From Churchill’s Parrot blog
“To me the greatest issue in this part of the world is not deserting Israel.”
- Sir Winston Churchill
There is at present but one flag upon Earth’s moon; for only a society which values the liberty and enterprise this flag represents could achieve such a miracle. That flag yet stands alone, a colorful […]

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Anyone who’s watched news coverage about Iraq over the last 25 years or so has probably seen Tariq Aziz. He was a part of Saddam Hussein’s inner circle from the first day the dictator took power. However, unlike ‘Chemical Ali’ and the rest of Saddam’s henchman, Aziz was never a strong man for the regime.
He […]

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The small but prosperous Gulf kingdom of Bahrain has appointed a new Ambassador to the United States.
And she is Jewish.
Surprised?
Most Americans can’t tell a Shiite from a Sunni, or a Farsi from an Arab.
And a lot of blogs seem to think “Arab =Muslim”, a generalization that would come as a surprise to Lebanese Christians or […]

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In New York’s Times Square on Sunday afternoon, Armenians, documentary filmmakers, politicians and historians who refuse to allow the nearly successful genocidal campaign by the Ottoman Turks to be forgotten, gathered to mark the 93rd year of the atrocity and of the Turkish denials.
The two-hour event featured the usual speeches – you know, that quote […]

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There has been much, (mostly right wing inspired) press about former President Jimmy Carter meeting with Hamas. The Bush(ette) mouthpiece Condoleeza Rice has been rather outspoken about the ex presidents effectiveness, and even his usefulness in attempting to bring peace to a part of the ever turbulent Middle East.
The latest ‘go around’ involves a discrepancy […]

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I grew up loving Israel unquestioningly.  I come from a Christian fundamentalist background, so, much the Wahabi, I believed what I was told.  It was not until I saw Paradise Now, the groundbreaking Palestinian film, that my opinions on the matter become more open.  This is a film about that happening in the life of […]

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Nojoud Nasser was an ordinary 8-year-old girl until her unemployed, mentally unstable father forced her into marriage with a man, 22-years, her senior.
After two months of sexual and physical abuse Nojoud ran away with the aid of her uncle and filed a case against her father and husband.
On April 15, with support from her lawyer […]

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It’s true! Would hysterical conservatives lie to you about a Godless Muslim Koran-fondling wild man like Scary Barry? A man who doesn’t always wear a flag pin on his lapel? That was mighty careless of him. You’d think the Anti-Christ would be a little more devious than that. Since Christ was clearly a white American, […]

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Attention Conspiracy theorists.
They caught two of the ships that caused part of that Middle East Cable outage, and it turns out it was not done by the CIA, or Mossad, or Iran, or Alqaeda.
Just some careless sailors.
There were four cable cuts at the time; this story refers to the FLAG cable between Oman and the […]

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Petreus giving his testimony was on CNN last night..
Instapundit has his testimony here
My summary: Not all sweetness and light, but a hard slog, getting there slowly. Sounds about right.
But seeing Petreus testify reminded me that straight talkers who have quiet authority and integrity tend to play well on television, but politicians who talk too much […]

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Perhaps because I have lived in countries with insurgencies, I’m a little cynical about the US press covereage of Iraq. They seem willing and able to report Iraq as Viet Nam, while I see it as Colombia, or Algeria, or Luzon, or maybe even Mindanao.
The problem? The politicization of coverage as an “us versus them” […]

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Assalamualaikum, Islamic Greetings of Peace
Peace Tv is a household name not only in Pakistan  but also  entire Muslim world.because it has presented a convincing picture of Islam through wise talks, debates and dialogues.
Infact Ijaz ul Haq, son of late Zia ul Haq, a minister in Musharaf’s government is a big fan of Dr.  Zakir Naik. […]

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Every day, Sderot–the little town near the Gaza Strip in Western Israel–is hit with countless Qassam Rockets. Some days only a few rockets are fired, at random, into the streets of Sderot. Other days several dozen fall down amongst the heads of the civilian population there. It’s […]

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The Islamic community in the Middle East should not require the Catholic Church’s public acceptance of the Prophet Mohammed as part of its negotiations towards establishing a Catholic presence in Saudi Arabia. In the same manner, Catholics should not require any Saudi proclamation that favors Christianity either. The Saudi government needs to acknowledge and affirm […]

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Christianity…a religious conversion of personal choice!

Contrary to the popular public opinion, Islamic faithful believers are converting to the practice of Christianity in record numbers. This is perhaps the reason for the deeply seated animosity and religious antagonism directed towards the Catholic Church and all of its associated teachings. A principle that underlies all of the […]

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Consider this abbreviated list of unseemly associations, and decide if you would vote for this person. The stories are all true, and they have been verified. For now, we will call the person “Candidate X.” But further in this article the person will be exposed, by name.
One long term friend of Candidate X was sent […]

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From Churchill’s Parrot blog
The undaunted asininity of the vast majority of the “Anti-War”/ Peace Movement” in regards to Operation Iraqi Freedom necessitates that each year we update and post our IRAQ INVASION ONLINE REFRESHER COURSE.  To this day chants of “Bush Lied People Died” - though fewer in number and lesser in rabidity - can […]

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Catholicism migrated to the area of the Persian Gulf in the early 4th century. However, the history of the Catholic Church in this area has always been difficult. Nestorianism rose as a heretical movement among the faithful followers regarding the person of Jesus Christ. Nestorians believed Jesus had two distinct persons, one as Jesus the […]

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At last!  A serving British Army General has exposed the British Army’s “hearts and minds” strategy for the failure that it is, and always was.  Quoted in the Daily Mail last week, senior army commander, Lieutenant-General Graeme Lamb said “…the image of winning hearts and minds is almost ridiculous…”
The general gave succinct rationale for his […]

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My nieces, like many Filipina nurses, has worked in Saudi. On arrival, their luggage was searched and the inspector instructed them to throw away their rosaries.
I guess, like Dracula, he was afraid to touch the object for fear of contamination. So the women were ordered to throw the rosaries away themselves: an action which to […]

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From Churchill’s Parrot blog
Unrivalled Churchill biographer and dear friend, Sir Martin Gilbert got it wrong in a recent interview with the Jerusalem Post. In it he elaborates upon parallels between the free world’s appeasement of Iran and the free world’s appeasement of Nazi Germany seventy years ago. Sir Martin notes that by the time Hitler […]

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I’ve been a bit upset about reports of a Chaldean Catholic Bishop who was kidnapped and murdered in Mosul, whose body was found a few days ago. You see, years ago, while working in Africa as a doc, several of my friends were killed, and so attacks against the innocent have a way of bringing […]

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This article is a second release of this musing. It was published last June, but should have another revisit by Catholic readers. In light of the recently listed “sins” that include those against the environment. HJMN
There are always ways that the Catholic Church can join in the environmental movement in small but yet effective ways. […]

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If you think the Eliot Spitzer affair is a scandal, your missing out on a sweet story of Islamic hypocrisy oozing out of Iran.
Tehran’s Chief of Police who recently led a crackdown on women for not following the Islamic dress code and eroding public morality was arrested during a raid on a brothel.
General Reza Zarhei, […]

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It’s raining in Israel.  You won’t hear about it on the weather channel, though, because it’s not your typical rain.  Sadly, the fact that rockets are raining down on the Israeli town of Sderot won’t be easily found on the regular news either.  No, it is more likely you will hear about actual rainfall in Sderot […]

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Senator Clinton was civil until she started losing. Obama is answering her, charge by charge. This is not going to be enough. The Clintons have a veritable Kitchen Sink Factory to create weapons to hurl at their opponents. But Hillary’s own tub is full of dirty bathwater. Maybe it’s time for Obama to throw the […]

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Married couple and filmmaking duo Hamid Rahmanian and Melissa Hibbard are a well-known team to anyone interested in Iranian film and films dealing with Iranian social issues, including how Iran is perceived by the West, namely in the U.S. Together they’ve made numerous documentaries (two of which are included on the new dvd release The […]

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Earlier this month, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan told The New York Times that the choice that Jewish voters had in the Dem primary was “almost an embarrassment of riches” and that they felt “a certain amount of distress that they have to choose […]

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The MSM views the creation of a second Muslim state in Europe as a positive development, seeing it as a satisfyingly just conclusion to the suffering inflicted on ethnic Albanians  by Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic, whose repressive measures against the minority culminated in the Srebrenica massacre.
Here are a few alternative views about this legacy of […]

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Eat your heart out, Indiana Jones – and all those others who have been searching for the Ark of the Covenant for the last 2,700 years.  It’s been found in a small museum in Harare, Zimbabwe.  “I felt a shiver down my spine… a strange sanctity seemed to shine from it…”
 
The hero who claims to […]

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