October 2, 2015 – Chinese warplanes to join Russian air strikes in Syria
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Headline: Senior Fatah Official Confirms: We Murdered the Israeli Couple
Headline: Thousands Protest Nationwide Over Henkin Murders
The “armed wing” of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction initially claimed responsibility for Thursday night’s brutal murder of a young couple right in front of their four children, but now a senior Fatah official has confirmed that claim. Senior Fatah official Mahmoud Al-Aloul, who is a member of the Fatah Central Committee, was revealed by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) as having announcing responsibility the night before on Facebook for the murder of Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin outside Itamar in Samaria. “The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement Fatah, accepted responsibility for the Itamar operation (i.e. the murder – ed.) carried out against settlers, leading to their deaths,” wrote Al-Aloul in an open admission. Fatah and Hamas officials have both praised the attack, and the praise of the murder by Palestinian Arab terror groups continued on Friday. Meanwhile, Protests erupted nationwide calling to end Arab terror and boost Israel’s deterrence on Friday, after Fatah terrorists murdered Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin in front of their four young children. On Friday afternoon, at least 150 people from Netivot and Sderot near Gaza blocked major intersections to protest the terror, waving Israeli flags and calling to strengthen national unity. “We convened the masses and the youth just as the funeral was being held in Jerusalem,” one participant stated. “True, it’s Friday and we could not participate along with all of Israel at the funeral, but together, we showed that we are as one man with one heart.” “All the people of Israel need to stand tall and continue along proudly,” the participant continued.
October 2, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/201349#.Vg7EzitRLSg
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/201353#.Vg7FOitRLSg
Headline: Hundreds of Palestinians Riot Across Israel
Israel Police and the IDF arrested Palestinian Arabs across Israel Friday, after hundreds participated in terror against Israeli military forces and civilians. Over 200 Palestinian Arabs waited for police forces at Rachel’s Tomb in Beit Lehem (Bethlehem) Friday afternoon, throwing rocks and firebombs and burning tires at the Jewish holy site. In Hevron, an angry Arab mob threw burning tires at police forces; no injuries were reported. Earlier Friday, Israel Police arrested a 25 year-old from Shuafat in Jerusalem on suspicion of attempting a terror attack on a Border Police officer in the Old City. The suspect could be seen in security footage trying to throw firebombs at civilians and patrols – just as the Old City is teeming with people due to Shabbat and the Sukkot holiday. Miles away, near Beit El in Samaria, Arabs from Kfar Jilazoun threw burning tires and rocks at IDF forces and civilians along the road leading to the community. In response, hundreds of Jews flocked to the site and blocked the road; the IDF responded by throwing tear gas canisters on both sides clashing at the site and using riot dispersal measures. The chaos follows the brutal murders of Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin, who were murdered by Fatah terrorists late Thursday between Itamar and Elon Moreh in Samaria. The Henkins’ four children were in the vehicle at the time.
October 2, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/201356#.Vg7FgStRLSg
Headline: Obama’s Perfect Storm to Destroy Israel- op-ed
As the country’s electorate focuses on the Roseburg shootings, three very important items leaked onto the news wires on Thursday that deserve broad, nationwide attention. Sadly, I am not referring to the drip, drip, drip of Hillary’s emails, the deaths of our service members in a plane crash in Afghanistan, or the attack by a Palestinian terrorist who murdered the parents of four young children. I awoke to a breaking story in Politico with the headline “Exclusive: Obama brushed off Reid’s plea on Palestinian State.” From that story we learn: Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on two different occasions this year went to White House chief of staff Denis McDonough seeking a public commitment from President Barack Obama that he would veto any U.N. resolution calling for an independent Palestinian state. Both times, Obama did nothing. While this would be unprecedented, so would abstaining from, rather than vetoing, a U.N. resolution condemning the United States for its embargo on Cuba. But that is exactly what the administration is threatening to do. This is arguably treasonous, given that Obama swore to uphold the Constitution and enforce the laws of the country, but given the fact that he has not been impeached for all of his other unconstitutional offenses to date, what does he have to lose by screwing over our most important ally in the Mideast? Shortly after reading the Politico article, I turned my attention to watching Bibi Netanyahu’s much awaited speech before the U.N. General Assembly. Noticeably absent was the United States’ U.N. ambassador, Samantha Power, and Secretary of State John Kerry, both of whom were in New York City for the UNGA events this week. Later in the day Breitbart broke the story with the headline “Obama Pulled John Kerry and Samantha Power from Netanyahu UN Speech.” “Ambassador Power and Secretary Kerry were unable to attend Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech before the General Assembly because they were called into a meeting with President Obama, which they participated in via video teleconference,” a State Department Official told Breitbart News.
October 2, 2015
http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opinions/obamas-perfect-storm-to-destroy-israel/2015/10/02/
“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.” (Psalm 83)
Jordan
Headline: Jordan condemns Israel closure of Al Aqsa, warns of consequences
Headline: Jordan MP’s son carried out Iraq suicide attack: media
Jordan on Thursday condemned the continued closure of Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by the Israeli forces and its detaining of worshippers. Government Spokesperson and Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications Mohammad Momani said the Jordanian government is “angered” by the Israeli violations and this unprecedented aggression motivated by the Jewish holidays. Momani said Jordan rejects both the geographical and time-based divisions of Al Aqsa. The Israeli forces on Thursday resumed their military-imposed closure of Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, allowing Jewish settlers to tour Al Haram Al Sharif compound. The Israeli forces restricted entry for Muslim men and women under 50, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Momani warned Israel of the consequences of such an unprecedented threat that cannot be accepted by any Muslim. He said this breach comes in violation of international laws and conventions that compel an occupier to maintain the status quo in an occupied territory. Momani warned that these escalations by Israel push the region towards “ominous confrontations” and create a fertile ground for radical forces. He pointed that Jordan can and will exert all diplomatic and legal efforts to make Israel stop its flagrant violations.
October 2, 2015
http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/jordan-condemns-israel-closure-al-aqsa-warns-consequences
Lebanon
Headline: At UN, Netanyahu Reveals Details on Hezbollah Weapons Acquisitions
Along with the silence gimmick, which was the part of his UN address that attracted the most attention, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed for the first time some details about the process of Hezbollah’s rearmament with the help of Iran and Syria. Netanyahu said that Iran has smuggled advanced SA-22 anti-aircraft missiles to Hezbollah in Lebanon as well as Yakhont precision anti-ship cruise missiles. To date, Israel has not submitted any official complaint about this advanced weaponry being in Hezbollah’s hands. At best, when senior Israel Defense Forces officers are asked about these systems, they say that their working assumption is, “Any weapon that Syria and Iran has will eventually find its way to Hezbollah’s hands.” Netanyahu mentioned three types of weapons. The first, the SA-22 (also known as the Pantsyr-S1) is an air defense system combining surface-to-air missiles, air defense cannons and radar; it was developed in Russia in the 1990s. The system is being used by the Syrian army and it can be deployed as a battery or on a vehicle.
October 2, 2015
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.678540?date=1443808346218
Egypt
Headline: Russia seeking Egypt security support
Russia has been seeking Egyptian coordination and support for its “counterterror” efforts on behalf of the Bashar al-Assad regime, according to a Kuwaiti daily. “Preparations are being made to organize a visit by a Syrian security delegation, under the auspices of Russia, to meet a number of Egyptian security officials,” Al-Jarida reported Friday. “The task of the delegation is to obtain Cairo’s support in combating terrorism,” a high-level Egyptian source told the daily. During his visit to Moscow on August 26, Egyptian President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi signaled his support for an anti-ISIS alliance that would include the Syrian regime. No formal coalition has since been declared, however reports have emerged that Russia has formed a military alliance with Tehran, Damascus, Baghdad and Hezbollah to coordinate operations in Syria and Iraq. Russia began its airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday, insisting it hit ISIS targets while rebel groups, the US and France all said Russia had bombed Islamist and Free Syrian Army-affiliated rebels. Al-Jarida also reported that Russia has also sought to gain Cairo’s diplomatic support for a resolution to Syria’s civil war. “For the first time Russia is asking Egypt to mediate with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for approval of Bashar al-Assad’s continued [rule] until Syria is cleansed of armed militias over the coming period in exchange for Russian guarantees of a peaceful solution over the coming period,” the source told the newspaper.
October 2, 2015
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/565997-russia-seeking-egypt-security-support
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: Pentagon weighs using force to protect US-backed Syria rebels targeted by Russia
Syria Headline: U.S., allies demand Russia halt Syria strikes outside IS areas
Syria Headline: Russian airstrikes in Syria to last three to four months
Syria Headline: Jihadists on Twitter Respond to Russian Airstrikes in Syria, Call for Capture of Russian Soldiers
Senior U.S. military leaders and defense officials are debating whether military force should be used to protect Washington-backed Syrian rebels who have come under attack by Russian airstrikes in recent days. The Associated Press reported early Friday that the question was part of a broader debate within the Pentagon about the the broader dilemma of how the administration should respond to what White House press secretary Josh Earnest described as Russia’s “indiscriminate military operations against the Syrian opposition.” Tensions between the U.S. and Russia are escalating over Russian airstrikes that are serving to strengthen Syrian President Bashar Assad by targeting the so-called “moderate” rebels rather than hitting Islamic State (ISIS) fighters it promised to attack. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry says Ankara and its allies in the U.S.-led coalition are calling on Russia to immediately cease attacks on the Syrian opposition and to focus on fighting Islamic State militants. Meanwhile, a joint statement by the United States, France, Germany, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Britain expressed concern over Russia’s military actions, saying they will “only fuel more extremism and radicalization.” The text of the statement was released by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Friday, and confirmed by the French Foreign Ministry.
October 2, 2015
http://newsdaily.com/2015/10/russian-jets-mount-new-air-strikes-in-syria/
Syria Headline: Chinese warplanes to join Russian air strikes in Syria
Russia’s military intervention in Syria has expanded radically in two directions. debkafile’s military and intelligence sources report that China sent word to Moscow Friday, Oct. 2, that J-15 fighter bombers would shortly join the Russian air campaign. Russia’s military intervention in Syria has five additional participants: China, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Hizballah. The J-15 warplanes will take off from the Chinese Liaoning-CV-16 aircraft carrier, which reached Syrian shores on Sept. 26 (as debkafile exclusively reported at the time). This will be a landmark event for Beijing: its first military operation in the Middle East as well the carrier’s first taste of action in conditions of real combat. Thursday night, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi, made this comment on the Syrian crisis at a UN Security Council session in New York: “The world cannot afford to stand by and look on with folded arms, but must also not arbitrarily interfere (in the crisis).” A no less significant development occurred at about the same time when Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, speaking to the US PBS NewsHour, said he would welcome a deployment of Russian troops to Iraq to fight ISIS forces in his country too. As an added incentive, he noted that this would also give Moscow the chance to deal with the 2,500 Chechen Muslims whom, he said, are fighting with ISIS in Iraq.
October 2, 2015
Syria Headline: ISIS attacks Syrian government-held areas of eastern city
ISIS attacked Syrian government-held areas in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor and an air base south of the city on Friday, a monitoring group said. Government warplanes bombarded another area of the city and around the air base, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, a day after pro-Damascus media reported Russian jets had struck parts of Deir al-Zor province held by ISIS.
October 2, 2015
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe http://syriahr.com/en/category/news
http://syriahr.com/en/category/news/
Iraq Headline: Russia will ‘consider’ expanding its air offensive to Iraq
Iraq Headline: Russia gains Iraqi air base
Russia is said to be considering Iraq’s offer to allow it to carry out air strikes on Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in Iraqi territory. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Sept. 30 he may allow Russia to carry out air strikes on the terror group inside Iraq if Moscow offered. It is a possibility. If we get the offer, we will consider it,” Abadi said. On Oct. 1, Russian foreign ministry official Ilya Rogachyov said Moscow would “consider” air strikes against ISIL targets in Iraq if Baghdad asked it to do so. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, however, said Russia had no plans to expand the air operation to Iraq. “We were not invited, we were not asked, and we are polite people, as you know. We don’t come if not invited,” Lavrov said during an Oct. 1 news conference at the United Nations. Meanwhile, debkafile revealed Baghdad has offered Moscow an air base for targeting the Islamic State now occupying large swathes of Iraqi territory
October 2, 2015
http://www.worldtribune.com/russia-will-consider-expanding-its-air-offensive-to-iraq/
Iraq Headline: Thousands of Iraqis demonstrate for reforms
Thousands of Iraqis demonstrated in Baghdad and several other cities Friday, urging the government to deliver on its promised reform package aimed at tackling corruption and improving services. Iraqis have been staging weekly protests since July. The movement that stemmed from exasperation over power cuts in the searing summer heat gradually led to broader demands for political reform. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, with backing from the country’s most revered Shiite religious cleric, announced a reform package but change has been slow to materialize and the protests have continued. “Baghdad will no longer be silent,” chanted thousands of protesters in the capital’s Tahrir (liberation in Arabic) Square.
Regular protesters — dominated by secular groups, journalists, artists and social activists — were joined Friday by supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr. “Our participation in the protests continues because the scope of Abadi’s reforms is limited,” said Bashir al-Saadi, a young Sadr supporter. He claimed the prime minister was restrained in his efforts by his own Dawa party — of which his predecessor and rival Nouri al-Maliki is also a member — and other parties.
October 2, 2015
Iraq Headline: ISW Iraq Situation Report Sept. 26-Oct. 1, 2015
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/iraq%20SITREP%202015-10-01.pdf
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 invasion of Israel.
Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Turkey.
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 Turkey.
Beth Togarmah is Armenia.
Turkey
Headline: Turkey kills over 10 Kurdish militants, 44 people detained in Istanbul
Turkish security forces killed more than 10 suspected Kurdish militants amid intensifying clashes in the country’s southeast, while 44 people were arrested in Istanbul on suspicion of links with the rebels, officials and media reports said. The exact death toll from clashes in Silvan, a town in southeastern Turkey’s Diyarbakir province, was not immediately clear. A security source said it exceeded 10 people – all members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Among those detained on Friday were district officials of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP), a left-wing grouping accused of having links with the hardline PKK, Hurriyet newspaper said.An HDP spokesman had no immediate information on the arrests, and there was also no comment from Turkish police. The HDP on Friday presented its election platform in which it renewed a promise to seek a settlement to the 31-year war with the PKK. “Despite everything, we say peace,” HDP Co-Chairwoman Figen Yuksekdag said. “We want a grand peace.” Among the 44 people arrested were union members and former district mayors, Turkish media reported. Authorities imposed a 24-hour curfew on Silvan, where two soldiers were shot dead by suspected PKK militants on Thursday as they left for work. The army has repeatedly clashed with the rebels in Silvan in recent weeks.
October 2, 2015
Iran
Headline: Iranian troops arrive in Syria ahead of major ground offensive
Headline: Bahrain withdraws ambassador from Iran after bomb-factory find
Hundreds of Iranian troops have arrived in Syria in the last 10 days and will soon join government forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies in a major ground offensive backed by Russian airstrikes, two Lebanese sources told Reuters. “The (Russian) airstrikes will in the near future be accompanied by ground advances by the Syrian army and its allies,” said one of the sources familiar with political and military developments in the conflict. “It is possible that the coming land operations will be focused in the Idlib and Hama countryside,” the source added. The two sources said the operation would be aimed at recapturing territory lost by President Bashar al-Assad’s government to rebels. It points to an emerging military alliance between Russia and Assad’s other main allies — Iran and Hezbollah — focused on recapturing areas of northwestern Syria that were seized by insurgents in rapid advances earlier this year.
October 1, 2015
http://nypost.com/2015/10/01/iranian-troops-arrive-in-syria-ahead-of-major-ground-offensive/
http://news.yahoo.com/bahrain-withdraws-ambassador-iran-bomb-factory-182213818.html
Afghanistan
Headline: Taliban Northern Offensive Expands
Headline: Afghan forces retake city center amid fierce clashes with Taliban
Headline: At least 11 dead after C-130 aircraft crashes in Afghanistan
Headline: Taliban Claims Downing a US Army Plane
Nine districts in four Northern provinces have reportedly been contested by the Taliban over the last eight days from September 23 to October 1 in conjunction with the recent Taliban offensive to seize Kunduz city. Among these nine districts, four district centers have fallen to the Taliban in neighboring Takhar province. These attacks appear to be a united offensive Mullah Akhtar Mansour, the leader of one prominent Taliban faction and self-proclaimed leader of the Taliban following the announcement of the death of Mullah Omar. The coordinated attacks throughout northern Afghanistan indicate a high level of operational capability and sophistication. A prolonged offensive and consolidation of Taliban control in northern Afghanistan could position elements loyal to Mullah Akhatar Mansour for follow-on assaults on several provincial capitals at once and provide Taliban elements with a staging area close to Kabul. Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) retook key elements of Kunduz city on October 1, but heavy fighting continues between ANSF and Taliban militants. The attacks throughout northern Afghanistan indicate that Taliban militants are executing a broader northern offensive in Kunduz, Baghlan, Takhar, and Badakhshan provinces. The northern offensive is supported by Taliban activity along major resupply routes to Kunduz city via Baghlan province, where militants were able to stymie nearly one thousand ANSF reinforcements bound for Kunduz. This lightning offensive is likely designed to reinforce Taliban gains in Kunduz city while the ANSF counter-offensive is underway, but it is also gaining momentum faster than the ANSF is reclaiming territory. The loss of broad swaths of strategically important territory underscores growing ANSF inability to control and hold areas without the intervention of Afghan and NATO Special Forces. Updated 10/2/2015 10:31am (EDT): Mullah Akhtar Mansour emphasized the “symbolic victory” of the Taliban’s capture of Kunduz in his first interview with an international media outlet as the claimed leader of the Taliban. Mansour stated that the victory should silence dissidents doubting the ability of his forces, thus conflating the capture of Kunduz with Mansour’s own legitimacy. This interview confirms that Mansour launched the northern offensive in part to demonstrate his power and suppress opposition. Ongoing leadership disputes within the Taliban likely will fuel continued offensives in Takhar and Baghlan Provinces.
October 2, 2015
http://www.arabnews.com/world/news/814281
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/201328#.Vg7GTytRLSg
Libya
Headline: Islamic State militants attack forces guarding Libya oil port: official
Islamic State militants attacked forces guarding one of Libya’s main oil ports on Thursday with a gun assault and an attempted car bomb in an escalation of their campaign in the North African state, a local security official said. Islamic State has gained ground in Libya where two rival governments — one internationally recognized and the other self-declared — are battling for control, leaving a security vacuum four years after the uprising toppled Muammar Gaddafi. Militants attacked guards at a gate near Es Sider port, which is under the control of forces allied with the recognized government, the security official said. The terminal has been closed since December because of fighting with other rival armed factions and problems at supply oilfields. “An attack was carried out by militants of Islamic State on a gate before sunset in the Es Sider area,” Ali Hassi, spokesman for the a local battalion of the Petroleum Facilities Guard, a force allied with the official government. He said one guard was killed and two more wounded, but he gave no details about how close the gate was to the port itself. Militants later tried to target the same gate with a car bomb but failed and four of them were shot dead, he said.
October 1, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/01/us-libya-security-idUSKCN0RV5PF20151001
Headline: ISIS-Linked Regional Activity: September 2015
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/ISIS%20Near%20Abroad%20SEP%202015-01_2.png
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: Suicide bombers kill 10 people in Borno state capital in northeastern Nigeria; 39 wounded
Four suicide bombers killed at least 10 people in Maiduguri, Nigeria’s army said Friday, after also blaming Islamic extremists for trying to poison water sources in northeastern Nigeria. No group has claimed responsibility for the Thursday night attack but Nigerian security forces blamed the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, which is based in the area. At least 39 others were wounded in the attack in the Sareji neighborhood of Maiduguri, military spokesman Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman said. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s military on Thursday also accused Boko Haram of poisoning water sources in the northeastern Nigeria. “Credible information … indicates that though no human life was lost as a result of the barbaric act of the terrorists, however, some cattle were killed after drinking water from some poisoned sources,” Usman said. In a separate incident, residents say five people were killed earlier Thursday by suspected Boko Haram militants in Kirchinga, a village in Adamawa state, which borders the Sambisa forest, a Boko Haram hideout. Ahmad Musa, who fled the attack on his village, said militants shot indiscriminately at residents forcing many flee into nearby bushes to escape the onslaught.
October 2, 2015
Headline: Yemen government troops seize control of Bab Al-Mandab Strait
Headline:Yemen reportedly cuts diplomatic ties with Iran- Move comes a day after Bahrain withdraws ambassador from Tehran
Loyalist Yemeni troops and Gulf Arab forces on Thursday seized control of the Arabian side of the strategic Bab Al-Mandab Strait linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden from Houthi rebels, a spokesman for the Gulf-backed government said. Six months of war in Yemen has raised fears for the security of oil supplies through Bab Al-Mandab, a main thoroughfare for vessels heading for the United States or Europe from Asia or the Gulf. Its western shore is controlled by Djibouti and Eritrea. “In a large-scale military operation launched today, Yemeni government, resistance and coalition forces liberated the Bab Al-Mandab Strait and Mayun island with the goal of safeguarding this key sea route,” Rajeh Badi told Reuters by telephone from the southern port city of Aden, 170 km to the east. Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah, who returned to Aden in mid-September after months of exile in Saudi Arabia, later said on his Twitter account: “On this day, with support from the armed militias, we were victorious. Mayun and Bab Al-Mandab, before them Marib, and soon, God willing, Taiz and the rest of the cities.”
October 2, 2015
http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/814241
http://www.timesofisrael.com/yemen-reportedly-cuts-diplomatic-ties-with-iran/
Headline: Deadly Russian rocket system spotted in Ukraine for first time
International monitors say they have spotted a new kind of Russian weapons system in rebel-held Ukraine this week, possible evidence of Moscow’s continued interest in Ukraine even as it focuses on Syria. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, which is monitoring a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, reported that its monitors had seen a mobile TOS-1 ‘Buratino’ weapons system for the first time. The Buratino is equipped with thermobaric warheads which spread a flammable liquid around a target and then ignite it. It can destroy several city blocks in one strike and cause indiscriminate damage. Only Russia produces the system and it was not exported to Ukraine before the conflict broke out, according to IHS Jane’s Group and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, which track arms exports. The OSCE’s findings are embarrassing for the Kremlin, which has turned down its rhetoric on Ukraine and shifted attention to Syria, where it has begun air strikes. The report comes before President Vladimir Putin holds talks in Paris on Friday with the leaders of Germany, France and Ukraine on the peace process. The Russian defense ministry did not reply to written questions from Reuters about whether Ukrainian rebels were supplied with the weapon or where it had been exported.
October 2, 2015
http://newsdaily.com/2015/10/osce-says-spots-deadly-russian-rocket-system-in-ukraine-for-first-time/
Wars & Rumors of Wars Matthew 24:6 , Revelation 6:3-4 & Revelation 6:8 “ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” 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. Prophecy Sign: Weapons of Mass Destruction Zechariah 14:12 “And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.”
Headline: Russian Military Activity: September 2015
Headline: In South China Sea, a Tougher U.S. Stance
The United States is poised to send naval ships and aircraft to the South China Sea in a challenge to Beijing’s territorial claims to its rapidly-built artificial islands, U.S. officials told Foreign Policy. The move toward a somewhat more muscular stance follows talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington last month, which fell far short of a breakthrough over how territorial disputes should be settled in the strategic South China Sea. A final decision has not been made. But the Obama administration is heavily leaning toward using a show of military might after Chinese opposition ended diplomatic efforts to halt land reclamation and the construction of military outposts in the waterway. The timing and details of the patrols — which would be designed to uphold principles of freedom of navigation in international waters — are still being worked out, Obama administration and Pentagon officials said. “It’s not a question of if, but when,” said a Defense Department official.
October 2, 2015
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/10/02/in-south-china-sea-a-tougher-u-s-stance/
Economic collapse Revelation 6:5-6 & James 5:1-3– Worldwide– “ When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” (Revelation) “Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.” (James)
Headline: Global economy loses steam as Chinese, European factories falter
Headline: Jobs Report Dims But Doesn’t Kill Chances of 2015 Fed Rate Hike
Headline: Record 94,610,000 Americans Not in Labor Force
World economic growth lost momentum in September, with China’s factory output shrinking again, euro zone manufacturing growth slowing, and U.S. activity steady. The latest business surveys across Asia, Europe and the Americas paint a gloomier picture and are likely to prompt more calls for central banks to loosen monetary policy even further. “The data probably increases the case for more stimulus in certain parts of the world, especially from the People’s Bank of China and the European Central Bank,” said Philip Shaw, economist at Investec in London. “Those economies that are at less advanced paths of the recovery cycle — the key example is the euro zone, where we’re looking at more disinflation — may well find more stimulus is in order.” Meanwhile, The disappointing jobs report for September released Friday diminishes but doesn’t entirely eliminate the chance of a Federal Reserve interest-rate increase at its Dec. 15-16 policy meeting, economists said. While the data all but rule out a move this month, a December rate hike remains a live, albeit less-likely, option, they said. Policy makers will get a lot more information about the economy, including two more payrolls reports, before the December meeting. With 13 of 17 Fed officials predicting 2015 liftoff in their latest forecasts, they will be loath to abandon their plans for their first rate increase since 2006 just yet.
October 2, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/01/us-global-economy-idUSKCN0RV3J820151001
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/02/record-94610000-americans-not-labor-force/
Headline: Alabama Sheriff Just Removed These Four Biblical Words From Patrol Cars — and Atheists Are Now Claiming Victory
An Alabama sheriff has reportedly decided to comply with demands from an atheist group and a First Amendment watchdog that he remove a decal featuring a Bible verse that was placed on patrol cars earlier this year. Despite only being added to Houston County Sheriff’s Office vehicles a few months ago, Sheriff Donald Valenza decided to remove the decals, which included the sheriff office’s badge along with words from Matthew 5:9: “Blessed are the peacemakers.” Legal representation for the county recommended that Valenza remove the decals — though he was reportedly not required to do so — after Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a First Amendment watchdog, threatened to sue, the Dothan Eagle reported. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, an atheist group, also sent a letter demanding the removal. “Of course neither the commission nor anyone here supports that request, however we contacted our liability insurance carrier and their attorneys said, if we take this to court, they said we’re going to lose,” Houston County Administrator Bill Dempsey told the Dothan Eagle of the demand for removal. “The county would be looking at hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal expenses.” Many locals — including local government leaders — wanted to see the decal stay, and a Facebook page titled, “I Support Blessed Are The Peace makers on the Houston County Sheriff Cars,” has already attracted 4,700 “likes.” The Freedom From Religion Foundation, though, praised the decision to remove the decals.
October 1, 2015
Headline: Oregon gunman singled out Christians during rampage
A gunman singled out Christians, telling them they would see God in “one second,” during a rampage at an Oregon college Thursday that left at least nine innocent people dead and several more wounded, survivors and authorities said. “[He started] asking people one by one what their religion was. ‘Are you a Christian?’ he would ask them, and if you’re a Christian, stand up. And they would stand up and he said, ‘Good, because you’re a Christian, you are going to see God in just about one second.’ And then he shot and killed them,” Stacy Boylen, whose daughter was wounded at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., told CNN. A Twitter user named @bodhilooney, who said her grandmother was at the scene of the carnage, tweeted that if victims said they were Christian, “then they were shot in the head. If they said no, or didn’t answer, they were shot in the legs.” Gunman Chris Harper-Mercer’s disdain for religion was evident in an online profile, in which he became a member of a “doesn’t like organized religion” group on an Internet dating site. Kortney Moore, 18, said she saw the teacher of her Writing 115 class get shot in the head at the college’s Snyder Hall before the gunman started asking people to state their religion and opening fire, the city’s News-Review newspaper reported.
October 1, 2015
http://nypost.com/2015/10/01/oregon-gunman-singled-out-christians-during-rampage/
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: Governors declare state of emergency in preparation for Hurricane Joaquin flood risk
Headline: Hurricane Joaquin to Impact Over 65 Million From South Carolina to Massachusetts
Governors in six East Coast states have declared a state of emergency Friday as the coast prepares for potential torrential rain and severe flooding from powerful Hurricane Joaquin. The Category 4 storm is unlikely to make direct landfall, but forecasters are warning of flash floods from historic Charleston, South Carolina, to Washington, D C., and officials in Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Delaware are bracing for the worst. “We’re becoming increasingly confident and concerned about the heavy rainfall,” David Novak, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland, told the Associated Press. Two storm-related deaths have already occurred in the Carolinas, where heavy rain has fallen for days. The fatal unpredictability of the rain was shown when a Thursday morning downpour dumped 4 inches on Spartanburg, South Carolina in a short time, causing flash floods that submerged several cars. Authorities around the region have warned of saturated soil giving way to falling trees.
October 2, 2015
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