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August 31, 2015- ISIS surprise raid seizes Damascus district
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“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.” (Psalm 83)
Jordan
Headline: Report: ‘Strained’ US to Remove Patriot Battery from Jordan
A report over the weekend said that the United States was likely to remove its Patriot missile defense batteries from Jordan. In a statement, Riki Ellison, Chairman of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) said that with the missile threat against Jordan from Syria greatly reduced, there was less of a need for the missile interception system. The “requirement for having an Army missile defense battery deployed in Jordan…is also likely removed, with a pending decision for withdrawal of these forces forthcoming,” Ellison said in a statement. The MDAA, a private group, bills itself as “the only organization in existence whose primary mission is to educate the American public about missile defense issues and to recruit, organize, and mobilize proponents to advocate for the critical need of missile defense.” According to the organization, Jordan has a single Patriot installation with 4 to 6 launchers. The installation is manned by 150 American soldiers. The battery was first placed in Jordan in 2013 as part of a defense drill, but was never removed, as US officials feared that the Syrian civil war could spill over into Jordan. According to the group, withdrawing the battery – and the soldiers manning it – “will reduce some of the intense strain on the U.S. Army’s limited number or Patriot units. Currently, 60% of U.S. Army’s Patriot units are forward deployed. This is nearly twice normal U.S. Army doctrine which mandates a deployment ratio of 33%, with the other two thirds either recuperating or preparing for deployment.”
August 30, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/200098
Lebanon
Headline: Thousands rally in Beirut against political leaders, rot
Headline: You Stink promises Lebanon government ‘surprise’
Headline: Lebanese Army and riot police deploy in Downtown Beirut
Thousands of protesters waving Lebanese flags and chanting “revolution” took to the streets of Beirut on Saturday for an unprecedented mobilization against sectarian politicians they say are incompetent and corrupt. The “You Stink” protest campaign, ignited by a waste crisis, has widened to reflect anger at widely-perceived graft in the political class and the state’s failure to provide basic services. It is seen as the biggest protest movement in Lebanon’s history organized independently of the sectarian parties that dominate politics. “We need a revolution to free ourselves from these politicians,” said Hani Abu Hamdan, a 23-year-old unemployed civil engineer. “We want power, we want water, we don’t want rubbish in the streets. We want these politicians to get lost.” Protesters mobilized after the government failed to agree on trash disposal, leaving piles of refuse stinking in the summer sun. Protesters say the crisis reflects the rot inside Lebanon’s political system. Similar protests descended into violence last weekend and Prime Minister Tammam Salam threatened to resign, a move that could tip the state struggling with political deadlock and spillover from Syria into deeper turmoil.
August 29, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/lebanon-investigate-force-protests-amnesty-094047174.html#
Headline: Syria ceasefire breaks down in three areas
A ceasefire in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border and two villages to the north has broken down after renewed shelling, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Saturday. The truce between the Syrian army and the Lebanese group Hezbollah on the one side, and Syrian insurgents on the other, came into effect in the western town of Zabadani and the Shi’ite Muslim villages of Kefraya and al-Foua in the northwest on Thursday. It had been extended late on Friday but had collapsed by the morning, said Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the Britain-based Observatory. Talks between the same parties earlier this month failed after rebels refused Iranian conditions to evacuate encircled rebels from Zabadani. However, information leaked by an Ahrar a-Sham source to Syria Direct’s Ammar Hamou indicates that although Iranian negotiators agreed to rebel demands in the most recent round of talks, it was the Syrian regime’s refusal to implement the agreement that led to the collapse of the ceasefire and caused “problems between Iranian negotiators and the regime.” “It seems that Iran wants [to rescue] its sect in Kafariya and al-Fuaa, and the regime wants to abandon them.” On Monday, Hezbollah and the Syrian army have killed six militants and caught nine as they advanced further toward the center of the Syrian border town of Zabadani near Lebanon’s borders.
August 31, 2015
http://syriadirect.org/news/ahrar-activist-regime-behind-zabadani-negotiation-failure/
Egypt
Headline: Egypt sends Assad secret arms aid, including missiles, with Russian funding
Egyptian President Abdel-Fatteh El-Sisi has begun supplying Bashar Assad with arms, including missiles, after concluding a secret deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his consent to pick up the tab, debkafile’s military and intelligence sources reveal. The first batch of short-range Egyptian-made surface missiles has reached the Syrian forces fiercely battling rebels for weeks for the recovery of the strategic town of Zabadani without breaking through It is not clear if the Egyptian missiles have also been passed to the Hizballah forces fighting with the Syrian army, considering that El-Sisi and Hizballah are at daggers drawn. Our sources also reveal that the Egyptian arms consignments are freighted from Port Said to the Syrian port of Tartus by Ukrainian cargo vessels. These ships are today the most popular means of transport for clandestine and Black Market arms freights across the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas. Sums and quantities are yet to be determined, but Western intelligence sources report that Ukrainian vessels called in at Egyptian ports at least three times from July 22 to Aug. 22 and sailed off to Syria laden with weapons. It is a deal that may affect the fate of the Assad regime from five, often conflicting, perspectives:
August 30, 2015
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: ISIS surprise raid seizes Damascus district, fires missile at TV station
Syria Headline: Protesters block road to Damascus airport
In a surprise attack Monday, the Islamic State overran the Qadam district of southern Damascus, bringing its forces closer to the center of the Syrian capital than any other anti-Assad group before, DEBKAfile reports. That night, an ISIS rocket exploded outside the Syrian State TV building. The jihadis followed their usual practice of avoiding major showdowns for large targets and instead, seeking out weak points in the opposition’s defenses and moving in.
August 31, 2015
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/protesters-block-road-damascus-airport-265717487
Syria Headline: Russian jets in Syrian skies
Russian fighter pilots are expected to begin arriving in Syria in the coming days, and will fly their Russian air force fighter jets and attack helicopters against ISIS and rebel-aligned targets within the failing state. According to Western diplomats, a Russian expeditionary force has already arrived in Syria and set up camp in an Assad-controlled airbase. The base is said to be in area surrounding Damascus, and will serve, for all intents and purposes, as a Russian forward operating base. In the coming weeks thousands of Russian military personnel are set to touch down in Syria, including advisors, instructors, logistics personnel, technical personnel, members of the aerial protection division, and the pilots who will operate the aircraft. The Russians do not harbor offensive intentions towards Israel or other sovereign states in the area, and their main stated goal is battling ISIS and preserving Assad’s rule. However, their presence will represent a challenge to the Israeli Air Force’s freedom of operation in the skies above the Middle East. Western diplomatic sources recently reported that a series of negotiations had been held between the Russians and the Iranians, mainly focusing on ISIS and the threat it poses to the Assad regime. The infamous Iranian Quds Force commander Major General Qasem Soleimani recently visited Moscow in the framework of these talks. As a result the Russians and the Iranians reached a strategic decision: Make any effort necessary to preserve Assad’s seat of power, so that Syria may act as a barrier, and prevent the spread of ISIS and Islamist backed militias into the former Soviet Islamic republics.
August 31, 2015
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4696268,00.html
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe http://syriahr.com/en/category/news
Iraq Headline: Roadside bomb kills 5 border officers in western Iraq
Security officials say a roadside bomb targeting a border guard convoy has killed five officers. The officials say Saturday’s blast hit the convoy, headed to the border with Jordan in western Iraq, near the border post of Trebil. Officials also say a pair of roadside bombs killed five people and injured 19 south and west of Baghdad. Also in the capital, assailants using pistols fitted with silencers killed two people in the Jihad neighborhood in western Baghdad before they fled in a car. Other details were not immediately available. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
August 29, 2015
Iraq Headline: ISIS detains dozens in Iraqi town after rare street protest
Islamic State militants moved on Saturday to stamp out dissent in a remote western Iraqi town, detaining at least 70 and tying dozens of residents, including tribal leaders, to streetlight poles as a punishment, security officials said. The crackdown followed a rare street demonstration on Saturday to protest the extremist group’s execution of a local resident, they said. The protest by hundreds of residents in Rutbah, in Anbar province, was triggered by the execution earlier on Saturday of Munir al-Kobeisi, a civil servant, for killing an IS member. The killing was part of a long-running blood feud between two local clans. Eid Amash, a spokesman for Anbar’s provincial government, confirmed al-Kobeisi’s execution and the subsequent protest. Relying on sketchy information from Rutbah, in Iraq’s far west near the Jordanian border, the officials said they didn’t know the whereabouts of the detained residents. The militants, they said, tied two residents to each light pole and that the town was gripped by fears that the group would carry out mass executions.
August 30, 2015
Headline: Washington names first envoy for hostages
The United States named a senior envoy Friday to work for the safe return of hostages after criticism of its response to the kidnap and murder of Americans held in Syria.
One year ago journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff were killed by the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, triggering critical debate over Washington’s handling of the crises.
President Barack Obama ordered a review of U.S. policy in hostage cases that led to new protocols for coordinating the national response and helping victims’ families.
Foley’s parents welcomed the naming of former senior diplomat Jim O’Brien as “First Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs,” attached to the State Department in a coordinating role. Secretary of State John Kerry said: “Jim will be focused on one overriding goal: using diplomacy to secure the safe return of Americans held hostage overseas.”
“To that end, he will be in close contact with the families of American hostages,” said Kerry, in a nod to criticism from Foley and Sotloff’s families that they were kept at arms’ length.
After Foley’s murder, his family complained the Obama administration had kept them in the dark about developments and had threatened to prosecute them if they sought to pay a ransom.
August 29, 2015
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2015/08/29/Washington-names-first-envoy-for-hostages.html
Headline: Islamic State Plotting ‘Second Blow’ to U.S. Financial System in Bid to ‘Purify the Earth of Corruption’
Headline: ISIS declares war on the US dollar with the “gold dinar”
The Islamic State group revealed over the weekend that at the centerpiece of its goal to bring down America is a concerted effort to weaken the U.S. dollar and replace it with gold currency. A video posted Saturday warned of the “dawning of a new age” in which replacing the dollar with gold would deliver “the second blow to America’s capitalist financial system of enslavement … casting into ruins their fraudulent dollar note.” The first blow, it said, was the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center. The English-language video included archival footage from U.S. news channels, including a 2007 clip of Ron Paul sounding the alarm over the vulnerability of the dollar. Produced by the Islamic State’s Al Hayat Media, the extremist Sunni group positioned itself as leading the fight against fiat currency by minting caliphate gold, silver and bronze coins. It named them after historical Islamic caliphate coins: the gold dinar, the silver dirham and the bronze fals (or the plural fulus). The Islamist group likened its military efforts, shown in a montage of exploding buildings and militants firing their automatic weapons, to financial warfare against America’s “satanic financial system.” It described the introduction of its gold dinar coin as “blessed” by Allah, as the “prophesy of prophet now unfolding” and as an effort to “purify the earth of corruption.” The group vowed that in the future, it would sell oil only in exchange for gold, not “fraudulent” paper bills.
August 31, 2015
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 jets attack IS Syria targets
Turkey’s foreign ministry said its jets began attacking IS targets across the border in Syria late on Friday. Turkey has stepped up its operations against the militant group in recent weeks, granting US jets access to a key air base close to the Syrian border. The US began operating from Turkey earlier this month with a series of drone strikes from Incirlik airbase. “Our fighter aircraft together with warplanes belonging to the coalition began as of yesterday evening to jointly carry out air operations against Daesh targets that constitute a threat against the security of our country,” the foreign ministry said in a statement, using a pejorative term for IS. The precise targets of the new Turkish strikes have not been not revealed.
August 29, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34096642
Headline: 5 killed, 24 injured in attacks in southeast Turkey
Officials and media reports say three attacks or clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish rebels have killed five people and injured 24 others in southeast Turkey. The Tunceli governor’s office said Saturday the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, attacked government buildings in the province with rocket-propelled grenades, triggering a clash that killed a police officer and two militants. The state-run Anadolu Agency said the rebels also fired at police outside a hospital in nearby Sanliurfa province late Friday, killing two officers. Meanwhile, 10 policemen and 14 civilians were injured when the rebels detonated an improvised explosive device as a police bus passed by in Mardin province, Anadolu reported.
August 29, 2015
Afghanistan
Headline: Afghan forces retake Musa Qala district after fierce fighting
Headline: Nearly 100 schoolgirls ill after incident first believed as Taliban poisoning
Headline: Blast kills 4 members of Taliban cmdr. family in Afghanistan
Afghan security forces on Sunday recaptured the strategically important Musa Qala district in southern Helmand province after fierce fighting, Afghan defense ministry said in a statement. “Following successful operations, the security forces inflicted huge casualties to the Taliban rebels in Musa Qala district and re- established government control there Sunday morning,” the statement said. According to the statement, some 120 militants were killed and some 80 others sustained injuries in the operations. Dawlat Waziri, a spokesman for the defense ministry, told local media Sunday that several foreign insurgents were among those killed. According to Afghan official news agency BNA (Bakhtar News Agency), the government forces cleared the militants from Musa Qala district in the wee hours of Sunday. BNA, citing defense ministry officials, reported that Afghan chief of Army Staff General Qadam Shah Shaheem is monitoring cleanup operations to ensure lasting peace in Musa Qala and adjoining areas. BNA said the government forces are now busy consolidating their positions and reactivating local administration in the district. Taliban militants, who on Friday claimed overrunning Musa Qala district as “big victory,” have yet to make any comments.
August 31, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-08/30/c_134570689.htm
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/08/31/427164/Taliban-Afghanistan-Farah-Hazrat-Wali-Hotak-Kandahar–
Libya
Headline: Libya loyalist forces battle ISIS in Benghazi
Headline: Car bomb strikes Libya capital
Libyan pro-government forces on Monday battled jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in second city Benghazi, where five pro-government fighters have been killed in two days of violence, media said. Four loyalist soldiers died and 22 were wounded on Sunday in clashes with ISIS in the southern district of Hawari, the pro-government LANA news agency reported. “Fierce clashes with all sorts of weapons are still ongoing Monday between the army and terrorist groups,” LANA said, quoting a military source.
Loyalist forces have advanced into Hawari and control much of the district, it added. The eastern city has been rocked by near-daily fighting for more than a year between pro-government forces and armed groups including fighters from the radical Ansar al-Sharia and ISIS. LANA also cited an army spokesman as saying that a special forces commander, Imad el-Jazwi, was killed in a mine blast on Monday.
August 31, 2015
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/08/31/427156/Libya-Saudi-Algeria-
Tunisia
Headline: Iran FM launches regional tour of Tunisia, Algeria
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has set off for Tunisia on the first leg of the third round of his regional tours following a nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries. Heading a high-ranking politico-economic delegation, Zarif left Tehran for Tunis on Monday to hold talks with the North African country’s officials, including his counterpart Taieb Baccouche. Zarif is set to exchange views with Tunisian officials on the latest bilateral, regional and international developments. The Iranian foreign minister will then leave for Algeria to hold talks with the country’s senior officials. During the second round of his regional tours after the conclusion of the nuclear agreement, Zarif paid visits to Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan and India in mid-August. He earlier traveled to Qatar, Kuwait and Iraq in July.
August 31, 2015
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/08/31/427056/Iran-Zarif-Tunisia-Algeria
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: Governor: Boko Haram kills 56 in remote part of Borno State
Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed 56 villagers in a remote area, the governor of Borno State of the region said Sunday, as the government warned that the extremists are trying to extend their violent campaign. Gov. Kashim Shettima confirmed the attack in Baanu village during a meeting with the parents of the 219 girls abducted from a school in the region by the extremists last year. Thursday marked 500 days of captivity of the girls from a school in Chibok. “I want us all to understand that the Boko Haram crisis is a calamity that has befallen us, as the insurgents do not discriminate whether somebody is Christian or Muslim, neither do they have any tribal sympathy or affiliations. Just yesterday they killed 56 people in Baanu village of Nganzai local government, as I am speaking to you their corpses are still littered on the street of the village because virtually everyone in the village had to run for their lives”. He did not provide futher details of the attack.
August 30, 2015
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150831/af-boko-haram-10d9c10a7c.html
Headline: Bahraini security officer killed in bomb attack
One Bahraini security officer was killed and several others injured as a result of a homemade bomb attack in the village of Karana, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. “The terrorist attack also resulted in wounding four other security officers, one of them critically. A citizen and his wife were also injured while they were passing as the attack happened and a child was also hurt,” Bahrain ministry of interior said on their Twitter account. Bahraini Information Minister Isa Abdulrahman Al Hammadi told Agence France-Presse the explosives used in the apparent bomb attack were “very similar” to that seized by authorities last month which “came from Iran”. In July, Bahraini authorities declared they had foiled an attempt to smuggle weapons from Iran. A few days later, two police officers were killed and six others injured in a bomb attack in the mainly Shi’ite village of Sitra outside Manama.
August 28, 2015
Headline: Czech President Calls for Army to Defend Border Against Migrants
The Czech Republic should defend its borders, using the army to expel “illegal immigrants” because the European Union isn’t curbing the influx of refugees into the bloc, President Milos Zeman said. Zeman’s comments echoed those of other politicians calling for the EU to take action to stem the flood of people into the region from Syria and other conflict areas as they travel through Greece and the Balkan states to western Europe. “Of course I would wish for the EU to strengthen its borders, but I don’t see any real action,” Zeman told reporters in Prague castle on Monday. “Therefore I believe the Czech Republic should take of its borders alone and expel illegal immigrants from the borders, including with the use of the army.” The refugee crisis has escalated in central Europe this month, with Austrian police finding a Hungarian-licensed truck containing the bodies of 71 migrants last week. Scores more drowned when their boats capsized off the coast of Libya. Most refugees traveling to the EU pass through former communist countries as they head to Germany and other richer states.
August 31, 2015
Headline: Japanese hold massive rally to protest Abe’s foreign wars bill
Tens of thousands of people gathered outside Japan’s parliament building on Sunday to protest Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s controversial bill, which authorizes Japanese armed forces to join foreign military operations. Some also called for the PM’s resignation. Protesters of all ages, raging from young people to the elderly who had witnessed WWII, braved the rain to participate in the rally. Many people arrived with their children. The demonstrators were singing songs, shouting slogans and waving banners and placards as they demanded that the bill be defeated and Shinzo Abe leave office. “War is over!” “No War!” “No to war, yes to peace!”“Peace not war” and “Stop the security bills,” as well as “Abe, quit!” and “Stop Abe!” were among the slogans featured on the posters, with some placards depicting the Prime Minister as a warmonger, or even Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Sunday’s rally, which was organized by several protest groups, was among the most massive protests in Japan in recent years, with organizers putting the number of participants at 120,000. Japanese police estimated that only 30,000 protesters came to the parliament building.
August 31, 2015
http://www.rt.com/news/313856-japan-rally-parliament-war-bill/
Headline: Saudi retaliates to Houthi attack on courthouse
Headline: Car bomb explodes in rebel-held Yemen capital
Headline: Yemen rebels raid dozens of homes of opponents in capital
Headline: IS Claims Bombing Houthi Guards of U.S. Embassy in Sana’a
Saudi forces in the kingdom’s southwestern Jizan region bordering Yemen shelled Houthi militias over the frontier on Sunday in retaliation to an attack on a courthouse, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. Houthi militants had reportedly targeted the courthouse in the area of al-Horth near the Yemeni border with a missile earlier on Sunday. Earlier this week, Saudi air defense intercepted a Scud missile fired by Houthi militias and supporters of deposed President Ali Abdullah Saleh towards Jizan city. Meanwhile, a car bomb exploded Saturday in Yemen’s rebel-held capital Sanaa, not far from the vacated U.S. embassy complex and close to a position of the Shiite insurgents, witnesses said. The blast occurred near a mosque in Sawan neighborhood, in northeastern Sanaa, close to a checkpoint leading to the U.S. Embassy, witnesses said. The target of the attack was unclear.
August 31, 2015
Headline: Ukraine police conscript dies in Parliament clashes
A Ukrainian National Guard officer died on Monday after being injured in the heart in fierce clashes between protesters and police that wounded around 100 people. “He died on the operating table,” a spokeswoman for the National Guard, Svitlana Pavlovska, told AFP. Street battles broke out between dozens of demonstrators and police outside Parliament as MPs backed on first reading controversial constitutional amendments giving more autonomy to pro-Russian separatists. It was worst unrest in Kiev since a bloody popular uprising ousted Kremlin-backed Viktor Yanukovych early last year. Around 100 people were injured on Monday including around 90 police, with authorities detaining some 30 people. Interior ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said the guardsman who died was a conscript. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov initially said the officer, who is believed to be 24 or 25, died from a bullet wound to the heart but later wrote that he was apparently killed by a fragment of a grenade. “More than 30 people have already been detained. More to come,” Avakov said on Facebook, adding that people who threw “several” explosive devices wore T-shirts with the logo of the Svoboda nationalist party.
August 31, 2015
http://www.arabnews.com/world/news/799586
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: World to Fed: We’re prepared for U.S. rate hike, so don’t delay
Headline: S&P 500 Index Heads Toward Worst Month in More Than Three Years
Central bankers from around the world are telling their American counterparts that they are ready for a U.S. interest rate hike and would prefer that the Federal Reserve make the move without further ado. In private and in public at last week’s global central banking conference in Jackson Hole, the message from visiting policymakers was that the Fed has telegraphed an initial monetary tightening and, following a year-long rise in the dollar, financial markets globally are as ready as they can be. The powerful group gathered at the end of a roller-coaster week in markets in which the Dow tanked by 1,000 points on Monday on concerns of a slowdown in China but recovered to trade higher by the end of the week. Remarks by Fed officials that liftoff could come in September were blamed by some for that volatility. An end to more than six years of rock bottom U.S. rates will touch off a wave of potentially painful adjustments as countries deal with the likelihood of an even stronger dollar as well as capital outflows from some emerging markets and changes in the relative prices of traded goods. An end to uncertainty for policymakers, however, could outweigh those difficulties.
August 31, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/30/us-usa-fed-global-idUSKCN0QZ11O20150830
August 26, 2015- Hundreds of dead fish found in a waterway in Spalding, England
http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/latest-news/graveyard-of-fish-in-water-near-hospital-1-6925725
August 26, 2015- Thousands of cattle dead due to flooding in Buenos Aires, Argentina
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsupercampo.perfil.com%2F2015%2F08%2Fmiles-de-animales-muertos-por-el-desborde-del-salado%2F&edit-text=&act=url
August 27, 2015- 27,000 birds dead due to avian flu in Aboisso, Cote d’Ivoire
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/35695/more-avian-flu-found-in-cote-divoire/
August 28, 2015- 5,000 dead fish wash ashore in Buenaventura, Colombia
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elespectador.com%2Fnoticias%2Fnacional%2Fse-presenta-mortandad-de-peces-buenaventura-articulo-582434&edit-text=&act=url
August 28, 2015- Thousands of marine life dying along Hood Canal in Seattle
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/lack-of-oxygen-killing-marine-life-in-hood-canal-waters/
August 29, 2015- Dead fish wash up in a lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/2015/08/29/activist-thousands-fish-dead-near-olympic-park-brazil/71380460/
August 29, 2015- Thousands of dead fish wash ashore in Vyborg, Russia
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2F47news.ru%2Farticles%2F92923%2F&edit-text=&act=url
August 29, 2015- 300+ Buffaloes dead from outbreak of disease in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
http://outbreaknewstoday.com/kenya-anthrax-update-300-buffaloes-dead-at-lake-nakuru-national-park-58005/
August 30, 2015- Camels have died due to a ‘mystery illness’ in Biskra, Algeria
http://www.end-times-prophecy.org/animal-deaths-birds-fish-end-times.html
August 30, 2015- 100+ goats are dead due to disease in Sirpur, India
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/mysterious-disease/article7595706.ece
August 30, 2015- 6,000+ ducks killed due to outbreak of avian flu in Chiayi County, Taiwan
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2015/08/31/444661/Avian-flu.htm
August 31, 2015- Thousands of fish have died in the river Peene in Germany
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abendblatt.de%2Fregion%2Fmecklenburg-vorpommern%2Farticle205620805%2FMehrere-Tausend-tote-und-sterbende-Fische-in-der-Peene.html%23&edit-text=&act=url
August 31, 2015- Thousands of dead fish found in a canal in Silifke, Turkey
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August 31, 2015- Dead fish, 18 different types, are washing ashore in Qatar
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/rising-sea-temperatures-killing-fish-off-qatar-604442.html
August 22, 2015- Masses of bees dead ‘due to neonicotinoids’ in Eschen, Liechtenstein
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Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)
Headline: Dozens of inmates at California prison under observation after Legionnaires’ diagnosis
At least six San Quentin State Prison inmates were ill with Legionnaires’ disease and dozens more under observation Sunday, prompting a weekend halt to visitors, no hot meals and limited drinking water supplies at California’s oldest prison. At least 51 inmates are under observation for respiratory illness at the prison’s medical unit, said Dana Simas, a spokeswoman with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Cooking at the prison has stopped because Legionella bacteria grow in water and spread through water molecules. Instead inmates are being served boxed meals, Simas said. Water use at California’s oldest prison has been limited since last week, when an inmate was hospitalized with a confirmed case of the disease. Officials brought in portable toilets, bottled water and large water tanks to serve thousands of inmates and employees. The disease, caused by a bacterium, is considered a severe type of pneumonia that can bring high fever, chills and a cough. It occurs when contaminated water is inhaled into the lungs in the form of steam, mist or moisture. It is considered particularly dangerous for older people and those with underlying health issues. A recent outbreak that sickened 128 people and killed 12 in New York City was traced by the city’s health commissioner to a rooftop air conditioning unit at a Bronx hotel.
August 31, 2015
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: 2 dead after powerful winds whip through Seattle area
Powerful winds toppled trees and power lines across the Pacific Northwest on Saturday, causing two deaths in the Seattle area and knocking out electricity to nearly 500,000 customers. A man was killed when a tree fell on a car in Gig Harbor, Washington, KING-TV reported. His 3-year-old daughter was in the back seat, but she was not hurt. In Federal Way, a 10-year-old girl playing outside at a friend’s birthday party was struck and killed by a falling limb from an alder tree, The News Tribune of Tacoma reported. Falling trees or branches injured four people during a triathlon at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, south of Seattle. They were taken to an Army hospital for treatment, The News Tribune reported. Trees on roadways caused widespread traffic problems. The National Weather Service reported 20 to 35 mph winds, with gusts of 50 mph. One weather station in Hoquiam clocked a gust of 63 mph.
August 30, 2015
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/08/30/2-dead-after-powerful-winds-whip-through-seattle-area/
Headline: Hurricane Fred forms in the Atlantic
Fred has strengthened to a hurricane as it approaches the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Fred’s maximum sustained winds early Monday have increased to near 80 mph with some additional strengthening possible. Hurricane Fred is centered about 35 miles south of Rabil in the Cape Verde Islands and is moving northwest near 12 mph. Fred is forecast to move Monday afternoon and night across the Cape Verde Islands, where a hurricane warning is in effect. Meanwhile in the Pacific, Hurricane Jimena is moving quickly over open water. The Category 4 storm has maximum sustained winds near 150 mph. Jimena is centered about 1,430 miles east of Hilo, Hawaii, and is moving west-northwest near 17 mph. The hurricane doesn’t currently pose a threat to land.
August 31, 2015
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2015/08/31/hurricane-fred-forms-in-atlantic/?intcmp=hplnws
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Aug. 29, 2015 Another Heat Record -Obama Factor
The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth August 26, 2015 Edition written by Frank DiMora.
Prophecy
Over the years I have repeated myself here at my prophecy site and at the many prophecy seminars I have given concerning the rising temperatures as outlined in the book of Revelation. Each year my message has been the same which is get ready for new temperature records and each year that is exactly is what is happening. If you are new to my site go ahead and do a Google search on Frank DiMora and scorching heat at either the endtimesresearchministry.com or at bibleprophecyman.com. You will see my warning go back to when I first opened up my first prophecy site in 2007. I am telling you this so you can check the record to see if the information I am quoting from is trust worthy? If you check the quotes I have given you from the Bible on this issue you will learn what I learned and, that is Jesus Christ is always trust worthy in His warnings. Here is a prime example in the news today about the 2015 heat record!
“It is rare for climate experts to make such a bold prediction so soon in the year, but they believe that a surge in ocean temperatures in particular now makes it almost inevitable that 2015 will turn out to be the hottest year globally since instruments were first used to gather readings more than 130 years ago.
The average temperature increase will be so much higher than the previous record, set in 2014, that it should melt away any remaining arguments about the so-called “pause” in global warming, which many climate sceptics have promoted as an argument against action on climate change.”
Did you know that in the book of Daniel God outlines every major world power from Daniel to the second coming of Jesus Christ? Did you also know that the United States is no where in sight as a world empire in the last days. I have people asking me over and over again why isn’t the USA mentioned in prophecy if the USA is supposed to be the strongest nation in the world? America has never been a WORLD EMPIRE and she never will be! Fact is, our generation can now see first hand why it is America never makes it to a WORLD EMPIRE status and, therefore didn’t have to be mentioned by Daniel. Do you want the answer? You will find your answer in The Wall Street Journal report below. Let it be know that Christ puts people in power for His own reason and it has become very clear that President Obama has been installed as leader to help bring down America from its superpower status. The Wall Street Journal will show you what Obama has done to the U.S.. America has tossed Jesus to the side line and because of it God gave us Obama!
http://www.wsj.com/articles/restoring-american-exceptionalism-1440801129
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Aug 28
August 28, 2015- Arab Spring May Be Blowing into Gaza
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Headline: Report: Hamas summons Palestinian factions to discuss terms of ten-year truce with Israel
Amid rumors of backchannel talks between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist organization has reportedly summoned other Palestinian factions to Beirut where the details of a long-term truce with Israel will be discussed. According to the London-based Arab language newspaper Rai-al-youm, Moussa Abu Marzouk, a senior Hamas figure, had already met with some of the factions in the Lebanese capital regarding the possibility of a ten-year truce with Israel. The skepticism surrounding the possibility of a truce or even the taking place of such talks has come from both camps, with some Hamas figures, including Ismail Haniyeh, denying that Israel has been part of recent negotiations. More militant elements in Hamas, including the military wing of the organization, outright rejected the possibility of a truce, asserting that “our battle with the enemy continues and will increase in ferocity and intensity.” Last week the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied claims that it had engaged in any talks with Hamas, “neither directly, through third countries, nor through mediators.” The Palestinian Authority has also expressed concern regarding any sort of agreement reached between Hamas and Israel, independently from itself.
August 27, 2015
Headline: Israel Air Force targets Hamas munitions operation in Gaza after rocket attack
Shortly after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip stuck southern Israel early Thursday morning, the Israel Air Force responded by attacking a weapons manufacturing target in Gaza.
The site belonged to Hamas and was located in the central part of the coastal territory, according to the IDF. No injuries or damage were caused by the rocket fire.
Although no group claimed responsibility immediately after the attack, the army said that it views the “Hamas terrorist organization as solely responsible for what happens in Gaza.”
The rocket was fired from Gaza just after midnight on Wednesday. It hit in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council area. The IDF Spokesman said the rocket alert siren did not sound in the border area before impact due to the army’s assessment that the projectile would land in an open area.
August 27, 2015
Headline: Palestinians set dates for first congress in two decades
Palestinian leaders have set Sept. 15-16 as the dates for their first congress in nearly 20 years after President Mahmoud Abbas announced his resignation as head of a top executive body. The meeting of the Palestine National Council, a congress representing those in the Palestinian territories and the diaspora, is to be held in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. “The council’s agenda includes electing a new executive committee for the [Palestine Liberation Organization],” senior Palestinian official Azzam al-Ahmad told AFP. Ahmad said the congress would also discuss the stalemate in peace talks with Israel, among other issues.
August 28, 2015
Headline: Hamas Refuses Reconstruction Aid over ‘Settlement’ Origins
Gaza’s “Economy Ministry” has successfully foiled an aid shipment of “settlement goods” through the Kerem Shalom crossing, it announced Friday. The shipment included 204 multilock doors manufactured in Barkan, a Jewish industrial complex in Jewish areas of Judea-Samaria, all of which carried the Israeli company logo of lock manufacturer “Rav Bariach.” The doors had been labelled as being for the purpose of the reconstruction of Gaza – an issue which Palestinian Arab authorities have made into a public platform begging for more humanitarian aid. But instead of gratefully accepting the offer, Hamas claimed the import “exploited the situation to sneak settlement goods into Gaza.” Hamas, which controls Gaza unrestricted by its pact with the Palestinian Authority (PA), sees Israel as the enemy, an illegal political entity – which it seeks to boycott. Nonetheless, it also demands that Israel open its border crossings and allow a steady flow of goods from the PA, and possibly from within Israel as well.
August 28, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/200042#.VeCZ25dRLSg
Headline: Arab Spring May Be Blowing into Gaza
An Arab Spring rebellion against Hamas may be blowing into Gaza as summer ends, Channel 2 television reported. The match they may ignite a full-scale rebellion may have been lit yesterday by a corn vendor, who poisoned himself after Hamas closed down his stand. He now is in critical condition in a Gaza hospital. The television channel’s English report stated: He decided to protest in a manner that has an uncanny resemblance to the Tunisian Revolution that led to the Arab Spring. It added that “many” Arabs in Gaza are calling for protests and are urging people burn down Hamas institutions. By all accounts, Gaza has been a hell-hole ever since the Oslo War, or Second Intifada, when Yasser Arafat’s campaign of terror forced Jews in Gaza and in urban centers in Israel to stop employing Arabs because of terrorist attacks. The situation deteriorated even more when Hamas ousted leaders form the Fatah movement, headed by Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas, in a bloody war in 2007. The international campaign to blame the mostly non-existent Israeli “blockade” for Gaza’s economic woes doesn’t stand up within Gaza, where Arabs know that the Hamas regime is corrupt to the core and treats them like the corn vendor. It is not clear if an Arab Spring indeed will blow into Gaza, but there are enough rival terrorist organizations that might exploit the opportunity to plant the seeds to overthrow Hamas and possibly bring even more misery, such as Islamic Jihad or the Islamic State. Coincidentally or not, Iran on Wednesday reiterated support for Hamas as well as other terrorist organizations and said that helping those who “stand against the Zionist regime is a principle of Iran’s policy.”
August 28, 2015
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/arab-spring-may-be-blowing-into-gaza/2015/08/28/
Headline: LIVE STREAMING: Obama in Iran deal webcast to North American Jews
“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: Lebanon protesters spell out demands ahead of demo
Headline: Lebanon political crisis deepens
Lebanese protesters who first took to the streets over a trash crisis said Friday they will call for new parliamentary elections and the environment minister’s resignation at a weekend demonstration. The “You Stink” campaign has called for a massive protest in central Beirut on Saturday to follow demonstrations last weekend that targeted not only a trash collection problem but also Lebanon’s stagnant political scene. At a news conference, the group said the demonstration would urge the resignation of Environment Minister Mohammed Mashnuq and new parliamentary elections. The demonstrators would also call for trash collection to be handed over to local municipalities, and for accountability for the use of violence against protesters last week. Asaad Thebian, a member of the campaign, said the protest would be non-partisan and open to all. “We’re going out tomorrow from all areas, from all affiliations,” he said. The “You Stink” campaign began in response to a trash crisis that started with the closure of Lebanon’s largest landfill in mid-July.
August 28, 2015
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6638262/2015/08/28/lebanon-protesters-spell-out-demands-ahead-demo
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/565810-lebanon-political-crisis-deepens
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: Al-Qaeda-led forces advance on Syria airbase
Syria’s Al-Qaeda offshoot and other rebel groups advanced on Friday towards a military airport that is the last remaining government-held facility in the northwestern province of Idlib, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Nusra Front and other armed Islamist groups “seized the entrance” to the Abu Duhur airport after carrying out several suicide bombings on motorbikes and “seizing several positions on its outskirts.” Syrian state television said the army had “killed a large number of Al-Nusra terrorists and destroyed their arms and equipment” at the facility. The Observatory said air strikes were launched in response to the onslaught, and that 16 Syrian soldiers and 18 rebels were killed in the fighting.
August 28, 2015
Syria Headline: Syria Kurds test Turkey’s planned “safe zone”
The Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) have launched an offensive against ISIS outside Jarablus, challenging Turkey’s plans to establish a “safe zone,” roll back ISIS and prevent Kurdish forces from expanding along its border. “The YPG successfully carried out its first operation to breach ISIS defensive lines west of the Euphrates River on Thursday night, managing to kill 12 of members of the group to the East of Jarablus,” Bas News reported Friday morning. The Iraqi Kurdish outlet cited a military field source as saying that a group of YPG fighters had crossed secretly on boats to the west bank of the Euphrates River and reached ISIS positions east of Jarablus, where fierce clashes erupted. The source said that as a result of the clashes the Kurdish fighters were able to kill 12 ISIS fighters, injure several more and return safely to their bases on the eastern bank of the river. The source added that ISIS militants had arbitrarily shelled Kurdish villages west of Kobane with mortars and artillery following the operation without any known casualties at the time Bas News’s report was published. Days before the raid, the general commander of the YPG boasted that Kurdish forces would “liberate Jarabulus,” directly challenging Ankara’s plans to establish its own Turkey-friendly safe zone in the area.
August 28, 2015
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/565812-syria-kurds-test-turkeys-planned-safe-zone
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
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Iraq Headline: Thousands protest against corruption in Iraq capital
Iraq Headline: Iraq PM orders forces to prepare to open Green Zone
Thousands of Iraqis demonstrated against corruption in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square Friday, including supporters of powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Protesters have taken to the streets of Baghdad and cities in the Shiite south for weeks, railing against rampant corruption and abysmal services, especially power outages that leave just a few hours of government-supplied electricity per day during the scorching summer heat. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has responded to the demonstrations and a call from Iraq’s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, with a reform program aimed at curbing corruption and streamlining the government, but it is still in its early stages. At Friday’s demonstration, hundreds waved Iraqi flags and chanted anti-corruption slogans as in previous weeks, but this time the crowd also included supporters of Sadr, responding to his call to take part.
August 28, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-pm-orders-forces-prepare-open-green-zone-100213145.html
Iraq Headline: Bomb kills two generals near Ramadi
A suicide bombing by so-called Islamic State militants the Iraqi city of Ramadi has killed two army commanders and three other people, officials say. Gen Abdel Rahman Abu Ragheef was deputy commander of operations in the strategically important province of Anbar, while Brig Safeen Abdel Majeed was a divisional commander. Islamic State (IS) controls Ramadi, 100km (60 miles) west of Baghdad. An Iraqi offensive to recapture the city has been making slow progress. The bombing happened in the Jerayshi area. The bomb went off as the army intercepted an explosives-laden vehicle which they believed was targeting them, Brig Gen Yahya Rasool told state TV. At least 10 others were wounded in the blast, he said. IS said it had carried out the attack.
August 27, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34071169
Iraq Headline: ISW Iraq Situation Report August 25-27, 2015
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/iraq%20SITREP%202015-8-27_3.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: ISIS Overruns Villages Near Turkey Border, Threatens Key City
ISIS militants have overrun a handful of Syrian villages near the border with Turkey and threatened to drive U.S-backed rebels out of a key nearby city, activists and a rebel commander said on Thursday. The five villages near the town of Marea, which is around 20 miles from both Aleppo and the Turkish border, were taken after furious overnight battles between the extremists and Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters, a rebel leader told NBC News. “Fighting started yesterday night … and the rebels had to withdraw,” FSA commander Basam Mustafa said. “ISIS fighters were many more than us and they had enough weapons to win the battle. They were also very well organized compared to us.” Marea is currently in FSA hands. “The main roads to Marea are cut because of ISIS control to these villages,” he added. While both the FSA and ISIS extremists are fighting to topple the government of President Bashar Assad, they are also battling each other. In a statement, ISIS announced that it had taken the villages. The Syria Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of activists throughout the country, confirmed on their official page that ISIS had taken over the villages.
August 27, 2015
Headline: Six killed in Turkey in clashes with militants: sources
Headline: PKK: 400 Turkish soldiers killed
Six people, including at least four civilians, were killed Thursday in ongoing clashes between Turkey’s armed forces and militants in the mainly Kurdish southeast, security sources and officials said. Smoke rose above the town of Cizre near the Syrian border after Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels armed with rocket launchers attacked a military base, witnesses and security sources said. Days of street fighting between soldiers and militia fighters raged on overnight in the town of Yuksekova, near the border with Iraq and Iran, despite a curfew there, officials added. “There are people with critical injuries who are being treated in homes. Security forces have shelled a neighborhood, and hit residential buildings,” said Abdullah Zeydan, a lawmaker in the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP).
August 28, 2015
http://www.basnews.com/en/news/2015/08/27/pkk-400-turkish-soldiers-killed/
Iran
Headline: IAEA Says Iran May Have Built ‘Extension’ to Parchin
Iran appears to have built an extension to part of its Parchin military site since May, the UN nuclear watchdog said in a report obtained by the Reuters news agency on Thursday. A resolution of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Parchin file, which includes a demand for fresh IAEA access to the site, is a symbolically important issue that could help make or break Tehran’s July 14 nuclear deal with six world powers. The confidential IAEA report obtained by the news agency says, “Since (our) previous report (in May), at a particular location at the Parchin site, the agency has continued to observe, through satellite imagery, the presence of vehicles, equipment, and probable construction materials. In addition, a small extension to an existing building” appeared to have been built. The changes were first observed last month, a senior diplomat familiar with the Iran file said. The IAEA says any activities Iran has undertaken at Parchin since UN inspectors last visited in 2005 could jeopardize its ability to verify Western intelligence suggesting Tehran carried out tests there relevant to nuclear bomb detonations more than a decade ago. Iran has dismissed the intelligence as “fabricated”.
August 28, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/200015#.VeCarJdRLSg
Afghanistan
Headline: Battle Rages for Control of Key Afghan District
Headline: Attacks kill at least 17 Afghan soldiers and militia men
Headline: Taliban mass in northern Afghanistan to swear allegiance to new emir
Fierce fighting is raging in southern Afghanistan, where national security forces with the help of the U.S.-led foreign military coalition have undertaken a counteroffensive to halt Taliban advances. Local officials said Friday the fighting has left about 150 insurgent fighters dead or wounded. The Taliban earlier this week overran parts of a strategically important Musa Qala district in Helmand province, clearing the way for the insurgents to advance on the provincial capital of Lashkargah. NATO’s Resolute Support mission confirmed that U.S. aircraft repeatedly bombed militant positions in Musa Qala while some foreign soldiers are assisting the Afghan ground forces. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid reiterated in a statement its violent campaign continues because the “occupation” of Afghanistan has not ended. He was referring to the presence of NATO-led, mostly American forces in the country.
August 28, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/battle-rages-for-control-of-key-afghan-district/2935936.html
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: Extremists reportedly attack remote villages in northeastern Nigeria, killing 28
Boko Haram extremists killed 28 people during attacks on remote farming and fishing villages in northeast Nigeria, members of a civilian defense group said on Friday. A total of 24 people were killed in an attack Tuesday night in Marfunudi, according to village resident Abubakar Jojo. The town is roughly 50 miles from the Borno state capital of Maiduguri. Jojo said the Islamic extremists slit the throats of many of the victims. Witnesses say the extremists also attacked the fishing village of Kafa on Thursday, killing four people. Sadiq Kaka, a member of a defense group, said the four bodies were thrown into a river. Word of attacks in remote areas such as these often take days to reach population centers. More than 1,000 people have been killed since President Muhammadu Buhari was elected in March with a pledge to annihilate the militants, whose 6-year-old uprising has killed a total of 20,000 people. Nearly 2 million have been driven from their homes.
August 28, 2015
Headline: Weekend of protests set to pile more pressure on Malaysia’s PM
Thousands of protesters are expected to march through Malaysia’s capital on Saturday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak, who has weathered public outrage over a multi-million-dollar payment made to a bank account under his name. Security will be tight for the rally, which is due to run until Sunday evening, and a news portal reported that the army may intervene if the crowds get out of hand and a state of emergency is declared. A military spokesman declined to comment on the report. Kuala Lumpur authorities rejected an application by pro-democracy group Bersih for a permit to protest, setting the stage for a possible showdown with security forces. Police used water cannon and teargas to disperse protesters at Bersih’s last big rally in 2012. The 62-year-old leader ran into trouble in July when it was reported that investigators looking into alleged mismanagement at debt-laden state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) had traced a payment of more than $600 million to an account under his name. Malaysia’s anti-graft agency has since verified the funds were a donation from the Middle East, which came just before a 2013 election. On Aug. 3, it said it would ask Najib to explain why the donation was deposited into his private account.
August 28, 2015
http://newsdaily.com/2015/08/weekend-of-protests-set-to-pile-more-pressure-on-malaysias-pm/
Headline: Yemen army recruits 4,800 southern fighters: officer
Headline: Air strikes kill 10 people in central Yemen
The Yemeni army has recruited 4,800 southern fighters following a presidential decision to integrate loyalist militiamen who helped push Iran-backed rebels out of second city Aden, a military official has said. “This brigade has 4,800 fighters, including soldiers and officers. Most of the recruits are former fighters of the Popular Resistance” pro-government militia, Colonel Fadel Mohammed Hassan told AFP at a military base in Aden. The majority of the recruits come from Aden province, where forces loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi pushed back Iran-backed rebels last month, aided by Saudi-led coalition air power. The Salman Decisiveness Brigade is named after the Saudi monarch whose country has led an Arab military campaign since late March in support of Hadi. An AFP correspondent at a military base in Aden this week saw new recruits carrying out training drills, dust rising above them as they exercised.
August 28, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/yemen-army-recruits-4-800-southern-fighters-officer-094935682.html
http://newsdaily.com/2015/08/saudi-led-air-strikes-kill-10-people-in-central-yemen-officials/
Headline: Ceasefire Violations Could Result In ‘Full Scale Armed Clashes,’ Says Russian Official
Russian authorities said Friday that Ukraine had again violated a peace agreement and warned that continuing violations could result in full-scale violent clashes, Tass, Russia’s state news agency, reported. Russian State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin warned Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to ensure that all Ukrainians followed the peace agreements, especially ahead of local elections in Russian and Ukraine in the fall. “OSCE observers often registered ceasefire violations, and experts repeatedly warned about the possibility of new wave of full-scale armed clashes,” said Naryshkin, as reported by Tass. Ukraine has said pro-Russian rebels were the ones responsible for breaking the Minsk agreement, a peace pact signed by Russia and Ukraine in September 2014. Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in March 2014, formerly part of Ukraine, and has reportedly backed pro-Russian separatists in the country, who have been planning on holding their own elections within Ukraine this fall, likely fueling civil tensions in the nation. Eight people have been killed and several wounded in fighting between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine over the past several weeks.
August 28, 2015
Headline: Ukraine Crisis Update: August 26, 2015
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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: 10 killed as India, Pakistan trade border fire
At least 10 civilians were killed and more than 50 wounded Friday as India and Pakistan traded fire across their disputed border, officials said. Six died near the city of Sialkot in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the country’s military said, while at least four villagers were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir, one more than the figure of three reported earlier.
The firing comes less than a week after planned high-level talks between the nuclear-armed rivals were aborted amid a row over Kashmir, the Himalayan territory both sides control in part but claim in full. The two sides regularly fire shells and mortars across the disputed border both in Kashmir and to the south in Punjab, killing civilians. A senior Pakistani security official told AFP that Indian forces began firing around 3 a.m. on Friday (2200 GMT Thursday) and continued intermittently during the morning. “Six civilians embraced shahadat (martyrdom) and 46 were severely injured including 22 females due to Indian unprovoked firing/shelling on working boundary near Sialkot in Chaprar and Harpal sector,” a statement from the Pakistani military said, adding that they had returned fire. In Indian-controlled Kashmir, Border Security Force (BSF) official Rakesh Kumar Sharma accused Pakistan of targeting civilians with “unprovoked” mortar fire. “Four villagers died in the shelling from across the border, three of them were killed early morning and one died of injuries in a hospital later,” Pawan Kotwal, the top administrator of the region told AFP.
August 28, 2015
http://www.arabnews.com/world/news/798111
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: China Confirms It Has Begun Liquidating Treasuries, Warns Washington
On Tuesday evening, we asked what would happen if emerging markets joined China in dumping US Treasurys. For months we’ve documented the PBoC’s liquidation of its vast stack of US paper. Back in July for instance, we noted that China had dumped a record $143 billion in US Treasurys in three months via Belgium, leaving Goldman speechless for once. We followed all of this up this week by noting that thanks to the new FX regime (which, in theory anyway, should have required less intervention), China has likely sold somewhere on the order of $100 billion in US Treasurys in the past two weeks alone in open FX ops to steady the yuan. Put simply, as part of China’s devaluation and subsequent attempts to contain said devaluation, China has been purging an epic amount of Treasurys. But even as the cat was out of the bag for Zero Hedge readers and even as, to mix colorful escape metaphors, the genie has been out of the bottle since mid-August for China which, thanks to a steadfast refusal to just float the yuan and be done with it, will have to continue selling USTs by the hundreds of billions, the world at large was slow to wake up to what China’s FX interventions actually implied until Wednesday when two things happened: i) Bloomberg, citing fixed income desks in New York, noted “substantial selling pressure” in long-term USTs emanating from somebody in the “Far East”, and ii) Bill Gross asked, in a tweet, if China was selling Treasurys. Sure enough, on Thursday we got confirmation of what we’ve been detailing exhaustively for months. Here’s Bloomberg: China has cut its holdings of U.S. Treasuries this month to raise dollars needed to support the yuan in the wake of a shock devaluation two weeks ago, according to people familiar with the matter. Channels for such transactions include China selling directly, as well as through agents in Belgium and Switzerland, said one of the people, who declined to be identified as the information isn’t public. China has communicated with U.S. authorities about the sales, said another person. They didn’t reveal the size of the disposals. The latest available Treasury data and estimates by strategists suggest that China controls $1.48 trillion of U.S. government debt, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That includes about $200 billion held through Belgium, which Nomura Holdings Inc. says is home to Chinese custodial accounts.
August 27, 2015
Headline: Brazil’s economy enters recession
Brazil has entered recession after official figures showed the country’s economy contracted by 1.9% between April and June compared with the previous three months. Analysts had expected a contraction, but the number was worse than expected. First quarter output was also revised down to show a 0.7%, rather than a 0.2%, contraction. The country, the seventh-largest economy in the world, has seen economic growth fall sharply in recent times. This is due in part to low commodity prices and sluggish global growth. High interest rates – currently 14.25% – have also affected consumer spending, an important element of Brazil’s economy, while this year, the government has introduced stringent austerity measures designed to tackle high levels of debt. Government spending, including on unemployment benefits, has fallen sharply, while taxes have risen.
August 28, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34088144
Apostasy Amos 8:11 1 Timohty 4:1 2 Peter2:1-3 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the Lord.” (Amos) “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons” (1 Timothy 4:1) “ But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.” (2 Peter 2:1-3)
Headline: Pope Praises Lesbian Author For Spreading “Christian Values”
Pope Francis has blessed a lesbian author for “spreading authentic human and Christian values.” In his message to writer Francesca Pardi, who authored “Why Do You Have Two Mommies,” the pope also wished her and her partner “ever more fruitful work in the service of young generations.” Pardi, who’s not even Catholic, sent Francis copies of her books after she came under fire from Christian groups. “My books present different types of families without setting any of them up as a model,” Pardi told AFP, praising the pope for showing “respect and dignity” towards her, her wife and their four children. “It was not important for me that it was the pope who said it, I am not a Catholic.” Vatican officials are now scrambling to downplay the pope’s blessing, especially as Francis was already taking heat for promoting global government and “man-made climate change.” Earlier this month an irate Catholic interrupted a church meeting about global warming in California to accuse the Catholic Church of selling its soul to push a government agenda. “This is the biggest instance of heresy… I’m here to advocate for traditional Catholicism… how dare you,” the man yelled before accusing some of the speakers of advocating abortion. He wasn’t alone; Catholics around the world were also attacking the pope over his encyclical asking them to support larger government to stop “global warming.”
August 28, 2015
http://www.infowars.com/pope-praises-lesbian-author-for-spreading-christian-values/
Persecution Matthew 24:9 & Revelation 6:9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.” (Matthew) “When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held.” (Revelation)
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Headline: Group: ‘In God We Trust’ patrol car decals are inappropriate
The Freedom From Religion Foundation wants two Arkansas law enforcement agencies to remove “In God We Trust” decals from their patrol vehicles, calling it inappropriate for such a message to be displayed on government-owned property. The Wisconsin-based group says the message could offend people who aren’t Christian and subject them to unwarranted prejudice. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the foundation sent letters to the Cave City Police Department and the Hempstead County sheriff’s office after both placed the national motto on their patrol vehicles. The foundation’s co-president, Annie Laurie Gaylor, said she intends to sue if the phrase isn’t removed. Cave City Mayor Ron Burge said he has seen the letter but has yet to make a decision on whether to strip the message from the city’s police cars. Hempstead County Sheriff James Singleton said he won’t remove “In God We Trust” unless a court orders him to do so.
August 26, 2015
http://www.srnnews.com/group-in-god-we-trust-patrol-car-decals-are-inappropriate/
http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2015/aug/25/group-wants-in-god-we-trust-taken-off-p-1/
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: TS Erika kills 4 in Dominica; takes aim at Puerto Rico
Headline: Tropical Storm Erika’s death toll in Dominica rises to 20
Headline: Florida governor declares state of emergency as Tropical Storm Erika bears down
Rescue crews fanned across Dominica late Thursday to search for missing and injured people after Tropical Storm Erika pummeled the eastern Caribbean island, unleashing landslides and killing at least four people. The storm, which forecasters said could reach Florida as a hurricane on Monday, dumped 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain on the small island as it spun west toward Puerto Rico. An elderly blind man and two children were killed when a mudslide crashed into their home in the southeast of the island, said Police Chief Daniel Carbon. Another man was found dead near his home in the capital of Roseau after a mudslide, but the cause of death could not be immediately determined, Carbon told The Associated Press. Police said another 20 people have been reported missing. Erika was expected to move near Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Thursday and be near or just north of the Dominican Republic on Friday as it heads toward Florida early next week, possibly as a hurricane.
August 28, 2015
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150828/tropical_weather-fd8d00d5de.html
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The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth August 26, 2015 Edition written by Frank DiMora.
Last week and again yesterday I asked the people coming to my site if they thought President Obama would vote this time around to form a PLO State. Not many people wrote me back concerning this issue. However, for those who did this is how people voted.
Yes – 6 NO – 0
In light of Zechariah 12:4 where we see everyone will come against Israel, I would say the chances of a yes vote may reflect what we saw in my limited voting. If a yes vote is given by Obama the chances of Israel being divided as seen in Joel chapter 3:2 will also probably fall into place as well. What would a divided Israel look like? Could it be that the holy city of Jerusalem would be used as the capital for the Jews as well as the Muslims? Did Jesus give us a glimpse of this in His word?
Take a look at what Jesus shows us in Revelation 11:1-2 11 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. 2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Did you notice something? Jesus shows us that the Temple is standing on the Temple Mount! At the moment the Jews do not have a Temple but if a yes vote is given from Obama and Israel is forced to make Jerusalem the capital for both the Jews and Muslims then you would not only see Israel being divided up but, you also may see how the 7 year covenant may be signed as well. Could it be that part of a deal of dividing up Jerusalem would be granting the Jews to build the Third Temple that we see Jesus talk about in Revelation chapter 11? Something to think about and something to watch for. We will get a better picture this September when Obama votes either Yes or NO!
Aug 26
August 26, 2015- Will the Palestinian Flag Fly at the UN??
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Poll: Will Obama vote yes or no to form a PLO State in September
I want to make one thing clear! The U.S. will not remain the strong ally we have seen from past times under the many different presidents. Obama actions show us his aim is to toss Israel under the bus. You shouldn’t be to up-set over this as no man is placed in a position of power unless the Lord Jesus wants the person to be in that set of power. It has become clear over these many years that Obama has been chosen to help fulfill the Zech. 12 prophecy. As you can see from the headline below there is more talk about what may happen in September. The question I am waiting to see is if Obama will finally turn completely against Israel by taking sides with the General Assembly in voting yes for a Palestinian State. As for me I am looking for Obama to vote yes! Obama has already given everything Iran has asked for that will need up help try to destroy Israel so why not give the PLO their own State what will force Israel into a corner in defending themselves against anyone or any nation from dividing up the land of Israel. I have never taken a poll at this site but this is my first one. How many of you who come to my site think Obama will vote yes? How many of you think he will vote no?
Headline: Upcoming Jewish Holidays Begins Period of Cataclysmic Events for Israel
You don’t need prophetic vision to know that the world is on the verge of a new period heralding in global changes unlike any ever seen before. The signs are obvious and the pieces are all in place. With the Jewish holiday’s fast approaching, God’s plan for change and redemption is unfolding before our very eyes with grave implications for the nation of Israel. The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, will begin on the evening of September 13 and end after sunset on September 15. According to Jewish tradition, Rosh Hashana is the day that God begins the process of judging the entire world. This year’s Rosh Hashana is especially unique in that it will signal the end of the Shemittah year, the Sabbatical year which occurs in a seven year cycle. According to the Talmud, the written text explaining the oral Torah, the Messiah will come in the year following the Shemittah year. As the second and final day of the holiday of Rosh Hashana ends on September 15, the 70th United Nations General Assembly will commence. The issue of the creation of a Palestinian state is expected to be decided by world representatives during the General Assembly. While not having yet happened, the upcoming session is already fraught with tension as it is unclear whether the US will continue to use its veto to prevent the Palestinians from unilaterally declaring a state. Conflict over the Holy Land is prophesied to be part of the process of redemption. In Zechariah 12:6, the end times are described: “On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a flame that sets a woodpile ablaze or like a burning torch among sheaves of grain. They will burn up all the neighboring nations right and left, while the people living in Jerusalem remain secure.” In Amos 9:15, we are told that once the Jews are re-established in their land, “they will not again be rooted out from their land.”
http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/47435/upcoming-jewish-world-holidays-ushering-in-period-cataclysmic-events/#1ygguLrK42EBGyqd.97
Headline: Iranian Official: Israel’s Annihilation Still Our Central Goal
A senior Iranian official has reiterated that Iran views the annihilation of the State of Israel as its most central foreign policy, despite warming relations with western powers.
The Iranian Parliament Speaker’s Adviser for International Affairs, Hossein Sheikholeslam, made the comments in a speech to reporters in Tehran, during which he also attacked the British Foreign Secretary for suggesting Iran’s hostility towards Israel had softened since the nuclear deal. “Our positions against the usurper Zionist regime have not changed at all; Israel should be annihilated and this is our ultimate slogan,” Sheikholeslam said Tuesday, according to the semi-official Fars News. He was responding to an interview given by UK Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond following the reopening of the British embassy in Tehran, during which Hammond claimed the current Iranian regime was displaying a “more nuanced” approach towards the Jewish state than previous ones.
August 25, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/199907#.VdyrsJdRLSg
Headline: Introducing Yasser Abbas – the son whom the Palestinian leader plans to succeed him
The reports swirling around the Arab world over the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to quit disguise the octogenarian’s next plans. According to our Middle East sources, Abbas (known to all as Abu Mazen) has confided to his close circle that he has lost faith in President Barack Obama, whom he accuses of deserting the Palestinian cause, and in Secretary of State John Kerry, whom he has nicknamed “the tall liar.” He is now looking for new champions, possibly in Tehran, while at the same time shoring up his rule over the Palestinian Authority and designing his legacy. Abbas joins the list of regional allies who feel abandoned by the Obama administration, like the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Egyptian President Abdel-Fatteh El-Sisi and, up to a point, Israel’s Binyamin Netanyahu. For the immediate future, Abu Mazen is developing a comprehensive plan for replacing his enemies on the PLO’s Executive Committee with young faces, chosen for their ability to preserve the Abbas clan’s majority in this key institution and uphold his guiding principles for the Palestinian movement. Since the end of July, his henchmen, Saeb Erekat, Akram Haniya and Palestinian General Intelligence chief Mejad Freij have been working on this blueprint. They are to complete their project by September, when Abbas plans to introduce his choice of new leaders to the Executive Committee. They will consist mainly of the sons of the founders of the PLO and his own Fatah party. Some of their names are unknown outside the Palestinian Authority’s seat in Ramallah. debkafile reports that prominent among them are Sabry Shayden – son of the PLO’s first chief of staff; Maher Ghanem – son of Abu Maher Ghanem, the Fatah Party’s first organizer; and also Gen. Majid Freij, Ayman Makbul from Nablus and Fahmi Zar’ir from the Gaza Strip. The most important new face will be that of Yasser Abbas – Mahmoud Abbas’ own son.
August 25, 2015
Headline: Rabbis to March on DC Sept 9 + Expanded Demo Plan!
The Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America are sponsoring a massive Rabbinical March on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC to demand that Congress vote down the suicidal agreement with Iran. The march is set for September 9th, just 4 days before Rosh HaShana, which is also marks the deadline for Congress to vote on the deal. Rabbi Leonard Matanky, who serves as president of the RCA and Rabbi of Congregation KINS in Chicago, confirmed to me that the plans for the march are moving forward and hundreds of Rabbis are scheduled to take part. The march will mirror a rabbinic march that took place back in 1943, when 400 Orthodox Rabbis marched on DC to demand action on behalf of what remained of European Jewry. If you remember back in March 2015, I wrote an article calling for such action and perhaps (for once) my words did not fall on deaf ears.
August 25, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Message.aspx/7415
Headline: Vatican and Palestinian Authority Clash over Flag-Raising at UN
The Palestinian Authority is trying to pull a fast one on the Vatican by sponsoring a motion in the United Nations to allow the flags of two non-member states, itself and the Vatican, to wave at the headquarters in New York. The Vatican is anxious for its flag to be flown in honor of Pope Francis’ visit that is scheduled for next month. Although it is one of the leaders of the fan club to see the Palestinian Authority become another Arab state, it is less than thrilled at Mahmoud Abbas’ latest trick. It asked the PA’s mission at the United Nations to drop the idea of linking the Palestinian Authority with the Vatican on the draft resolution for allowing the flags to be raised. The Palestinian Authority resolution refers to flags of non-member observer states, specifically the Palestinian Authority and the Vatican, and states: [They] shall be raised at the United Nations Headquarters and Offices following the flags of the member states of the United Nations. Reuters reported that the Vatican mission at the United Nations circulated a note to some member countries stating: The Holy See asks the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations kindly to remove in its draft resolution any reference to the ‘Holy See’ and any generic reference ‘on behalf of the Observer States.’ If the Palestinian Authority backs down, it still could table a separate resolution that its flag fly at the United Nation, since allowing the Vatican flag to be raised would set a precedent.
August 26, 2015
“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, Russia agree to expand partnerships in various fields
His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and discussed bilateral cooperation as well as developments in the Middle East, a Royal Court statement said. During the meeting at the Kremlin, the two leaders voiced their mutual interest in enhancing cooperation in most fields to benefit both countries and people. Moreover, they said they are seeking the expansion of partnerships in the fields of military cooperation, air and railway transportation, as well as religious and medical tourism. Discussions also covered ways to increase trade exchange and Jordanian exports to Russia, particularly agricultural and pharmaceutical products, which have recently witnessed an increase, according to the statement. His Majesty and Putin highlighted the importance of the Jordanian-Russian Higher Joint Committee meeting to be held within the next few months to discuss economic projects in the field of energy, especially since Jordan seeks to benefit from Russian expertise in generating electricity through nuclear energy. On the regional and international levels, the two leaders discussed recent developments on current issues, especially combating terrorism and extremism as part of a comprehensive approach and with the participation of all stakeholders. Moreover, they reviewed the developments of the Syrian crisis as well as several other countries in the region, in addition to efforts of reviving Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations.
August 25, 2015
http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/jordan-russia-agree-expand-partnerships-various-fields
Lebanon
Headline: Clashes in Lebanon’s capital as trash crisis continues
Headline: Hezbollah throws weight behind protests, deepening crisis
Clashes broke out on Tuesday between police and hundreds of demonstrators rallying in Beirut. The violence follows large rallies held over the last three days, where hundreds of protestors have been injured. Protests in Beirut began on Saturday night and continued into Tuesday. Uncollected garbage in the capital triggered the outburst of mass anger.
Throughout Tuesday, about 50 protesters and police officers were injured as protests calling for the government to resign turned violent, UPI news agency reported. Hundreds of people were still in the streets after sunset, when a short, but fierce stand-off with police occurred, according to Ruptly’s live feed from the scene. Riot police charged as several protesters began hurling stones at them. The footage shows that other demonstrators tried to separate the rock throwers from law enforcers with a human chain, chanting “Peaceful!” Tuesday’s rally was called by the “You Stink” group, which staged the protest to denounce the garbage problem, as well as “sectarian politics” and “corrupted government”.
August 26, 2015
http://www.rt.com/news/313404-lebanon-crisis-clashes-trash/
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150825/ml–lebanon-a535d84b9f.html
Egypt
Headline: Egypt’s Sissi Turns to Russia’s Putin to Fight Regional Terrorism
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi, making his second visit to Moscow in three months, says he hopes for Russia’s help in combating terrorism in the region. Al-Sissi’s visit highlights Moscow’s attempts to expand its influence in Egypt at a time when Egyptian-U.S. relations have soured in the aftermath of the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Opening the talks in the Kremlin on Wednesday, Sissi said “the Egyptian people” are hoping for broader ties with Russia in all areas, particularly in fighting terrorism in the Middle East. The two leaders will also discuss joint project to build Egypt’s first nuclear power station.
August 26, 2015
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.673090
Headline: ISIS kills two police in Egypt’s Sinai
Gunmen killed two Egyptian policemen Wednesday in the Sinai Peninsula, the Interior Ministry said, in an attack claimed by ISIS. In Wednesday’s attack in Al-Arish, the capital of North Sinai province, “unidentified assailants on a motorbike opened fire on two police, who died of their wounds,” the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The attackers managed to escape, according to security officials. The Egyptian affiliate of ISIS, which calls itself Sinai Province, said it was responsible and posted photographs of the purported attack and its aftermath online.
August 26, 2015
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: ISIS carries out new chemical weapons attack in Syria
Syria Headline: Toll of Syrian air strikes near Damascus rises to 247 in 10 days
ISIS has again used chemical weapons in Syria, and may have up to 200 tons of mustard gas, experts have said. Elsewhere Monday, the death toll in Eastern Ghouta rose, with the Observatory reporting that eight children and seven women were among the 31 dead over the last 24 hours. The regime also dropped barrel bombs in Daraya and elsewhere in Idlib province. Five civilians were killed when rebels shelled a regime-held area of Aleppo city, state TV reported, and 15 were injured in similar rebel attacks on Damascus city. The regime also bombed the city of Palmyra, the Observatory reported. ISIS took the city from the regime in June. Over the last month, attacks by ISIS have killed 51 Syrian soldiers in a besieged air base in the northern province of Aleppo, the Observatory also reported Monday.
August 25, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/toll-syrian-air-strikes-near-damascus-rises-247-152426156.html
Syria Headline: Syrian rebels seize new villages after clashes with pro-Assad forces in Sahl al-Ghab
Subsequent to clashes with pro-Assad forces, Syrian rebel fighters of Jaish al-Fatih (al-Fatih Army) seized several villages in the Sahl al-Ghab area in the countryside of Idlib, rebel sources reported on Tuesday. Rebels of al-Fatih launched a military operation on headquarters of pro-Assad forces in Sahl al-Ghab on Tuesday after losing strategic areas in earlier battles last week. Speaking to ARA News, Ali Jaafar, a fighter in the ranks of al-Fatih Army, said that the rebels seized control of the villages of Mshayak, Bahsa, Ziyarah in Sahl al-Ghab. “Our (al-Fatih) fighters killed more than 20 pro-Assad forces during the clashes on Tuesday,” Jaafar said. The source added that the rebels have destroyed several regime vehicles and seized heavy machine guns during the clashes. This coincided with airstrikes by Syrian fighter jets on the rebel-held villages of Ahsim and Binnish in the countryside of Idlib. At least seven civilians were killed during the strikes.
August 26, 2015
Syria Headline: Syrian FSA commander dies in attack in southern Turkey
A commander from the rebel Free Syrian Army died in a bomb attack on his car in the southern Turkish province of Hatay on Wednesday, a news agency and two insurgent sources said. The rebel leader was named by all sources as Jamil Raadoun, the commander of Sukour al-Ghab, one of several groups fighting under the FSA banner. Raadoun had survived a similar attack in Turkey in April. The privately-run Dogan news agency said he died after explosives were detonated on his vehicle. Two Syrian rebel sources confirmed the death. Residents said the blast outside Raadoun’s home in the southeastern town of Antakya, near the Syrian border, shook nearby apartment blocks. Hatay province Governor Ercan Topaca said the attack might be linked to “a dispute between Syrian opposition groups”, state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Raadoun, who defected from the Syrian army early on in the four-year-old civil war, had been in Turkey for about a year, Topaca said.
August 26, 2015
Syria Headline: Syrian Rebels Say Their Headquarters Was Bombed
The U.S.-trained Syrian rebel group known as Division 30 said its headquarters in Aleppo’s countryside was targeted in an airstrike on Tuesday. In an official statement posted to the group’s Twitter account, the group claimed the Syrian air force under the regime led by President Bashar al-Assad “attacked our headquarters with a thermobaric missile”—an explosive that uses air and pressure to produce an intense blast. One person was injured and “physical damages” resulted, according to the statement. The group said that Tuesday’s alleged attack is proof that Assad’s government is actually cooperating with ISIS instead of fighting it. The claim of the attack could not be verified. The U.S. Department of Defense did not immediately respond to Vocativ’s request for confirmation.
August 26, 2015
http://www.vocativ.com/news/225483/u-s-trained-syrian-rebels-say-their-headquarters-was-bombed/
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
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Kurdish Headline: Kurds take 10 villages from Islamic State in north Iraq
Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes drove Islamic State militants out of 10 villages in Iraq’s Kirkuk province on Wednesday in an offensive to secure their territory to the north, Kurdish military sources said. The assault began at dawn in the Daquq area, around 175 kilometers (110 miles) north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. By evening, Kurdish forces had taken an area of around 250 square kilometers, the sources said. An aide to a top Kurdish commander taking part in the offensive said five peshmerga had been killed, most of them by improvised explosive devices. “This area (near Daquq) posed a danger to the main road from Kirkuk to Baghdad and the Kurdish and other villages adjacent to the areas occupied by Daesh,” Brigadier General Aras Abdel Rahman said, using an Arabic acronym for Islamic State.
August 26, 2015
http://newsdaily.com/2015/08/kurds-launch-new-assault-on-islamic-state-in-northern-iraq/
Headline: Pentagon watchdog probing whether anti-ISIS campaign analysis altered
The Defense Department’s inspector general is investigating whether intelligence reports about the progress of the U.S.-led coalition’s campaign against ISIS in Iraq have been “skewed” to be more optimistic. The New York Times first reported that at least one civilian employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) told authorities that officials at U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) were improperly reworking intelligence assessments prepared for policymakers, including President Obama. A senior military official confirmed to Fox News that an IG investigation has been initiated into the allegation. The Times report did not say when the assessments were allegedly altered, nor did it say who may have been responsible. Officials told the paper the investigation was focused on whether military officials had changed the conclusions of draft intelligence reports during a review before passing them on. Under federal law, intelligence officials can bring claims of wrongdoing to the intelligence community’s inspector general. U.S. officials told the paper that the House and Senate Intelligence Committees were advised of the claims within the past several weeks, as is required if officials find the claims credible. At that point, The Times reports, the Pentagon’s inspector general decided to look into the matter. Government rules state that intelligence assessments “must not be distorted” by agendas or policy views. However, The Times reports that legitimate differences of opinion are both common and encouraged among national security officials.
August 26, 2015
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: Young Kurds take up arms as clashes increase in south-east Turkey
Headline: Turkey Sets Date of Snap Elections as Nov. 1
In Kurdish parlance, “going up to the mountains” has always meant joining the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), the armed group ensconced in the highlands of northern Iraq. But in Cizre, a Turkish town on the border with Syria, the phrase may be losing its meaning amid a violent stand-off between Kurdish militants and Turkish security forces. “We don’t need to join the PKK, because the PKK is the people,” says Ridvan, a young local, as he picks up his automatic rifle and prepares to go on patrol, a woollen balaclava pulled over his face. Over the past month and a half, according to figures cited in the Turkish media, clashes in the Kurdish south-east have claimed the lives of at least 60 members of Turkey’s security forces, 88 militants, and 15 civilians. Police have also rounded up over 1,000 suspected PKK sympathizers in operations across Turkey and have declared over 100 areas in the south-east “special security zones”. The fighting began when the PKK claimed responsibility for the assassination of two Turkish policemen in what it referred to as retaliation for a July 20 suicide attack linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) in a Kurdish town that killed 33 people, most of them Kurdish activists. The PKK has accused the government of complicity and negligence in the attack. The government responded with a military offensive, including air strikes against PKK targets in northern Iraq, killing over 800 insurgents, according to the semi-official Anadolu Agency. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, once credited with granting Turkey’s 15m Kurds new cultural rights, has since been accused of stoking violence in the south-east to shore up the nationalist vote ahead of snap elections this autumn.
August 26, 2015
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d11a20a4-4a50-11e5-b558-8a9722977189.html#axzz3jwnaIbOL
http://www.wsj.com/articles/turkey-to-head-to-snap-polls-in-november-1440522516
Iran
Headline: Iran Calls on US to Release 19 Prisoners
Headline: Russia to help Iran build own satellite observation systems
Iran urged the United States Wednesday to release 19 Iranians detained on sanctions-related offences, a day after ruling out a prisoner swap with a Washington Post reporter accused of espionage, according to AFP. “We call on the American government and their judicial authorities to put an end to the detention of these individuals,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said. “None of the human rights institutes, including the United Nations rapporteurs, have followed up the situation of Iranian prisoners,” she told reporters at her weekly press briefing. On Tuesday, Hossein Ghashghavi, a deputy foreign minister, said the 19 Iranians “are innocent and we hope that conditions are prepared for their release.”
August 26, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/199955#.Vd3wnpdRLSg
http://www.rt.com/news/313410-Russia-Iran-space-cooperation/
Afghanistan
Headline: Men in Afghan uniforms kill 2 American NATO soldiers in base attack
Headline: Taliban takes another district in southern Afghanistan
Two men wearing Afghan National Defense and Security Force uniforms opened fire Wednesday inside a military base in southern Afghanistan, killing two US NATO service members before being shot dead themselves, the international force said. At the Pentagon Wednesday, Captain Jeff Davis told reporters he would not release their names or service citing notifications of next of kin and a 24 hour waiting period. NATO offered few details about the shooting in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, which appeared to be the latest so-called “insider attack” to target foreign troops or contractors in the country. Afghan officials said they had no immediate details about the attack. In a statement, NATO said the men opened fire on a vehicle with international troops inside it. The forces includes military and border patrol. Both shooters were killed when NATO forces returned fire. The motive for the attack was not immediately known and no group claimed responsibility for the assault. The shooting is the third “insider attack” on foreign forces this year. Meanwhile, The Taliban overran the Musa Qala district center when Afghan forces fled after several days of fighting. The fall of Musa Qala puts the Taliban in effective control of northern Helmand, and will allow it to threaten the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah. The Taliban now control most of northern Helmand province, and will likely push its offensive towards Lashkar Gah in central Helmand, as Afghan security forces are stretched thin with an ongoing Taliban offensive in the Afghan north. This spring and summer, the Taliban have taken control of at least four of the seven districts in Kunduz province and have also seized districts in Sar-i-Pul and Badakhshan provinces.
August 26, 2015
Sudan
Headline: South Sudan Leader Signs Peace Deal Amid Sanctions Threat
South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Wednesday signed a peace deal with rebels, more than 20 months after the start of fighting between the army and rebels led by his former deputy. Kiir signed the agreement in Juba, South Sudan’s capital, in a ceremony witnessed by regional leaders. Kiir said he was signing the document despite having serious reservations. He signed the same agreement endorsed by rebel leader Riek Machar, said Kiir’s spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny. Machar, the former deputy president, signed the agreement last week in Ethiopia but Kiir refused, saying he needed more time, drawing condemnation from diplomats who want a quick agreement to end the violence in the world’s newest country. Kiir was under intense pressure to sign the compromise accord mediated by a group of neighboring countries, with the U.S. threatening new U.N. sanctions if he failed to do so. Signing the agreement Wednesday, Kiir said he felt the peace deal had been imposed on him and said it is flawed. Kiir said some aspects of the deal “are not in the interest of just and lasting peace. … We had only one of the two options, the option of an imposed peace or the option of a continued war … We are here talking about peace.” He accused rebels of attacking positions held by government troops in two areas in the volatile state of Unity on Wednesday.
August 26, 2015
Libya
Headline: ISIS executes four people in central Libyan city
ISIS has executed four people in the central Libyan city of Sirte, including at least one member of a rival group whose body was put on display, according to residents and a video published on social media Monday. A video released by the militant group showed a gunmen shooting a man, dressed in an orange jumpsuit, who was tied to a makeshift cross. His body was left there afterward as a warning to others. The man was identified as an alleged spy for Libya Dawn, an armed group backing a non-recognized government in Tripoli, which has flown air strikes against ISIS in Sirte. The video’s authenticity could not be verified by Reuters. Sirte residents, asking not to be named, said ISIS had executed a total of four people, which all had been wearing orange jumpsuits. They had no information on their identity.
August 25, 2015
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: Girl suicide bomber kills 5, injures 41 in northeast Nigeria
Two suicide bombers carried out separate attacks Tuesday that killed five people in Damaturu, a town in northeastern Nigeria, police and witnesses said. In one attack, a girl bomber died in an explosion that killed five people at the crowded entrance to the main bus station, said Assistant Superintendent Toyin Gbagedesin. Witnesses said a young male suicide bomber killed only himself when his device exploded prematurely. Gbagedesin said 41 people were wounded in the bus station explosion. The bomber appeared to be about 14 years old. Nigeria’s Islamic extremist group, Boko Haram, is suspected of being behind the attacks. It has used dozens of girls and women in recent suicide bombings in Nigeria and neighboring Chad, Cameroon and Niger, raising fears it is using kidnap victims.
August 25, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/girl-suicide-bomber-kills-5-injures-41-northeast-090248616.html
Headline: Islamists kill at least seven in southern Somali attack
Islamist al Shabaab militants killed at least seven people including a regional official and local police commander in an attack on a government convoy in southern Somalia on Wednesday, officials and the group said. Al Shabaab attacked the convoy between Garbaharey and Baladhawo towns in the Gedo region, near the Kenyan border. The al Qaeda-allied group frequently launches attacks on officials in its bid to topple the Western-backed government and impose its strict interpretation of Islam on the nation, which is struggling to rebuild after two decades of war. The group now controls increasingly smaller patches of territory since an African Union force and Somali troops drove it out of major strongholds in an offensive launched last year. “We ambushed them but it turned into a fierce battle later,” al Shabaab’s military operations spokesman, Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, told Reuters. He said 18 people were killed. Senior Somali police officer Elmi Nur said three militants and seven others, including a deputy district commissioner and a regional police commander, were killed.
August 26, 2015
http://newsdaily.com/2015/08/islamists-kill-at-least-seven-in-southern-somali-attack/
Headline: Hungary sends 2,100 police to border protest
Hungary announced Wednesday 2,100 police officers will be sent to its Serbian border, after protests by immigrants there required tear gas to subdue. Police detained between 300 and 400 refugees at a reception center in Roszke, part of a record number 2,100 who entered Hungary Tuesday, traveling from Syria, through Greece and Balkan countries to European Union nations such as Hungary. Most attempt to pass into more affluent EU countries, such as Germany, now the immigrants’ preferred destination. At the Roszke center, fighting broke out after immigrants refused to be fingerprinted during their registration process, fearing it indicated they would remain in Hungary instead of being allowed to travel northward through Europe.
August 26, 2015
Headline: 5 killed in clashes in western Indian state
Five people were killed and more than 100 injured in clashes among various political groups in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Wednesday. Riots, arson, stone-pelting and widespread damage to public and private property forced the authorities to call the army and paramilitary forces, according to local media. “Three people were killed in Ahmedabad and two in Banaskantha in firing by the paramilitary forces while attempting to control rioting mobs,” the Indo-Asian News Service quoted an official at the Gujarat State Police Control as saying. At least 100 people were injured in violence, mainly in group clashes and stone-pelting incidents, in the state from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails. As many as 133 companies of the Indian Army, Central Reserve Police Force, State Reserve Police Force, Rapid Action Force and Border Security Force besides Gujarat Police were engaged in controlling violent mobs in various cities including Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Morbi, Vadodara, Mehsana and Banaskantha. The Indian authorities earlier Wednesday clamped a curfew on several parts of Gujarat, following violence after a huge rally by the Patel community Tuesday. “The curfew has been imposed in three towns of northern Gujarat and some areas of the cities of Surat, Ahmedabad, Mehsana and Rajkot,” a senior police officer said. He added: “The central government has sent a huge contingent of paramilitary personnel to help the state police maintain law and order in areas where curfew has been imposed.”
August 26, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-08/26/c_134558544.htm
Headline: Saudi military intercepts Scud missile fired by Yemeni forces
Headline: Saudi forces mobilize towards al-Horth region bordering Yemen
Yemeni army units allied to the Houthi militia fired a ballistic missile toward southern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday but the Saudi military said it intercepted it and retaliated with air strikes on Yemeni territory. Residents in Yemen’s capital Sanaa reported hearing a big roar as the Scud was launched from near the city, followed by Saudi-led air strikes on a presidential palace and a military depot for rockets. Brigadier General Sharaf Luqman, a spokesman for the Yemeni forces fighting alongside the Houthis, said the missile was aimed at an electricity station in Saudi Arabia’s Jizan province. The strike was “a response to the brutal Saudi aggression on Yemen,” he told Saba, Yemen’s Houthi-controled state news agency. The Saudi military said in a statement it intercepted the missile, averting any damage, and directed air attacks against the source of fire in Yemen.
August 26, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/26/us-yemen-security-idUSKCN0QV0NQ20150826
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: Philippines Seeks US Help to Protect Troops in Disputed Sea
Senior U.S. and Philippines military officials have met in Manila, in an effort to expand defense ties as tensions worsen around China’s disputed territorial claims in the South China Sea. Harris and his Philippine counterpart, General Hernando Iriberri, discussed security issues, including the South China Sea, according to Philippines military spokesman Restituto Padilla. “What transpired during the dialogue was a very frank and honest exchange of ideas regarding the evolving security challenges in the region as a result of natural disasters and issues involving the West Philippine Sea and South China Sea,” he said. During one of the meetings, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin requested that U.S. military patrol planes help escort Philippine supply ships in the contested South China Sea, according to the Associated Press. The request could not be confirmed.
August 26, 2015
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: China market slump: Shares end lower despite rate cut
Chinese shares have closed lower despite a fresh rate cut by the central bank. The mainland’s benchmark Shanghai Composite fell 1.27% to 2,927.29, after veering in and out of negative territory. It had fallen about 16% this week, rocking global markets. On Tuesday, China’s central bank cut its key lending rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.6% in a bid to calm stock markets after the past days’ turmoil. The dramatic losses and volatility in China have shattered investor confidence and led to sharp falls in Asia and the US over the past days. European markets were down about 0.4% by lunchtime, after rallying on Tuesday. The interest rate cut was the fifth by the People’s Bank of China since November last year.
August 26, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34059482
Headline: The Stock Market Hasn’t Had a Selloff Like This One in Over 75 Years
Headline: The U.S. Is Short on Options to Confront Next Crisis
Headline: Top 10 ways to tell yourself the stock market isn’t crashing (even when it is)
By one metric, investors would have to go back 75 years to find the last time the S&P 500’s losses were this abrupt. Bespoke Investment Group observed that the S&P 500 has closed more than four standard deviations below its 50-day moving average for the third consecutive session. That’s only the second time this has happened in the history of the index. May 15, 1940, marked the end of the last three-session period in which this occurred. This string of sizable deviations from the 50-day moving average is a testament to just how severe recent losses have been compared to the index’s recent range. “Not even the crash of 1987 got this oversold relative to trend,” writes Bespoke.
August 26, 2015
http://www.naturalnews.com/050928_self-delusion_stock_market_crash_sheeple.html
August 21, 2015- 10,000 fish have died in a lake in Barranquilla, Colombia
http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/barranquilla/mortandad-de-peces-en-mesolandia-atlantico/16265936
August 21, 2015- 150,000 fish killed by disease in a hatchery in Oregon
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/08/disease_kills_150000_fish_in_h.html
August 22, 2015- Hundreds of dead salmon found in a river in Renfrewshire, Scotland
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/hundreds-salmon-found-dead-amid-6296735
August 23, 2015- Die off of fish in a lake in Balti, Moldova
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kp.md%2Fonline%2Fnews%2F2143275%2F&edit-text=&act=url
August 25, 2015- 59,000 birds killed due to avian flu in Changhua County, Taiwan
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/35664/more-outbreaks-of-avian-flu-found-in-taiwan/
August 25, 2015- Hundreds of dead fish found washed ashore on a beach in Suva, Fiji
http://www.fbc.com.fj/fiji/32388/dead-fish-along-nasese-foreshore
August 25, 2015- Hundreds of dead fish found in the Ballymartin River in Northern Ireland
http://www.newtownabbeytoday.co.uk/news/local-news/probe-continues-into-major-fish-kill-1-6922792
August 25, 2015- Masses of birds washing up dead or dying along the Oregon and Washington coast
http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20150825/scientists-searching-for-answers-in-bird-die-off
Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)
Headline: US reports unusual spike in human plague cases
An unusually high number of cases of human plague have been recorded by US health authorities since April — 11 in all, with three of them fatal, officials said Tuesday. “It is unclear why the number of cases in 2015 is higher than usual,” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The CDC said that having 11 cases in just the past four months is unusual. “During 2001–2012, the annual number of human plague cases reported in the United States ranged from one to 17,” the agency said in a statement. The median number of annual plague cases across the past decade has been three. Plague is a rare and dangerous disease that is caused by a bacterium, known as Yersinia pestis, that circulates in wild rodents and their fleas. People can get the plague if they are bitten by an infected flea, or if they come in close contact with an infected person or animal, including cats and dogs, health authorities said. This year’s cases originated in the western United States, with four cases in Colorado and two each in Arizona, New Mexico and California. Another infection took place in Oregon.
August 25, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/us-reports-unusual-spike-human-plague-cases-192215826.html
Godlessness 2 Timothy 3:1-5 & Matthew 24:12 “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!” “And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold”
Headline: Suspected gunman shoots self after journalists killed on air, official says
Two television journalists were shot and killed in Virginia on Wednesday morning while conducting a live interview, and authorities said the suspect appeared to be a disgruntled current or former employee of the TV station. Police pursued the suspect and in the late morning, an ABC local affiliate and CNN reported the suspected shooter had shot himself, but it was not known if he was dead or alive. The suspect was identified as Vester Flanagan, 41, according to a dispatcher for the Augusta County, Virginia, Sheriff’s Department. After the shooting of the journalists, someone claiming to have filmed it posted video online that appeared to be from shooter’s vantage point. The videos were posted to a Twitter account and on Facebook but were removed shortly afterward. One video clearly showed a handgun as the person filming approached the woman reporter. The shooting occurred at about 6:45 a.m. EDT during an interview being broadcast live from Bridgewater Plaza, a Smith Mountain Lake recreation site with restaurants, shops, boating and arcades and holiday rentals. The area is in the south-central part of the state, about 120 miles (190 km) from the capital of Richmond. The journalists were filming an interview for the morning news show of CBS affiliate WDBJ7 in Roanoke, Virginia. In the broadcast, shots were heard and the reporter and the person being interviewed screamed and ducked for cover. The reporter Alison Parker, 24, and the cameraman, Adam Ward, 27, died in the incident, WDBJ7 said. The woman being interviewed was wounded.
August 26, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/26/us-usa-shooting-virginia-idUSKCN0QV1HY20150826
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 rescued as wild weather lashes NSW south coast
Hundreds of residents south of Sydney have been forced to flee their homes and evacuate from schools because of rising floodwaters. Nearly 70 people have been rescued since the severe weather first lashed Sydney’s southern suburbs on Monday. More than 1,400 calls for help were made to the State Emergency Service (SES). An SES spokeswoman told the BBC most of the cases involved rescuing people who had driven through floodwaters. “It’s dangerous not only to members of the public but also to our volunteers,” she said. The worst hit region has been around the Illawarra and Shoalhaven on the New South Wales south coast. A number of animals, including horses, cattle, and alpaca were also rescued. “They were moved to higher ground by our large animal rescue technicians,” the SES said. Twenty-five people were evacuated on Tuesday around the Kiama region, about 120km south of Sydney, amid fears the walls of a small dam would collapse.
August 26, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34059112
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Headline: Obama unveils compensation package for Israel after Iran deal
The New York Times on Friday revealed the details of a compensation package Israel is set to receive from the United States after world powers and Iran agreed to a historic nuclear agreement in early July. Laid out in a letter dated August 19 to US Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the president promised to increase American military aid for Israel in developing new anti-missile systems and tunnel detection technologies. “Our governments should identify ways to accelerate the ongoing collaborative research and development for tunnel detection and mapping technologies to provide Israel new capabilities to detect and destroy tunnels because they could be used to threaten Israeli civilians,” Obama stated in writing. The Obama administration also promised to increase cooperation with Israel and its Arab neighbors to help fight the Islamic Republic’s influence in the region, specifically Tehran’s funding of the Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syrian President Bashar Assad.
August 22, 2015
Headline: Settlers and Palestinians Clash Near West Bank Outpost; Wounded Reported
Violent clashes erupted on Saturday morning between dozens of settlers and about 150 Palestinians near the West Bank outpost of Esh Kodesh. According to the Israel Defense Forces, both sides threw stones at each other, and the Palestinians tried to torch fields near the outpost, situated south of Nablus. The Palestinians reported that dozens were lightly wounded by rubber-bullet fire and gas canisters, shot by an IDF force which arrived at the scene. The IDF said the force opened fire after it was attacked with stones, and that only seven Palestinians were lightly wounded. Ghassan Douglas, a Palestinian Authority official, said the clash broke out after dozens of settlers attacked Palestinian farmers working their fields in the nearby village of Qusra on Saturday morning. A group of Palestinians from the village then set out toward the outpost.
August 22, 2015
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.672366
Headline: Security Minister Wants to Outlaw Temple Mount Rioters
Minister of Internal Security Gilad Erdan (Likud) sent Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) a letter Monday, asking him to urgently declare the Arab organizations that create mayhem on the Temple Mount as illegal. If the defense minister signs a declaration to this effect, security forces will have a freer hand against the rioters. Erdan has been carrying out behind-the-scenes staff work in the past few weeks, together with police, the Israel Security Agency (ISA, or Shin Bet), the State Attorney’s Office and even the Attorney General, who has agreed to help advance the declaration. In the discussions of the problem, Erdan was shown evidence that the so-called murabitun and murabitat, as the male and female groups of Muslim mayhem-makers are named, are directed by the northern arm of the Islamic Movement in Israel. The purpose of their activity is to destabilize the status quo on the Temple Mount, and they have succeeded in creating escalation on the Mount, and in making the security situation there untenable.
August 24, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/199855#.VdsgIJdRLSg
Headline: Kurdish oil is another Netanyahu-Obama head-to-head front
That Israel and other nations were buying oil from the Kurdish republic of Iraq had been published before and was no secret. The Financial Times broke its “discovery” Sunday, Aug. 23, just by chance? on the day that Britain and Iran reopened their respective embassies in Tehran and London after a four-year breach resulting from a mob attack on the Tehran embassy. Even before sanctions were lifted and Tehran had demonstrated its compliance with the nuclear deal signed with the world powers in Vienna on July 14, European ministers were knocking on the door in a quest for financial relations. The Islamic Republic was deemed rehabilitated by the nuclear accord; and the UK saw no reason to lag behind the others. And so Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond was personally in attendance at the ceremonial reopening Sunday of the Tehran embassy.
The FT’s report’s timing fitting in perfectly with the British government’s plans to quickly develop profitable ties with the Islamic Republic in the following arenas:
- The oil industries in Iran and Iraq. London seeks as large a slice as possible of the $150 billion worth of oil and gas contracts on offer by Tehran.
- The Islamic Republic was also meant to infer from the FT report that British intelligence resources and its powerful media were available as tools for beating Israel out on the world’s energy markets.
- Britain’s foreign policy is grounded in accentuating its common interests with Washington. The Obama administration may pose as a champion of Masoud Barzani, President of the autonomous Kurdish Republic of northern Iraq. His peshmerga army has after all distinguished itself in its dogged fight against the Islamic State. But in practice, things are different: the US administration, to meet the wishes of Tehran and Baghdad, consistently withholds from the Kurds the heavy weapons they need to rout ISIS.
August 24, 2015
http://debka.com/article/24834/Kurdish-oil-is-another-Netanyahu-Obama-head-to-head-front-
Headline: Counter-Terrorism Bureau warns of threats to Israelis and Jews from ISIS, Iran
The National Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau released a biannual travel advisory on Monday, warning of potential threats against Jewish and Israeli targets in western nations from global jihad elements, including the Islamic State. The travel advisory comes ahead of the High Holy Days period in September and October, which is generally one of the periods in which Israelis are most likely to travel abroad. Monday’s advisory warned in particular of plots to target Israeli and Jewish targets in northern and western Europe by ISIS operatives who returned to their home countries after having fought with the organization in Iraq and Syria. The advisory also related to Africa, which serves as a base of operations for many Israeli business people. The Somalian terror group Al Shabab, which often carries out terror attacks in Kenya and Boko Haram, in Nigeria, have increased their terrorist activities in the past year, the Conunter-Terrorism Bureau further warned.
August 24, 2015
“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: Report: Hezbollah puts forces along Lebanon, Syria borders on high alert
Hezbollah has reportedly put its forces on high alert along the border with Israel “for fear of attempts by Israel to drag Lebanon and Syria into an escalation in the form of something less than a war but more than an operation,” Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai reported on Saturday. The paper quoted sources as saying that the Lebanese terror organization believes Israel is preparing to take some kind of action, because Jerusalem believes that “the situation is critical and is being put to the test” in light of the nuclear agreement signed with Iran.
August 22, 2015
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4693203,00.html
Headline: Report: Hezbollah Recruiting Fatah Members to Attack Israel
Hezbollah is reportedly upping its attempts to recruit Palestinians living in Judea and Samaria to carry out attacks on its behalf, according to Palestinian Authority sources. The Lebanon-based terrorist group is reportedly attempting to revive its terrorist network in the region by reaching out to disgruntled members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a terrorist group that functions as the armed wing of Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction. During the Second Intifada Hezbollah, under instruction from Iran, recruited extensively among Fatah members, training and arming them to attack Israeli targets. Those efforts reached their height in 2004-2005, with tens of thousands of dollars being doled-out to recruits as an incentive to carry out attacks. Since then the efforts largely petered out for a number of reasons, including Israel’s intensive security operations and the PA’s own crackdown to prevent challenges to its authority in Judea and Samaria. However, a PA security source told the Arabic Al-Masdar site Hezbollah recruitment attempts “never really disappeared,” and in recent months had escalated significantly. With Iran emboldened by the prospect of billions of dollars of sanctions relief due to the recent deal reached with world powers over its nuclear program, it is widely acknowledged even by supporters of the deal that Tehran will use some of those funds to increase support for its numerous terrorist proxies. But Hezbollah, Iran’s most powerful proxy group, is unlikely to mount a frontal attack against Israel from Lebanon in the near future, given that it is already embroiled in several regional wars – in Syria, Iraq and to a lesser extent Yemen. Instead, it is attempting to reestablish an operations base in Judea and Samaria, and recruit local Arabs carry out attacks against Israelis both in that region and elsewhere in Israel.
August 24, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/199842#.VdsgnJdRLSg
Headline: Lebanese ‘Palestinian Camp’ Embroiled in Faction Gunbattles
Headline: Lebanese army secures central Beirut after ‘trash protest’ erupts in clashes
A “ceasefire” was agreed upon in a meeting on Sunday in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian “refugee camp,” Ain al-Hilweh, located in Lebanon’s south, reports the Palestinian Arab Ma’an News Agency. That ceasefire came after a day of serious clashes on Saturday, when three people were killed and no less than 18 others were wounded during a failed assassination attempt against Ashraf al-Armoushi, the Fatah security chief of the town. The Jund al-Sham terrorist group reportedly tried to assassinate al-Armoushi; it is unclear if the group took part in the “ceasefire” talks, meaning the ceasefire may be one-sided in nature. Palestinian Authority (PA) ambassador to Lebanon Ashraf Dabbour was said to have taken part in the talks. Security forces were deployed in Ain al-Hilweh to prevent renewed clashes. Al-Armoushi came under fire in the assassination attempt while attending a funeral. According to Lebanese media he emerged unscathed, but at least two Fatah members were killed and around 18 other residents were wounded in the following gun battles between the terror groups.
August 24, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/199835#.VdslPZdRLSh
http://www.rt.com/news/313165-lebanon-clashes-beirut-teargas/
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Shots fired at Saudi police patrol in Jeddah
Headline: Saudi general killed in cross-border fire from Yemen
Unknown assailants fired on a police patrol in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea city of Jeddah late Sunday, injuring an officer, the country’s official media reported Monday. Saudi Press Agency quoted an unnamed Mecca police spokesman as saying security forces were investigating the incident. He did not say whether Islamist militants, who have staged a series of attacks on police in Riyadh, were suspected. Jeddah is the second largest Saudi city and a major port. It is traditionally more socially liberal that the capital Riyadh and also the historical gateway for pilgrims to the Islamic holy sites of Mecca and Medina. Supporters of ISIS have shot at two Saudi police patrols, bombed a mosque used by the security services and two others used by members of the Shiite Muslim minority, killing 40 people. The Interior Ministry said last month it had detained 431 suspected supporters of ISIS and thwarted other attacks on mosques, security forces and a diplomatic mission.
August 24, 2015
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-general-killed-cross-border-fire-yemen-1389070027
Egypt
Headline: Bomb kills 2 Egyptian policemen, wounds 24: officials
The attack occurred in the Nile Delta province of Baheira, 260 kilometres (160 miles) north of Cairo, while the policemen were travelling to work in a civilian bus. “Two policemen were killed and 24 others were wounded, including two seriously,” said health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar. A local health official earlier told AFP that one policeman had died in the blast. Jihadists have killed scores of police and soldiers since an Islamist insurgency swelled in the wake of the 2013 overthrow of president Mohamed Morsi, the country’s first democratically elected president who took office following the 2011 ouster of longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak. The insurgency has been spearheaded by Egypt’s IS affiliate which has launched regular attacks against security forces.
August 24, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/bomb-kills-1-egyptian-policemen-wounds-29-091703622.html
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: 20 civilians dead in govt shelling near Damascus: activists
Shelling and air raids by Syrian government forces killed at least 20 civilians and wounded or trapped 200 on Saturday in rebel-held Douma east of Damascus, an activist group said. “At least 20 civilians were killed in the heavy shelling and air attacks since this morning on Douma,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. He said around 200 more were either wounded or still trapped under rubble, and that the death toll was expected to rise. According to the Local Coordination Committees activist network, Saturday’s bombardment struck four adjacent buildings in the town.
August 22, 2015
Syria Headline: Rebels shell prison near Damascus, killing 10
Insurgents shelled the central prison near the Syrian capital Damascus Sunday as well as residential neighborhoods in the city, killing at least 11 and wounding more than 40. The Interior Ministry statement, carried by state TV, said the shelling of the prison area killed 10, seven of which were women, and wounded 40. It said the shelling targeted the visitors’ area of the jail, known as Adra Prison, just northeast of Damascus. The statement did not say which specific insurgent group was responsible for the attack. Later Sunday, insurgents fired shells into residential neighborhoods in Damascus killing two people and wounding seven, according to state TV. Insurgents have shelled Damascus on several occasions in recent weeks, killing and wounding dozens of people. Sunday’s shelling of Adra Prison and nearby areas came a day after government airstrikes on a Damascus suburb killed more than 34 people and wounded dozens in the latest wave of government attacks on the crowded rebel-held area.
August 24, 2015
Syria Headline: Activists say ISIS destroys temple at ancient Palmyra site
Islamic State (ISIS) militants have destroyed a temple at Syria’s ancient ruins of Palmyra, activists said Sunday, realizing the worst fears archaeologists had for the 2,000-year-old Roman-era city after the extremists seized it and beheaded a local scholar. Palmyra, one of the Middle East’s most spectacular archaeological sites and a UNESCO World Heritage site, sits near the modern Syrian city of the same name. Activists said the militants used explosives to blow up the Baalshamin Temple on its grounds, the blast so powerful it also damaged some of the Roman columns around it. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday night that the temple was blown up a month ago. Turkey-based activist Osama al-Khatib, who is originally from Palmyra, said the temple was blown up Sunday. Both said the extremists used a large amount of explosives to destroy it.
August 24, 2015
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe http://syriahr.com/en/category/news
Iraq Headline: IS Attack in Anbar Kills 23
Iraq Headline: ISIS blows up the house of Iraqi ambassador to Bahrain east of Ramadi
At least 23 Iraqi soldiers and militiamen have been killed in an attack by Islamic State militants in Anbar province, according to police and military officials. The Associated Press reports the dead include 17 soldiers and six militia fighters who were working with troops to push back the militant group. Sunday’s attack in the rural district of Jaramshah, north of the Anbar provincial capital of Ramadi, follows two IS ambushes in Anbar on Friday that left at least 50 Iraqi soldiers dead.
August 23, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/is-attack-in-anbar-kills-23/2929312.html
Iraq Headline: ISW Iraq Situation Report August 18-20, 2015
http://iswresearch.blogspot.com/search/label/Iraq
Kurdish Headline: Turkish military: 29 Kurdish rebels killed in airstrikes
Kurdish Headline: Turkey Publishes PKK and Turkish Casualty Numbers
Turkey’s military says warplanes have conducted new airstrikes against Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, killing 29 militants. A brief military statement released Saturday says the air raids against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, targets were carried out on Thursday and Friday. Separately, at least 12 rebels were killed as the military clashed with PKK rebels near the town of Uludere, close to Turkey’s border with Iraq on Friday, the military said.
August 24, 2015
http://www.basnews.com/en/news/2015/08/24/turkey-publishes-pkk-and-turkish-casualty-numbers/
Kurdish Headline: Al-Qaeda abducts Kurdish commander near Aleppo
Syria’s al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front has abducted a Kurdish commander from the People’s Protection Units (YPG) in Afrin region of Aleppo province, northeast Syria, Kurdish sources reported on Sunday. The YPG General Command said in a statement, of which ARA News received a copy, that al-Nusra Front (Jabhat al-Nusra) has abducted the Kurdish commander Jamal Efrini. “We’ve lost contact with the commander for days, before we discover that Nusra militants have abducted him at a checkpoint on the highway of Afrin-Aleppo,” the YPG leadership said on Sunday. The General Command also stressed its concerns about the health conditions of Efrini, who disappeared one week ago. “We will respond to this extreme violation with force if al-Nusra didn’t release Jamal (Efrini),” the statement added. “This radical group (in reference to Nusra) should know that we’ve respected the truce, but we won’t remain silent amid such violations.” Al-Nusra Front hasn’t commented on the YPG’s accusation yet.
August 24, 2015
http://aranews.net/2015/08/al-qaeda-abducts-kurdish-commander-near-aleppo/
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: Two soldiers killed after convoy hits explosives in southeast Turkey
Headline: U.S., Turkey to launch ‘comprehensive’ anti-Islamic State operation
Two Turkish soldiers were killed and three wounded Monday when the vehicle they were traveling in hit explosives buried in the road, the latest attack following the collapse of a cease-fire with Kurdish militants, security sources said. The explosion occurred near the town of Semdinli in Hakkari province, which borders the Iraqi border, in the mainly Kurdish southeast. Turkey has launched more than 400 airstrikes against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, where the armed group is based, and in southeast Turkey since late July, in what it says is a response to attacks on police officers and soldiers.
August 24, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/u-turkey-launch-comprehensive-anti-islamic-state-operation-124748828.html
Iran
Headline: Iran unveils new missile with 500 km range, says seeks peace through strength
Headline: Iran rules out diplomatic ties with ‘illogical’ US
Iran on Saturday unveiled a new surface-to-surface missile it said could strike targets with pin-point accuracy within a range of 500 km (310 miles) and it said military might was a precondition for peace and effective diplomacy. The defense ministry’s unveiling of the solid-fuel missile, named Fateh 313, came little more than a month after Iran and world powers reached a deal that requires Tehran to abide by new limits on its nuclear program in return for Western governments easing economic sanctions. According to that deal, any transfer to Iran of ballistic missile technology during the next eight years will be subject to the approval of the United Nations Security Council, and the United States has promised to veto any such requests. An arms embargo on conventional weapons also stays, preventing their import and export for five years. But Iran has said it will not follow parts of the nuclear deal that restricts its military capabilities, a stance reaffirmed by President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday.
August 22, 2015
http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-rules-out-diplomatic-ties-with-illogical-us/
Afghanistan
Headline: Kabul explosion: Deadly blast rocks Afghanistan capital
Headline: Four soldiers wounded in explosion in Kabul’s Kalakan District
An explosion has rocked the diplomatic area of the Afghan capital, Kabul, police have said, with at least 12 people killed and 60 injured. Police say it was a suicide attack on a foreign military convoy which was travelling through the area. A health ministry official said nine Afghans were among the dead. A senior Nato official confirmed that three American contractors had been killed in the attack in the Macrorayan district. No group has said it carried out the attack, although in recent months Kabul has been regularly targeted by the Taliban in a series of bombings. The explosion took place not far from Kabul airport and the presidential palace. Witnesses said that children were among the injured and some foreigners were trapped in a destroyed vehicle. An interior ministry spokesman quoted by the AP news agency said the blast destroyed more than a dozen civilian vehicles. The bombing, close to a civilian hospital, is the latest in a series of recent deadly attacks following the announcement of a new Taliban leader.
August 23, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34027065
http://www.khaama.com/four-soldiers-wounded-in-kabul-explosion-3809
Libya
Headline: Boko Haram strengthens ties with ISIL, sends fighters to Libya
Nigerian-based terror group Boko Haram has bolstered its alliance with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) by sending jihadists to fight alongside ISIL in Libya. Boko Haram pledged allegiance to ISIL in March. In June, ISIL declared territory seized by Boko Haram as its West African province. In addition to sending fighters to Libya, Boko Haram members have also recently been arrested in Lebanon, and India and Nigeria has blocked thousands of suspected jihadists from leaving the country. According to Nigeria analyst Jacob Zenn, an estimated 80 to 200 Boko Haram fighters are in the Libyan city of Sirte, the site of heavy fighting between ISIL and Libyan government forces. “The openness of migration routes from Nigeria through eastern Niger to Libya makes travel … fairly straightforward, and the Islamic State can easily afford to pay smugglers to carry militants (and weapons) along that route,” Zenn wrote in The Sentinel magazine of the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation. On Aug. 15 Lebanese authorities arrested hard-line ISIL cleric Ahmad al-Assir at Beirut airport. They said he planned to fly to Nigeria on a forged Palestinian passport with a Nigerian visa. Two Nigerians studying in India were arrested Aug. 7 as they tried to cross illegally into Pakistan to join ISIL. The Nigeria Immigration Service reported barring 23,472 people from leaving the country between January 2014 and March 2015. “There have been reports in recent times of some Nigerians departing to join terrorist groups especially in the Middle East and North Africa,” said PR Nigeria, which publishes government news.
August 23, 2015
Tunisia
Headline: Tunisian guard killed in shootout with ‘terrorists’
A Tunisian border guard was killed on Sunday in a shootout with jihadists on the border with Algeria, state television and the president of a union of border guards said. “A border guard was killed and three others were wounded in a shootout with a terrorist group in Bouchebka,” Wataniya 1 television reported. Ridha Ennasri, the union president, confirmed to AFP that a border guard was killed in “a terrorist attack” and said that another was wounded. The killing comes days after a Tunisian policeman was shot dead by two assailants on a motorbike in the coastal resort of Sousse. Authorities have been unable to say whether that killing was carried out by jihadists and an investigation is ongoing. In June, a jihadist gunman killed 30 Britons and eight other foreign tourists on a beach in Sousse, an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
August 24, 2015
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: Venezuela declares state of emergency along Colombia border
Headline: Venezuela closes key crossing with Colombia after three soldiers shot
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Friday declared a state of emergency along parts of the border with Colombia to restore order after a clash between smugglers and troops left three soldiers wounded. The measure will remain in effect for 60 days in five municipalities of the Venezuelan state of Tachira, where smugglers of gasoline and subsidized food products have increasingly clashed with security forces. “This decree provides ample power to civil and military authorities to restore peace,” he said in a ceremony broadcast on state television. The decree suspends constitutional guarantees in those areas, except for guarantees relating to human rights.
August 22, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/20/venezuela-maduro-colombia-border
Headline: Two Car Bombs Kill 18 in Somalia
At least 18 people were killed in Somalia on Saturday in two separate bomb attacks carried out by suspected al-Shabab insurgents, officials said. In the first attack, 14 soldiers were killed and more than 20 wounded when militants drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a training site for African Union peacekeepers from Kenya and Somali soldiers in the southern port city of Kismayo. The second attack occurred in the capital, Mogadishu, where four people were killed and at least 10 others wounded, police official Abdullah Osoble said. He said a car bomb exploded near a police station close to a settlement used by displaced persons. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Mogadishu attack, although it bore the hallmarks of al-Shabab. Despite being forced out of many of their strongholds, the group is still able to launch lethal attacks in the capital and elsewhere in Somalia.
August 22, 2015
Headline: Army officer, six rebels killed in NW Pakistan
Two Pakistani soldiers including a senior officer were killed Monday in an exchange of fire with Islamist militants in a restive tribal district along the Afghan border, where the army last week began a ground offensive. The firefight occurred in the Shawal valley of North Waziristan where the military has been battling Taliban and other insurgents since June last year. “During an exchange of fire with security forces, six terrorists were killed in Shawal today. An officer, Lieutenant Colonel Faisal Malik and a soldier also embraced shahadat (martyrdom),” the military said in a statement. The latest incident comes a day after militants launched a cross-border rocket attack on a checkpost in Khyber tribal area, killing four Pakistani soldiers and wounding four others. Pakistan’s foreign office summoned Afghan ambassador Janan Mosazai on Sunday evening and lodged a strong protest over the shelling.
August 24, 2015
Headline: Protesters in Germany attack refugee buses shouting ‘foreigners out’
Up to 1,000 protesters have clashed with police in eastern Germany in riots reportedly sparked by the arrival of 250 migrants. Police said protesters shouting “foreigners out” and carrying banners against the “asylum flood” threw bottles and stones at busloads of asylum seekers arriving in Heidenau, near Dresden. At least 31 officers were hurt in violent scuffles as police used tear gas to disperse crowds. Peaceful demonstrations began after news spread that the town was welcoming a large number of refugees who are set to be housed in an empty building. The protest was hijacked by a group of far-right radicals, many belonging to the militant National Democratic Party (NPD), considered a neo-Nazi organisation. “After the riots, the situation is now calm,” a police spokesman told Tagesspiegel online, adding it was not yet clear how many people had been injured or how many arrests had been made.
August 22, 2015
Headline: US military depot blast, steel plant blaze hit Tokyo
The explosion at the US Army’s Sagami General Depot in the city of Sagamihara, some 25 miles (40 kilometres) southwest of Tokyo, sent sparks shooting into the sky and triggered a blaze that burned through the night, but there were no reports of injuries. Japanese and US base firefighters delayed battling the fire while the contents of the building were assessed. Witnesses said they initially feared a bomb had gone off at the military installation. The explosion at the depot — which occupies about 200 hectares (two square kilometres) and employs nearly 600 people — rattled the windows of nearby buildings. “I thought the American military facility came under a terrorist attack,” a local security guard told Jiji Press news agency. The depot stores supplies and acts as a repair centre for military vehicles. The Pentagon said the cause of the explosion was not immediately known, but the building did not store ammunition or “radiological materials”. Nearby buildings were not damaged. “The storage building is not designated as a hazardous material storage facility as some initial reports indicated,” US Navy Commander Bill Urban, a spokesman, said in a statement. “Inside the building that exploded were canisters of compressed gases: nitrogen, oxygen, freon and air. “The cause of the explosion… is under investigation. There are no indications of injuries.”
August 24, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/blast-rips-building-us-military-depot-japan-005818347.html
Headline: Protests over draft Nepal charter turn violent, nine dead
At least nine people were killed in Nepal on Monday when demonstrators attacked police with spears, knives, axes and scythes during a protest against proposals for administrative reform in the Himalayan country. One police officer died when protesters surrounded him and set him ablaze, Home Minister Bam Dev Gautam told parliament. A district official gave the death toll as nine, but media reports said as many as 20 people – most of them police – may have died. State television reported that the army was mobilized to quell the protests in the low-lying far west of the country close to the border with India.Thousands of people were protesting in the town of Tikapur against a government-backed plan to include their area in a hilly province, part of a regional overhaul envisaged in a new federal constitution expected to be finalised this month. The protesters, mainly from ethnic Tharu community, are demanding a separate province comprising eight districts in the southwestern plains for themselves. The government and major political parties hope that the new constitution, which divides the nation into seven federal states, will boost economic development in Nepal, which is still reeling from two devastating earthquakes that killed 8,900 people this year. But different ethnic groups have been protesting against the plan and demanding regional autonomy. Four demonstrators have died in the past two weeks in violent protests across Nepal.
August 24, 2015
http://newsdaily.com/2015/08/protests-over-draft-nepal-charter-turn-violent-nine-dead/
Headline: Yemen officials say Al-Qaeda seizes key areas of Aden
Headline: Bomb hits intelligence building in Yemen’s Aden, no casualties
Headline: Police HQ Destroyed in Yemen’s Aden, al-Qaida Blamed
Headline: Yemen’s pro-Hadi forces mobilize to retake Sanaa
Al-Qaeda militants have seized control of key areas in and around the port city of Aden, high-ranking security officials said Saturday. Fighters took Tawahi district, home to a presidential palace and Aden’s main port, and were patrolling the streets, some carrying black banners, the officials said. The militants also took Crater, Aden’s commercial center, and parts of Dar Saad town, just north of Aden, including an army base that they turned into a training camp. Security officials near the seized base, in Dar Saad’s al-Lohoum district, say it is now training some 200 militants. The officials, who hail from the military, security forces and police, spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak to journalists. They said Al-Qaeda’s gains came in recent weeks in the wake of fighting in Aden between Shiite rebels and pro-government forces, after the front moved outside the city. Al-Qaeda also has a presence in Breiqa city, west of Aden, and nearby al-Khadra city, the officials added.
August 24, 2015
http://www.voanews.com/content/yemen-police-headquarters-in-aden-destroyed/2928932.html
Headline: Ukraine Vows to Increase Troops to Fend off Rebel Attacks
Ukraine’s president vowed to increase troop numbers to fend off attacks by Russia-backed separatist rebels and warned his countrymen that there is still the threat of a “large-scale invasion,” in an impassioned speech to mark Independence Day on Monday. Speaking during a military parade, President Petro Poroshenko said Ukraine must not be complacent even though hostilities have largely died down. In a show of force, thousands of Ukrainian servicemen marched in downtown Kiev on to mark the country’s independence from the Soviet Union on Aug. 24, 1991. “We stand for peace, but we are not pacifists,” Poroshenko said. “We must get through the 25th year of independence as if on brittle ice. We must understand that the smallest misstep could be fatal. The war for independence is still ongoing.” Poroshenko didn’t say how many more troops he would send to eastern Ukraine. He claimed that Russia had massed about 50,000 troops on the border with Ukraine and had supplied the rebels with about 500 tanks and 400 pieces of artillery. Poroshenko warned that Russia is wary of an outright invasion and is instead developing another strategy: sow discord across all of Ukraine and thus spoil its relations with its Western allies.
August 24, 2015
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/kiev-celebrates-ukrainian-independence-day-33273890
Headline: Ukraine Crisis Update: August 20, 2015
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/Ukraine%20SITREP%20August%2020.pdf
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: Dow futures sink 330 points as Wall Street preps for meltdown
Headline: Great fall of China sinks world stocks, dollar tumbles
Headline: Tel Aviv Shares Slide for Second Day After Asian Markets Extend Losses
Wall Street prepares for meltdown U.S. stock futures pointed to a sharply lower open Monday after a selloff on Friday that dragged major indexes to four-year lows. U.S. stock index futures screamed lower, with Dow futures tumbling as much as 350 points, as fears surrounding the health of China’s economy multiplied. These concerns saw the benchmark Shanghai Composite index notch up its biggest one-day percentage loss since 2007 on Monday, closing down 8.5 percent. Panic spread to European markets, with the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 as much as 3 percent in early London trading. All major bourses were off a similar amount. The index has shed over $1 trillion in market value in August so far. The slide comes after U.S. stocks closed deep in the red on Friday, pushing the Dow and Nasdaq into correction territory.The major averages had their biggest trade volume day of the year and posted their worst week in four years. Oil prices crashed to fresh six and half year lows on Monday, after Chinese stock markets suffered, intensifying worries over the outlook for global oil demand. Brent oil was trading down 4.6 percent, at $43.36 a barrel. U.S. October crude was down 4.1 percent at $38.80 a barrel. “Markets are afraid of further economic weakness in China, further pain in global commodity markets and uncertain about Fed and People’s Bank of China policy—what they will do and what the impact will be,” said global strategist at Societe Generale, Kit Juckes.
August 24, 2015
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/24/dow-futures-sink-330-points-as-wall-street-preps-for-meltdown.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/24/us-markets-global-idUSKCN0QT00B20150824
http://www.haaretz.com/business/.premium-1.672640
Headline: Stock markets in the Middle East fall sharply
Stock markets in the Middle East have fallen sharply after a difficult week for all major global share indexes. The Dubai Financial Market closed down 7%, while the Saudi exchange also lost 7% after Fitch ratings agency cut its outlook for the country. Last week, the Dow Jones in the US fell 6%, while the UK’s FTSE 100 posted its biggest weekly loss this year of 5%. Investors are concerned about a slowdown in China and the knock-on effects for the global economy. Both France’s Cac 40 and Germany’s Dax indexes lost 7% of their value last week. In the Middle East, there is particular concern about low oil prices, which are down by more than a half this year and have been falling steadily since May, when Brent Crude stood at $68 a barrel. A barrel now costs $45. This is mainly due to an abundance of supply, in large part from from US shale oil producers, which are weakening OPEC’s once dominant position in global oil markets. Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are all members of OPEC. Moods were further dampened by a report from Fitch which cut the agency’s outlook on Saudi Arabia from “stable” to “negative”. The move reflects concerns about the future of the country’s finances, which are heavily dependent on revenues from exporting oil. These worries come against a backdrop of falling global stock markets, reflecting widespread fears about the pace of the slowdown in the Chinese economy.
August 23, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34032776
Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)
Headline: With many Ebola survivors ailing, doctors evaluate situation
Lingering health problems afflicting many of the roughly 13,000 Ebola survivors have galvanized global and local health officials to find out how widespread the ailments are, and how to remedy them. The World Health Organization calls it an emergency within an emergency. Many of the survivors have vision and hearing issues. Some others experience physical and emotional pains, fatigue and other problems. The medical community is negotiating uncharted waters as it tries to measure the scale of this problem that comes on the tail end of the biggest Ebola outbreak in history. “If we can find out this kind of information, hopefully we can help other Ebola survivors in the future,” Dr. Zan Yeong, an eye specialist involved in a study of health problems in survivors in Liberia, told The Associated Press. Only about 40 percent of those infected have survived Ebola, according to WHO estimates. But while the survivors beat the odds, preliminary research shows that many are still suffering. Around half those who received post-recovery check-ups have joint pain, said Dr. Daniel Bausch, an Ebola expert and consultant for WHO.
August 23, 2015
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150823/af–ebola-sick_survivors-d7b234f391.html
Headline: Seven new coronavirus cases detected in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health has announced that the number of people in the kingdom receiving treatment for the MERS virus has risen to 65, on the back of seven new cases reported in Riyadh on Saturday. A press conference was held amid a surge in the number of infections at King Fahd National Guard Hospital in Riyadh’s King Abdulaziz Medical City. Undersecretary for Public Health Dr. Abdulaziz Bin Saeed explained measures taken to contain the spread, the Saudi Gazette reported. He said a total of 53 people, including four medical practitioners, contracted the virus at the hospital and added that 17 of the patients had died while 32 of them are receiving treatment in hospitals, three are quarantined at home and one patient was discharged after treatment, the newspaper reported.
August 24, 2015
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 talks tough amid heightened tensions with North
Headline: N. Korea deploys submarines as U.S., S. Korean fighters buzz border
South Korean President Park Geun-hye demanded on Monday that North Korea apologize over recent landmine blasts, even as the bitter rivals held marathon talks to defuse tensions that have brought the peninsula back to the brink of armed conflict. Park said anti-North propaganda broadcasts would continue unless Pyongyang took responsibility for landmine explosions early this month that wounded two South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the two countries. North Korea denies it laid the mines. Seoul and Pyongyang have remained technically in a state of war since the 1950-53 Korean war ended in a truce, rather than a peace treaty. The landmine blasts escalated into a crisis that saw both sides exchange artillery fire on Thursday and ramp up their military readiness. The United Nations, the United States and the North’s lone major ally, China, have all called for calm.
August 24, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/north-south-korea-marathon-talks-effort-ease-tension-005931830.html
Apostasy Amos 8:11 1 Timohty 4:1 2 Peter2:1-3 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the Lord.” (Amos) “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons” (1 Timothy 4:1) “ But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.” (2 Peter 2:1-3)
Headline: Satan worshipers drown women with milk in Planned Parenthood counter-protest
Satan worshipers launched a counter-protest against pro-lifers outside the Detriot and Ferndale, Michigan Planned Parenthood locations Saturday. Clad in black robes, members of the Satanic Temple of Detriot drenched bound women with milk, simulating water-boarding to “illustrate the theocratic agenda imposed upon female bodies.” The milk symbolized breast milk, one of the protest organizers explained on Facebook. The group attached a symbol of their temple to the American flag and held up a sign that read, “America is not a theocracy. End forced motherhood.” “The Satanic Temple strongly opposes the promotion of misinformation and believes that all people are entitled to make informed decisions about their health, family and future without coercion,” says the group’s web site. “We consider our action a form of worship; the rejection of tyranny is an affirmation of selfhood. So long as perverted theocratic systems of power attempt to manipulate our communities and distort truths for political gain, we will rebel.”
August 23, 2015
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/satanists-drown-women-for-planned-parenthood/article/2570695
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: 80 percent chance of cyclone near Windward islands
A low pressure system over the Atlantic Ocean, midway between Africa and the Windward Islands, has an 80 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday. “A tropical depression could form later today or on Tuesday while the system moves westward,” the Miami-based weather forecaster said.
August 24, 2015
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/80-percent-chance-of-cyclone-near-Windward-islands-413071
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Aug. 23, 2015- Poll: Will Obama vote yes or no to form a PLO State in September
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I want to make one thing clear! The U.S. will not remain the strong ally we have seen from past times under the many different presidents. Obama actions show us his aim is to toss Israel under the bus. You shouldn’t be to up-set over this as no man is placed in a position of power unless the Lord Jesus wants the person to be in that set of power. It has become clear over these many years that Obama has been chosen to help fulfill the Zech. 12 prophecy. As you can see from the headline below there is more talk about what may happen in September. The question I am waiting to see is if Obama will finally turn completely against Israel by taking sides with the General Assembly in voting yes for a Palestinian State. As for me I am looking for Obama to vote yes! Obama has already given everything Iran has asked for that will need up help try to destroy Israel so why not give the PLO their own State what will force Israel into a corner in defending themselves against anyone or any nation from dividing up the land of Israel. I have never taken a poll at this site but this is my first one. How many of you who come to my site think Obama will vote yes? How many of you think he will vote no?
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Headline: Upcoming Jewish Holidays Begins Period of Cataclysmic Events for Israel
You don’t need prophetic vision to know that the world is on the verge of a new period heralding in global changes unlike any ever seen before. The signs are obvious and the pieces are all in place. With the Jewish holiday’s fast approaching, God’s plan for change and redemption is unfolding before our very eyes with grave implications for the nation of Israel.
The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, will begin on the evening of September 13 and end after sunset on September 15. According to Jewish tradition, Rosh Hashana is the day that God begins the process of judging the entire world.
This year’s Rosh Hashana is especially unique in that it will signal the end of the Shemittah year, the Sabbatical year which occurs in a seven year cycle. According to the Talmud, the written text explaining the oral Torah, the Messiah will come in the year following the Shemittah year.
As the second and final day of the holiday of Rosh Hashana ends on September 15, the 70th United Nations General Assembly will commence. The issue of the creation of a Palestinian state is expected to be decided by world representatives during the General Assembly. While not having yet happened, the upcoming session is already fraught with tension as it is unclear whether the US will continue to use its veto to prevent the Palestinians from unilaterally declaring a state.
Conflict over the Holy Land is prophesied to be part of the process of redemption. In Zechariah 12:6, the end times are described: “On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a flame that sets a woodpile ablaze or like a burning torch among sheaves of grain. They will burn up all the neighboring nations right and left, while the people living in Jerusalem remain secure.” In Amos 9:15, we are told that once the Jews are re-established in their land, “they will not again be rooted out from their land.” http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/47435/upcoming-jewish-world-holidays-ushering-in-period-cataclysmic-events/#1ygguLrK42EBGyqd.97