U.S. manufactured tanks have reportedly ended up in the arsenal of fighters from an umbrella organization of mostly Iran-allied Shiite militias in Iraq that have expressed hostility towards troops from the United States The global jihad is taken seriously by unrelenting jihadists, but was not even acknowledged by the previous Obama Administration. Now Iran has […]
Iraqi archbishop: “Crisis of violence in Islam must be addressed openly and honestly”
It is good that the Archbishop of Erbil was able to say this at Franciscan University, but it is unlikely he will get much of a hearing in other Catholic circles. Pope Francis has essentially dogmatized the falsehood that Islam is a Religion of Peace. This false claim has become a superdogma in the Catholic […]
Iraqi Archbishop: Muslim “slow-motion genocide” of Christians began 1400 years ago
The Chaldean Archbishop of Erbil stated that: having faced for 1,400 years the slow-motion genocide that began long before the ongoing ISIS genocide today, the time for excusing this inhuman behavior and its causes is long since past Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda’s declaration is a fact of history that the willfully blind refuse to see. […]
Trump administration pledges $55 million for religious and ethnic groups persecuted by the Islamic State
“The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced last week that the government will provide $75 million to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for aid to Iraq, including the $55 million earmarked for communities of Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities.” The global “human rights community” has turned its back on these […]
Baghdad: Muslims murder at least 38 people in jihad/martyrdom suicide bombings during rush hour
“Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties, for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed.” (Qur’an 9:111) The Islamic State has apparently not been completely eradicated from Baghdad and its environs. “Double suicide attack kills dozens in Baghdad,” TRTWorld, […]
Iraq: Islamic State executioner who threw gay men off buildings bribes his way out of prison in minutes
It wasn’t just that he paid a bribe. It was also that many, many people sympathize with what he did, and — secretly, perhaps — consider Abu Omer a hero. “Isis executioner who threw gay men off buildings bribed his way out of prison in ‘minutes,’” by Josh Robbins, International Business Times, January 9, 2018: […]
Mike Pence meets 12-year-old Iraqi Christian boy whose house was burned down by the Islamic State
A 12-year-old Iraqi Christian boy whose home was destroyed by the Islamic State met with Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday and presented him with a gift. Photo-ops and stories in the mass media of anyone reaching out to the vast population of forgotten, innocent Christians who have been violently persecuted by Muslims are scarce. […]
Miss Iraq and her family forced to flee Iraq after getting death threats over her selfie with Miss Israel
So much for that celebrated Islamic tolerance. “Miss Iraq forced to flee country over Instagram photo alongside Miss Israel,” by Benjamin Brown, Fox News, December 15, 2017: So much for diplomacy by selfie. Miss Iraq, Sarah Idan, and her family had to flee their homeland after receiving death threats over a photo she posted online […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage: ISIS: The Caliphate Dream Is Over
But the killing isn’t. My latest in FrontPage: The caliphate is dead. Last Saturday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced that the Islamic State (ISIS) had been driven out of Iraq: Today, our troops were able to purge islands of Nineveh and Anbar in full, and they (the forces) are now fully controlling the Iraqi-Syrian […]
US admits American arms given to Iranian jihadists in Iraq
“We have seen reports that some U.S.-origin military equipment is being operated by Iraqi militia units that are not the approved end-users,” said a spokesman for the White House National Security Council. “We urge the Government of Iraq to expeditiously return this equipment to the full control of the Iraqi Army.” Yes, no doubt they’re […]