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Headline: 3 Palestinian, One Israeli Officer Killed in Jerusalem Attack
Headline: IDF closes entrance to Kabatiyah after deadly attack
Three Palestinians armed with guns, knives and explosives killed an Israeli border policewoman and seriously wounded another before being shot dead by nearby officers at an entrance to Jerusalem’s walled Old City on Wednesday, Israeli police said. It was the latest in a spate of stabbings, shootings and car-rammings by Palestinians that has killed 27 Israelis and a U.S. citizen since October. Israeli forces have killed at least 155 Palestinians, 101 of them assailants according to authorities. Most of the others have died in violent protests. The Palestinians launched the attack at the Damascus Gate, a busy plaza in East Jerusalem, after being stopped by police for an identity check, a police spokeswoman said. All of the three attackers were carrying concealed weapons and at least one of them opened fire with an automatic rifle, killing one of the policewomen before they were shot dead by Israeli security forces, the spokeswoman said. The other policewoman was stabbed and wounded, and two pipe bombs were found at the scene, she said.
February 3, 2016
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/207496
Headline: Hamas official claims terror tunnels are ‘defensive’
Headline: Hamas PM Haniya in Friday Sermon: We Are Digging Tunnels East of Gaza- VIDEO
Headline: Netanyahu threatens to eclipse 2014 war to destroy Gaza tunnels
Hamas on Wednesday buried two of its terrorists killed in a tunnel collapse, amid growing concerns in Israel over the rebuilding of underground attack tunnels for use against Israeli civilians. The Islamist terror movement that runs Gaza said the two men killed in Tuesday night’s tunnel collapse belonged to its armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades. Hundreds of men, many armed and wearing balaclavas, took part in the funeral. Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s leader in Gaza, called the two men “martyrs” and praised “those who work silently underground for us to live in dignity on earth.” The collapse came just one week after an even deadlier accident in another terror tunnel, in which seven Hamas terrorists were killed. Israeli concerns increased on Friday after Haniyeh, in comments at the seven men’s funeral, boasted that Hamas is developing its military capabilities and rebuilding the underground tunnels leading from Gaza to Israel. But Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior Hamas official, on Wednesday toned down the rhetoric with a statement on the Hamas website denying comments attributed to him that the tunnels had already reached into Israeli territory. “The resistance tunnels are defensive tunnels for the protection of our people in the face of any Israeli aggression,” he claimed.
February 3, 2016
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/207492
http://www.memri.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5293.htm
http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-threatens-to-eclipse-2014-war-to-destroy-gaza-tunnels/
Headline: IDF General Says Israel Effectively Part of Coalition Against ISIS
A top Israeli general said Wednesday that the Islamic State group is “our enemy” and that Israel is sharing intelligence with allies battling the extremists despite remaining on the sidelines of Syria’s civil war. Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon said that while Iran remains the greatest threat to Israel, the ISIS group is also a dangerous adversary. Israel has kept its distance from the civil war on its northern doorstep, wary of appearing to side with any of the warring parties — nearly all of which are hostile to it. But Alon, who heads the military’s operations branch, told reporters that Israel is essentially part of the international coalition against ISIS and shares intelligence with its allies. “From Israel’s perspective, we definitely see Daesh as an enemy,” he said, using the Arabic acronym for ISIS.
February 3, 2016
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.701192
Jeremiah 24:5-6: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge those who are carried away captive from Judah, whom I have sent out of this place for their own good, into the land of the Chaldeans. For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land; I will build them and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not pluck them up.
Headline: 10,000 French Jews, 3,000 Americans expected to Make Aliyah in 2016
The coming year is expected to see another increase in the number of Jews immigrating to Israel, this after more than 30,000 Jews made Aliyah last year, a record for the past 15 years. In 2016, some 10,000 Jews are expected to emigrate from France alone; 3,000 Jews are expected to arrive from the United States; 7,000 from Russia and an additional 7,000 from Ukraine. “We are monitoring the intensifying anti-Semitism in Europe, while at the same time the government ministries are preparing to absorb the olim,” the head of the Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, MK Avraham Naguisa, said Wednesday. “Their absorption is a national mission and a Zionist, social and economic window of opportunity for the Jewish nation, the State of Israel and Israeli society.”
February 3, 2016
“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)
Lebanon
Headline: Lebanese army kill 2, arrests 27 militants in border town
Lebanese soldiers killed two gunmen and arrested at least 27 suspected militants, including a commander from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, in a raid in the town of Arsal near the border with Syria, a security source on Wednesday. The source said that among those detained was Abu Bakr al-Raqqawi, a local commander of ISIS, and three high profile insurgents. He said the army carried out the raid after receiving intelligence that Raqqawi and others were in the northeastern town, which has suffered from a spillover of violence from nearly five years of conflict in Syria.
Nusra Front and ISIS fighters have staged regular incursions into Arsal from the barren hills just outside the town. They overran the town briefly in 2014 before withdrawing to the hills after clashes with the army.
February 3, 2016
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
These photos say it all:
http://eaworldview.com/2015/12/syria-analysis-what-will-happen-to-the-economy-in-2016/
Syria Headline: U.N. halts Syria talks as government closes in on Aleppo
A United Nations envoy halted his attempts to launch Syrian peace talks on Wednesday after the army, backed by Russian air strikes, made a major advance against rebel forces north of Aleppo, choking opposition supply lines from Turkey to the city. The government’s territorial breakthrough came after hundreds of bombing raids by Russian warplanes. The U.N. said it had been told hundreds of families had been uprooted following “an unprecedented frequency of air strikes in the past two days”. Three aid workers were among the dead. U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura announced a three-week pause in the Geneva talks, the first attempt to negotiate an end to Syria’s war in two years. He had formally opened them on Friday but both sides denied they had ever begun.
February 3, 2016
http://newsdaily.com/2016/02/u-n-scrambles-to-sustain-syria-talks-russia-vows-to-crush-terrorists/
Syria Headline: Syrian army and allies breaks rebel siege of Shi’ite towns: army
The Syrian army and its allies have broken a three-year rebel siege of two Shi’ite towns in northwest Syria, government and rebel groups said on Wednesday, cutting off a main insurgent route to nearby Turkey. The two towns of Nubul and Zahraa, with an estimated 60,000 population, are connected to the border by areas under the control of Kurdish militias that provided them some access. Al Manar, television channel of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group, joined Syria’s army and state media in reporting the breakthrough, which it said came after the army moved in from towns secured in a recent offensive in northern Aleppo province. A Levant Front rebel said the siege was broken “after three days of legendary resistance by the revolutionaries facing the Russian military machine, an after more than 500 raids by Russian air planes”. “Less than 3 km separate the regime from cutting all routes to opposition-held Aleppo,” said Rami Abdulrahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said. “It did in three days what it failed to do in 3-1/2 years.”
February 3, 2016
Syria Headline: Syrian army, with Russian air support, attacks southern town of Athman
DEBKAfile’s military sources report that Syrian infantry and tank forces, backed by artillery, attacked the town of Athman, located four kilometers north of the rebel stronghold of Daraa, from three directions on Wednesday morning. The attack included Russian bombers as well as Syrian attack helicopters dropping barrel bombs. The sources said the rebels may lose control of Daraa, their stronghold in southern Syria, if Athman falls to the Syrian army.
February 3, 2016
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: Iraq building security wall around Baghdad
Iraqi security forces have begun building a concrete wall surrounding the capital Baghdad in a bid to prevent attacks by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, a military statement said on Wednesday. ISIS, the ultra-hardline group that seized vast swathes of territory north and west of Baghdad, claimed several attacks in recent months in the Iraqi capital. The last one, on Jan. 11, targeted a shopping mall and killed at least 18 people, according to police sources. The planned security barrier will surround the city from all sides, said Baghdad Operations Command’s head Lieutenant-General Abdul Ameer al-Shammari, in a statement published on the defense ministry’s website. The preparatory work on the wall started on Monday, he said. “The security barrier around Baghdad will prevent terrorists from infiltrating the capital or smuggling explosives and car bombs to target innocent civilians,” he said.
February 3, 2016
Iraq Headline: Arabs, Kurds retake Iraq village from Daesh
Sunni Muslim Arab fighters backed by Kurdish forces and US-led air strikes retook a village in northern Iraq on Wednesday in an example of effective military cooperation on the ground between them against Daesh insurgents. The offensive in the Makhmour district south of Erbil began early on Wednesday, resulting in the recapture of Kudila — part of a series of planned operations to clear Daesh militants from the area, Kurdish and Arab commanders said. Kurdish forces have driven the ultra-hard-line Sunni militants back in northern Iraq, but have been reluctant to push further into predominantly Arab territory for fear of being seen as an occupying force by inhabitants and provoking a backlash. Local Sunni Arabs have been training in the Makhmour area as part of the Hashid Shaabi or Popular Mobilization Force, a coalition of mainly Shiite Muslim militias in which Iraqi Prime Minister Abadi would like to include Sunni groups. “In coordination with the (Kurdish) peshmerga and supported by coalition planes they have a plan to clear and liberate all the areas that the terrorists seized,” said peshmerga commander Qader Qader. “These attacks will continue.”
Speaking via phone from Kudila with the sound of heavy machine gun fire in the background, one peshmerga said Daesh had deployed three suicide car bombs to fend off the assault and at least eight militants had been killed.
February 3, 2016
http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/874756
Iraq Headline: ISW Iraq Situation Report Jan. 26. – Feb. 1, 2016
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/iraq%20SITREP%202016-02-01.pdf
Kurdish Headline: Iraqi-Kurdish leader urges independence vote
Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region should hold a non-binding referendum on independence, its president said on Tuesday, despite the numerous crises it is facing. Massoud Barzani has previously called for a referendum but set no timetable for a proposed vote. The chaos created by ISIS’s occupation of swathes of Iraq and Syria has given Kurds a chance to further their long-held dream of independence. But the region is currently struggling to avert an economic collapse. “The time has come and the situation is now suitable for the Kurdish people to make a decision through a referendum on their fate,” Barzani said in a statement on his website. “That referendum does not mean proclaiming statehood, but rather to know the will and opinion of the Kurdish people about independence and for the Kurdish political leadership to execute the will of the people at the appropriate time and conditions.”
February 3, 2016
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: Walls and watchtowers rise as Turkey tries to seal border against Islamic State
Headline: EU finalises €3bn fund for Turkey refugees
Slabs of concrete wall have sprung up and military patrols have intensified, but local people say this stretch of Turkey’s border facing Syrian territory under Islamic State control is still far from water-tight. Ankara is under intense pressure from its NATO allies to seal off the 70 km (40 mile) strip that stretches from just east of the Turkish town of Kilis to Karkamis, long a conduit for fighters, smuggled goods and war materiel. Beyond a string of tiny villages nestled in undulating fig and olive groves lies the last stretch of Syrian territory on Turkey’s southern frontier that Islamic State militants still hold, following advances by rival Kurdish rebels. European governments fear that their own citizens who have fought with the jihadists could still cross back into Turkey before heading home to stage attacks. Likewise, the United States believes Turkey, which has NATO’s second largest army, must close the frontier if Islamic State is to be defeated in Syria. Soldiers patrol in armored vehicles along a border delineated in some places by little more than razor-wire fence. Additional watchtowers and huts have appeared in recent months, and three-meter (10 foot)-high concrete slabs are being erected along some of the most vulnerable sections.
February 3, 2016
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-islamicstate-idUSKCN0VC270
https://euobserver.com/migration/132126
Afghanistan
Headline: US airstrikes destroy ISIS’ ‘Voice of the Caliphate’ radio station in Afghanistan
Headline: Four police officers shot dead in northwest Afghanistan
U.S. airstrikes have destroyed an Islamic State-operated radio station in a remote part of eastern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. “Voice of the Caliphate” radio was destroyed by two U.S. airstrikes, according to a U.S. military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief media on the subject. Army Col. Mike Lawhorn, spokesman for the U.S.-NATO mission in Afghanistan, said U.S. forces conducted two “counter-terrorism airstrikes” late Monday in Achin district, in the eastern Nangarhar province, without elaborating. An ISIS affiliate has emerged in Afghanistan over the past year, with a military presence in districts near the border with Pakistan. The radio station was broadcasting illegally across Nangarhar, calling on fighters to join the group and threatening journalists in the provincial capital, Jalalabad.
February 3, 2016
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/02/03/448495/Afghanistan-Qadis-Badghis-Taliban-militants
Libya
Headline: US airstrikes destroy ISIS’ ‘Voice of the Caliphate’ radio station in Afghanistan
Headline: Four police officers shot dead in northwest Afghanistan
U.S. airstrikes have destroyed an Islamic State-operated radio station in a remote part of eastern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. “Voice of the Caliphate” radio was destroyed by two U.S. airstrikes, according to a U.S. military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief media on the subject. Army Col. Mike Lawhorn, spokesman for the U.S.-NATO mission in Afghanistan, said U.S. forces conducted two “counter-terrorism airstrikes” late Monday in Achin district, in the eastern Nangarhar province, without elaborating. An ISIS affiliate has emerged in Afghanistan over the past year, with a military presence in districts near the border with Pakistan. The radio station was broadcasting illegally across Nangarhar, calling on fighters to join the group and threatening journalists in the provincial capital, Jalalabad.
February 3, 2016
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/02/03/448495/Afghanistan-Qadis-Badghis-Taliban-militants
Armenia
Headline: Azerbaijan Warns of Potential Action Against Armenia
Senior political figures in Azerbaijan have warned that a military option remains on the table to resolve the smoldering conflict with Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Azerbaijan will spend $1.2 billion on defense and security in 2016 and Baku hopes a decade-long massive military build-up will help it win back Nagorno-Karabakh and other Armenian-occupied territories. Baku prefers a diplomatically brokered resolution to the conflict but Hikmat Hajiyev, spokesman for Azerbaijan’s foreign minister, cautioned that if these do not soon bear fruit, Azerbaijanis may lose patience with the international community. He said Azerbaijani armed forces “stand ready” to prevent any “provocation,” adding, “We have the defense capabilities to take back these territories militarily. We do not want to use force but we can be patient only up to a certain point.” The official stressed that defense spending had enabled the Azerbaijani armed forces to be supplied with requisite advanced weaponry needed to re-take
”its Armenian-held territories.”
February 3, 2016
Headline: ISIS’s Regional Campaign: January 2016
ISIS is building strategic resiliency and projecting an image of continued expansion through its regional campaign, even as it faces opposition in Iraq and Syria. The organization executed a complex operation across multiple Libyan cities this month, demonstrating its capability and intent to develop Libya as a safe haven to increase presence throughout North Africa. ISIS also used its Southeast Asian foreign fighter network to direct and resource its first attack in Indonesia, reflecting a growing consolidation of pro-ISIS militant groups. ISIS will likely continue outreach to jihadist elements in North Africa and Southeast Asia in order to prepare for formal military expansion into those areas in support of its grand strategic objective of expanding its caliphate to all historically Muslim lands.
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: South Korea warns North Korea not to launch long-range rocket
Headline: Japan military on alert over North Korea’s planned rocket launch
Headline: Russia says deeply concerned by North Korea’s planned rocket launch
South Korea warned on Wednesday of “searing” consequences if North Korea doesn’t abandon plans to launch a long-range rocket that critics call a banned test of ballistic missile technology. North Korea on Tuesday informed international organizations of its plans to launch an Earth observation satellite on a rocket between Feb. 8 and 25, and if North Korea’s past patterns are any clue, angry warnings by its neighbors and Washington probably won’t dissuade a coming launch. The launch declaration, which is meant to warn civilians, shipping and aircraft in the area about the rocket and falling debris, follows North Korea’s disputed claim on Jan. 6 to have tested a hydrogen bomb, the country’s fourth nuclear test. A launch would be seen as a snub by North Korea of its only major ally, China, whose representative for Korean affairs landed in the North for talks on Tuesday. South Korean and U.S. officials said the launch would threaten regional security and violate U.N. Security Council resolutions that ban the country from engaging in any ballistic activities. “We warn that if North Korea proceeds with a long-range missile launch, the international society will ensure that the North pays searing consequences for it as the launch would constitute a grave threat to the Korean Peninsula, the region and the world,” senior South Korean presidential official Cho Tae-yong said in televised remarks.
February 3, 2016
http://newsdaily.com/2016/02/north-korea-notifies-imo-of-planned-satellite-launch/
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: Dollar Suffers Worst Day in 7 Years as Traders Face Fed Reality
Headline: National debt hits $19 trillion
The dollar plunged by the most since the Federal Reserve announced the start of its Treasury bond-buying program seven years ago, as signs of a slowing U.S. economy helped derail bets on diverging policies between global central banks. The U.S. currency sank more than 1.7 percent against six of its biggest peers amid concern that growth in the world’s largest economy is cooling. Currency traders are catching up to the bond market, where 10-year yields sank to the lowest in a year Wednesday and futures are sending the strongest signal yet that traders expect the Fed to stand pat this year. Concern about a global demand slump and policy makers’ response to a slowing growth worldwide has put the $5.3 trillion-a-day market in disarray. The dollar’s pullback this week has reversed all the yen’s decline against the greenback on Friday when Bank of Japan introduced negative interest rates to revive inflation, which is stuck near zero.
February 3, 2016
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/national-debt-hits-19-trillion/article/2582097
February 1, 2016 – Hundreds of dead fish found in a lake in Texas
http://www.kvia.com/news/county-reacts-to-hundreds-of-dead-fish-at-ascarate-lake/37762740
February 1, 2016 – Whales and dolphins wash up dead along Oregon-Washington Coast
http://www.wkyc.com/news/nation-now/dead-humpback-whale-3-dolphins-wash-up-along-oregon-and-washington-coast/28950006
February 3, 2016 – 11,500 Chickens killed due to avian flu in Changhua County, Taiwan
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201602030020.aspx
February 3, 2016 – Hundreds of dead fish found in ponds in Queensland, Australia
http://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/video-hundred-fish-found-dead-gooseponds/2919546/
February 3, 2016 – Dozens of dead turtles found along beaches in Tecpan de Galeana, Mexico
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February 3, 2016 – 36 tons of fish have died in farms, ‘due to red tide’ in Hong Kong
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/1909196/disaster-hong-kong-fish-farmers-deadly-red-tide
February 3, 2016 – dead whales found along coast of Friedrichskoog, Germany
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3427195/The-gentle-giants-graveyard-Eight-sperm-whales-washed-German-coast-mass-beachings-northern-Europe.html
Headline: Australia reports two cases of Zika virus, detects mosquitoes at Sydney airport
Headline: Six cases of Zika virus were diagnosed in California in the last three years
Headline: First U.S. Zika virus transmission reported, attributed to sex
Headline: Florida governor declares Zika emergency
Two Australians were diagnosed with the Zika virus after returning home from travels in the Caribbean, a state health service said on Tuesday, confirming the first cases of the mosquito-borne virus in the country this year. Officials also said that mosquitos carrying the virus had been detected at Sydney International Airport, but stressed that it was unlikely the virus would establish local transmission given the lack of large numbers of the Aedes Aegypti mosquitos. Confirmation of the Australian cases came just a day after the World Health Organization declared the Zika virus to be an international public health emergency due to its link to underdeveloped brains in some babies. There is no vaccine against the mosquito-borne virus. The New South Wales (NSW) health department said the two Sydney residents were diagnosed with the Zika virus on Friday after returning to Australia from Haiti.
February 3, 2016
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-zika-cases-20160201-story.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-idUSKCN0VB145
Increase in Drugs Revelation 9:21 “And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceriesor their sexual immorality or their thefts.”
In Revelation 9:21 we see Jesus speaking to us about drug’s. The words “sorceries” in Revelation 9:21 is the Greek word pharmakia from which comes our word “pharmacy”. It signifies the use of medicine, drugs, spells, such as those used in witchcraft and those used today by those who are seeking a greater “high”. This generation was to be labeled a drug generation and we are.
Headline: Legal US pot sales soar to $5.4B in 2015: Report
Legal U.S. pot sales soared to $5.4 billion for 2015, up 17.4 percent from $4.6 billion in 2014, according to data released Monday by the ArcView Group, which tracks the cannabis markets. The figures include medical and adult consumer sales. However, the annual gain was largely fueled by the explosive growth in consumer sales, as some states have approved adult recreational marijuana use. Adult use sales grew to $998 million from $351 million in 2014, according to the research. And voters in more states, including California, are likely to take up the issue in 2016. By many measures, 2015 was a bellwether year for marijuana, as states like Colorado and Washington paved the way for new business models and growth. Entrepreneurs have opened spa-like retail shops for adult users and medical cannabis sales. The social experiment to abolish cannabis prohibition in some instances is melding with a for-profit corporate culture. The growing cannabis market features a variety of innovative consumer-facing products such as vaporizers, edibles and capsules. As an example, Colorado adult use sales surpassed $100 million last year for the first time.
February 1, 2016
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/01/legal-us-pot-sales-soar-in-2015.html
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: Dozens of homes destroyed after tornadoes touch down in Alabama, Mississippi
Strong storms in the Southeast spawned tornadoes that touched down in Alabama and Mississippi Tuesday, damaging or destroying dozens of homes and at least one church, as well as a prison. No fatalities or major injuries were reported. The worst damage occurred Tuesday in Sapps, Ala., a small community near the Mississippi border approximately 40 miles west of Tuscaloosa. AL.com reported that dozens of homes were reduced to rubble and at least one mobile home was cracked in half after it was apparently picked up, carried and dropped by high winds. “I was in the bed asleep at the time and it woke me up. It sounded like a train,” Anthony Walker told AL.com. “It’s the first time in about 25 years a tornado hit here.” The National Weather Service in Birmingham confirmed that a “large and destructive tornado” touched down near the city of Aliceville, about 45 miles west of Tuscaloosa, early Tuesday evening.
February 3, 2016
Headline: First ever recorded snow 300km south of Hanoi, Vietnam
The province of Nghe An in Vietnam recorded its first snowfall ever with records stretching back to 1650. There is really something strange going on right now. Are we entering a period of global cooling in the atmosphere and the oceans? Is our Earth about to begin a steep drop in global temperatures off its present global temperature plateau? With these anomalic snow falls and freezing periods in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Laos and now Vietnam it seems that we are going towards such a temperature decline of our planet, enhanced by a “solar hibernation”, which is expected to be reached by the year 2031.
February 3, 2016
http://strangesounds.org/2016/02/first-ever-recorded-snow-hanoi-vietnam-january-2016.html
***All earthquakes are instantly posted to my Facebook page; Please be sure to visit my Facebook page to see ALL the maps of the large earthquakes from March 2014 – today
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.931241630279041.1073741830.353621338041076&type=3
Headline: What’s shaking? 
List & map of USGS Earthquakes
Feb 03
Feb. 2, 2016- Will Jesus Christ Come Back In This Generation?
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Feb 02
Will Jesus Christ Come Back In This Generation?
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Feb 01
Feb. 1, 2016- Saudi Arabia Debt Default Looms/World Health Zika Global Emergency
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Headline: Gov’t approves mixed prayer area at Western Wall
The government approved on Sunday the creation of a mixed prayer area at the Western Wall in which both men and women can pray together. According to the proposed arrangement, a new prayer area will be set up south of the existing separate prayer areas. The new prayer area will be modeled on the one set up at Robinson’s Arch two years ago where Women of the Wall could worship, and will allow Reform and Conservative Jews to pray according to their custom. The compromise agreement, which was formulated by a team headed by Cabinet Secretary Avichai Mandelblit and signed by Women of the Wall and the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, ensures that “the Western Wall will be open and accessible to any Jew seeking to pray in a manner that befits his identify and beliefs.” The new prayer area will be made “respectable, accessible and visible, and serve as an integral part of the Western Wall site.” However, the new area will not be connected to the existing separate men and women sections, as it is on a lower level, and located on the other side of the Mughrabi Bridge leading to the Temple Mount. In addition, because of the political sensitivity over construction at the site, it is not possible to create contiguity between the different prayer areas, but the three areas will share an entrance.
January 31, 2016
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4760088,00.html
Headline: Three soldiers wounded in shooting attack next to Beit El
Headline: Opinion: Shooting attack in Beit El signals the start of an armed intifada
Headline: Israel’s leaders opt to avoid action on three menacing fronts
Three IDF soldiers were wounded in a shooting attack on Sunday morning at a checkpoint south of the settlement of Beit El in the Samaria region of the West Bank. The terrorist, who arrived at the checkpoint by car from the direction of Ramallah, was shot dead by IDF troops at the checkpoint. He was using a handgun to commit the attack. One of the wounded soldiers, 21 years old, was taken to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Karem in serious condition with a gunshot wound to his neck. His condition was later updated to moderate. Another soldier, 31, was in serious condition and taken to the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus with gunshot wounds to his stomach and extremities. The third soldier, 20, was also taken to Hadassah in light condition after being hit in his extremities. A source in the Palestinian security services told Ynet that the terrorist, Amjad a-Sukari, 34, from Jamma’in, was part of the Palestinian security forces and worked as the driver for the Palestinian attorney general Ahmad Hanoun in Ramallah. Meanwhile, Israel’s leaders are clinging to lame locutions – “good judgment and responsibility” – to avoid military action for dealing with crisis situations fast coming to a head on three extremely dangerous fronts: armed Palestinian terrorists are now tying up traffic on a major Israeli highway to the Israeli capital; southern Syria is sliding into the control of Hizballah after this Iranian proxy was permitted to amass 100,000 missiles in S. Lebanon; and, this week, Israelis living near the Gaza Strip heard Palestinians building terror tunnels under their homes.
***please see also Quneitra Syria below
February 1, 2016
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4759943,00.html
“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)
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Saudi Arabia says 375 civilians killed on its border in Yemen war
Headline: Yemeni Salafi cleric killed hours after preaching against ISIL, Al Qaida
Mortars and rockets fired at Saudi Arabian towns and villages have killed 375 civilians, including 63 children, since the start of the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen in late March, Riyadh said on Monday. Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri, spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, told Reuters that the Houthi militia and army forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh had fired more than 40,000 projectiles across the border since the war began. “Now our rules of engagement are: you are close to the border, you are killed,” he said. In a measure of how fierce the fighting on the frontier continues to be, nearly 130 mortars and 15 missiles were fired by the Houthis and Saleh’s forces at Saudi border positions on Monday alone, Asseri said in an interview in Riyadh. Riyadh has been sharply criticized for civilian casualties in coalition air strikes and on Sunday announced it was improving its targeting mechanisms and would form a committee to investigate claims it had hit non-military targets. Around 6,000 people, about half of them civilians, have been killed in fighting and coalition air strikes in Yemen since the war began, according to the United Nations. The civilians killed in Saudi Arabia included both Saudis and expatriates, Asseri said.
February 1, 2016
http://newsdaily.com/2016/02/saudi-arabia-says-375-civilians-killed-on-its-border-in-yemen-war/
http://www.worldtribune.com/top-yemeni-salafi-cleric-killed-in-aden/
Headline: Al-Qaida Seizes Southern Yemeni Town
Al-Qaida’s Yemeni branch seized another town on Monday, setting up checkpoints at its entrances and besieging government buildings before dawn after days of fighting with southern separatists, officials said. The capture of Azzan marks the latest advance for al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, which has exploited the chaos of Yemen’s civil war to expand its reach. The security officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to brief reporters. The al-Qaida affiliate has clashed with the Houthis, but the areas it has captured are under the government’s nominal control. An Islamic State affiliate has also emerged in recent months, carrying out a series of attacks on Shiites and government officials. Azzan, with a population of 50,000, is at a crossroads between Aden and the oil and gas-rich Hadramawt province, of which Mukalla is the capital. Officials and witnesses say al-Qaida has a presence inside Aden as well, where it has set up training camps and smuggling operations in the city’s port.
February 1, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/al-qaida-seizes-southern-yemeni-town/3171438.html
Egypt
Headline: Bomb explosions leave 4 security forces dead in Egypt
At least 4 members of Egypt’s security forces have been killed in two separate bomb explosions in the country’s volatile Sinai Peninsula. Both attacks targeted the country’s military personnel on Monday. In one attack, a remotely controlled bomb hit a vehicle belonging to the region’s police forces killing two cops, officials told local media. The attack happened in the far northeast of Egypt in the Rafah region, on the border with the besieged Gaza Strip. The other bomb attack killed an army officer and a soldier in the Sheikh Zuwaid region of northern Sinai. No individual or group has yet claimed responsibility for the act of violence, but such assaults are usually blamed on the Daesh-affiliated militants operating in Sinai.
February 1, 2016
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: Syria conflict: Dozens killed near Sayyida Zeinab shrine
At least 71 people have died in blasts near the Shia shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, south of Syria’s capital Damascus. A bus station and a building housing military headquarters were hit by the blasts, which mangled nearby vehicles. It happened as the government and opposition groups gathered in Geneva in a bid to start talks aimed at a political solution to the conflict. The attack, claimed by the Islamic State group, was aimed at disrupting the talks, the EU said. Sunday’s attacks near Sayyida Zeinab were carried out by two suicide bombers, but some witnesses spoke of three blasts. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that, of the 71 people killed, 42 were fighters loyal to the Assad regime. The group said another 29 civilians, including five children, died. The blasts took place several hundred metres from the golden-domed shrine, which was not itself damaged – although it has been previously targeted, most recently in February last year.
February 1, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35454359
Syria Headline: U.N. announces start of Syria peace talks as government troops advance
The United Nations announced on Monday peace talks for Syria had begun and called on world powers to push for a ceasefire, even as government forces, backed by Russian air strikes, launched their biggest offensive near Aleppo in a year. Government troops and allied fighters captured hilly countryside near Aleppo on Monday, putting a key supply route used by opposition forces into firing range, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group. Rebels said the offensive was being conducted with massive Russian air support, despite a promise of goodwill steps by the Syrian government to spur peace negotiations. “The (latest) attack started at 2 a.m., with air strikes and missiles,” said rebel commander Ahmed al-Seoud, describing the situation near Aleppo, once Syria’s biggest city and commercial center, now partly ruined and divided between government and insurgent control. Seoud told Reuters his Free Syrian Army group had sent reinforcements to an area near the village of Bashkoy. The British-based Observatory monitoring group said government forces were gaining ground in the area, and had captured most of the village of Duweir al-Zeitun near Bashkoy. It reported dozens of air strikes on Monday morning. Syrian state television also said government forces were advancing.
February 1, 2016
http://newsdaily.com/2016/02/syrian-government-forces-attack-rebels-near-aleppo-talks-to-convene/
Syria Headline: Syria rebels wage new Quneitra offensive
Syrian rebels have launched a new offensive in Quneitra in which they aim once again to open a supply route through the province bordering Israel toward opposition-held positions surrounded by regime troops in Damascus’s western Ghouta area. On Friday, the Syrian Revolutionaries Front, Ansar al-Islam Front and Jaysh al-Sabtain all announced they were starting a campaign entitled “’In Aid of the Children of Madaya,” a reference to the Qalamoun town besieged by Syrian regime forces and Hezbollah. The rebel factions explained they sought to capture Jaba, Tel Kroum, Tel Bazzaq, Al-Rubaei Checkpoint and Mant al-Hisan, all areas east of the regime-held towns of Baath City and Khan Arnabeh. In the ensuing days, rebel groups have shelled regime positions, amid reports of clashes around Jaba, however the opposition factions have yet to notch any advances on the ground. The pro-opposition Al-Souria Net said Sunday that rebels were targeting regime points with artillery, mortars and heavy machinery fire “in the hope of achieving progress in the field in the coming hours.”
February 1, 2016
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/566558-syria-rebels-wage-new-quneitra-offensive
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: More U.S. troops in Iraq may be needed for conventional warfare ops
The top U.S. general in Iraq said Monday that more American troops on the ground may be needed to help the Iraqi army mount the kind of conventional warfare operations needed to defeat Islamic State militants. “Yes, there is a good potential that we will need additional capabilities, additional forces to provide those capabilities. And we’re looking at the right mix … in consultation with the government of Iraq and our other partners,” Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland told reporters Monday. The general said the American-led military training mission there is now focused more on conventional warfare tactics. “We have shifted from a pure counterinsurgency focus and are now preparing the [Iraqi security forces] to conduct what we refer to as combined arms operations,” MacFarland said in a video teleconference from Iraq. “The ability to integrate infantry, armor, artillery, air power, engineers and other assets on the battlefield, provides the Iraqis with a decisive advantage over a static enemy dug in behind complex obstacle belts,” MacFarland said.
February 1, 2016
Kurdish Headline: ISIS attacks Kurdish headquarters north Iraq, killing scores of Peshmergas
Kurdish Headline: ISIS blows up ten Christian houses north of Mosul
At least eight fighters from the Kurdish Peshmerga were killed and six more wounded when militants of the Islamic State (ISIS) bombed Peshmerga’s headquarters in northern Iraq, military sources reported on Sunday. The Peshmerga ministry of Iraqi Kurdistan said in a statement that ISIS launched an attack with mortar fire on their headquarters in Khazir district, about 40km east of Mosul. “Daesh terrorists launched several mortar shells on a security center for our forces in Khazir on Sunday evening,” Peshmerga leadership said, using another acronym for ISIS. “The terror attack led to the martyrdom of eight of our soldiers,” it said, adding that six others were injured. “The wounded soldiers were transferred to Erbil (capital of Iraqi Kurdistan) for treatment,” the Kurdish leadership added. Speaking to ARA News in Erbil, Peshmerga officer Mehme Khalil said: “Our forces were able to impede ISIS’s progress in eastern Mosul. The group now relies on mortar fire and suicide bombs to hit the ranks of the Peshmerga.”
February 1, 2016
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/isis-blows-up-ten-christian-homes-north-of-mosul/
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: Turkish, NATO radars detected Russian jet’s airspace violation
Headline: Turkish artillery shells Syrian territory – Russian military presents video proof
Both Turkish and NATO radars detected a Russian jet violating Turkish airspace, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Sunday, refuting Russian claims that the violation was “pure propaganda.” Turkey said Saturday a Russian SU-34 jet had violated its airspace despite warnings, once more stoking tensions between two countries involved in Syria’s war, but Russia had denied that there had been any incursion. “Russia cannot cover up its violation of our airspace. It’s not possible to hide such an incident if it did happen, or to make up a violation if it didn’t happen,” Davutoglu told a press conference in Riyadh. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov denied late Saturday that any Russian plane had entered Turkish airspace, and called the Turkish allegation “pure propaganda.” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday warned Moscow that it would be forced to “endure the consequences” if its jets continue to violate Turkish airspace, after Ankara reported a new border infringement incident by a Russian plane.
February 1, 2016
https://www.rt.com/news/330858-turkey-shells-syrian-territory/
Headline: Five Turkish soldiers killed in PKK attacks in southeast
At least five members of the Turkish army forces have been killed in two separate attacks carried out by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in the country’s volatile southeast. According to a statement released on the Turkish Armed Forces’ (TSK) website, three members of the security forces were killed and two others were seriously wounded on Monday in an armed attack by PKK militants in the Sur district of Diyarbakir, situated 676 kilometers (420 miles) east of Ankara. The two injured soldiers are still receiving treatment, reports said. The statement also added that two other Turkish soldiers lost their lives in a separate attack in Sur on the same day. This as three Turkish security officers, including a soldier and two police officers, were killed on January 31 in clashes with the PKK in the violence-hit Cizre district of the southeastern province of Sirnak.
February 1, 2016
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/02/01/448304/PKK-Sur-Diyarbakir-Kurdistan-Workers-Party
Iran
Headline: Iran: $100B in assets ‘fully released’ under nuclear deal
Headline: Iranian leader gives out medals for detention of US sailors
Iran says it now has access to more than $100 billion worth of frozen overseas assets following the implementation of the nuclear deal with world powers. Government spokesman Mohammad Bagher Nobakht says much of the money had been piling up in banks in China, India, Japan, South Korea and Turkey since international sanctions were tightened in 2012 over Tehran’s nuclear program. His comments were posted on the website of state-run Press TV on Monday. The landmark agreement brought about the lifting of international sanctions last month after the U.N. verified that Iran had curbed its nuclear activities. Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency meanwhile quoted Central Bank official Nasser Hakimi as saying nine Iranian banks are now reconnected to SWIFT, a Belgian-based cooperative that handles wire transfers between financial institutions.
February 1, 2016
http://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-leader-gives-out-medals-for-detention-of-us-sailors/
Afghanistan
Headline: Deadly Suicide Blast Rocks Kabul
A powerful suicide blast targeting a major police facility in the Afghan capital has killed at least 20 police officers and wounded 29 other people. The head of Kabul’s crime investigation department said security guards identified the suspected bomber as he moved toward the Afghan National Civil Order Police Headquarters and tried to stop him when he blew himself up. He condemned the perpetrators as “enemies of Afghanistan.” The Taliban claimed responsibility. In a statement sent to reporters, the insurgent group’s spokesman said its suicide bomber attacked a group of officers gathered at the gate of the police center. The bombing is the latest in a series of Taliban attacks that have hit Kabul in recent days.
February 1, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/content/suicide-bomber-strikes-outside-kabul-police-office/3171295.html
Sudan
Headline: South Sudan troops killed 50 civilians by suffocation – report
Headline: Sudan’s VP nixes idea of ties with Israel
South Sudan’s government troops killed about 50 civilians last October by stuffing them into a shipping container in baking heat, a report has said. The document by the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC), which oversees the country’s ceasefire, said the incident took place in Unity State. The government has not commented on the claim – the latest reported atrocities in more than two years of war. Thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced since then. “About 50 people suffocated in a container on about 22 October. The investigation was protracted. Attribution of responsibility: Government Forces,” the JMEC report said. The document by the monitoring group, which is backed by the African Union, was made public late on Sunday. Metal containers are often used as makeshift prison cells in the country.
February 1, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35465136
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sudans-VP-nixes-idea-of-ties-with-Israel-443509
Libya
Headline: Attack damages oil pipeline south of Libya’s Zueitina port
Headline: Report: Sirte residents ecstatic as secret sniper picks off ISIL commanders in Libya
Maintenance teams are working to repair damage caused by an attack on an oil pipeline south of the Libyan port of Zueitina, a spokesman for the pipeline’s guards said on Monday. It was not clear who carried out the attack late on Sunday evening, but Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants have been active in the area in recent weeks. An explosion and fire hit the pipeline in the desert 75 km (47 miles) south of the terminal, said Ali al-Hassi, a spokesman for the Petroleum Facilities Guard that controls nearby oil installations. The pipeline leads from oil field 103 to the export terminal at Zueitina, which was closed last year by a conflict between Libya’s rival governments, one based in Tripoli and the second, internationnally recognised one in the east. ISIS militants have taken advantage of political chaos and a security vacuum to establish a foothold in Libya. Last month, they launched a series of attacks causing major damage at the oil terminals of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf, which lie between Zueitina and the ISIS-controlled city of Sirte.
February 1, 2016
http://www.worldtribune.com/report-secret-sniper-picking-off-isil-commanders-in-libya/
Tunisia
Headline: Tunisia police, Islamist militants clash, two dead – government
Tunisian police have clashed with Islamist gunmen in a remote mountainous area in the southern region of Gabes, killing at least two miliants, the interior ministry said on Monday. Tunisia’s security forces are on a campaign against Islamist militants who have targeted military checkpoints and patrols in outlying areas. Islamic State has also claimed three deadly urban attacks last year that hit Tunisia’s tourism industry. “During counter-terrorism operations, police exchanged fire with a group of terrorists. First indications are that two terrorists were killed and a policeman injured,” the ministry said in a statement. Tunisia has escaped major upheaval and violence suffered by other countries who ousted longstanding leaders in the 2011 Arab Spring revolts. It has been held up as a model for democratic transition since the uprising against Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. But its young democracy and economy were tested by three major attacks last year, including Islamic State shootings targeting foreigners at a Sousse beach hotel and a Tunis museum, and also a suicide bombing in the capital.
February 1, 2016
Headline: ISIS Sanctuary: January 29, 2016
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/ISIS%20Sanctuary%2028%20JAN-01.pdf
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: Toll climbs to 85 in weekend Boko Haram attack in Nigeria
Headline: Boko Haram burned children alive in Nigeria, witness says
At least 85 people died this weekend when Boko Haram insurgents stormed and torched a village near the restive northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a state commissioner said Monday. It was the third deadly attack to hit the area in four days, after suicide bombers killed at least 24 people in two separate attacks on towns to the south. Nigeria’s army said the gunmen attacked Dalori just outside Maiduguri late on Saturday after evening prayers, burning down the village and sending residents fleeing into the bush. A first toll Sunday put the deaths at 50 but Borno State health commissioner Haruna Mshelia said 75 bodies were brought into hospitals and 10 others buried. “A total of 65 bodies were deposited at the specialist hospital, 10 others are being deposited at UMTH (another hospital), while another 10 were buried yesterday evening at the Dalori community cemetery” Mshelia said.
February 1, 2016
http://news.yahoo.com/scores-feared-dead-boko-haram-attack-near-maiduguri-133440838.html
Headline: Somalia mortar attack injures six, kills child
Six people have been injured and a child has been killed in a mortar attack on the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, police say. The incident occurred on Monday after mortar shells targeted Villa Somalia, the main government complex which includes Somalia’s presidential palace. “There was a mortar attack near the presidential palace, but several of the rounds struck civilian neighborhoods,” Somali police officer Abdirahman Siyad said. “An innocent child died and a number of others were wounded.” Witnesses said they heard as many as five explosions. “I saw six wounded civilians, some of them seriously,” said Abdi Moalim Hussein, one of the neighbors. No group or individual has so far claimed responsibility for the attack but such acts of violence are usually carried out by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militant group.
February 1, 2016
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/02/01/448277/Somalia-Mogadishu-alShabab
Headline: Paving The Way For The Antichrist – The Consolidation Of Power
Today, consolidation of power throughout society is increasing at a rapid pace. From the television shows we watch, to the news sites we visit, to the music we listen to and our financial institutions, the amount of control has passed from the many to the few. The many different brands we use give us the illusion of choice but, more often than not, the real power is consolidated in just a few corporations or individuals. Earlier this month Oxfam, in a complaint against tax havens, reported how that even those who hold the greatest wealth and influence in society, have regrouped into an ‘ultra’ elite, as a mere 62 individuals control as much money as the poorest 3.5 billion people on the entire planet. Back in 2010, 388 members of the elite had as much wealth as the poorest half of humanity. But since then that number has been steadily falling and now it is down to just 62. At this pace, Oxfam is projecting that in just a few years a single person will have as much money as the poorest half of the global population combined. Have you noticed your banking options are much more limited than 20 years ago? In the last few decades 37 banks have merged to became just 4 mega-banks: Citibank, JPMorgan/Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. This same trend can be seen in the corporate media world. Thirty years ago 50 different corporations dominated what, today, we call the mainstream media. Now that control has been centralized around 6 major corporations: Time Warner, Walt Disney, Viacom, Rupert Murdochs News Corp., CBS Corporation and NBC Universal. Together, the “big six” absolutely dominate news and entertainment in the United States. If you look at any type of media outlet today, chances are they will have links to one of these companies. It is not without significance that all these major media conglomerates are also corporate members of the Council on Foreign Relations.
February 1, 2016
http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=91
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: IMF sees years of austerity for Saudi Arabia, as debt defaults loom
The International Monetary Fund has predicted years of higher taxes and low fuel subsidies for oil-rich Saudi Arabia. As crude prices have fallen more than 70 percent in 18 months, weaker players could soon start to default on debts. Saudi Arabia will need to stop relying so heavily on oil revenues, which make up more than 80 percent of the government’s wealth, said Masood Ahmed, head of the Middle East department at the IMF. “This will have to be part of a multi-year adjustment process. There will have to be a major transformation of the Saudi economy. It is necessary, and it is going to be difficult, but it is a challenge which I think the authorities have clearly laid out,” Ahmed told the Telegraph. According to IMF estimates, Saudi Arabia may be running a $140 billion budget deficit, much more than the official figures of $98 billion. To change that, Riyadh will have to change its electricity, water and oil subsidies for population of 30 million. “Energy price reform is key. It has been part of the social contract but that will now need to change,” Ahmed said. The current situation in the oil market reminds analysts of 1986 oil glut, when the Saudis sparked a four-month, 67 percent collapse that left oil just above $10 a barrel. Prices sank to as low as $10.42 per barrel in March 1986 from a November 1985 peak of $31.72. During the 1986 oil crisis, 17 out of 25 of the world’s major oil producers defaulted on their debts, says a research from Oxford Economics. The debt in these producers rose to 40 percent of GDP on average.
February 1, 2016
https://www.rt.com/business/330857-saudia-arabia-oil-austerity/
January 27, 2016 – Thousands of fish have died in a reservoir in Nevada
http://www.kolotv.com/content/news/NDOW-Rye-Patch-Fishery-Could-Take-Years-to-Recover-366788351.html
January 28, 2016 – Tons of fish have died in farms in Ha Tinh province, Vietnam
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fdantri.com.vn%2Fxa-hoi%2Fca-chet-ret-trang-be-hang-chuc-nong-dan-mat-tet-20160128161440751.htm&edit-text=&act=url
January 28, 2016 – Almost 9,000 Buffalo and cows killed by cold in Northern Vietnam
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?to=&from=&a=http://www.vietnamplus.vn/hon-8900-con-trau-bo-bi-chet-do-thoi-tiet-ret-dam-ret-hai/368953.vnp
January 28, 2016 – Hundreds of sea birds found dead on a beach on Sea of Galilee, Israel
http://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-seagulls-found-dead-on-sea-of-galilee-beach/
January 28, 2016 – Over 22,000 sea birds found dead, ‘biggest die off ever recorded’, along beaches in Alaska
https://www.adn.com/article/20160129/scientists-think-gulf-alaska-seabird-die-biggest-ever-recorded
January 29, 2016 – 2.5 Million birds killed due to avian flu in 18 states of Nigeria
http://www.punchng.com/bird-flu-in-18-states-affects-2-5-million-chickens/
January 30, 2016 – Over 500 camels have died from ‘mysterious disease’ in Marsabit, Kenya
http://www.nation.co.ke/counties/Mysterious-disease-kills-camels-in-Marsabit/-/1107872/3048394/-/ofkfsaz/-/index.html
January 31, 2016 – Large die off of fish in Snake River, Washington
http://www.union-bulletin.com/news/large-die-off-of-shad-attracts-rare-gulls/article_e5e12262-c7f0-11e5-b664-771d04052407.html
February 1, 2016 – Mass fish deaths reported again at Shing Mun River
http://www.ejinsight.com/20160201-mass-fish-deaths-reported-again-at-shing-mun-river/
Headline: UN Health Agency Declares Zika Virus Global Emergency
The World Health Organization has announced that the explosive spread of the Zika virus in the Americas is an “extraordinary event” that merits being declared an international emergency. The agency convened an emergency meeting of independent experts on Monday to assess the outbreak after noting a suspicious link between Zika’s arrival in Brazil last year and a surge in the number of babies born with abnormally small heads. Although WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan said there was no definitive proof that the Zika virus, spread by mosquitoes, is responsible for the birth defects, she acknowledged on Thursday that “the level of alarm is extremely high.” The last such public health emergency was declared for the devastating 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which killed more than 11,000 people. WHO estimates there could be up to 4 million cases of Zika in the Americas in the next year.
February 1, 2016
http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/1.700797
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: Volcano explodes 1.8 miles high hours after massive earthquake
The Karymsky volcano in Russian Kamchatka’s eastern volcanic zone spewed ash up to 3km into the air, according to the Regional Emergencies Ministry. Airlines have been placed on an “orange” warning to avoid the area following today’s eruption. It came less than 48 hours hours after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake tore through the region, followed by a series of at least seven less powerful aftershocks. Terrified shoppers fled from a shopping mall after feeling the tremors inside. The epicentre of the earthquake was within about 20 miles of the 1,486 metre-high magma mountain, prompting fears seismic activity is on the rise and there could be a catastrophic earthquake, volcanic eruption or both.
February 1, 2016
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Feb 01
Feb. 1, 2016/ Message from my Son Adam DiMora about the last days and the Bible
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The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth January 22, 2016 Edition written by Frank DiMora.
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Message from my Son Adam DiMora about the last days and the Bible
Jan 31
Jan. 31, 2016
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Normally I do not post over the weekends but I wanted to share this photo with you. James Morris sent me this photo. As you can see they gave the picture the name the “Hand of God“. As soon as I saw this photo a rush went through me pointing me to the words of Jesus Christ in Revelation 8:8 which states the following: And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;”. In line with what Jesus as shown us for the future I think a better name for this photo would be: “A Warning From God of Things to Come“. Can you image during the tribulation seeing a huge mountain falling towards Earth. It would look very much like this picture. If you are not saved yet you should read the book of Revelation to see what you will have to go through. Keep in mind, most of the population of Planet Earth will not make it through the tribulation. Jesus has given us more than enough warnings concerning these last days. Why? Because He wants you to come to Him for salvation before you find yourself in the midst of this tribulation. Any comments?
Jan 31
Jan. 31, 2016
Jan. 31, 2016 :: End Times Research Ministry
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The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth January 22, 2016 Edition written by Frank DiMora.
Normally I do not post over the weekends but I wanted to share this photo with you. James Morris sent me this photo. As you can see they gave the picture the name the "Hand of God". As soon as I saw this photo a rush went through me pointing me to the words of Jesus Christ in Revelation 8:8 which states the following: And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;". In line with what Jesus as shown us for the future I think a better name for this photo would be: "A Warning From God of Things to Come". Can you image during the tribulation seeing a huge mountain falling towards Earth. It would look very much like this picture. If you are not saved yet you should read the book of Revelation to see what you will have to go through. Keep in mind, most of the population of Planet Earth will not make it through the tribulation. Jesus has given us more than enough warnings concerning these last days. Why? Because He wants you to come to Him for salvation before you find yourself in the midst of this tribulation. Any comments?
Jan 30
Jan. 30, 2016 Another “great earthquake” Obama no good for Israel
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What to look for in the year 2016? Since Obama only has one year left I am sure you will see him make moves against Israel that shows his true colors concerning Israel. While Obama tries to convey to the U.S. that Israel is his friend and ally in the back ground he makes moves that hurts the Israeli interests and puts them in harms way. Look for Obama to push for some type of gains in the stalled peace talks between the PLO and Israel. As it was for the past 7 years Obama will not be able to come up with a lasting agreement and as he sees he can’t get anything done he will do what he has been doing and that is siding with the PLO and Islamic states. Check out the report below and listen to what Obama is now up to? Its no good for Israel!
The US government says that Jewish settlements are illegitimate
The US government says that Jewish settlers in Judea and Samaria which they refer to as the West Bank are living in settlements that are illegitimate and the settlements must be dismantled and the settlers removed. I asked my broadcast partner longtime journalist in Jerusalem David Dolan, “Is this a major break between the US administration and the Israeli government?”
David Dolan: Well, there is but again there has been. It’s a similar situation. Really, no American administration from the time when Lyndon Johnson was president, when Israel captured Judea and Samaria in 1967, no US government has ever recognized Israeli activities there certainly community building, road building, that sort of thing, calling these occupied territories. That is the US official position and it has been. On the other hand, President George W. Bush gave Ariel Sharon a letter promising that the US administration would agree to Israel holding on to major settlement blocks, areas where there is heavy concentrations of Jewish communities.
These the US recognized would remain under Israeli control and in exchange, Israel would give the Palestinians equal amounts of territory somewhere else probably adjacent to Gaza, maybe adjacent to other portions of the West Bank. That was the understanding, that was what the Israelis were promised, so if the Obama administration is going back on that then it’s a revoking of an earlier commitment made by the US government to the Israelis. Again, we’ll see how concrete that action, those words are translated into by the government here.
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Like last week there was another “great earthquake”. These are one of the many signs Jesus told us to look for just prior to His second coming.
7.3 quake & multiple aftershocks strike Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Region
A strong, deep 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported.
The quake hit 106 kilometers north of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, the capital city of Russia’s Kamchatka Krai.
The depth of the earthquake was reported at 153 kilometers. There have been no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. No tsunami warning has been issued.
Magnitude 2.1 Earthquake Strikes Directly in Yellowstone Super-Volcano Caldera
According to geologists, Yellowstone erupts every 640,000 years. They determined this by sampling soil. Presently we are now BEYOND 640,000 years since the last major eruption. So, in layman’s terms, it’s overdue.
Minor earthquake, 3.39 mag was detected near Ferndale in California
A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 251 km W of Ferndale, California. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 124 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 124 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (77 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
More reports for the weekend:
Storm Gertrude BATTERS UK with 144mph and snow leaving THOUSANDS without power
The storm, which has caused chaos in Scotland and Northern Ireland, hit the south of England yesterday. The Met Office issued a rare red warning yesterday, which means a danger to life.
What Were Guns, Ammo and a Koran Doing at Paris Disneyland?
A man was arrested as he tried to enter a Disneyland Paris hotel with two guns and ammunition in his suitcase. He also had a Koran in his luggage.
Obama nukes Hillary, admits server contained top U.S. secrets
The Obama administration leveled a devastating blow to Hillary Clinton on Friday by admitting for the first time that her personal email server contained the highest levels of classified U.S. intelligence. The White House said 22 emails from former secretary of state’s “home brew” server must be censored from public view when the State Department releases its final batch on Friday.
Why Zika may be as tough to beat as Ebola
She struggles to know what to tell them about the risk they may face. The data is simply not available. What is clear, however, is that the Americas appear to be facing a health crisis on a scale and potential complexity that could be compared to West Africa’s 2014 Ebola outbreak.
Stockholm pogrom: Crowd of masked men hunt and beat up non-Swedes
Dozens of masked man went on an anti-immigrant rampage in Stockholm in an apparent retaliation for the stabbing death of a young Swedish woman at a refugee center earlier this week, local media reported. The crowd of some 40 to 50 people went on a violent spree on Friday night at around 9 p.m. local time in and around the Swedish capital’s main railroad station, according to the Aftonbladet daily. They were beating up anyone who didn’t look like ethnic Swede.
PA announces new UN campaign to renew peace talks
Palestinian Authority (PA) officials are continuing their diplomatic offensive against Israel and are waging a new campaign at the United Nations to revive peace prospects, the PA’s UN envoy Riyad Mansour declared on Friday, according to AFP.
U.S. warship sails near island claimed by China in South China Sea
A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of an island claimed by China and two other states in the South China Sea on Saturday to counter efforts to limit freedom of navigation, the Pentagon said. China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion of world trade is shipped every year. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan have rival claims.
Italian academics call for boycott of Israeli universities
The academic boycott against Israel continues to broaden, with a new petition signed by 168 academics and researchers in Italy calling to suspend all agreements with Israeli universities as well as the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology in Haifa.
France considers recognition of a Palestinian state
France will recognize a Palestinian state if its efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at an international conference fail, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Friday. He told French diplomats that the conference will aim to bring together the two parties and their American, European and Arab partners in order “to make happen a two-state solution.”
France to revive plans for Israeli-Palestinian peace conference
France is looking to quickly revive plans for an international conference to “bring about the two-state solution” to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Friday.
Iran flies unarmed military drone over US aircraft carrier
Iran flew a surveillance drone over a U.S. aircraft carrier and published video of the encounter Friday, the latest in a series of edgy naval incidents between the two countries in the Persian Gulf after the recent nuclear deal.
PETER SCHIFF: We’re going to have a serious recession and negative interest rates before the election
Based on today’s GDP release, it appears that the US economy is slowing but not near any sort of massive collapse. Peter Schiff begs to differ.
Jan 30
Jan. 30, 2016
Jan. 29, 2016 A Message for you for Jesus? :: End Times Research Ministry
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Like last week there was another "great earthquake". These are one of the many signs Jesus told us to look for just prior to His second coming.
7.3 quake & multiple aftershocks strike Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Region
A strong, deep 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula on Saturday, the US Geological Survey reported.
The quake hit 106 kilometers north of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, the capital city of Russia’s Kamchatka Krai.
The depth of the earthquake was reported at 153 kilometers. There have been no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. No tsunami warning has been issued.
Magnitude 2.1 Earthquake Strikes Directly in Yellowstone Super-Volcano Caldera
According to geologists, Yellowstone erupts every 640,000 years. They determined this by sampling soil. Presently we are now BEYOND 640,000 years since the last major eruption. So, in layman's terms, it's overdue.
Minor earthquake, 3.39 mag was detected near Ferndale in California
A minor earthquake magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 251 km W of Ferndale, California. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 124 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 124 km SSW of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea (77 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
More reports for the weekend:
Storm Gertrude BATTERS UK with 144mph and snow leaving THOUSANDS without power
The storm, which has caused chaos in Scotland and Northern Ireland, hit the south of England yesterday. The Met Office issued a rare red warning yesterday, which means a danger to life.
What Were Guns, Ammo and a Koran Doing at Paris Disneyland?
A man was arrested as he tried to enter a Disneyland Paris hotel with two guns and ammunition in his suitcase. He also had a Koran in his luggage.
Obama nukes Hillary, admits server contained top U.S. secrets
The Obama administration leveled a devastating blow to Hillary Clinton on Friday by admitting for the first time that her personal email server contained the highest levels of classified U.S. intelligence. The White House said 22 emails from former secretary of state’s “home brew” server must be censored from public view when the State Department releases its final batch on Friday.
Why Zika may be as tough to beat as Ebola
She struggles to know what to tell them about the risk they may face. The data is simply not available. What is clear, however, is that the Americas appear to be facing a health crisis on a scale and potential complexity that could be compared to West Africa’s 2014 Ebola outbreak.
Stockholm pogrom: Crowd of masked men hunt and beat up non-Swedes
Dozens of masked man went on an anti-immigrant rampage in Stockholm in an apparent retaliation for the stabbing death of a young Swedish woman at a refugee center earlier this week, local media reported. The crowd of some 40 to 50 people went on a violent spree on Friday night at around 9 p.m. local time in and around the Swedish capital’s main railroad station, according to the Aftonbladet daily. They were beating up anyone who didn’t look like ethnic Swede.
PA announces new UN campaign to renew peace talks
Palestinian Authority (PA) officials are continuing their diplomatic offensive against Israel and are waging a new campaign at the United Nations to revive peace prospects, the PA’s UN envoy Riyad Mansour declared on Friday, according to AFP.
U.S. warship sails near island claimed by China in South China Sea
A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of an island claimed by China and two other states in the South China Sea on Saturday to counter efforts to limit freedom of navigation, the Pentagon said. China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion of world trade is shipped every year. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan have rival claims.
Italian academics call for boycott of Israeli universities
The academic boycott against Israel continues to broaden, with a new petition signed by 168 academics and researchers in Italy calling to suspend all agreements with Israeli universities as well as the Technion, Israel's Institute of Technology in Haifa.
France considers recognition of a Palestinian state
France will recognize a Palestinian state if its efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks at an international conference fail, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Friday. He told French diplomats that the conference will aim to bring together the two parties and their American, European and Arab partners in order "to make happen a two-state solution."
France to revive plans for Israeli-Palestinian peace conference
France is looking to quickly revive plans for an international conference to "bring about the two-state solution" to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Friday.
Iran flies unarmed military drone over US aircraft carrier
Iran flew a surveillance drone over a U.S. aircraft carrier and published video of the encounter Friday, the latest in a series of edgy naval incidents between the two countries in the Persian Gulf after the recent nuclear deal.
PETER SCHIFF: We're going to have a serious recession and negative interest rates before the election
Based on today's GDP release, it appears that the US economy is slowing but not near any sort of massive collapse. Peter Schiff begs to differ.