Sept. 28, 2016- US to send more troops to Iraq ahead of Mosul battle; 1st Locally Acquired Dengue
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Headline: Israel’s population reaches 8.58 million
~Restoration of Israel Jeremiah 24:5-6~
Israel will have a population of 8.585 million citizens this Rosh Hashanah. The growth rate, 2 percent, was similar to previous years, according to an annual report released Tuesday by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics. The country’s Jewish population, which makes up nearly three quarters of the country at 6.419 million, grew at a rate of 1.9 percent, while the Arab population, which makes up just over a fifth of the country at 1.786 million, grew at a rate of 2.2 percent. Other groups, including non-Arab Christians and those identifying with other religions, which make up 4.4 percent of the population at 380,000, grew at a rate of 3.8 percent. The birth rate surpassed the death rate, with 189,000 births and 46,000 deaths. In the past Jewish year, 30,000 people moved to Israel, including 25,000 new immigrants.
Sept. 28, 2016
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/218416
Headline: Terrorist organization in Gaza presents new rocket for next round of confrontation against Israel
Approximately two years after Operation Protective Edge ended, the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), one of the terrorist organization in Gaza, is signaling that it is already ready for another round of confrontation against Israel. Today (Monday), the terrorist organization displayed the newest model of a rocket that was manufactured locally. According to the PRC, the rocket is a real threat to Israel. The PRC claims that the rocket can reach all of Israel’s strategic facilities. The terrorist organization released pictures of the rocket being manufactured and explained its capabilities during a show that was put on today in Rafah. In addition, the PRC released a video documenting a trial launch. However, the terrorist organization did not mention the rocket’s exact range. The Israeli security establishment has not yet commented on the terrorist organization’s claim regarding the rocket being a true threat to Israel.
Sept. 26, 2016
Headline: Hamas calls for ‘Day of Rage’ during Peres funeral
The Hamas terror group urged Palestinians to hold a “Day of Rage” on Friday, coinciding with the state funeral of former Israeli president Shimon Peres, which will be held in Jerusalem on that day. The call is meant to mark the one-year anniversary of the beginning of a wave of terror attacks, including stabbings and car-rammings throughout the West Bank and in Jerusalem, that launched in September 2015. Hamas’s call follows a Wednesday statement by the group’s spokesman in Gaza that expressed happiness at Peres’s death. A spokesman for the group, Sami Abu Zuhri, told AP on Wednesday that “the Palestinian people are very happy at the passing of this criminal who caused their blood to shed.” He added, “Shimon Peres was the last remaining Israeli official who founded the occupation, and his death is the end of a phase in the history of this occupation and the beginning of a new phase of weakness.”
Sept. 28, 2016
http://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-calls-for-day-of-rage-during-peres-funeral/
Headline: Hezbollah and Hamas representatives meet
Hezbollah representative on Palestinian matters and former MP Hasan Hoballah met a Palestinian delegation from the Hamas Movement headed by the representative in Lebanon Ali Barakat. The two groups discussed the latest developments on the Palestinian front as well as Palestinian captives held in Israeli prisons. Discussions also touched on Palestinian refugee camps inside Lebanon and the recent security operations by the Lebanese Army which “spared the Palestinian community massive internal strife.” The Hezbollah and Palestinian delegations called on Arab and Muslim states to adopt the Palestinian cause and not relent.
Sept. 28, 2016
Headline: Sanhedrin Revives 2,000-Year-Old Blessing for Counting of Jubilee Year
Amidst the shofar blasts, this Rosh Hashana will include a mitzvah (Biblical commandment) that hasn’t been performed by the Jews in almost 2,000 years: counting the Jubilee. It is a simple mitzvah, reciting just a few lines, but performing this mitzvah is a declaration that the prophesied return of the Jews to Israel has been fulfilled, thereby establishing a basis for the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple. Unbeknownst to all but a few witnesses, as Rosh Hashana ended eleven months ago, the nascent Sanhedrin concluded months of deliberation by ruling that certain conditions had been met requiring the Nation of Israel to begin counting the Jubilee cycle. When Rosh Hashana – the Jewish New Year – ends next Tuesday evening, it will be time for Jews to count the second year of the Jubilee cycle. Rabbi Hillel Weiss, spokesman for the Sanhedrin, explained to Breaking Israel News, “The Sanhedrin ruled that we are now clearly in the prophesied third inheritance of the land, the first being by Joshua, the second after the Babylonian exile.
Sept. 27, 2016
Lebanon
Headline: Lebanese Army targets ISIS near Syrian border
The Lebanese Army attacked Islamist militants overnight Wednesday on the northeastern border, state media reported. The National News Agency said the army targeted extremist gatherings in the northern Beeka Valley village of Ras Baalbek, in the Khirbit Daoud area, using heavy artillery and missiles. ISIS and Al-Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly known as Nusra Front, militants have been holed up on the rugged outskirts of Ras Baalbek and Arsal along the frontier with Syria for nearly two years.
Sept. 28, 2016
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Senate votes to override Obama veto on 9/11 bill
Headline: Saudi has ways to hit back at 9/11 lawsuit effort
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to overturn President Obama’s veto of a bill letting families of Sept. 11 victims sue the Saudi Arabian government, bringing Congress within reach of completing the first successful veto override of Obama’s presidency. The Senate voted 97-1 to reject the veto. The measure heads next to the House, where lawmakers will need to muster a two-thirds majority, as in the Senate, to override. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaking on the Senate floor moments before Wednesday’s vote, pushed back hard on Saudi government objections to the legislation, which has broad bipartisan support on Capitol Hill. “It’s very simple. If the Saudis were culpable, they should be held accountable. If they had nothing to do with 9/11, they have nothing to fear,” Schumer said. The lone “no” vote was Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. An override now appears all but certain and would mark a blow to the president in the final months of his term.
Sept. 28, 2016
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/28/senate-votes-to-override-obama-veto-on-911-bill.html
Headline: Saudi navy to hold Gulf exercises amid Iran tensions
Saudi Arabia’s navy will hold exercises in the Gulf and the strategic Strait of Hormuz early next week, the navy chief said on Wednesday, as tensions simmer with Iran. Exercise “Gulf Shield 1” will also take place in the Sea of Oman, with ships, planes, marines and other personnel taking part, said Royal Saudi Navy commander Abdullah al-Sultan. Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran – which lie on opposite sides of the Gulf – have no diplomatic relations and are at odds over regional issues including the wars in Syria and Yemen. Gulf Shield 1 is part of a series of exercises the fleet has carried out in the area, Sultan said in comments cited by the official Saudi Press Agency. The maneuvers aim to “raise combat readiness” and improve skills for defending the country’s borders, protecting sea lanes “and to deter any aggression or potential terrorist operations”, the SPA report said. Further details were not provided.
Sept. 28, 2016
Egypt
Headline: Gunmen kill 3 Egyptian officers along with civilian
Gunmen have killed at least three policemen and a civilian in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula, says the interior ministry. The deadly assault was carried out in the city of el-Arish, the provincial capital and the largest city of North Sinai, on Wednesday, the ministry stated. The assailants, riding in a vehicle, intercepted a taxi transporting the officers, who were shot dead along with the driver, the statement added. The shooting attack was the latest in a series of assaults against Egypt’s security forces in the restive region, where militants affiliated with the Daesh Takfiri terrorists are active.
Sept. 28, 2016
~Keep in mind when looking at the map~ the BLUE line shows what Syria looks like according to the Psalm 83 definition
Syria Headline: Key Damascus suburb witnesses most intense clashes since 2013
The Damascene suburb of Qudsiyah witnessed its heaviest clashes since early 2013 on Tuesday after a group of militants from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Jabhat Fateh Al-Sham (formerly Al-Nusra Front) attacked a Syrian Arab Army (SAA) checkpoint. According to an Al-Masdar correspondent in Damascus, a group of Islamist rebels attacked one of the Syrian Arab Army’s checkpoints in the Al-Khayateen area, killing 6 soldiers before they could respond to the militant aggression. As a result of this surprise attack by the Islamist rebels, the Syrian Arab Army’s High Command sent in their Republican Guard units to recapture the Al-Khayateen area; this would result in a violent battle that would last for several hours on Tuesday. Finally, the Syrian Armed Forces were able to surround the 2 Islamist rebel groups at 2 buildings inside the Al-Khayateen area. The Syrian Armed Forces demanded that these militants surrender themselves; however, they would ultimately refuse, which led to the death of over 20 Islamist rebels. Al-Khayateen was eventually recaptured by the Syrian Armed Forces, but the Republican Guard and their tanks have remained inside Qudsiyah. The Syrian Armed Forces issued one last warning to the Islamist rebels about instigating violence in Qudsiyah; if they do it again, the army will attack their positions inside the suburb.
Sept. 28, 2016
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/key-damascus-suburb-witnesses-intense-clashes-since-2013/
Syria Headline: ISIS prepares for FINAL BATTLE: US troops 3 MILES from site of ancient APOCALYPSE prophecy
According to the (Muslim) extremists’ twisted ideology, Dabiq – a tiny town in northern Syria – will see a “major apocalyptic showdown with the armies of the infidel” that will result in the collapse of civilization. And Turkish troops backed by American commandos are understood to be just three miles from the town. ISIS claim the battle will erupt in a field outside the small town, which in 2004 recorded a population of just 3,000 people. Reports in recent days that Turkish artillery fire has hit the town, in the northern countryside of Aleppo, suggest that battle may now have begun. Amaq – the terror network’s own ‘news agency’ – claimed a man died in the strike last Friday. ISIS has vowed to revert to an early form of Islam and their prediction of a battle at Dabiq fits this narrative. According to their theory, “nations gathering under 80 flags will confront the Muslim armies”. ISIS even named its terrorist propaganda and recruitment magazine after the settlement, which lies around six miles from the Turkish border.
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Sept. 28, 2016
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/715334/Islamic-State-battle-Dabiq-US-special-forces-town-ancient-apocalypse-prophecy
Syria Headline: Reports that US soldiers have entered towns in Aleppo
Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen channel has claimed that US troops have entered the towns of Marea and Azaz in northern Aleppo countryside. There presence in these two towns is supposedly to help Syrian rebel forces and their jihadists allies against ISIS positions. Extremists from Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (previously al-Nusra) called for “a fight with the Americans” and burnt several Free Syrian Army (FSA) flags, according to al-Mayadeen. The channel then went onto claim that the US troops caused tensions between Fatah al-Sham and the FSA. These claims cannot be independently verified by al-Masdar at this moment.
Sept. 28, 2016
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/reports-us-soldiers-entered-towns-aleppo/
Syria Headline: Kerry threatens to end Syria talks with Russia over Aleppo
Syria Headline: France wants UN resolution on Aleppo, force Russia’s hand
Syria Headline: Warplanes knock out Aleppo hospital as Russian-backed assault intensifies
Secretary of State John Kerry is threatening to cut off all contacts with Moscow over Syria, unless Russian and Syrian government attacks on Aleppo end. The State Department says Kerry issued the ultimatum in a Wednesday telephone call to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Kerry’s spokesman, John Kirby, says Kerry expressed grave concern over Russian and Syrian government attacks on hospitals, water supplies and other civilian infrastructure in Aleppo. He says Kerry told Lavrov that the U.S. holds Russia responsible for the use of incendiary and bunker-buster bombs in an urban area. Kerry told Lavrov the U.S. was preparing to “suspend U.S.-Russia bilateral engagement on Syria,” including on a proposed counterterrorism partnership, “unless Russia takes immediate steps to end the assault on Aleppo” and restore a cease-fire.
Sept. 28, 2016
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4861009,00.html
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4860971,00.html
Syria Headline: US-backed rebels now equipped with advanced rocket launchers
Syria Headline: US arming Nusra in Syria: Lavrov
Syria Headline: Foreign states supply Syrian rebels with new Grad rockets – FSA commander
Syria Headline: ‘Aleppo must not fall’: US allies to flood city with anti-aircraft missiles
US-backed rebels attacked – for the first time – the Syrian Army positions in Handarat Refugee Camp in northeast Aleppo with barrages of BM-21 missiles (Grad) using rocket launchers they had obtained earlier. A pro-rebel Twitter account released a video showing a group of the West-backed FSA fighters unloading the missiles and then firing them using rocket launchers. In the same context, Reuters quoted a rebel commander who confirmed that some Western countries have recently provided (for the first time) the FSA-affiliated factions in Syria with ‘excellent quantities’ of advanced rocket launchers to defy a Russia-backed, wide-scale offensive against rebel forces in eastern Aleppo. “The Grad launchers have a range of 22-40 km, and will be extensively used in the battles against regime forces in Aleppo, Hama and Latakia”, said Col. Faris al-Bayoush, a military rebel commander and former Syrian Army officer. Battles in both Aleppo and Hama significantly escalated since the US-Russia brokered ceasefire has crumbled. Earlier, Gulf states, backing Syrian opposition, threatened to supply its proxies with anti-aircraft missiles to defend themselves against Syrian and Russian warplanes.
Sept. 28, 2016
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/us-backed-rebels-now-equipped-advanced-rocket-launchers/
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/us-arming-nusra-syria-lavrov/
https://www.rt.com/news/360980-syria-rebels-grad-rockets/
Syria Headline: Syrian Army, Hezbollah capture the Farafira District in east Aleppo
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), backed by Hezbollah, captured the Farafira District in east Aleppo after a short battle with the jihadist rebels of Fatah Halab. According to a military source in Aleppo, the Syrian Armed Forces and Hezbollah seized the Farafira District after advancing from the northeastern axis of the Aleppo Citadel in the Old Aleppo Quarter this morning. The military source added that the Syrian Arab Army’s sappers are now demining the area before allowing soldiers to enter the buildings in the Farafira District. Meanwhile, southeast the Aleppo Citadel, the Syrian Armed Forces and Hezbollah are attempting to enter the Bab Al-Nayrab District; however, there have been no reports of any advance there.
Sept. 27, 2016
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-army-hezbollah-capture-farafira-district-east-aleppo/
Syria Headline: Rebels gas the Syrian Army in northern Hama
The jihadist rebels attacking the northern Hama village of Karah on Wednesday reportedly used chlorine gas against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), causing several injuries in the process. According to local reports, Jund Al-Aqsa (Syrian Al-Qaeda group) and the Free Syrian Army (FSA) used chlorine gas against the Syrian Arab Army during their ongoing assault at Karah today. No fatalities have been reported as a result of the gas attack; however, 18 soldiers were hospitalized due to exposure to this chemical agent.
Sept. 28, 2016
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/rebels-gas-syrian-army-northern-hama/
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe
http://syriahr.com/en/category/news
Iraq Headline: Daesh attacks kill at least 17 in Baghdad
Bombings claimed by Daesh militants hit shopping areas in Shiite districts of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing at least 17 people, security and medial officials said. The group said suicide bombers with explosive vests carried out the attacks in the Baghdad Jadida neighborhood in the east of the city and the Bayaa area in the south. Officials said at least eight people were killed and 29 wounded in Baghdad Jadida, although some said the area was hit by a roadside bomb as well as a suicide bomber. Another suicide bomber targeted the Bayaa, killing at least nine people and wounding 30, officials said.
Sept. 28, 2016
http://www.arabnews.com/node/990846/middle-east
Iraq Headline: US to send more troops to Iraq ahead of Mosul battle
The United States will send around 600 new troops to Iraq to assist local forces in the battle to retake Mosul from Islamic State that is expected later this year, US and Iraqi officials said on Wednesday. The new deployment is the third such boost in US troop levels in Iraq since April, underscoring the difficulties President Barack Obama has had in extracting the US military from the country. “American President Barack Obama was consulted on a request from the Iraqi government for a final increase in the number of trainers and advisers under the umbrella of the international coalition in Iraq,” Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in a statement. The new troops will train and advise Iraqi security forces and Kurdish peshmerga forces, primarily in the Mosul fight but also serve “to protect and expand Iraqi security forces’ gains elsewhere in Iraq,” US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said.
Sept. 28, 2016
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4861069,00.html
Iraq Headline: Iraqi militia chief claims Israel bombed group in Syria
Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba chief Akram al-Kaabi made an unusual allegation that his militia’s weapon caches outside Aleppo were targeted in airstrikes. He says that Israel conducted airstrikes against the Shiite fighting force outside Aleppo, without specifying when the purported bombings occurred. “We witnessed during our wide-scale operations and large victories previously achieved in these areas [outside Aleppo] how the Zionist entity, by itself, bombed our weapons and ammunition [caches],” Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba chief Akram al-Kaabi said during a mid-September field inspection of his militia’s positions near Syria’s second city. Kaabi did not say when or where Israel allegedly targeted Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba positions in his speech, which was featured in a video publicized Sunday by the Iraqi militia’s YouTube channel. Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba’s media office, for its part, has never issued any public statements claiming that its weapon stores in the Aleppo province were hit by Israel. Although Kaabi did not go into details regarding his unsubstantiated allegation, he did claim that the Israeli strike helped “give Takfiri groups another chance to reorganize themselves… and hampered our military operations to liberate besieged Shiite areas,”
Sept. 28, 2016
Kurdish Headline: Syrian Kurds demand recognition of Rojava federal project as condition to fight for Raqqa
Syrian Kurds are ready to participate in the battle for Raqqa on the condition that the US-led coalition recognises their federal project in Rojava and directly arm the People’s Protection Units (YPG), officials said. Senior Kurdish official and member of the Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM), Hanifa Hussein, said that the Kurds are ready to take part in the major anti-ISIS operation of Raqqa. “But first we need to make sure that our federal project would be accepted by Washington and coalition members, the YPG forces would receive arms directly, and the Kurds would be officially invited to the Geneva peace talks,” she told reporters on Wednesday. The US administration is considering a plan to directly arm the Syrian Kurds to fight ISIS, after the Turkish intervention risked the US of losing Kurdish support to take the city of Raqqa.
**see also Turkey below
Sept. 28, 2016
Turkey
Headline: Turkish foreign minister says troops to move further into Syria
Headline: Turkey to complete Syria border wall within 5 months, official says
Headline: Turkey security council to recommend extending state of emergency
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Ankara is planning to send troops 45 kilometres into Syrian territory to establish a no-fly zone and a safe zone. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the Free Syrian Army forces, supported by Turkey and the West, had made good progress against the Islamic State (IS) group – and that this should serve as a model for the campaign to retake Raqqa from the militants. (Please see ETRM 9-26 post– Turkey wants to join U.S.-led operation against Islamic State in Raqqa) He denied allegations that Turkey has entered Syria to attack the PYD/YPG Kurdish group, however, but warned that the United States has not fulfilled its promise to Turkey that those groups would not cross the Euphrates. Furthermore, Cavusoglu blasted Washington for arming the PYD/YPG group, calling it an “unacceptable” move. Turkey’s top diplomat also squarely blamed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies for the failure of the latest ceasefire attempt, adding that the regime was also clearly responsible for the attack on an aid convoy. Cavusoglu called for an independent investigation into that attack. Finally, Cavusoglu told FRANCE 24 that Turkey has provided the US with solid evidence of US-based Cleric Fetullah Gulen‘s role in the failed coup in Turkey, and that Ankara is therefore expecting him to be extradited soon.
Sept. 28, 2016
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4860973,00.html
Headline: Turkey denies protection to returning Syrians
A migrant swap deal with Ankara is progressing well despite returning Syrians being denied guaranteed protection status in Turkey, says the EU commission. EU migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos told reporters on Wednesday (28 September) that “adequate standards” were in place for those returned under the March deal. But earlier in the day, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said not a single Syrian returned from Greece has been granted any temporary protection status, despite the “formal guarantees” under the EU’s deal with Ankara. “As we speak today, none of the Syrians that have returned to Turkey have got temporary protection,” Vincent Cochetal, UNHCR’s Europe director, told this website. Turkey is also supposed to allow the UN agency access to facilities where the returning Syrians are temporarily sheltered. But access to the centre has been blocked since a failed military coup in July.
Sept. 28, 2016
https://euobserver.com/migration/135279
Headline: Preparations under way for Putin to visit Turkey in October: Kremlin
Headline:Turkey Failed to Coordinate Syrian Operation With Russia, Iran
The Kremlin said Wednesday that preparations were under way for President Vladimir Putin to visit Turkey in October, a further sign that Moscow is keen to restore full political, trade and economic ties with Ankara. Relations between the two nations were plunged into crisis in November last year after NATO member state Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border. Russia responded by imposing economic sanctions on Turkey. In June, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan expressed regret for the downing of the Russian plane. In August, he met Putin in St. Petersburg where the two men agreed to gradually restore full-scale cooperation.
Sept. 28, 2016
Iran
Headline: Iran has missiles that can hit Israel, Revolutionary Guards official says
A senior commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Tuesday that Iran is in possession of missiles that can hit Israel.
Iran’s Press TV quoted Commander of the IRGC’s Aerospace Division Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh as telling reporters that “we do not need missiles with a range of over 2,000 kilometers. The longest range required for [Iran’s] missiles is the [Israeli] occupied lands.” The commander warned that “the Zionist regime is our biggest target.” Hajizadeh stated that Iran’s Zolfaqar tactical ballistic missile was set to become operational in March of 2017, which is the end of the current Iranian calendar year.
Sept. 28, 2016
Afghanistan
Headline: Afghan Officials: US Drone Strike Killed IS Militants, Civilians
Authorities in an eastern province of Afghanistan say a U.S. drone strike against a group of suspected Islamic State militants has killed at least 18 people, including civilians. Local police commander Mohammad Ali told VOA Wednesday that several non-combatants were also among those wounded in the pre-dawn attack in the Achin district of the province of Nangarhar, which borders Pakistan. A U.S. military spokesman, Brigadier General Charles Cleveland, confirmed to VOA that “U.S. forces did conduct one counterterrorism airstrike in the area on Wednesday. But he would not discuss further details for “operational security reasons.” The latest U.S airstrike came as tribal elders and officials recently warned IS fighters have returned and regained control of some of their former strongholds in the area after retreating to mountain hideouts in the face of weeks of major Afghan security operations.
Sept. 28, 2016
http://www.voanews.com/a/afghan-officials-us-drone-strike-kills-is-militants-civilians/3528244.html
Matthew 24:5
Revelation 6:4
Revelation 6:8
Zechariah14:12
Headline: Russia Implicated in Shooting Down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Over Ukraine
A Dutch-led investigation has concluded that the powerful surface-to-air missile system used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine two years ago, killing all 298 on board, was trucked in from Russia at the request of Russian-backed separatists and returned to Russia the same night. The report largely confirmed the Russian government’s already widely documented role not only in the deployment of the missile system — called a Buk, or SA-11 — but also in the subsequent cover-up, which continues to this day. The report, by a team of prosecutors from the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and Ukraine, was significant for applying standards of evidence admissible in court while still building a case directly implicating Russia, and it is likely to open a long diplomatic and legal struggle. With meticulous detail, working with cellphone records, social media, witness accounts and other evidence, the prosecutors traced Russia’s role in deploying the missile system into Ukraine and its attempts to cover its tracks afterward. The inquiry did not name individual culprits and stopped short of saying that Russian soldiers were involved. Announcing their findings at a news conference in Nieuwegein, in the Netherlands, the investigators were clear, however, that they planned to identify suspects and to determine who they think gave the orders and what their intentions were, in preparation for bringing criminal indictments.
Sept. 28, 2016
Headline: Separatists say Russian troops staging exercises in Moldova
Headline: Why the West Should Pay More Attention to Moldova
The news agency of the Trans-Dniester separatist region in Moldova says Russian troops have begun another round of military exercises in the territory. Novosti Pridnestrovya quoted a Russian defense ministry statement Wednesday saying 300 Russian troops began a week of exercises in Trans-Dniester, a separatist region in eastern Moldova. The drills started Tuesday. Many might wonder why the West should bother concerning itself with Moldova. After all, it is one of the poorest nations in Europe, a former Soviet republic about the size of Maryland that is nestled between Ukraine and Romania. But the answer has less to do with Moldova and more to do with its neighbor to the east. Russia’s geopolitical plans and intentions for the region, and how those plans clash with the Western vision for an open society in Eastern Europe, have important implications for the United States and Europe. There are significant political, economic and strategic issues at play. It began with the first round of “frozen conflicts” in the early 1990s in the South Caucasus: Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and Transdniestria. Next came the war with West-leaning Georgia in 2008, which resulted in Russia minting a new brand new country, South Ossetia. The fact that none of these “republics” were ever recognized by more than a few countries is beside the point: The Kremlin had already achieved its goals. After Georgia came Crimea (perhaps more easily than Putin expected), which Russia now claims as its own. And most recently there has been the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
Sept. 28, 2016
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4860969,00.html
https://www.stratfor.com/weekly/why-west-should-pay-more-attention-moldova
Headline: U.S. to deploy anti-missile system in South Korea ASAP
The United States plans to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system to South Korea “as soon as possible,” a senior U.S. official said Tuesday, according to Reuters. Daniel Russel, assistant secretary of state for East Asia, also told a congressional hearing the United States was in discussions with international partners, including the European Union, to deny North Korea access to international banking infrastructure after its recent nuclear and missile tests. Speaking to the Asia Pacific subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Russel added that the exact timing of the deployment of the THAAD system was a matter for the Pentagon. But, he added, “Given the accelerating pace of North Korea’s missile tests, we intend to deploy on an accelerated basis — I would say as soon as possible.” Asked if the deployment was a “done deal,” Russel replied, “Yes, I do.” Russel said last week that THAAD deployment was not negotiable as part of efforts to agree on new UN sanctions on North Korea after its fifth nuclear test on September 9 – the latest in a series of tests by Pyongyang in violation of UN resolutions.
Sept. 28, 2016
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/218426
Headline: 1st Case Of Locally-Acquired Dengue Reported In Miami-Dade County
Florida health officials have confirmed the first case of locally acquired Dengue fever in Miami-Dade County. The infection is primarily spread through bites of infected mosquitoes. The person infected with the virus has already received medical treatment and is expected to make a full recovery. Health officials are investigating close contacts around the person to make sure more people are not infected. Miami-Dade Mosquito Control says they are conducting aggressive mosquito control efforts in the area of concern. Dengue fever can present itself as a flu-like illness with muscle aches, pain, fever and sometimes a rash. The symptoms appear within 14 days of being bitten by an infected mosquito and can last for up to a week. This is the second case of locally acquired Dengue in Florida this year but this is the first case for Miami-Dade County.
Sept. 28, 2016
1 Timothy 4:1-3
Amos 8:11
2 Peter 2:1-3
Matthew 24:4-5
Matthew 24:24
Headline: Pastor kills himself after mistakenly sending his nude photos intended for his mistress to church members instead
A pastor in South Africa has reportedly hanged himself after he accidentally sent pictures of his genitals to his church’s WhatsApp group chat along with a message indicating that he was looking to cheat on his wife. According to the South African news website Live Monitor, Pastor Letsego of Christ Embassy church in Limpopo recently intended to send pictures of his genital along with the caption “Wife is away, it’s all yours tonight” to his mistress. The problem was that he sent the nude pictures and incriminating caption to members of his church instead. After realizing that he had made an embarrassing mistake, the pastor left the group chat and became unreachable for congregants of the church to express their shock and anger over the pictures and message. Live Monitor reports that a number of congregants tried to reach the pastor by phone after he sent the message. However, the attempts to reach the pastor were unsuccessful. The next day, Pastor Letsego was found hanging in his home.
Sept. 22, 2016
Headline: ‘Emergency’ need for exorcists after surge in people dabbling in Satanism and black magic
Exorcists are in urgent demand as a result of a sharp rise in people dabbling in Satanism and the occult, experts from the Catholic Church in Italy and the US said. Speaking in tongues, levitating and vomiting nails may seem far-fetched to most people, but church experts insist there is a need to recruit more priests as exorcists in order to combat sorcery and black magic. Valter Cascioli, a psychologist and scientific consultant to the International Association of Exorcists, which is endorsed by the Vatican, described as an “emergency” the lack of priests capable of fighting the forces of evil. “The lack of exorcists is a real emergency. There is a pastoral emergency as a result of a significant increase in the number of diabolical possessions that exorcist priests are confronting,” he told La Stampa newspaper. “The number of people who take part in occult and satanic practices, which lead to serious physical, psychological and spiritual damages, is constantly rising.”
Sept. 26, 2016
Matthew 24:7
Luke 21:11
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Headline: Indonesia evacuates tourists after volcano eruption
Indonesian authorities have evacuated some 1,100 tourists after a volcano erupted at one of the country’s most popular hiking destinations. Mount Barujari on Lombok island erupted on Tuesday, shooting ash 2,000m (6,500 ft) into the air. Officials are still searching for several hundred tourists who remain missing, according to the country’s disaster agency. There have been no reports of injuries caused by the eruption. Nearly 400 foreign and local tourists have been registered since Sunday to climb the mountain, according to the Disaster Mitigation Agency’s spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. The mountaineers were recorded to have left from Sembalun monitoring post, about 11km (7 miles) from the volcano’s crater. Flights were also interrupted for several hours at the nearby Lombok International Airport and the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali.
Sept. 28, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37492144
Headline: Dozens missing after Typhoon Megi causes landslide in China
Dozens of people were reported missing and at least 20 buildings destroyed after Typhoon Megi caused a landslide in eastern China’s Zhejiang province Wednesday. Rescue operations were underway in Suichang county and 27 people were confirmed missing, according to the People’s Daily in China. Earlier, Typhoon Megi killed at least five people and injured more than 600 in Taiwan and China. Several structures collapsed in the Chinese town of Quanzhou and one person was killed, the China News Service said. The storm made landfall in China’s southeastern province of Fujian at 4:40 a.m. with winds up to 74 mph, China’s meteorological administration said. It issued a red alert, the highest in a four-tiered system. Widespread flooding was reported and more than 120,000 fishermen were evacuated and more than 30,000 boats were recalled to port for shelter in Fujian province, CCTV said.
Sept. 28, 2016
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