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The Fate of Christianity in Iraq

The only Christians who remain in Iraq are those too old or too poor to attempt to escape many of the Iraqi refugees I interviewed last September in Amman Jordan assured me They said after years of threats kidnappings bombings and murders they would never return had no reason to return would n

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Don’t tread on me . . . Ducks!

One of the gallants who put the now infamous beat-down on that askin-fer-it professional agitator from moveon org has been outed by other members of the Tea Party apparently appalled by his liberal use of force in freely expressing his concern for Rand Paul s personal safety The blogosphere is poi

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Casualties of War

The latest round of document releases from WikiLeaks nbsp regarding the Iraq War will be getting a lot of attention through the weekend rightly so It s too bad that will probably mean a report from California s Bay Citizen will probably be overlooked hat tip to Truthout A good portion of the nb

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World Daze

Today is Blog Action Day 2010 the action global bloggers are invited to take is to promote awareness of global water issues its scarcity its contamination its political and strategic significance in pressure points like Darfur and at the Israeli-Palestinian stand off According to the U N a

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A Holy Land Detour

Eight days in the Holy Land can fly past when you are on an immersion tour with the Catholic Near East Welfare Association Pontifical Mission to the Holy Land I hope to be sharing some of the stories and perspectives I heard from a part of the community of people in the Middle East that have been o

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The Jordanian Difference

As conditions for Chaldean Catholics in Iraq deteriorate and political unrest threatens Christians in Lebanon the Kingdom of Jordan remains a small oasis of relative calm for the Middle East rsquo s Christian minority Christians here remain confident of their acceptance by the larger Muslim societ

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