Birth Pains Speeding Up/ Prophecy Signs for September 2, 2014
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Frank DiMora P.O. Box 732, Lompoc Ca. 93436 fjdimora@gmail.com
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“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
Headline: Iran vows to ‘save’ al-Aqsa mosque from ‘Zionists’
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced Monday that his government would continue efforts to “save” Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque from Israeli control. “The Islamic Republic of Iran’s government, as before, will use all of its capabilities to save al-Aqsa Mosque, to liberate Muslims’ first qibla (the direction toward which Muslims pray) and will spare no efforts to help the oppressed people of Palestine,” Rouhani said in a conference in Tehran attended by diplomats from the Muslim world. According to the official Tasnim News Agency, the 65-year-old leader added, “We are certain that the ultimate victory belongs to Muslims.” The conference was held on behalf of “World Mosque Day,” an Iranian holiday meant to commemorate the value of mosques in the Islamic world. Rouhani, considered a relative moderate among Iran’s ruling clerical class, also declared that the Muslim world would not let Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque remain “under occupation of usurpers and aggressors,” a reference to the Jewish state.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-vows-to-save-al-aqsa-mosque-from-zionists/
Headline: IDF bolsters forces near Syria crossing to counter fighting
Headline: IDF on High Alert in Golan as Syria Fighting Worsens
Headline: Fierce Clashes Along Syrian Border; Mortar Shell Strikes Israel
As fighting intensified between Syrian army troops and Islamist rebels, the IDF increased its presence on the Golan Heights Monday afternoon. Security officials fear that the fighting could “spill over” the Israeli border. A senior Israeli security official said that the IDF had recently changed its conception of defense on the Golan. A group of highly trained and experienced soldiers who know the terrain well are now on duty at all times, constituting a forward force ready to deal with trouble as it develops. The fighting heated up on the Syrian side of the border on Monday, with the sounds of battle distinctly heard in Israel. The heaviest fighting is in the area of the city of Quneitra, just over the border. From what they can tell, IDF officials say that the casualty rate was very high in the Syrian Golan, with victims on both sides of the battle. According to reports, the Syrian Army’s regional commander in the Golan was among those killed in battle.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-bolsters-forces-near-quneitra-to-counter-syria-fighting/
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184642#.VATIHWOnGVo
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184633#.VATIT2OnGVo
Headline: Israel raises alarm over Islamist militants on its frontiers
Israel’s frontier with Syria, where militants have kidnapped 45 U.N. peacekeepers, has become a magnet for Islamist activity and Israel itself is now a target, the defense minister and security analysts said on Tuesday. The Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda-linked group fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has established a major presence in the region, analysts said, and is poised to carry out attacks across the barren borderlands where Syria, Israel and Jordan converge. Iran meanwhile is seeking to expand its influence in the region via its support for Assad and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, all of which are allied against the Sunni insurgency confronting Assad, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said. “Iran’s fingerprints can be seen in Syria, including in the Golan Heights, in attempts to use terror squads against us,” Yaalon told an economic conference as he set out the combined threat from Islamist groups in Syria.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/israel-raises-alarm-over-islamist-militants-frontiers-151732144.html
Headline: Filipino force defied UN commander in Golan crisis
The Philippine military chief says a UN peacekeeping commander in the Golan Heights should be investigated for allegedly asking Filipino troops to surrender to Syrian rebels who attacked their camp. Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang said Monday that 40 Filipino peacekeepers defied the UN commander’s order after being advised by him and instead escaped to safety under cover of darkness from the Golan encampment, which was surrounded by more than 100 insurgents. Forty-five Fijian peacekeepers who surrendered their firearms to the rebels last week are still being held by the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents. The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, which oversees the peacekeeping mission in Golan, did not immediately reply to a request for a comment.
Sept. 1, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4566431,00.html
Headline: Fiji says Syrian rebels issue demands for captives
Fiji’s military commander says Syrian rebels have issued three demands for the release of 45 Fijian peacekeepers they’ve held captive for five days. Brig. Gen. Mosese Tikoitoga said Tuesday that the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front wants to be taken off the UN terrorist list, wants humanitarian aid delivered to parts of the Syrian capital Damascus, and wants compensation for three of its fighters it says were killed in a shootout with UN officers. Tikoitoga says the UN has sent hostage negotiators to Syria.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4566584,00.html
Headline: Abbas, in protocol of Doha meeting: PA will give Israel authority of West Bank if border talks fail
Headline: Abbas to demand West Bank withdrawal within 3 years
Protocol from meeting quotes Palestinian president’s message to Israeli official in August; during meeting, Abbas reportedly accused Hamas’ Khaled Meshal of breaching reconciliation and orchestrating coup. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has reportedly told Israel that if negotiations with the United States about establishing a Palestinian state within the 1967 lines fail, he will transfer responsibility of West Bank lands to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The report emerged Monday in the Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar, citing transcripts of a meeting in Doha between Abbas and Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. The newspaper published a photograph of the document, which appeared to come from the emir’s office. According to the published protocol, Abbas conveyed this messages to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a meeting with an unnamed Israeli defense official in his Ramallah offices around two weeks ago.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.613550
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4566809,00.html
Headline: Hamas Leader Haniyeh Favored for Unity President
Support for the terrorist organization Hamas has skyrocketed in Judea, Samaria and Gaza according to a new poll, after Hamas “skyrocketed” Israel with a massive missile barrage and terror war in Operation Protective Edge. A full 61% of Arab residents of Judea, Samaria and Gaza would pick Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh for unity government president if elections were held today, according to the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research poll reported Tuesday by Associated Press (AP). By contrast, Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was found to have dropped sharply to a mere 32% in support. The survey also found a “grass is greener” effect, with support for each of the two higher in the area under the other’s control; Haniyeh received 53% support in Gaza and 66% in Judea and Samaria, while Abbas got 43% in Gaza and 25% in Judea and Samaria. The poll also suggested that a majority of Arab residents of the region support appropriating Hamas’s active terrorism against Jews in Judea and Samaria as well, a trend that accompanies a recent rise in terror incidents there.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184676#.VAXhvmNWV8E
Headline: Netanyahu: ‘Enough UN Israel Bashing, Oppose Terrorists’
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with US congressmen Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) and Gregory Meeks (D-NY) on Monday, and remarked on the threats to Israel while receiving their pledges of continued American support. Netanyahu began by mentioning the intense fighting between the Syrian army and rebel forces on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights, which has spilled over several times onto the Israeli side and seen rebels capture 43 Fijian UN peacekeepers. “What we see is that Al-Nusra (Front), Hamas, Hezbollah – backed by Iran, Al Qaeda and these other terrorists groups, are basically defying all international norms, breaking them whether in Lebanon, in Syria or in Gaza,” noted Netanyahu. The prime minister fired “I think the UN would do itself a great favor if instead of the automatic Israel bashing, they actually turn their attention and their investigative committees against these terrorists who trample every norm on which the UN was founded.”
Sept. 1, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184649#.VATH1WOnGVo
Headline: Arab League delegation to assess conditions in Gaza
A delegation of experts in legal, humanitarian, and health issues representing the Arab League will visit Gaza tomorrow to assess the needs of the people there in the aftermath of the Israeli attacks recently, an official from the League said on Tuesday. The delegation will be at the head of a convoy of 13 trucks bringing medical supplies to Gazans in addition to baby milk and bottled water, said Ahmad Bin Helli, deputy secretary general of the Arab League in a press statement. The delegation is expected to pass its report on conditions in Gaza to the Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo next Sunday. This report will help in arranging for a later visit to Gaza by an Arab ministerial delegation. A number of Arab countries are sending convoys of relief aid to Gaza and the Arab League itself is preparing to send a convoy laden with 123 tons of rice to the people there.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2394747&language=en
Jordan
Headline: Britain, NATO ready to support Jordan against Islamic State
The British ambassador in Amman said that his country and NATO would help Jordan deal with any threat from the Islamic State, a Saudi newspaper reported on Sunday. Jordan handed NATO secret security reports showing the expansion of the terrorist group in Iraq, including ideas to counter the group’s advance towards its territory, the Saudi newspaper Okaz reported. A NATO Summit is scheduled to begin on Thursday in Wales. The British ambassador to Jordan, Peter Millet, said his country and NATO are ready to coordinate with Jordan to deal with the danger it faces from the Islamic State. Millet added that the stability and security of the Hashemite Kingdom are a top priority for his government. Around 1,200 Jordanians are fighting in Syria with Islamic State, according to the report. Jordan’s powerful intelligence services appear to be deploying their full range of tools to counter the threat. King Abdullah has said the country has never been better prepared to face the radical threat sweeping the region. Islamic State’s gains have sparked a fierce debate among Jordanian Islamists from the Salafist movement on whether to back the group, whose brutality has been criticized even within radical Islamist circles. But buoyed by territorial gains, Islamic State’s sympathizers appear to be winning the argument.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Britain-NATO-ready-to-support-Jordan-against-Islamic-State-373054
Lebanon
Headline: Lebanese Army swiftly responds to Tripoli threats
The Lebanese Army deployed heavily in the northern city of Tripoli Tuesday morning to ease fears over a threat against Christians that appeared to be posed by ISIS militants. “We came to slaughter you, you worshipers of the cross,” read graffiti on the wall of Mar Elias Church in the Mina neighborhood. The Lebanese Army quickly responded, beefing up measures in Tripoli, in the vicinity of Abu Ali Bridge and the inner souks. Tensions have risen in Tripoli, with several incident of intimidation against the city’s Christian community. Crosses were allegedly burned over the weekend and several churches were defaced with the message “The Islamic State is coming,” thought to be in retaliation for the burning of Islamist flags by several youths in Beirut’s Sassine Square. The incidents have been widely condemned by officials, with Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi promising a full investigation into any attempts to incite sectarian strife.
Sept. 2, 2014
Headline: Lebanese Army foils militant infiltration attempt
Headline: Lebanon seeking Russian arms to combat terrorist groups
The Lebanese Army overnight clashed with gunmen from Syria trying to infiltrate the Bekaa Valley town of Al-Qaa, security sources said Tuesday. They said about 30 gunmen attempted to enter Al-Qaa through the outskirts of Wadi Rafeq on the town’s outer edge around 10 p.m. Lebanese troops engaged in a brief armed clash with the infiltrators, the sources told The Daily Star. They said Lebanese Army artillery opened up against the militant group, forcing them to retreat. No casualties were reported from the hourlong battle. The Lebanese Army fought five days of deadly gunbattles with militants in the Bekaa Valley border town of Arsal last month.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://yalibnan.com/2014/09/01/lebanon-seeking-russian-arms-combat-terrorist-groups/
Headline: Nusra Front demands an apology over burning of ISIS flag
Headline: Body of soldier beheaded by ISIS received by Lebanese army
Headline: I.S. threatens to behead another Lebanese soldier if demands not met
The al Qaeda linked Al-Nusra Front is reportedly demanding an apology from Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai for the burning of an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria flag in the predominately Christian Beirut’s Ashrafiyeh district. Al Nusra also called for end of the calls by the Free Patriotic Movement to mobilize Christians against the Syrian people. Muslim Scholars Committee which is trying to mediate between the army and the rebels said in comments published in al-Hayat newspaper on Tuesday that “ al-Nusra Front will not release the soldiers and policemen without anything in return.” According to media reports the Syrian militants have a list of demands, including the withdrawal of Hezbollah from battles in Syria, the release of ten Syrian inmates held at Roumieh prison in return for each captive soldier and policeman. Several threats in Graffiti surfaced on the walls of Churches in the northern city of Tripoli vowing to slaughter the “worshipers of the Cross.”
Sept. 2, 2014
http://yalibnan.com/2014/09/02/nusra-front-demands-apology-burning-isis-flag/
http://yalibnan.com/2014/09/01/body-soldier-beheaded-isis-received-lebanese-army/
http://yalibnan.com/2014/09/01/s-threatens-behead-another-lebanese-soldier-demands-met/
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Saudis Announce Plan to Build 1st Nuclear Reactor
Energy officials in Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday that they are embarking on a plan to build a nuclear reactor “for peaceful purposes,” Israel’s NRG News reported, quoting the London-based “Al-Hayat” Arabic-language daily. Senior sources in the Muslim kingdom told the newspaper that construction of the reactor is expected to begin before the end of the calendar year. “Construction of the first Saudi nuclear reactor will take ten years, according to the plan, although we hope that we can complete the task in less time,” the newspaper said, quoting Saudi sources. The kingdom’s ultimate goal, the report stated, is to establish four nuclear reactors throughout the country. Meanwhile, nuclear industry monitor, the World Nuclear Association (WNA) said, in a report released in May, that the kingdom’s goal is, in fact, 16 nuclear power reactors, “to be built over the next 20 years at a cost of more than $80 billion, with the first reactor on line in 2022.”
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/09/02/saudis-announce-plan-to-build-1st-nuclear-reactor/
Egypt
Headline: Egypt slams Israel plan to seize “Palestinian” land
Egypt on Monday denounced Israeli plans to expropriate West Bank land, saying the move violates international law and is an obstacle to efforts for a lasting Palestinian-Israeli settlement. On Sunday, Israel said it would expropriate 400 hectares (988 acres) of Palestinian land around Bethlehem, and allowed 45 days for any appeal. “This is not a positive step — it contradicts international law and will have negative consequences on the peace process,” a foreign ministry statement in Cairo said. Egypt last week mediated a permanent truce between Israel and the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip enclave to end a bloody and devastating 50-day war — the deadliest in years. Negotiators are expected to return to Cairo within a month to discuss crunch issues such as Hamas’s demands for a port and an airport and the release of prisoners, as well as Israel’s call for militants in the Palestinian territory to be disarmed.
Sept. 1, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-slams-israel-plan-seize-palestinian-land-192531969.html
Headline: Attack on Egypt security convoy kills 11 in Sinai
Headline: Egyptian troops hunt Hamas, Islamic Jihad rocket gangs loose in Sinai
An attack on a convoy killed 11 members of the Egyptian security forces in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security and medical sources said. Two were killed by a roadside bomb and the others were shot as they tried to flee, the security sources said. Security sources said earlier that the attack killed 10 soldiers. Militants in Sinai have stepped up attacks on policemen and soldiers since then-army chief Abdel Fattah El-Sissi toppled President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in July 2013. The attacks initially targeted security forces in Sinai — a remote but strategic part of Egypt located between Israel, the Gaza Strip and the Suez Canal — but they have since extended their reach, with bombings on the mainland. Meanwhile, A wide-reaching Egyptian military hunt is on across northern and central Sinai for intruding Hamas and Islamic Jihad rocket squads and the launching sites they have buried beneath the desert surface, according to debkafile’s exclusive military and counterterrorism sources. It is now feared in Cairo that Hamas will take matters in its own hands and activate the covert rocket gangs in Sinai for a resumed barrage against Israel – only this time it will be launched from Egyptian soil. Hamas’ Gaza command will then be able to deny responsibility and Israel’s hands will be tied for hitting back. In Gaza City, meanwhile, Hamas announced Monday that it was doubling the budget earmarked for its military wing, Ezz e-Din al-Qassam. There was no word about where the Palestinian fundamentalists had found the tens of millions of dollars they had lavished on their fighting arm.
***Here’s the word on where they got the tens of millions:
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/624026
Headline: Report: Islamic State threaten ‘surprises in Egypt’
Egyptian paper Al Masry Al Youm reports that members of the Islamic State (formerly ISIS) have taken to social media to threaten “surprises in Egypt” and have called on members of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist factions to join the group. In wake of the threats, senior officials at the Egyptian Interior Ministry said Egypt is closely monitoring the group’s activities in the country and a ready to deal “with any challenge they pose.”
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4566612,00.html
Syria
Iraq
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Syria Headline: Human Rights Watch: ISIS used cluster bombs against Kurdish forces
Human Rights Watch said Monday that it has credible evidence that the Islamic State has used ground-fired cluster munitions in at least one place in northern Syria. These weapons explode in the air, releasing hundreds of tiny bomblets. Those that fail to explode pose a long-lasting danger to civilians. The New York-based rights group said that reports from local Kurdish officials as well as photographs indicate the extremists fired cluster munitions on July 12 and August 14 during clashes with Kurdish forces around Ayn Arab near the Turkish border. Five people were killed in the attacks, Human Rights Watch said. It was not clear how Islamic State fighters had acquired the weapons, the group said.
Sept. 1, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4566381,00.html
Syria Headline: ‘Unprecedented’ regime strikes on Damascus rebel district: NGO
Syrian warplanes pounded the rebel Jubar district of the capital Damascus with unprecedented ferocity on Tuesday, launching 25 raids, a monitoring group said. “It’s the largest number of air raids to hit Jubar since the beginning of the army offensive on the district” six days ago, said Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Government forces have been attacking Jubar since last week, with troops backed by fighters from Lebanon’s Shiite Hezbollah movement, a Syrian regime ally. The offensive is the biggest against Jubar since rebels seized the neighbourhood in mid-2013. The attack has used warplanes, as well as artillery and Iranian ground-to-ground missiles. Regime soldiers and Hezbollah fighters are currently deployed around the outskirts of the neighbourhood, but have not managed to enter despite the heavy bombardment, Abdel Rahman said.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/unprecedented-regime-strikes-damascus-rebel-district-ngo-151811310.html
Syria Headline: Islamic State imposes educational curriculum in Syria
The Educational Curriculum Directorate of the Islamic State (IS) issued instructions concerning curriculum and teaching methods in the Syrian provinces of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor. A statement issued by the Board of Education in the IS, in which they cancelled a number of subjects of the previously approved curriculum by the Ministry of Education of the Syrian regime, such as the national education, music, philosophy, social science, and psychology, as well as sports and Christian religious subjects. The ban, according to the statement, prevents the use of some phrases, such as the ‘Syrian Arab Republic’, which is to be replaced by the ‘Islamic State’, as well as cancelling the national anthem of Syria. The IS has also obliged teachers to delete some mathematical equations and examples that refer to usury. The equations linked to chemistry and physics must be noted as ‘the laws of God in creation’, according to the new methods of IS. The IS-led Board of Education announced a compulsory course for all teachers and school administrators to learn basics of Islamic law, and those who cannot attend will be permanently prevented from teaching.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://aranews.net/2014/09/islamic-state-imposes-educational-curriculum-syria/
Syria Headline: Syria Up To the Minute
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe (Syrian Humans Rights Watch)
Syria Headline: Institute for the Study of War Syria Updates August 24-29, 2014
http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2014/08/syria-update-august-23-29-2014.html
Iraq Headline: US strikes ISIS targets near Mosul dam and Amerli in Iraq
Iraq Headline: Iranians play role in breaking IS siege of Iraqi town Amerli
US Army troops attacked additional ISIS targets in Iraq near Mosul dam and Amerli overnight Sunday, the Pentagon said. Earlier, it was reported American strikes aided Iraqi troops break the ISIS siege on Amerli. The Pentagon said the troops hit an ISIS convoy near Amerli and an armed vehicle near the dam. Meanwhile, Kurdish peshmerga fighters and Shi’ite militiamen paraded through Amerli on Monday, a day after breaking the two-month siege of the northern town by Sunni Islamist militants. The scenes in Amerli and the surrounding area of Suleiman Beg offered a window into the teamwork among Kurdish fighters, the Iraqi army and Shi’ite militias and into Iran’s role in directly assisting their campaign against Islamic State (IS) forces. An Iranian adviser to Iraqi police was spotted on the road near Amerli and Kurdish officers spoke of Iranians advising Iraqi fighters on targeting the Islamists. The swift end to the Islamic State’s encirclement of the Shi’ite Turkmen town of 15,000 came on Sunday amid a push by Kurdish peshmerga, Shi’ite militias and Iraqi troops, after U.S. air strikes late Saturday hit IS positions. Shi’ite militias, who battled U.S. troops during their occupation of Iraq, played a song in Amerli on Monday that taunted the extremist Islamic State with the line: “The Americans couldn’t beat us and you think you can?”
Sept. 1, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4566225,00.html
http://newsdaily.com/2014/09/01/iranians-play-role-in-breaking-is-siege-of-iraqi-town/
Iraq Headline: Relatives of Abducted Iraqi Soldiers Storm Parliament
More than 100 angry relatives of Iraqi soldiers who were abducted by Islamic State militants in June have stormed the country’s parliament. The crowd, mostly from Iraq’s Shi’ite majority, smashed some equipment, assaulted at least two staff members they mistook for lawmakers and were refusing to leave the building, said officials inside. “They were ready to bulldoze anyone standing in front of them … They were saying ‘Our sons are buried in the dust. We don’t even know their names, and you are sitting here in comfort under the air conditioning’,” a parliament employee said. “A special force unit came with batons to remove them from the parliament … I can hear screaming, shouting and name calling,” the employee added. Islamic State captured the soldiers in June at the start of its lightening advance through northern and central Iraq, where it declared an Islamic Caliphate and threatened to march on Baghdad. The soldiers walked out of their base in Tikrit, north of the capital, believing a truce had been brokered. Instead, Islamic State took them and later reported it had killed 1,700 soldiers, posting pictures of corpses online.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/islamic-state-iraq-ethnic-cleansing/2435523.html
Iraq Headline: Don’t expect Peshmerga to beat Islamic State
In recent days there have been excessively optimistic media assessments that the US air operations against Islamic State targets have blunted IS advances and the recovery of the Mosul dam could well be the “beginning of the end” for IS. Such optimistic conclusions are also backed by predictions that the Kurdish peshmerga and the Iraqi military, backed by US air power, could bring about the end of the Islamic State. How realistic are these over-optimistic opinions? As a military analyst who knows Iraq well — having served in the field in Iraq in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004 and in Afghanistan in 2005 — I don’t think the US air attacks will produce definitive results. They may disrupt IS operational capacity temporarily, but will not eliminate it. Why not? For the answer, one must look at the order of battle, organization and military tactics of the Islamic State, which can be best described as a semi-military, semi-political body that wants to translate its day-by-day military gains into a long-lasting political body. To that end, IS fields generally motorized companies of 80 to 100 men or battalions with 200 to 300 fighters, skilled in urban warfare, high mobile and capable of executing terrorist tactics such as improvised explosive device attacks and hit-and-run attacks, as well as conventional military tactics at the company and battalion levels. I don’t agree with the view that IS a new offspring of al-Qaeda. IS is a new breed that has caused much confusion to international actors who can’t decide what to do against IS. We are facing an organization and a modus operandi we are not at all familiar with. IS has about 10,000 fighters in Syria and Iraq. One-third of these are trained and experienced fighters, with an estimated 1,000 foreigners among them. Former Baath cadres, Sunni tribes and organized smuggling rings are also active within the IS. This gives the IS an appearance of an “umbrella organization” of about 25,000 fighters. The IS is highly skilled in executing the “clear-hold-build” tactic the United States had implemented as a counterinsurgency method in Afghanistan and parts of Iraq. It is proficient in quickly adapting to changing conditions and learning fast. Iraq’s generally flat terrain and settlements located along a good system of roads offers IS a major advantage.
***Interesting analysis
Sept. 2, 2014
Iraq Headline: YPG Prevents Aid From Reaching Yazidi Reufgees
Kurdish arm group YPG has forced Yazidi youths on stranded on Sinjar Mountain to jain them, or they would not allow them get aids. After Kurdish Peshmerga forces, working with a special force of Kurdish Yazidis, found a way to rescue the refugees on Sinjar Mountain, they have discovered that members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG) have settled on the mountain and formed a youth movement. Peshmerga Forces Commander on Sinjar Mountain, Qasim Shasho, told BasNews that the YPG, the military wing of Democratic Union Party (PYD), has been forcing Yazidi youths to join the movement. Most recently they have tried to obstruct the rescue of the refugees on Mount Sinjar, and prevented aid arriving. “The PYD has raised its own flag over the tomb of Sharafaddin a person well-known among Yazidi people,” said Shasho.
“The YPG fighters have made so many problems for us, and we want the PKK and YPG fighters to leave the area in order for us to free Sinjar town and return stability and security to the area,” added Shasho.
***A reminder: Peshmerga are ANY armed Kurdish fighters. YPG is the armed wing of Syrian Kurdistan. PKK is the armed wing of the Kurdistan National Liberation Army, originally formed to fight Turkey.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/YPG-Prevents-Aid-From-Reaching-Yazidi-Reufgees/32628
Iraq Headline: Iraqi army handed areas over to Islamic State: MP
Dr. Hamid Adil Bafi is a member of the Iraqi Parliament and representative of the Kurdistan Alliance to Baghdad. Bafi, who holds a PhD in Islamic Studies, talked to ARA News about the recent developments in Iraq, including the growth of power of the Islamic State (IS) amid American air strikes against the militants’ strongholds and the armament of the Peshmerga forces by the west, as well as the future of the Iraqi central government in relation to the Kurdistan Region. According to Bafi, the Iraqi Parliament “has not reached a consensus concerning the arming of the Kurdish Peshmerga army”. “Members of the Parliament come from different backgrounds and defend their own parties’, sects’ and personal interests, regardless of what is good for Iraq and the Iraqi people,” he said. Due to the increasing sectarian and ethnic congestion in Iraq, Bafi was not surprised that Kurdish MPs would support any arming project for the Peshmerga to face militants of the Islamic State (IS), an al-Qaeda offshoot. “Since 2007, The Baghdad Government (Iraqi Central Government) has abstained from arming and paying salaries to the Peshmerga, and refused to recognize this Kurdish army as a part of the Iraqi defence system, in spite of allocating a budget for this every year,” Bafi told ARA News in an exclusive interview. Bafi accused the Central Government of “arming the militants of the Islamic State in June, 2014, under the supervision of Iraqi officials such as Ali Gidan, Aboud Qanbar and Mehdi al-Grawi in Nineveh province and the surrounding areas”. Bafi pointed out that the weapons given by the Iraqi army to IS was worth “millions of dollars”, as they were developed, including the heavy 155mm-American artillery and other sophisticated weapons. “The Iraqi Parliament is a paralysed institution, unable to make any decisions,” he said. “Adhering to the constitution is not part of their essential aims.”
Sept. 2, 2014
http://aranews.net/2014/09/iraqi-army-handed-areas-islamic-state-mp/
Iraq Headline: Official says Kurds should set a date for referendum in disputed regions
Iraq Headline:Arab League opposes to Kurdistan Region’s independence
The chief of disputed region’s committee in Kurdistan Region said Kurdish officials should discuss with Baghdad officials setting a date for holding the postponed referendum in the so-called disputed regions that both Baghdad and Erbil government claim authority over. According to Article 140 the fate of the regions had to be decided in a referendum in the regions by asking people whether they want to remain under the government in Baghdad or would join the Kurdish autonomous region in the north. The article was set to be held in 2007 but it has been postponed till now. The regions were completely controlled by Kurdish forces of Peshmerga after the Islamic State insurgency into Iraq. Muhammad Ihsan stated the talks should be ahead of the establishment of new government in Iraq and any talks except setting a date for the referendum is wasting, warning that after the formation of the government the Kurds would be unable to do anything and history would be repeated. He concluded that a date should be set for the referendum and if there was no election on the day the article has been automatically fulfilled and the regions would be annexed to Kurdistan.
***Please bear with the English, as this is run through a translation
Sept. 2, 2014
Iraq Headline: Iraq Situation Report August 29-31, 2014
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/2014-08-29-31%20Situation%20Report.pdf
Headline: Source: Obama given detailed intelligence about rise of ISIS for a year
President Obama was given detailed and specific intelligence about the rise of the Islamic State as part of his daily briefing for at least a year before the group seized large swaths of territory over the summer, a former Pentagon official told Fox News. The official — who asked not to be identified because the President’s Daily Brief is considered the most authoritative, classified intelligence community product analyzing sensitive international events for the president — said the data was strong and “granular” in detail. The source said a policymaker “could not come away with any other impression: This is getting bad.” Obama, unlike his predecessors who traditionally had the document briefed to them, is known to personally read the daily brief. The former Pentagon official, who has knowledge of the process, said Obama generally was not known to come back to the intelligence community with further requests for information based on the daily report. The claims come as the Obama administration continues to launch airstrikes against Islamic State targets in northern Iraq and weighs whether to expand that campaign, particularly into Syria. The president’s team has publicly suggested that the group only recently gained in strength, accounting for why Obama earlier this year dismissed such extremists as akin to a “jayvee” team.
Sept. 2, 2014
Headline: Report: Second American Journalist Beheaded by Islamic State Terrorists
A second American journalist has been beheaded by Islamic State terrorists, according to an intelligence monitoring group. #IS Beheads Steven Joel #Sotloff, Threatens to Execute Briton David Cawthorne Haines
— SITE Intel Group (@siteintelgroup) September 2, 2014
Video released Tuesday claims to show the beheading of Steven Sotloff, whom the Islamic State threatened in the video it put out of James Foley’s execution last month. In the video, titled “A Second Message to America,” Sotloff wears an orange jumpsuit like Foley did. A British-accented militant behind him directly addresses President Barack Obama: “Just as your missiles continue to strike our people, our knife will continue to strike necks of your people.” Reacting to initial word that a video had been released, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said he wasn’t able to offer any confirmation.
Sept. 2, 2014
Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above).
Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.
Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.
Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.
Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
Gomer is Eastern Germany.
Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia.
Russia
Headline: Russia’s Putin seeks ‘statehood’ talks on east Ukraine
Headline: EU leaders give Putin one-week deadline
Headline: I can take Kiev in two weeks, Vladimir Putin warns European leaders
Moscow and Kiev representatives will meet in Minsk Monday after Russian President Vladimir Putin raised the stakes in the Ukraine conflict by calling for statehood to be discussed for the restive east of the former Soviet state. Putin’s remarks on Sunday came just hours after the European Union gave Moscow — which the bloc accuses of direct involvement in the Ukraine insurgency — a week to change course or face new sanctions. “We need to immediately begin substantive talks… on questions of the political organisation of society and statehood in southeastern Ukraine,” the Russian leader was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying. Moscow has previously only called for “federalisation” that would grant greater rights to the eastern regions of Ukraine, where predominantly Russian-speakers live. But Putin had sparked speculation that he may be seeking to create a pro-Russian statelet when he began to employ the loaded tsarist-era term “Novorossiya”, or New Russia, to refer to several regions in southeast Ukraine.
Sept. 1, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/putin-calls-talks-statehood-eastern-ukraine-102508203.html
http://euobserver.com/foreign/125417
Headline: Russia ‘to alter military strategy towards Nato’
Headline: NATO Weighs Rapid Response Force for Eastern Europe
Headline: Russian forces strengthening positions in Ukraine: Kiev military
Russia is to alter its military strategy as a result of the Ukraine crisis and Nato’s presence in eastern Europe, a top Russian official says. Mikhail Popov, a Kremlin adviser, said that deteriorating relations with the US and Nato would be reflected in the updated strategy. Nato said on Monday it would boost its presence in eastern Europe to protect its members. Mr Popov, deputy secretary of Russia’s National Security Council, told Russia’s RIA news agency that “the military infrastructure of Nato member states” was “getting closer to [Russian] borders, including via enlargement”. Nato’s actions were one of the key “external threats” to Russia, he said. “Nato’s planned action… is evidence of the desire of US and Nato leaders to continue their policy of aggravating tensions with Russia”, Mr Popov said. There were no details on how the doctrine might change.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29026623
http://newsdaily.com/2014/09/02/russian-forces-strengthening-positions-in-ukraine-kiev-military/
Iran
Headline: Iran unveils new surface-to-air missile, radars
Iran on Tuesday unveiled a new surface-to-air missile and two radar systems it claims will boost the country’s defense capabilities. Air defense chief Gen. Farzad Esmaili said the Talash-3, or Endeavor-3 missile will enable Iranian forces to “shoot down any hostile target,” even at high altitudes. Speaking on state TV, he said the missile was successfully test-fired recently. He did not describe its range.
Sept. 2, 2014
Headline:
***I promised you I would find a clean translation-here it is
Afghanistan
Headline: War News for Tueday, September 2, 2014
Afghan Army Killings Threaten U.S. Aid
As The U.S. Draws Down, Afghan Fighting Is Heating Up
Talks on Afghan unity government collapse
Reported security incidents
#1: A suicide car bombing killed three policemen in the eastern Nangarhar province, said Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, the spokesman for the provincial governor. The bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle among a group of Afghan security forces in Ghani Khil district on Tuesday morning, killing the three policemen. The explosion also wounded two people, a civilian and a local policeman, the spokesman added.
#2: In the western Herat province, the Taliban killed four Afghan soldiers on Monday night in the Chishti Sharif district, a military spokesman said. The spokesman, Najibullha Najibi, says the Taliban attacked an army post, setting off clashes that also left 10 Taliban fighters dead..
#3: Two people, including a personal of Khasadar Force and a civilian, were killed and three other Khasadars sustained injuries when unknown militants attacked a Khasadar party at the main Jamrud Bazaar, official sources informed on Monday. The official of local political administration confirmed the incident and said that Khasadars were on their routine duty when unknown armed persons attacked them and as a result two persons, including a personal of Khasadar Force and a civilian, were killed and three other Khasadar personnel received bullet injuries. The militants successfully managed escape after committing the crime.
#4: A bomb blast occurred in Haji Ayoob region of Mazar-e-Sharif at 4:00 pm today.
It is said that a bomb was placed in a bicycle. Still not clear who is the target of the bomb. Several security sources of Mazar-e-Sharif said BNA that two people were killed and another wounded in the blast.
#5: Eight armed insurgents including two commanders of them were killed in drone attack of foreign troops in Kunar province. The attack took place in Peshigul village, Asadabad capital of that province.
#6: At least four Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were martyred following roadside bomb explosion in the past 24 hours.
#7: Afghan national security forces repelled another large scale Taliban attack in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. The provincial government media office said Tuesday, the massive offensive by Taliban militant was launched on Sunday in Mosa Qala district.
#8: At least 25 Taliban militants were killed and five others were injured following clearing operations conducted by Afghan national security forces.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Sudan
Headline: Sudan closes Iranian cultural centres and expels diplomats: source
Sudan has closed all Iranian cultural centres in the country and expelled the cultural attaché and other diplomats, a government source said on Tuesday, without giving an explanation for the move. Sudanese media speculated that the expulsions were linked to government concerns that Iranian officials were promoting their Shi’ite brand of Islam in the largely Sunni country, but there was no confirmation from authorities. “The Sudanese government ordered the closure of Iranian cultural centers in Sudan, and asked the Cultural Attaché and the diplomats working in office of the Iranian cultural attaché to leave Sudan within 72 hours,” the government source told Reuters.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKBN0GX15520140902
Libya
Headline: Fajr (Dawn Libya) Libya militants overrun capital Tripoli
Conflicting reports coming out of Libya, where fierce clashes have been underway between rival militant groups for weeks, indicate that the capital, Tripoli, has fallen to the Fajr (Dawn) Libya gunmen. Libya’s caretaker government has announced that most ministries and state-run institutions are now out of its control. Attacks and looting have broken out across the city with the interior and electricity ministries and the prime minister’s office ransacked. Tripoli was captured after a five-week battle, involving heavy and indiscriminate artillery bombardments between Fajr Libya militants and tribal fighters from Zintan, Warshafan and Warfallah militia groups. Militants have also stormed Yarmouk refugee camp in Tripoli, which houses people from the northern town of Tawargha. Five residents are reported to have been kidnapped, with tribal elders appealing for the release of the hostages. Elsewhere in Libya’s eastern restive city of Benghazi, heavy fighting drags on between forces loyal to renegade General Khalifa Haftar and the so-called Ansar al-Sharia, comprising armed Salafi militias.
Sept. 1, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/01/377301/tripoli-fallen-to-fajr-libya-militants/
Headline: Clashes between Islamists, rivals in Libya kill 31
Fierce clashes in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi between Islamist militiamen and rival forces loyal to a renegade general have killed 31 fighters on both sides, a security official said Tuesday. The fighting erupted late Monday, with forces and fighter jets belonging to Gen. Khalifa Hifter pounding positions of Islamist militias called The Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council, said the official. The hours-long clashes concentrated around the city’s Benina airport and the militiamen responded with artillery, added the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. Hifter’s side lost 20 fighters while the militiamen had 11 killed, and 36 fighters in all were wounded, the official said. Several of the wounded were reported to be in critical condition. Libya is witnessing its worst spasm of violence since former dictator Moammar Gadhafi was toppled and killed in 2011.
Sept. 2, 2014
Tunisia
Headline: Report: Tunisia sends most jihadists to Syria
More foreign jihadists in Syria are from Tunisia than from any other country, Tunisie Numerique reported on Tuesday (September 2nd), citing a new study from the Pew Research Centre. Tunisia topped the list, with some 3,000 nationals said to have arrived in Syria since the start of the conflict. Saudi Arabia was second, with 2,500 jihadists. Morocco was third, with 1,500 jihadists.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/newsbriefs/general/2014/09/02/newsbrief-03
Headline: Gunmen in Tunisia Attempt to Kill Politician
A secular Tunisian parliamentarian narrowly escaped assassination by six masked gunmen who surrounded his home late at night in a city near the Algerian border, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday. The attack came less than two months before fiercely competitive parliamentary elections on Oct. 26 that will mark the end of the democratic transition started when people overthrew Tunisia’s dictator in 2011. Interior Ministry spokesman Mohammed Ali Aroui said the attackers came down to the city of Kasserine from Mount Salloum, part of a chain of mountains along the Algerian border where al-Qaida linked militants have hideouts. No arrests were reported, and it was unclear how authorities could identify where the attackers were based. The parliament member, Mohammed Ali Nasri of the Nida Tounes party, told local radio that he saw three masked, armed men pounding violently at his door late Monday night while three others stood guard in the street. He said he fled to the second floor of his house and then leaped into a neighbor’s courtyard, breaking his leg in the fall. He said he heard shots before neighbors took him to the hospital. Over the weekend, Interior Ministry Lotfi Ben Jeddou warned that there were serious terrorist attacks planned in Tunisia for September in an attempt to torpedo the elections. The ministry has also confirmed that two other prominent politicians from the anti-Islamist camp have received death threats and had their security boosted.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/gunmen-tunisia-attempt-kill-politician-25209795
Turkey
Headline: Turkey’s new PM: No hope of ‘normalizing’ Israel ties until Gaza blockade ends
Turkey‘s new Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Monday that progress in the normalization of relations with Israel would only be possible if the Jewish state stopped attacks on Gaza and ended its restrictions on the Strip. Turkey was once Israel’s closest regional ally in the region, but former Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been a strident critic of its treatment of the Palestinians during the recent conflict. Davutoglu, who named a new cabinet on Friday, said Ankara would maintain efforts to achieve European Union membership – a process that has stumbled somewhat, partly as a result of Erdogan’s crackdown on antigovernment protests last year and his launching of a purge of the judiciary and police, whom he accuses of engineering a graft case to undermine him.
***By the way, this is the same man who has defended ISIS against being labeled a ‘terrorist organization” (see 2nd link)
Sept. 1, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.613561
Headline: Turkish cabinet program mentions Armenian-Turkish normalization
Newly appointed Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu has introduced the program of his Cabinet in parliament on Monday, which, among other issues, mentioned the normalization of relations with Armenia, SonDakika.com reports. “One of our government’s strategic priorities is establishment of peace and stability in the Caucasus and reducing tensions in the region. In this respect, we will continue exerting efforts towards peaceful settlement of the conflicts in the South Caucasus,” Davutoglu said, adding that the Turkish government also set a priority of “stopping the occupation of Azerbaijani territories and Nagorno-Karabakh” as well as ending the tension between Azerbaijan and Armenia.” “Also, we will continue our steps towards normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations,” the Turkish PM said. He also noted that Ankara expects Armenia “to be guided by comprehensive understanding leading to mutual interests and cooperation and “fair memory,” and to respond to our initiatives with a progressive approach rather than with historic hostility.”
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/09/02/armenia-turkey/
Armenia
Headline: Putin Gives Nod for Armenia’s Eurasian-Union Membership
Russia’s Vladimir Putin has issued an ukaz on authorizing an agreement to accept Armenia into the Eurasian Union, a planned back-in-the-USSR bloc, but this may or may not make Armenia’s membership actually happen. Armenia’s membership in the Russian- championed Eurasian Union, and its already active element, the Customs Union, has long smacked of a Nordic epic song, with multiple characters and events putting the spokes in Armenia’s wheel. Customs-Union members Belarus and Kazakhstan are Armenia skeptics, and generally less keen about the Kremlin’s everyone-with-a-Soviet-past-is-welcome policy. Putin’s September 1 order, though, includes unnamed, “minor” changes to the terms of Armenia’s membership. It is unclear if this refers to concessions on the Armenian-championed breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Kazakhstan, with an eye to Turkic ally, Azerbaijan, which claims Karabakh as its own, strongly opposes Armenia’s attempts to bring breakaway Karabakh into the Customs Union.. Recent statements by both Putin and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, though moderated by courtesies, suggest a muffled disagreement between Moscow and Astana. Some believe that Russia’s stance on Armenia and its campaign in Ukraine have contributed to the reported chill. Nazarbayev said that he would quit the Eurasian Union if the terms of membership are changed or if the membership poses threat to Kazakhstan’s independent statehood. Putin issued a reminder that Kazakhstan “had never had statehood” before Nazarbayev. In the meantime, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev cancelled a trip to Yerevan, and the planned talks about Armenia’s membership were postponed to a summit in Minsk in October. Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian insisted that Armenian membership in the Eurasian Union and its structures remains a work in progress.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.eurasianet.org/node/69786
Luke 21:9 and Matthew 24:7 speak of nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom in the end times. Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword. Luke 21:9: wars & commotions; the Greek word here is Akatastasia, meaning instability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion (revolutions) Matthew 24:7: the Greek word for nation is Ethnos & refers to various ethnic groups fighting among themselves, where the next sentence in the verse refers to kingdoms (basileiva) fighting one another (not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom)
Headline: Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘seize’ Bama town in Borno
Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram has seized the key north-eastern town of Bama after fierce fighting with government forces, residents say. Thousands of civilians have fled the town, along with soldiers, they added. The military has not yet officially commented on the claim that it has lost control of Bama, the second biggest town in Borno state. Last month, Boko Haram said it had established an Islamic state in areas it controls in north-eastern Nigeria. If confirmed, the capture of Bama would be an extremely significant development and would raise concerns that Boko Haram’s next target will be Maiduguri, the state capital about 70km (45 miles) away, says BBC Hausa service editor Mansur Liman in the capital, Abuja. It would be the biggest town under Boko Haram control.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29021037
Headline: Pakistani Army vows to protect democracy
Headline: Police, anti-government protesters clash in Islamabad
Headline: Pakistan minister condemns protests as lawmakers back PM
The much-vaunted Pakistan Army declared on Sunday that it was committed to protecting democracy in the wake of anti-government protests. According to media reports, corps commanders of the army met under Gen. Raheel Sharif to take stock of the internal security situation in the aftermath of the deadly street battles on Saturday night that left three dead. The army’s top brass insisted that use of force against the protesters would aggravate the situation. The corps commanders said force should not be used against the protesters. “We will play our role to protect national security,” they were quoted as saying by the Pakistani media. Opposition leader Imran Khan ordered his supporters on Sunday to take to the streets and stand up against security forces. The eruption of violence has unnerved many in the coup-prone country, with Sharif looking increasingly cornered amid relentless calls by the opposition for him to step down.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.arabnews.com/featured/news/623496
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/01/377293/islamabad-police-teargas-protesters/
http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-minister-condemns-protests-revolt-against-state-084420048.html
Headline: Bahrainis call for downfall of Al Khalifa regime
Headline: Bahraini forces attack anti-regime protesters
Bahraini protesters have taken to the streets to demand the overthrow of the ruling Al Khalifa regime. The new demonstrations were held on Sunday to mark a year since a teenage protester was shot dead by Manama regime forces. The 14-year-old Ali Jawad al-Sheikh was killed at a mosque while attending religious ceremonies on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. The protesters also called on the Bahraini authorities to release all the prisoners jailed over participating in demonstrations. Since mid-February 2011, thousands of protesters have held numerous demonstrations in the streets of Bahrain, calling for the Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/01/377290/bahrainis-demand-regime-downfall/
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/02/377413/bahrain-regime-forces-attack-protesters/
Headline: Yemeni rebels reject president’s proposal to quell protests
Yemen’s Shiite Houthis group spurned the president’s move to bring in a national unity government Tuesday and partially restore fuel subsidies, saying they would press on with mass protests. Government sources told Reuters earlier Tuesday that President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi had dismissed the government and planned to cut petrol and diesel prices, partly meeting demands of Houthi protesters who have poured into the capital. But Mohammad Abdul-Salam, a spokesman for Houthi leader Abdul-Malek al-Houthi, rejected the proposal in a statement on his Facebook page: “We affirm that what was issued by the (government) committee is a position that represents it and we do not agree to it. Our position is still that we (stand) by the Yemeni people who have gone out in a blessed popular revolution to demand their legitimate and just rights,” he said.
Sept. 2, 2014
Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)
Headline: Sudan bans reporting on Ebola
Headline: Sweden investigates possible Ebola case
Headline: Ebola kills 31 people in DR Congo: WHO
Headline: CDC Director: Ebola Outbreak ‘Is Spiraling Out Of Control’
The Sudanese authorities have prohibited local media from covering any news related to the Ebola virus.Press sources who asked not to be mentioned for security reasons confirmed to APA on Saturday that the security authorities have circulated warning to all media outlets not to publish any news or articles related to the transmission of the Ebola virus in Sudan. The prohibition came after local media reported on some suspected cases of Ebola in the west of Sudan. The Minister of Health Affairs for the Darfur Regional Authority, Firdos Abdel Rahman Yousif denied reports of the deadly Ebola virus disease in El Geneina, capital of West Darfur State. The Sudan News Agency quoted the minister as saying the suspected case had come from Abeche in Chad. The patient suffered from hemorrhagic fever, began taking treatment from the health center, and was then transferred to a hospital in El Geneina, she claimed. The Ebola epidemic has killed over 1, 400 people in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria since its outbreak in West Africa in February.
Sept. 2, 2014
http://en.starafrica.com/news/sudan-bans-reporting-on-ebola.html
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/01/377279/sweden-discovers-suspected-ebola-case/
http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-kills-31-people-dr-congo-102448943.html
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2014/09/02/cdc-director-ebola-outbreak-is-spiraling-out-of-control/
Headline: HealthMap
Global leader in utilizing online informal sources for disease outbreak monitoring and real-time surveillance of emerging public health threats. The freely available Web site ‘healthmap.org’ and mobile app ‘Outbreaks Near Me’ deliver real-time intelligence on a broad range of emerging infectious diseases for a diverse audience including libraries, local health departments, governments, and international travelers.
http://healthmap.org/formobile/
August 28, 2014- Thousands of fish continue to be killed by Algae in Indian River Lagoon, Florida, America
August 29, 2014- Mass die off of Cockles ’causes alarm’ in Galicia, Spain
August 30, 2014- Large numbers of sea lions, brown pelicans, otters, whales and dolphins dying in California, America
August 31, 2014- Thousands of dead salmon found floating on Lewiston Lake in California, America
http://anewscafe.com/2014/08/31/kokanee-salmon-die-off-prompts-questions-no-official-explanation/
August 31, 2014- Fish kill found along the Neuse River, North Carolina, America
Sept. 1, 2014- 20,000 Geese dead and 69,000 Poultry killed due to avian flu in Heilongjiang, China
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140901/h5n6-bird-flu-reported-ne-china
Sept. 1, 2014- Thousands of dead fish wash ashore on a beach in Mohammedia, Morocco
Sept. 1, 2014- 50 TONS of fish have died in a lagoon in Jalisco, Mexico
Matthew 24:7 “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.” Luke21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring”
Headline: Minor earthquake hits Lebanon
A mild earthquake was felt in Lebanon overnight, particularly in the north and east of the country, with no reported damage. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, a 4.1 magnitude quake shook Lebanon at 11:50 p.m. Monday. The tremor centered in the Bekaa Valley, 18 km northwest of Baalbek and 62 km northeast of Beirut, the center said.
Sept. 2, 2014
Headline: What’s erupting? List & map of currently active volcanoes
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html
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