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Raymond Ibrahim: U.S. Military Denies ISIS Targets Christians

Feb 1, 2016 11:46 pm By Raymond Ibrahim

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After a 1,400-year-old Iraqi Christian monastery was recently destroyed by the Islamic State (ISIS) most of the world condemned the demolition — except for spokesman for the U.S. military’s Operation Inherent Resolve, Col. Steve Warren.

“Thousands [of Iraqi Christians] have been killed, hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee,” noted CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in an interview with Col. Warren last week.  “There is legitimate fear – you’re there in Baghdad – that the long history of Christians living peacefully, productively in Iraq, is coming to an end.  How worried should we be about the Christian community in Iraq?”

The response: “Wolf, ISIL doesn’t care if you’re a Christian … We’ve seen no specific evidence of a specific targeting towards Christians.”

Wrong:  Roughly two-thirds of Iraq’s 1.5 million Christian citizens have been killed or forced to flee the country by ISIS and its jihadi predecessors over the past decade—and this has everything to do with their religious identity.

In Iraq and everywhere else it has conquered, ISIS has, at a minimum, rigorously enforced on pain of death Islam’s dhimmi laws, which require Christians to pay extortion money (jizya) and agree to live by a set of degrading rules.

Often, ISIS fighters skip these formalities and simply torture to death Christians who refuse to convert to Islam, sometimes releasing the footage online for propaganda purposes. Most notable are two videotaped mass executions of 21 Egyptians and 30 Ethiopians in Libya last spring, but there have been many lesser-known cases.  When a group of Iraqi Christian children refused to renounce Christ in 2014, saying “No, we love Jesus,” ISIS decapitated and mangled their bodies.  Last summer in Aleppo, Syria, ISIS tortured, mutilated, publicly raped, beheaded and crucified 12 Christians for refusing to convert.  Escaped eyewitnesses have reported ISIS places Iraqi and Syrian Christians in cages or coffins and sets them on fire.

ISIS has frequently kidnapped Christians and demanded ransom payments for their release, often forcing female captives into sexual slavery. A 12-year-old girl, raped by an Islamic State fighter, was told that “what he was about to do was not a sin” because she “practiced a religion other than Islam.” ISIS has even sent operatives disguised as refugees into U.N. refugee camps in Jordan to kidnap young Christian girls to sell or use as slaves.

The Islamic State is committed to expunging all physical traces of Christianity in areas it conquers, demolishing dozens of ancient churches—in Syria alone, up to 400 churches have been destroyed since the war—not to mention countless crucifixes, statues, graves, and other relics.  It  ordered the University of Mosul to burn all books written by Christians and decreed that all schools in Mosul and the Nineveh Plain that bore Christian names (some since the 1700s) be changed…

 

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Filed Under: Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Muslim persecution of Christians, Useful idiots Tagged With: Steve Warren, Wolf Blitzer


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  1. ICH says

    Feb 2, 2016 at 8:15 am

    Lets hope the next president has the balls to say such a thing out loud
    and not be like the spineless european leaders

    • Charli Main says

      Feb 2, 2016 at 8:44 am

      I have been given to understand that the next President of the USA is likely to be Hillary Clinton, politically, an Obama clone.
      In which case you can expect a tidal wave of Muslim ” refugees” flowing into the USA, all short tracked by Muslim loving Hillary and her Council of Muslim Advisors.

      • gravenimage says

        Feb 2, 2016 at 1:19 pm

        Too early to tell, of course, but in one of those “If the election were held today” polls from two days ago, both Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio would edge out Hillary Clinton, and Donald Trump trails her by a single point, which is a statistical dead heat.

        She may well win–but it is hardly a fait accompli–especially since it is not even certain she will win the Democratic nomination, given that she is now tied with Bernie Sanders in the Iowa Caucus.

      • Western Canadian says

        Feb 2, 2016 at 8:30 pm

        That someone possessed of her innate criminality is walking around free, let alone holding political office and running for president, is frankly terrifying…

  2. Angemon says

    Feb 2, 2016 at 8:20 am

    I blame the Commander-In-Chief. Maybe Col. Warren is just toeing the line and parroting orders from above, or maybe he really doesn’t know the demographics of the islamic state’s targets. In any case, the responsibility lies with the CIC who ordered islam to be scrubbed from counter-terror manuals.

  3. pennant8 says

    Feb 2, 2016 at 9:12 am

    Colonel Warren’s attitude is the result of an intellectual virus that has been spread all through our national security infrastructure by the efforts of the Muslim Brotherhood aided by the White House. It has infected everything, the DoD, DHS, FBI, and even your local PD.

  4. Katowice says

    Feb 2, 2016 at 9:24 am

    Incoherent Resolve would be a more appropriate name. Pure dhimmi stuff from the Colonel.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 2, 2016 at 1:20 pm

      “Incoherent Resolve” is, I’m afraid, spot on.

  5. somehistory says

    Feb 2, 2016 at 9:37 am

    This tells us from where the order to say it came: ISIL doesn’t care if you’re a Christian … ISIL doesn’t care if you’re a Christian …

    There is no truth, no ethics, coming from the *source* that uses the name for isis….*isil.* and gives instructions to hide what is happening until the *right moment.*

    They will keep saying it until all their cows have come home.
    We’ve seen no specific evidence of a specific targeting towards Christians.” We’ve seen no specific evidence of a specific targeting towards Christians.”

    (Revelation 13)

  6. Christianblood says

    Feb 2, 2016 at 10:05 am

    (…U.S. Military Denies ISIS Targets Christians…)

    US is not only denying that their islamic jihadist allies such ISIS and many others are targeting Christians in Syria but US is DIRECTLY arming and training various islamic jihadist groups to torture, to rape and to mass-murder Christians in Syria. US and the other Western governments/societies, including the majority of the so-called “Christians” in those countries far prefer and hugely favor to help and resettle and assist the very muslims who are persecuting and murdering Christians in the M.E. and beyond. I can’t understand why God is silent over this EVIL… O’ God how long will you be SILENT over this EVIL?

  7. Thomas says

    Feb 2, 2016 at 10:11 am

    The goal of ALL the leaders is to make the whole world Islamic and nothing is going to stop them. Wake up people, our days are numbered.

    • Christianblood says

      Feb 2, 2016 at 12:18 pm

      Thomas

      (…The goal of ALL the leaders is to make the whole world Islamic …)

      You are right Thomas and many people have the same strong feeling. The question is what is making ALL
      the leaders of the world to make the whole world Islamic? What is pushing them to do this??????????????

      • WestDivide says

        Feb 2, 2016 at 1:02 pm

        I’d say it’s the crocodile syndrome….

  8. Charlie in NY says

    Feb 2, 2016 at 10:33 am

    Once again, the West understands Islamic State’s motivation better than the perpetrators. IS can continue to cite the Qur’an and hadiths, and issue fatwas based on them, to their heart’s content, and our leaders will continue to ignore them. Because they “know” that Islamic State’s justifications are a mere distraction or, worse, something we as guilty (of what, precisely?) Westerners have no moral right to judge. So, we are left with yet another version of clearly targeted murders being reinterpreted as the “killing of random folk.” No wonder more and more people are losing confidence in our leaders. I wonder if Ban Ki Moon will be as understanding of the West’s violent reaction as he is of Palestinian terrorism.

  9. Ralph Statum says

    Feb 2, 2016 at 10:51 am

    What a wonderful country. Freedom for everyone. But watch your back!

    That’s why there is such an alarm within US government, since Trump’s statement about temporally suspending the migration of Muslims to and from US till US authorities make sure there is a proper concept of safe penetration of US territory.

    People are stunned to learn that the head of the U.S. CIA is a Muslim!

    Do hope this wakes up some! You mean until it hits you like a ton of bricks read it again, until you understand!

    We now have a Muslim government.

    John Brennan, current head of the CIA converted to Islam while stationed in Saudi Arabia.

    Obama’s top adviser, Valerie Jarrett, is a Muslim who was born in Iran where her parents still live.

    Hillary Clinton’s top adviser, Huma Abedin is a Muslim, whose mother and brother are involved in the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

    Assistant Secretary for Policy Development for Homeland Security, Arif Aikhan, is a Muslim.

    Homeland Security Adviser, Mohammed Elibiary, is a Muslim.

    Obama advisor and founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Salam al-Marayati, is a Muslim.

    Obama’s Sharia Czar, Imam Mohamed Magid, of the Islamic Society of North America is a Muslim.

    Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships, Eboo Patel, is a Muslim.

    Nancy Pelosi announced she will appoint Rep Andre Carson, D-Ind, as the first Muslim lawmaker in the House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. It would make Carson the first Muslim to serve on the committee that receives intelligence on the threat of Islamic militants in the Middle East! He has suggested that U.S. schools should be modeled after Islamic madrassas, where education is based on the Quran!!!

    • Charli Main says

      Feb 2, 2016 at 12:35 pm

      Your not alone in this. Britain´s premier Muslim arse kisser, David Cameron, is on record as saying, he is looking forward to the day Britain has a Muslim Prime Minster.

  10. Paleologos says

    Feb 2, 2016 at 11:35 am

    Funny, isn’t it, … how one muslim retard at the top …

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrsBKGpwi58

    … can screw up the world’s finest military?

    R/

    Paleologos

  11. gravenimage says

    Feb 2, 2016 at 1:11 pm

    Raymond Ibrahim: U.S. Military Denies ISIS Targets Christians
    …………………………

    Um…right. All of that enslavement, beheading, and destruction of Christian sites is just accidental, I suppose.

    Even Wolf Blitzer–not always the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to Islam–understands at least that ISIS is targeting Christians, even if he does not necessarily grasp the orthodox Islamic roots of this targeting.

    Who does Colonel Warren think he is fooling?

    By the way, Operation Inherent Resolve uses this infamous insignia:

    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Inherent_Resolve.jpg

    Rather than having an American image, it looks downright Islamic.

    Jihad Watch covered that story here late last year:

    “New U.S. Army patch for fight against the Islamic State closely resembles Muslim Brotherhood logo”

    http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/09/new-u-s-army-patch-for-fight-against-the-islamic-state-closely-resembles-muslim-brotherhood-logo

    No wonder these clowns are so confused…

  12. The Soul says

    Feb 2, 2016 at 2:19 pm

    I’m gonna say it. It seems as if America going down the toilet…

  13. Dan Jones says

    Feb 2, 2016 at 3:00 pm

    Military run by muslim obama denies Christians are targeted by muslims… makes sense…

    More End Time News At:
    http://www.shininginthedark.com/?page_id=4526

  14. Jacko says

    Feb 2, 2016 at 6:04 pm

    After the atrocities of the Holocaust were fully exposed following the conclusion of WWII, the civilized world declared “Never Again.” A mere 70 years later, the Nazis of our time are not only committing the same atrocities, they are proudly broadcasting them for the world to see. And the “civilized” world’s reaction is: we need to be careful about offending the Nazis. F*** THAT. We need to kill the Nazis and break their stuff. Bring in the B’s: The B-1’s, B-2’s, B-52’s. Nazis won’t be dissuaded from their goals by sending them flowers and enforcing diversity training on the civilized world. They will only stop when they are dead. I hope the next POTUS has the fortitude and moral grounding needed to bring that about.

  15. phil mcdonald says

    Feb 2, 2016 at 6:11 pm

    Denying the genocide of middle eastern Christians does not change reality. More than a million Christians are either dead or displaced in Iraq and Syria by the Islamic State. Aid and protection should be the US Policy, rather than deny, run and hide.

  16. Jeremiah says

    Feb 3, 2016 at 5:08 am

    Where do we get these intellectuals that deny that Islam is raping their children?

  17. SWIFT says

    Feb 3, 2016 at 7:13 am

    I never liked Wolf Blitzer, but I guess if you wait long enough, everyone is capable of doing one thing right. As for Colonel Steve Warren, he knows where his bread is buttered and who signs his paycheck. The paycheck comes first, even if you have to sell your soul to get it.

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