Posts Tagged ‘The Great Arab Spring™ Scam’

"I haven't a clue how to use it, but I know some brothers that do..."

Palestinians in Gaza have acquired anti-aircraft and anti-tank rockets from Libya during its six-month civil war, enlarging but not significantly improving their arsenal, Israeli officials said on Monday.

While the rebellion against Muammar Gadhafi has stirred concern abroad about the fate of Libya’s ageing chemical weapons stockpiles, Israel has no indication Hamas or other Palestinian factions have sought these, the officials said.

An anti-Libyan Leader Muammar Gadhafi rebel, holding his anti-aircraft missile in the oil town of Ras Lanuf, March 6, 2011.

Instead, Israeli officials have detected an inflow of SA-7 anti-aircraft missiles and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), said one official, describing an overland supply route that opened up between eastern Libya – after it fell to the rebels – and the Gaza Strip via Egypt. Read the rest of this entry »

Weasel words: why do the world's mainstream media seem to be playing down the organised and religiously-sanctioned attacks on Christians in Muslim countries?

“Fight those who do not believe in Allah or the Last Day, who do not forbid that which has been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, or acknowledge the Religion of Truth (Islam), (even if they are) People of the Book (Christians and Jews), until they pay the Jizyah tribute tax in submission, feeling themselves subdued and brought low.” Qur’an 9:29

…and elsewhere. Just why are they playing down the systemic (and Allah-sanctioned, of course) persecution and religious genocide of Coptic Christians in Egypt and Christians in other Arab Spring™ countries; almost to the point of portraying them as irritating playground squabbles?

Egypt stepped up security around churches in Cairo Monday after two days of clashes attacks between against minority Christians and by Muslims that killed 12 people Christians and highlighted rising inter-faith tensions Christian persecution.

The violence that left a church wrecked by fire and more than 238 people wounded at the weekend was triggered by rumors lies that Christians had abducted a woman who converted to Islam. Read the rest of this entry »