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To: wmfights

Just sent the following to DRUDGE. It needs to be posted there big time.
Where is zero?

Pastor again refuses to recant as pressure builds on Iran to halt execution

Iran is under increasing pressure from leaders around the world to halt the execution of Iranian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, who on Wednesday refused for the fourth and final time to recant his faith and could be executed at any time.

In the U.S., Speaker of the House John Boehner released a statement urging Iran to spare the pastor’s life and release him. Overseas, British Foreign Secretary William Hague also called on Iran to overturn the sentence.

Observers say external pressure could be critical in preventing the Iranian government from performing its first apostasy execution since 1990.

Arrested in 2009, Nadarkhani was told by an Iranian court this year that he would be executed unless he converted to Islam. The court gave him four chances to recant Christianity, and he refused to do so on four consecutive days this week, the final being Wednesday,...

http://bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=36211


13 posted on 09/28/2011 4:22:18 PM PDT by RedMDer (Forward With Confidence!)
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To: RedMDer
Where is zero?

Supporting his islamic brothers?

15 posted on 09/28/2011 4:30:43 PM PDT by wmfights (If you want change support SenateConservatives.com)
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