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“We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed” (2 Corinthians 4:8-9)
I must caution you: there are links used to report events below that you should use extreme caution in viewing- they are anti-Israel sites and Arabic media sites.
“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
Headline: IDF concerned of possible Hezbollah invasion of northern Israel
Northern Command says Shiite terror group threatening to send forces across the border in first few days of a third Lebanon war. Hezbollah may implement its plan to invade northern Israel if a third Lebanon war breaks out, according to an estimate by the IDF Northern Command. Sources in Israel have identified a change in the Shiite terror group’s policies, which Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has defined as “breaking the silence.” There was no concrete warning of an immediate threat by Hezbollah to launch a war against Israel or a surprise ground invasion, but the concern that a single event – with casualties – may flare up and lead, in quick succession, to the outbreak of war on the northern front. According to the IDF estimates, Hezbollah has gathered the confidence necessary to attempt an invasion operation – as it managed with force on the border towns between Syrian and Lebanon, in al-Qusayr, Arsal, and the Qalamoun Mountains. As opposed to its previous modus operandi, in which pointed attacks were carried out by small cells numbering less than a dozen people, the new estimates fear that operations would be wide-ranging and include a blitz by at least 100 fighters in order to hold an Israeli position for three to four hours. The possibilities include the seizure of part of a town, a mountain ridge, or an IDF outpost – all in order to achieve an unprecedented symbolic victory for Hezbollah.
***See also Lebanon below
Sept. 14, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4570917,00.html
Headline: Likud Decides Without PM to Topple Hamas in Next Operation
Hundreds of Likud members took part in a meeting of the party’s Central Committee in Ashkelon on Monday, where they passed a party proposal obligating the toppling the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza in the next counter-terror operation. “We must rehabilitate our deterrence, and in the next round destroy Hamas – there must be a clear decisive (blow),” said Likud Central Committee Chairman MK Danny Danon at the event. The statement refers to the perceived lack of decisive military action in Operation Protective Edge, the third such operation in Gaza, which ended with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sealing a ceasefire with Hamas that coincided with a nose-dive in his approval ratings. Netanyahu himself was absent at the meeting Monday, instead taking part in a meeting of Likud activists in Petah Tikva that he arranged to conflict with the Central Committee meeting so as not to be present.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185145#.VBdA0xanGVo
Headline: Report: Abbas Will Ask France to Recognize ‘Palestine’
Headline: PA fears Islamic State threat taking world’s attention away from Palestinian issue
According to Bethlehem-based news agency Ma’an, Palestinian Authority (PA) chief Mahmoud Abbas will ask French president Francois Hollande to recognize the “state of Palestine” when Abbas meets Hollande in France Friday. According to the report, Abbas will then ask additional European countries to recognize “Palestine” even before he heads for the annual United Nations General Assembly. PA foreign minister Riad Al Maliki told Ma’an that “the international situation now is much better than in the past, and there is a better chance that the Palestinian people’s demands will be met.” Maliki added that “the world is now conviced, more than in the past, that Israel undermines international efforts for peace by constructing settlements.” “Because of the diplomatic stalemate, we will say at the Security Council that this is the time to take a clear stand that will lead to the end of the occupation,” he explained. According to Maliki, European countries are gradually becoming convinced that Abbas is following the right path. Meanwhile, without a DROP of concern for their Muslim brethren, The Palestinian Authority has expressed concern that the international coalition against Islamic State would divert attention from the Palestinian issue. PA President Mahmoud Abbas chaired a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah over the weekend to discuss the US efforts to form a coalition to fight Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria. Following the meeting, the Palestinian leaders said the “international campaign against terrorism was currently lacking a political dimension that would address the issues of the region.” They also warned that the campaign did not deal with the “core and central issue, which is the Palestinian cause, so that it would be able to dry up the sources that feed terrorism and extremism.” The Palestinian leaders called on Arab, regional and international parties to insist on linking their anti-terrorism campaign to a political dimension and not to focus solely on military and security aspects. Nabil Abu Rudaineh, spokesman for the PA presidency, said that without solving the Palestinian issue “there would be no solutions for the problems of the region.” Abu Rudaineh added that any regional alliances should lead to “ending the occupation and preserving the national rights of the Palestinians.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185116#.VBdBuBanGVo
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/PA-fears-Islamic-State-threat-taking-worlds-attention-away-from-Palestinian-issue-375276
Headline: Israelis Warned of Heightened Terror Threat Abroad
Headline: ISIS may target Israelis, Jews abroad, Counter-Terrorism Bureau warns
The Israeli National Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau has warned of the increased likelihood of terror attacks targeting Israeli and Jewish targets in the run up to the High Holy Days, highlighting western Europe as an area of particular concern. In a report issued Monday assessing global terror threats, the Bureau noted the significant danger of western nationals currently fighting abroad for global jihadi groups, including Al Qaeda and the “Islamic State” (ISIS), returning to their home countries to commit terrorist attacks. It cited the example of Mehdi Nemmouche, the French-Algerian former ISIS fighter and torturer, who returned to Europe and is believed to have carried out a deadly shooting at the Brussels Jewish Museum, which killed four people including two Israelis. Nemmouche is said to have planned a much larger terror attack to take place in Paris, but was apprehended before he could carry it out. Some 2,000 of ISIS’s fighters are thought to hail from western states, and many have indeed returned home already. According to British authorities for example, of the 500 or so UK nationals who traveled to fight for the Islamic State, roughly half have already returned home – 40 of whom have been arrested.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185122#.VBc1QRanGVo
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/ISIS-global-jihadi-elements-may-target-Israelis-and-Jews-abroad-Counter-Terrorism-Bureau-warns-375380
Headline: Al Qaeda Flags Continue to Fly Near Temple Mount
Flags of the Al Qaeda terror group are flying atop the Kotel Hakatan (“Small Kotel”), a remnant of the retaining wall of the Temple Mount that is a continuation of the Western Wall, located in the Muslim Quarter. The Kotel Hakatan is adjacent to one of the entrances to the Temple Mount. Meanwhile, said Avichail Weizmann, a resident of the Old City and a student at Hakotel Yeshiva in the Jewish Quarter, municipal signs and other symbols of Israeli sovereignty are torn down or destroyed on a regular basis, and that includes signs in the area of the Kotel Hakatan, which he visits frequently. Speaking to Arutz Sheva, Weizmann said that he had contacted city officials numerous times about the issue, but so far to no avail. Two weeks ago, Weizmann said that he noticed several flags with Arabic writing flying over the Kotel Hakatan – a flag which turned out to be the symbol of Al Qaeda. He filed a complaint with police, which sent out an investigator – who concluded that the flags were actually signs of a “religious nature” and as such none of the police department’s business. According to Weizmann, the flags are stil there.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185129#.VBdBQxanGVo
Headline: Exclusive: Feds Find Anti-Israel and Pro-Palestine 9/11 Message to America on Border Fence
On September 11, 2014, individuals or a group in Mexico hung a message to America over the U.S.-Mexico border wall condemning American support for Israel and declaring support for Palestine. U.S. federal agents discovered the banner draped over the primary border fence in Arizona’s Yuma Sector in a restricted area that could only have been reached from Mexico. The message also contained an image described by authorities as an anarchist symbol. The incident was kept secret from the American public by federal authorities. Breitbart Texas exclusively obtained the leaked incident report from federal agents on the condition their identities remain private. The leaked incident report reveals that U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered the banner in the early hours of September 12, 2014, indicating that the banner had been draped over the border wall late in the night on September 11th.
Sept. 14, 2014
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Texas/2014/09/15/Exclusive-Feds-Find-Anti-Israel-And-Pro-Palestine-911-Message-to-America-On-Border-Fence
Headline: Islamic State secretly near Israel border, Syrian rebel group says
***This is not news to us as we know that Al-Nusra has pledged allegiance to ISIS
The Islamic State terror group is operating sleeper cells in southern Syria near the border with Israel, a spokesman for the opposition’s Free Syrian Army charged Sunday. The spokesman, speaking to The Times of Israel on condition of anonymity, as he was not authorized to communicate with Israeli media, said that some of the 6,000 Islamist fighters who fled southward toward the borders with Israel and Jordan in July actually belong to the Islamic State, not to the less extreme Nusra Front as previously believed. “There are sleeper cells in the south, which are hidden. They don’t do anything [military] at all,” the spokesman said of IS. “Many people [in the moderate Syrian opposition] are following them and will strike at them before they organize.”
FSA rebels reach truce with ISIL militants in Syria’s Damascus
http://aranews.net/2014/09/fsa-rebels-reach-truce-isil-militants-syrias-damascus/
According to the intelligence agency of the Free Syrian Army, Islamic State activists would approach individuals in the area, offering them basic food staples or financial aid. “They say: ‘Stay at home, no one will know about you. The moment we need you, we’ll call.’” The spokesman said that many locals refused the IS overtures, but that could change given the region’s grave poverty. Prices have skyrocketed recently, he added, with a liter of diesel fuel costing $15, for example. Two villages where IS representatives made such proposals are Hayt and Sahem Al-Jawlan, near the Syrian-Jordanian border, the spokesman said. “They were sent by the Islamic State to control the largest portion of land possible,” he said. “We are against them wholeheartedly. They have nothing to do with Islam, which they merely use as a cover.”
FSA rebels reach truce with ISIL militants in Syria’s Damascus
http://aranews.net/2014/09/fsa-rebels-reach-truce-isil-militants-syrias-damascus/
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/islamic-state-secretly-near-israel-border-syrian-rebel-group-claims/
Headline: Police counterterrorism unit gets green light to operate outside of Israel
Headline: Netanyahu Calls to Raise Defense Budget by ‘Many Billions’
The police force’s elite counterterrorism unit, Yamam, will be expanded and authorized to operate outside of Israel’s borders. The unit’s mandate will be changed by law to authorize it to operate anywhere “the government of Israel sees fit,” whether within Israel’s borders or beyond them, and it will be beefed up by an extra company — about 100 people — in light of the threat of terrorist infiltrations along both the southern and the northern borders. “For 40 years, Yamam fighters have protected Israel’s citizens,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a recent ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the unit’s establishment. “It’s an elite unit, one of the best in the world, which is one of the pillars of Israel’s security. Yamam’s fighters operate in the shadows, but they bring a great deal of light to Israel’s citizens.”
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.615955#
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185140#.VBdAqhanGVo
Jordan
Headline: Jordan BDS Statement on Gas Deal with Israel
Headline: Israeli Minister confirms Israel would aid Jordan against IS
Jordan BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel) expresses deep concern and opposition to the finalization of a recent gas deal between Jordan and Israel. The proposed deal comes in the aftermath of Israeli’s morally reprehensible attack on Gaza, which left over 2,100 Palestinians killed, and 11,000 injured, the vast majority of them civilians. This opposition is joined by the vast majority of the Jordanian public who share Jordan BDS principled objection to working with Israel. Most importantly, the gas-purchase agreement is not in Jordan’s long-term strategic interest. We question the wisdom of tying our energy future with a supplier who has failed consistently to adhere to international morality. Our opposition comes primarily out of fear for Jordan’s long-term strategic interests. Despite the economic necessity argument being used, the fact remains that there are major geopolitical implications for this deal that easily overshadow all potential economic benefits. If the agreement is finalized, it would make Jordan dependent on Israel for its energy needs, and would grant immeasurable political and economic leverage to Israel over our country, depriving us much of our independence.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleNO=26684#.VBdU4hanGVo
http://www.timesofisrael.com/minister-confirms-israel-would-aid-jordan-against-is/
Lebanon
Headline: Hezbollah slams Lebanon FM for siding with Arab states in fighting ISIS
Lebanon’s Hezbollah has expressed strong reservations about Beirut’s signing of the Jeddah Communique pledging regional military cooperation against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), with sources close to the group warning that the agreement both goes too far and does not do enough to confront the Islamist terrorist group. Lebanon’s Hezbollah-led March 8 Alliance called on Beirut to provide “clarification” regarding the future Lebanese role in the international coalition being assembled to confront ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on the condition of anonymity, a source close to Hezbollah said: “Lebanon’s official position in terms of its commitment to the fight against terror has been clear since 2000.” The source said that any additional responsibilities must be taken “within the framework of a clear plan that determines Lebanon’s role,” criticizing the Jeddah Communique’s vague language. He added that Hezbollah considers Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil’s signing of the communique as non-binding until an official clarification is issued by the Beirut government. By merely attending the Jeddah meeting Bassil had “buried” Lebanon’s “unrealistic” policy of self-distancing, the Hezbollah source maintained.
Sept. 14, 2014
http://yalibnan.com/2014/09/14/hezbollah-slams-lebanon-fm-siding-arab-states-fighting-isis/
Headline: Hezbollah vows to destroy Islamic State in Syria
Headline: Lebanon rejects Syria’s cooperation against ISIS says Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk
Headline: Lebanon FM: No-one should be left out of anti-IS alliance
Troops from the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah will fight alongside Syrian regime forces as long as necessary in order to eradicate Islamic State combatants in the embattled country, the deputy head of the Shiite organization’s executive council said Monday. “There could never be a war of words between ISIS and us, but there is the field where we will defeat them,” Nabil Qaouk maintained, according to the Daily Star, a Lebanese media outlet. “Day after day, it is becoming clear to Lebanon, the Arab, Muslim and international communities that there is a great need for Hezbollah to remain in Syria. The current situation today imposes on Hezbollah to stay in Syria more than any other time,” he added.
***They sound just like Iraq below
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-vows-to-destroy-islamic-state-in-syria/
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Sep-15/270704-lebanon-rejects-syrias-cooperation-against-isis.ashx#axzz3DQ3daigx
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/lebanonnews/563790-bassil-no-one-should-be-left-out-of-anti-is-alliance
Headline: Intel: Hezbollah built arsenal of 5,000 long-range rockets from Iran
Israel’s intelligence community has determined that the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah built a huge long-range rocket arsenal. The intelligence community has assessed that Hizbullah was focusing on the procurement of rockets with a range of more than 100 kilometers. In a recent assessment to the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, intelligence agencies concluded that Hizbullah amassed an Iranian-origin long-range arsenal of at least 5,000 rockets. “This arsenal could strike deep inside Israel and is larger than most countries in the Middle East,” an Israeli source said. The source said the intelligence community has traced the long-range rocket arsenal to underground facilities in Beirut as well as the Bekaa Valley. The assessment asserted that much of the arsenal consisted of the Fatah-110, with a range of more than 200 kilometers. “These are precision-guided rockets with a warhead of at least one ton,” the source said. “They could strike virtually any target in Israel.”
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/09/15/intel-hizbullah-built-arsenal-5000-long-range-rockets-iran/
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Hellfire Systems LLC, Orlando, Florida, was awarded a $68,721,521 modification (P00104) to firm-fixed-price, foreign military sales contract W31P4Q-11-C-0242 to acquire 1,361 Hellfire II tactical missiles in containers and air-to ground missiles: model AGM-114R, AGM-114R-3, AGM-114P-4A, TGM M36E7, and ATM-114Q-6. The countries involved in this foreign military sales contract are Iraq, Jordan, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Fiscal 2012, fiscal 2013 and fiscal 2014 other procurement funds in the amount of $68,721,521 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is Nov. 30, 2016. Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
***So now the US is providing Hell Fire Missiles to Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia AND Lebanon…under the heading of ‘helping fight ISIS’, he is arming the very nations that want to wipe Israel off the map!
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.defense.gov/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=5376
Egypt
Headline: Egypt Kills 7 Jihadists in Sinai
Seven jihadists were killed in a shootout in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula during a joint operation by police and the army, Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said Sunday, according to AFP. The seven men were among “the most dangerous elements of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis” and had taken part in a July attack on a border post with Libya that killed 22 soldiers, he was quoted as having told a news conference. The minister did not give a date for the operation. Based in the northern Sinai, the Al-Qaeda-inspired Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis has spearheaded attacks that have killed scores of policemen and soldiers since the army overthrew Islamist president Mohammed Morsi in July 2013. It says the attacks are to avenge the killing of pro-Morsi protesters by the army and police, a crackdown which has left at least 1,400 dead. The group has also claimed responsibility for several rocket attacks that targeted the Israeli resort city of Eilat.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185104#.VBdCVRanGVo
Headline: Sisi pledges support to Lebanon stability
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi vowed Monday to cooperate with Lebanon’s allies in order to ensure the country’s stability. After his meeting with the Lebanese Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi in Cairo, Sisi expressed his “confidence in Lebanon’s ability to overcome current ordeals”, stressing that Egypt stands “by Lebanon and is ready to cooperate with the friends of Lebanon and the Arab brothers.” Sisi said that cooperation efforts aim “at creating a dynamic solution that would preserve Lebanon’s stability and unity at this stage.” After the meeting, Azzi said that Sisi had expressed “his determination to address widespread social and economic issues”, highlighting that unemployment in Arab communities was at the forefront of the president’s concerns.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Sep-15/270774-sisi-pledges-support-to-lebanon-stability.ashx#axzz3DQ3daigx
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: Obama: Assad Shooting At American Planes Would Lead To His Overthrow
Syria Headline: US covertly giving Assad intel on Islamic State, regime daily claims
President Barack Obama would seek to overthrow the regime of Bashar al-Assad if American planes were attacked upon entering Syrian air space, Peter Baker of The New York Times reports. If Assad’s troops fired at American planes entering Syrian airspace, “Obama said he would order American forces to wipe out Syria’s air defense system,” Baker reports. “He went on to say that such an action by Mr. Assad would lead to his overthrow, according to one account.” Meanwhile, Al-Watan reports that accurate American information conveyed via third countries has allowed Syria to target senior jihadists. The United States is providing the Assad regime with accurate intelligence on Islamic State targets in Syria through a third country, a Syrian regime daily reported on Monday, contradicting American claims that no such cooperation existed. Quoting unnamed diplomatic sources in Paris, Al-Watan reported that Syria has received “very accurate information” from a foreign intelligence agency over the past weeks regarding movements and meetings of Islamic State leaders in Syria. Based on that intelligence, the daily reported, Syrian aircraft attacked the location of the leaders and “hit the targets with precision.” Al-Watan claimed the information originated in the US, and may have been conveyed via “Baghdad, Moscow, Berlin, or even the military command center located in Irbil (in northern Iraq).” No comment was available from the US State Department at time of publication.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-assad-shooting-at-american-planes-would-lead-to-his-overthrow-2014-9
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/world/middleeast/paths-to-war-then-and-now-haunt-obama.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1
http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-covertly-giving-assad-intel-on-islamic-state-regime-daily-claims/
Syria Headline: Republican Syria-Rebel Aid Plan Said to Include Controls
U.S. House Republican leaders are drafting legislation to grant President Barack Obama’s request to arm and equip Syrian rebels while also requiring controls including progress reports to Congress, a House aide said. The provision probably will be offered as an amendment to a must-pass bill to fund the government through Dec. 11, said two House Republican aides who sought anonymity to discuss the plans. The approach is intended to win the support of lawmakers who want a separate vote on the Syria aid. Obama, in a Sept. 10 televised address, asked Congress to authorize help for Syrian rebels combating the Sunni extremist group Islamic State, which has swept from Syria deep into Iraq with a campaign of terror that included the beheading of two U.S. journalists and a British aid worker. No U.S. ground troops will be needed, the president said. Under the plan, the Defense Department would be required to report to Congress 15 days before putting its proposal into effect and demonstrate how it would work, the first House aide said. Every 90 days afterward, the Defense Department would have to provide information on vetting of Syrian rebels who receive help, in an effort to ensure that U.S. equipment doesn’t fall into terrorists’ hands, the House aide said.
Syrian Rebels: We’ll Use U.S. Weapons to Fight Assad, Whether Obama Likes It or Not
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/11/syrian-rebels-we-ll-use-u-s-weapons-to-fight-assad-whether-obama-likes-it-or-not.html?via=desktop&source=twitter
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-15/republican-syria-rebel-aid-plan-said-to-include-controls.html
Syria Headline: Syrian FM: Qatar directly supports Nusra kidnappings
Qatar is responsible for kidnappings by the Nusra Front, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said Sunday, as an official Lebanese delegation held talks in Doha over negotiations to secure the release of 22 policemen and soldiers held by militants. “Terrorists from the Nusra Front would not have committed the crime of kidnapping had it not been for direct support from Qatari forces,” the ministry said in a statement. Qatar is helping negotiate the release of Lebanese security personnel and soldiers captured by Nusra militants in Arsal and later handed over to Islamic State radicals who have since beheaded two of the soldiers. The Syrian statement argued that by paying large sums to militants to secure the released of abducted security and military personnel, the Gulf state was supporting terrorism.
Sept. 14, 2014
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Sep-14/270636-syrian-fm-qatar-directly-supports-nusra-kidnappings.ashx#axzz3DJ8eYJXr
Syria Headline: Islamic State militants attack Syria’s Qamishli, casualties reported
On Sunday, Islamic State’s (IS/ISIL) militants fighters launched an intense attack with mortar shells against the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli (Qamishlo), in northeastern Syria. IS militants launched mortar fire against several neighbourhoods in the city from their strongholds in the town of Tel Hamis, south of Qamishli. Dozens of casualties among civilians were reported. Meanwhile, military forces of the Syrian regime (based in Qamishli Internaional Airport) counter-attacked IS-held Tel Hamis by use of heavy artillery. Speaking to ARA news in Qamishli, Kurdish activist Ahmed Suleiman said that at least two civilians were killed and dozens of others were injured as mortar shells launched by IS extremists hit several neighbourhoods in the city. Noteworthy, militant fighters of IS have been in control for months in the southern countryside of Qamishli, mainly in the towns of Tel Hamis and Tel Brak.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://aranews.net/2014/09/islamic-state-militants-attack-syrias-qamishli-casualties-reported/
Syria Headline: Syrian regime attacks Turkmen-populated towns
At least six people, including three children, were killed Monday in air attacks led by Syrian regime troops in the Turkmen town of Bayirbucak in the northern Latakia province in Western Syria bordering Turkey, say opposition activists. According to local security officials, Syrian military aircraft launched large scale air operations on the Turkmen residential town of Bayirbucak, and among the fatalities were two women and three children. The towns of Nusaybin, Gebeli and Cumeren, located at the border with Turkey, were also affected by the attack. The assault also wounded many civilians, all of whom were transferred to nearby hospitals. The regime attacks continue along the Syria-Turkey border.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.aa.com.tr/en/rss/389646–syrian-regime-attacks-turkmen-populated-towns
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe
Syria Headline: ISW Syria Update September 4-12, 2014
http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2014/09/syria-update-september-4-12-2014.html
Iraq Headline:ISIS executes eight Sunnis in northern Iraq
ISIS militants publicly executed eight Sunni men in a small northern Iraqi village at the weekend for allegedly plotting against the group, an eyewitness from the village told Reuters Sunday. The killing began on Friday night when a pair of masked ISIS gunmen openly murdered a police officer in Al-Jumasah village after the militant group accused him of spying for the Kurdish and Iraqi military forces, the witness said. The ISIS fighters gathered local residents to watch the execution in the village, about 120 km north of Tikrit. “Islamic State members said that this is the fate of anyone who opposes them,” the witness said. “They presented as evidence CDs and copies of the man’s correspondences with the security forces.” After the police officer was executed, a small armed group opened fire in revenge on the house of an ISIS officer.
Sept. 14, 2014
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Sep-14/270633-isis-executes-eight-sunnis-in-northern-iraq.ashx#axzz3DJ8eYJXr
Iraq Headline: France to begin reconnaissance flights over Iraq
French aircraft will begin reconnaissance flights over Iraq on Monday, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said before a conference bringing together about 30 countries to discuss how to cooperate in the fight against Islamic State militants. “We told the Iraqis we were available and asked them for authorization (to fly over Iraq),” Fabius told Europe 1.
When asked to confirm Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s comments that the first flights from a French base in Abu Dhabi would begin on Monday, Fabius said: “Correct.”
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/France-to-begin-reconnaissance-flights-over-Iraq-375366
Iraq Headline: Iraq’s Falluja hospital ‘hit by shelling’
A hospital in the Iraqi city of Falluja, mainly controlled by Islamic State (IS) fighters, has been hit by government shelling, reports say. It comes a day after PM Haider al-Abadi ordered the Iraqi army to stop shelling civilian areas in towns seized by IS. A member of staff was seriously injured in the shelling, medical officials at the hospital have told the BBC. Many residents of Falluja and Ramadi have said they are more at risk from army air raids than from the jihadists.
Sept. 14, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29198489
Iraq Headline: Bombings kill 8 people in Iraq
Iraqi officials say two separate bombings have killed eight people in and around the capital. Police officials say the first attack happened Monday afternoon when a roadside bomb explosion hit a patrol of anti-militant fighters, known as Sahwa, in the town of Madain, just south of Baghdad, killing three fighters and one civilian. In a later attack, police say a sticky bomb attached to a minibus exploded in Baghdad’s southern district of Abu Dashir, killing four passengers and wounding six people. Medical officials confirmed the causalities. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/bombings-kill-8-people-iraq-180925177.html
Iraq Headline: al-Sadr threatens to target American troops if they return to Iraq
On Monday the Shia Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened to target American troops if they came back to Iraq, calling “Mujahideen” to withdraw from their areas in the case of the intervention of those forces “by land or by sea, directly or indirectly,” and expressed his hope of the exit of popular demonstrations expressing “the real opinion of the Iraqi people “.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/urgent-al-sadr-threatens-target-american-troops-return-iraq/
Iraq Headline: Institute for the Study of War Iraq Situation Report: September 12-14, 2014
http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/09/iraq-situation-report-september-12-14.html
Kurdish Headline: Kurdish Government Condemns the Killing of British Aid Worker by IS Militants
The official spokesperson of the Kurdistan Regional Presidency (KRP) has condemned the execution of the British humanitarian activist, David Haines by the Jihadi group. The KRP labeled the execution of the British worker as unethical and brutal. “The Islamic State published the execution of a British humanitarian activist, David Haines. Taking the British activist as a hostage for a year and then executing him is extremely unethical and immoral. We condemn this immoral act of IS militants in the strongest possible terms,” read the statement. The statement also states that this act shows that the group will continue to ignore all humanitarian and religious values. “Therefore, annihilating this treacherous terrorist group at its roots is an urgent obligation that the International Community should carry out,” concluded the statement.
Sept. 14, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Kurdish-Government-Condemns-the-Killing-of-British-Aid-Worker-by-IS-Militants/33997
Kurdish Headline: Christians Join Kurdish Peshmerga Forces
Ankawa Town Directorate in Erbil has called on Christian Chaldeans and Assyrians to register their names to join Peshmerga forces in the fight against Islamic State (IS) insurgents.
Registration has been opened from Sunday, September 14, and will last for four days. In an statement that BasNews has obtained a copy of, the Ankawa Town Directorate asks all Christian youths, including Assyrians and Chaldeans to register their names to join Peshmerga forces to protect themselves and their communities and fight Islamic State (IS) Militants.
The announcement states that registration will continue for four days [until September 18] and those who want register their names must be aged between 18-30 years old. Following the attacks by IS insurgents on some Sunni populated areas in Iraq, large number of Christians were forced to leave their houses and flee to the Kurdistan Region. There are estimated to be about 400,000 Christian refugees in the region. Since the recent attacks of IS in northern Iraq, most of minorities including Yazidis and Christians has taken up arms and formed their special Militia groups.
Sept. 14, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Christians-Join-Kurdish-Peshmerga-Forces/34078
Kurdish Headline: Deputy asks Barzani to remove Turkey military bases in Kurdistan Region
A member of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Kurdistan Region’s local parliament asked President Massoud Barzani to remove Turkey military bases in the region in the north of Iraq. Salar Mahmoud said Turkey is in negotiation with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in line with peace talks with the party and Ankara should remove its bases in Kurdistan Region. In an agreement with toppled Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in 1996, Turkey made bases in Kurdistan Region, something Mahmoud called illegal and a violation of the region’s rights and laws. Turkey has repeatedly violated the region’s airspace on diverse excuses but as talks with the PKK is getting to end in a good result; Ankara should withdraw its forces form Kurdistan Region. That’s the duty of the executive power to put into action decision number 37 that was ratified in 2005, something that makes the region’s president to make Turkey to take its forces out of the region.
***Pardon any confusion in this as it is run through a translation
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.kurdpress.com/En/NSite/FullStory/News/?Id=8368#Title=%0A%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09Deputy%20asks%20Barzani%20to%20remove%20Turkey%20military%20bases%20in%20Kurdistan%20Region%0A%09%09%09%09%09%09%09
****Let’s take a moment to unravel the following mess of headlines. The US says NO to Iran’s involvement in the ‘coalition’ against ISIS, but admits to discussing the problem with them on the sidelines. France very much wants Iran involved, as does the UK.
Headline: UK hopes Iran will cooperate in fight against ISIS
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Sep-15/270752-uk-hopes-iran-will-cooperate-in-fight-against-isis.ashx#axzz3DQ3daigx
Headline: France wants Iran at meeting on crushing Islamic radicals in Iraq
http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2014/09/12/paris-wants-iran-to-help-crush-islamic-radicals
Iran says NO to being part of the coalition.
Headline: Iran’s Khamenei takes to Twitter to reject US offer to help stop ISIS
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/15/iran-ayatollah-khamenei-takes-to-twitter-to-reject-us-offer-to-help-stop/
However, Saturday news shows that without doubt Iran is active in Iraq
Headline: Iran ‘sending troops’ to fight Islamic State in Iraq
Shia militias in Iraq, trained and funded by Iran, are leading the ground offensive against Islamic State (IS) alongside Kurdish fighters. However, the BBC has learnt that Iran already appears to be sending troops and weapons to fight the Sunni extremists in the country.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-29186506?ocid=socialflow_twitter
Next we see the newly installed Iraq PM disbanding Shite militias
Headline: Iraqi Prime Minister Disbands Seven Shiite Militia Groups
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Iraqi-Prime-Minister-Disbands-Seven-Shiite-Militia-Groups/33987
The question here becomes: are they Iranian Kurdistan militias or just Iranian Shiite militias? Sounds like the new PM Abadi is taking direction from the US led coalition. And it appears as though the Iraqi President has very different ideas
Headline: Iraq’s president No need for Arab powers to strike IS
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4571001,00.html
Headline: Iraq FM says “regrets” Iran not invited to Paris conference
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/mena/563791-iraq-fm-says-regrets-iran-not-invited-to-paris-conference
This coalition is shaping up to be a disaster from the start and internal fighting and disagreements are NOT going to led to success on any level.
Participants at the Paris ISIS conference
Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Arab League, European Union, United Nations
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/iraq-304/events-2526/article/international-conference-on-peace
Headline: ISIL hit U.S. F-15 with anti-aircaft batteries captured from Iraq
Headline: Is ISIS able to bring down American planes?- CNN VIDEO
Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has been operating anti-aircraft batteries stolen from the Iraqi military. Officials said the U.S. military has determined that ISIL deployed an unspecified number of anti-aircraft artillery to counter Western air strikes in northern Iraq. Western diplomatic sources said ISIL struck at least one U.S. aircraft. They said an F-15 fighter-jet was hit by ISIL fire in late August that damaged the hydraulic system and forced the aircraft to land in neighboring Turkey. Officials did not identify the anti-aircraft batteries employed by ISIL, according to a report by Middle East Newsline. But they acknowledged that most of the stolen Iraqi military equipment used by ISIL was of U.S. origin, including artillery, armored personnel carriers and combat vehicles. The officials said ISIL was operating the artillery, captured from northern Iraqi military bases in June 2014. “They have used these batteries to protect their positions against air strikes,” an official said.
Sept. 12, 2014
http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/09/12/isil-using-anti-aircaft-batteries-captured-iraq/
http://sotu.blogs.cnn.com/2014/09/14/is-isis-able-to-bring-down-american-planes/
Headline: The Shocking Display Seen at NYC’s Muslim Day Parade Sunday
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/09/15/the-shocking-display-seen-at-nycs-muslim-day-parade/
Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above).
Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.
Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.
Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.
Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
Gomer is Eastern Germany.
Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia.
Russia
Headline: Russia will help in the fight against ISIS: Lavrov
Headline: Nato describes Russia and Islamic State as main threats
Russia Monday offered its help in the international fight against ISIS as global powers step up efforts to help Iraq battle jihadists. “We have got a contribution to make to the joint efforts in the specific area of ensuring security in Iraq through consolidating society and mobilizing it in a fight with terrorism and extremism,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Paris. “We are also providing military and other assistance to Syria and other countries in the region which face -maybe to a lesser extent – a serious terrorist threat,” Lavrov added. “These are our partners in Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen and Jordan.” In July, Moscow announced it was delivering combat helicopters and fighter jets to Iraq. Russia, which is locked in a showdown with the West over Ukraine, said last week that unilateral U.S. airstrikes in Syria would be a crude violation of international law.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Sep-15/270754-russia-will-help-in-the-fight-against-isis-lavrov.ashx#axzz3DQ3daigx
http://euobserver.com/defence/125621
Headline: Nato states begin exercise in west Ukraine, weapons deliveries
Nato countries have started an annual military exercise in west Ukraine, with Kiev saying some of them have also begun delivering weapons. The US-led exercise – “Rapid Trident” – began on Monday (15 September) in Yavoriv, near the Polish-Ukrainian border. According to a US statement, the 11-day drill will practice “peacekeeping and stability operations”, including “countering improvised explosive devices, convoy operations, and patrolling”. It includes 200 US soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, based in Italy. It also includes 1,100 troops from Nato states Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, and the UK and from former Soviet republics Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. Rapid Trident is taking place at the same time as “Maple Arch” – a Canadian-Polish drill involving Canandian, Lithuanian, and Polish soldiers in Poland. Ukraine has taken part in similar events since 2006. But this year’s arrival of US soldiers comes as Ukrainian forces wage war against Russian troops and pro-Russia rebels in east Ukraine. US military spokesman Gregory Hicks said Rapid Trident is “proof of Nato countries’ support for states who are not alliance members”. Canada’s defence minister Rob Nicholson said Maple Arch is designed to “further regional security … in the wake of the Putin regime’s [Russia’s] aggressive military actions”. For his part, Ukrainian defence minister Valery Heletey told press in Kiev on Sunday that some Nato countries have also started delivering arms to Ukraine in line with a deal at the recent Nato summit.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://euobserver.com/foreign/125614
Headline: Fresh shelling leaves 6 people dead in east Ukraine
Fresh shelling in Ukraine’s eastern city of Donetsk has left six people dead and fifteen others injured, the city council says. “As a result of the shelling, six civilians were killed and 15 people were wounded by shrapnel to varying degrees,” the council said on Monday. Donetsk’s two northern districts were shelled on Sunday, damaging residential and administrative buildings, the council added. According to reports, the shelling marked the bloodiest day since a ceasefire was signed 10 days ago between the Ukrainian government and pro-Moscow activists. The pro-Moscow forces, based in Donetsk, have put the casualties at 20, with Alexander Zakharchenko, a leader of the pro-Russians, accusing Ukrainian troops of violating the ceasefire. Elsewhere in the nearby Lugansk area, officials say the Ukrainian forces tried to break through a city held by the pro-Russians but they repelled the attack.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/15/378829/six-killed-in-shelling-in-e-ukraine/
Iran
Iran: Jeremiah 49:34-39 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, The foremost of their might. 36 Against Elam I will bring the four winds From the four quarters of heaven, And scatter them toward all those winds; There shall be no nations where the outcasts of Elam will not go. 37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies And before those who seek their life. I will bring disaster upon them, My fierce anger,’ says the Lord; ‘And I will send the sword after them Until I have consumed them. 38 I will set My throne in Elam, And will destroy from there the king and the princes,’ says the Lord. 39 ‘But it shall come to pass in the latter days: I will bring back the captives of Elam,’ says the Lord.”
Headline: Iran’s Khamenei takes to Twitter to reject US offer to help stop ISIS
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, made clear Monday in a Twitter rant that his country will not be part of President Obama’s effort to build broad-based support to destroy the militant group Islamic State. “I reject US offer to #Iran abt #ISIS because US has corruption on its hands in this issue,” the supreme leader wrote in one of several tweets. The State Department responded within hours, saying the United States has indeed talked to Iran about Islamic State’s deadly foray into Iraq, but never discussed a coordinated military effort to stop the terror group. In a series of tweets, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the discussions occurred on the sidelines of a recent United Nations meeting about Iran dismantling its nuclear-enrichment program. “It is no secret that we have had discussions w Iran about counter-ISIL efforts in Iraq,” Psaki tweeted. The tweet was followed by another, within seconds, that said: “We are not and will not coordinate militarily with Iran.” Psaki, however, in a follow-up tweet, appeared to leave open the possibility of further discussion at an upcoming UN meeting. “There may be another opportunity on the margins in the future to discuss #Iraq w Iran.”
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/15/iran-ayatollah-khamenei-takes-to-twitter-to-reject-us-offer-to-help-stop/
Afghanistan
Headline: War News for Monday, September 15, 2014
Reported security incidents
#1: Pakistani authorities say militants killed three people in attacks targeting police in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province on September 15. In Tahll, a city near the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region, one police officer was killed when six militants attacked a police station. Authorities say the officer was killed when a suicide attacker detonated a bomb. Further south, in the city of Dera Ismail Khan, militants attacked the home of a police station chief, killing two of his brothers.
#2: A man was killed Monday when armed men attacked a polio campaign team in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. According to a campaign official, armed men opened fire at the team in Pishin’s Karbala area, Dawn online reported.
#3: Seven suspected militants were killed following a US drone strike on the Pak-Afghan border area. The strike was reportedly carried out at the Pak-Afghan border on zero line with Paktika province along the South Waziristan Agency.
#4: In the latest bloody incident which occurred in the northern Baghlan province, one police personnel was killed and seven civilians injured, a local official said. “The blast took place near Baghlan-e-Markazi District bazaar at around 10:30 a.m. local time today. The bomb went off when a police vehicle was passing the area as a result one police in the vehicle was killed and seven civilians including two children at nearby wounded,” the District Governor Gohar Khan Babri told Xinhua.
#5: In a related incident, the security forces raided Taliban hideout in the western Herat province early Monday morning leaving five militants including a senior commander dead, police contended.
#6: Afghan security forces have pressed on to clear the militants in restive provinces and killed 52 militants in the latest operations, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Monday.
#7: A civilian wounded in firing of Pakisani rocket attacks from other side of Durand Line on Kunr province last night.
#8: At least four Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were martyred following an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion. Defense ministry spokesman, Gen. Zahir Azimi said the four Afghan Naional Army (ANA) soldiers were martyred during the past 24 hours.
#9: A suicide bomber was shot dead by Afghan police forces in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan on Sunday, local officials said.
#10: At least six people were injured after an Afghan army helicopter collided with a wall in central Daikundi province of Afghanistan. Defense ministry spokesman, Gen. Zahir Azimi said at least one person was killed and three others were injured following the crash of the helicopter. In the meantime, Dawlat Waziri, deputy spokesman for the ministry of defense of Afghanistan has said at least eight people including two pilots of the helicopter and six members of the quick reaction forces were injured.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Sudan
Headline: S. Sudan President Seeks Meeting with Sudan’s Leader
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has officially written to Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir proposing talks to deepen bilateral relations and security cooperation, according to Ateny Wek Ateny, South Sudan presidential spokesperson. Ateny also said the negotiations would include ways to resolve the dispute over the oil-rich Abyei region. Its status has yet to be determined in spite of an agreement signed between Juba and Khartoum in September 27, 2012. “One of the issues is the cooperation agreements that were signed between the Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan. The other issue is the outstanding issue about Abyei [whose case] remains unresolved, and the matter has been referred to the two heads of state. So it is incumbent on the two presidents to seek to meet at any convenient time so that they discuss the outstanding issues,” said Ateny. He said the meeting between the two neighboring heads of state is likely to be scheduled at the end of the month, since he said President Kiir will be attending the United Nation’s General Assembly in New York. “If this meeting were to be scheduled by the Sudan government next week then [President Kiir] will not be available…If President Al-Bashir is traveling to New York then they can meet on the sidelines,” said Ateny. “If President Bashir doesn’t want to go to the U.N. General Assembly, then the meeting should take place any other time after the return of President Salva Kiir from America some time at the end of this month.” Sudan and South Sudan often trade accusations of supporting rebel groups fighting each other’s government.
Sept. 14, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/south-sudan-president-seeks-meeting-with-sudan-leader/2449309.html
Libya
Headline: Libyan PM accuses Qatar of sending planes with weapons to Tripoli
Headline: Libya threatens to cut ties with Qatar
Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thinni said on Sunday Qatar had sent three military planes loaded with weapons and ammunition to a Tripoli airport controlled by an armed opposition group. “Unfortunately they (the planes) reached (Tripoli) Matiga airport,” he told UAE-based Arab TV channel Sky News. “We will consider… breaking off relations if this interference into Libya’s internal affairs continued.” “We confirm that we have official reports that these war planes carried weapons and ammunition,” he said
Thinni also repeated accusations against Sudan, saying Khartoum had tried sending a military plane loaded with ammunition to Matiga, an airport controlled by an armed opposition group which seized the capital Tripoli last month.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/630541
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/14/378757/libya-threatens-severing-ties-with-qatar/
Headline: Unidentified jet hits Libya militia position
Headline: Renegade General Claims Jet Raid on Libya Militia Position
An unidentified military jet launched an air strike on Monday against a military base in western Libya held by anti-government militias, Libyan media reported. The raid hit a munitions depot held by a militia in the town of Gharyan, southwest of the capital, state news agency LANA reported. Last month Forces belonging to the mostly Islamist Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) alliance were targeted by warplanes near Tripoli airport before they defeated nationalist militia rivals at the site, with Washington saying the UAE and Egypt were behind the night raids. Monday’s strike left “a number of casualties” LANA said without elaborating, while private television station Al-Nabaa said 11 people were wounded. Militias in Gharyan are members of the Fajr Libya alliance which rejects the legitimacy of the elected parliament because it allegedly supported the air raids against its fighters at the airport. The government, in turn, has accused Sudan and Qatar of supplying weapons to its Islamist opponents.
Sept. 15, 2014
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/international/563792-unidentified-jet-hits-libya-militia-position
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/147575-renegade-general-claims-jet-raid-on-libya-militia-position
Algeria
Headline: Algeria’s al-Qaeda defectors join IS group
A new armed group calling itself the “Soldiers of the Caliphate in Algeria” has split from al-Qaeda’s North African branch and sworn loyalty to the group calling itself the Islamic State (IS), fighting in Syria and Iraq. In a communique released on Sunday, a regional commander of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said he broke away from the group, accusing it of “deviating from the true path”. Gouri Abdelmalek, nom de guerre Khaled Abu Suleimane, claimed leadership of the splinter group, and was joined by a AQIM commander of an eastern region in Algeria. “You have in the Islamic Maghreb men if you order them they will obey you,” Suleimane said in reference to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-professed “caliph” of the IS group. Algerian officials did not immediately comment on the statement. The “Soldiers of the Caliphate in Algeria” is the latest group to break with AQIM and side with Baghdadi, after veteran Algerian jihadist, Mokhtar Belmokhtar’s group, “Those who sign in Blood” pledged allegiance to the IS group.
Sept. 14, 2014
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/09/algeria-al-qaeda-defectors-join-group-201491412191159416.html
Morocco
Headline: Morocco Absent from Paris Conference on ISIS
Morocco will not take part in a conference scheduled to be held in Paris on Monday to devise a strategy to destroy the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS). The conference, which is being convened by French President, Francois Hollande, will be attended by 30 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, and Jordan. The conference comes four days after the Jeddah meeting attended by the six Gulf countries, as well as Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey in addition to the United States. Like other countries of the Maghreb, Morocco was not invited to participate in the Jeddah meeting.
***These are the 10 ‘Arab’ allies
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2014/09/139177/morocco-absent-from-paris-conference-on-isis/
Germany
Headline: Alleged ISIS Member Kreshnik B. Goes on Trial in Germany
A German man who once played for a Jewish soccer team went on trial Monday accused of fighting for ISIS in Syria. The 20-year-old defendant – whose family is originally from Kosovo and who was identified only as Kreshnik B. due to Germany’s privacy laws – was arrested at Frankfurt Airport last December after returning from the Middle East. The case marks the first time Germany has launched criminal proceedings against a suspected member of the terror group.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/alleged-isis-member-kreshnik-b-goes-trial-germany-n203471
Turkey
Headline: Turkey mulls ‘buffer zone’ on southern border
The Turkish military is looking into the possibility of establishing a “buffer zone” on its southern border, where it faces a threat from militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Turkish media cited President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying, Reuters reported on Monday. Ankara would weigh up the plans and decide whether such a move was necessary, Turkish television stations quoted Erdogan as telling reporters on his plane as he returned from an official visit to Qatar. A presidency official confirmed he had made such remarks but did not specify where along the border the zone might be established and gave no further details, Reuters said. Turkey has come under fire by some critics for indirectly encouraging the formation of ISIS because of its support of Islamist opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and its loose control of its borders. However, a Turkish government official told AFP on Thursday Ankara would refuse to allow a U.S.-led coalition to attack militants in neighboring Iraq and Syria from its air bases, nor would it take part in combat operations against militants.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/09/16/Turkey-mulls-buffer-zone-with-Iraq-media.html
Armenia
Headline: Turkish Minister urges Armenia to boost ties, “avoid mention of past”
Turkey’s EU Minister Volkan Bozkır said that Turkey did its share to promote relations with Armenia and that everyone needs to live together by avoiding the mention of what happened in the past, Daily Sabah reported. Underscoring the significance of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s letter on April 24, Bozkır said, “With this letter, we showed that we are turning over a new leaf to heartbreaking events and offer a hand of peace. If [our] counterpart accepts this hand, we may open a new page. It is impossible to walk [together toward] the future of the world with hatred and by killing each other.” In the statement, Erdoğan said, “[he] wishes Armenian people who lost their lives under the conditions of the beginning of the 20th century to rest in peace” and he “sends [his] condolences to their grandchildren […] Having experienced events with inhumane consequences such as relocation, during World War I, should not prevent Turks and Armenians from establishing compassion and mutually humane attitudes toward one another.”
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/182478/Turkish_Minister_urges_Armenia_to_boost_ties_avoid_mention_of_past
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: Texas Sheriff: Reports Warn Of ISIS Terrorist Cells Coming Across The Border
Midland County Sheriff Gary Painter said that law enforcement agencies along the “wide open” border have received alerts to be on the lookout for terrorists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria crossing into the United States. Painter, who said he has worked along the border for “about eight years,” stated that alerts have been issued to border law enforcement to be on the lookout for suspicious terrorist activity, specifically involving ISIS cells being smuggled into the United States. “I received an intelligence report that said that there was ISIS cells that were active in the Juarez area, which is the northern part of the Chihuahua state, and that they were moving around over there, that there was some activity…” Painter told Fox News. The report asked “for the sheriffs along the border to be on the alert, for all law enforcement to be on the alert, and to be on the lookout for these people maybe trying to come across.” Painter sidestepped any direct knowledge that ISIS, specifically, is along the border, but he reiterated that the border “is wide open.” “Well I’m saying the border is wide open, there is no control on the border, it’s not shut off,” said Painter. “There’s places along the Rio Grande you can walk across, there’s no water in it. I worked the border for eight years I walked back and forth across the Rio Grande; I was in Mexico, I was on this side. I never got challenged. “There’s always a way to get across, there’s coyotes that bring those people across for thousands of dollars.” Painter noted that “Muslim” items have been strewn along the border and estimated that 10 to 15 million “undocumented aliens” have crossed the border.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2014/09/15/texas-sheriff-reports-warn-of-isis-terrorist-cells-coming-across-the-border/
Headline: UN takes over C. African Republic peacekeeping
The United Nations took over a regional African peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic on Monday, nine months after sectarian violence erupted that has left at least 5,000 people dead and has forced tens of thousands of Muslims to flee into exile in neighboring countries. About 1,800 additional peacekeepers and police are joining the mission as the United Nations takes over, though that force when combined with the existing African troops is still only about 65 percent of what was authorized by the U.N. Security Council in April. Human rights groups and others called for the full deployment of a nearly 12,000-strong force, which diplomats have said won’t take place until early 2015. “The switch from AU to U.N. peacekeepers must be more than a cosmetic change: the swapping green berets for blue helmets. Instead it must serve as a fresh start for the peacekeeping operation in CAR,” said Steve Cockburn, Amnesty International’s campaigns deputy regional director for West and Central Africa. The peacekeepers face an enormous task: bringing peace to a country the size of Texas with some 4.6 million people that is one of the least developed on the African continent. Some roads have not been repaired since independence from France in 1960 and others are near-inaccessible during the rainy season. The country’s vast north was largely anarchic even before the violence erupted and is home to a plethora of rebel groups and armed movements.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/un-taking-over-c-african-republic-peacekeeping-160558278.html
Headline: Pakistan’s Khan vows to protest until PM resigns
Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan has promised to continue his anti-government protests until Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns over alleged vote fraud in last year’s elections. On Sunday, Khan told his supporters in central Islamabad that he would not back down from his demand for Sharif to step down and urged more protesters to join him. The cricketer-turned-politician urged the protesters to stand against the politicians in power in the country, warning that if they don’t, they will be “enslaved.” “I assure you [that] Nawaz Sharif, who is like an emperor, a king… until he steps down, I will not move from here,” he added. Khan, who heads the Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, and cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, the head of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), have been leading daily protest rallies in Islamabad since August 14.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/15/378786/khan-vows-protests-until-pm-resigns/
Headline: 25 killed in clashes in northern Yemen
Yemeni security and tribal officials say at least 25 people were killed in clashes between Sunni tribesmen affiliated to the country’s Muslim Brotherhood group and Shiite rebels in a northern city. The officials said Monday that the killings took place over the past 24 hours in fighting between the Shiite rebels, known as Hawthis, and their rivals in the city of Jawf. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press. The Hawthis, already in control of the northern city of Saada, have been staging demonstrations in the capital Sanaa demanding a new government.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Sep-15/270773-25-killed-in-clashes-in-northern-yemen.ashx#axzz3DQ3daigx
The Coming One world religion Revelation 13:12, Revelation 17:1-6 & Apostasy 1 Tim. 4:1-4, Amos 8:11 & 2 Peter2:1-3 “And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed” (Rev. 13:12) “One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. With her the kings of the earth committed adultery and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.” Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries. This title was written on her forehead: mystery Babylon the great the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth. I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.”(Rev. 17:1-6)
Headline: World Alliance of Religions’ Peace Summit starts on Sept 17 in Seoul
An historical peace summit will be hosted in Seoul, South Korea, as international politicians, religious leaders, women’s and youth leaders gather for the World Alliance of Religions’ Peace Summit 2014.
Goals of the summit
1. To begin the process of establishing a universally applicable system of values focussing on aspects of morality and experience of life that bind us together as a global family
2. Establish a basic ideological foundation upon which a World Alliance of Religions can be built in order to bring conflicts founded on differing religious ideologies to an end.
3. Draft and publicly make the Declaration of the World Alliance of Religions.
4. Define the roles of cultural leaders, both secular and religious, in the creation and implementation of a new, heavenly culture.
http://www.dnd.com.pk/world-alliance-religions-peace-summit-starts-sept-17-seoul/
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http://www.hwpl.kr/content.php?p=EN/whoweare
http://warpsummit2014.org/content.php?p=EN/aboutwarp
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: 46,496,145: Food Stamp Recipients Can Fill Yankee Stadium 925 Times
In June 2014, there were 46,496,145 recipients of the food stamp program, which is enough to fill the Yankee Stadium 925 times, according to data from the Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Yankee Stadium is equipped to hold 50,291 persons, meaning that the 46,496,145 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in June 2014 could fill the stadium 925 times. The number of recipients was up 270,999 since the previous month in May 2014 when there were 46,225,146 individuals participating in the program. Similarly, the number of households participating in the SNAP program has increased as well from the 22,590,393 participating in May 2014 to the 22,713,934 participating in June 2014, an increase of 123,541 households. Participation in the SNAP program peaked for individuals in December of 2012, when there were 47,792,056 persons participating. Since this peak, participation for individuals has declined by 1,295,911 individuals. Historically, since the beginning of the data that appears on the USDA website, participation has increased 7.6 percent. In October 2010, there were 43,201,052 recipients of SNAP benefits. Since then, the number of beneficiaries has increased by 3,295,093 persons, or 7.6 percent.
Sept. 12, 2014
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ali-meyer/46496145-food-stamp-recipients-can-fill-yankee-stadium-925-times
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: U.S. government to buy 160,000 Ebola hazmat suits to prepare for full-blown global pandemic
Headline: CDC to brief Obama on Ebola, respiratory illness
The U.S. State Department has just put out a bid for 160,000 Ebola hazmat suits, announced a U.S. manufacturer called “Lakeland Industries.” The company’s press release, published at Yahoo Finance, reads: With the U.S. State Department alone putting out a bid for 160,000 suits, we encourage all protective apparel companies to increase their manufacturing capacity for sealed seam garments so that our industry can do its part in addressing this threat to global health. This is just the latest sign that the U.S. government is now preparing for a full-blown global outbreak of Ebola which would reach U.S. cities.
Sept. 14, 2014
http://www.naturalnews.com/046869_Ebola_pandemic_government_preparedness_hazmat_suits.html
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/217655-cdc-to-brief-obama-on-ebola-respiratory-illness
Headline: CDC issues Ebola checklist: ‘Now is the time to prepare’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warning hospitals and doctors that “now is the time to prepare,” has issued a six-page Ebola “checklist” to help healthcare workers quickly determine if patients are infected. While the CDC does not believe that there are new cases of Ebola in the United States, the assumption in the checklist is that it is only a matter of time before the virus hits home. For example, one part reads: “Encourage healthcare personnel to use a ‘buddy system’ when caring for patients.” Another recommends a process to report cases to top officials: Plan for regular situational briefs for decision-makers, including:
— Suspected and confirmed EVD patients who have been identified and reported to public health authorities.
— Isolation, quarantine and exposure reports.
— Supplies and logistical challenges.
— Personnel status, and policy decisions on contingency plans and staffing.
The checklist has been distributed to major hospitals and even little ones, including an urgent center in Leesburg, Va. “Every hospital should ensure that it can detect a patient with Ebola, protect healthcare workers so they can safely care for the patient, and respond in a coordinated fashion,” warns the CDC. “While we are not aware of any domestic Ebola Virus Disease cases (other than two American citizens who were medically evacuated to the United States), now is the time to prepare, as it is possible that individuals with EVD in West Africa may travel to the United States, exhibit signs and symptoms of EVD, and present to facilities,” it adds.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://washingtonexaminer.com/cdc-issues-ebola-checklist-now-is-the-time-to-prepare/article/2553396
Headline: Enterovirus D68: Alberta Canada testing for strain after spike in child hospital admissions
Headline: Madison County NY reports its first enterovirus case
An Alberta children’s hospital says it has seen a spike in the number of children admitted for respiratory problems in the past several weeks and is adding new beds to the pediatric unit to keep up with demand. Alberta Health Services (AHS) says it has seen a spike in “respiratory-related admissions” at Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary since the end of August. While that isn’t unusual in and of itself — the “September spike” is well-documented — it comes as doctors in the U.S. grapple with the spread of enterovirus D-68, which has been sending more children to intensive care wards in that country than the typical common cold.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/enterovirus-d-68-alberta-testing-for-strain-after-spike-in-child-hospital-admissions-1.2766027
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/09/madison_county_reports_its_first_case_of_enterovirus.html
Headline: HealthMap
Global leader in utilizing online informal sources for disease outbreak monitoring and real-time surveillance of emerging public health threats. The freely available Web site ‘healthmap.org’ and mobile app ‘Outbreaks Near Me’ deliver real-time intelligence on a broad range of emerging infectious diseases for a diverse audience including libraries, local health departments, governments, and international travelers.
http://healthmap.org/formobile/
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)
Headline: Dozens of Christians ‘including women and children’ are arrested in Saudi Arabia after tip-off to state’s Islamist police force
Islamist police in Saudi Arabia have stormed a Christian prayer meeting and arrested its entire congregation, including women and children, and confiscated their bibles, it has been reported. The raid was the latest incident of a swingeing crackdown on religious minorities in Saudi Arabia by the country’s hard-line Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The 28 Christians were said to be worshipping at the home of an Indian national in the eastern city of Khafji, when the police entered the building and took them into custody. They have not been seen or heard from since, raising concerns among human rights groups as to their whereabouts. Nina Shea, director of the Washington-based Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom, told FoxNews.com: ‘Saudi Arabia is continuing the religious cleansing that has always been its official policy. ‘It is the only nation state in the world with the official policy of banning all churches. ‘This is enforced even though there are over two million Christian foreign workers in that country. Those victimized are typically poor, from Asian and African countries with weak governments.’ Activists are now calling on the U.S. to use its considerable influence in the region to help secure the release of the incarcerated Christians.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2756134/Dozens-Christians-including-women-children-arrested-Saudi-Arabia-tip-state-s-Islamist-police-force.html
Matthew 24:7 “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.” Luke21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring”
Not your typical place to see an earthquake
Headline: Mexican states hit by hurricane and earthquake
Government mobilizes army and navy to cope with refugees. Two states in north-western Mexico have been hit by a hurricane and an earthquake, prompting local authorities to mobilize the army and set up hundreds of medical units. The Mexican government has confirmed that Hurricane Odile made landfall near Los Cabos in the state of Southern Baja California on Sunday at 23:45 CDT. The country’s National Weather Service had been tracking the storm for the last five days. Odile has been rated as a major Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with expected wind speeds of between 178-208 kilometers per hour. Airports in Southern Baja California state were closed, as were many highways because of Odile, the fifteenth meteorological phenomenon in the 2014 hurricane season according to Mexico’s National Civil Protection body. Electricity infrastructure has been also damaged by the hurricane. Over 2,000 navy personnel and 1,100 soldiers are on alert said Luis Puente, National Coordinator of Civil Protection.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/171990/mexican-states-hit-by-hurricane-and-earthquake.html
Headline: Typhoon Kalmaegi Makes Landfall in Philippines
A strong typhoon slammed into the rice-producing Philippine northern region on Sunday, sparking warnings of possible landslides, flash floods and storm surges, national disaster agency officials said. Typhoon Kalmaegi, with central winds of 130 kph (81 mph) and gusts of up to 160 kph, made landfall early evening Sunday in Isabela province, dumping heavy rains that soaked farms, said Alexander Pama, executive director of the national disaster risk reduction and management council. “I am calling on our countrymen … take proper precautions for your situation and listen to the warnings of your village leaders. Do not wait for the storm to hit you,” Pama said in a live television broadcast. At least three towns in the direct path of the storm have initiated a “pre-emptive evacuation,” the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said. Classes have been suspended in cities and provinces that are expected to be swamped by floodwaters overnight or on Monday. Kalmaegi, known locally as “Luis,” is moving west northwest at 22 kph, but is expected to weaken and lose speed as it will cross a mountainous region before exiting into the South China Sea.
Sept. 14, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/typhoon-kalmaegi-hits-philippines/2449266.html
Headline: Sulfur Dioxide Pollution Spreads to Northeast Iceland
Headline: Holuhraun eruption and subsidence of Bardarbunga caldera continue
Headline: Seismologists predict another Icelandic volcano (Bardarbunga) is about to blow
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) pollution from the eruption in Holuhraun spread to Northeast Iceland yesterday. The pollution measured 1,250 micrograms per cubic meter in Reykjahlíð near Lake Mývatn at 11 pm last night, which was much higher than the levels recorded during the day, ruv.is reports. The maximum safety limit for sulfur dioxide is 600 micrograms per cubic meter. People in the area have reported respiratory discomfort. The Icelandic Met Office has issued another warning valid until midnight for Northeast Iceland. Dispersion forecasts indicate a risk of high concentrations of sulfur dioxide in the Mývatn area, Kelduhverfi, Tjörnes, Húsavík, Aðaldalur and Reykjahverfi. A larger pollution area cannot be ruled out. Pollution affected parts of East Iceland last week. In Reyðarfjörður sulfur dioxide measured a record 4,000 micrograms per cubic meter on Friday.
Sept. 15, 2014
http://icelandreview.com/news/2014/09/15/sulfur-dioxide-pollution-spreads-northeast-iceland
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/bardarbunga/news/47903/Bardarbunga-volcano-update-Holuhraun-eruption-and-subsidence-of-Bardarbunga-caldera-continue.html
http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/seismologists-predict-another-icelandic-volcano-is-about-to-blow-20140912-10fqtf.html
Headline: What’s erupting? List & map of currently active volcanoes
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html
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