Sudan: Islamists burn to death Christian pastor, family

WorldNetDaily ^ | June 4, 2003 | staff writer

[yankeedame]

GLOBAL JIHAD Islamists burn to death Christian pastor, family
Massacre of 59 came as Sudan discussed removal from
terror list

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Posted: June 4, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

Military forces led by Sudan's militant Islamist regime burned to death a Christian pastor and his family in a massacre of 59 unarmed villagers, a relief group working in the area reported.

The simultaneous attack on 10 villages in Eastern Upper Nile took place as Secretary of State Colin Powell met with Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail to discuss Sudan's removal from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Sudan's cleric-backed National Islamic Front regime in the Arab and Muslim north declared a jihad on the mostly Christian and animist south in 1989. Since 1983, an estimated 2 million people have died from war and related famine. About 5 million have become refugees.

The May 22 attack was completely unprovoked, according to Seattle-based Servant's Heart, as no members of the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army were in the area.

The militia also wounded 15 and abducted 10 children and 6 women. The forces used a combination of rocket-propelled-grenade launchers, .50-caliber heavy machine guns and assault rifles.

Many villagers were burned alive as they hid in their homes from the government-led forces, Servant's Heart said.

Jacob Gadet Manyiel, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Sudan, and his wife and four children were burned to death as government soldiers stood outside their house and threatened to shoot anyone trying to escape.

Meanwhile, on the day of the attack, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said, "We think there is a real prospect to reach a just and lasting conclusion to the [Sudanese] civil war."

Khartoum's Ismail said after meeting with Powell his government "would sign a peace agreement with the SPLA as quickly as possible, maybe next month."

However, the attack last week violates the current cease-fire between Khartoum and the SPLA. It also breaches the agreement facilitated by former Sen. John Danforth, which forbids attacks against civilians and non-combatants.

Government of Sudan 2nd Lt. Mohammed Idris led the attack, Servant's Heart said.

Dennis Bennett, the group's executive director, charged that the State Department's unwillingness to thoroughly investigate an attack last year on villages in North East Upper Nile province led Khartoum forces to believe they could kill and enslave unarmed civilians with impunity.

As WorldNetDaily reported, the bones of scores of villagers littered a "killing field" left in the wake of an unprovoked assault in which as many as 3,000 civilians died.

"It is time for all Americans to contact President Bush directly, demanding that he punish those members of the Sudanese government who are responsible for these atrocities," Bennett said.

He called on Bush and the State Department to insist on the immediate, safe return of the 10 children and six women kidnapped and brutalized during last week's attack.

A noted research institute has compiled the names of 10,000 Sudanese abducted into slavery, evidence that challenges denials by Khartoum.

Bennett insisted there should be no further talks with the U.S. until all abductees from the recent attack are returned and those responsible are arrested and tried for crimes against humanity, including Idris and Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Saleh.

[steve8714]

religion of peace...

[tuckrdout]

More evidence that this is not a "religion of peace".......

[Gritty]

Sudan's cleric-backed National Islamic Front regime in the Arab and Muslim north declared a jihad on the mostly Christian and animist south in 1989. Since 1983, an estimated 2 million people have died from war and related famine

It sounds as if the atrocities committed here are on the Saddam scale, maybe worse.

We need to destroy this radical Muslim regime and..., oh, wait a minute,... these are Christians. Never mind.

[votelife]

paging itsareligionofpeace

[chachacha]

So what do we do about it? Killing Christians is normal behavior all around the world. Even here in this country they are looked down upon by the left wing bottom feeders and the laws passed by congress and, the Supreme Satins, are Anti Christian.

[fporretto]

I doubt we'll do anything about it. Sudan is in no position to threaten U.S. interests or the security of Americans...yet.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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http://palaceofreason.com

[chachacha]

After visiting your Web Site Link I decided a second opinion was in order. Thanks

So what do we do about it? Killing Christians is normal behavior all around the world. Even here in this country they are looked down upon by the left wing bottom feeders and the laws passed by congress and, the Supreme Satins, are Anti Christian. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Courier]

Every morning we wake up to more of the same from these Islamic animals.

I'm sick of it.

[knighthawk]

Jacob Gadet Manyiel, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Sudan, and his wife and four children were burned to death as government soldiers stood outside their house and threatened to shoot anyone trying to escape.

Islam-list

If people want on or off this list, please let me know.

[nosofar]

I doubt we'll do anything about it. Sudan is in no position to threaten U.S. interests or the security of Americans...yet.

Maybe when Canada and Mexico become Islamist we'll do something...maybe. As long as people not being murdered in this country, why be concerned. Oh wait! There are people being murdered here.

[Michael2001]

He must've been upset with the pastor's foreign policy

[CatoRenasci]

The Islamist fanatics have been plaguing the Sudan for well over a century -- at least since the Mahdi killed Chinese Gordon. Churchill was part of Kitchener's force that suppressed the Mahdists in the late 1890's -- major battle at Omdurman.

[Celtman]

So what do we do about it?

"Secretary of State Colin Powell met with Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail "

      What should be done about it?  How about a change in foreign policy?  Have we officially admitted yet that we are occupying Iraq?  Appeasement was a mistake in the 30s, and it is a mistake today.

[Travis McGee]

Islam is an insane murder cult. Eventually, the sane parts of the world will come to understand this fact.

[fporretto]

Please don't get me wrong. I'd love to see us administer lead enemas to all the Islamofascist crazies. But Washington isn't likely to go adventuring for purely altruistic reasons. Nor, objectively speaking, should it.

America should deploy her military power only when there's a strong case that American interests or American lives are genuinely at stake. Afghanistan was such a case. Iraq was such a case. There will be others. Eventually, Sudan might be one. But the gray heads of the Administration don't see Sudan as one yet. As horrible as the events in Sudan have been, I'm disinclined to second-guess them from a position of ignorance.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Visit the Palace Of Reason:
http://palaceofreason.com

[happygrl]

What is going on in the Sudan should be brought to the attention of the Saudis, as well as the Sudanese, forthwith. Back in the 1970s, the plight of the Jews in the USSR was connected to the issues which were of concern to the Soviets in their relations with us. In that way, emigration of Jews from the USSR was aided.

Saudi money and influence flow throughout the Islamic world. Why do we still aid them with military, intelligence and technology assistance ?Why is their issue of Palestinians of more import than that of two million dead Sudanese Christians ?

Whoever speaks for the Christians in this world ? What about hate crimes against our those of our faith?

[Travis McGee]

Nobody gives a tinker's damn about 2 million dead black Christians. Not Jesse Jackson, not Koffee Annon, not Nelson Mandela, not Prince Bandar and his 300 brothers, not "President" (sic) Mubarak.

Nobody.

[VOA]

Jacob Gadet Manyiel, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Sudan, and his wife and
four children were burned to death as government soldiers stood outside their
house and threatened to shoot anyone trying to escape.

Uhhh, liberals, especially you of Jewish background...

...will you listen to me NOW when I say that the Islamics are the New Nazis?

Just like the Old Nazis, ready to kill anyone they don't like, no matter
how young they are.
And ready to fry them as well.

[Free ThinkerNY]

The Sudanese Muslims are just upset that the Palestinians don't have their own state. That's how the Left always explains Islamic terrorism.