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Glenn Beck Talks About Crowd Numbers, Media Reaction To 828 Rally

Monday, August 30th, 2010

VIDEO: Glenn Beck Talks About Crowd Numbers, Media Reaction To Rally


The Cloward-Piven Strategy Video

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

The Cloward-Piven Strategy ::: End of America As We Know It

ISRAEL Versus Iran And The Point Of No Return

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

ISRAEL VERSUS IRAN AND THE POINT OF NO RETURN?

Also: 2010 Epicenter Conference DVD begins shipping today.

By Joel C. Rosenberg

(Washington, D.C., August 12, 2010) — “For the Obama administration, the prospect of a nuclearized Iran is dismal to contemplate — it would create major new national-security challenges and crush the president’s dream of ending nuclear proliferation,” writes reporter Jeffrey Goldberg an article in The Atlantic entitled, The Point of No Return.

“But the view from Jerusalem is still more dire: a nuclearized Iran represents, among other things, a threat to Israel’s very existence. In the gap between Washington’s and Jerusalem’s views of Iran lies the question: who, if anyone, will stop Iran before it goes nuclear, and how? As Washington and Jerusalem study each other intensely, here’s an inside look at the strategic calculations on both sides-and at how, if things remain on the current course, an Israeli air strike will unfold.”

Very interesting article. Raises many troubling and intriguing points. I’ve posted a link to the full article my weblog. A few other summer updates:

* A reader emailed me last week asking why The Joshua Fund is going to hold the next Epicenter Conference in Israel and have a prayer & vision tour there in May 2011 when the prospect of war is growing. It’s an important question, and I’ve posted my answer on the weblog :

http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/

* The Joshua Fund staff is holding several days of prayer and strategic planning next week. Please keep us in your prayers. We’re exploring ways to expand our humanitarian relief efforts next year both for Israelis and Palestinians. Check out the latest developments at www.joshuafund.net, and please prayerfully consider making a summer donation to help us touch as many lives as possible through the warehouse and 7 food distribution centers we’re currently supporting. Thanks.

* The DVD collection of speeches/presentations made at the 2010 Epicenter Conference in Philadelphia begins shipping to customers today. It includes messages by General Boykin, Kay Arthur, Greg Laurie, Hormoz Shariat, Mosab Hassan Yousef, myself and others. It also includes a special two-hour seminar bonus feature with Hormoz Shariat and Tom Doyle on how to share the gospel with your Muslim friends. If you haven’t already ordered your copy, please go to:   www.epicenterconference.com.

* Tyndale is finalizing my fall book tour for “THE TWELFTH IMAM.” We’ll release cities, dates and details very soon. Also, a sneak preview is available on my website.

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(Image by Alex Williamson, for The Atlantic magazine)


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US CENTCOM Press Releases For August 2010

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
ISAF continues efforts to reduce civilian casualties

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 04:59 AM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 10, 2010) – Data released by the United Nations Assistance Mission Afghanistan highlighting increasing numbers of civilians killed by insurgents in Afghanistan is consistent with figures tracked by the International Security Assistance Force Headquarters. Read more…
Mattis takes command of CENTCOM Aug. 11

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 04:44 AM PDT

MACDILL AFB, Fla. (Aug. 10, 2010) – Marine Gen. James N. Mattis is scheduled to assume command of U.S. Central Command from Acting Commander Lt. Gen. John R. Allen here at 6 p.m., Aug. 11. Read more… (http://www.centcom.milindex.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2013&catid=13&lang=en)
Odierno: Iraq forces ready for security challenges

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 10:13 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Aug. 8, 2010) – Iraqi security forces are on track to assume full operations, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said Sunday. Read more…
Marines volunteer at Afghan school

Posted: 09 Aug 2010 08:24 AM PDT

FORWARD OPERATING BASE GERONIMO, Afghanistan — There’s supposed to be school in a kid’s life: servicemembers volunteer in Afghanistan to make that possible. Read more…
Khowst governor hosts release shura for former detainees

Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:00 PM PDT

KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Aug. 9, 2010) – Seven detainees were released from the Detention Facility in Parwan and welcomed back to their communities during a shura Aug. 7 in Khowst province. Read more…

2nd Sailor’s Body Recovered In Afghanistan

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Second Sailor’s Body Recovered In Afghanistan

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July 29, 2010

Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — A second U.S. Navy Sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials said Thursday.

The family of Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove, a 25-year-old from the Seattle area, had been notified of his death, the U.S. military official said on condition of anonymity, because he was not authorized to disclose the information.

Newlove and Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley went missing last Friday in Logar province. NATO recovered the body of McNeley — a 30-year-old father of two from Wheatridge, Colo. — in the area Sunday.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told The Associated Press in Kabul on Thursday that two days ago the Taliban left the “body of a dead American Soldier for the U.S. forces” to recover. The Taliban said McNeley was killed in a firefight and insurgents had captured Newlove. Mujahid offered no explanation for Newlove’s death.

NATO officials have not offered an explanation as to why the two service members were in such a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan.

The Sailors were instructors at a counterinsurgency school for Afghan security forces, according to senior military officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case. The school was headquartered in Kabul and had classrooms outside the capital, but they were never assigned anywhere near where McNeley’s body was recovered, officials said. Story Continues At: Military.com

Muslim crusade against African Christians

Monday, July 26th, 2010

A Muslim Crusade Against African Christians?

By: David P. Goldman ~ First Things Blog

Col. Ralph Peters, the New York Post columnist and terrorism expert, warns of a new Muslim crusade against African Christians in an op-ed today. He writes, “The bombings that recently butchered World Cup fans in Uganda were just the latest in a long line of crazed attacks on African Christians by Islamist fanatics.

In the central states of Nigeria—Africa’s most-populous country—religious pogroms and counter-pogroms between Muslims and Christians have become routine.”

As I wrote in this space last week, the Somali pirates are accumulating a war chest for massacres of African Christians. Western governments’ efforts to stop them are cosmetic, and the rules of engagement imposed on American forces in the region are almost as restrictive as those that apply to American policemen dealing with ordinary criminals. The defense ministries of the West, including the Pentagon, concede that it’s cheaper to pay off the pirates than to suppress them—cheaper, that is, in African lives.

This is shameful. The fact that many poor Somalis have turned to piracy does not justify a criminal activity in support of murderous terrorism. The way to stop piracy is to kill pirates. “Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute” was America’s response to the Barbary pirates at the turn of the 19th century. Nothing less will do. Again, my proposal is to issue Letters of Marque to privateers. Gen. Petraeus knows how to recruit mercenaries; he hired 100,000 of them into the “Sunni Awakening” in Iraq. His talents are lost on Afghanistan. Assign him to clean up the Indian Ocean instead.

Why Hasn’t Israel Bombed Iran

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

WHY HASN’T ISRAEL BOMBED IRAN (YET)?

By: Joel Rosenberg

Despite rumors of war earlier this year, it doesn’t currently look like Israel is about to launch a preemptive strike against Iran this summer, despite the fact that Iran is dangerously close to getting nuclear weapons.

Anything is possible, of course, but many people are wondering why Netanyahu hasn’t hit the mullahs and their atomic program already. The main reason, I believe, is that evangelical Christians around the world are praying for the peace of Jerusalem according to Psalm 122:6, and the Lord is staving off war in the epicenter for now. In that context, there are several interesting geopolitical dynamics worth considering.

“Why hasn’t Israel bombed Iran yet?” asks Wall Street Journal editorial writer Bret Stephens in a column earlier this week. “It’s a question I often get from people who suppose I have a telepathic hotline to Benjamin Netanyahu’s brain. I don’t, but for a long time I was confident that an attack would happen in the first six months of this year. Since it didn’t, it’s worth thinking through why.”  Stephens is a former editor for the Jerusalem Post and a solid Mideast analyst. His take is worth considering.

Meanwhile, Time magazine’s Joe Klein has written a column this week suggesting the military option against Iran is back on the table inside the Obama administration. Not entirely sure I agree with his take, but it’s worth noting.

I look foward to addressing these issues in the context of U.S.-Israel relations and overall geopolitical and spiritual trends in the epicenter at a talk and Q&A I’m doing in Denver on Thursday, July 29th at Calvary Chapel South Denver. Hope you can join us.

  • Joel will be speaking on U.S.-Israel relations, the threat of radical Islam, Bible prophecy, and events/trends in the epicenter in Denver on July 29th. Please click here to learn more or to purchase your ticket ($25) — seating is limited, so please register today!
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  • USA Boot Campaign Rocks

    Friday, July 23rd, 2010

    The Boot Campaign was created to generate American awareness about the needs of our military men and women coming home from combat.
    The money raised from boot sales will go to the Lone Survivor Foundation and the USO to support our returning active duty and combat veterans.

    Our military heroes volunteered to put themselves in dangerous, life-threatening situations to preserve human freedom. The Boot Campaign motto is simple…“When they come back, we give back.” The Boot Girls want every person within reach of our website to tangibly give back to our troops by buying a pair of combat boots and proudly wearing or displaying them.

    Learn more by watching the video below!

    Boot Campaign from Travis Television on Vimeo.

    June And July 2010 Iraq Photo Essay

    Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

    AMERICA TROOPS ROCK IN IRAQ 2010!

    Full Throttle

    Full Throttle

    A U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off from Joint Base Balad for a night mission, May 24. USAF photo by Tech. Sgt. Caycee Cook.

    Milkman

    Milkman

    A farmer tends to his herd of livestock in Maysan province, Iraq, June 30. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Lukas McWhorter.

    Fireworks

    Fireworks

    Army Field Artillery Soldiers fire illumination rounds in lieu of fireworks at a U.S. base in Mosul, July 4.  U.S. Army photo by Spc. D. Gautney.

    Rising Force

    Rising Force

    An Iraqi Commando provides security as others prep for a Baghdad air assault mission, June 22.  U.S. Army photo by Sgt. P. Valentine.

    Learning Tools

    Learning Tools

    U.S. Soldiers hand out school supplies in Mosul, Iraq, May 19, 2010.  U.S. Army photo by Spc. Michael Snook.

    Eye to Eye

    Eye to Eye

    A man gets his vision checked by Army Sgt. 1st Class Ian Francis during a joint medical mission for residents of Mullah Fayyed, Iraq, June 6, 2010.  U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. B. Bort.

    Power Line

    Power Line

    Iraqi Commandos hone skills as U.S. Soldiers advise, Camp Kassum, Baghdad, June 22.  U.S. Army photo by Sgt. P. Valentine.

    Explustion Of Christians In Arab Countries

    Thursday, June 24th, 2010

    By:  Joel Rosenberg’s Weblog

    MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FOCUS ON

    MOROCCAN EXPLUSION OF CHRISTIANS:

    Disturbing trend in Turkey, Jordan as well

    Rep. Frank Wolf of Virginia and other Members of Congress should be congratulated for holding a hearing last Thursday on “human rights and religious freedom in Morocco.” Wolf held the hearing with Rep. Chris Smith (NJ), Rep. Joe Pitts (PA), Rep. Trent Franks (AZ) and Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao (LA) to explore the reasons for and possible remedies related to the expulsion from Morocco this year of more than 40 U.S. and European evangelical Christians without written charges or due process. Many of these Christian workers have lived and worked in the kingdom for years, running schools, orphanages and other NGOs aimed at blessing the lives of the people of Morocco in the name of Jesus. Several of those recently expelled testified at the hearing, as did other experts on religious freedom and observers of Morocco.

    As I first wrote in this space back in April, I am deeply concerned that Morocco — one of my favorite Reformer countries in the epicenter — has reversed course and is now moving in the wrong direction on the issue of human rights and religious freedom. Turkey and Jordan are also moving decidely in the wrong direction. What is happening and why? We will discuss some of this at the 2010 Epicenter Conference this weekend. Please keep praying for believers in all of these countries and throughout the region to be strong and courageous. Please also pray for open doors for our brothers and sisters to be able to go back into Morocco and continue showing the unconditional love of Jesus Christ to the dear people of that special country.

    SOURCE:  Flash Traffic Blog

    ARAB SUPPORTING MILITARY STRIKE ON IRAN

    Thursday, June 24th, 2010

    NEW POLL FINDS U.S., ARAB SUPPORT FOR MILITARY STRIKE ON IRAN TO PREVENT MULLAHS FROM GETTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS

    * Will it happen? Should it? Lt.-Gen. (ret). Boykin, Israeli Vice PM Yaalon and I will discuss implications during conference

    By Joel C. Rosenberg

    (Philadelphia, PA, June 24, 2010) — An intriguing new survey of international public opinion indicates deep concern over the mullahs in Iran obtaining nuclear weapons, and strong support for preemptive military action to stop Tehran from getting the Bomb. According to the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project 2010….

    * In 16 of the 22 states included in the survey, people who were polled said they would support preemptive military strikes against Iran to prevent the mullahs from obtaining nuclear weapons compared to avoiding a military conflict with Iran, even if that means allowing the mullahs to have nuclear weapons.

    * In the U.S., 66% support a military strike on Iran, compared to 24% who object.
    * In France, 59% support a military strike, compared to 41% who object.
    * In Germany, 51% support a military strike, compared to 39% who object.
    * In Great Britain, 48% support a military strike, compared to 37% who object.
    * In Egypt, 55% support a military strike, compared to 16% who object.
    * In Jordan, 53% support a military strike, compared to 20% who object.
    * In Lebanon 44% support a military strike, compared to 37% who object.
    * In Brazil, 53% support a military strike, compared to 33% who object.
    * However, in Turkey, only 29% support a military strike, compared 37% who object and would allow Iran to get nuclear weapons.

    That said, I don’t forsee a U.S. or NATO preemptive strike to stop Iran from getting the Bomb, especially with General David Petraeus moving from CENTCOM commander to running the war in Afghanistan.

    Will Israel launch a strike? That remains to be seen, but if Netanyahu orders one, don’t expect these poll numbers to hold up. International public opinion would likely turn decisively against Israel in such a conflict.

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    Building A Firewall Against Sharia Law

    Monday, June 21st, 2010

    ACT! for America

    Oklahoma’s Amendment Banning Sharia Law Comes Not A Moment Too Soon

    Building A Firewall Against Sharia Law

    Dear AMERICA,

    The oil spill in the Gulf is a painful reminder that you don’t wait until disaster happens before creating a credible plan of action to prevent it.

    Those, like ABC News, who would belittle Oklahoma for passing an amendment banning sharia law clearly aren’t paying attention to sharia’s equivalent of an “oil spill” in Britain.

    A new report (see story below) released by One Law for All on the status of sharia law in Britain documents just how bad the situation there has become.

    Had Britain taken pre-emptive action as Oklahoma has, the cancer that is sharia law would not be eating away at Britain’s legal framework. A firewall would have been in place to prevent this from happening. Ironically, in the name of tolerance for Muslims, Britain now allows sharia discrimination against Muslim women and children.

    Our “Media Month” campaign to raise the funds to produce our own TV news and talk program continues to push toward achievement of our goal.

    By informing potentially millions of Americans of the seriousness and imminence of the threat arrayed against us by radical Islam and global jihad, we will help position America to build firewalls before that threat becomes a cancer that can’t be stopped.

    You can help us reach our goal and get our TV news and talk show on the air. Simply click here to make a monthly Patriot Partner pledge or a one-time Contributing Member gift. Or if you prefer to make a gift with a check, you can click here to print out a reply form.


    June 21, 2010

    New Report – Sharia Law in Britain: A Threat to One Law for All and Equal Rights

    By Editor
    June 17th, 2010
    www.onelawforall.org.uk

    New Report by One Law for All

    “Sharia Law in Britain: A Threat to One Law for All and Equal Rights”

    A new report by One Law for All has found Sharia Councils and Muslim Arbitration Tribunals to be in violation of UK law, public policy and human rights (see report here).

    The report is being launched to coincide with a 20 June 2010 rally on the issue of Sharia law. Based on an 8 March 2010 Seminar on Sharia Law, research, interviews, and One Law for All case files, the report has identified a number of problem areas:

    - Sharia law’s civil code is arbitrary and discriminatory against women and children in particular. With the rise in the acceptance of Sharia courts, discrimination is being further institutionalised with some UK law firms additionally offering clients advice on Sharia law and the use of collaborative law.

    - Sharia law is practiced in Britain primarily by Sharia Councils and Muslims Arbitration Tribunals. Both operate on religious principles and are harmful to women although Muslim Arbitration Tribunals are wrongly regarded as being of more concern because they operate as tribunals under the Arbitration Act 1996, making their rulings binding in law.

    - Sharia Councils, on the other hand, claim to mediate on family issues but in practice often this differs little from arbitration: they frequently ask those appearing before them to sign an agreement to abide by their decisions; they call themselves courts, and the presiding imams, judges. Their decisions are then imposed and regarded as having the weight of legal judgements.

    - There is neither control over the appointment of “judges” in Sharia Councils or Tribunals nor an independent mechanism for monitoring them. Clients often do not have access to legal advice and representation. The proceedings are not recorded, nor are there any searchable legal judgements, nor any real right of appeal.

    - Sharia law cannot be compared to secular legal systems because it is considered sacred law that cannot be challenged. There is no scope to look at the interests of the individuals involved, as required by UK family law.

    - These legal processes ignore both common law and due process, far less Human Rights, and provide little protection and safety for women in violent situations.

    - There is a general assumption that those who attend Sharia courts do so voluntarily and that unfair decisions can be challenged in a British court. Many of the principles of Sharia law are contrary to British law and public policy, and would in theory therefore be unlikely to be upheld in a British court. In reality, however, women are often pressured by their families into going to these courts and adhering to unfair decisions, and may lack knowledge of English and their rights under British law. Moreover, refusal to settle a dispute in a Sharia court can give rise to threats and intimidation, or at best being ostracised.

    According to Maryam Namazie, spokesperson of the One Law for All Campaign and an author of the report, “The existence of a parallel legal system that is denying a large section of the British population their fundamental human rights is scandalous. Our findings show that it is essential to abolish all religious courts in the UK. Their very existence and legitimisation puts pressure on vulnerable women not to assert their civil rights in a British court. As long as Sharia Councils and Tribunals are allowed to continue to make rulings on issues of family law, women will be pressured into accepting decisions which are prejudicial to them and their children.”

    The report recommends that Sharia courts be closed on the grounds that they work against rather than for equality, and are incompatible with human rights. Recommendations include:

    1. initiating a Human Rights challenge to Muslim Arbitration Tribunals and/or Sharia Councils
    2. amending the Arbitration Act under which the Muslim Arbitration Tribunals operate in a similar way to which the Canadian equivalent of the Arbitration Act was amended in 2005 to exclude religious arbitration
    3. launching a major and nationwide helpline and information campaign to inform people of their rights under British law
    4. proposing legislation under the EU Citizens Rights Initiative to address the issue EU-wide, and
    5. strengthening secularism and the separation of religion from the state, the judicial system and education, in order to more fully protect citizenship rights.

    The full report can be downloaded here.

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    Iraqi Army graduates first field artillery officers

    Monday, June 14th, 2010

    Written by United States Forces – Iraq PAO

    Monday, June 14, 2010 11:27

    BAGHDAD – The first class of Iraqi Army field artillery officers graduated from a 152-day course at Forward Operating Base Constitution, Iraq, June 6.

    The course, which started in January, gave 120 Iraqi Army lieutenants the fundamentals of field artillery doctrine, tactics, and and, skills and institutional knowledge needed to increase the capability of the Iraqi army.

    According to Lt. Col. Patrick Martin, senior U.S. Army advisor at the Field Artillery School and Directorate, the Iraqi Army will be receiving seven battalions worth of U.S. artillery.

    “The addition of these officers into the fold of the field artillery is very significant,” Martin said.

    For Martin, the graduation was significant not only because these were the first Iraqi field artillery officers to be trained since March 2003, but also because the course was run almost entirely by Iraqis. With U.S. Army advisors providing a minimum amount of assistance.

    “This shows the Iraqis are doing this on their own,” said Martin.  “We’re advising and observing and this is what we want to see – the Iraqis continue to take the lead and instruct on their own.”

    Iraqi Staff Gen. Aboud Ganbar, the graduation keynote speaker, said he was thankful for the field artillery school.

    “I feel that we have a fully capable teaching facility and school,” Ganbar said.  “To graduate the officers and fill the assigned staff for the Iraqi artillery branch, this first graduation means very much to us.”

    Newly graduated Iraqi Army 2nd Lt. Omar Hamid Ajeel, agreed.

    “I will serve my country honorably,” Ajeel said.  “We will decrease the amount of terrorism with our new capabilities and build a great Iraq.”

    Contact New York City Mayor Bloomberg…TODAY!

    Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
    homelearnactdonatelocal chaptersContact Congress
    ACT! for America
    Contact New York Mayor Bloomberg…
    …Urge him to reverse course on the

    “Ground Zero Mosque”

    And please sign our petition if you

    haven’t yet done so!

    by Brigitte Gabriel

    Dear AMERICA,

    As we near the end of our petition drive opposing the “ground zero mosque” (we now have over 46,000 names!), some ACT! for America chapter leaders and members have asked us what we plan to do next.

    Thus far, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and nearly all of the members of the Community Board 1 have turned a deaf ear to New Yorkers and families of 9/11 victims.

    With our petition, we will get the Mayor’s attention.

    But there is more we can do to make our petition even more effective.

    NOW, from all across America, we need thousands of phone calls raining down on his office, and thousands of emails pouring into his inbox!

    We need to send a clear message:

    “Dear Mayor Bloomberg,

    We appeal to you, on behalf of the thousands of family members of victims of 9/11, to reverse your position and urge Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf to locate his mosque somewhere other than at “Ground Zero.”

    Imam Rauf’s writings and public statements make it clear that he believes in the same sharia law that motivated the 9/11 jihadists. This we find unacceptable.

    9/11 was an attack against ALL Americans not just New York City. Your decision represents and affects us ALL.

    Should you choose not to reverse your position regarding this mosque, please understand that we will take this personally and we will take our tourist and business dollars elsewhere!

    We cannot in good conscience support a city whose leadership has so little respect for 3,000 dead Americans that it would permit a mega “shrine” at ground zero to the same sharia ideology their killers used to justify their reprehensible actions!

    Mayor Bloomberg, we appeal to you to act FOR America and not AGAINST her. Thank you for your consideration.”

    PLEASE TAKE ACTION!

    I urge you today to place a phone call and/or send an email to Mayor Bloomberg’s office. Using a message similar to the one above, let him know, respectfully but unequivocally, that you are joining thousands of other Americans who will not spend their dollars in New York City.

    PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO OTHERS SO THAT THEY, TOO, CAN JOIN US IN THIS ACT OF PROTEST!

    We have done this successfully in the past. When Tyson Foods of Tennessee approved a union contract that dropped Labor Day as a paid holiday and replaced it with a Muslim holiday, thousands of ACT! for America members called Tyson Foods.

    Tyson responded to our telephone campaign and reversed course, restoring Labor Day as a paid holiday. TOGETHER WE CAN DO IT AGAIN!!!

    Always devoted and eternally thankful,


    Brigitte Gabriel

    President and CEO, ACT! for America

    www.actforamerica.org

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    The news items, blogs, educational materials and other information in our emails and on our website are only intended to provide information, news and commentary on events and issues related to the threat of radical Islam. Much of this information is based upon media sources, such as the AP wire services, newspapers, magazines, books, online news blog and news services, and radio and television, which we deem to be reliable. However, we have undertaken no independent investigation to verify the accuracy of the information reported by these media sources. We therefore disclaim all liability for false or inaccurate information from these media sources. We also disclaim all liability for the third-party information that may be accessed through the material referenced in our emails or posted on our website.

    Video Of Obama Delivering Commencement Address At West Point

    Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

    Obama to West Point grads ~  Success in Iraq and progress in Afghanistan ~ Christian Science Monitor

    Mr. Obama called the US engagement in Iraq a “success,” and he said he has no doubts that the graduates before him would someday be able to say the same of …End quote.


    MORE LINKS AND NEWS SOURCES:

    President Lays Out Security Strategy Based in DiplomacyNew York Times
    West Point Cadets are “Loyal ‘Till the End”FOXNews (blog)
    Obama at West Point graduation. TranscriptChicago Sun-Times (blog)
    The Associated Press -CNN -Voice of America

    9/11 Islamic Mosque To Be Built Across From Ground Zero

    Saturday, May 15th, 2010

    On Today’s  Glenn Beck Program

    May 14 2010

    Ground Zero Mosque  Dedication Date: 9/11/11

    The World Trade Center Towers have not yet been re-built, but there is one building right across from ground zero that’s on schedule to open soon: it’s a mosque. Hey if you want to build a mosque there, whatevs, go for it – but what has people really upset is that the dedication date is set for (you guessed it) 9/11/11. We have American kids getting tossed out of school for wearing American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo (a Mexican beer holiday) because they were being insensitive. But it’s totally cool to open a mosque right across the street from ground zero on 9/11? Glenn has this story and Eric Holder audio as he continues his streak of idiotic comments. ( Transcript, Insider Audio).

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    Horowitz schools radical Muslim student

    Glenn played the amazing audio of David Horowitz, who was taking questions from an audience when a radical tried to engage him in a debate. It took Horowitz all of about 2 minutes before he gets the young lady to admit that she wants to exterminate Jews.

    Incredible audio that shows real hatred is out there – but the media ignores it. Check out the full exchange, which Glenn plays on radio today. ( Transcript, Insider Audio). Watch the exchange HERE.

    AMERICA PLEASE WAKE UP:  Glenn Beck Show

    Iraq News Video: The Legacy of Operation Iraqi Freedom

    Saturday, May 8th, 2010

    The Legacy of Operation Iraqi Freedom Video

    Thank You Troops And Your Family’s for EVERYTHING You Do!

    May God Bless You All And May His Peace Be With You ALways!

    Video:Tea Party Racism From A African American Perspective

    Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

    Watch All The “Racism” ~ It is Just Appalling I Tell YOU!

    VIDEO: Brigitte Gabriel Blasts Political Correctness

    Saturday, April 24th, 2010

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    US, Iraqi Forces team to hone critical skills

    Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

    Written by ~  Pfc. Jared Eastman, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division

    Tuesday, April 20, 2010 11:44

    BAGHDAD – U.S. Soldiers and Iraqi Security Forces conducted an exercise here at Contingency Operating Station Falcon, April 15, incorporating an array of techniques the ISF can utilize in future situations.

    Military Policemen from 3rd Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, and Iraqi Security Forces demonstrate riot control techniques during a capabilities exercise conducted at Contingency Operating Station Falcon, April 15, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jared Eastman.

    The Soldiers, from 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, and members of the 2nd Iraqi Federal Police Division, demonstrated their ability to assault an objective, perform first aid, evacuate casualties by either air or ground and perform riot control procedures.

    “Today we had a capabilities exercise demonstration where we brought together all the partners from 2nd [FP],” said Maj. Michael Sullivan, operations officer for 5th Sqdn. “We wanted to show [Iraqi generals and dignitaries] how our partnership has evolved since we took over the mission of partnering with 2nd FP.

    “We’ve been working on this since we started partnering with 2nd Federal Police,” Sullivan continued. “It has really been a great learning experience for both forces.”

    The exercise included dog teams and robots that were employed as part of the brigade’s explosive ordnance disposal team, static displays and a hands-on, non-lethal class that covered rubber bullets and lasers.

    “The greatest benefits for showcasing these capabilities are so Iraqi Federal Police officers have a better understanding for the skills and technology we can assist them with,” said Capt. Jonathan Heist, 5th Sqdn., 7th Cav. Regt. assistant operations officer.

    The capabilities exercise was aptly named, as the FP, working jointly with U.S. Soldiers, were able to impressively demonstrate their newly-acquired skills. Soldiers who have returned to Iraq for another tour say they are impressed with how the two forces are now working together.

    “To come here six years after my first trip to Iraq – I’m just amazed at how far we’ve come in partnering and combined operations,” said Sullivan.

    VIDEO: US Army Vet’s Help Sick Tiger And Lion At Baghdad Zoo.wmv

    Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

    US Army veterinarians with United States Forces – Iraq answer the call to help a sick tiger cub and lion at the Baghdad Zoo.

    Iraq Drawdown: Colorado Troops Leave Ramadi

    Friday, March 26th, 2010

    Colorado Troops Leave Camp Ramadi?, Iraq

    Written by:  Spc. Mike MacLeod, 1st Brigade Combat Team

    Monday, March 22, 2010 11:50

    CAMP RAMADI – As the responsible drawdown of U.S. forces from here continues, a Colorado National Guard battalion cased its colors as the latest unit to end its mission in the once-restive Anbar province, March 19.

    The 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery of the Colorado National Guard stands in formation at a color-casing ceremony marking the end of their deployment to Ramadi, Iraq, March 19, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Mike MacLeod.

    Lt. Col. Al Morris, commander of 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, addressed Soldiers of 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist), under whom his unit fell, the Anbar Provincial Reconstruction Team, the commander of the 1st Iraqi Quick Response Force Brigade, and the Soldiers of his battalion, who were packed and ready to leave by helicopter once the ceremony concluded.

    “Like many others during this time of transition, we performed a different mission than artillery for which many of us have spent our careers training,” said Morris, in a speech.

    “While we didn’t trade in our swords for ploughshares, it allowed our efforts to be directed toward the reconstruction of this great nation and sending our countrymen and women home as we leave knowing we have done our part during the War on Terror,” he said.

    During their deployment, 3-157th FA conducted more than 400 escort missions, 2,000 base patrols, operated Camp Ramadi’s gates and housing and oversaw its defense. Soldiers drove more than 41,000 miles on missions.

    Morris said he appreciated 1/82 AAB commander Col. Mark R. Stammer’s hands-off approach that gave the battalion great freedom to accomplish their mission, and for the outpouring of support when the battalion’s only casualty was wounded by sniper fire last year.

    “The outpouring of support from you and the 82nd Association back in the States for Sgt. [Martin] May and his family as he recovered at Brooke Army Medical Center was just outstanding,” said Morris.

    May was shot below his right eye while providing security for a Provincial Reconstruction Team.

    The Colorado National Guard unit traces its lineage back to the Civil War and was part of the division that saw the most days of combat by any division in World War II.

    New booklet, “Being Muslim in America,” taps the wrong messengers

    Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

    ACT! for America


    State Department Continues Islamist Outreach


    New booklet, “Being Muslim in America,” taps the wrong

    messengers

    IPT News
    May 17, 2009
    http://www.investigativeproject.org/1035/state-department-continues-islamist-outreach

    With the United States battling Islamist extremists, making America’s case to Muslims around the world has never been more of a priority for policymakers. Unfortunately, the State Department continues to take a counterproductive approach: serving as a veritable infomercial promoting Islamist organizations like the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) and the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) while giving the back of the hand to the very anti-jihadist Muslims that Washington should be cultivating. The latest example is a State Department booklet issued in March titled “Being Muslim in America.”

    It is part of an outreach effort that began under President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and is moving forward under President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

    The goal behind publication of the 64-page booklet is laudable: to arm consular officers and diplomats with information they can take to Muslims around the world to rebut slanders about U.S. “persecution” of Muslims. The booklet deluges readers with color pictures, statistical tables and individual profiles in an effort to show the world that American Muslims are a success story, noting that they have become entrepreneurs, professional athletes, entertainers, doctors, soldiers, firefighters, politicians, fashion designers, and pianists.

    And as we’ll show in more detail below, many slanders against the United States come from the same groups that are portrayed favorably in the State Department booklet. The front cover has a picture of two Muslim girls playing basketball at a school near Detroit: One is wearing traditional dress, the other more modern dress. It’s no ordinary basketball game, because there’s a deeper sociopolitical message that Foggy Bottom wants to send to the world: The girls “compete fiercely on the basketball court in a sport that blends individual skills and team effort. They — along with the other men, women and children in the publication — demonstrate every day what it is like to be Muslim in America.” The booklet is replete with dozens of pictures of Muslims playing basketball, praying; talking about “diversity” at a mosque; attending interfaith gatherings “to celebrate diversity and tolerance,” and “brainstorm[ing] ways to solve problems in their community.” There is even a color-coded state-by-state map showing “Mosque Distribution in the United States.”

    The purpose of publishing “Being Muslim in America” is “to disabuse people of wildly false myths of the United States — that ‘Muslims are repressed, marginalized, fill in the blanks,’ ” according to Michael Friedman, division chief of print publications with the State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs, which is overseeing distribution of the publication. Although State doesn’t have a specific target number of copies that it is looking to sell or give away, Friedman said a similar 2002 State Department report titled “Muslim Life in America” had 400,000 print copies distributed worldwide and was translated into 28 languages. “It is conceivable that this one could reach that level,” he told IPT News.

    In addition, both “Muslim Life in America” and “Being Muslim in America” are featured on State Department web sites, here and here.

    Asked whether similar booklets had been produced for other faiths, Friedman said no. With limited funding available, decision was made to produce a publication on American Muslims because “the struggle against Islamic terrorism is a struggle for hearts and minds in the Muslim world,” he said.

    Faulty Examples Showcased

    Unfortunately, the substance of the booklet is so flawed that it could undermine the struggle against this form of radicalism. It perpetuates the mythology that American Muslims are united in the belief that law enforcement and the public are willing to flout innocent Muslims’ civil rights post-September 11, describing American Muslim reactions to the attacks as follows:

    “A new, truly American Islam is emerging, shaped by American freedoms, but also by the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks — planned and executed by non-Americans — [which] raised suspicions among other Americans whose immediate responses, racial profiling among them, triggered in return a measure of Muslim-American alienation.”

    Then:

    “Sadly, suspicions of this kind are not uncommon — in the United States or in other nations – during wartime or when outside attack is feared. But 2008 is not 2002, when fears and suspicions were at their height. Context is also important: Every significant immigrant group has in the United States faced, and overcame, a degree of discrimination and resentment.”

    This is an extremely tendentious, even intellectually dishonest, description of September 11 and its aftermath. From reading it, one would have no idea that there have been numerous convictions and guilty pleas on terrorism-related charges since September 11 that involved Muslims living in the United States, including terrorist plots to attack the military base at Ft. Dix, N.J., to create a terrorist training camp in Bly, Oregon and to attack U.S. military and Jewish targets in California.

    Also omitted from the booklet is the fact that organizations like CAIR and the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) were listed by the government as unindicted co-conspirators in the federal government’s prosecution of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) — in which the Justice Department won convictions of five former HLF officials for providing money to the terrorist organization Hamas. But from reading this passage in “Being Muslim in America,” one would get the impression that public concern about Islamist terror has no basis in reality and is merely the result of backward Americans’ “discrimination and resentment.”

    One picture on page 15 of the booklet shows people marching under a CAIR banner and has a caption reading: “Muslims march to support volunteerism.” The identical picture appeared at the top of CAIR’s website when IPT News accessed it May 15.

    In reality, CAIR was created as a front for Hamas and it has defended radical Islamists since 1994. See the IPT dossier on CAIR here.

    CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad typifies this see-no-evil attitude toward jihadist terror. He has repeatedly defended the HLF. At a May 2003 forum at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, an audience member commented that the Justice Department has released reams of information showing that the HLF and another charity whose assets were frozen “have direct connections and in fact their leadership was the leadership of al Qaeda and Hamas.” Awad replied: “I am sure if we…put under the microscope, every major civic or political organization in this country, including the Red Cross, you will see that some dollars went here and there in some country, but you don’t shut down the entire operation of the Red Cross.”

    CAIR officials dismissed the verdict of 12 jurors in HLF’s Hamas-financing trial as “based more on fear-mongering than on the facts” and predicted it would be overturned on appeal.

    Awad has steadfastly defended Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) supporter Sami Al-Arian, despite evidence that Al-Arian served on the PIJ governing board. Al-Arian is fighting a criminal contempt charge, triggered by his refusal to testify before a federal grand jury investigating terror financing in Virginia despite a grant of immunity. He claims his 2006 plea agreement to conspiring to provide goods and services to the PIJ absolved him of any future testimony, be it voluntary or compelled by subpoena. The plea agreement itself contains no such language. U.S. District Judge James S. Moody blasted Al-Arian as a “master manipulator” at his sentencing in the PIJ support case, saying Al-Arian lied to the public about his PIJ support.

    Yet, during an August 2008 forum on the contempt case, Awad argued it was motivated by bigotry against Muslims:
    “And I believe he’s being punished for this, belonging to a minority – Palestinian, Arab, Muslim in America is not like the best thing to be in America today. So he’s being the victim of this malicious misunderstanding in this midst of increased Islamophobia in America.”

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    1,000 Plus Syrian Leaders Attend Premiere Of Gospel Film

    Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

    MORE THAN 1,000 SYRIAN LEADERS ATTEND PREMIERE OF GOSPEL FILM

    Also: I’ll be on Glenn Beck’s radio and TV shows on Wednesday.

    (Virginia Beach, Virginia, March 10, 2009) — This morning on the Christian Broadcasting Network’s “700 Club,” I was interviewed about Inside The Revolution. I spoke about the Iranian nuclear threat to the U.S. and Israel, as well as the good news from Iran — that more than 1 million Shia Muslims there have come to faith in Jesus Christ over the past thirty years.

    Just before lunch, I spoke to several hundred CBN employees about some of the amazing stories I have personally witnessed of how the God of the Bible is transforming lives throughout the Muslim world, and spreading the message of the gospel throughout the epicenter.

    Just after I spoke, I receive an email from a friend in the Middle East with the latest piece of good news from that region. Last week, as you’ll recall, I alerted you to the fact that a major motion picture about the life of the Apostle Paul and how he came to faith in Jesus Christ on the road to Damascus was going to premiere in the Syrian capital. I also asked you to pray that God would bless the showing of the film entitled, Damascus.

    Let me report that your prayers have been answered. More than 1,000 Syrian political, business, and religious leaders — along with journalists — attended and there is a lot of buzz in the region about the film.

    Here are excerpts from an email I just received from one of the film’s producers, that I post with his permission:

    * “It is with great joy that I report to you that the Lord, in His love and mercy, accorded us a truly historic event for the premier of Damascus, in the capital city of Syria, Damascus, where it all began 2,000 years ago. The Government took a personal interest in the production of this film, made it very easy for us, and facilitated everything we needed. The invitation for the premiere went all the way to the Presidential palace, which received it with great favor, delegating the responsibility of hosting the premier to the Minister of Culture, and designated that it should be held in the Opera in Damascus….

    * “A huge [billboard] was hung in a public place for several weeks leading up to the premiere, literally seen by at least one million people every day….1,135 people attended the premier, so the Opera was…a full house. We were honored by the presence not only of the Minister of Culture, but also of other Cabinet members, very high government officials, and two patriarchs, with a third sending his inaugural speech to be delivered by his assistant.

    * “The head of the Synod of the Evangelical churches of Lebanon and Syria sent his speech, to be delivered by his vice-president, who represented him….All the main actors and crew were also present, also the head of the Islamic community sent his inaugural speech, to be delivered by his right-hand man, one of the main Sunni leaders in the country….

    * “All the speeches were extremely positive, and all gave honor and glory to God, and also commended the Syrian government for its support of the production of this film, and the potential it has to revive the Christian message, and transform lives, as it happened with Saul on the way to Damascus….We were honored by having with us representatives of the mainstream Christian denominations from all the neighboring countries as well….

    * “The film was positively received. In fact, the crowd broke into applause at the opening of the eyes of Saul, at the baptismal scene, and also at the scene when followers of the Way were first called Christians….[Let us give] honor and glory to God and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who still transforms lives, and proclaim that, from this evening on, Paul, as promised by the Lord, will appear before Kings and Presidents and will take the message to all the nations of the world, on the large as well as the small screen….

    * “Twelve television stations and all the main newspapers in the country and the Arab world were represented, as part of the press group. Dozens and dozens of people were interviewed before and after the showing. Today, literally the entire Arab world is talking about this premiere and the inaugural showing of Damascus…..The English dubbing was completed…last week, and it should be ready very soon. Other languages are underway: Turkish, Farsi, Russian, Urdu, Hindi, Kurdish, and many others….Thank you so much for praying for the inaugural showing in Damascus. Please continue to pray.”

    There is plenty of bad news coming out of the Middle East, including out of Iran. But let us keep in mind that the God of the Bible is faithful. He is on the move. He loves all the people of the epicenter, and His message cannot be thwarted by the kingdoms of mankind. What a message of hope as we head into the Easter season.
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    COME TO ISRAEL WITH US IN NOVEMBER

    Dear Friends:

    It is with great excitement over God’s wonderful love and plan for Israel and the people of the epicenter that I invite you to join us for our next Joshua Fund “Prayer & Vision Trip.” It will be held November 5-17, 2009, and culminate in our first-ever “Jerusalem Prayer Summit.”

    If you have never been to the Holy Land, it is hard to describe what a profound spiritual effect such a journey can have on you and your family. You may have heard others say God’s Word seemed to “come alive” in a new way when they walked where Jesus walked, from the shores of Galilee to the Mount of Olives and into the streets of Jerusalem. Well, it’s true, and I believe our 2009 Israel trip will allow you to experience this for yourself and intensify your desire to walk closely with Jesus Christ.

    If you have been to Israel before, this trip will be a great opportunity to deepen your understanding of how powerfully the Lord is moving there. I will teach at key locations and answer your questions about the future of the epicenter. You will have the opportunity to meet with and pray for local pastors and ministry leaders. We are arranging for you to spend time engaged in a practical Joshua Fund ministry project to bless the poor and needy. What’s more, you will participate in a two-day conference to pray for the peace of Jerusalem at this critical hour.

    We can take up to 300 people, and to make your experience as personal and special as possible, you will be assigned to one of seven buses of about 45 people. Each bus will be hosted by a Joshua Fund staff or board member or couple, or one of our close allies. You will ride that bus with your host every day, and in the process you’ll get to know the people on your bus, study the Bible with them, pray with and for them, discover Israel together with them, ask questions with them, and thus form a small community. Lord willing, I will rotate through the buses to get to know you and answer your questions. Each bus will also have a professional, licensed Israeli tour guide who know every detail of the country inside and out.

    Now, that said, please realize that there are now some 90,000 people on this Flash Traffic email list. So space is going to fill up quickly. Please prayerfully consider joining us for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

    [NOTE: To learn more, or to register today on-line, please click on the link below]

    My team and I are praying for you, and we’d love to have you join us this November.

    Yours to bless Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus,
    Joel C. Rosenberg
    Founder and President of The Joshua Fund

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    In Matthew chapter 25, Jesus praises His followers for feeding the hungry and caring for those who are suffering.

    For more than a year, the Joshua Fund has been financing the purchase of some 10 tons of food each month to care for the poor and needy in northern Israel through some of our trusted allies near the Lebanon border. This typically includes rice, flour, canned vegetables, cooking oil, and other staples. Because of your gracious donations, we have already purchased a total of more than 200 tons of food. This has blessed thousands of Israelis living under the poverty level. The cost of this project is $21,500 a month.

    At the same time, we are helping provide food for needy Israelis under the poverty level in the town of Sderot in southern Israel, just a few kilometers from Gaza. Like in the north, we work through trusted allies. Some are Israeli Jews. Others are evangelical Christians. It is an honor to work together with both and help them love their neighbors with unconditional love. The Sderot project requires a monthly budget of $10,000.

    Would you prayerfully consider making a $50, $100, or $500 donation to help us with these and similar projects? Thank you so much.

    At the same time, please also pray that we can finish raising about $134,000 to complete a new ministry training center in Iraq. As I mentioned in a recent Flash Traffic, in the course of my travels to Iraq, an exciting opportunity has presented itself. Christians leaders in Iraq want to complete the building of a ministry training center inside their country. For security reasons, I can’t say too much about where it will be or who is involved in the project, but I can say we have known these leaders for years and have seen them bear much fruit. Part of the building is already complete and is being used. Finishing the rest will create urgently needed new classroom space for teaching the Scriptures and training current and future Christian leaders. There will also be facilities to accommodate guests coming from other parts of Iraq or from abroad to train or be trained. There will be office space, and communications facilities for staff and volunteers to correspond with believers and seekers from all over the country via phone, letter, emails and chat rooms. We would be deeply grateful if you would pray for us and those Iraqi Christian leaders we are working closely with. If you would like to help us financially meet this goal and complete this project, we would be deeply grateful as well.

    As always, we will do our best to keep you up-to-date on the kinds of projects we are doing, and brief you on how those projects are proceeding. We will also let you know about the kinds of projects we are developing for the future. In no way do we want to pressure anyone to give financially. We fully believe the Lord will provide for the needs of the people we seek to serve. But if you or others wish to help, we welcome your support, and all financial gifts are tax-deductible.

    If you would like to make a contribution to the on-going work of The Joshua Fund please make your check payable to “The Joshua Fund” and send to:

    The Joshua Fund
    18950 Base Camp Road
    Monument, Colorado 80132-8009

    Thanks so much and may the Lord richly bless you and your family as you bless Israel and Iraq in the name of Jesus — especially at critical moment in history of the epicenter.
    Would you consider making a donation of $50, $100 or $500 per month to The Joshua Fund to help us bless Israelis and Iraqis in the name of Jesus? Please click here to find out more, and/or to make a secure donation on-line.
    To get the latest prayer requests and updates on the work of TJF, please visit The Joshua Fund’s weblog
    To learn more about The Joshua Fund’s Prayer & Vision Trip to Israel, or to register today on-line, please click here
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    Army Charity Hoards Millions Meant to Help Veterans

    Saturday, February 28th, 2009

    FORT BLISS, Texas — As soldiers stream home from Iraq and Afghanistan, the biggest charity inside the U.S. military has been stockpiling tens of millions of dollars meant to help put returning fighters back on their feet, an Associated Press investigation shows.

    Between 2003 and 2007 — as many military families dealt with long war deployments and increased numbers of home foreclosures — Army Emergency Relief grew into a $345 million behemoth. During those years, the charity packed away $117 million into its own reserves while spending just $64 million on direct aid, according to an AP analysis of its tax records.

    Tax-exempt and legally separate from the military, AER projects a facade of independence but really operates under close Army control. The massive nonprofit — funded predominantly by troops — allows superiors to squeeze soldiers for contributions; forces struggling soldiers to repay loans — sometimes delaying transfers and promotions; and too often violates its own rules by rewarding donors, such as giving free passes from physical training, the AP found.

    AER was founded in 1942 to soften the personal financial hardships on soldiers and their families as the country ramped up its fight in World War II.

    Today, AER’s mission is to ease cash emergencies of active-duty soldiers and retirees, and to provide college scholarships for their families. Its emergency aid covers mortgage payments and food, car repairs, medical bills, travel to family funerals, and the like.

    Instead of giving money away, though, the Army charity lent out 91 percent of its emergency aid during the period 2003-2007. For accounting purposes, the loans, dispensed interest-free, are counted as expenses only when they are not paid back.

    During that same five-year period, the smaller Navy and Air Force charities both put far more of their own resources into aid than reserves. The Air Force charity kept $24 million in reserves while dispensing $56 million in total aid, which includes grants, scholarships and loans not repaid.

    The Navy charity put $32 million into reserves and gave out $49 million in total aid.

    AER executives defend their operation, insisting they need to keep sizable reserves to be ready for future catastrophes.

    “Look at the stock market,” said retired Col. Dennis Spiegel, AER’s deputy director for administration. Without the large reserve, he added, “We’d be in very serious trouble.”
    Navy- and Air Force-sponsored charities also are deeply intertwined with their services, but they impose controls that help safeguard their independence.

    Officers in those services are expected to keep their noses out of requests for aid. Sailors should “be comfortable coming to us without any fear that the command is going to be involved,” says retired Rear Adm. Jan Gaudio, executive vice president of Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.

    Meanwhile, civilian charities for service members and veterans say they are swamped by the desperate needs of recent years, with requests far outstripping ability to respond.

    According to 2007 U.S. Census Bureau figures, 1.3 million veterans — or 6 percent — lived in poverty, with 537,000 unemployed.

    “I have so many people who are losing their homes, they’re behind on their mortgage payments, they’re losing their jobs because of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) or the medication they’re taking — and the Army Emergency Relief can’t help them,” says Outreach Director Sema Olson at U.S. Welcome Home Foundation, which finds aid for combat veterans. Story Continues Here

    Media Missing Missing Action When It Comes To OBAMA

    Saturday, February 28th, 2009

    Bernie Goldberg On The Media Silence and What they are NOT Telling You Video

    Do Not Free Terrorist

    Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
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    A mere 24 hours ago, Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed landed in England at 8:30 EST -  a free man.  Mohamed was captured in Pakistan in April, 2002, and has admitted to training at various Al-Qaeda training camps and is alleged to have plotted multiple attacks on American soil.

    Included in his laundry list of terrorist activities are:

    • Training at various Al-Qaeda training camps, where he specialized in firearms and explosives
    • Being taught by senior Al-Qaeda leaders how to falsify documents
    • Receiving money by Al-Qaeda leaders to travel to the United States
    • Tasked by senior Al-Qaeda leaders to blow up high-rise apartment buildings in the United States
    • Holding meetings with Saif al Adel (a top level al Qaeda planner and leader) and Khalid Sheik Mohammed (9/11 mastermind)


    This unprecedented release puts the national security of our country and our allies at SERIOUS risk. Now that Binyam is back in England, British police have proclaimed the unfathomable – that it is “unlikely Mr. Mohamed would be arrested.”

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    Obama: The Master Of The Double Back-Load

    Thursday, February 19th, 2009

    Why do you think OBAMA…”BACK-LOADED” this stimulus package? If he really wanted to help people & the Economy NOW…he would be spending at least 40-60% this $780 BILLION this year…Instead he is spending about 13% in 2009 on BS.

    In other words: He would have “FRONT-LOADED” this stimulus package.

    He’s spending more(about 37%) in 2010 and the rest in 2011…The MOST..TWO YEARS from now!

    Why you ASK…

    So, He looks like a hero 2-3 years from now so he can get re-elected.

    If there is ONE TRUE thing about OBAMA…He is 1000% on the “Campaign trail” 24/7 365…

    He can never answer the most simplistic question(s)….without using at least 100 words.

    The first question he was ask the other day at his Press conference….it took him 19 minutes to answer.

    BTW: His “health care plan”… right now…is NOT because he wants to help anyone and everyone….job,no job,legal, illegal, poor etc…

    His doing it to OVERWHELM the heath care industry over the next 1-2 years (Including medicare & medicaid)…..

    Why you ask,

    So he can more easily sell the American people ON Nationalization of the health care system….Its called “SOCIALISM”….The Government tells YOU and ME where, when, what you do and go.

    They (the Government) also become your kids… Mommy & Daddy…controlling all aspects of their lives.

    Why do you think hes so BIG on every kid being able to go to college? Its not so they get a good education and become well rounded thoughtful people…

    Its so they get 4-5 years of Liberal “Socialist Commie” professors…educating them on BS.

    Go ahead and send your kid to a nice college….and see the difference what he believes now (core values) and what he does not believe in after.

    Its called: Indoctrination of liberal Socialism.

    Why do you think the stock market went down 280 points…just as he was signing this “stimulus package”?

    The stock market knows, its not going to ’stimulate’ anything for at least 12 – 18+ months.

    This “stimulus package is not to help you or me…its to help turn our country into something it has never been….From a Capitalist Democratic Society…INTO…A….”Socialist Society.

    That is the CHANGE he ran his whole Campaign on… CHANGE…CHANGE…

    He just never told you WHAT CHANGE WAS COMING…DID HE?

    But that is it. SOCIALISM

    Do you think, if he was “upfront” with the American people about this…he would have been elected? NOT

    He “BACK-LOADED” this…just like he BACK-LOADED his great stimulus package.

    He can play the game…better than anyone…and people thought Hilary “Had Game”…LOL

    Peace,
    iraqsinconvenienttruth.com

    Presidents Day February 16 2009 The True History

    Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

    We wanted to share with you two items you might find of interest.

    Faith of the Presidents

    Hear a short radio program about the faith of the various presidents.

    Thomas Jefferson and Religious Instruction
    at the University of Virginia

    Tomorrow, President Obama will sign the “Stimulus Bill”; among its provisions is a stipulation that stimulus money be withheld from educational institutions with religious activities on campus (read a letter from U. S. Senator Jim DeMint about this provision). Interestingly, President Thomas Jefferson (whom liberals love to herald as the hero of secular education) actually held an opposite position on this issue.

    In fact, we have just posted a piece on the specific steps undertaken by Thomas Jefferson to ensure that religious instruction and practices were an integral part of educational activities at his University of Virginia. Ironically, Jefferson’s own activities would disqualify the University of Virginia from receiving modern stimulus money. We think you may be surprised (and pleased) by the religious precedents he set at that educational institution.

    Enjoy Presidents’ Day!

    God bless!

    David Barton

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    Black History Month Celebration

    Saturday, February 14th, 2009

    In Celebration of Black History Month

    At WallBuilders we strive to present America’s forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on our moral, religious, and constitutional heritage, so Wentworth Cheswell (sometimes spelled as Chiswell or Cheswill) is a perfect subject for our attention.

    He was the grandson of black slave Richard Cheswell (who early gained his freedom and in 1717 and became the first black to own property in the colony of New Hampshire); and he was the son of Hopestill Cheswell, a notable homebuilder who built the homes of several patriot leaders, including John Paul Jones and the Rev. Samuel Langdon. Wentworth was named after the famous Wentworth family, from whom came several state governors, including Benning Wentworth — the governor at the time of Wentworth’s birth.

    In 1763, Wentworth began attending an academy in Byfield, Massachusetts (30 miles from his home), where for four years he received an extensive education, studying Latin, Greek, swimming, horsemanship, reading, writing, and arithmetic….

    Click here to read more about this amazing hero.

    And don’t forget to check out our sale on Black History items this month. Click here for details .

    God bless!

    David Barton

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    ActForAmerica.org ::: CAIR Strikes Back

    Thursday, February 5th, 2009
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    AMERICA LISTEN UP…,

    In the past seven days, evidence surfaced that the FBI was cutting off its primary contacts with CAIR (the Council on American-Islamic Relations), after CAIR refused to address FBI questions about CAIR’s relationship to Hamas (a designated terrorist organization).

    Then, five members of Congress sent a letter to other members of Congress entitled “Beware of CAIR,” citing the evidence that the FBI had severed ties with CAIR.

    CAIR has responded in its predictable fashion – attack the messengers. The commentary below, from the website of SANE (Society of Americans for National Existence), includes the response letter that CAIR sent to Congresswoman Sue Myrick, co-chair of the House Anti-Terrorism Caucus. One line in CAIR’s letter is telling:

    “If enduring these baseless attacks from you is part of God’s price for freedom, we embrace them.”

    Playing the victim, or in this case, the martyr, is a common tactic among Islamists. In CAIR’s world, any critique or criticism of it, no matter how reasoned or documented, is anti-Muslim bigotry. For CAIR to claim that allegations against it are “baseless” is, well, baseless.

    Why would the FBI finally make the decision it did to sever ties with CAIR if there was no basis for doing so? Why would the Justice Department list CAIR as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial if there was no basis for doing so? Why would an FBI agent, testifying under oath during that trial, label CAIR as a front organization for Islamist extremism if there was no basis for saying so?

    The answer is they wouldn’t.


    Updated: CAIR, the unindicted Hamas-Muslim Brotherhood co-conspirator, is running scared! by SANE Staff, Thu, February 05, 2009, 08:00:AM

    Available files: CAIR Scare Letter to Cong Sue Myrick

    When Representative Sue Myrick learned that the FBI had severed its connections with and ties to CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, based in Washington, D.C., she understood the significance of this event. On the one hand, the US Attorneys prosecuting the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (the largest Muslim charity in the US post-9/11), CAIR Texas officials and others for materially supporting terrorism in the Middle East had taken the unprecedented step to publicly identify CAIR, ISNA, and other such groups as unindicted co-conspirators in the HLF criminal trial. On the other hand, members of the FBI would use CAIR as a sounding board for the “Muslim community” notwithstanding the lack of any evidence that CAIR represents anyone much less a “Muslim community” known largely for its lack of community organization.

    As a result, Rep. Myrick, who is deeply involved in counterterrorism issues in Congress, wrote a letter outlining this new awareness by the FBI to her congressional colleagues. (See here, here, and here for the fallout from the FBI decision to cut ties with CAIR and Rep. Myrick’s letter to her colleagues warning them of CAIR’s nefarious beginnings, middles, and ends.)

    As a result, and almost precisely on cue, CAIR went on the offensive in an abject display of desperation.

    In the midst of their explanation that they are just a “civil rights organization” defending the downtrodden and oppressed among Muslims in America, they launch into a personal attack on Rep. Myrick, and this organization, SANE. (The letter is available above in pdf format for download at the unique url for this entry.)

    What CAIR has done here they have done before and will continue to do in the future. SANE, David Yerushalmi, Rep. Myrick, Robert Spencer, Stephen Coughlin, Dr. Andy Bostom, Frank Gaffney, Brigitte Gabriel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Tawfiq Hamid, and many others, have taken on the difficult but critically important task to identify precisely the Enemy Common Threat Doctrine which animates the worldwide jihad against unbelievers and the West generally. This doctrine is of course Shariah or Islamic law. This doctrine commands the faithful to engage in the conversion, subjugation or murder of those who resist Shariah’s call for submission to a worldwide hegemony called a caliphate.

    CAIR’s approach to public discourse on this subject, however, is to take writings out of context and to conceal the careful and thoughtful analysis of Shariah and to distort that body of work into a caricature of simple anti-Muslim bigotry.

    We have responded to this ad hominem approach in broad strokes here but for those interested, the more telling response to CAIR is to simply quote two of the most authoritative and “mainstream” Shariah authorities in the world. The first is the Dow Jones Shariah advisor Mufti Taqi Usmani, who has written a book on how a “good” Muslim ought to behave while living among the infidels in the West. In that book, published in 1999 in English and available on Amazon.com, Usmani wrote:

    I am in receipt of your esteemed letter. Whatever you have written about Jehad can be summarized as this “If a non-Muslim state allows for preaching Islam in its country, Jehad against it does not remain lawful.” If this is what you mean, my humble self does not agree with it. Obstruction in the way of preaching Islam does not mean only a legal obstacle, but greater power or domination of a non-Muslim state against Muslims is by itself a great obstacle in the propagation of Islam. There are no legal restrictions in most of the countries today on preaching Islam, but since their grandeur and authority is established in the world, it has led to developing a universal feeling which forms a greater obstacle than the greatest legal binding in the way of free propagation of Islam.
    For this reason the most important purpose of Jehad is to break this grandeur so that the resulting psychological subordination should come to an end and the way of accepting the Truth become smooth. As long as this grandeur and domination persists the hearts of people will remain subdued and will not be fully inclined to accept the religion of Truth. Hence Jehad will continue. The Qur’an said in Sura Tauba:

    Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

    Here, killing is to continue until the unbelievers pay Jizyah [subjugation tax on non-Muslims] after they are humbled or overpowered. If the purpose of killing was only to acquire permission and freedom of preaching Islam, it would have been said “until they allow for preaching Islam.” But the obligation of Jizyah and along with it the mention of their subordination is a clear proof that the purpose is to smash their grandeur, so that the veils of their domination should be raised and people get a free chance to think over the blessings of Islam. Imam Razi has written the following commentary on this verse:

    The purpose of “Jizyah” is not to let the unbelievers stay in their contumacy against Islam but sparing their lives to give them a chance for a time during which they may hopefully get convinced of the truth of Islam and embrace it. So when an unbeliever is given time wherein he would be observing the respect and honour of Islam, and hearing the arguments of its validity, and also observing the baselesness of disbelief, these things would convince him to turn towards Islam. This, in fact, is the real purpose of legalizing Jizyah.

    According to CAIR and it’s national leadership, the most important and authoritative Shariah authority for them and their Muslim Brotherhood associates is Yusuf al-Qaradawi. Mr. Qaradawi is well known for his fatwa ordering the mujahideen of Afghanistan and Iraq to murder American combat soldiers and civilian contractors. He has also issued a fatwa authorizing the suicide-murder of any Jew in Israel–man, woman, or child. He is quoted from Al-Jazeera t.v. as follows:

    Oh Allah, take your enemies, the enemies of Islam. Oh Allah, take the Jews, the treacherous aggressors. Oh Allah, take this profligate, cunning, arrogant band of people. Oh Allah, they have spread much tyranny and corruption in the land. Pour Your wrath upon them, oh our God. Lie in wait for them. Oh Allah, You annihilated the people of Thamoud at the hand of a tyrant, and You annihilated the people of ‘Aad with a fierce, icy gale. Oh Allah, You annihilated the people Thamoud at the hand of a tyrant, You annihilated the people of ‘Aad with a fierce, icy gale, and You destroyed the Pharaoh and his soldiers — oh Allah, take this oppressive, tyrannical band of people. Oh Allah, take this oppressive, Jewish, Zionist band of people. Oh Allah, do not spare a single one of them. Oh Allah, count their numbers, and kill them, down to the very last one.

    If CAIR were interested in a real discussion of these matters, as they suggest in their letter to Rep. Myrick, they have lacked neither opportunities nor platforms. Instead, they engage in the rankest form of ad hominem and issue statements denouncing “terrorism” and the murder of “innocents” and the need for “justice” in the world. But anyone who has spent any time studying this Shariah propaganda understands it for what it is. All of the Shariah authorities, including OBL (who is not himself a Shariah authority), issue the same pronouncements because, per Shariah, jihad is not “terror”; the “killing of infidels” is not the “murder of innocents”; and “justice” is only achieved, as Mufti Usmani and Sheikh Qaradawi tell us ever so clearly, when Shariah-Islam rules the world and CAIR and its minions can shed their western disguises and apply Shariah’s rule of law without apology or ruse and dominate all others who continue to resist Shariah-Islam.

    NB: Full disclosure: CAIR isolates on David Yerushalmi because he is representing several African American Muslims who are suing CAIR in federal court for racketeering, fraud and other crimes. See here.

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    Let’s Get Lincoln’s Bible into the Capitol Visitors Center

    Thursday, February 5th, 2009

    February 10, 2008

    Last December, the U. S. Capitol Visitors Center officially opened to the public. Each day, some 15,000 Americans — including thousands of schoolchildren — go through that building to learn the history and operations of the U. S. Congress.

    For nearly five years during its construction, we carefully monitored the content of the hundreds of historical displays in that Center. We found many historical inaccuracies, including much secular anti-religious bias throughout those displays. (To see an 8-minute presentation on the problems in the Visitor Center, see The War on God in America.”)

    In addition to the many mistakes and obvious bias, there were also many missed opportunities. For example, the Center currently displays the small iron table used by Abraham Lincoln during his Second Inauguration to hold a small glass of water and his Bible; so why not display Lincoln’s Bible atop the table originally designed to hold it?

    To that end — and capitalizing on Obama’s use of the Lincoln Bible during his own inauguration — Congressman Randy Forbes of Virginia (head of the Congressional Prayer Caucus) has introduced a resolution urging the display of the Lincoln Bible in the Capitol Visitor Center.

    That resolution – H.Con.Res. 34 — is an excellent way to place more of America’s Godly heritage on display for all Americans. We encourage you to contact your Congressman and ask him or her to co-sponsor H.Con.Res. 34.

    Thanks for your efforts to help educate others about America’s unique religious history! (Please feel free to forward this to others and encourage them to action.)

    God bless!


    David Barton

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    Obama’s Stimulus Package: Biggest Rip-off in American History

    Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

    Obama’s Stimulus Outrage:
    Stop the Biggest Rip-off in American History

    Dear Fellow American:

    President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are on the verge of putting into law a $819 billion “stimulus” program ? unless they are stopped.

    This program is nothing less than a rip-off of taxpayers like you and me.

    The U.S. Senate will vote soon on this spending boondoggle, one of the most disgusting pork-barrel bills ever presented to Congress.

    And hold on to your hat: The Senate version backed by Majority Leader Harry Reid is even worse ? it calls for an additional $71 billion in spending ? totaling $890 billion.

    Believe it or not, you can help us stop this bill from ever becoming law if we make sure 40 U.S. senators ? all Republicans ? oppose the bill.

    Under Senate rules, the Democrats, led by Harry Reid, must come up with 60 votes to stop the Republican filibuster.

    That’s why Obama and his allies are launching an all-out effort to pressure several liberal Republicans to cross over and vote for the package.

    The Democrats also are worried about several conservatives in their party who are up for re-election in 2010 and just might not want to vote for such an outrageous bill.

    You can help us at The National Republican Trust PAC ? Go Here Now.

    ‘Stimulus’: Your Money for Illegals, Welfare Recipients, Arts, and Sex

    Just how outrageous is this shameful $819 billion stimulus?

    For starters ? and this will shock you ? both the House and the Senate programs have a loophole that even gives illegal aliens cash payouts.

    Here’s how The Associated Press explained it: “Undocumented immigrants who are not eligible for a Social Security number can file tax returns with an alternative number. A House-passed version of the economic recovery bill, and one making its way through the Senate, would allow anyone with such a number, called an individual taxpayer identification number (TIN), to qualify for the tax credits.”

    In case you didn’t know it, any illegal can get a TIN number from Social Security, no questions asked.

    This means illegals who broke the law to get here will be eligible immediately for federal cash ? up to $1,000!

    It gets worse. Let me detail for you some facts from the “stimulus”:

    • More than $4 billion is earmarked for “neighborhood stabilization activities” ? money that will go to groups like ACORN, which worked closely with the Obama campaign, the same group accused of massive voter fraud.
    • Almost half of the proposed spending will directly benefit the Service Employees International Union, federal, state, and municipal employee unions, or other Democratic-controlled unions, according to writer Ben Stein.
    • $600 million goes for news cars for top government bureaucrats.
    • Obama promised major infrastructure projects yet only 5 percent of all the money goes for this.
    • $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts.
    • $75 million to fund anti-smoking programs.
    • $650 million for the switch from analog television to digital.
    • $335 million to help prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
    • $600 million for “climate change” research programs.

    This is just a small part of the long laundry list of trivial, weird, and simply outrageous programs being funded in the Obama stimulus bill, which goes on for 680 pages so long no one in the House was believed to have read it before voting for it!

    Just to show you the tremendous waste, there is so much money appropriated in this bill you could give every unemployed person in the nation a check for $75,000 for the amount being spent.

    Help us stop this disgusting pork bill Go Here Now.

    It’s Just a Payoff for the Election

    Frankly that would be a better way to dispense the funds than what Obama wants to do.

    He and his Democratic allies are simply wasting hundreds of billions of our money in a clear “payoff” to Democratic Party interest groups and unions that backed him and the Democrats in Congress during the last election.

    The truth is that Obama and Congress could have created economic stimulus by across-the-board tax cuts for all Americans, and tax incentives for businesses to hire new workers and use their capital for new purchases instead hundreds of billions of dollars are going to bolster federal and state welfare programs.

    Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay put it best when he said Obama’s program is “just complete, out-and-out writing of checks to people that don’t pay taxes. These are welfare checks that are called tax cuts.”

    Scary?

    You better believe it. The Democrats are making Freddy Krueger look like a reasonable fellow.

    You Can Still Stop Obama and This Rip-Off

    This week the Senate will debate on the stimulus program.

    Obama, who promised a new era of bipartisanship, had little interest in including Republican ideas in his program.

    GOP House members, who had been wooed by Obama, were so outraged by the partisan nature of this wasteful stimulus program that every Republican voted against it.

    Obama knows he can’t get his plan through Congress if this happens in the Senate.

    That’s why his team has shifted from claims of “reaching out” to the GOP to out-and-out hardball politics.

    For example, MoveOn.org, the leftist group that Obama worked closely with to get elected president, is launching a full-scale media campaign to pressure Republican senators to vote for the stimulus.

    Last week the group announced it is targeting five U.S. Republican senators, demanding that they support Obama’s stimulus.

    The MoveOn ad includes a clip of Obama claiming that his plan will create 3 million new jobs and urging them to call their senators.

    Well, we at The National Republican Trust will soon launch a similar program.

    But we plan on taking out ads in these key five states to expose the stimulus program for its outrageous waste of taxpayer money.

    And we will do even more. We also plan on taking out ads targeting five conservative Democratic senators up for election in 2010.

    We will remind voters just what their senator may be voting for.

    We need to move on our plan quickly. We need your help to do it.

    Please donate to our urgent effort today ? Go Here Now.

    We Are Fighting for You, the Taxpayer

    We urgently need funds as the Democrats have massive resources from unions and other special interests. We just have you.

    Today, thanks to your help, we are one of the largest political action committees in the United States.

    You know of our work. We were credited with winning over every uncommitted voter in the 2008 election with our ads exposing the ties between Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

    We also played a decisive role in the special election in Georgia.

    We spent more than a $1 million in that race including running TV ads exposing Obama’s plan to give illegal aliens government benefits.

    Needless to say, Republican Saxby Chambliss won in a landslide.

    Dick Morris, the famous Fox News analyst, calls The National Republican Trust “the most powerful voice in the Republican Party today.” Dick says we are the Republican version of MoveOn, but even more powerful.

    But we never forget that our power and influence comes from you. We don’t have plush offices and highly paid bureaucrats running our organization.

    We are a grass-roots movement of Republicans who believe in our country and believe our great party must stay consistent with the principles of Ronald Reagan.

    We believe we can defeat Obama’s massive stimulus boondoggle.

    We don’t need the tens of millions of dollars that MoveOn and Obama’s union friends will spend in their campaign.

    Why?

    Because we have truth on our side. When the American people hear how their senators plan on spending their hard-earned money, they will be horrified and shocked.

    That’s why we need to get our message out urgently!

    We have just days to do it.

    Help us today. Go Here Now.

    Thank you, and God bless our nation.

    Yours for America,

    Scott Wheeler

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    Give: Rapid Deployment Kits To Our Troops For Christmas

    Sunday, December 14th, 2008
    Newsmax.com
    Please find below a special message from Campus Crusade for Christ’s Military Ministry. They have important information to share with you. Thank you.

    Newsmax.com

    Dear Ministry Partner,

    Campus Crusade for Christ received the following note on Christmas Day 2007:

    “I am an Air Force officer currently deployed to the desert. I received the Rapid Deployment Kit a few months back and I want to extend my thanks. I carry my New Testament Bible in my flight suit when I fly. I read a Psalm before each flight as my prayer for protection for that day’s sortie. Especially during this Christmas season when I am away from my family, the Lord’s words bring me comfort and peace. Thank you so much for this wonderful gift.”

    As you can see, RDKs mean so much to our troops. These pocket-sized Kits can be carried wherever troops go, providing them with ready access to God’s Word. Campus Crusade’s Military Ministry continues to receive requests for an average of 10,000 to 15,000 Rapid Deployment Kits per month. Each RDK contains a New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs, a daily devotional, and a booklet that clearly shares the Gospel. To learn how you can help place these Kits into the hands of our troops, click here.

    Or visit: http://give2.ccci.org/featured/rdk-nm

    Thank you for your support and prayers for our troops.

    Blessings in Christ,

    Megan Hawkes
    Director, Donor Relations
    Campus Crusade for Christ, International

    Please feel free to forward this on to a friend.


    All gifts are tax deductible.

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    Iraqi Police Rise to Challenges

    Sunday, December 14th, 2008

    Saturday, 13 December 2008

    An Iraqi Policeman directs traffic in the Karkh District of northwest Baghdad.  Photo by Capt. Michael Roscoe, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs.

    An Iraqi Policeman directs traffic in the Karkh District of northwest Baghdad. Photo by Capt. Michael Roscoe, 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs.

    BAGHDAD — Throughout Baghdad’s Karkh security district, Iraqi Police (IP) make daily strides to earn the trust of the local population.

    During the past year, the IP in Saliyah, Karkh, and Juafer have stepped up and taken the lead in securing their neighborhoods. Taking this more active role has placed them in the spotlight in securing Karkh, and the citizens of northwest Baghdad are beginning to appreciate their efforts.

    Coalition forces have supported this move by enrolling the IP in the Police Train-the-Trainer program, or PT3, that is run by the 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, operationally attached to the 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad at Forward Operating Base Prosperity.

    The program starts every few weeks and teaches IP basic fundamentals of marksmanship, dismounted patrolling, traffic control point operations, basic first aid, basic Iraqi law, crime scene management, improvised explosive device identification and reaction, building clearing and searching procedures of a person and a vehicle. The IP then follow up by conducting the training at their station to their fellow officers.

    Coalition forces then included the IP on several joint neighborhood clearances. During these clearances, the IP’s took the lead and confiscated a number of AK-47’s and weapon magazines. They also took the lead in talking to the local population. By doing this, the IP have made sure the citizens of Karkh know they are on their side, and are there to ensure they remain safe in their neighborhoods.

    “With the increase of responsibility the Iraqi Police in the Karkh district have taken since July, they have been operating without the help of the Iraqi Army,” says Capt. William Macugay, commander, Battery A. 4th Bn. 42nd FA Regt. “They have really taken charge of the area and have been able to respond to significant events and execute missions across the district.”

    Coalition forces continue to train the IP’s every day, and see a bright future for them in Karkh.

    “The ISF have been very successful in taking control over the Karkh security district and they are the model for the rest of the country’s ISF with the IP’s being in the lead,” said Sgt. Bruce Eggleston, Intel sergeant, Batt. A. 4th Bn. 42 FA Regt.

    (Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO)