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by Raymond Ibrahim
• May 10, 2015 at 5:00 am
- "After
the [Christian governor] told them [U.S. authorities] that they were
ignoring the 12 Shariah states who (sic) institutionalized
persecution ... he suddenly developed visa problems. ... The
question remains -- why is the U.S. downplaying or denying the
attacks against Christians?" — Emmanuel Ogebe, Nigerian human
rights lawyer based in Washington D.C.
- "In the
same week that the State Dept says it will take the engagement of
religious leaders seriously ... it refuses a visa to a persecuted
Christian nun who has fled ISIS, Sister Diana." — Chris Seiple,
President, Institute for Global Engagement.
The Iraqi Christian nun, Sister Diana Momeka (left),
this month received a visa to visit the U.S. as part of a delegation of
foreign religious leaders. The State Dept. had originally denied her
visa request, only allowing in non-Christian delegates. Last year, the
United States Institute for Peace invited to the U.S. the Muslim
governors of Nigeria's northern states, but the sole Christian
governor, Plateau State Gov. Jonah David Jang (right), was denied a
visa.
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Late on the evening of May 8, Newsmax TV announced that pressure
from Americans acquainted with Sister Diana Momeka's visa rejection has
just caused the State Department to reverse its decision and permit her
entry into the United States. Until then, however, she and others were
barred
After inviting a number of foreign religious leaders, mostly Muslim,
the U.S. State Department, for the second time in a row, denied the sole
Christian representative a visa -- despite (or perhaps because of) the
fact that Christians are the ones being persecuted by Muslims.
Sister Diana, an influential Iraqi Christian leader and spokeswoman
who was scheduled to visit the U.S. to advocate for persecuted Christians
in the Mideast, earlier this month was denied a visa by the U.S. State
Department, even though she had visited the U.S. before, most recently in
2012.
by Burak Bekdil
• May 10, 2015 at 4:00 am
- Syria's
Scud-C ballistic missiles put several big Turkish cities
"within range."
- Half of the
Turkish squadrons that would fly over Syrian skies may not be able
to return home safely.
- Turkey simply
does not have a long-range anti-missile defense architecture to
counter the Syrian (and/or Iranian) missiles.
Syrian regime soldiers prepare to fire a ballistic
missile.
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On June 22, 2012, a Turkish RF-4E military reconnaissance aircraft
took off from an air base in eastern Turkey. It flew at low altitude, as
most spy planes do, and violated Syrian airspace before it was hit --
most likely -- by a missile fired from a Syrian- or Russian-operated air
defense system.
Two Turkish pilots were killed. Their bodies were later recovered
from the Mediterranean Sea with help from a US ship.
Turkey was all rage. Turkey's then Prime Minister (now President)
Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed revenge. The Turks claimed their aircraft was
flying on a training mission. It was most likely flying on a mission to
spy on air defense systems in Syria.
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