Washington Report- September 6th, 2013

Editor: William J. Murray

Tell Congress: No Aid to Terrorists - Hundreds of copies of a petition to congressmen demanding that aid to Saudi supported terrorists in Syria be stopped have been delivered by fax. With Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama about to order military strikes against the secular government of Syria, now is the time to tell you congressman to stop this insanity. Your signed petition will be faxed to your congressman free of charge. See Petition here!

In this issue: Obama "White Paper" questioned / Murray exposes flawed Obama position / Obama praise for jihadist group / Voters overwhelmingly against Syria strikes / Sen. Rand Paul on Syria / September 11 and the Gates of Vienna / New attack on "under God" in the Pledge / Morocco: Jailed for having Christian literature / Iran: new anti-Christian crusade / Syria: Al-Qaeda awaits help from USA / Iraq: 14 car bombs in just one day

The Presidency
Obama "White Paper" questioned - Award winning journalist Kenneth Timmerman has posted another article at the Daily Caller exposing the Obama Administration's misleading information on the alleged chemical attack in Syria. Timmerman says that the three-page white paper which was released "doesn't even begin to reach the standard of evidence the public deserves and Congress should demand." Read more
Murray exposes flawed Obama position - William J. Murray, chairman of the Religious Freedom Coalition, has been on numerous venues refuting some of the most oblivious false claims of the Obama Administration with regard to the alleged Syrian chemical weapons attack. The alleged attack on a "rebel" position happened on the very day that UN inspectors arrived in Syria. Hear Murray on the Mike Huckabee Show. Read more
Obama praise for jihadist group - Barack Obama recently recorded a video greeting to members of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), a group that was exposed as a co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terrorist-financing case. ISNA is a Muslim Brotherhood front group. Obama praised ISNA on its 50th anniversary celebration for upholding "the proud legacy of American-Muslims contributions to our national fabric." Read more
Congress
Voters overwhelmingly against Syria strikes - As an NBC news crew followed one congressman while he held more than a dozen town-hall meetings, the cameras clearly showed 90% or more of voters who attended were against Obama's planned military strikes to help Islamist "rebels" take over Syria - Read more
Senator Rand Paul on Syria - Senator Paul had a few questions about those whom the United States would be helping with strikes on the Syrian government: "Are the Islamic rebels our allies? Will they defend American interests? Will they acknowledge Israel's right to exist? Will they impose Shari'a? Will they tolerate Christians, or will they pillage and destroy ancient Christian churches and people?" Read more
Congress in recess - The House will return on September 9th as per the schedule posted at the beginning of the year by Leader Cantor. NOTE: Hearings on Syria are being held - however - the full House and Senate is not in session and no votes can be taken until after the 9th.
Religion and Culture
9-11 and the Gates of Vienna - Besides the anniversary of the 2001 World Trade Center attack and the murders of four Americans in Benghazi last year, September 11 also marks the 330th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Vienna in 1683, which stopped the Islamic advance in Europe - temporarily. But where Ottoman armies failed, Muslim immigration, homegrown terrorism, demographic jihad and multiculturalism are succeeding. Read more
New Attack on "Under God" - We are once again back fighting for "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, a battle that I thought had ended in victory in the 9th Circuit court of Appeals. In 2007 I wrote The Pledge: One Nation Under God to explain fully the history and need for having "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance to our Flag. Now a new case using the same argument that was used to legalize same-sex marriage has been filed by an "anonymous" atheist who claims his child in a public school does not want to say "under God." Read more
International
Morocco: Jailed for having Christian literature - In "moderate" Morocco, a young man has been sent to jail for 30 months for attending Christian meetings and having Christian materials. This is just one of the hundreds of stories of persecuted Christians that go unreported each week around the world. Persecuted Christians are of no interest to the Western media. Read more
Iran: New anti-Christian crusade - Iran's Islamic leadership has launched a public campaign to halt the rapid spread of Christianity among Iranians. Iranian intelligence services are organizing meetings aimed at debating the "conversion from Islam" and to analyze why especially Iranian youth convert to Christianity, well-informed Iranian Christians said. Read more
Syria: Al-Qaeda awaits help from USA - Al-Qaeda terrorists eagerly await U.S. assistance against the Syrian government, so they can subjugate if not slaughter Syria's Christians, secularists, and non-Muslims. Read more
Iraq: 14 car bombs in just one day - Nearly 60 people were killed and dozens injured in a series of car bombings across Baghdad on Tuesday. The blasts, which took place in predominantly Shiite districts, included 14 car bombs. Read more
More from the Religious Freedom Coalition
New Chairman's Report - Now available, the August 18th, 2013 edition of the Chairman's Report for the Religious Freedom Coalition. This edition includes: - Details on the car bombing campaign against the majority Christian city of Jaramana, and why so may Iraqi Christians live in Syria. Also the campaign by congressmen to protect Coptic Christians in Egypt. The Florida public schools that promote Mohammed as "God's messenger" and trash Christianity Read it here
My Life Without God - William J. Murray's first book, My Life Without God, is now back in print, as 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of his atheist mother's lawsuit to remove prayer from the schools. Murray writes of his life in the dysfunctional home of infamous atheist/Marxist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair. Learn more
Christian Bookstore and more - books, CD's, DVD's, cards and much more available at the Religious Freedom Coalition Internet Store. Please visit today!

Week Ending January 9, 2009 - Washington, DC

DC Metro's "Obama ticket" / Gaza and Obama -- do the Israelis trust him? / Obama declares "economic chaos" / Congress meets briefly, not much done / Another great social conservative leader dies / ALL NEW: A must see video, HAMAS In Their Own Words.

THE PRESIDENCY

OBAMA TICKET TO RIDE - Want to take a ride on the Washington, DC metro? Then get ready to be handed a ticket with Barack Obama's picture on it. The metro did the same thing for Bill Clinton prior to his inauguration, but not for George W. Bush. Read more

OBAMA AND GAZA - President-elect Obama has been silent on the Gaza conflict since it began nearly two weeks ago, but the liberal media has not. ABC, CBS, NBC and particularly CNBC have repeatedly broadcast photos of dead and injured Palestinians and have directly inferred that Israel is the aggressor. The following has never been reported by a major American media outlet (and that includes Fox News) since the conflict began: 3,200 were rockets fired at Israel from Gaza in 2008; 6,5000 rockets were fired at Israel since it gave up Gaza in 2005; and 543 rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza during the six month "cease fire" in 2008. 28 Israeli civilians were killed and 1,000 injured by rockets fired at Israel from Gaza. According to European powers and the American press, the rocket attacks should be endured by Israel and any retaliation is unjustified. President-elect Obama has no comment, but Israeli generals do. My contact in the Israeli military told me that the invasion of Gaza was begun in January for fear that the United States would not side with Israel in the United Nations after January 20, 2009.

OBAMA: "IT WILL GET WORSE" - While he will not talk about the Gaza situation, the President-elect gave a major speech in Virginia in which he said the US economy is moving toward "economic chaos." He has proposed a $300 billion tax cut for businesses, a $500 check to every American who didn't make over $200,000 last year and hundreds of billions in government spending to fix the infrastructure. Almost immediately the idea of tax cuts was hit by Democratic leaders in Congress who say that only government spending can "fix" the economy. Read more.

THE CONGRESS

HOUSE AND SENATE MEET BRIEFLY - The House and Senate held brief sessions each day this week. On Thursday the House and Senate met in Joint session to certify the election of Barack Obama as President-elect. The results of the vote of the Electoral College were read aloud by none other than Vice-President Dick Cheney. Senator Harry Reid and Speaker Nancy Pelosi have not announced when serious legislation will be dealt with.

PLEDGE PROTECTION ACT - Congressman Todd Akin is once again preparing to introduce the Pledge Protection Act which would defend "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance to our nation's flag. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has sat on the atheist lawsuit to remove "under God" from the Pledge in hopes that the Justice Department under Barack Obama will agree with them that it is unconstitutional. We must be ready to defend "under God" in the Pledge. The Religious Freedom Coalition has a new social networking site to form groups to defend "under God" at www.pledgeundergod.com. Please register to help at that site!

CULTURE AND RELIGION

FATHER NEUHAUS DIES - Father Richard J. Neuhaus began his public career as a liberal Lutheran minister and died a conservative Catholic priest who worked to bring together conservative Catholics and evangelicals on common social issue such as defending the unborn. He is mourned by all true social conservatives, and President George W. Bush issued a statement on his passing. Not a single major American news outlet has mentioned his death. Shame, shame, shame. Read more about Father Neuhaus

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new January 1, 2009 Chairman's Report is now available to read in PDF format. This issue contains material about the assault on "under God" in the Pledge and new details about Barack Obama. The issue also contains more on the "War on Christmas." Read more. Click here to view PDF

INTERNATIONAL

HAMAS IN THEIR OWN WORDS- What are the stakes in Gaza for Israel and the world if Israel does not defeat HAMAS.

PERSECUTED IRAQI CHRISTIANS - The situation in Iraq has not improved for Christians, and your assistance is still needed. if you need a reminder of the situation, please watch the testimony video of those who have lived through the persecution. Please help today.

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