Egypt: Islamists hit Christian churches

Associated Press via Yahoo! News 8/17/2013

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 […]

Friday Night news dump: wind surfing while Cairo burns edition

Poor Richard’s News 17 August 2013

 

 

 

 

 

It was another busy news day with not nearly enough time to cover everything. Here are some of the stories that caught our eye today.

91 more people died in the violent clashes between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian military. The Muslim […]

Jake Tapper: Obama learned extent of Egypt violence Thursday morning

Ashe Schow The Washington Examiner 8/15/2013

CNN host Jake Tapper said President Obama’s decision to speak about the violence in Egypt on Thursday came after a phone call that morning where he was informed about the severity of the situation.

Tapper said the news came from a senior White House official, who said Obama was […]

Muslim Brotherhood Leader’s Son Claims MB is Blackmailing Obama with ‘Evidence That Could Put Him in Prison’

Daniel Greenfield FrontPage Magazine 8/14/2013

This is certainly interesting at any rate. Khairat Al-Shater is at the top of the Muslim Brotherhood pyramid. He was supposed to be the original Muslim Brotherhood president. In the Middle East threats like these are routine. It’s part of the mercantile culture. But it’s an interesting set of allegations.

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Glenn Beck’s keynote speech to Christians United for Israel

Pledges $100,000 donation to CUFI

Glenn Beck 7/23/2013

Tuesday night, Glenn Beck spoke before the Christians United for Israel Conference in Washington D.C as part of their “Night to Honor Israel”. In the speech, Glenn called for Christians everywhere to unite and stand for Israel…

_ _ Update: Though the video has been removed, here […]

15 Photos From the Tahrir Square Protests You’ll Never See In Legacy Media.

Tyler Durden Zero Hedge 7/2/2013

Submitted by Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform blog,

Our interventionist foreign policy is the gift that keeps on giving. Is there any Middle Eastern country that we haven’t screwed up yet? Oh yeah – Iran. Give Obama and McCain time. That will be the clusterfuck that destroys the world.

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