http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/violence/ en-us Sun, 5 Jul 2009 19:48:45 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286064/posts Vice President Joseph Biden told ABC's George Stephanopoulos in an interview taped in Iraq on Saturday for "This Week" that the United States does not intend to slow its withdrawal plan in Iraq even if violence spikes after U.S. troops leave. Asked what happens "if the violence flares up again," the vice president replied, Well, that's going to be a tragic outcome for the Iraqi people. We made a commitment." Stephanopoulos then asked, "are we going to put our lives on the line again," if violence flares back up in Iraq, and Biden flatly said "no." Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286064/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 19:48:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285039/posts PHOENIX -- Police say a man pulled a gun on a woman standing outside a Planned Parenthood in Phoenix Wednesday morning. Video report shown at link July 1st, 2009 UNCUT: Police say man pointed gun at Planned Parenthood protester - A man pulled a gun on a protester outside a Planned Parenthood in Phoenix Wednesday morning. Phoenix police Lt. Larry T. Jacobs said the man had just dropped his girlfriend off at the Planned Parenthood near Seventh and Campbell avenues. As he was leaving, one of the women outside handed him a pamphlet. That's when the suspect pulled a gun... azfamily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285039/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 20:00:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279978/posts The anti-government protests in Iran following the government's rigged elections are doubtless a little more than the "robust debate" among Iranians that President Obama welcomed during the election. Some of the debaters have been shot dead. Others have been hustled off to jail. I wonder if this is an eye-opener for our novice president...He fastidiously refused to take sides. Only by the weekend did he call "on the Iranian government to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people." After that, the bloodshed got worse. Yet my question remains: Has our sententious new president learned anything...? Frankly, I... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279978/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:46:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278811/posts WASHINGTON, June 24, 2009 – Predicting an uptick in violence in Iraq as U.S. combat troops leave the cities by June 30, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said today that deployed troops have geared up for the heightened threat as they comply with the U.S.-Iraq status of forces agreement. “I think we have reason to believe -- and I think our forces have been alerted to the possibility -- that we will likely see an uptick in violence leading up to the June 30 deadline for U.S. combat forces to leave Iraqi cities and towns,” Morrell told Pentagon reporters. He... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278811/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:57:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278479/posts At this point, only the short-term future of Iran's clerical regime remains in doubt. The current protests could be repressed, but the unelected institutions of priestly rule have been fatally undermined. Though each aspect of the Islamic Republic has its own dynamic, this is not a regime that can last many more years. When it comes to repression, Iran has a spectrum of security instruments that can be used...The national police can take care of routine crowd control; riot-police units can beat some demonstrators in order to discourage others; the much more brutal, underclass Basij militiamen enjoy striking and shooting... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278479/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:23:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277165/posts Chris Brown has copped a plea in his assault case. He won't do jail time, but he will spend 6 months doing things like road cleanup. He's also been ordered to stay 50 yards clear of Rihanna.He'll spend 180 days doing community labor (8 hours a day -- 1440 hours total) -- which is, in effect, hard labor. He'll do his service in Virginia which is where Brown lives. A Virginia law enforcement officer told us Brown will be picking up trash, pulling weeds and washing fire trucks. He gets 5 years probation for FELONY assault -- he pled guilty.... TMZ.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277165/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:28:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277040/posts http://www.wmtw.com/video/19822260/index.html WMTW http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277040/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:28:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276867/posts CLEARWATER, Fla. — The leader of the Church of Scientology struck his subordinates numerous times and set an example for physical violence among the tightly controlled religion's management team, four former high-ranking executives told a newspaper for a story published Sunday. The executives who have since left the organization told The St. Petersburg Times that they witnessed David Miscavige, chairman of the board that oversees the church, hit staff members dozens of times. "It was random and whimsical. It could be the look on your face. Or not answering a question quickly. But it always was a punishment," said Mike... foxnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276867/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:59:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2276859/posts "The last thing that I want to do is to have the United States be a foil for those forces inside Iran who would love nothing better than to make this an argument about the United States. We shouldn't be playing into that,"- President Barack ObamaApparently, the first thing the Obama White House wants to do is use Republicans as a foil because they would love nothing better than to make the argument that the president hasn't been "too little, too late." From Chuck Todd at MSNBC (who, since its Monday, is apparently back to covering the news instead of... The K. Ryan James Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2276859/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:51:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2276292/posts As I sit here in the tranquility of my home, listening to Bob Geldof and the Boomtown Rats cranking out “I Don’t Like Mondays” and reading the news from Iran, one line plays over and over in my head, “Tell Me Why”. I know why the protestors are out, being shot in the streets. Women, men, everyone who dares stand up to the mullahs. I am not moved to tears by much, and I’ve seen my share of bodies and even helped a few people become mulch over the course of my life, but the actions of the Iranian protestors... The Cypress Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2276292/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:52:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275910/posts Iranian riot police beat protesters and fired tear gas as violence erupted in Tehran today when thousands of members of the opposition movement took to the streets in open defiance of the country's supreme leader.... The crackdown on supporters of the reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi confirmed fears that authorities would carry out their threat to suppress protests in the aftermath of the disputed presidential election... Eyewitnesses in Revolution Square reported around 20,000 riot police, made up of Basiji militiamen and soldiers, and armed with rifles, tear gas and water cannons, far outnumbering the hardcore of around 3,000 opposition... Guardian, UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275910/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:40:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273823/posts Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has told Mousavi to pursue his demands through the electoral system and called for Iranians to unite behind their Islamic government, an extraordinary appeal in response to tensions over the presidential vote. But Mousavi appears unwilling to back down, issuing on his Web site a call for a mass demonstration Thursday. "We want a peaceful rally to protest the unhealthy trend of the election and realize our goal of annulling the results," Mousavi said. He called for his followers to wear or carry black in mourning for the alleged election fraud and the deaths of... FOXNEWS.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273823/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:20:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273263/posts For many years, Iran has defined itself in part by its opposition to my country, and there is in fact a tumultuous history between us. In the middle of the Cold War, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically elected Iranian government. “ Of all the opprobrious anti- American twaddle spewed by Barack Obama in his much exalted Cairo speech, this statement may be one of the most malignant. Obama essentially apologized for what was a colossal CIA success: the removal of Mohammad Mossadegh from power in Iran. Canada Free Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273263/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:36:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267329/posts “There is far more violence in the Bible than in the Qur’an; the idea that Islam imposed itself by the sword is a Western fiction, fabricated during the time of the Crusades when, in fact, it was Western Christians who were fighting brutal holy wars against Islam.” So announces former nun and self-professed “freelance monotheist,” Karen Armstrong. This quote sums up the single most influential argument currently serving to deflect the accusation that Islam is inherently violent and intolerant: All monotheistic religions, proponents of such an argument say, and not just Islam, have their fair share of violent and intolerant... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267329/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:04:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266816/posts Despite Recent Violence, Gun Laws Are Softening Thirteen killed at an immigration center in New York. Eight at a nursing home in North Carolina. Five in a house in California. These were among the 57 people killed in mass shootings in a 30-day period this spring in the U.S. Meanwhile, new laws are easing restrictions on guns. Congress recently approved a bill to allow guns in national parks. Tennessee has passed similar measures for its state parks. In South Carolina, a bill under debate would allow weapons on school grounds. Texas may welcome guns into bars. In Montana, a new... Parade http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266816/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2009 23:07:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266801/posts A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE In sixteenth-century Paris, a popular form of entertainment was cat-burning, in which a cat was hoisted in a sling on a stage and slowly lowered into a fire. According to historian Norman Davies, "[T]he spectators, including kings and queens, shrieked with laughter as the animals, howling with pain, were singed, roasted, and finally carbonized." Today, such sadism would be unthinkable in most of the world. This change in sensibilities is just one example of perhaps the most important and most underappreciated trend in the human saga: Violence has been in decline over long stretches of history,... Edge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266801/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2009 22:33:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265712/posts Breaking on FNC. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265712/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 19:02:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263154/posts Crofton, MD -- It's hard to imagine anything Jenny Adkins could have done differently to protect her 14-year-old son, Christopher. She moved to a bucolic corner of Anne Arundel County, indulged his love of football and ice hockey to keep him from roaming suburban malls, and allowed him to wander unsupervised only along a mile-long tree-lined street between her home and that of her ex-husband, a Prince George's County sheriff's deputy. Five weeks ago, when Christopher mistakenly found himself between two groups of school friends that had started calling themselves gangs, Adkins even swiftly moved her son to a different... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263154/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:41:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262559/posts Leftists falling all over themselves denying the obvious: Islamic extremism kills. Black Muslim converts kill. Pacifism kills. Antiwar leftists kill. Leftist extremism kills. Left-wing haters kill. Liberal fascism kills. Leftist ideology zealots kill. Leftist terrorism kills. Left-wing violence kills. Socialism kills. Marxism kills! DailyKos http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262559/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 00:44:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262223/posts Abortion-related violence Following is a list of other recent cases of abortion-related violence: April 2007: Authorities say Paul Ross Evans placed a homemade bomb in the parking lot of the Austin Women's Health Center in Texas. Oct. 23, 1998: Dr. Barnett Slepian is fatally shot in his home in a suburb of Buffalo, N.Y. Jan. 29, 1998: A bomb explodes just outside a Birmingham, Ala., abortion clinic, killing a police officer and wounding several others. Jan. 16, 1997: Two bomb blasts an hour apart rock an Atlanta building containing an abortion clinic. Dec. 30, 1994: John Salvi opens fire with... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262223/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 16:40:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2261898/posts When I lived in Dallas, I often attended the Bishop's pro-life rosary. This was either led by the Bishop or by Father Robinson, OP, of the University of Dallas [Dominican Priory]. The rosary was held once a month at an abortion clinic in the Dallas area. The The Bishop's Rosary was always the 2nd Saturday of the month, and it was held in front of an abortion clinic. On one occasion, while working at Priests for Life, I asked Father Frank Pavone about the Bishop's Rosary in Dallas. Father Frank replied that the Bishop had to stop the pro-life rosary... Father Frank Pavone, head of Priests for Life, also book "Won by Love" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2261898/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 02:57:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2261829/posts Dr. George Tiller met with a violent and premature death today, at the hands of someone who thought he should die. Dr. George Tiller was an abortion Doctor. His job was, at the request... Barry's Obamanation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2261829/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:05:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257945/posts CAIRO // When a well-known columnist and TV presenter, Khairy Ramadan, told viewers that he was living in a constant state of fear, he was not referring just to himself. In a country long known for its safety, ordinary Egyptians are growing increasingly terrified by a particularly vicious spate of violent crimes. “I’m afraid. When going to work, coming back. When I wake up or sleeping, when my kids are late at school or the club, throughout the day, I’m really afraid,” Ramadan wrote in the independent newspaper Al-Masry al-Youm on Sunday. Ramadan, 45, a father of three, is a... The National http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257945/posts#comment Mon, 25 May 2009 20:15:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257826/posts NEW YORK – A Somali teenager caught by US forces in an operation to free an American merchant ship captain from pirates last month pleaded innocent to piracy, hijacking and kidnapping here Thursday. The suspect, Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse, stands charged in a grand jury indictment with "piracy as defined by the law of nations" in the international waters of the Indian Ocean off Somalia. It is the first time in more than a century that US courts have heard a case of piracy on the high seas. But Muse denied any involvement in the April 8 hijacking off the Somali... Yahool News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257826/posts#comment Mon, 25 May 2009 15:28:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254559/posts One puzzling characteristic of citizen disarmament advocates is their bizarre apparent belief that "gun violence" is somehow "worse" than other forms of violence. One would think that being stabbed, beaten, bludgeoned, strangled, etc. to death would be just as bad as being shot to death, but apparently that's not a universally held belief. I was reminded of this peculiar attitude yesterday when reading "New York's Gun Battle," an article in the Gotham Gazette about current attempts to make gun laws in New York state even more restrictive than they are now (the Brady Campaign ranks New York the 6th most... St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254559/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 11:35:48 GMT