http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/iraq-demo-over-anti-islam-magazine-turns-violent/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/iraq-demo-over-anti-islam-magazine-turns-violent/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 17:33:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133169 AFP: Thousands took to the streets of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Arbil on Tuesday as a rally to demand swift punishment for a magazine editor who ran a story decried as "against Islam" turned violent. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/iraq-demo-over-anti-islam-magazine-turns-violent/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/pat-buchanan-a-decade-of-war-for-what/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/pat-buchanan-a-decade-of-war-for-what/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:20:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132887 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/pat-buchanan-a-decade-of-war-for-what/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/iraq-mosul-more-christian-blood-45-year-old-photographer-killed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/iraq-mosul-more-christian-blood-45-year-old-photographer-killed/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:25:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129486 AsiaNews.it: The Christian community in Iraqis once more the target of Islamic extremism: Yesterday morning in Mosul in the north, security forces found the corpse of a man riddled with bullets. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/23/iraq-mosul-more-christian-blood-45-year-old-photographer-killed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/pat-buchanan-for-what-all-these-wars/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/pat-buchanan-for-what-all-these-wars/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:36:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127072 Townhall: Undeniably, the soldiers who burned the Qurans blundered. Yet there is no evidence that it was malicious. If vandals desecrate a Bible in America, burning and replacing the holy book would not be regarded a valid excuse for mayhem and murder. If Afghans cannot understand this mistake and have no other way to express their rage than rioting and ranting, "Death to America!" what kind of raw material are we working with in building a Western-style democracy in any foreseeable century? ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/pat-buchanan-for-what-all-these-wars/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/20/top-iraqi-shiite-cleric-urges-end-to-crisis/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/20/top-iraqi-shiite-cleric-urges-end-to-crisis/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:09:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123657 News from The Associated Press: An aide to Iraq's most prominent Shiite cleric is urging politicians on both sides of the country's sectarian divide to end a government crisis, as fears of civil war rise a month after the U.S. military withdrawal. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/20/top-iraqi-shiite-cleric-urges-end-to-crisis/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/sunni-backed-leader-crisis-tearing-iraq-apart/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/sunni-backed-leader-crisis-tearing-iraq-apart/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:34:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123411 News from The Associated Press: Iraq needs new leaders to prevent the country from disintegrating, the leader of the main Sunni-backed bloc said Wednesday, reflecting the severity of a sectarian political battle in the Shiite-led government, accompanied by violence, just a month after the exit of U.S. forces. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/sunni-backed-leader-crisis-tearing-iraq-apart/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/christianity-may-be-eradicated-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-says-chair-of-u-s-religious-freedom-commission/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/christianity-may-be-eradicated-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-says-chair-of-u-s-religious-freedom-commission/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:17:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121710 CNSnews.com: Despite long-term U.S. military occupations aimed at establishing representative governments in Iraq and Afghanistan, Christianity now faces the real threat of eradication in those countries because of severe and persistent persecution of Christians there, according to the chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/christianity-may-be-eradicated-in-iraq-and-afghanistan-says-chair-of-u-s-religious-freedom-commission/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/iraqs-christians-near-extinction/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/iraqs-christians-near-extinction/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:32:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121557 Middle East Forum: A recent Fox News report tells of how "a rash of attacks on Christian-owned businesses in northern Iraq has raised troubling questions about the future safety of the country's shrinking Christian community, particularly as U.S. forces withdraw completely from the nation they've refereed since 2003." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/22/iraqs-christians-near-extinction/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/sunni-leaders-warn-of-sectarian-chaos-in-iraq/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/sunni-leaders-warn-of-sectarian-chaos-in-iraq/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:09:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121363 The Guardian: Two leading members of Iraq's largest and most powerful Sunni tribe have warned of imminent sectarian chaos in the wake of the US withdrawal, claiming that the government of prime minister Nouri al-Maliki is promoting an anti-Sunni agenda. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/sunni-leaders-warn-of-sectarian-chaos-in-iraq/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/could-iraq-descend-into-a-civil-war-again-shiite-pm-is-moving-against-sunnis/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/could-iraq-descend-into-a-civil-war-again-shiite-pm-is-moving-against-sunnis/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:20:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121348 CSMonitor.com: The scars of Iraq's painful bloodletting are deep, and a powerful disincentive against a return to open warfare. But Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is moving against Sunni Arabs, his political enemies. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/could-iraq-descend-into-a-civil-war-again-shiite-pm-is-moving-against-sunnis/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/12/baghdad-some-christians-reduced-to-dhimmitude/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/12/baghdad-some-christians-reduced-to-dhimmitude/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:20:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120586 Catholic Culture: The Latin Rite archbishop of Baghdad says that some Christians have been reduced to dhimmitude and are being forced to pay the jizya, a special tax that permits them to practice their faith. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/12/baghdad-some-christians-reduced-to-dhimmitude/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/23/situation-worsening-for-christians-in-baghdad/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/23/situation-worsening-for-christians-in-baghdad/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:11:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119390 Catholic Culture: The Dominican superior in Baghdad has told Aid to the Church in Need that the situation has worsened for Christians in recent weeks amid fears that extremists are infiltrating churches. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/23/situation-worsening-for-christians-in-baghdad/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/01/ron-paul-leaving-iraq/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/01/ron-paul-leaving-iraq/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:47:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117432 Paul.Hous.gov: While I applaud the spirit of this announcement - since all our troops should come home from overseas - I have strong reservations about any actual improvements in the situation in Iraq, since plans are already being made to increase the number of troops in surrounding regions. What we really need is a new foreign policy and there is no indication that that is what we have gotten. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/01/ron-paul-leaving-iraq/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/31/iraqs-christians-torn-between-staying-or-facing-death-at-home/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/31/iraqs-christians-torn-between-staying-or-facing-death-at-home/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:15:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117380 Christian Today: We've had enough now. Leaving Iraq has become a must," Jamal Habo Korges, a Christian mechanic and father of three, told the United Nation's humanitarian news outlet IRIN. "We've been suffering since 2003 and we can't take it anymore. The latest carnage is the final warning." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/31/iraqs-christians-torn-between-staying-or-facing-death-at-home/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/21/obama-to-declare-iraq-war-over-with-troops-home-at-years-end/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/21/obama-to-declare-iraq-war-over-with-troops-home-at-years-end/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:06:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116566 TheHill.com: President Obama will announce Friday that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/21/obama-to-declare-iraq-war-over-with-troops-home-at-years-end/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/04/iraq-double-targeted-killings-against-the-christian-community-in-kirkuk/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/04/iraq-double-targeted-killings-against-the-christian-community-in-kirkuk/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:38:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115398 Asia News: Yesterday in the district of Muthana, an armed group assassinated the 30 year old Catholic Bassam Isho. October 1, Emmanuel Polos Hanna, was found at the edge of the road to Baghdad shot to death. Christian sources in Kirkuk: "The attacks continue, in the total silence of the world." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/04/iraq-double-targeted-killings-against-the-christian-community-in-kirkuk/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/iraqi-envoy-christians-are-right-to-worry-about-arab-spring-uprisings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/iraqi-envoy-christians-are-right-to-worry-about-arab-spring-uprisings/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:12:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114809 Catholic Culture: Iraq’s ambassador to the Vatican argues that Christians in the Middle East have good reason to be skeptical about the “Arab Spring” rebellions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/iraqi-envoy-christians-are-right-to-worry-about-arab-spring-uprisings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:30:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114308 OneNewsNow.com: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) welcomes the Obama administration's release of the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, and the Commission is urging the U.S. government to increase action to promote freedom of religion or belief. Burma, Eritrea, China, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan are eight "countries of particular concern," but USCIRF spokesperson Elizabeth Cassidy says her group thinks the list is incomplete . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/22/religious-persecutors-list-incomplete/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/21/iraqi-christians-find-safety-in-north-but-no-jobs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/21/iraqi-christians-find-safety-in-north-but-no-jobs/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:36:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114228 Reuters: Menas Saad Youssef no longer fears being blown up while praying in a church. But she and many other traumatized Christians who fled Iraq's capital for safer areas have a new crisis -- no jobs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/21/iraqi-christians-find-safety-in-north-but-no-jobs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/15/iraq-attack-against-kirkuk%e2%80%99s-st-ephraim-syrian-orthodox-church/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/15/iraq-attack-against-kirkuk%e2%80%99s-st-ephraim-syrian-orthodox-church/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:59:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110835 Asia News: A bomb exploded at around 1.30 am. No one was killed or injured, but the church was heavily damaged. The incident follows others against Kirkuk Christians in early August. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/15/iraq-attack-against-kirkuk%e2%80%99s-st-ephraim-syrian-orthodox-church/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/03/u-s-dept-of-state-church-bombing-in-kirkuk-iraq/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/03/u-s-dept-of-state-church-bombing-in-kirkuk-iraq/#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:43:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109788 U.S. Dept. of State: We deplore the attack today outside the Holy Family Church in Kirkuk and extend our condolences to the victims’ families and loved ones. Attacks like this, which target religious minorities, demonstrate the extent to which certain terrorist groups will go to disrupt the progress Iraq has made toward reducing violence ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/03/u-s-dept-of-state-church-bombing-in-kirkuk-iraq/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/02/christians-attacked-again-in-iraq-car-bomb-wounds-23/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/02/christians-attacked-again-in-iraq-car-bomb-wounds-23/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:19:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109754 CNSnews.com: A car bomb outside a Christian church wounded 23 people on Tuesday morning, police said, as security forces found and disabled vehicles packed with explosives outside two other parishes in northern Iraq. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/02/christians-attacked-again-in-iraq-car-bomb-wounds-23/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/record-number-of-u-s-troops-killed-by-iranian-weapons/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/record-number-of-u-s-troops-killed-by-iranian-weapons/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:05:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109412 NationalJournal.com: June was the deadliest month in more than two years for U.S. troops, with 14 killed. In May, the U.S. death toll was two. In April, it was 11. Senior U.S. commanders say the three primary Iranian-backed militias, Kataib Hezbollah, the Promise Day Brigade, and Asaib al Haq, and their rockets were behind 12 of the deaths in June. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/record-number-of-u-s-troops-killed-by-iranian-weapons/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/18/iraqs-anti-christian-violence-hit-new-peak-in-2010/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/18/iraqs-anti-christian-violence-hit-new-peak-in-2010/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:02:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108332 Catholic Culture: Anti-Christian violence in Iraq left 92 dead and 47 wounded in 2010, making the year the worst to date for the Christian minority, according to the human-rights group Hammurabi. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/18/iraqs-anti-christian-violence-hit-new-peak-in-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/14/iraqi-christians-open-first-new-church-since-2003/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/14/iraqi-christians-open-first-new-church-since-2003/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:07:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108122 Catholic Culture: Iraq's embattled Christian community has opened a new church, for the first time since war began in 2003. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/14/iraqi-christians-open-first-new-church-since-2003/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/15/young-christian-beheaded-in-northern-iraq%c2%a0/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/15/young-christian-beheaded-in-northern-iraq%c2%a0/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:12:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106489 CatholicHerald.co.uk: Ashur Yacob Issa, 29, was abducted late Friday night or early Saturday morning and his mutilated body was discovered Monday morning. His family had been asked for a ransom but was not able to pay the sum of more than £61,500 (€70,000) the kidnappers demanded. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/15/young-christian-beheaded-in-northern-iraq%c2%a0/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/08/irish-president-addresses-freedom-of-religion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/08/irish-president-addresses-freedom-of-religion/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:10:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105869 The Irish Times : The President added: “All conflict is about refusal to accept difference. The misery of that reality was visited on generations in Ireland and, in particular, Northern Ireland where the demonisation of neighbour by neighbour along sectarian lines was underpinned by a culture of non-acceptance of each other’s right to believe and behave differently . . .” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/08/irish-president-addresses-freedom-of-religion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/31/another-christian-murdered-in-iraq/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/31/another-christian-murdered-in-iraq/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 16:36:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105046 Catholic Culture: Arkan Jihad Yacob, a 62-year-old businessman and father of 4 children, was gunned down in Mosul. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/31/another-christian-murdered-in-iraq/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/18/iraq-islamists-abduct-torture-and-behead-young-christian-father-of-three/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/18/iraq-islamists-abduct-torture-and-behead-young-christian-father-of-three/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 16:03:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103929 AsiaNews.it: Ashur Yacob Issa, 29, was the father of three children. He was abducted three days ago. Negotiations for his released failed. This morning police found his body, which bore “horrific marks of torture”. In voicing his outrage, the archbishop of Kirkuk slammed this “inhuman act,” urging everyone to work together to “protect defenceless citizens”. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/18/iraq-islamists-abduct-torture-and-behead-young-christian-father-of-three/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:27:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102403 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released its 2011 Annual Report and recommended that the Secretary of State name the following nations “countries of particular concern” or CPCs: Burma, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/uscirf-identifies-worlds-worst-religious-freedom-violators-egypt-cited-for-first-time/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/20/the-silent-extermination-of-iraqs-christian-dogs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/20/the-silent-extermination-of-iraqs-christian-dogs/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:38:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101517 Middle East Forum: The grand irony, of course, is that Christian persecution has increased exponentially under U.S. occupation. As one top Vatican official put it, Christians, "paradoxically, were more protected under the dictatorship" of Saddam Hussein. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/20/the-silent-extermination-of-iraqs-christian-dogs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/11/open-doors-thousands-of-christians-have-fled-iraq-since-church-massacre/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/11/open-doors-thousands-of-christians-have-fled-iraq-since-church-massacre/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:45:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100715 Christian Newswire: "Petition to Secretary of State Clinton Asks Protection for Religious Minorities . . . If this exodus is not stopped, Iraq will not have any Christians left in three years." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/11/open-doors-thousands-of-christians-have-fled-iraq-since-church-massacre/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/29/ultraconservative-muslims-more-assertive-in-egypt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/29/ultraconservative-muslims-more-assertive-in-egypt/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:32:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99425 AP: Members of an ultraconservative Muslim sect clashed with villagers south of Cairo over demands that a liquor store and coffee shops be closed, officials said Tuesday, a sign of the increasing assertiveness of the fundamentalist Salafi movement ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/29/ultraconservative-muslims-more-assertive-in-egypt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/18/iraqi-bishop-christians-read-to-claim-right-to-exist/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/18/iraqi-bishop-christians-read-to-claim-right-to-exist/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:17:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98529 Zenit: It is said that one of the Islamic fundamentalists who assassinated Father Ragheed Ganni in 2007 screamed to his victim before killing him, "I told you to close the church. ... Why are you still here?" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/18/iraqi-bishop-christians-read-to-claim-right-to-exist/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/23/david-french-exhausting-the-enemy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/23/david-french-exhausting-the-enemy/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:32:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96262 National Review Phi Beta Cons: "Fick and Nagl are correct that we can’t just kill our way to victory, but many casual observers of the war don’t comprehend the psychology of warfare. Fick and Nagl do. They understand the profound impact of continual losses on the human psyche and the emotional devastation of death without victory. If there’s one thing that I learned while in Iraq, it’s that our enemy is every bit as human as we are, and even their religious fanaticism does not make them immune to exhaustion or despair." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/23/david-french-exhausting-the-enemy/feed/ 0