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Headline: Don’t Mention God on the Temple Mount
Rabbi and Professor Yoel Elitzur caused a massive disruption on the Temple Mount (Har HaBayit) on Thursday resulting in his being removed from the Jewish holy site by police. Rabbi Elitzur of Ofra ascends to the Temple Mount every month. On Thursday, when the Rabbi ascended, he was harassed by members of the radical Islamic group Marabtat, who get paid to harass and intimidate Jews visiting the Jewish holy site. After one Muslim extremist approached Rabbi Elitzur and cursed him with the traditional Islamic phrase “Allahu achbar”, the good rabbi responded with, “Hashem Hu HaElohim”, which in English means, “The Lord, He is God”. Police detained the Rabbi and expelled him from the Temple Mount for disturbing the public order.
Feb. 6, 2015
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/dont-mention-god-on-the-temple-mount/2015/02/06/
Headline: Palestinian Authority to Ban Products From Six Israeli Companies
A senior Palestinian Authority (PA) official, Mahmoud al-Aloul, said on Monday that the PA is planning to ban products made by six Israeli companies. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, products manufactured by Tnuva, Osem, Elite, Prigat, Jafora-Tabori, and the Strauss Group will be banned in markets in the West Bank starting on Feb. 11. Al-Aloul said that the decision to ban the products came in response to a “recent surge of Israeli violations,” including “the takeover of large tracts of Palestinian lands for settlement purposes and Israel’s illegal freeze of Palestinian tax revenues, collected on behalf of the PA.”
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/02/09/palestinian-authority-to-ban-products-from-six-israeli-companies/
Headline: Quartet Calls for ‘Speedy Resumption’ of Israel-PA Peace Talks
The Middle East Quartet powers on Sunday called for a “speedy resumption” of Israeli-Palestinian Authority (PA) peace talks, urging both sides to avoid any action that could undermine efforts to settle the conflict, AFP reported. The Quartet is made up of the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia, and has been unsuccessfully trying for several years to force the sides to resume peace negotiations. Talks between Israel and the PA collapsed in April despite the efforts of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to broker a deal. Kerry was able to force the sides into a six-month negotiation period, but the PA torpedoed those talks by requesting to join 15 international agencies in breach of the conditions of the negotiations. Since that time, the PA has increased its diplomatic efforts against Israel, trying – and failing – to pass a resolution at the UN Security Council setting a 12-month deadline for Israel to reach a final peace deal and calling for a full Israeli withdrawal from Judea and Samaria by the end of 2017. When the UN move failed, the PA followed by applying to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) and threatening to file complaints of war crimes against Israel. The ICC has since opened a preliminary probe into possible war crimes committed by Israel against Palestinians. On Sunday, Kerry met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, European Union foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini and UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference to review the situation in the region. “The Quartet underlined the importance of the parties resuming negotiations as soon as possible with a view to reaching a just, lasting and comprehensive peace,” a statement quoted by AFP said. The Quartet also “recalled the importance of the Arab Peace Initiative — with its vision for a comprehensive settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict — and the vital role of Arab partners,” it said.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/191093#.VNkPgi6xXhI
Headline: Israel and Egypt forewarned of synchronized ISIS-Sinai assaults in both countries
Headline: IS-Linked Group Solicits for Donations for “Sinai Province”
Intelligence gathered by Egypt and Israel attest to the former Ansar Bait al-Maqdis – now reborn as the Islamic State’s operational arm in Sinai – being well into advanced preparations for a large-scale terrorist offensive targeting Israel forces manning the Egyptian frontier, along with a string of Egyptian targets across Sinai up to and including the Suez Canal and Cairo. According to debkafile’s counter-terrorism sources, the Islamist group was so elated by the outcome of its multiple attacks on Jan. 29, which left at least 40 Egyptian soldiers dead and more than 100 injured in Sinai and Suez towns, that it is determined to keep going. Using different types of rockets, including Grads, as well as mortars and car bombs, terrorist squads then broke into military bases in four cities in Sinai and two on the Suez Canal and set them on fire. Others killed all the personnel aboard military and police convoys before putting them to the torch. The ISIS Sinai arm is planning to target Israeli forces with a similar type of multiple offensive. Appropriate precautions for fending off this attack are in place. Cairo banned Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, as a terrorist organization in the wake of the support the Palestinian extremists extended to ISIS for this wholesale assault, supplying the terrorists with rockets and intelligence. In addition to Hamas, DEBKA’s sources report that Ansar Bait al-Maqdis has entered into operational collaboration with a newly-established Egyptian Islamist group, which calls itself “Agnad Misr” – Soldiers of Egypt. This group first broke surface on Jan. 24 with a communiqué bearing the motto “Retribution is Life.” It turns out to be made up of Salafi extremists mixed with former members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, one of the forerunners of the original Al Qaeda. Its terror agenda focuses on Cairo and its environs.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://debka.com/article/24391/Israel-and-Egypt-forewarned-of-synchronized-ISIS-Sinai-assaults-in-both-countries
https://news.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-News/is-linked-group-solicits-for-donations-for-sinai-province.html
“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.” (Psalm 83)
Jordan
Headline: Jordan launches more air strikes after Islamic State burns pilot to death
Headline: Syria says it doesn’t need Jordan’s help fighting ISIS
Headline: Bahrain ready to back Jordan fight against IS
Jordan has launched 56 air strikes against weapons depots of the Islamic State group, as well as training centres and military barracks since militants released a video of them burning a Jordanian pilot to death, Jordan’s air force chief said Sunday. Meanwhile, a squadron of F-16 fighter jets from the United Arab Emirates arrived in Jordan. The UAE has said it is sending the warplane to support the kingdom and a Jordanian government official has said they will participate in air strikes on Islamic State targets. Jordanian officials vowed to harshly retaliate for the slaying of the pilot, Lieutenant Muath al-Kaseasbeh. Since Thursday, the Jordanian air force has attacked and destroyed 56 Islamic State targets, the air force chief, General Mansour al-Jabour, told reporters. “We achieved what we were looking for: revenge for Muath,” the General said. “And this is not the end. This is the beginning.” Meanwhile, Syria’s foreign minister on Monday criticized neighboring Jordan, which recently stepped up air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, and said his country does not need outside help in battling IS militants. Walid al-Moallem also told reporters that Damascus will not accept Jordanian or other foreign ground troops crossing into Syria to fight the Islamic State group.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/jordan-launches-air-strikes-after-islamic-state-burns-pilot-to-death/article22854690/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/02/09/syrian-fm-criticizes-jordan-says-his-country-doesnt-need-help-against-islamic/
http://news.yahoo.com/bahrain-ready-back-jordan-fight-against-191151573.html
Lebanon
Headline: Report: U.S. Mulling Israeli Invitation to Terror Conference after Lebanon’s Boycott
Headline: Obama Administration Sends Massive Weapons Shipment to Lebanon- VIDEO
The United States is reportedly reconsidering a decision to invite Israel to a conference expected to be held in Washington next week after Lebanon decided to boycott it over claims that it cannot take part in a meeting to confront terrorism with the Jewish state’s participation. According to As Safir newspaper published on Monday, Lebanon’s decision created a fuss among European countries that began wondering about the matter, which caused Washington to hesitate in its invitation. Sources told the daily that the Iraqi foreign ministry is also mulling its decision whether to take part in the conference or not amid Lebanon’s steady stance. The sources pointed out that “it’s no longer a secret that Israel directly or indirectly supports extremist groups such as (al-Qaida-affiliate) al-Nusra Front in Syria’s Quneitra.” On Saturday, media reports said that Washington received an official apology from Lebanon on its participation in the “White House conference on efforts to counter violent extremism,” as Beirut argued it cannot be a “partner with Israel in confronting terrorism.” More than 60 countries, including 14 Arab nations and Israel, are expected to take part in the summit slated on February 18 at the White House and presided by U.S. President Barack Obama.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/166697-report-u-s-mulling-israeli-invitation-to-terror-conference-after-lebanon-s-boycott
http://www.israelvideonetwork.com/obama-administration-sends-massive-weapons-shipment-to-lebanon/?omhide=true&utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Breaking+News+Video%3A+Obama+Administration+Sends+Massive+Weapons+Shipment+to+Lebanon&utm_campaig
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: Syrian Regime’s Airstrikes Kill 15 Near Damascus
At least 15 people were killed and dozens wounded on Monday in government airstrikes on an area outside Syrian capital Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said. There were no immediate details on the breakdown of those killed in the strikes, which are the latest to hit the town of Douma in the rebel stronghold of Eastern Ghouta. The opposition bastion, east of Damascus, was still reeling from a massive government aerial assault on Thursday that came after rebels fired more than 120 rockets and mortar rounds into the capital. The rebel barrage killed ten people in Damascus, including a child, while the government airstrikes and surface-to-surface missiles fired at Eastern Ghouta killed at least 82 people, among them 18 children.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/191124#.VNkOXS6xXhI
Syria Headline: ISIS pulls some forces and hardware from Aleppo
ISIS has withdrawn some of its insurgents and equipment from areas northeast of the Syrian city of Aleppo, rebels and residents say, adding to signs of strain in the Syrian provinces of its self-declared caliphate. The group, which has recently lost ground to Kurdish and Syrian government forces elsewhere in Syria, has pulled fighters and hardware from several villages in areas northeast of Aleppo, they said. But it has not fully withdrawn from area. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks the war using a network of sources on the ground, said ISIS had redeployed forces from Aleppo province to join battles further east with Kurdish forces and mainstream rebel groups. ISIS appeared to be preparing for a fuller pullback, saying they had even dismantled a bakery in the town of al-Bab, some 40 km (25 miles) northeast of Aleppo. “They are still there, but they have pulled out the foreign fighters, the heavy equipment, changed their positions,” the rebel commander said in a phone interview, declining to be identified because it would endanger his contacts in the area. Four other rebels gave a similar description of the movements by ISIS, which swept across northern Syria last year buoyed by its lightening advances in Iraq. The Observatory said ISIS had sent fighters from Aleppo to reinforce front lines with Kurdish forces and allied Syrian opposition groups that had seized the initiative of the Kobani defeat to launch new attacks on the group. “The front has expanded,” said Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the Observatory, adding that the jihadi group still had control over a wide expanse of Aleppo province.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Feb-09/286913-isis-pulls-some-forces-and-hardware-from-aleppo.ashx
Syria Headline: Control of Terrain in Syria: Feb. 9, 2015
http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2015/02/control-of-terrain-in-syria-february-9.html
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe
http://syriahr.com/en/category/news/
Iraq Headline: Two bombs in Baghdad kill 15 civilians: sources
At least 15 people were killed in two bombings in and around Baghdad on Monday, police and medical sources said, the latest in a string of deadly attacks to hit the Iraqi capital in the last two weeks. A suicide bombing at a security checkpoint in the Shi’ite neighborhood of Kadhimiya killed 13 civilians and wounded more than 30 others, the sources said. The neighborhood is home to one of the holiest shrines in Shi’ite Islam and is the regular target of such attacks. Two people were later killed when a bomb went off on a main street in a northern suburb, police and medical sources said. No person or group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombings. Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot that seized large parts of northern and western Iraq last year, regularly targets Shi’ite neighborhoods in the capital. At least 37 people were killed in a wave of bombings on Saturday.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/09/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-violence-idUSKBN0LD0GJ20150209
Iraq Headline: Baghdad’s major anti-IS ground offensive looms
A top US envoy said Iraqi troops would launch a major ground offensive against the Islamic State group in the coming weeks, as a suicide bomber killed 14 people in Baghdad Monday. John Allen, the US coordinator for the anti-IS coalition of Western and Arab countries, said Sunday Iraqi troops would begin a major offensive “in the weeks ahead.”
“When the Iraqi forces begin the ground campaign to take back Iraq, the coalition will provide major firepower associated with that,” he told Jordan’s official Petra news agency.
On Monday, a suicide bomber attacked Baghdad’s Shiite-majority Kadhimiyah district, killing at least 14 people and wounding at least 43, officials said. The bomber struck near pavement vendors in crowded Aden Square in the second suicide bombing to hit the city in three days. On Saturday, an attack inside a restaurant in the Baghdad Jadida area killed at least 23 people. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Monday foreign troops would not be allowed on the ground in Syria to battle IS, also telling journalists Amman had not responded to a Damascus request to coordinate efforts against the jihadis.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/702101
Iraq Headline: ISW Iraq Situation Report Feb. 7-8, 2015
http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2015/02/iraq-situation-report-february-7-8-2015.html
Kurdish Headline: Kurds Recapture Ground from ISIS North of Mosul
Kurdish forces backed up by US-led airstrikes have recaptured territory from Islamic State terrorists near the strategic city of Mosul in northern Iraq, the American military said Monday. The advance is the latest push by Kurdish forces around Mosul, considered a crucial battleground for an eventual major counteroffensive against the ISIS by Iraqi government troops and the Kurds. “Security forces from the Kurdish region seized three bridgeheads on the west bank of the Tigris River, north of Mosul in formerly held Daesh (ISIS) areas,” the United States military command overseeing the air war said in a statement. It said the assault was backed up by four “precise and effective” air raids by the US-led coalition between Friday and Sunday. Coalition military advisers also provided “intelligence assistance” to the Kurdish fighters, the command added. “Kurdish peshmerga forces now hold the gains they have made and are postured to retake additional territory from Daesh in the vicinity of Mosul.”
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/191131#.VNkNty6xXhI
Headline: IS hostage John Cantlie appears in new video from Syria’s Aleppo
The Islamic State (IS) group on Monday circulated a video featuring John Cantlie, their British journalist hostage, touring the Syrian city of Aleppo and interviewing IS fighters. Cantlie said the video is the “last in the series”, without explaining the implications for his personal situation. He was captured by IS in Syria on 22 November 2012 and has appeared in a number of videos used by the group to promote their strength and criticise the West. In Monday’s 12-minute documentary-style video, Cantlie visited an Aleppo market he said was the scene of a bombing attack that had involved collusion between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s troops with the US-led anti-IS coalition. “All this (the attack) follows a drone, which we saw five minutes ago, and then Assad’s air force comes in and drops bombs on the market,” he said. “As far as I know the Syrian air force does not have drones – it must have been an American drone. It was definitely Assad’s bomb dropping here on the market.” “Someone is working with someone around here to drop bombs. The people are absolutely terrified from bombs being dropped by Assad’s aircraft but with American drones flying overhead.” Despite overtures from Assad to join the US-led coalition against IS, he has been repeatedly rejected by the Americans who remain publicly opposed to the Syrian president’s continued rule. Cantlie moved on from the Aleppo market to show shots of IS fighters fishing in the Euphrates river and laughing over a cup of tea in a café. He interviewed an IS fighter who spoke with a distinct Saudi accent. Saudi Arabia is reported to have the highest number of citizens fighting with IS, estimated to number 7,000 according to a report by US security affairs website the Daily Paul.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hostage-john-cantlie-appears-new-video-syrias-aleppo-1125534015
Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above).
Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.
Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.
Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.
Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
Gomer is Eastern Germany.
Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia.
Russia
Headline: Obama confirms arming Ukraine on the table if diplomacy with Russia fails
Headline: Explosion, fire rock eastern Ukraine chemical plant
Headline: 1,500 Russian troops, military equipment enter Ukraine
President Obama confirmed Monday that his administration is weighing the possibility of sending arms to Ukraine to help the country beat back Russian-backed separatists, if diplomacy fails. The comments came during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, following a meeting between the two leaders at the White House. Merkel and French President Francois Hollande have been pushing a peace plan and have planned a summit later this week with the leaders of both Russia and Ukraine. Obama appears to be giving those talks space to play out, stressing Monday that, “We continue to encourage a diplomatic resolution to this issue.” But, confirming what officials previously had indicated to be the case, Obama said lethal military aid is on the table. “It is true that if in fact diplomacy fails, what I’ve asked my team to do is look at all options,” Obama said. “The possibility of lethal defensive weapons is one of those options that’s being examined.”
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/09/obama-confirms-arming-ukraine-on-table-if-diplomacy-with-russia-fails/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/02/09/explosion-fire-rock-eastern-ukraine-chemical-plant/
http://www.timesofisrael.com/1500-russian-troops-military-equipment-enter-ukraine/
Iran
Iran is going to be one of the key players in the Ezekiel 38 war against the tiny nation of Israel. Since President Obama took office I have been warning you that Obama will not stop Iran from their quest in getting a nuclear bomb which Iran would love to try to use against Israel. For the past 6 years I have repeated my warning to watch for Obama to keep giving Iran more time as he continues to break the dead line for Iran to comply in halting the nuclear program or else. As you will see from the report that just came out via NBC News once again Obama has done exactly what I warned you! The big question for one to ask is this. What is Israel going to do as she sees the U.S. is not going to actually going to do anything to stop Iran from getting that nuke? Maybe I can not tell you exactly how things will be played out between Iran and Israel but this I can tell you for sure. These nations are going to war against each other just as stated in the Ezekiel prophecy and the events you are now witnessing are events leading up to that war!
Below are some of my previous warning to you on this issue.
Headline: Iran: Extending Nuclear Talks Isn’t in Anyone’s Interest – NBC News.com
Headline: Obama says extending deadline for Iran nuclear deal not useful
Headline: Criticizing Netanyahu, Obama says ‘united’ world presenting Iran with nuclear deal
Iran’s foreign minister said Sunday that extending a nuclear-talks deadline is not in anyone’s interest, but failing to reach a deal with world powers wouldn’t be “the end of the world.” The U.S. and its allies have been working to strike a historic deal with Iran over its nuclear program and extended a self-imposed deadline to July after negotiators failed to clinch an agreement in November. (WATCH VIDEO AT THE 1st LINK BELOW):
Feb. 8, 2015
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/iran-extending-nuclear-talks-isnt-anyones-interest-n302371
http://newsdaily.com/2015/02/obama-says-extending-deadline-for-iran-nuclear-deal-not-useful/
http://www.jpost.com/International/Criticizing-Netanyahu-Obama-says-united-world-presenting-Iran-with-nuclear-deal-390508
Afghanistan
Headline: Senior Afghan militant with Islamic State links killed in drone strike
Headline: Afghan, Pakistani, Chinese Officials Meet for Security Talks in Kabul
Headline: Militants blow up girls school, health clinic in Kunar
A missile-firing drone has killed six people in Afghanistan, including a veteran Taliban militant now believed to be the leader of Islamic State (IS) in the country’s south-west, Afghan officials have said. The senior militant, former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mullah Abdul Rauf, was killed in the violence-plagued southern province of Helmand, officials there said. Police chief Nabi Jan Mullahkhel said Rauf was travelling in a car when the drone attacked. The other casualties included his brother-in-law and four Pakistanis, Mr Mullahkhel said. The United States operates drones over Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan. US-led forces in Afghanistan did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Rauf had been influential in Afghanistan’s jihadi movement for well over a decade, defecting to Islamic State from the Taliban. Media reports last month said he had begun recruiting for IS as part of a push by the movement to gain traction beyond its stronghold in Iraq and Syria. Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), said in a statement Rauf was in charge of IS in south-western Afghanistan and he was killed just after midday in “a successful military operation”.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/2015-02-09/senior-afghan-militant-with-islamic-state-links-killed-in-drone-strike/1413683
http://www.voanews.com/content/afghan-pakistani-chinese-officials-meet-for-security-talks-in-kabul/2635007.html
http://afghanistantimes.af/militants-blow-up-girls-school-health-clinic-in-kunar/
Ethiopia
Headline: Ethiopia to deploy more troops in Somalia, South Sudan
Ethiopia on Thursday announced it will send more peacekeepers to Somalia, South Sudan and to Abyei, a disputed region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan. According to the Ethiopian International Peace-keeping Training Centre, the Horn of Africa nation will deploy 600 additional peace keepers in the stated countries next month. “Since the peacekeeping force has finalised its preparations, it will be deployed in March following the supervision of UN and the AU,” Centre head Major General Hassan Ibrahim told the state-run Ethiopia Broadcasting Corporation (EBC). The new deployment of the Ethiopian troops to the countries, the military official said was per the request made by the respective countries. Ibrahim said the peacekeepers will be deployed around Kismayo in Somalia and three helicopter gunships would be sent to South Sudan.
Feb. 6, 2015
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article53907
Sudan
Headline: Three Sudanese aid workers killed: government official
Three Sudanese aid workers with the Sudanese Red Crescent were killed in the war-torn Blue Nile state on Sunday, an official at a government humanitarian body said. “Three … Sudanese Red Crescent Society aid workers were killed in Blue Nile state … while returning from the town of Kurmuk after finishing a task related to the distribution of humanitarian aid in the region,” Ahmed Mohamed Adam, head of the Humanitarian Affairs Commission, said in a statement. He did not say how they were killed but alluded to armed movements in the region in an apparent reference to the rebels there. “The commission condemns targeting the aid workers and calls on the armed movements to respect international humanitarian law and the principle of the protection of aid workers,” Adam added.
Feb. 8, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/08/us-sudan-violence-idUSKBN0LC0Z620150208
Libya
Headline: Libyan factions to resume talks on Tuesday; Benghazi death toll hits 700
Headline: EU threatens sanctions against ‘spoilers’ of Libyan peace talks
Headline: Heavy fighting hits Benghazi in renewed Libya offensive
Libya’s warring factions will resume U.N.-sponsored talks on Tuesday inside the country to try to resolve a struggle between two governments and parliaments, officials from both sides said on Saturday. The news came as new clashes between pro-government forces and Islamists in the eastern Benghazi city killed seven soldiers, bringing the death toll of four months of fighting there to almost 700, medics said. Meanwhile, Troops loyal to Libya’s internationally backed government launched a new offensive to seize the extremist-held city of Benghazi, as witnesses saw corpses on the streets Sunday and ambulances racing by. Information over what was happening in Benghazi, Libya’s second-largest city, remained unclear, though a medical official at Al-Jalaa hospital, one of only two working hospitals in the city, said at least 10 people had been killed since Friday.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/libyas-warring-factions-resume-talks-next-week-both-212604995.html
http://newsdaily.com/2015/02/eu-threatens-sanctions-against-spoilers-of-libyan-peace-talks/
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Feb-09/286873-heavy-fighting-hits-benghazi-in-renewed-libya-offensive.ashx
Tunisia
Headline: Tunisia arrests 32 suspected of plotting attacks
Tunisian authorities have arrested 32 extremists and thwarted an ambitious plot to attack civilian and military sites around the country, including the Interior Ministry. The spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Mohammad Ali Aroui, said some of those arrested over several days had traveled to battlefronts abroad, notably Syria. The announcement late Saturday came just as Tunisia’s new government is taking power after a long transition to democracy prompted by the Arab Spring uprisings. A major task for the new leadership will be fighting extremism that has flourished since protesters overthrew authoritarian rule. Aroui said the hunt for other suspects was still underway with plans to comb Kasserine, near Mount Chaambi, near the Algerian border where Muslim radicals are holed up resisting Tunisian soldiers. The towns of Kef and Jendouba, in the northwest, are also being searched.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Feb-09/286874-tunisia-arrests-32-suspected-of-plotting-attacks.ashx
Algeria
Headline: Algeria puts conditions for security, military agreements with Tunisia
Algeria put three conditions for signing a long-term security and military agreement with Tunisia, Algerian newspaper El-Khabar reported yesterday. The main condition is that Tunisia must not sign a military deal with a third country without discussing the issue with Algeria. According to the sources, the second condition is that Tunisia must attain a consensus over any security and military agreement between the two countries. While the third condition dictates that Tunisia not drag its army into any foreign war. According to Al-Sharq Portal, military cooperation between the two countries widened in the last two years Al-Sharq said that Algeria is afraid that Western countries might join security and military agreements with Tunisia.
Feb. 9, 2015
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/africa/16872-algeria-puts-conditions-for-security-military-agreements-with-tunisia
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)
If you look at this map of Africa you can see that many of the countries are listed in the Ezekiel Wars: Ethiopia, Sudan, Libya, Egypt (Psalm 83), Algeria, and Morocco (you can news on these countries above). Now compare the ISIS plan for their caliphate to the countries in Africa- even though they are not listed in prophecy- and SEE what is happening in those countries, as Christ warned us multiple times that Nation will Rise Against Nation. It seems those who say ‘we are winning the battle’ against ISIS do not count the many countries in which they have fighters waiting for the country to destabilize. Remember: ISIS by any other name (Boko Haram, Libya Dawn, al-Shabab, Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, etc.) is STILL ISIS- Islam working toward a global caliphate
As for this map- they begin at the top of Africa (Maghreb, The Land of Alkinana) and extend South ending at taking Cameroon, CAR, Uganda, Kenya and Somalia (going west to east- The Land of Habsha); Here is a list of the countries (those with an asterisk are part of the Ezekiel Prophecy). As you can see below, I’ve also included the latest news stories on these various countries
Headline: Boko Haram launches first attack in Niger
Headline: Boko Haram attack 3 Cameroon towns, 30 abducted
Headline: Bomb explodes in Niger town after Boko Haram attack
Headline: Boko Haram Releases Video on Implementing Shariah Law on Muslims in Nigeria
Headline: Boko Haram Calls Parts Of Nigeria “The Islamic State”
The Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram has attacked a town in Niger for the first time, witnesses say. Niger’s government said it killed more than 100 of the group’s fighters as it repulsed the attack on the border town of Bosso. The group reportedly killed at least 70 people in an attack on the town of Fotokol in Cameroon on Wednesday. Boko Haram militants reportedly attacked Bosso early in the morning with heavy weapons, causing residents to flee or hide indoors. One resident told AFP news agency: “We can hear the sound of weapons all around the town, often very near our windows. “There is the noise of heavy weapons and of light arms, making our houses shake.” Niger later said it had successfully pushed back the militants, killing 109. The country’s defence minister, Mahamadou Karidjo, said four soldiers and a civilian were also killed. Bosso lies just across the border from Nigeria’s Borno state, one of the areas worst affected by Islamist violence. Meanwhile, Residents say suspected Boko Haram fighters have kidnapped more than 30 people in northern Cameroon after attacking several towns. Bouba Kaina, resident of where the first attacked took place, confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday that a bus was seized by the insurgents with 20 people aboard. The bus was then driven toward the border with Nigeria, about 11 miles away. Early Monday another group of fighters attacked the town of Kolofata, looting food and livestock.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31162979
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/02/09/boko-haram-attack-3-cameroonian-towns-30-abducted/?intcmp=latestnews
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/World/2015/Feb-09/286915-bomb-explodes-in-niger-town-after-boko-haram-attack.ashx
https://news.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-News/boko-haram-releases-video-on-implementing-shariah-law-on-muslims-in-nigeria.html
http://www.vocativ.com/world/isis-2/boko-haram-isis/
Headline: On Saturday, The Governments Of Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria And Benin Agreed To Establish An 8,700 Strong Multi-National Force To Tackle The Insurgency
Suspected Boko Haram militants attacked a prison in neighbouring Niger late Sunday ahead of a vote by the country’s parliament on whether to send troops into Nigeria to fight the sect. The attack happened hours before Niger’s parliament was due to vote on joining a regional offensive against the militants. On Monday, hours after the attack, a bomb exploded in Niger’s bordertown of Diffa, a military and a local source told Reuters news agency. Meanwhile, troops from Chad are already carrying out operations inside Nigerian territory. Residents and military sources said heavy gunfire rang out as Niger’s army repelled the attack. They said this was Boko Haram’s third assault on the border town of Diffa in four days. Residents said even though many had fled, the authorities ordered locals to stay in their homes and mounted roadblocks around the town by late morning. A military officer said on the condition of anonymity that with the attack, “It is now evident that Boko Haram has its cells, its sleeping networks in the town and the region of Diffa.” He said investigation was on going as it was not immediately clear how many people were killed or wounded, or whether any of the prisoners were freed. A member of the National Guard, which runs prison security, said more than 100 suspected Boko Haram militants were held in Niger, but none of them in Diffa. On Saturday, the governments of Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Benin agreed to establish an 8,700 strong multi-national force to tackle the insurgency.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/09/saturday-governments-cameroon-chad-niger-nigeria-and-benin-agreed-establish-8700-strong
Headline: Thousands protest Burkina Faso’s presidential guard
Thousands of people on Saturday protested in Burkina Faso calling for the dissolution of the feared presidential guard, a powerful unit within the military. The military’s meddling in politics has exposed divisions within the ranks of transitional authorities due to guide Burkina Faso to elections later this year after former president Blaise Compaoré was forced to step down amid mass protests in October. After several days of crisis talks, the presidential guard, known locally as the RSP, on Friday pledged not to interfere in the transition. Still, protesters on Saturday gathered in the capital, Ouagadougou, demanding that the unit be scrapped. “We demand right now and without any conditions the dissolution of the RSP,” said Guy Herve Kam, a spokesman for the civil society groups that organised the march. Some in the crowds held banners reading, “Threat to the republic” and “No to an army within the army. No to intimidation and threats”. During last year’s protests, which left at least 24 people dead and more than 600 injured, Amnesty International accused the elite corps of “excessive and lethal” use of force.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.france24.com/en/20150208-thousands-protest-burkina-fasos-presidential-guard/
Headline: U.N. wants 1,030 more peacekeepers for Central African Republic (CAR)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the U.N. Security Council for 1,030 more peacekeepers for Central African Republic after the mission was left overstretched when infrastructure and senior officials needed to be protected in the capital, Bangui. Ban wants an additional 750 troops and 280 police, which would take the mandated strength of the peacekeeping operation to nearly 13,000 uniformed personnel. The 15-member Security Council is due to renew the mandate of the mission in April. A largely Christian “anti-balaka” militia took up arms in 2013 in response to months of looting and killing by Muslim Seleka rebels who had toppled President Francois Bozize and seized power in March of that year. “The security situation remains volatile and clashes between anti-Balaka and ex-Seleka elements continue, while criminal activities aimed at, among other things, controlling the country’s natural resources are increasing,” Ban said in a letter to the Security Council.
Feb. 5, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/05/us-centralafrica-un-idUSKBN0L92CY20150205
Headline: UN envoy warns of fragile situation in Guinea Bissau
Guinea Bissau still needs the support of the international community despite the ongoing efforts by the new authorities, the UN Secretary General’s envoy acknowledged, while speaking at the UN Security Council session. The restoration of constitutional order which is quite positive has still not tackled the root causes of the instability in Guinea Bissauâ, Miguel Trovoada said while commenting on the latest developments in the West African country. The social and political situation is characterized by uncertainties about the country’s futureâ, the head of the UN Office for the Consolidation of Peace in Guinea Bissau is quoted in a statement made available to APA on Monday as saying. The UN official has pointed out that over the security and defense sector reforms; the Bissau Guinean Defense Minister has already introduced new amendments about the law on the creation of a special retirement fund. According to Trovoada, the UN Secretary General has already recommended the reinforcement of the UN mission in the post-coup country while pointing out that the support provided by the international community could not last for good.
***The coup occurred in April 2012
Feb. 9, 2015
http://en.starafrica.com/news/un-envoy-warns-of-fragile-situation-in-guinea-bissau.html
Headline: Kenya: Lawmaker Is Killed
A masked gunman shot and killed a Kenyan lawmaker and three other people early Saturday on a street in the capital, Nairobi, a senior police official said. The lawmaker, George Muchai, his two bodyguards and a driver were killed after they stopped to buy a newspaper, said the official, Chief Paul Wanjama of the Nairobi Central Police. The police said no suspects had been arrested yet in the killing of Mr. Muchai, who was a well-known trade unionist and a member of Kenya’s governing coalition.
Feb. 7, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/world/africa/kenya-lawmaker-killed.html?_r=0
Headline: Security Council demands end to Mali violence, urges parties to reach peace deal
Demanding an immediate end to all hostilities in Mali, the United Nations Security Council today urged Malian parties to “engage with sustained political will and a spirit of compromise” and make the necessary concessions to engage in talks towards a comprehensive, inclusive peace deal that addresses the root causes of the years-long crisis in the country. The Government of Mali and the signatory and adherent armed groups of the Ouagadougou Preliminary Agreement must resume without delay the inter-Malian negotiation process in Algiers, the 15-member body urged in a Presidential Statement approved this morning. “The parties have a responsibility to the Malian people and the international community to reach a durable peace agreement,” the Security Council stressed, calling on all actors who have influence on the Malian leaders to urge them “to negotiate seriously and in good faith.”
Feb. 6, 2015
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=50020#.VNkqTy6xXhI
Headline: Somali member of Parliament killed by Al-Shabab in Mogadishu
A member of Parliament in Somalia was killed in Mogadishu by al-Qaida-linked terrorist organization al-Shabab. Abdulahi Qayad Barre was shot and killed near the presidential palace as he left his home to go to parliament. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack and said it would target more politicians. MPs were gathering to approve a new cabinet after rejecting the newly-elected prime minister’s candidates. Al-Shabab calls the politicians “despotic infidels.” At least five MPs were killed last year, but Barre seems to be the first assassinated in 2015. Somalia is to vote on a new constitution ahead of national elections in 2016. Recently, al-Shabab killed at least six people after detonating a car bomb outside of a hotel in Mogadishu.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/02/09/Somali-member-of-Parliament-killed-by-Al-Shabab-in-Mogadishu/6391423489510/?spt=sec&or=tn
Headline: Ugandan Troops to Continue Protecting South Sudan Leader
The governments of Uganda and South Sudan signed an agreement extending Ugandan military presence in violence-prone South Sudan for four more months, a Ugandan military spokesman said Wednesday. A memorandum of understanding was signed on Tuesday in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, between the two countries’ ministers of defense, Maj. Henry Obbo said in a statement. The two countries decided it was necessary to renew their military pact because “the situation in South Sudan had not fully stabilized” despite a peace agreement signed on Monday in Ethiopia under the mediation of a regional bloc, the statement said. Ugandan troops have been fighting alongside troops loyal to South Sudanese President Salva Kiir to put down a rebellion led by former Vice President Machar. The Ugandan soldiers are based mostly in the capital, Juba, where they protect key sites such as the international airport. Their presence is opposed by rebel forces who say the Ugandans are an obstacle to peace and want them to leave the country.
Feb. 4, 2015
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ugandan-troops-continue-protecting-south-sudan-leader-28710930
NON- AFRICAN COUNTRIES
Headline: Hadi must be restored as Yemen president: UN chief
Headline: Two parties quit resumed Yemen crisis talks citing Houthi threats
Headline: Risk of civil war hangs over Yemen crisis talks
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Sunday for the restoration of Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s authority after Houthi militia seized power.
“The situation is very, very seriously deteriorating, with the Houthis taking power and making this government vacuum,” Ban said, referring to the Shiite militia which dissolved the Sanaa government and Parliament on Friday. “There must be restoration of legitimacy of President Hadi,” the UN chief told reporters after talks with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/701826
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/09/us-yemen-security-idUSKBN0LD1BV20150209
http://news.yahoo.com/risk-civil-war-hangs-over-yemen-crisis-talks-183000912.html
Headline: Bahraini forces attack supporters of Sheikh Salman
Bahraini regime forces have once again attacked the protesters who were out on the streets across the Persian Gulf state to demand the immediate release of senior Shia opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman. On Sunday, the demonstrators took to the streets in the capital Manama and Sitra Island to censure the detention of Sheikh Salman, the leader of the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society opposition party. However, the demonstrations turned violent after security forces fired tear gas to disperse the protesters. Similar clashes also erupted during another protest rally in Bilad al-Qadeem in the suburbs of Manama earlier in the day. Bahraini protesters have held numerous demonstrations in the country since Sheikh Salman was arrested on December 28, 2014, on charges of seeking regime change and collaborating with foreign powers. The Shia cleric has denied the accusations. His arrest has also triggered massive protests outside the monarchy, with leaders, governments and international organizations across the world calling for his immediate release.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/02/09/396800/Bahrain-forces-attack-proSalman-demos
Headline: 1 killed during Kashmir protest marking separatist’s hanging
Anti-India demonstrators clashed with government forces in the disputed region of Kashmir on Monday, leaving one civilian dead and another critically wounded as the separatists protested the secret execution two years ago of a former Kashmiri rebel, police said. One of several protests staged across the Himalayan region turned violent, with government forces firing on the stone-throwing crowd, a police officer said on customary condition of anonymity. One of the protesters died at the scene in Palhalam village, north of the main city of Srinagar, while another was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Hundreds of police and paramilitary soldiers were patrolling the region during a strike called by anti-India separatists to mark the anniversary of the execution. Srinagar’s streets were nearly deserted as shops and offices closed. Authorities imposed a curfew in parts of Srinagar and detained at least 100 anti-India activists to prevent violent protests.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.arabnews.com/world/news/701856
Economic collapse Revelation 6:5-6 & Daniel 2:41-43– Decline of the Euro “ 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) “Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. 43 As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.” (Daniel 2:41-43)
Headline: Greek exit from euro inevitable: Greenspan
Headline: Greece: Italy and Portugal next if we are forced out of eurozone
Greece will have to leave the eurozone sooner or later, the former head of the United States central bank Alan Greenspan said on Sunday. The comments come after a diplomatic blitz by Greece’s new anti-austerity government to try to renegotiate a new debt deal amid fears Greece could default on its loans. “It is a crisis and I don’t see it being resolved easily, in fact I don’t see it being resolved without Greece leaving the eurozone,” the former chairman of the US Federal Reserve told BBC radio. “I don’t see that it helps them to be in the euro and I certainly don’t see how it helps the rest of the eurozone. And I think it’s just a matter of time before everyone realises that parting is the best strategy.”
Feb. 8, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/greek-exit-euro-inevitable-greenspan-185859264.html
https://euobserver.com/political/127544
Headline: Greece has ‘moral obligation’ to claim German WWII reparations: PM
Headline: Germany tells Greece there is ‘zero’ chance it is going to pay World War II reparations
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Sunday the country had a “moral obligation” to claim reparations from Germany for the damages wrought by the Nazis during World War II. Greece had “a moral obligation to our people, to history, to all European peoples who fought and gave their blood against Nazism,” he said in a key address to parliament. Berlin has already sounded a firm “no” to requests for reparations nearly 70 years after the end of the war, but Tsipras and his radical left party have vowed to tackle the issue. “Our historical obligation is to claim the occupation loan and reparations,” the new PM said, referring to Germany’s four-year occupation of Greece and a war-time loan which the Third Reich forced the Greek central bank to give it which ruined the country financially. Tsipras’s anti-austerity Syriza party claims Germany owes it around 162 billion euros ($183 billion) — or around half the country’s public debt, which stands at over 315 billion euros. The issue risks aggravating already strained ties between Athens and Berlin, as Tsipras bids to reverse austerity measures imposed by its international creditors.
Feb. 8, 2015
***Sounds like Greece is taking a page from Russia – 2nd link
http://news.yahoo.com/greece-moral-obligation-claim-german-wwii-reparations-pm-192051560.html;_ylt=AwrBJSBVvNdUcTUA4WzQtDMD
http://www.newsweek.com/russian-parliament-set-request-eu4-trillion-wwii-reparations-germany-304163?piano_d=1
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-germany-rejects-greek-claim-for-world-war-two-reparations-2015-2
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: Moscow & Cairo to drop USD, use national currencies in bilateral trade – Putin
Russia and Egypt might soon exclude the US dollar and use their national currencies in the settlement of accounts in bilateral trade, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview to Egyptian media ahead of his Monday visit to the country. The issue of abandoning the dollar in trade is “being actively discussed,” Putin told Al-Ahram daily newspaper ahead of his two-day trip to Egypt. The Russian president was invited for a bilateral meeting by his Egyptian counterpart Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. “This measure will open up new prospects for trade and investment cooperation between our countries, reduce its dependence on the current trends in the world markets,” Putin said. “I should note that we already use national currencies for trade with a number of the CIS [Commonwealth of Independent States] states, and China. This practice proves its worth; we are ready to adopt it in our relations with Egypt as well. This issue is being discussed in substance by relevant agencies of both countries.” Egypt is a long-time and trusted partner of Russia and the relationship between the two countries has been rapidly developing, the Russian president said.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://rt.com/business/230447-russia-egypt-trade-dollar-drop/
Headline: Gold up on weak U.S. equities, dollar
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Monday as U.S. equities weakened and the dollar fell. The most active gold contract for April delivery rose 6.9 U.S. dollars, or 0.56 percent, to settle at 1,241.50 dollars per ounce. Gold rose as the dollar spot index, a measure of the dollar against a basket of major currencies, fell 0.25 percent to 94.4570 as U.S. equities weakened. Gold and the dollar typically move in opposite directions, as if the dollar goes up, gold, measured by the dollar, will become more expensive for investors, dragging down gold futures. Financial turmoil continues in Greece as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Greece could not continue to pay off its debt, and said he would ask for a bridge loan instead of an extension on the country’s troubled international bailout. This gave gold a boost as it lowered U.S. and European equities, sending investors to gold as a safe haven. Silver for March delivery rose 37.6 cents, or 2.25 percent, to close at 17.07 dollars per ounce. Platinum for April delivery dropped 1.2 dollars, or 0.10 percent, to close at 1,220.40 dollars per ounce.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2015-02/10/c_127476871.htm
Headline: Citi: Oil Could Plunge to $20, and This Might Be ‘the End of OPEC’
Headline: Another fracking casualty: Qatar cancels petrochem project
Headline: Oil Jobs Start Drying Up
The recent surge in oil prices is just a “head-fake,” and oil as cheap as $20 a barrel may soon be on the way, Citigroup said in a report on Monday as it lowered its forecast for crude. Despite global declines in spending that have driven up oil prices in recent weeks, oil production in the U.S. is still rising, wrote Edward Morse, Citigroup’s global head of commodity research. Brazil and Russia are pumping oil at record levels, and Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran have been fighting to maintain their market share by cutting prices to Asia. The market is oversupplied, and storage tanks are topping out. A pullback in production isn’t likely until the third quarter, Morse said. In the meantime, West Texas Intermediate Crude, which currently trades at around $52 a barrel, could fall to the $20 range “for a while,” according to the report. The U.S. shale-oil revolution has broken OPEC’s ability to manipulate prices and maximize profits for oil-producing countries. “It looks exceedingly unlikely for OPEC to return to its old way of doing business,” Morse wrote. “While many analysts have seen in past market crises ‘the end of OPEC,’ this time around might well be different,” Morse said.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/citi-oil-could-plunge-20-172206724.html
http://www.worldtribune.com/2015/02/08/another-fracking-casualty-qatar-cancels-petrochem-project/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-09/roughnecks-and-roustabouts-still-have-their-fracking-jobs-but-for-how-long-
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: Another Ebola Outbreak ‘Inevitable’
Doctors and experts say another Ebola outbreak is “inevitable”, unless the international community unites around a long-term, common approach to combat the disease in the future and substantial investment is made into the health services of affected developing countries. Although reports of new cases of Ebola have been reduced to around 100 a week in the West African countries so ravaged by the disease that it was declared a health emergency last August, medical and aid organizations are clear that the Ebola crisis isn’t over yet. There were 9,936 reported cases of Ebola and 4,877 deaths caused by the virus in 2014 according to official figures released by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Feb. 6, 2015
http://www.newsweek.com/another-ebola-outbreak-inevitable-304801?piano_d=1
Headline: Measles outbreak spreads to three more states and Washington DC; 121 people now affected
Headline: Germany battling a measles outbreak that is 10 times worse than the one in US
The measles outbreak spread to three more states and Washington D.C. last week, affecting 19 additional people, according to an update posted Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The highly contagious disease is now in 18 jurisdictions, with 121 people affected. The vast majority of the cases are part of the large outbreak that began in Southern California Disney theme parks in late December, the health agency said. The total is on pace to easily surpass the 644 cases in the United States in 2014, the greatest number since measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000. Last week, the CDC reported 102 cases in 14 states.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/02/09/measles-outbreak-spreads-to-three-more-states-121-people-now-affected/
http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/germany-battling-a-measles-outbreak-that-is-10-times-worse-than-the-one-in-us-1.328467
Apostasy & Alternative Lifestyles Amos 8:11, 1 Timothy 4:1-3 & Romans1:26-27 “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, 3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.” (1 Timothy) “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) “For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due”(Romans)
Headline: Alabama begins issuing marriage licenses to gay couples
Alabama began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples Monday, despite an 11th-hour attempt from the state’s chief justice — an outspoken opponent — to block the weddings. The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday morning that it wouldn’t stop the marriages from beginning in the state, and shortly after, Jefferson County probate judge Alan King issued several licenses. He did so despite Chief Justice Roy Moore’s Sunday night order to all probate judges, directing them to refuse to issue the licenses. By issuing licenses, King says he was abiding by the federal court order from January that determined Alabama’s statutory and constitutional bans on gay marriage were unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Callie Granade had put her order on hold until Monday to let the state prepare for the change. The state attorney general has requested that the hold be extended, but the U.S. Supreme Court refused to do so.
Feb. 9, 2015
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/09/alabama-chief-justice-tells-probate-judges-not-to-issue-gay-marriage-licenses/?intcmp=latestnews
Apostasy Amos 8:11 & 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) “ 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)
Headline: Hundreds of ‘Churches’ to Celebrate ‘Evolution Sunday’ as Others Celebrate ‘Creation Sunday’
Nearly 500 “churches” in the United States will commemorate Charles Darwin’s birthday this week with “Evolution Sunday,” but many other congregations plan to recognize the biblical Creator and celebrate “Creation Sunday” instead. February 12, Darwin’s birthday, is commemorated each year by atheists as International Darwin Day. However, many “churches” also plan to celebrate the birth of the notorious naturalist by following the advice of atheist Dr. Michael Zimmerman and hosting “Evolution Sunday” or “Evolution Weekend” events. “Evolution Weekend is an opportunity for serious discussion and reflection on the relationship between religion and science,” Zimmerman’s website says. “An ongoing goal has been to elevate the quality of the discussion on this critical topic, and to show that religion and science are not adversaries.” Since 2006, thousands of congregations that believe the Bible and evolution are compatible have observed Evolution Sunday and similar events. So far, nearly 500 congregations have pledged to recognize the event this year, with California, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio being the states with the most participating “churches.”
Feb. 9, 2015
http://christiannews.net/2015/02/09/hundreds-of-churches-to-celebrate-evolution-sunday-as-others-celebrate-creation-sunday/
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: Fire Volcano in Guatemala erupts, spewing rock and ash
A national disaster preparedness official in Guatemala says the Fire Volcano has exploded, spewing incandescent rock and ash that dusted surrounding communities. Spokesman David de Leon says authorities put the southern Guatemala area on alert, though no evacuations have been made so far. Karina Lopez, a resident of nearby Antigua, said Saturday that ash mixed with a drizzle to reduce visibility and that the rumblings continued. The National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction issued instructions urging people to take shelter, wear masks, cover water tanks and be aware of evacuation routes. Firefighters were standing by. The volcano sits on the border of the Guatemalan states of Escuintla, Sacatepequez and Chimaltenango. It has a height of 3,763 meters (12,346 feet) above sea level.
Feb. 7, 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/fire-volcano-in-guatemala-erupts-spewing-rock-and-ash/2015/02/07/09a1c872-af25-11e4-8876-460b1144cbc1_story.html
Headline: What’s shaking? 
List & map of USGS Earthquakes
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