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63 Egyptian Christian Churches Looted, Torched or Attacked
Associated Press ^ | 8/17/2013 | HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press

Posted on 08/20/2013 3:27:31 AM PDT by IbJensen

(The Evangelical Church of Malawi is left in ruins Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013, after it was ransacked, looted and burned ..............)

CAIRO (AP) — After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like "prisoners of war" before a Muslim woman offered them refuge. Two other women working at the school were sexually harassed and abused as they fought their way through a mob.

In the four days since security forces cleared two sit-in camps by supporters of Egypt's ousted president, Islamists have attacked dozens of Coptic churches along with homes and businesses owned by the Christian minority. The campaign of intimidation appears to be a warning to Christians outside Cairo to stand down from political activism.

Christians have long suffered from discrimination and violence in Muslim majority Egypt, where they make up 10 percent of the population of 90 million. Attacks increased after the Islamists rose to power in the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring uprising that drove Hosni Mubarak from power, emboldening extremists. But Christians have come further under fire since President Mohammed Morsi was ousted on July 3, sparking a wave of Islamist anger led by Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood.

Nearly 40 churches have been looted and torched, while 23 others have been attacked and heavily damaged since Wednesday, when chaos erupted after Egypt's military-backed interim administration moved in to clear two camps packed with protesters calling for Morsi's reinstatement, killing scores of protesters and sparking deadly clashes nationwide.

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"The looters were so diligent that they came back to one of the five churches they had ransacked to see if they can get more," he told the AP. "They were loading our chairs and benches on trucks and when they had no space for more, they destroyed them."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antichristianarabs; benghazibarry; christians; copticchurch; copticchurches; copts; egypt; islam; israel; kenyanbornmuzzie; mb; muslimbrotherhood; randsconcerntrolls; waronterror
The Obama administration's super tolerance for the Muslim religion is reason enough to impeach this phony mystery president which, thankfully, would cause the disintegration of his evil network of complicit governmental agencies. Obama is more interested in larding the military with perverts than protecting this nation.

This genocidal violence is used by a phony Obama-inspired implementation of democracy where not only is it not needed, but will never work. Democracy? Is this what we call this usurpation of power by the bloated central socialist government?

Islam is a culture of dogmatic oppression, human rights violations, violence and destruction. It has always been and always will be. This is a degraded culture that burns their babies and small children with hot sticks out of the fire in order to discipline them, even to the point of grave illness. This is the culture that as soon as the riots start, in which hundreds of knuckleheads are shot, the gangs rush to the Christian Churches to torch them and kill the worshippers.

Anyone with a functioning brain can see clearly that this is a barbaric culture under the guise of religion a fact that escapes these cretins who are ruling and ruining our lives, our economy and our nation.

How can Americans trust such an evil administration as ours who would treat a dangerous rabid animal with bargaining and kindness? Obama treats America and its people with insulting rhetoric and disdain.

Obama and Islam are both horrible failures that would drag the civilized world down to the level they revel in: sewers and cesspools.

1 posted on 08/20/2013 3:27:32 AM PDT by IbJensen
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To: IbJensen

The Obama Caliphate takes form.


2 posted on 08/20/2013 3:54:03 AM PDT by Iron Munro (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize - Voltaire)
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To: IbJensen

In Norway, around 50 churches - many of them hundreds of years old - were burned by Varg Vikernes and his merry band. Still, the police - while knowing their activity in detail - did nothing before they had to (Vikernes mudered a rival).

There’s still rabid howls from a large segment that the burnings should continue. Hatred of Chritianity and of Jews is a global flood.


3 posted on 08/20/2013 3:55:15 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama: the bearded lady of Muslim Brotherhood))
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To: IbJensen

FOX needs to run with this story throughout the day in the hopes of giving it legs.
It’s the only way the networks & other cable news might be forced to cover it.


4 posted on 08/20/2013 4:01:38 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: IbJensen
But Christians have come further under fire since President Mohammed Morsi was ousted on July 3, sparking a wave of Islamist anger led by Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood.

Yet here in America we are allowing the Muslim Brotherhood to infiltrate our government and influence our policy

We reward them by exempting them from Obamacare - there by making it a TAX on all non muslims.

We reward them by putting in special quotas for more of them to come into our nation in the immigration bill

We reward them by sending monies to their offshoots such as Hamas - the false-a-stinians need a country too you know/s

5 posted on 08/20/2013 4:27:24 AM PDT by Lera (Proverbs 29:2)
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In the past 48 hours alone, the savage Muslim Brotherhood torched some 63 Egyptian churches and Christian businesses. Obama ignored the bloodbath and spent the crisis dining, golfing, partying, and vacationing in exclusive Martha’s Vineyard on our dime.

And we heard nary a discouraging word from the self-styled "defenders of the oppressed"---Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson---who were in high dungeon when a southern Black church was torched.

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Clearly, Obama is an enemy of the American people and a traitor to our time-honored Constitution that has served our country well.

Torched churches are on his hands----and on the hands of the incomparably stupid Susan Rice----as they elegantly dined and power-partied on our tax dollars.

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Obama is a reprobate and criminal on so many levels, it is hard to pinpoint one area. The mess in Egypt is directly linked to 0bama, who not only brought the downfall of President Mubarak, but is also cause ing the deaths of many more Egyptians.

He's a self-serving psychopathic conman---Madoff with an Oval Office---incapable of shame. Watch him---it's always about him striving for that "feel-good moment," then he's off to something else.

He could be forcibly removed from office---or at the very least----we, the people, should issue a restraining order to stop the chaos he is inflicting on our nation....and the world.

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Appears Egyptian Gen al-Sisi is one of the few leaders defending Christians---al-Sisi has vowed to rebuild their churches. Russian Pres Putin has also weighed in---decrying the Christian slaughter by Muzzies. Elsewhere, the unabated slaughter of Syrian Christians continues as well---conducted by the fanatical Muslims----the word is Muzzie rebels want Assad out b/c he accepts Christians. Of course, Obama is on the wrong side in Syria....arming the Christian-hating Muzzie rebels.

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DATELINE EGYPT Gen Al-Sisi would not take the call Obama made from MV---signaling the General's all-out determination not to let this admin interfere in his plans to drive the Muslim Brotherhood out of Egyptian politics.

NOTE: Gen Al-Sisi, 58, received a masters degree from the U.S. War College in Carlisle, Pa, in 2006.

True to his word, after Wed's bloodbath, Gen al-Sisi drove out Muslims from the mosque where they had gathered to ID their dead---Al-Sisi then confiscated the Muzzie bodies. Key Muslims were also hunted down---and a Muslim protest march had to be cancelled b/c military in tanks were stationed along the way.

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The military's vow to rebuild the long list of Christian churches torched by the Muslim Brotherhood will certainly gain the support of the American people....but there is NO WAY Obombo will turn against his pals----Morsi & his Muzzie Brothers. We are saddled w/ hater will never be one of US, he will always be one of Them.

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MILITARY.COM EXCERPT---US Pentagon officials declined to give specifics on conversations between DOD's Chuck Hagel and Egyptian Gen al-Sisi, but chief Pentagon spokesman George Little said that "US officials at all levels have made it clear that we support the democratic process in Egypt and that we hope that this period of tension can be resolved in a peaceful manner and that violence can be avoided." "We don't support any single party or group," Little said. "We believe that this needs to be resolved through political means."

Although the officials would not discuss the specifics of the military- to-military talks, the U.S. would need Gen al-Sisi's approval to move through Egyptian air space if Washington decided to send Marines to aid in the evacuation of U.S. personnel.

About 550 Marines and their tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey aircraft are at bases in Spain and Italy on standby if they are needed. A Navy Amphibious Ready Group with 4,000 Marines and sailors aboard, led by the helicopter assault ship Kearsarge, was also in the region following completion of the Eager Lion training exercises in Jordan. © Copyright 2013 Military.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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AIN'T KARMA A *ITCH? S-o-o-o...... the helicopter assault ship Kearsarge, IS in the region. We were lied to----we were told Kearsage was not available to help endangered Americans in Benghazi.

6 posted on 08/20/2013 4:43:21 AM PDT by Liz
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To: IbJensen

This Atrocity was released upon Egypt by
Obama and the DNC, Ayers and Dohrn.

And the US Congress???? THEY DID NOTHING.


7 posted on 08/20/2013 4:48:53 AM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: IbJensen

Time for an “eye for an eye” ...get out the drones. Take out 63 mosques. But alas the Drone Ranger is once again on vacation and playing golf, using my tax dollars to support his bling. I’m 71 years old, I wonder if I’ll ever see a real President again.


8 posted on 08/20/2013 5:33:01 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (When will those PAYING for Obamacare be exempted?)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

I’m older than you so my chances are much slimmer.

We’ve got good talent, but no party. If we don’t get busy soon the lights will go out for us as well as the nation and the Beast of Kosovo will sit in the Oval Orifice and squat on the Oval Orifice’s toilet seat.

We don’t even want to know what will be lurking in the kneehole of that desk.


9 posted on 08/20/2013 6:47:45 AM PDT by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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