Iran Unrest Escalates to Clash of Clerics Jul 22, 2009
LOL John_Merritt you act like the Religious War in the Middle East started YESTERDAY instead of 2000 years ago. How about this, we do all we can to PEACEFULLY move forward the time when disputes between the peoples of that region can be settled at the Negotiating Table instead of killing each other. (CBS News -- World)
Mumbai police reform would-be militants Jul 20, 2009
"We have in place an elaborate process where we try to make them understand the futility of their supposed religious war and wean them away from their jihad mentality. We have already reformed about 15 such people. "A reformed jihadi will not only stop others from becoming terrorists but is also a good source of intelligence. It is part of our non-combat strategy to counter terrorism. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Exporting terror: How Al Qaeda lit the Bali fuse Jul 18, 2009
" Promising territory For Al Qaeda's strategists in Afghanistan, conditions in Indonesia after the 1998 collapse of the Suharto regime were like the ringing of a dinner bell. Not only had the political climate changed, but communal conflicts and local militias were mushrooming. Faruq was the man Zubaydah turned to take advantage of these conditions, according to a summary of a Faruq interrogation conducted by the US and seen by the Monitor. Faruq told his interrogators he was trained in 1991 and... (Christian Science Monitor)
The Devious Cleric Who Really Won Iran's Elections Jul 9, 2009
As this religious war continues to unfold, there will no doubt be casualties and beneficiaries. At this moment, it appears Mousavi might be the sacrificial lamb; many high-ranking hard-liners are calling for his trial and imprisonment. (Slate)
Heads turn at St Gallen globe unveiling Jul 8, 2009
1712: Zurich troops steal the globe as booty during a religious war. 1897: After being housed in several museums, the globe ends up in the Swiss National Museum. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
* Five dead in Philippines cathedral blast Jul 6, 2009
He said the rebels would not do anything to foment a religious war. Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Romero Brawner said investigators were trying to determine if the attackers targeted the military van. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
San Francisco General Jul 5, 2009
"You want me to get involved in a religious war? Forget it. I won't tolerate it. Long story short, Bob's going to be staying. He's very dedicated.". There was no time for a lunch break. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Rep. Rooney: War In Afghanistan Will Last Decades Jul 4, 2009
Not only will it test the young men and women on the front lines, Rooney said, but it will also be a legal struggle as U.S. military codes of conduct come up against a guerrilla enemy fighting a religious war in which suicide is a battlefield weapon. See Video: Rep. (Newsmax)
Lets re-enlist God to active U.S. duty Jun 30, 2009
lived9lives wrote on Jun 25, 2009 9:13 AM:"Let's do it God's way one more time."You mean like George Bush's religious war in the Middle East. We saw how well that worked out, didn't we. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
This time, its personal Jun 28, 2009
The ones who did so were generally in the safer beats such as technology, where you only faced personal attacks if you made the mistake of getting involved in the religious war between Mac OS and Windows users. There were bloggers who covered socio-political issues, but they were mostly non-journalists, or former journalists. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Obamas Middle East Challenge Part I Jun 26, 2009
Obama s speech in Cairo offered a powerful contrarian paradigm to that of bin Laden and reminded his Muslim audience that the relationship between Islam and the Christian West includes centuries of coexistence and cooperation, not just conflict and religious war. Unlike his preaching predecessor, George W. Bush, Obama fully understands that the raging battle between the US and Al Qaeda s transnational jihadis can t be won on the battlefield. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
On the road to SOA – Part 1, Boubez on early ... Jun 23, 2009
That degenerated into a big religious war between the SOAP camp and the REST camp which sidetracked us even further. SOAP versus REST should be a technology implementation detail. (Search Webservices)
Click to read:Obama On Iran: "The World Is Watching" Jun 21, 2009
Now you and the rest of the American Taliban, IF you want a religious war, get a gun and go there ... Each would LOVE a new Religious War. (CBS News)
Your views: Murder in Wichita Jun 4, 2009
Anyone has the right to have an anti-choice belief, but to have an anti-choice agenda to wage a religious war against the laws of the government of the United States should be treated as terrorism. The murder of Dr. George Tiller was an act of domestic terrorism, which had as its purpose not only to assassinate a man who had been demonized as a symbol by the conservative right, but also to frighten doctors and to shame and terrify women and families who are making difficult choices. (Florida Today)
Military Recruiter Killed In Ark. Shooting Jun 2, 2009
1) Mecca has been obliterated by a FAE MOAB & their false god can not protect them,2) America demands complete surrender of Saudi Arabia or face complete annihilation,3) America's conventional & nuclear bombing will not stop until victory is achieved,4) America takes over Saudi Arabia & runs the oil fields,5) America is ending this politically religious war by exposing the plagiarizing of The Holy Bible by the Koran which has been turned into their Mein-Kempf terrorist manual, the Koran has... (CBS News)
9/11 Families Angered As U.S. Backs Saudis Jun 2, 2009
"BTW - at least Obama isn't personal, hand-holding friends with them, co-investors in the Carlyle group (keep those oil prices high boys) "" Geewiz Oil prices have shot back up and Michelle has been out of the press , guess shes hold hand or some such with them too. Stop being a goof , the President needs to stop this. Posted by oneof_many at 6:28 PM : Jun 1, 2009 The real war criminals are the Islamofacist Saudis. Enemy combatants & terrorists are not subject to the Geneva Convention thereby... (CBS News -- US)
Will the Antichrist be a homosexual? May 29, 2009
Jonathan wrote on May 28, 2009 8:37 PM:" Wow, if that's what God is worried about, I want no part of religion. But as little as I know God, I hope he finds greater wickedness in the world than buttsex. I see no greater motivation to legalize gay marriage than to make this dude miserable. It's guys like this that make me question compassionate humanity. At least if you're fighting a true religious war, you're doing so because you feel threatened someone might take away your land or freedom, but... (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Like the Claws of the Dragon -- The Quest for Wealth and Immortality Grips Man's Soul May 20, 2009
KAILUA KONA, Hawaii, May 19, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Claws of the Dragon by JoEllen Heath is derived from the story of a monk, Ti Chan, in a monastery in India, who escaped death during the religious war spreading from India to China. Embarking on a ship, he arrived in Chin Chew -- and his mission was to bring the package hidden underneath his robes to the Monastery Wong Tai Chow and guard it with his life, but when he arrived in Chin Chew, he was killed. (Primezone Releases)
Rumsfeld 'Bible texts' criticised May 19, 2009
"If these official daily collages of Crusade-like messaging and war imagery had been leaked, they would have reinforced the Muslim world's apocalyptic fear that America was waging a religious war," wrote Frank Rich in the New York Times ... If these official daily collages of Crusade-like messaging and war imagery had been leaked, they would have reinforced the Muslim world's apocalyptic fear that America was waging a religious war. (BBC News -- Americas)
Reza Aslan: How to diffuse al Qaeda May 16, 2009
For Aslan, "cosmic war" is another way of saying "religious war." Aslan says the United States - under George W. Bush - played into Osama bin Laden's hands by supporting despotic Arab regimes, turning its back on Palestinian statehood and misjudging the perception that the "war on terror" was a war against Islam. A senior fellow at the Orfalea Center for Global national Studies at UC Santa Barbara, Aslan says Barack Obama - who Aslan says has reached out to Muslims and jettisoned the term "war... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Abortion vs. Waterboard May 14, 2009
And since it is a religious war, it is a war that must be won to preserve our western culture and save all of our necks. Literally. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
How can the Taleban be defeated? May 7, 2009
Because both these countries are predominantly Muslim, the element of religious war is no small term. No one knows what will have to happen to confirm "defeat" of the Taleban. (BBC News)
Sticky times May 5, 2009
The continuous blood bath since is exactly the sort of religious war the very first clause of our first amendment was intended to keep us out of. Until we stop subsidizing the slaughter and displacement of the indigenous population of Palestine , and sanction nothing less than the blindness to religion enshrined in our own BoR , we will be a target for our hypocrisy. (Townhall.com)
Egypt's Christians see bias in pig slaughter May 5, 2009
"They found in this black epidemic their golden opportunity to wage their religious war against Christianity, hiding behind the pigs," he wrote. Egyptian Christian groups in the U.S. have also condemned the move as singling out Christians and targeting their economic lifeline. (USA Today -- News)
Islamists Reject Pact's Call To Disarm May 4, 2009
Keep your religious war. Posted by gravypants at 4:03 PM : May 3, 2009. (CBS News)
Jamie Glazov: The Left Is 'United in Hate' May 2, 2009
After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the twin towers and Pentagon, when Islamofascists brought their religious war to the soil of America, most folks thought the United States finally had an enemy the political left could and should get behind fighting. To the bewilderment of observers, however, the side of the political spectrum that prides itself on its supposed history of "antifascism" has spent its time since 9/11 defending jihadists and other militant Muslims. (Newsmax)
Brace for the Bullet Train to Scream Through May 1, 2009
Whether we like it or not, suicidal cut-throats are waging a religious war against us to set up a worldwide caliphate. Sounds like terror and calamity to me. (Townhall.com)
Tactics in a Cosmic War Apr 30, 2009
As I argue in my new book How To Win A Cosmic War, by adopting the same religiously charged rhetoric and cosmic worldview as the Jihadists, by viewing alQada militants as a demonic force bent on destroying civilization instead of an international criminal conspiracy to be brought to justice, Bush played right into the Jihadists hands by setting the groundwork for a new and terrifying age of religious war. Thanks to the forces of globalization, which have radically altered the way people define... (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
There Will Never Be a Middle Ground Apr 28, 2009
He purports we were treating this as a religious war between Muslims and Christians. The fact that our Christian soldiers freed millions of Muslims from totalitarian regimes appears to be lost on him. (Townhall.com)
FBI Recruiting Muslim Spies, Group Says Apr 17, 2009
Only CBS would report this as being some kind of religious war. America has become a weak and ineffective nation of whiners and cry babies. (CBS News -- US)
Millions for Axelrod in sale of firm... Apr 5, 2009
" Party: NA Reply #7 Date: Apr. 3, 2009 - 11:39 PM EST there are more fat cats in obammaba's admistration then out, axlerod, summers, I guess it's too much to ask a hypocrat to practice what they preach Party: Independent Reply #8 Date: Apr. 4, 2009 - 1:43 AM EST Getcha pitchforks ready!! Oh, no- my bad- thats just for greedy scumbags that Obama wants to use for a smokescreen for CYA purposes- not for 00004000 greedy scumbag administration memebers. Sorry, I forgot. Party: NA Reply #9 Date: Apr.... (The Drudge Report)
'Anti-Semitic article' Mar 27, 2009
The article labels Israel's defending itself with great restraint as "a religious war.". The Star of David pictured in The Bee could not have been drawn by a Jew unless he was a preschooler. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Somalis protest Islamist drug ban Mar 26, 2009
It has since refocused its calls for a nationalist and religious war on African Union peacekeepers. The country has not had a functioning government since clan-based militias overthrew a socialist dictator in 1991 and then turned on each other. (MSNBC -- International)
World Watch: Pakistan, "Terror's Frontline" Mar 25, 2009
The traditional schools have multiplied tenfold, for the large part training mujahideens whom the government of General Parvez Musharraf, who assumed authority in October, 1999, has lauded as freedom fighters, ready to wage a jihad (religious war) through terrorist activities against nonbelievers. While only 4,350 madrassahs are registered with the government, the actual number has been estimated at between 40,000 to 50,000. (CBS News -- World)
A religious war within the Israeli Army Mar 23, 2009
A soldier, identified by the pseudonym Ram, is quoted as saying that in Gaza, "the rabbinate brought in a lot of booklets and articles and their message was very clear: We are the Jewish people, we came to this land by a miracle, God brought us back to this land and now we need to fight to expel the non-Jews who are interfering with our conquest of this holy land. This was the main message, and the whole sense many soldiers had in this operation was of a religious war.". Dany Zamir, the director... (International Herald Tribune)
Further accounts of Gaza killings released Mar 21, 2009
"The whole sense many soldiers had in this operation was of a religious war," a soldier who was called Ram was quoted as saying. None of the soldiers who described abuses acknowledging having taken part in them. (International Herald Tribune)
Soldier says rabbis pushed 'religious war' in Gaza... Mar 21, 2009
Reuters AlertNet - Soldier says rabbis pushed "religious war" in Gaza ... Soldier says rabbis pushed "religious war" in Gaza 20 Mar 2009 14:52:04 GMT Source: Reuters ... JERUSALEM, March 20 (Reuters) - Rabbis in the Israeli army told battlefield troops in January's Gaza offensive they were fighting a "religious war" against gentiles, according to one army commander's account published on Friday. (The Drudge Report)
INTERVIEW-Somali opposition leader vows to fight on Mar 6, 2009
Opposition says Somali conflict "a religious war" ... "They are fighting to stop any group that can employ sharia law in Somalia, so this is a religious war. When invaders come in and try to force you to leave our religion, reject your nationhood and independence, and take your resources illegally, there is no option left but to fight," he said. (AlertNet)
World Watch: Syria: We're Part Of Mideast Peace Process Feb 26, 2009
The radicalized ugly step children of Hitler have taken humanity back to the never ending rounds of religious war. Israel is an embarrassment for the U.S. Israel is an embarrassment to humanity. (CBS News -- World)
Why Are Islamic Terrorists So Big on Beheadings? Feb 21, 2009
As Lee Smith noted in , two verses in the Quran refer to decapitationboth in the context of religious war. reads: "Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight), smite at their necks." However, this line has generally been interpreted by Islamic scholars to mean that when facing infidels on the battlefield, one must strike with a deadly force. (Slate)
Christian rights dont exclude those of others Feb 15, 2009
Kirk O wrote on Feb 12, 2009 6:22 PM:" You know, Jacob, that is a great opening. Thanks.It is, in reality, not a religious war or even a skirmish. (That is being handled by our current Crusades, across the pond.) What it is here can be more described as a territorial dispute. The territory is the mind and person of each individual.I really, really don't care what you believe, even if that belief is that you must kill me. How can I say that, you ask? Simple; your belief that you must do a thing... (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
LETTERS: NCT, Feb. 14, 2009 Feb 14, 2009
" We're enormously better than this; this is the United States of America.Anthony AbbottEscondidoWhy gang up on Israel?In response to anti-Israel letters from Eric Parish , Rob Sulsh , Daniel and Patricia Lynch , Leon Smith (Letters, Jan. 19) and Bob Harvey : Why are they bent on ganging up on Israel but not Iran, Russia, North Korea or bin Laden, who threaten our way of life? What's this nonsense about more Palestinian lives lost then Israeli lives? All's fair in love and war.Muslim fanatics... (North County Times)
Venezuela's Jews, already uneasy, are jolted by attack Feb 13, 2009
He attacked critics who claimed he had created a political atmosphere in which anti-Semitism could flourish, accusing them of harboring the "criminal intent to unleash a religious war in Venezuela.". Commentators on state media and pro-Chvez Web sites have taken up with relish Chvez's initial position that the attack was a plot by his opponents. (International Herald Tribune)
