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The Obama Nation That Maketh Desolate: Vets Outraged As Florida Dems Fly American Flag With Obama’s Face On It

03/14/2012 11 comments

By Madeleine Morgenstern – “An American flag featuring an image of President Barack Obama’s face was removed from outside a local Florida Democratic Party headquarters Tuesday after several veterans called it ‘despicable’ and a ‘desecration,’ the Orlando Sentinel reported.

Veterans gathered Tuesday afternoon to protest in front of the Lake County Democratic Party headquarters, where the flag — featuring Obama’s face in the blue section where the stars normally go — was flying beneath a traditional American flag. The confrontation ended after party chairwoman Nancy Hurlbert took the flag down, according to the Sentinel.The protest started after Don Van Beck, a Korean war veteran and executive director of the Veterans Memorial at Fountain Park in Leesburg, Fla., snapped several pictures of the flag and distributed them to others. He told WFTV-TV seeing it made his blood boil.

‘I can‘t describe how upset was because you just don’t do that to the American flag,’ he told the station.

The group demanded Hurlbert remove the flag, saying it was a violation of the federal flag code that prohibits any ‘marks, insignia, letters, words, figures, designs, picture or drawings of any nature,’ the Leesburg Daily Commercial reported. According to the Sentinel, Hurlbert said she would look into the issue but didn’t take the flag down right away. A short while later, she conceded and removed it.” Read more.

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Stakelbeck on Terror: Former Islamic Terrorist from Lebanon Embraces Christ

03/14/2012 1 comment

Stakelbeck: “He was taught to hate Christians and Jews by the time he could walk. He worked with notorious jihadists, from the Muslim Brotherhood to Saddam Hussein, to Yasser Arafat. Kemal Saleem was a committed Islamic terrorist. And then Jesus entered his life and everything changed.”

Kemal Saleem: “… In my home, I learned from my childhood [that] my life is to bring glory to Allah and to die for the sake of Allah… It’s a holy death for Allah, by killing other people, by shedding your blood for Allah … As a matter of fact it’s in the Hadith, in Sharia Law of Islam … the only way [a Muslim] can go to Heaven without judgment is to die in a Holy Jihad, which is killing himself for the sake of Allah … In the house we learned the only way to please Allah is by work[s], that’s in the Qur’an, the Muslim book, and from there we were learning to fulfill the agenda of Allah … we are the subservient, the servant, who will make all this happen… The sword is the entrance to Heaven. There’s no other way that you can enter Heaven in Islam …”

Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Calls for ‘Destruction of All Churches in Region’

03/14/2012 4 comments

Today it is all churches in the region. Tomorrow it is all churches in the world …

Qur’an Sura 8:12b, “… terrorize and behead those who believe in scriptures other than the Qur’an.”

Qur’an Sura 3:85, “And whoever desires a religion other than Islam, it shall not be accepted from him, and in the hereafter he shall be one of the losers [in hell].”

Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah

Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah

By Raymond Ibrahim – “According to several Arabic news sources, last Monday, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, declared that it is ‘necessary to destroy all the churches of the region.’

The Grand Mufti made his assertion in response to a question posed by a delegation from Kuwait, regarding the position of a Kuwaiti parliament member who recently called for the ‘removal’ of churches (he later ‘clarified’ by saying he merely meant that no churches should be built in Kuwait). The Kuwaiti delegation wanted to confirm Sharia’s position on churches.

Accordingly, the Grand Mufti ‘stressed that Kuwait was a part of the Arabian Peninsula, and therefore it is necessary to destroy all churches in it.’

As with many grand muftis before him, the Sheikh based his proclamation on the famous tradition, or hadith, wherein the prophet of Islam declared on his deathbed that ‘There are not to be two religions in the [Arabian] Peninsula,’ which has always been interpreted to mean that only Islam can be practiced in the region.

While the facts of this account speak for themselves, consider further:

Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah is not just some random Muslim hating on churches. He is Read more…

Turkey Warns Iran Not To Attack Israelis … in Turkey

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Let me guess: Because Turkish Muslims might get hurt in the process? Maybe Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan would prefer that Iran keep its focus on annihilating Israel first. Killing all Jews worldwide can come later. So let’s not make it any more obvious than it already is

Prophet Mohammed, “Judgment Day will come only when the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them, until the Jew hides behind the tree and the stone, and the tree and the stone say: ‘Oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him’”

The Jerusalem Post – “Turkey warned Iran on Wednesday not to engage in acts of terrorism against Israelis or Jewish targets in Turkish territory, Army Radio reported according to Turkish newspaper Zaman, a day after Israel warned its citizens not to travel to Turkey over a terror threat in the country.

The Jerusalem Post was unable to verify this report.

The National Security Council’s counterterrorism bureau … said Tuesday that terrorists elements were planning an attack against ‘Israeli/Jewish targets in Turkey in the coming days.’

While the National Security Council did not mention Iran as the likely culprit, a report surfaced last week in Turkish media that the Mosssad had warned Ankara of a plot by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force to attack Israeli targets in Turkey.” Source – The Jerusalem Post.

Turkish Prime Minister Accuses Israel of ‘Massacre’ in Gaza – “Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan took advantage on Tuesday of the escalation in southern Israel to once again attack Israel, as he has done on a regular basis in recent months. Speaking at the headquarters of his Justice and Development Party, Erdogan accused Israel of committing a ‘massacre’ in Gaza and called Israel’s citizens to speak out against the government. ‘A slow but methodical massacre has been taking place in Palestine since the early 20th century,’ said Erdogan, according to a report on Channel 10 News.” Read more.

Flashback: Turkey: Israel No Longer A ‘Friend’, ‘It’s Time For Israel To Pay The Price’, Israeli Ambassador and Diplomats Expelled – “Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu announced on Friday that following Jerusalem’s adamant refusal to apologize over the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid, Ankara will be downgrading its diplomatic relations with Israel and suspending key military agreements. In a dramatic turn of events, Turkey announced that it was expelling Israeli Ambassador Gabby Levy from Ankara. Davutoglu said Turkey’s diplomatic representation in Israel would be further reduced to second-secretary level. In accordance, all lower Israeli diplomatic personnel above the second-secretary level have also been expelled.” Read more.

Crucifixion and Amputation: Egyptian MP Proposes Sharia Law Punishments for Murder, Theft Crimes

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These type of punishments would only be applicable to “mentally stable wrongdoers.” Whew! Had me worried there for a second. Maybe that’s why “Ground Zero Mosque” Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf believes that “90% of Sharia Law is fully … consistent or compatible with American constitution law and American laws. The areas of difference are small and minor” …

By Al-Masry Al-Youm – “The People’s Assembly Proposals and Complaints Committee discussed in a meeting Tuesday a bill proposed by MP Adel Azzazy from the Salafi-oriented Nour Party that would apply Islamic law for certain crimes.

The proposed law calls for the application of ‘Heraba,’ an Islamic penalty for criminal actions that include overt robbery, murder, forcible taking of property with a weapon and vandalizing public facilities.

The penalties according to Azzazy’s bill are execution in the case of murder, or cutting one arm and one leg from opposite sides of the culprit’s body in the cases of robbery and forcible taking of property. If the taking of possessions is accompanied by murder, the penalty would be death or crucifixion, to be determined by the judge.

The bill also stipulates imprisonment for intimidating citizens, and that the prison sentence will end when the felon repents.

These penalties would only be imposed on adult, mentally stable wrongdoers who either commit the crimes or assist in carrying them out, according to the bill.” Read more.

Strong 6.9 and 6.1 Earthquakes Shake Japan, But No Apparent Damage

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“TOKYO – A series of earthquakes rattled Tokyo and northeastern Japan on Wednesday evening but caused no apparent damage or injury in the same region hit by last year’s devastating tsunami.

A magnitude-6.8 earthquake [upgraded to 6.9] first struck the southern coast of Hokkaido island in the evening, causing a small tsunami. Tsunami advisories were issued along the northern Pacific coast, prompting some communities to advise residents to evacuate coastal homes.

A swelling of 8 inches was observed in water at the port of Hachinohe in Aomori about an hour after the tremor, with smaller changes reported elsewhere. The agency lifted all tsunami advisories within about 90 minutes.

Within about three hours, a magnitude-6.1 quake shook buildings in the capital. It was centered just off the coast of Chiba, east of Tokyo, at a rather shallow 9 miles below the sea surface.

Narita International Airport briefly closed runways for inspection but later resumed operation. Several local train services were suspended for safety checks.

There were no abnormalities reported at nuclear power plants after the two earthquakes, operators said. Nearly all of Japan’s nuclear plants are offline for safety inspections.” Read more.

Japan: Quake Researchers Warn of Tokyo’s ‘Big One’, ‘We Must Prepare for the Earthquake That Will Happen’ – “A year on from one of the biggest earthquakes in recorded history, Japanese scientists are warning anew that Tokyo could soon be hit by a quake that will kill thousands and cause untold damage. Greater Tokyo, home to 35 million tightly packed people, has seen a three-fold increase in tectonic activity since the magnitude 9.0 undersea quake that unleashed a killer tsunami last March. Every day, an average of nearly 1.5 quakes are recorded in and around the city, one of the most populated places on earth.” Read more.

Japan: Nuke Expert Believes It Will Be The End For Tokyo If Earthquake Cracks Unit 4 Pool and Leaks – “Most discussion of the No. 4 spent fuel pool has focused on an earthquake causing the pool to collapse. This video is different because it reveals: 1. A crack, rather than the collapse of the pool itself, can be the end of Tokyo, 2. The quake that could put a crack in the pool and be the end of Tokyo does not have to be a large one, 3. The sense of shock when people in Japan are made aware of this information for the first time” Read more.

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Afghanistan: Car Bomb Explodes as US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Lands for Visit to Camp Bastion

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The visit was unannounced, so the explosion may likely be coincidental …

Update: Apparently not. “A military source tells Fox News the strange incident on the tarmac Wednesday at Camp Bastion that occurred moments before Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived via C-17 was an attempted attack.” Read more.

“A suspected car bomb attack has taken place at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, Sky Sources have revealed.

The explosion came as US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta flew into Camp Bastion. It is believed that Mr Panetta was still landing or had landed at the time of the alleged attack, but it is not clear if he was a target.

Sky’s Stuart Ramsay said the explosion was caused when a vehicle drove on to the runway either during or after the landing.

Sky Sources have been told the explosion was caused by the driver of the vehicle. An investigation has now been launched into the driver’s identity.

The driver, who appears to have survived the attack, has been taken into custody and is being treated for burns.It was not clear whether Mr Panetta was a specific target or not. Sky Sources said the explosion did appear to be an “attack of some description”.

The base was put on immediate lockdown after the explosion this morning – but Mr Panetta is understood to be in Kabul this afternoon and in talks with the government.

The attack comes just days after a lone US soldier went on a rampage and murdered 16 Afghan civilians.

Tensions between the US and Afghanistan are running high in the wake of the shootings.

Extra security measures in place for Mr Panetta’s visit showed how nerves were on edge.

He landed at Camp Bastion so that he could visit troops at the US Camp Leatherneck, part of the same complex.” Read more.

US Defense Secretary visit to Afghanistan was unannounced – “Defence Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit on Wednesday, as the United States tried to contain fallout from a massacre of 16 Afghan civilians by an American soldier. A motorcycle bomb went off in Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan, killing an Afghan intelligence soldier and wounding two, as well as a civilian, while a roadside bomb killed 8 civilians in neighboring Helmand province, officials said, as Panetta kicked off a two-day trip by visiting troops. Panetta told them the weekend killings by what U.S. and Afghan officials have said was a lone rogue soldier would not undermine relations with Afghanistan.” Read more.

Israel Has Prepared for Possible Iranian Nuclear Strike for Years, May Have Developed Its Own Bunker Buster

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“JERUSALEM – For more than a decade, Israel has systematically built up its military specifically for a possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. It has sent its air force on long-distance training missions, procured American-made ‘bunker-busting’ bombs and bolstered its missile defenses.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s threats to strike Iran, voiced last week during a high-profile visit to the White House, were not empty bluster. Although a unilateral Israeli attack would probably not destroy Iran’s nuclear program, it appears capable, at least for now, of inflicting a serious blow.

‘If Israel attacks, the intention is more to send a message of determination, a political message instead of a tactical move,’ said Yiftah Shapir, a former Israeli air force officer who is now a military analyst at the INSS think tank in Tel Aviv.

Israel, along with the United States and other Western countries, believes Iran has taken key steps toward developing nuclear weapons. The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog agency has cited this concern in reports, but notes its inspectors have found no direct evidence that Iran is moving toward an atomic weapon.

Israeli leaders, however, argue that time is quickly running out. They have grown increasingly vocal in their calls for tough concerted international action against Iran while stressing they are prepared to act alone if necessary.

Israeli defense officials believe Iran is capable of producing highly enriched weapons-grade uranium within six months. After that, it would require another year or two to develop a means of delivering a nuclear bomb, they predict.

But Israel believes the window to act will close much sooner than that.” Read more.

Israel develops its own bunker buster – “Israel has developed an improved precision, bunker-burrowing weapon which Israeli Military Industries (IMI) unveiled on March 6. The 500-pound MPR-500 is an electro-optical (laser-guided) bomb that can penetrate double-reinforced concrete walls or floors without breaking apart. The bomb was shown in action penetrating four reinforced concrete walls with fragmentation from the explosion limited to a radius of less than three meters. The new weapon is designed as an upgrade for the US Mk82 in Israel Air Force stocks. ‘The lethality, precision… and relatively low weight of the new weapon,’ say its manufacturers, ‘enable its use against multiple targets in a single pass.’ After blowing the first hole in the targeted underground site, the next bombs continue to extend and deepen it.” Read more.

Pakistani Woman Charged with ‘Blasphemy’ for Refusing to Convert to Islam

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“FORT ABBAS, Pakistan, March 12 (CDN) — A young mother has been falsely accused of ‘blaspheming’ Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, because she rebuffed attempts by relatives who had converted to Islam to force her to renounce her Christian faith, family members said.

Police in Khichiwala, Bahawalnagar district, in Punjab Province, charged 26-year-old Shamim Bibi, mother of a 5-month-old girl and resident of the village Chak No. 170/7R Colony, in the Fort Abbas area, under Section 295-C of Pakistan’s ‘blasphemy’ statutes after neighbors accused her of uttering remarks against Muhammad. She was arrested on Feb. 28.

Speaking ill of Muhammad in Pakistan is punishable by life imprisonment or death under Pakistan’s internationally condemned blasphemy laws.

The young woman’s brother, Ilyas Masih, and her brother-in-law, Shahbaz Masih, told Compass that she had been wrongly accused because she had resisted pressure to convert to Islam four days before her arrest.

‘Nazeeran, sister of Shamim’s husband Bashir Masih, and her nephew Nadeem and niece Bella accepted Islam on Feb. 24 and called on her to do the same,’ Masih said. ‘She refused, telling them that she was satisfied with Christianity and did not want to convert.’

He said the newly-converted Muslims persisted in trying to force her to convert, but she resisted.

‘Shamim told them that she had complete faith in a living God, and that there was no reason for her to start ‘worshiping graves,’’ Masih said.

That remark was not the one deemed ‘blasphemous.’ Rather, on Feb. 27 her neighbors accused her of making derogatory remarks – as yet unknown – on a separate occasion about Muhammad while in her courtyard.

Ansar Ali Shah, a local prayer leader in Chak 170/7R Colony, claimed that Shamim Bibi’s neighbors, Hamad Ahmed Hashmi and Abdul Qayyum, told him and other Muslims that they had heard the Christian woman making derogatory remarks about Muhammad in her courtyard, according to the First Information Report (FIR No. 30/12) registered by the Khichiwala police station. But there is no indication in the FIR of what, exactly, Shamim Bibi was alleged to have said.

As word of the allegation spread, a large crowd of villagers besieged her house and demanded ‘severe punishment for the infidel,’ claiming she had hurt their religious sentiments, sources said.” Read more.

Uh Oh: Qur’an-Burning Probe Clears Troops of Malicious Intent

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According to senior Afghan clerics, the burning of these Qur’ans can never be forgiven. But now that a probe into the matter has concluded that troops involved had no malicious intent, can it be forgotten? …

By Kristina Wong – “The Pentagon said Tuesday that a joint NATO-Afghan investigation into the burning of Korans at Bagram Air Field has been completed.

The investigation found that the ‘disposal process’ of the Korans was improper but was not a malicious act intended to show disrespect for Afghans or Islam.

The probe was conducted by the International Security Assistance Force and the Afghan Ministry of Defense.

‘It did find that there were some U.S. personnel who did improperly treat these religious texts, including some of their supervisory personnel,’ said Navy Capt. John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman. ‘And it recommended that they be reviewed for potential disciplinary action.’

The Korans ended up in an incinerator after Afghan prisoners were found using the holy books to pass messages to one another.” Read more.

Flashback: Afghan investigator: US burning of Qurans was intentional – “The burning of copies of the Quran at an American base in Afghanistan was intentional, said a member of the team investigating the incident that triggered widespread and deadly anti-Western protests. ‘We believe it is intentional,’ Maulavi Khaliqdad, a member of the panel established by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur on Monday. ‘If they burnt one or two copies, then we could have said it could have been a mistake. But they took hundreds of such books to burn. Everyone knew those were religious books.’” Read more.

Flashback: Senior Afghan Clerics to Obama Over Qur’an Burnings: Your Apology for this ‘Inhumane, Savage’ Act Can ‘Never Be Accepted’ – “Senior Afghan clerics said on Friday the burning of Korans at a NATO base last month was an ‘evil act’ that must be punished, a demand that could deepen widespread public anger over the incident. ‘The council strongly condemns this crime and inhumane, savage act by American troops by desecrating holy Korans,’ members of a council of clerics said after meeting President Hamid Karzai, according to a statement issued by his office. ‘The council emphasized that the apology for this evil act can never be accepted. Those who committed this crime must be publicly tried and punished.’” Read more.

‘Battle for Leviathan’? Israel Strikes Oil Off Tel Aviv Coast, Owners Claim 100 Million Barrels of Oil Present Worth $10 Billion

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Ezekiel 38:10-12, “…  It shall also come to pass, [that] at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thy hand upon the desolate places [that are now] inhabited, and upon the people [that are] gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.”

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu – “Israel has struck oil again, this time off the Tel Aviv coast. Developers maintain the find includes 100 million barrels of oil, worth $10 billion.

Modiin Energy and Adira Energy discovered an estimated 128 million barrels of oil and 1.8 trillion cubic feet of gas in their Gabriella and Yitzhak licenses, in shallow water less than 15 miles northwest of Tel Aviv.

Officials called the find ‘significant’ and added, ‘Surveys conducted in recent months found oil in the target strata. The potential oil reservoir is 128 million barrels of oil, and the contingent reserves are an additional 120 million barrels.’

‘Bottom line, there is oil. It’s 100 percent. Secondly, the quantities are commercial,’ said Tzachi Sultan, controlling shareholder of Modiin.

The Gabriella license is near shore in shallow water. ‘At a time of soaring oil prices, this is good news for IDB, Modiin, Adira, said Chaim Gavriella, CEO of the IDB holding company that owns most of Gabriella’s shares.

The oil was defined as ‘ high quality’ and reportedly can be extracted even easier than the gas.” Read more.

Will energy production start a new ‘revolution’ in the Middle East? – “Scenes of carnage and upheaval have been playing out for so many decades in the Middle East – car bombings, terrorist attacks, wars, intifadas, and the slightly more optimistic images associated with the Arab Spring – that they are by now well familiar. But there is another revolution in the Mideast, presently underway, that is not being televised. It centers on the all-important area of energy production, and it might be called, ‘the Battle for Leviathan.’ At issue is the recent discovery of huge untapped natural gas fields in the Levant Basin, the section of the eastern Mediterranean Sea that abuts Israel to the East, and Cyprus to the North. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that this underwater area holds 123 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas. In simpler terms: That’s equal to 20 billion barrels of oil, more than twenty times what the United States maintains in its Strategic Petroleum Reserve.” Read more.

Poll: Majority of Mississippi’s Likely GOP Voters Believe Barack Obama is a Muslim

03/13/2012 4 comments

Matthew 7:16a, “You will know them by their fruits …” 

Seems like many in the “Magnolia state” believe that there’s a “rotten apple” in the White House. Public Policy Polling released the results of a recent poll on Monday revealing that a majority of likely GOP voters in Mississippi believe that President Barack Obama is a Muslim. When Republicans in Alabama were asked, “Do you think Barack Obama is a Christian or a Muslim, or are you not sure?” 45% answered “Muslim,” 41% answered “not sure,” and only 14% selected “Christian.”  In Mississippi, a full 52% believed Obama was “Muslim,” 36% selected “not sure,” and just 12% believed he was “Christian.”

It is no secret that Obama has repeatedly claimed to be a Christian.  But a quick review of his behavior and policies during his first term as President is leading many to believe that he is behaving more like the adherent of another faith, as one who appears to despise acknowledging the Judeo-Christian God yet seems to have little issue with the god of Islam, exemplified by the fact that he has pandered to Islam in his willingness to flood America with Muslim immigrants while largely ignoring Christians seeking asylum and fleeing Muslim persecution. He placates to Islamists and Sharia Law, which has done absolutely nothing to advance peace or security. In fact, terrorism in America has increased under Obama’s “leadership”, yet he seems to think that it’ll go away if he pretends it doesn’t exist.

This behavior corresponds with why he has treated Israel – the only true democracy and proven ally in the Middle East – more like an enemy while treating Israel’s enemies more like a friend. He has bowed down to the king of Saudi Arabia, a nation whose religious textbooks continue to fuel anti-Semitism, hatred and terrorism around the world. He continues to support  Read more…