under: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Obama Administration, Palestinian Territory, Syria, USA
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Thursday, April 7th, 2011
(Members of the Council of Europe via Wikipedia) Tens of thousands of Iraqi Christians continue to leave Iraq in search of safety and normalcy for their families. Many immigrate to other middle eastern countries like Syria and Jordan which allow some freedoms and protection for Christians but also some limitations. Iraqi refugees attempting to […]
Filed under: Europe, Immigration, Iraq, Persecution
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Friday, December 17th, 2010
( Catholic Iraqi refugees in Jordan via Wikipedia) Since the Oct. 31 deadly attack on a Catholic Church in Bagdad, thousands of Christians have fled Iraq, many to Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. Plus thousands more have moved north to the Kurdish controlled region of Iraq where Christians are apparently safer. Some have also tried […]
Filed under: Christians, Iraq, Islamist Radicals, Religious Persecution
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
(Image by Getty Images via @daylife) The attack on Sunday on a Catholic church in Bagdad during worship is incomprehensible. Over 58 dead among the Christians, mostly women and children including 2 priests, plus 17 troops and 75 wounded. Then there is the threat to annihilate ‘all Christians’ in Iraq and the rising fear in […]
Filed under: Iraq, Islam, Islam and Christianity, Islamist Radicals, Jihad, Persecution, Terrorism
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