500 Christian families flee Mosul

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:03 AM EDT

Article Source: International Herald Tribune

iraq, religion, jihad, christians, islaic-extremism

"Kashmoula said Saturday that seven Christians have been killed in the last week. Local Christian leaders have said the attacks amount to a "campaign of killings" and displacement"

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"The Christian community has been estimated at 3 percent of Iraq's 26 million people, or about 800,000 people. Islamic extremists have frequently targeted them since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq."

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#1 - Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:03 AM EDT

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Christians around the world seem to be taking it in the chops. Without much attention in the US media. Wahhabism, the main Saudi export besides oil, seems to be gaining traction within Islam, around the world. Reportedly, 80% of the Imans in the US, at the 6000 mosques, adhere to this extreme version of Islam.

After 9-11, it would have made far more sense to invade Saudi Arabia than Iraq. Not only were most of the 9-11 guys from Saudi Arabia, all were Wahhabists, and support for them can be traced back to members of the Saudi royal family. And there is twice as much oil as in Iraq.

In watching events unfolding around the world, and the US, I think that by the end of this century Americans will have three choices: # 1. Militant, Crusader Christianity, with a generous overlay of patriotism, post Roe V. Wade; # 2. Conversion to Islam; # 3. Death. No middle ground, no separation of church and state. All as the direct result of Federal policy, and the law of unintended consequences.

Choices number one and two don't appeal ? Welcome to choice number three.

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#1.1 - Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:00 PM EDT

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#2 - Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:48 PM EDT

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