Bomb hits Egypt church at New Year's Mass, 21 dead

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
01/01/2011 08:37

Mubarak: We will cut off the hands of terrorists and those plotting against Egypt's security; al-Qaida suspected.

Talkbacks (4) ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — A powerful bomb exploded in front of a crowded Coptic Christian church a half hour into the New Year early Saturday, hitting worshipers emerging from a holiday Mass in the Egyptian city of Alexandria and killing at least 21 people in an attack that raised suspicions of an al-Qaida role.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak vowed to track down those behind the attack, saying "we will cut off the hands of terrorists and those plotting against Egypt's security."

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First Comes Saturday then Comes Sunday

Yet another remarkable film by Pierre Rehov - My personal favorite among directors of counter-jihad documentaries. It contains in depth interviews with Brigitte Gabriel and Bat Yeor among others focusing mainly on the islamisation of Egypt and Libanon.

I planned to write a more extensive post about the reasons behind the media black-out on muslim persecution of christians, but decided to refrain, simply because I cannot explain it.

A lot of it has to do with socialist persecution of christians spilling over into western media because of soviet infiltration and dominance during the cold war, some has to do with the divisions within christianity and maybe even christianity as such. But over-all it simply does not make sense that the slaughter and humiliation of millions of christians remains hidden from the public in the christian countries of the west.

Something very sinister is at play, when the Church of Bethlehem can be shot up and desecrated in urine and excrement by terrorists without much attention from western media.

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Austrian MP Ewald Stadler adresses Turkish Ambassador

Christian Retreat - Turkey

December 2010

Diba is a Christian who left Turkey 23 years ago after Muslims killed her brother. Today she returns , hoping she can live there in peace. What she finds is a smaller Christian community still living with fear and uncertainty?

"It was much better here before. We were with thousands. All churches were full. But now our people are gone", says Diba as she pores over her photos of a now disappearing culture. Her face expresses the immeasurable sadness of a vanishing people. Despite her return the future looks bleak for the remaining Assyrian Christians in Turkey. While Turkey claims to be a secular country intolerance still abounds. "What the issue is here, is that there is no real mentality of freedom of religion. There is just one religion here, Islam". says Ria Oomen-Ruijten, a representative of the European Union in Turkey, as she explains the frequent attacks on Christians in Turkey; one man was attacked by a fundamentalist with a knife in broad daylight on a street in Istanbul. It is this culture of intolerance that is driving the remaining Monks from Dor Gabriel, one of the oldest sanctuaries of the Turkish Christian community. Yet Diba is not about to give up. She sees a different future for Christians in Turkey and is willing to fight for it. "Our dream? We will fight for our land. We will stay on our land. That is what we will try".

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Iraqi Christians - Iraq

December 2010

Christians have lived in Iraq for 2,000 years but this Christmas they're not celebrating. Under increasing attack from Islamic fundamentalists are they about to be driven from their ancestral homeland?

Meet Canon Andrew White, an Anglican priest who serves the largest congregation of Christians in Baghdad. His service this Christmas could be the last Christmas service to be held in the country which has some of the oldest Christian communities in the world. "I dont want to leave the country. But now this has happened, I fear for my daughters" says the mother of Uday a four-year-old boy killed by Islamic extremists, unfortunately it was not an isolated attack. In the last few months over 1,000 families have fled Baghdad after Islamic extremists burst into a church in October, murdering two priests and holding the entire congregation hostage. Now few Christians in Iraq will even attend religious ceremonies for fear of violence. "Even though it's Christmas, and we love this festival, what can we do? We are sad at the moment, so we won't celebrate". At the church where the violence occurred a few still come to worship, the walls behind them still stained with bloody hand prints. "They say to us, the Americans are your people, they're Christians. They say you brought them here. And they kill us for it". The American invasion has radicalised many Iraqis and Christians have become identified with the West and are an easy target.

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UK DEEP FREEZE/THAW - N.IRELAND ON WATER RATIONS AFTER THOUSANDS LEFT WITHOUT WATER

As the UK enters the thawing period after our initial taste of the winter to come, pipes and boilers are failing due to the fact that they are not designed to be put under such harsh conditions as those seen so far this december.

If this is a glimpse of what lies in store for the uk in the months ahead, then we are going to be in serious trouble. Our infrastructure just isnt designed to cope with this. And its being reported that the cold will return on sunday.

Scotland is giving 160,000 litres of water to Northern Ireland to ease its drinking water crisis.

Large parts of Northern Ireland have been forced into water rationing as engineers battle to fix a huge number of leaks caused by a rise in temperatures.

Ten of thousands of families have been affected by the emergency, with First Minister Peter Robinson and the deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness due to chair a special meeting of the executive in Belfast on Thursday.

Northern Ireland Water, the company at the centre of the crisis, has been heavily criticised for its response, which left many homes without water since before Christmas.

A statement by Mr Robinson and Mr McGuinness said: "NI Water's response was clearly inadequate and we are now looking urgently at what further measures can be taken to alleviate the problems people are facing.

"All district councils have invoked their emergency response arrangements to make their leisure centres available to provide the public with showering facilities.

"They are also working with NI Water to identify suitable sites for water bowsers and water distribution. The majority of councils already have appropriate arrangements in place, with the remainder expected to do so by the end of business today.

"It is also important that we ensure that schools and business which are currently closed for the holidays are ready to open next week."

NIW said: "As a result of the high water demand being experienced, a number of our reservoirs are currently at low water levels and we are trying to rezone and recharge the water network."

There have been warnings that the water crisis could turn into a health emergency, as some households have gone without running water for more than eight days.

Dr Peter Maguire, a GP in Newry, said: "People with young families have not been able to flush toilets and wash themselves, never mind get access to drinking water.

"It's just not good enough. What's happening is really not acceptable."

Engineers in Scotland are also dealing with up to four times as many leaks as usual for this time of year.

:: Belfast residents can call 0800 707 6965 for information on where to get water and what other assistance the council can give.

Source: MrGlasgowtruther

Iran: U.S., UK Face Fate Worse than Hitler, Saddam

• Ahmadinejad says Tehran will not cooperate with P5+1 talks in Jan.
• Iranian president: U.N. Security Council members are "retards"
• Israeli Dep. PM: Iran has problems with weapons program

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Photo: Daniella Zalcman)

Jerusalem, Dec. 29 – The United States, United Kingdom and the Zionist regime are an “ominous triangle of terrorism and warmongering in the world,” Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi was quoted as saying by the Iranian Students News Agency.
“If the U.S. and Britain do not seek to revise their policies a fate worse than those of Hitler and Saddam will be waiting for them,” he said.
He also criticized recent anti-Iranian remarks by British and U.S. envoys.
Iranian lawmakers approved a bill to fully cut Tehran’s relations with the UK last week. This move follows a memo published on Dec. 9 by British envoy to Tehran Simon Gass that criticized the human rights situation in Iran.
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