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Hamas Gov’t Spokesperson: We Deported Foreign Journalists for Filming Hamas Missile Launches
Yesterday I made a comment to track you back to my explanation of “Zionism”. Anti- Zionists claim that Israel is ‘expansionist’. Uh-huh. Take a look at this map.
“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.”
Israel’s Operation Protective Edge entered its 38th day on Thursday
Headline: Hamas calls for escalation Friday in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in support of the pledge of allegiance to the Resistance
Headline: 14:26- Palestinians march in Ramallah, Hebron
After Friday prayers, Palestinians in Ramallah and Hebron march in support of Hamas and against Israel’s operation in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian Authority police reportedly disperse the crowd with tear gas and confiscate Hamas banners.
****USE CAUTION WITH THE 1ST LINK, ALTHOUGH THE LINK BELOW IS A TRANSLATION TO ENGLISH
Aug. 14, 2014
Headline: 17:38- The reported 11 clauses of the Egyptian ceasefire offer
More info from the Egyptian newspaper al-Shorouk on what it says are the 11 clauses of the ceasefire deal Egypt has proposed to Hamas and Israel, as reported by Channel 2:
- Israel will halt all attacks on Gaza — by land, air or sea. There will be no ground incursions into Gaza.
- All Palestinian factions in Gaza will stop all attacks against Israel by land, air or sea, and will stop the construction of tunnels from Gaza into Israel.
- The opening of crossings between Israel and Gaza – the passage of people and goods will be allowed in order to rebuild Gaza. The transfer of goods between Gaza and the West Bank will be permitted, according to principles which will be determined between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
- Israeli authorities will coordinate with the PA all issues of funds related to Gaza and its reconstruction.
- The elimination of the buffer zones along the security fence in the northern and eastern Gaza Strip and the deployment of PA forces in those areas beginning January 1, 2015. This will be conducted in several steps: At first the buffer zone will be reduced to 300 meters from the border, then 100 meters and finally the removal of the buffer zone altogether with the deployment of PA troops.
- The fishing zone off the Gaza coast will immediately be extended to 6 miles, and will be gradually extended to 12 miles, in coordination between Israel and the PA.
- Israel will assist the PA in rebuilding infrastructure destroyed in Gaza, and will assist in providing basic necessities for those Gaza residents who were forced to flee their homes due to the fighting. Israel will provide medical aid to the wounded, and will expedite the transfer of humanitarian aid and food through the crossings.
- The Palestinian Authority in coordination with Israel and international aid groups will provide the basic products needed to rebuild Gaza, according to a predetermined schedule which will allow those driven from their homes to return as soon as possible.
- Egypt implores the international community to provide swift humanitarian and monetary assistance for Gaza’s reconstruction, according to a set schedule.
- Upon the stabilization of the ceasefire and the return to normal life in Gaza, the sides will conclude their indirect negotiations in Cairo within a month after signing the deal. The exchange of prisoners and bodies will also be discussed at that time.
- The possibility of constructing an airport and sea port in Gaza will be considered in accordance with the Oslo accords and other previous agreements. According to the report, both sides are now considering the Egyptian proposal.
Headline: Islamic Jihad: Truce Deal With Israel Next Monday
Headline: Report: Gaza organizations to surrender tunnel building as part of ceasefire agreement
Headline: EU offers to monitor Gaza borders in truce deal
An Islamic Jihad spokesperson on Friday claimed that a truce deal with Israel will be signed as soon the current five-day ceasefire ends next Monday at midnight. “We expect a complete truce agreement to be signed right as the five-day ceasefire ends. The delegation has made much progress in ending the siege and the offensive on Palestinians,” Yousef al-Hasayneh told the Palestinian Arab Ma’an News Agency. Al-Hasayneh said that the current ceasefire extension was agreed to on Wednesday night to give the Egyptian intermediaries time to remove “technical issues” blocking a final agreement. The Islamic Jihad terrorist confirmed numerous reports that the proposed truce deal would ease the blockade on Gaza, expand the naval fishing zone, and allow construction materials into the Hamas terror enclave. He also confirmed that discussion on the issue of a sea and airport in Gaza would be postponed for a month after the agreement.
Aug. 15, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184081#.U-5VKGNWV8E
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4559070,00.html
Headline: 20:29- Hamas officials deny group to accept Egyptian proposal
Hamas officials appear to contradict earlier reports that the group is close to accepting the Egyptian ceasefire offer, with sources telling Channel 2 that the Egyptian offer “doesn’t give Hamas a thing,” and that while most other Palestinian factions are inclined to accept it (which explains the Islamic Jihad statement above), Hamas — under the Qatar-based political bureau chief Khaled Mashaal — is not.
Headline: DEBKAfile’s quick guide to the perplexed reader: Israel, Gaza, the US and the faux-ceasefire
After a month of fighting and at the onset of another surreal ceasefire, debkafile offers some clues to those readers who, understandably, find themselves a bit baffled about the status of the war in Gaza and where Israel stands. Here’s a brief guide to the goings-on:
Aug. 15, 2014
****WHILE THIS IS A NICE QUICK GUIDE, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR BACKGROUND HERE:
PA ‘President” Abbas is NOT the person the Palestinians want. Abbas is the chairman of the PLO and the ‘president’ of the ‘state of Palestine” since 2005. His term expired in 2009, but due to internal conflict he has unilaterally extended his role for another 7 years. On the other hand…Ismail Haniyeh is the PM of Palestinian National Authority (PNA) . He is a political leader of Hamas, but was dismissed by Abbas in 2007- which he ignored and to this day continues his PM duties over Gaza. It is important to remember that the PNA was formed in accordance with the Oslo Accords BETWEEN Israel and the PLO. Regardless of the Hamas-Fatah ‘reconciliation’ agreement, there remain many tensions between them, the least of which is the people’s feelings on the matter.
Headline: Palestinian negotiator: Israel must be held accountable for alleged war crimes
Palestinian leaders are prepared to take Israel to international court over “war crimes,” a veteran Palestinian diplomat said. Dr. Saeb Erekat said Palestine would apply to join the International Criminal Court to hold Israel accountable for alleged crimes committed during combat with Hamas forces in Gaza. “I can assure you now, that business as usual will be no more. Status quo no more. If the international community, the Camerons, the Kerrys, the Fabiuses of this earth, after these massacres that have been committed against the Palestinians, will just tell the Palestinians and Israelis, ‘We invite you back to negotiate’ — this is not going to happen,” Erekat told the British newspaper The Telegraph in an interview published Friday. His references to British Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius suggest he expects Western leaders to join him in bringing Israel not to the negotiating table but to court.
Aug. 15, 2014
Jordan
Headline: Jordan, S. Arabia see eye to eye on regional issues
His Majesty King Abdullah and Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz held talks on Thursday which focused on means to boost relations between the two countries as well as the latest developments at the Arab and regional levels. The two leaders also discussed several issues of joint concern during their talks, held in Jeddah, according to a Royal Court statement.Regarding the conditions in Gaza as a result of the unjust Israeli aggression, the two leaders stressed support for the efforts exerted to end the Israeli offensive and to put an end to the suffering of the Palestinian people. King Abdullah stressed the need for intensifying international efforts to ensure the resumption of peace negotiations that should deal with all final-status issues, in a manner that meets the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people in ending the Israeli occupation and the establishment of a Palestinian state on the Palestinian national soil, on the basis of the two-state solution, relevant international resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative. Turning to the situation in Syria, His Majesty stressed the need to reach a comprehensive political solution to the crisis that ends the suffering of the Syrian people and guarantees the unity and security of their country. Talks also covered the developments in Iraq, with the King reaffirming Jordan’s support for all efforts to safeguard the unity of all Iraqis by launching a comprehensive political process that engages all components of the community. The two leaders discussed means to activate joint Arab action to reach unified stances over the various challenges in the best interest of Arab and Muslim peoples and their just causes.
Aug. 15, 2014
http://jordantimes.com/jordan-s-arabia-see-eye-to-eye-on-regional-issues
Lebanon
Headline: Nasrallah: Syria war prepared us for next round with Israel
Speaking of Israel, the Hezbollah leader said his organization’s experience in Syria helped it in gaining “knowledge and wide possibilities” in offensive as well as defensive tactics, which he said would be used “in any future conflict with Israel.”
Aug. 15, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/nasrallah-calls-islamic-state-a-monster-threat/
Headline: Hezbollah sees Islamic State as threat to Gulf, Jordan
The leader of Lebanese group Hezbollah described the radical Islamist movement that has seized territory in Iraq and Syria as a growing “monster” that could threaten Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other Gulf states. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, whose group has been helping Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad fight a Sunni Islamist-dominated insurgency, said Islamic State could easily recruit in other areas where its hardline ideology exists. “Wherever there are followers of the ideology there is ground for (Islamic State), and this exists in Jordan, in Saudi Arabia, in Kuwait, and the Gulf states,” Nasrallah said in an interview with the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar published on Friday. Nasrallah, whose group is backed by Shi’ite Muslim power Iran, said Islamic State was encountering resistance in some parts of Iraq and Syria. But he added: “It appears that the capabilities, numbers and capacities available to (Islamic State) are vast and large. This is what is worrying everyone, and everyone should be worried.”
Aug. 15, 2014
http://newsdaily.com/2014/08/15/hezbollah-sees-islamic-state-as-threat-to-gulf-jordan/
Headline: Talks to free Lebanese soldiers facing communication difficulties
Talks to free Lebanese soldiers and policemen are faltering due to the difficulty communicating with the militants believed to be holding them, Future MP Jamal Jarrah said Friday. In an interview with Beirut’s Voice al-Mada Radio, Jarrah said it had become extremely difficult to communicate with the captors because of the geography of the area in which they are located after their withdrawal from Arsal. “Communications are almost cut off, but there are several attempts to re-establish contacts with the gunmen or with those negotiating with the gunmen in order to find a solution to the issue of the captured soldiers,” Jarrah said. Jarrah denied allegations that Saudi Arabia could be playing any role in the negotiations or having contacts with the militants. “The negotiations are being conducted through the Committee of Muslim Scholars and there is no intention to change that,” Jarrah said. Some 19 Army troops in addition to 17 ISF personnel are missing and believed to be held by militants from Syria’s Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front and Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) who launched an incursion into Arsal Aug. 2, taking over the town and withdrawing five days later under a cease-fire agreement.
Aug. 15, 2014
***NOW THINK BACK TO WHAT I TALKED ABOUT- ISIS ERASING BORDERS; TAKE A LOOK AT THE IRAQI OIL MAP. IRAQ BORDERS KUWAIT WHERE THE SAUDI/IRAQ OIL PIPELINE IS. ALSO LOOK AT THE NEWS FOR BAGHDAD TODAY-
Headline: Saudi Arabia requests AWACS mission system upgrade
The US Defense Security Co-operation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of its approval of a potential $2 billion mission system upgrade sale for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s airborne warning and control system (AWACS) fleet. The proposal for the upgrade was delivered on 12 August to Congress, which will now decide whether or not to authorise the sale. The modifications to the Royal Saudi Air Force’s five-strong Boeing 707-derived E-3A Sentry fleet would be provided as a Foreign Military Sale. Saudi Arabia has requested five Block 40/45 mission computing upgrade systems and 20 UPX-40 next-generation identification friend-or-foe (IFF) systems. Communication equipment, a mission planning system and spares would also be provided, as well as US government and Boeing logistics and technical support services.
Aug. 15, 2014
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/saudi-arabia-requests-awacs-mission-system-upgrade-402737/
Egypt
Headline: Facebook from last night: New ‘resistance’ group launched in Egypt
A new allegedly left-wing group called the People’s Resistance Movement made its official debut in Cairo via Facebook on Thursday. According to their Facebook page, the group aims to resist the oppressive Egyptian military regime using “all means available to them”. The group announced the consolidation of several resistance groups in Cairo, under the name of the Martyr Mohammed Helmi Group
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/new-resistance-group-launches-egypt-58649426
Headline: Three killed in Egypt in fresh clashes
Three people were killed as supporters and opponents of Egypt’s ousted Islamist President Mohammad Morsi clashed after Friday prayers, security officials said, a day after five people died in sporadic violence. Supporters of Morsi have attempted to stage rallies since Thursday, the first anniversary of a deadly police crackdown in Cairo that left hundreds dead, but security forces have swiftly quashed them. Clashes erupted when pro-Morsi marchers set off fireworks close to shops and residences in the area, the official said, adding the two men were killed by live ammunition and birdshot. Riot police later intervened and also clashed with pro-Morsi protesters. Eight Morsi supporters were arrested and a security officer and three conscripts were wounded in Faisal, the security official said. The interior ministry said that “an armed and masked Morsi supporter” was killed by security forces south of Cairo when they intervened to break up a clash between the two groups. Five people including a police officer were wounded in a separate protest in north Cairo.
Aug. 15, 2014
Syria
Iraq
Syria Facebook from last night: ISIS supporters in Syria’s Hasakah demand militants to enter the city
Arab tribal residents of Geweran neighbourhood in Syria’s Hasakah took to the street on Thursday to show their support to the Islamic State (IS), chanting pro-IS slogans and calling on the group to back Ahrar Geweran gunmen against pro-Assad forces in Hasakah. Geweran demonstrators also demanded IS militants (who are stationed in the southern countryside of Hasakah) to enter Geweran neighbourhood and fight the Kurdish forces of the Popular Protection Units (YPG). The YPG (linked to the Democratic Union Party ‘PYD’) carried out military operations against Geweran neighbourhood over the last few days, shelling the area with mortars. YPG’s attacks coincided with clashes against Ahrar Geweran armed group.
Aug. 15, 2014
http://aranews.net/2014/08/supporters-syrias-hasakah-demand-militants-enter-city/
Syria Headline:Car bomb in Syria’s Deraa province kills 14
At least 14 people were killed Friday when a car bomb exploded in front of a mosque in Deraa province of southern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based activist group said the death toll for the bombing in the rebel-controlled town of Namar was likely to rise because of the high number of serious injuries. Among the dead were a woman and a child, the group said.
Aug. 15, 2014
Syria Headline: Syria Up To the Minute
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe (Syrian Humans Rights Watch)
Syria Headline: Syria Situation Report as of August 15, 2014
***THIS GIVES YOU UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES
http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2014/08/syria-update-august-7-15-2014.html
Iraq Headline: Iraq Situation Report as of August 15, 2014
***THIS GIVES YOU UP TO DATE INFORMATION ON BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES
http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/2014-08-15%20Situation%20Report.pdf
Iraq Headline: ISIL establishing cells in Baghdad, aided by ex-Saddam security forces
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has established an operational presence on the outskirts of Iraq’s capital. Security sources said ISIL has been quietly moving cells near Shi’ite neighborhoods of Baghdad. They said ISIL suicide bombers were directed to conduct mass-casualty attacks on mosques, schools and markets in an attempt to spark a Shi’ite flight. “They are secretly moving terrorist squads near Shi’ite areas so they can sustain a bombing campaign in much of Baghdad,” a source said. The sources said ISIL was aided by former members of the ousted Saddam Hussein regime, including military and security officers. They said the ex-officers were helping ISIL transport fighters and explosives through Baghdad’s sewers and tunnels, many of them built more than 20 years ago as escape routes by Saddam aides. “These tunnels start in the Anbar province and connect to Baghdad, so you don’t know where they [ISIL] are or how close they are to their target,” the source said. “They could never have achieved this without the help of the Saddam people.”
Aug. 15, 2014
Iraq Facebook from last night: AL-Qaeda AP Expresses Solidarity with IS Amidst U.S. Airstrikes, Threatens U.S.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) expressed solidarity with the Islamic State (IS) regarding the U.S. airstrikes on its positions in northern Iraq and offered recommendations in dealing with enemy aircraft, and also threatened attacks against the U.S.
Headline:Al-Qaeda in Yemen urges all militants to target America
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, one of the group’s deadliest franchises, called on Islamists to target the United States, after Washington launched air strikes in Iraq against Islamist militants who operate as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In a statement published on a Twitter account affiliated with the franchise’s local affiliate, Ansar al-Shariah, AQAP said on Thursday:
“… We declare our solidarity with our Muslim brothers in Iraq.”
“We call on all Islamist groups … to go after America as part of its plan for jihad, militarily, economically, or through the media.”
“And we call on every Muslim, especially anyone who can enter America, to champion his brothers by going to war against America with everything he can.” Reuters could not immediately verify the authenticity of the Twitter account.
****REUTERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS MOST OF THESE NETWORKS ARE USING A NEW APP CALLED ‘JUST PASTE IT’…THAT WAY THEY ARE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR MOST OFFENSIVE TWEETS OFF TWITTER, DECREASING THE CHANCE OF THE ACCOUNT BEING CLOSED. I HAVE TRACKED DOWN THE STATEMENT AND RUN IT THROUGH A TRANLATOR. IF YOU CHOOSE TO SEE IT, IT’S THE 2ND LINK, BUT AS ALWAYS USE CAUTION
Aug. 15, 2014
http://www.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=ar&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fjustpaste.it%2Fgmu1
Iraq Headline:Islamic State ‘massacres’ 80 Yazidis in north Iraq – officials
Iraq Headline:Yazidi Village near Sinjar faces mass killings
Islamic State insurgents “massacred” some 80 members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority in a village in the country’s north, a Yazidi lawmaker and two Kurdish officials said on Friday. “They arrived in vehicles and they started their killing this afternoon,” senior Kurdish official Hoshiyar Zebari told Reuters. “We believe it’s because of their creed: convert or be killed.” A Yazidi lawmaker and another senior Kurdish official also said the killings had taken place and that the women of the village were kidnapped.
****LET ME REMIND WHAT OBAMA SAID YESTERDAY: Sinjar siege broken, personnel to leave Iraq
Aug. 15, 2014
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/08/15/uk-iraq-security-yazidis-killings-idUKKBN0GF1XZ20140815
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Yazidi-Village-near-Sinjar-faces-mass-killings/30499
Iraq Headline:PKK Wants to Form Sinjar Canton
Iraq Headline:Barzani (president of Iraqi Kurdistan) slams Peshmerga leaders over Sinjar withdrawal
The Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) is now busy trying to set up their fourth Canton in Sinjar after three cantons created in Syrian Kurdistan. After Islamic State (IS) militants attacked and captured the Yazidi-majority town of Sinjar in northern Iraq, thousands of Yazidis fled to Mount Sinjar. A large number of them were rescued through air corridor and a road created through to Syria, making way for the PKK to move to the mountain and set up a camp. A source in the Peshmerga said that in the last two day, a large number of PKK fighters have gone on to the mountain and set up a camp by the name of “Yazidi Reform Movement,” a group intent on forcing Yazidi youths to join the camp on the mountain and to take up arms. The source also revealed in the past the same movement was setup with the support of former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Iran in an effort to prevent Sinjar joining the Kurdistan Region. After IS militants captured Sinjar, PKK and the Popular Protection Units (YPG- SYRIAN KURDS) fighters came on to Sinjar mountain to nurture their influence in the area.
Aug. 15, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/PKK-Wants-to-Form-Sinjar-Canton/30486
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/barzani-slams-peshmerga-leaders-over-sinjar-withdrawal-871892340
Iraq Headline:Kurdish-Iranian Parties Join the Fight Against IS in Iraq
Iranian-Kurdish parties have joined their Iraqi-Kurdish counterparts to fight Islamic State (IS) militants in Northern Iraq.
After the recent clashes between Kurdish Peshmerga forces and IS insurgents, Kurdish Iranian parties who are based in Iraqi Kurdistan have taken up arms and joined the Peshmerga in fighting the extremist groups. “Unfortunately on the order of Iran and a certain Kurdish party, our forces have been withdrawn from the frontlines, though any time we are asked to help we are ready to protect the Kurdistan Region,”
****AND HERE COMES IRAN- CHECK THE CHART ABOVE UNDER ASSUR/SYRIA
Aug. 15, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Kurdish-Iranian-Parties-Join-the-Fight-Against-IS-in-Iraq/30481
Headline:Secret Service Investigates Photo of ISIS Flag Outside White House
The Secret Service may consider an image of the ISIS flag displayed on a smartphone outside the White House as a potential terrorist threat.“We have an intelligence division whose mission is to assess information that we receive every day for dangerousness or potential threat level,” said Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan. “We are aware of the image and will take the necessary and appropriate follow up steps.”The FBI did not respond when asked if it thought the photo was legitimate and if it posed a terrorist threat to the White House.In a recent VICE Media documentary Abu Mosa, the spokesman for ISIS, said the group “will raise the flag of Allah in the White House.”Officials in Garwood, New Jersey recently told a resident to remove an ISIS flag from his private property. The police ordered the removal after people complained that the display was inappropriate.
Aug. 15, 2014
http://www.infowars.com/secret-service-investigates-photo-of-isis-flag-outside-white-house/
Facebook from last night: UN to Vote on Measure to Combat Al-Qaida Fighters
Headline:UN measure demands IS fighters in Iraq and Syria disband immediately, threatens to slap sanctions on governments that trade with militants
U.N. Security Council members have reached agreement on a draft resolution that would punish the recruitment and financing of foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria and demand that all al-Qaida-linked groups disarm and disband immediately, diplomats said Thursday. It demands that the Islamic State group, Jabhat al-Nusra, “and all other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with al-Qaida cease all violence and terrorist acts, and disarm and disband with immediate effect.” It also demands that “all foreign terrorist fighters” associated with the Islamic State group, which is a splinter group of al-Qaida, and other terrorist groups “withdraw immediately.” The draft resolution expresses the council’s readiness to impose sanctions on those recruiting, supporting and fighting for terrorist groups.
Aug. 15, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/vote-measure-combat-al-qaida-fighters-24984609
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/un-vote-resolution-weaken-islamic-state-1763943561
****I POSED A QUESTION- WHY NOW? COULD IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS STORY FROM JUNE? ALSO WHAT GOOD ARE SANCTIONS? THEY HAVE PROVEN INEFFECTIVE EVERY OTHER TIME. SINCE ISIS IS CONTROLLING A LOT OF OIL AND WATER- THEY CAN GET THEIR OWN MONEY.
ISIS Jihadists Seize Saddam Hussein’s Chemical Weapon Stockpile
http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/06/20/isis-jihadists-seize-saddam-husseins-chemical-weapons-stockpile
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: Ukraine Strikes APCs From Russia as Spat Over Aid Convoy Deepens
Headline: Russia denies its vehicles destroyed in Ukraine
The crisis in Ukraine escalated as the government said its army destroyed part of a column of military vehicles that crossed the border from Russia, even as Vladimir Putin denies any military presence in the country. President Petro Poroshenko said Ukrainian forces destroyed part of the column that arrived overnight from Russia. The Foreign Ministry in Moscow meanwhile warned about a potential attack on another convoy carrying humanitarian aid. Ukraine’s top diplomat, Pavlo Klimkin, said he will meet with his Russian, German and French counterparts Aug. 17.
Aug. 15, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/12-russian-armored-vehicles-join-aid-convoy-073246864.html
Headline: Russian Forces Inside Ukraine
Headline: Kiev claims clash with Russian troops inside Ukraine
It is being characterized as an incursion and not an invasion at this point, but whatever you want to call it, one thing is for sure: the Russians are coming. Just days ago, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned that a Russian invasion of Ukraine was a “high probability” and that it would take place under the guise of a “humanitarian operation. It looks like he was right. On Tuesday, Russia dispatched 280 trucks that they claimed were carrying humanitarian aid to eastern Ukraine. Putin claimed that the convoy was part of an agreement with the Ukrainian government and the International Red Cross, but the Red Cross itself was surprised as they only learned of the aid transfer from news reports. Today, Ukraine said its artillery destroyed part of a Russian armored column that entered its territory overnight and said its forces came under shellfire from Russia. As per usual, Russia’s government has denied that its forces are in Ukraine, calling the report “some kind of fantasy” and sabotage to prevent aid from getting to pro-Russian backed separtists in Ukraine.
Aug. 15, 2014
http://www.forbes.com/sites/dougschoen/2014/08/15/russian-forces-inside-ukraine/
Headline: US Sending 600 Troops, APCs And Tanks To Countries Bordering Russia To “Reassure Threatened Allies”
Headline: Europe is on brink of war
Escalation over the Ukraine conflict, a/k/a Cold War 2.0, just took another major step forward. Because here comes the cavalry… literally. While the world is focused on the first deployment of US marines in Iraq in nearly a decade, as “humanitarian advisors” of course so as not to destroy the Nobel peace prize-winning aura of the US president who is rapidly becoming a warmonger on par with his predecessor, a far more dangerous development took place overnight with nobody noticing, when the Pentagon announced that approximately 600 soldiers from the Army’s 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division will deploy to Poland and the Baltic states to help reassure European allies who feel threatened by Russian military moves. And while most Americans may be geographically challenged, Russians know very well that all of these countries border on Russia. As such this very demonstrative military expansion by NATO powers to “pre-contain” Russian military agression will only lead to one thing: even more “defensive” escalation. Some more detail on the latest US dispatch of troops in the area now defined by the second coming of the Cold War from Stripes.com (2ND link)
Aug. 15, 2014
http://www.stripes.com/news/1st-cavalry-soldiers-headed-to-poland-baltics-1.298091
http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2014/08/15/19452.shtml
Headline: Ukraine death toll hits 2,086 – Merkel warns against cutting ties with Putin
The estimated death toll in the Ukraine conflict nearly doubled to at least 2,086 as of Aug 10 from 1,129 on July 26, the United Nations human rights office said yesterday. “This corresponds to a clear escalating trend. “UN human rights spokeswoman Cecile Pouilly told Reuters in response to a query. On average, more than 60 people a day have been killed or wounded since fighting began in mid-April in eastern Ukraine, rising to at least 70 people a day in the first week of August, she said. Nearly 5,000 have been wounded to date. The figures for casualties include Ukrainian soldiers, armed groups, pro-Russian militants and civilians, but are “very conservative estimates”, Pouilly said. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned yesterday against severing ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine crisis but said he must also do his part. Merkel told the Saechsische Zeitung newspaper she was “working very hard to keep the lines of communication open” with Putin despite the EU’s decision last month to level sanctions against Russia over its actions in the ex-Soviet state. “But for constructive relations it takes more than one,” she added. “I have always called for constructive cooperation with Russia and will continue to do so in future.”
***AND HERE COMES GERMANY
Aug. 15, 2014
http://news.kuwaittimes.net/ukraine-death-toll-hits-2086-merkel-warns-cutting-ties-putin/
Iran
Headline: Iran: Nuclear deal by November deadline unlikely
Iran’s foreign minister says it is unlikely to reach a final nuclear accord with world powers by a November deadline. Parliament’s news website Friday quoted Mohammad Javad Zarif as saying that even if a general agreement is reached by the deadline, the two sides will require more time to discuss details. “Hence, it is unlikely to reach a final conclusion before a four-month span,” he was quoted as saying. Iran and the P5+1 group – the U.S., Britain, France, Russia and China plus Germany – in July extended their nuclear talks until November.
Aug. 15, 2014
Afghanistan
Headline: War News for Friday, August 15th, 2014
Georgian soldiers leaving base in Afghanistan
Reported security incidents
#1: Gunmen armed with automatic weapons, grenades and wearing suicide vests attacked two military airbases in Quetta early Friday, leaving eight militants dead after security forces opened fire, officials said. Sarfaraz Bugti, the home minister of insurgency-hit Balochistan province, said that militants had tried to storm the Samungli airbase, used by the Pakistan Air Force, and Khalid military airbase, both in the provincial capital Quetta, but had failed to penetrate either perimeter.
#2: At least four suspected militants were killed on Friday when security forces opened fire on an explosives-laden vehicle in the Fort Slope area of Bara tehsil in the Khyber tribal region. Security forces signaled a suspicious vehicle which was approaching their base, directing it to stop but opened fire on it after the vehicle failed to accord with the directive.
#3: At least three Afghan policemen have been killed and four others wounded in a bomb attack in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Laghman, APA reports. According to a statement released by the provincial government, the blast took place in the Baad Pukh district of the province, located 260 kilometers (161 miles) east of the capital, Kabul, at around 05:00 a.m. local time (0030 GMT) on Thursday when a vehicle touched off a buried explosive device.
#4: The Taliban insurgents executed five civilians on charges of spying for the government in southern province of Helmand on Friday morning, police said.
#5: The head of electoral campaign of Gul Aqa Shirzai candidates in the first round of presidential election in Helmand province was killed by armed gunmen. Abdul Malik was targeted by two gunmen and lost his life in Sofyan village, Lashkarga city. Eyewitnesses said that the attackers riding motorcycle and after the attack fled the site.
#6: Six people including a police were wounded in explosion of a bomb in Jalalabad city, capital of Nangarhar province this morning. The explosion occurred while a convoy of officials of the first security precinct of Jalalabad was passing the area. Hazrat Hosain Mashriqiwal police spokesman of Nangarhar said BNA, in the explosion, the head of first security precinct of Jalalabad city with his three bodyguards and two civilians wounded.
#7: An explosion occurred close to Ahmadabad district’s bazaar in Paktia province today. According to reports a convoy of security forces was targeted in Machlagho village in the incident.
#8: At least eight people including the district police chief for Spin Boldak were killed following infighting among the policemen in Kandahar. According to local government officials, the incident took place late Thursday night in Spin Boldak district.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Headline: Afghan special forces say in talks on deal with Taliban in Helmand
After months of intense fighting in southern Afghanistan where hundreds of Taliban fighters have battered Afghan troops in daily attacks, the special forces commander in Helmand province is seeking a deal with the insurgents. Helmand province is the source of about half of Afghanistan’s opium and some areas have fallen under the control of drug dealers and the Taliban. Hundreds of U.S. and British soldiers were killed and wounded there over years of fighting but now it is the Afghans who are in charge of security as most foreign troops prepare to withdraw from the country by the end of this year. “Based on my contacts with Taliban and tribal elders I have already started talks,” Afghan special forces commander General Asadullah Shirzad, told reporters on Thursday, referring to his efforts in the province’s Sangin district. “Now security is much better in Sangin but to have a peaceful province we need more time to talk.”Shirzad declined to give details of his negotiations but said he hoped to extend talks across the province once calm had been restored in Sangin. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi denied any negotiations with security forces in the province, saying “we do not have any plan to talk now”.
Aug. 15, 2014
http://newsdaily.com/2014/08/15/afghan-special-forces-say-in-talks-on-deal-with-taliban-in-helmand/
Sudan
Headline: South Sudan Fighting Threatens Cease-fire
Government troops clashed with South Sudan rebels on Friday near the capital of the oil producing Unity State, a U.N. official said, days after a U.N. Security Council delegation warned of sanctions if either side violated a cease-fire both side recomitted to in May. Heavy shelling and gunfire near Bentiu started around 6:00 a.m. and continued for several hours, said a Reuters correspondent in a nearby U.N. base that is sheltering 29,000 people displaced by months of fighting. A senior U.N. official at the base said the rebels had clashed with government troops 300 meters west of Rubkona Airstrip, which is about 6 km (4 miles) north from Bentiu. It was not clear who instigated the fighting.
Aug. 15, 2014
Libya
Headline: Libya airstrike targets Derna terrorists
Headline: Ansar al-Shariah in Libya Shows Readiness for Air Defense in Derna
An air assault by Operation Dignity forces on Monday (August 11th) destroyed a weapons-laden boat as it approached the Libyan port of Derna.
The strike followed a warning from General Khalifa Haftar’s operation that incoming vessels were likely carrying weapons and extremists. “We struck a boat carrying ammunition and people coming from Syria,” Colonel Mohamed Hijazi said. “Then we shelled a convoy of cars that were loaded with weapons and were heading to Tobruk, forcing some of them to return to their hideouts in Derna,” he added. Derna eyewitness Ahmed Albardi described the bombardment. “The aircraft kept flying over Derna. Some individuals were trying to bring it down from one of the houses in the city, which was rented by terrorist Sufian al-Quma,” Albardi said. “As soon as they saw the aircraft bombing the boat, they began firing at it with anti-aircraft missiles, which landed on nearby houses killing the people inside,” he added. According to Albardi, “terrorists are still hiding in Derna on the roofs of buildings, in forests and on farms”.
****MAKE NO MISTAKE- ISIS IS CONNECTED & WORKING WITH ANSAR AL-SHARIAH – THE GROUP THAT TOOK OVER BENGAZI, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE YET TO ‘PLEDGE’ TO ISIS.
http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/features/2014/08/14/feature-01
Turkey
Headline: Turkey calls for help with Syria refugees as tensions rise
Turkey’s relief agency said Friday that it was time for the world to start “sharing the burden” of the 1.2 million Syrian refugees it is hosting, after tensions between Turks and refugees again turned violent. The latest clashes in the southeastern city of Gaziantep were sparked by the fatal stabbing earlier this week of a Turkish landlord, allegedly by his Syrian tenant, and led to a major exodus of refugees from the city. Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have fled their country’s civil war to neighboring Turkey in the last three years after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan – now president-elect – announced an open-door policy. Some 285,000 Syrian refugees are living in refugee camps, mostly in the southeast, according Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD). But some 912,000 are living outside of camps in cities across the country, according to AFAD, and their presence has become an increasing source of tension with local residents. After the latest clashes in Gaziantep – where refugees reportedly now make up a 10th of the population – AFAD’s head Fuat Oktay said that the international community should do more to help Turkey cope. Tensions between Turks and Syrian refugees living outside of camps first boiled over in Gaziantep last month, when locals attacked a Syrian after a traffic accident, and there were also protests against refugees in Kahramanmaras to the north. The authorities in Istanbul have also threatened to act against an influx of Syrian beggars to the city and sent them back to camps along the border. According to Turkish media, city officials in Gaziantep have now drawn up an “action plan” to calm the situation and some 7,800 Syrians will be moved to camps near the city, or to others in the neighboring regions of Mardin and Sanliurfa.
Aug. 15, 2014
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: DOCUMENT: Homeland Security Predicts Rise of ‘Anti-Government’ Violence
A leaked document from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis predicts increased “anti-government violence over the next year.” The document says the inspiration for violence is Cliven Bundy’s Bunkerville standoff with the Bureau of Land Management from earlier in the year. DHS’s seven-page report entitled Domestic Violent Extremists Pose a Threat to Government Officials and Law Enforcement points to the recent murders of two Las Vegas law enforcement officers as evidence that there is a “growing trend of anti-government violence compared to the previous four years and inspired by perceived government overreach and oppression” and the “perceived victory at Bunkervile” will “likely prompt more violence.”
Aug. 15, 2014
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/172150427/dhs-domestic-violent-extremists-pose-increased (to read the document)
Headline: Missouri Governor on Ferguson: Our Goal Is to Make Sure Justice Is Served
Headline: Thousands Rally in Times Square for Michael Brown, Unarmed Missouri Teen Killed by Police
After days of dramatic confrontations between protesters and police, Missouri officials say authorities are trying to restore calm. “Work continues to assure the safety and freedom of people to assemble and respect their views while protecting property and staying safe,” Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said during a Friday afternoon press conference in a mall parking lot on Buzz Westfall Drive in Jennings, Mo., just outside of Ferguson. “Moving forward, our goal is to make sure we keep the peace while these parallel investigations are going on, continue, and justice is served.” Capt. Ron Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol said the situation on the ground has changed. “Last night was a great night,” Johnson said. “There was no calls for service. We did not deploy tear gas. We did not have any roadblocks. We did not make any arrests. It was a good night. People were talking. People were inspiring each other, and we were communicating a lot better.” Johnson, who grew up in the area, added, “I’ve got a son, and I’ve got a daughter. And I want them to be able to walk these streets safely.” The statements come just hours after Ferguson police identified the officer who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown as Darren Wilson, a six-year veteran of the force. Johnson said he will speak with Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson, who released the name, later Friday. Johnson told National Journal he had not seen the collection of police reports that Ferguson police provided to the media Friday morning.
Aug. 15, 2014
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Times-Square-Rally-Missouri-Shooting-Thousands–271329291.html
Headline: Student killed in Senegal protest clash with police
A student taking part in a protest in Senegal’s capital Dakar was killed when demonstrators and police clashed, a government minister said Friday. Several students and officers were also badly hurt in the protest Thursday at the Cheikh Anta Diop University, Higher Education Minister Mary Tew Niane told reporters. Demonstrators were demanding that the government pay scholarships. One student said he witnessed police ransacking students’ bedrooms and destroying belongings, especially computers, mobile telephone and televisions. The prosecutor’s office was looking into the incident, the minister said. Students’ union SAES called for the resignation of Tew Niane and Interior Minister Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo.
Aug. 15, 2014
Headline: Militants attack Pakistani airbases, seven gunmen killed
Headline: Blasts, sustained gunfire heard near Pakistan’s Quetta airport
Gunmen armed with automatic weapons, grenades and wearing suicide vests attacked two military airbases in southwestern Pakistan early Friday, with security forces killing seven militants in the ongoing fighting, officials said. Sarfaraz Bugti, the home minister of insurgency-hit Baluchistan province said that militants had tried to storm the Samungli airbase, used by Pakistan’s Air Force, and Khalid military airbase, both in the provincial capital Quetta, but had failed to penetrate either perimeter. “Exchange of fire is going on near both the airbases. Seven terrorists have so far been killed,” Bugti told AFP. “The target of the attacks were both the airbases but police and security forces thwarted the attacks,” he added. The airbases are some 12 kilometres (seven miles) apart in Quetta.
***WHAT YAHOO DOESN’T TELL YOU: THE MILITANTS ARE THE Balochistan Liberation Army formed in 2000
Aug. 15, 2014
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/attacks-two-airbases-kills-six-militants-pakistan-205959098.html#aotyJio
http://newsdaily.com/2014/08/15/blasts-sustained-gunfire-heard-near-pakistans-quetta-airport/
Headline: Gunmen attack opposition convoy on way to Islamabad
Headline: Two anti-government marches arrive in Pakistani capital
A convoy of opposition supporters led by Pakistani politician, Imran Khan, has come under attack in the city of Gujranwala in Punjab Province. Unidentified gunmen attacked the convoy on Friday as protesters were heading to the capital Islamabad for a mass anti-government rally. Armed men threw stones and “fired bullets at us,” cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan said. Khan, the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, and religious figure, Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, chairman of the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) political party, are travelling to the capital to try to topple the government they say was elected by fraud. Opposition groups mounted a campaign to pressure Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to step down over the alleged vote rigging in parliamentary polls last year. They are also demanding that the Pakistan government hold new elections. Meanwhile, authorities in Islamabad blocked several main roads with shipping containers and barbed wire in an effort to thwart the marches.
Aug. 15, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/15/375398/antigovt-convoy-attacked-in-pakistan/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/15/us-pakistan-politics-idUSKBN0GF0M120140815
Headline: U.N. peacekeepers step in as Aristide supporters demonstrate in Haiti
Supporters of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide demonstrated Thursday in Port-au-Prince after a judge issued an arrest warrant for him on Wednesday. An arrest warrant was issued for Aristide after he missed a court appearance to face charges of money laundering, corruption and drug trafficking. Concern that the former president would be imminently arrested prompted supporters to erect barricades outside Aristide’s home, lining the nearby road with rocks and burning tires. A group of 150 stood in the streets in an attempt to prevent his arrest. At some point, United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti personnel arrived on the scene but protesters threw rocks at one U.N. vehicle, forcing two staff members to seek shelter in an area residence. “We can confirm that the U.N. security team rescued two U.N. staff,” a U.N. official told the BBC. Once the U.N. staff were safe, “peacekeeping troops cleared the protesters and their barricades, and retrieved the U.N. vehicle using smoke grenades and armored vehicles.”
Aug. 15, 2014
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: France rebels against austerity as Europe’s recovery collapses
France’s finance minister sends tremors through European capitals with a defiant warning that his country would no longer try to meet deficit targets Eurozone strategy is in tatters after economic recovery ground to a halt across the region and France demanded a radical shift in policy, warning that austerity overkill is driving Europe into a depression. Growth slumped to zero in the second quarter, with Germany contracting by 0.2pc and France once again stuck at zero. Italy is already in a triple-dip recession. Yields on 10-year German Bunds fell below 1pc for the first time in history, beneath levels seen during the most extreme episodes of deflation in the 19th century. French yields also touch record lows. Much of the eurozone is replicating the pattern seen in Japan as it slid into a deflation trap in the late 1990s. It is unclear whether tumbling yields are primarily a warning signal of stagnation ahead or a bet by investors that the European Central Bank will soon be forced to launch quantitative easing, buying government bonds across the board. Michel Sapin, France’s finance minister, sent tremors through European capitals with a defiant warning that his country would no longer try to meet its deficit targets and would not inflict further damage on its economy by tightening into the downturn. “I refuse to raise taxes to close any budget gaps,” he said.
Aug. 14, 2014
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: Ebola outbreak scale ‘vastly underestimated’ – WHO
Headline:WHO: Ebola cases surpass 2,000
The official death toll from the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa is currently standing at 1,145 deaths out of 2,127 cases, but the numbers could be vastly underestimated, the World Health Organization has warned. “[WHO] staff at the outbreak sites see evidence that the numbers of reported cases and deaths vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak,” the organization wrote on its website. While no new cases surfaced, the outbreak is expected to continue “for some time” in West African states affected by the virus, the WHO said, adding that the “operational response plan extends over the next several months.” WHO is coordinating the international response such as the World Food Programme and is using its “well-developed logistics to deliver food to the more than one million people locked down in the quarantine zones, where the borders of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone intersect.” The organization is also mapping out the outbreak to effectively locate closest treatment facilities.
Aug. 15, 2014
http://rt.com/news/180452-ebola-underestimated-who-outbreak/
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/
August 12, 2014- 400 TONS of fish die suddenly in Lake Maninjau, Indonesia
August 14, 2014- Thousands of dead anchovies wash ashore in Foster City, California, America
August 14, 2014- Mass die off of fish occuring in the river Bakircay, Turkey
August 14, 2014- Large amount of dead fish found floating in a lake, worrying fishermen in Cienaga, Colombia
August 15, 2014- 30 TONS of fish have died in the lagoons of Alicante, Spain
August 15, 2014- 220 birds dead in wetland due to outbreak of disease in Gasteiz, Spain
August 15, 2014- Thousands of fish wash up dead in Plymouth, England
August 15, 2014- 400+ Pelicans found dead along beaches in Huaura, Peru
Headline: Marine mystery disease along Pacific Coast baffles scientists
Sea stars up and down the Pacific Coast are dying off in record numbers, and scientists say they can’t figure out what’s going on. Reports indicate that in some areas of Washington State, for instance, upwards of 80 percent of the sea star population has vanished, while other areas are reporting strange phenomena like sea star limbs falling off and literally walking away on their own — what one marine group coordinator likened to “an alien thing.”
For the past several years, students, environmentalists, and even ordinary citizens have noticed a drastic increase in the number of gravely ill or dead sea stars littering the West Coast. One group that monitors sea life around Island County, Washington, says sea stars are increasingly succumbing to a mystery disease that some have dubbed “star wasting” syndrome that, when it runs its full course, causes sea stars to disintegrate.
Aug. 15, 2014
http://www.naturalnews.com/046474_star_fish_Pacific_ocean_wasting_syndrome.html
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