*  The evil crusaders must be attacking poor widdle Muslims again:

A Shia, Sunni, Druid, and Copt share “common ground”

And, while condemning violence, they “find no justification in Islam or Christianity for those promoting the insecurity or perpetuating the violence evident in parts of Iraq.” A half-truth if ever there was one. Yes, there is very little “justification” for violence in Christianity. Remember that whole thing about “turning the other cheek”? But why is Christianity brought into this in the first place? The issue is Muslims persecuting Christians in Mosul — not Christians persecuting Muslims nor Christians persecuting Christians, for that matter. As for Muslim persecution of Christians (or “infidels” in general), Islam does indeed offer “justification” — indeed commandments – to subjugate them and dominate the world.

“Christians and Muslims condemn violence,” by Bill Bowder for the Church Times, DW

* ”The future of the Christian community in the Middle East looks rather bleak”

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Abu Bakar Bashir says the 2002 Bali bombings was a conspiracy between America, Australia and Jews. [ABC]

An Indonesian Islamic cleric linked to the three extremists awaiting execution for the Bali bombings, says the 2002 attack which killed more than 200 people, was the work of America’s Central Intelligence Agency.

Abu Bakar Bashir says the CIA fired a nuclear missile at the Bali tourist strip from a ship off the coast.

Speaking at his house at the Al-Mukmin Islamic boarding school on Indonesia’s Java island, he said the attack was a conspiracy between “America, Australia and the Jews”.

He said the three convicted bombers - Amrozi, Imam Samudra and Ali Ghufron - had been framed.

His comments come amid speculation the government is preparing to execute the three bombers by firing squad next week, in line with their 2003 convictions.

indonesia, prisons and punishment, law crime and justice

Christians in Iraq remain deluded about Muslims, Islam

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Shiite cults seek to wreak havoc in Iraq

Iraqi Shias: “Come, let us sleep with your wife, daughter, and sister, so the Mahdi may return”

Mahdi-Alert. Apparently some Shia groups in Iraq are operating under a doctrine that maintains if people engage in debauched behavior — sowing corruption in the earth — that would only speed up the return of the Mahdi. As with taqiyya, yet another example of how in Islam, the end often justifies the means, as in this hadith about niyya, or “intention”: “Actions are what they are by virtue of intent.” Timothy Furnish (author of Holiest Wars, which examines Mahdism) discusses this story here.

“Shiite cults seek to wreak havoc in Iraq,” by Usama Redha for the Los Angeles Times, 

  

Associated Press

Detainees believed to be members of the Heaven’s Army cult sit blindfolded in early 2007 after a battle with American and Iraqi forces near the Shiite holy city of Najaf.

A few fringe groups seek to sow chaos, convinced it will hasten the arrival of the Mahdi, the Shiites’ 12th imam who they believe will bring peace.

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* Looks like Christian militias didn’t make much of a splash. Could it be  because they are not commanded by Allah to kill and die until all  the world is Christian? Or is it that Muslims are commanded to wipe out the unbelievers? Yusuf, what say you?

900 Christian families leave Mosul after 13 murders in 2 weeks

Christians protest in Mosul last month ahead of elections. An official says protests may have led to the attacks. (Christians are expected to be good dhimmies and not to demonstrate in the Islamic state/ed)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) – At least 900 Christian families have fled Mosul in the past week, terrified by a series of killings and threats by Muslim extremists ordering them to convert to Islam or face possible death, officials said Saturday.  More

                           Iraq’s Christian Militias/from Islam Online

          Update: 3,000 Christians Flee Muslim Death Squads

(Mosul, Iraq) Jawa Report: Apparently the moderate Muslim population is not demanding peace and tolerance toward Christians in Mosul. Instead, the Christians are being killed.

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* Just a month ago it didn’t look too bad. There was some hope, as we could see here:

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Iraq gets its first Christian militia - with a little help from the peshmerga

By Agence France Presse (AFP)

*  In the fifties and sixties they did the same thing with the Jews.

Full article next page

 

*  Now, Islam shows itself again in all its ugliness:

Islamic fundamentalists: “expel Christians from Mosul”

Asia News IT

Yesterday, a 38-year-old Chaldean was shot to death, but there could be a total of three victims. Men are driving around the city shouting slogans against the Christians, threatening more slaughter and violence. From the U.S. command, confirmation that Mosul has become the last stronghold of the al Qaeda militants.

* Mosul, martyrdom of Iraqi Christians continues

* Sharia fever hits Sudan: outrage after police in the capital, Juba, arrested more than 30 women for wearing tight trousers or short skirts. Women pulled from Church by Muslim moral police, beaten & arrested over clothing…

 
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BAGHDAD, Oct 4 (KUNA) — A leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq’s Baghdad networks who was the mastermind behind some of the city’s recent bombings was killed by Coalition forces Friday.

Mahir Ahmad Mahmud Judu’ Al-Zubaydi, also known as Abu Assad or Abu Rami, was believed to be A-Qaeda “emir” of the Rusafa neighborhood of Baghdad.

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“Arabs” among 20 killed by U.S. strike in Pakistan

By Haji Mujtaba/Reuters

                         

Pakistani protesters shout slogans at a rally to condemn the alleged US strikes in Pakistani tribal areas.

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani villagers collected the corpses and body parts Saturday of at least 20 people, including several suspected Arab militants as well as three children, killed by a U.S. missile strike overnight.

* Pakistan’s spies “support terrorism” More evidence regarding what everyone is increasingly becoming familiar with: Pakistan’s perfidious nature. Friend-and-Ally Update. By Tamim Hamid for Quqnoos,

                    Pakistan: Adam Gadahn still alive?

*  Oxygen thief Gadahn says U.S. economic crisis is a Muslim victory

DUBAI, Oct 4 (Reuters) - American al Qaeda militant Adam Gadahn described Pakistan’s new leaders as U.S. puppets in a war against Islamic militants, in an Internet video posted on Saturday.

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* And vice versa, of course. Sunni’s blow up Shite’s too.

*   Should we care? Of course NOT! Its not our business. We are not into ‘nation building’- who made us do that?  Who was the imbecile who wanted to bring ‘democracy to the Middle East?’-  Who was the madman who was obsessed with shining the light upon the Muslim nations, only to enable a few parasites to  give Iraq (and Afghanistan) a ‘democracy under sharia?’

 
                      Baghdad Eid ul-Fitr bombings kill up to 24 people

                                                   

The scene today at the site of one of the bombings, in Baghdad’s Al-Jadida neighbourhood

Deborah Haynes in Baghdad/Times Online

Up to 24 people were killed and scores more injured when bombs exploded close to two mosques in Baghdad where Shia worshippers had gathered today to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid ul-Fitr.

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BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi magazine cartoon depicting a female suicide bomber in a pose like the Statue of Liberty, arm raised with a lit bomb fuse instead of a torch in her hand, has angered lawmakers who voted to sue the publication for allegedly damaging the image of Muslim women.

*  Great: but why doesn’t the main-stream-media doesn’t show us the cartoon?

The editors of al-Isbouiyah, or Weekly, say the cartoon is meant to condemn al-Qaida in Iraq and should be protected under freedom of expression laws enshrined in the Iraqi Constitution.

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15-year-old female would-be suicide bomber tells her story

The following is a partial transcript of the video interview, which can be viewed in full, with English subtitles, at the MEMRI link. More on al-Qaeda’s use of children as suicide bombershere.

“15-Year-Old Iraqi Would-Be Suicide Bomber Tells Her Story on Iraq TV,” from MEMRI,  (thanks to Jeffrey Imm) Transcript here at JW

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