Speeding Toward the Feast of Trumpets- Prophecy News for August 23, 2014
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Frank DiMora P.O. Box 732, Lompoc Ca. 93436 fjdimora@gmail.com
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Hamas Spokesman: Our War Is for Liberation of Jerusalem, Not for Lifting of Blockade
British Islamist Abu Sayfullah: Only ISIS Will Help Palestinians, All Muslims Believe in Jihad against the Infidels
ISIS: We Are Operating in Gaza
http://www.vocativ.com/world/israel-world/isis-operating-gaza/#!bF5JnB
Gazans Leave War Zone Homes to Fight With ISIS
http://www.vocativ.com/world/iraq-world/isis-palestine/
“And You Did Not Speak Out”
“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 49th day on Monday
Headline: Security Minister Admits Gov’t Not Tough Enough Against Hamas
Headline: Israel is ‘Choosing not to Win’, Says British Expert
Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich (Yisrael Beytenu) has called on the government to take a much firmer hand with Hamas, just hours before a ceasefire is rumored to go into effect Monday. Aharonovich made his comments following a “difficult” visit to the Tragerman family, whose four-year-old son Daniel was killed in a mortar attack on Kibbutz Nahal Oz in southern Israel on Friday. Relating to criticism by residents of southern Israel towards the government’s dealing with incessant rocket fire by Hamas and other terrorists, Aharonovich said “I understand these things and accept them,” according to Channel 10. “They expect us to reach a decision, and I agree with them,” he said. “With a terrorist group you need to deal in a far more violent and harsh way, to defeat it. I have said this already a number of times in the past.” “What is important to us is to return security to the residents of the State, with an emphasis on the south,” he continued, adding that the government was committed to “taking care of the residents” of southern Israel, and was preparing additional aid and benefits to help them cope with their difficult situation. Meanwhile, amid increasing talk of an imminent ceasefire, terrorists continue to pound southern Israel with rockets. 25 struck in the Eshkol Region alone, with five landing inside communities and the rest in open areas around them. At least 37 rockets have been fired on Israeli civilians since Monday morning, following six hours of quiet overnight.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184394#.U_tyzGNWV8E
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184387#.U_tzRmNWV8E
Headline: Mashaal Threatens Terror Attacks in Judea and Samaria
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal threatened on Sunday that his group will not only continue attacking Israel from Gaza, but will also launch attacks from Judea and Samaria as well. In an interview with Iranian media, Mashaal claimed that Gaza has been under attack for fifty days but was able to disrupt the plans of the “Zionists”. He further claimed that the Palestinian Arab side had offered a ceasefire but Israel made verbal maneuvers in order to avoid agreeing to it. Mashaal reiterated the Palestinian side’s conditions for a ceasefire, including the lifting of the blockade, full opening of border crossings, construction of a seaport and airport, transfer of funds to and from Gaza, the passage of goods and people between Gaza and Judea and Samaria, releasing Palestinian Arabs who were released in the Shalit deal and re-arrested, and for Israel not to interfere with the operations of the national unity government between Hamas and Fatah.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184378#.U_tzlWNWV8E
Headline:Gaza Fighting Rages but Egypt Pushing New Cease-fire
Fighting raged in Gaza again Monday, even as Egypt pressured Israel and the Palestinians to agree to a new cease-fire that could last at least a month. Monday’s airstrikes came a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis to be prepared for the conflict to stretch into September, and warned Gaza Palestinians to leave sites where Hamas militants are operating. He said any site used by Hamas is a target for Israeli forces. Meanwhile, Egypt pressed the warring sides to stop fighting and resume negotiations to forge an enduring truce in Gaza. Cairo proposed opening key crossings into the blockaded territory and allowing humanitarian aid and reconstruction material to be taken into Gaza, where there is widespread destruction from the Israeli attacks aimed at Hamas.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/palestinians-say-israeli-airstrikes-kill-in-gaza/2426911.html
Headline: Five mortar shells explode in Golan Heights, IDF estimates stray fire
Five mortar shells fired from Syria exploded Monday near the Golan Heights’ border fence. One of the rockets landed near Alonei Bashan and four landed in the Syrian side of the fence. No injuries were reported. IDF estimates that it was a stray fire.
Aug. 25, 2014
***This is in addition to the 5 that hit Golan Saturday
http8-25-14://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4563535,00.html
Headline: What You Can’t See on the UN’s Maps of Gaza- VIDEO
Last week, the UN published several maps showing the aftermath of Operation Protective Edge. The maps mark damaged buildings with red dots scattered throughout Gaza. But these maps tells only half the story: Hamas used many of these buildings – including houses, hospitals and schools – as sites to launch rockets and carry out other attacks. In many cases, the IDF struck buildings in order to stop Hamas’ violence. This means that the red dots on the UN’s maps represent more than destruction. They show the many cases in which terrorists attacked Israel from heavily populated areas in Gaza.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.idfblog.com/blog/2014/08/25/hamas-terrorism-cant-see-uns-maps-gaza/
Headline:16:52- Hamas claims it snatched Israeli drone
Hamas’s Arabic Twitter feed shares a photo of what it claims is part of an Israeli reconnaissance drone it says it downed over the Gaza City neighborhood of Shejaiya. The authenticity of the photo could not be immediately verified.
Aug. 25, 2014
Headline: Interview with Abu Tariq: Commander in the Nasser Salahuddin Brigades
The al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades is the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, a set of various Palestinian militant organizations which operate in the Gaza Strip.
***I will pick bits out of the interview, but use caution if you choose to read it in its entirety
We in the Nasser Salahuddin Brigades, we were against granting the enemy a truce because we feared the enemy would take advantage to reactivate its agents, and gather intelligence on the whereabouts of Resistance fighters, leaders and rocket storage facilities. We took advantage of the truce by ensuring that [the location of] rocket storage facilities and platforms remained unknown to collaborators; we do not just have to deal with local spies and agents, but also with regional powers that collaborate with the enemy against us. The leaders of the Brigades are adamant about continuing to make and develop rockets despite the blockade, and although we know there are agents watching what we do. The development unit in the Brigades is resolved that no matter the cost in blood or treasure to develop our rocket capabilities, we will not stop. In addition to locally manufactured rockets, we use tunnels to bring in weapons and raw materials for manufacturing. We feel great gratitude and appreciation for our brothers in Hezbollah, who do not withhold anything from us in the Brigade. They enrolled men and fighters from the Brigade in several military sessions for training with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Our fighters learned new combat skills, and gained a broader knowledge of the type of rocketry, their manufacturing techniques, how to specify coordinates, down to camouflage and planting bombs. We have now excellent knowledge on “cooking explosives” of all kinds.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/interview-abu-tariq-commander-nasser-salahuddin-brigades
Headline: From Gazans Own Mouths: Gazans give views on ‘collaborators’ executions- VIDEO
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Noor Harazeen reports from Gaza and speaks to local residents to see how they feel about the recent execution of people said to have collaborated with the Israel government. The locals she interviewed all express their support for the executions particularly as they see many of the recent deaths in Gaza as possibly linked to intelligence given to Israel by “traitors” in Gaza.
Aug. 25, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYo3ndIRrTY&list=UUR0fZh5SBxxMNYdg0VzRFkg
Jordan
Headline: Jordanian Terror Attack on Israeli Embassy Foiled
Jordanian military prosecutors on Monday charged eight suspects, including a Syrian fugitive, with plotting to attack US soldiers and Israel’s embassy in the Hashemite kingdom, as well as trying to recruit people to join the Lebanese- based terror group Hezbollah. “State security court prosecutors accused the eight men with plotting to carry out terrorist acts, including attacks against US soldiers in 2006 and the Israeli embassy in Amman,” a court official told AFP. “The suspects, seven Jordanians and a Syrian fugitive, also recruited to join Hezbollah,” he said, adding that the group was arrested in May last year. The official gave no further details, but said the suspects face life imprisonment if convicted. In May, the military tribunal handed jail terms of between four and 20 years to 11 people it convicted of plotting to attack the US embassy for Al-Qaeda in 2012. Enmity has been boiling over against the Israeli embassy in Amman lately, with a demonstration late last month during Operation Protective Edge bringing hundreds of mainly Islamist Jordanian protesters to burn Israeli flags in front of the embassy. The demonstrators reportedly chanted “Death to Israel” and urged Hamas terror attacks in one of the biggest public outpourings of anger against Israel in the last few years. They were joined in smaller marches throughout Jordan.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184401#.U_tyCWNWV8E
Headline: Jordanian Army clashes with border infiltrators, kills 2
The border guards on Sunday killed two infiltrators, seriously injured a third and detained four people who attempted to cross the border from Syria at 4:30pm. The infiltrators were aboard a wheeled armoured personnel carrier, according to an official source of the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF), as quoted by the Jordan News Agency, Petra. Following an exchange of fire with the group of seven, the army managed to bring the vehicle to a halt, the army source said. Seven machine guns and different amounts of ammunition were seized, he added. Military investigators were questioning the detainees, whereas the injured man and those who were killed were transferred to the nearest field hospital. Such clashes have become common on the 370km-long Syria border, around 90km from Amman. Jordanian officials have reiterated that the JAF will respond firmly to such violations and will take all available measures to preserve the security and the safety of the country, its borders and citizens.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://jordantimes.com/army-clashes-with-border-infiltrators-kills-2
Lebanon
Headline: Another rocket fired from south Lebanon toward Israel
Headline: 22:49- Two rockets reportedly fired from Lebanon
Headline: IDF returns fire into Lebanon
A rocket was fired from the Jarmaq area in Wadi al-Litani in south Lebanon towards Israel, LBC reported on Monday evening. Israeli media said sirens were heard in Kiryat Shmona and Metulla, al-Manara, Misgav Am and Kfar Giladi settlements as the sound of an explosion was heard in Upper Galilee.
Aug. 25, 2014
http8-25-14://yalibnan.com/2014/08/25/another-rocket-fired-south-lebanon-toward-israel/
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4563871,00.html
Headline: Nasrallah In Interview With ‘Al-Akhbar’: Israel An Illegitimate Entity, Must Be Eliminated
Headline:Hezbollah is no stranger to takfir; As Sunni jihadists alarm the world, the Party of God seeks to brand itself a bastion of moderate Islam. Nobody should be fooled. Explaining his position on Israel, Nasrallah used terms familiar from Iranian rhetoric, saying that it is a religious duty to destroy it, and condemned what he sees an Arab tendency to put up with its existence. He said: “The most severe problem we are dealing with now in terms of the atmosphere in the Arab and regional arena is that we are approaching a phase in which the peoples of the region see Israel’s existence as natural and not a threat to them. [They think that,] if Israel is a problem, then it is the problem of the Palestinian people, not of the peoples of the region. This relates to politics, security, and economics. “First of all, Israel is an illegal entity and constitutes a perpetual… threat to the entire region. [Since] we cannot coexist with this threat, the end of this nation must be its annihilation, unconnected to all the problems and the sensitivities, of everything that has happened or will happen between Palestinians and non-Palestinians, between Sunnis and Shi’ites, or between Muslims and Christians. All the conflicts, sensitivities, schisms, and struggles must not neutralize the culture that considers Israel a cancerous growth, absolute evil, and a danger to all peoples and governments in this region, and to their honor and their holy places. The final goal must be its annihilation… “From the point of view of [religious] faith, [Israel] is a matter that cannot even be discussed.When it comes to the [religious] faith, the [extent to which] public debate that is impacted by mood and emotion is more limited. [Since] the people stress that their opinion on Israel stems from [religious] belief, this position has nothing to do with the question of whether we and the Palestinians are reconciled or divided…”
In Syrian War We Are Gaining Experience That May Be Useful In Future War With Israel
Nasrallah addressed his organization’s ties with Syria, and said that, in its current fighting in that country, Hizbullah is learning lessons that may benefit it in a future confrontation with Israel.
Aug. 24, 2014
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/8125.htm
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/561417-hezbollah-is-no-stranger-to-takfir
Headline: ISIS in Lebanon would have killed off Hezbollah: jihadist
Headline: Nusra may resort to force to free Roumieh inmates
Detained jihadist Imad Jomaa, whose detention sparked five days of intense clashes between militants and the Lebanese Army in the northeastern town of Arsal earlier this month, confessed to plans of establishing an Islamic State between the Bekaa Valley and North Lebanon, highlighting that all Hezbollah loyalists would have been either detained or killed. “Al-Nusra head in Qalamoun Aba Malek al- Souri and his twenty nine groups had agreed on launching a united assault on Arsal” Jomaa told Lebanese judicial authorities. The confessions were aired by LBC TV during its 8 o’clock news bulletin Monday. The assault against Lebanese villages and Army soldiers was meant to create a state of chaos that would start in the Bekaa Valley, and would later spread to North Lebanon, Jomaa rreportedly said. Jomaa added that an “Islamic State,” under the authority of Abdallah Azzam brigade Spokesperson Sirajeddine Zureiqat, would have been declared in the captured areas between the Bekaa Valley and north Lebanon.
Aug. 25, 2014
Headline: Names of Lebanese Army held by ISIS, Nusra
The following is the list of the names of 29 Army soldiers and Internal Security Forces policemen captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) and the Nusra Front during battles earlier this month in Arsal, as provided by the two groups to one of the mediating sides. The breakdown includes the name of the group detaining the soldiers, with ISIS holding 11 Army soldiers and the body of a soldier and the Nusra Front three soldiers and 15 ISF members.
Aug. 25, 2014
Syrian Al Qaeda Offshoot Al Nursa Pledges Allegiance to ISIS
Headline:Kataeb calls for “crisis unit” in Arsal
The Kataeb party called on the cabinet to form a crisis unit to deal with the situation in Arsal, where militants are allegedly reappearing after they had been forced to withdraw from the Beqaa town. “We ask the cabinet to hold a special meeting, to be attended by the chiefs of the army and the security forces, in order to elaborate a joint and coordinated plan that would lead to the formation of a crisis unit,” the party said in its weekly statement, issued on Monday. It went on to warn of a possible “repetition” of the assault on the town by militants “if authorities do not take field measures to protect the town and its residents.” The Kataeb party also called for drawing up a “comprehensive plan to free the military hostages” who were taken by militants in their attack on the town earlier this month. On Sunday, Lebanese media outlets published stories suggesting that Syrian militants have re-entered Arsal, an allegation denied by a security source who spoke to NOW.
Aug. 25, 2014
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/lebanonnews/561442-kataeb-calls-for-crisis-unit-in-arsal
Saudi Arabia
Headline: 8:35- Saudi Arabia pushing for truce — report
Turkish media reports that Saudi Arabia is pressing the Palestinians to accept the Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire. Saudi Arabia has assured the Palestinians that if nothing comes of the talks, it will see to it that the blockade is lifted through the opening of the Rafah crossing, it reports.
Aug. 25, 2014
Egypt
Headline: Egypt army troops kill 14 militants in restive Sinai
A military official says Egyptian armed forces have killed 17 militants during separate operations in the violence-plagued Sinai Peninsula of the North African country.
Army spokesman Brigadier General Mohamed Samir stated on Monday that the militants were killed in multiple exchanges of fire with Egyptian soldiers in North Sinai on Sunday.
He added that a dangerous wanted militant called Suleiman Mohamed Sallem Salama was among those arrested. A field hospital and bomb workshop allegedly used by the militants were also destroyed during Sunday operations, Samir pointed out. On Saturday, Egyptian troops detained four wanted militants in the border towns of Sheikh Zuweid, situated 334 kilometers (214 miles) northeast of the capital Cairo, and Rafah.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/25/376540/egypt-forces-kill-14-militants-in-sinai/
Syria
Iraq
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS
***At picture is worth a 1,000 Words- this is the latest map on IS control found on an IS site
Compare these 4 maps….how fast is ISIS spreading?
Their 5 year plan:
Syria Headline: Syrian official warns US: No unilateral airstrikes
Syria’s foreign minister warned the U.S. on Monday not to conduct airstrikes inside Syria against the Islamic State group without Damascus’ consent, saying any such attack would be considered a violation of sovereignty and an aggression. But Walid al-Moallem also said that Syria is ready to work with regional states and the international community amid the onslaught of Islamic militants there and in Iraq. “Syria is ready to cooperate and coordinate on the regional and international level in the war on terror,” al-Moallem said. “But any effort to combat terrorism should come in coordination with the Syrian government.”
Aug. 25, 2014
http://news.msn.com/world/syrian-official-warns-us-no-unilateral-airstrikes
Syria Headline: Islamic State retreats from north of Syria’s Homs: monitor
Fighters from the group withdrew from a headquarters north of Homs on the orders of their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, citing sources in areas north of Homs. Islamic State gave up the territory to Nusra Front, al Qaeda’s official wing in Syria, according to the Observatory, which tracks violence in Syria through sources on the ground.
***Remember back to August 15th, when I said ‘mark my words, they’ll go after Homs and Hama next?”
Syrian Al Qaeda Offshoot Al Nursa Pledges Allegiance to ISIS
http://newsdaily.com/2014/08/25/islamic-state-retreats-from-north-of-syrias-homs-monitor/
***I will show you these statements without links for viewer protection
Jabhat an Nusra capture a key checkpoint (Al Shweyt) N-W of Mahrada. Mujahideen are now entering the city #Hama
Intense clashes continue between Jabhat an Nusra & regime forces in Mahrada, rural #Hama
Liwaa al Battar in rural #Hama pledges allegiance to Jabhat an Nusra
Syria Headline: Syria Up To the Minute
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe (Syrian Humans Rights Watch)
Syria Headline: Institute for the Study of War Syria Updates August 16-22, 2014
Iraq Headline: Terrorist attacks kill 43 across Iraq
Iraq Headline: Suicide bombing of Shiite mosque in Baghdad kills 11
A wave of attacks targeting several Iraqi cities including the capital Baghdad has left a total of 43 people dead. According to police, in the deadliest attack on Monday an assailant blew up his explosives among Shia worshippers as they were leaving a mosque in the capital’s eastern New Baghdad area, killing at least 15 people and wounding 32 others. In Baghdad’s southern Dora district, a roadside bomb hit a car, killing three and injuring 11 others. Two other civilians were also killed and 10 wounded in another bomb blast in an outdoor market in the northern Shaab neighborhood. In Karbala, a blast killed 12 civilians and injured 31 others, while 11 people lost their lives in two car bombs went off in separate areas in the city of Hillah.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/25/376549/terrorist-attacks-kill-43-across-iraq/
Iraq Headline: IS Claims Suicide Bombing in Baghdad in Revenge for Diyala Mosque Attack
The Islamic State (IS) claimed a suicide bombing by a foreign fighter at a Shi’a temple in Baghdad in revenge for an attack by Shi’a militiamen at a Sunni mosque in Diyala
Aug. 25, 2014
Iraq Headline: Iraq’s Abadi: Militias must follow state
Iraq’s prime minister-designate called on the countries numerous Shiite militias and tribes to come under government control and stop acting independently Monday, adding that discussions between political rivals to form a new government were “constructive and positive.” The comments by Haider al-Abadi came at his first press conference since accepting the nomination to be Iraq’s next prime minister, underlining how he is attempting to address the worries of the country’s Sunnis, who say that Shiite militias are targeting them in religiously-mixed areas. “We will never allow any armed group to operate outside of the framework of the state,” Abadi told reporters at the presidential palace in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone. “They all should be within the state framework and under the control of the security forces,” said Abadi.
Aug. 25, 2014
Iraq Headline: ISIL beheads 3 Iraqi police near Mosul
According to a local source in Nineveh province, the organization of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant beheaded three Iraqi police officers in the south of Mosul on Monday. The source said, in an interview for IraqiNews.com, that “the fighters of the Islamic State slaughtered three elements of the Iraqi police in the area of Qayyarah (85 km south of Mosul) today.” The source, who asked not to be named, said “The organization of ISIL has executed the police officers on charges of conspiring against the Islamic state.”
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/urgent-isil-beheads-3-iraqi-police-near-mosul/
Iraq Headline from Facebook Sunday: Car bombs kill 21 in Iraq’s Kirkuk
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/08/24/Car-bombs-kill-21-in-Iraq-s-Kirkuk.html
Iraq Headline Today: IS Claims Suicide Attack Involving Two German Fighters in Kirkuk
The Islamic State (IS) claimed killing and wounding more than 200 from among the Kurdish Peshmerga and Asayish in three suicide bombings in Kirkuk, two of which were carried out by German fighters.
Aug. 25, 2014
Iraq Headline: Institute for the Study of War Iraq Updates August 23-24, 2014
http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/08/iraq-situation-report-august-23-24-2014.html
Headline: New Video Shows ISIS Using Drones to Plan Battles
http://www.vocativ.com/usa/military/new-video-shows-isis-using-drones-plan-battles/
Headline: Joint Chiefs chairman says ISIS not a direct threat to US, won’t recommend Syria strikes yet
Headline: IS will ‘soon’ pose threat to US: top general
Headline: Australia ‘could send RAAF aircraft to join US air strikes on Islamic State’
Despite threats to the contrary, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff insisted the Islamic State terror group is a regional threat and said he would not recommend U.S. airstrikes in Syria until he determines that they have become a direct threat to the U.S. Gen. Martin Dempsey, speaking to reporters on board a military plane traveling to Afghanistan, said Sunday that he believes the Sunni insurgent group formerly known as ISIS is not currently plotting or planning attacks against the U.S. or Europe. On Sunday, Dempsey contrasted ISIS with the Yemen-based Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which has plotted and attempted attacks against the U.S. and Europe. As a result, the U.S. has conducted counterterrorism strikes against the group within Yemen. Dempsey said that so far, there is no sign that the Islamic State militants are engaged in “active plotting against the homeland, so it’s different than that which we see in Yemen.”
Aug. 25, 2014
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: Merkel: Ukraine can go to Eurasian Union
Germany’s Angela Merkel has said Ukraine is free to “go to” Russia’s “Eurasian Union”, amid signs of a new willingness to make peace with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Speaking to German public broadcaster ARD on Sunday (24 August), the German chancellor said her visit to Kiev on Saturday was designed to prepare for peace talks between Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and Putin in Minsk on Tuesday, but warned the public not to expect a “breakthrough”. She mentioned Ukrainian “decentralisation”, a deal on gas prices, and Ukraine’s “trade relations” with Russia as elements that could bring about an accord. “And if Ukraine says we are going to the Eurasian Union now, the European Union would never make a big conflict out of it, but would insist on a voluntary decision,” Merkel added. “I want to find a way, as many others do, which does not damage Russia. We [Germany] want to have good trade relations with Russia as well. We want reasonable relations with Russia. We are depending on one another and there are so many other conflicts in the world where we should work together, so I hope we can make progress”.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://euobserver.com/foreign/125331
Headline: Ukraine troops, pro-Russians clash near border
Headline: Russian tanks, armored vehicles enter southeast Ukraine
Fresh clashes have broken out between Ukrainian army troops and pro-Russia fighters escorting a convoy of vehicles near the border with Russia, Ukraine’s military says. According to the Ukrainian armed forces spokesman, several dozen armored vehicles and tanks have crossed the border near the southeastern town of Novoazovsk, about 10 kilometers from the Russian border. Andriy Lysenko said the border guards have engaged in fighting with pro-Russia forces, trying to stop the convoy’s movement. Pro-Kiev local militias alleged the column was heading toward Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol, on the Azov Sea. Semen Semenchenko, the commander of the Azov Battalion, a paramilitary group supporting the Kiev government, said on his Facebook page that around 50 armored vehicles had crossed the border from Russia. Russia has not commented on this latest claim yet, but it has repeatedly denied the accusations by Ukraine and its Western allies that Moscow is arming the pro-Russia forces in Ukraine.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/25/376523/kiev-forces-prorussians-clash-at-border/
Iran
Headline: Tehran Vows to ‘Accelerate’ Arming of Palestinians
Tehran will “accelerate” arming Palestinians in Judea and Samaria in retaliation for Israel allegedly deploying a spy drone over Iran, which was shot down, a military commander said on Monday. “We will accelerate the arming of the West Bank and we reserve the right to give any response,” said General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, commander of aerial forces of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards, in a statement on their official website sepahnews.com. The warning comes a day after the Guards said they had brought down an Israeli stealth drone above the Natanz uranium enrichment site in the center of the country. Hours later, a senior Iranian official said on Sunday that parts of the drone remained intact. General Ramazan Sharif, a spokesman for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, was quoted by The Associated Press (AP) as having told Iranian state television that officials believed the drone to be a “new generation” drone used by Israel. “Major parts of the devices of the drone are intact and have been received by our friends that can be used for further information,” Sharif was quoted as having said.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184392#.U_tycWNWV8E
Headline: Iranian deputy FM visits Saudi Arabia in first for regional rivals since Rouhani’s ascent
Shi’ite Muslim Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia are enmeshed in a struggle for influence across the Middle East and back opposing sides in conflicts and political disputes in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain and Yemen. But both Riyadh and Tehran welcomed this month’s appointment of incoming Shi’ite Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Iraq, which is battling to contain the extremist threat of the Islamic State militant group. IRNA said Abdollahian is scheduled to meet Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal on issues concerning the two countries, in the first such visit since the election of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in 2013.
Aug. 25, 2014
Afghanistan
Headline: War News for Monday, August 25th, 2014
Reported security incidents
#1: A truck driver and a cleaner were killed early on Monday as unidentified gunmen attacked a tanker in Jamrud tehsil on the Pak-Afghan highway. The tanker was transporting goods for Nato forces deployed in Afghanistan. Official sources said the tanker was attacked near the Wazir Dhand area of Jamrud which is situated in the northwestern tribal region of Khyber.
#2: Six foreign security personnel and an Afghan translator were injured in a suicide bombing on a military convoy in Afghanistan Sunday, an official said. “At around 3 p.m. Sunday, a militant rammed his car bomb into a convoy of foreign soldiers in Jalalabad city in eastern Nangarhar province. The blast wounded six troops and their local translator,” Xinhua quoted provincial government spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai as saying. One military vehicle was also destroyed in the attack. However, the nationality of the injured remains unknown.
#3: Two prisoners and a child were killed on Sunday during an attempted prison break in southern Afghanistan, a top police official said. The chief of police for Zabul province in southeastern Afghanistan, Ghulam Saki Roghlewanai, said some explosives had been placed earlier near a prison wall.
#4: At least one person was killed and 15 others were injured when a hand grenade was thrown at a restaurant in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province in the southwest, police said today.
#5: A Taliban commander was killed today in a remote controlled IED blast in Pakistan’s restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan. The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast took place outside the house of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander, known as Khabare, in Mehraban Kalay area of Tirrah Valley in Khyber Agency, sources said.
#6: A commander of armed militants killed with his 2 bodyguards during military activities of Afghan National Army (commando) unit last night. Defense ministry press office said BNA, Commander Sanaullah who was involved in organizing terrorist attacks in Behsod district of Nangarhar province, killed with his 2 bodyguards during military activities of (ANA) commando unit.
#7: A member of peace council was killed by unknown gunmen in Ghazni province this morning. Shafiq Nang spokesman of Ghazni governor told BNA, Dr. Mohammad Ghani Bahadri member of peace council and tribal influential, which previously was head of provincial peace council in the province shot dead by gunmen in Ghazni city.
#8: At least five civilians were injured in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan following cross-border shelling from the other side of Durand Line.
#9: At least four Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were martyred following roadside bomb explosion, defense officials said Monday.
#10: At least 35 Taliban militants were killed during joint military operations conducted by Afghan national security forces in the past 24 hours.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Sudan
Headline: S. Sudan army claims rebels entered Unity state from Sudan
Headline: South Sudan rivals sign new ceasefire deal
South Sudanese loyal to former vice-president Riek Machar are crossing into Unity state from Sudan with heavy military equipment, a spokesperson for the army said. Col. Philip Aguer did not directly accuse Khartoum of aiding the rebels, but said actions by the latter contravened the cessation of hostilities agreement signed between government and the opposition. “There have been unusual activities, including hostile movement of rebels of Riek Machar with heavy equipment and weapons crossing into Unity state from Sudan, which is a violation of the agreements that have been signed with the rebels and others,” he told the state-owned SSTV. Samuel Goch, a national lawmaker, said the Sudanese government had allowed rebels to carry out “illegal and provocative acts”.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article52156
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/08/south-sudan-ceasefire-deal-2014825135823800543.html
Libya
Headline: Rockets Target Lifeline Airport in Eastern Libya
Attackers fired rockets at eastern Libya’s Labraq airport on Monday, its director said, targeting one of the oil producer’s few functioning air hubs as violence between armed groups escalates. The airport east of the city of Benghazi has become a major gateway into Libya since Egypt and Tunisia canceled almost all flights to the capital Tripoli and the west of the country last week, citing security reasons. The North African nation has descended into anarchy with a weak government unable to control fighters, who helped topple strongman Moammar Gadhafi in 2011 but now vie for control of territory and resources. The unknown attackers used a Grad multiple rocket launcher, but did not cause any major damage and Labraq was still operating, according to director Abu Bakr al-Abidi.
***Sunday’s news showed us that Islamic militants took over and now control Tripoli International Airport
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-rockets-target-lifeline-airport-in-eastern-libya/2427148.html
Headline:Libya jihadists urge Islamist unity as lawmakers fight back
A Libyan jihadist group urged other Islamists to unite under its banner on Monday after parliament appointed a new army chief to tackle the unrest sweeping the North African nation. Ansar al-Sharia, which Tripoli and Washington have both branded a “terrorist” organisation, made the call as Libya’s foreign minister and his counterparts from neighbouring states met in Cairo to discuss the Islamist threat. “Unite with the mujahedeen in Benghazi so together we can defend the same objective — a total rejection of any Western plan” for Libya, Ansar al-Sharia said in an online message aimed at other militias in the violence-plagued country. “Proclaim that your struggle is for sharia (Islamic law) and not democratic legitimacy, so the world unites under the same banner to bolster the forces of good against the forces of evil,” it added. Ansar al-Sharia urged other Islamists to beware what it dubbed Western plots aimed at “opposing the mujahedeen under the pretext that they are extremists”.
Aug. 25, 2014
Headline: Egypt, UAE involved in covert Libyan airstrikes
Headline: Egypt sponsors initiative to disarm Libya’s militias
Airstrikes by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were launched against anti-government militias in Libya last week, four senior U.S. officials revealed Monday. The attacks against Islamic militias in the vicinity of Tripoli, Libya’s capital, were performed without the knowledge or consent of the United States. In fact, U.S. diplomats — more interested in a negotiated peace in Libya — were explicitly told no air operation was planned. “We don’t see this as constructive at all,” said one U.S. official. The battle in Libya comes as Arab powers line up on both sides of the pro-democracy Arab Spring’s aftermath. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates form a bloc against Islamist movements including the Muslim Brotherhood, backed by governments that include Turkey and Qatar. Two airstrikes against Islamists in the Tripoli area were launched last week, with Egypt providing bases of operations and the UAE — whose Air Force was supplied and trained by the United States — providing the pilots and planes, the diplomats said. Despite the attacks, the militants were successful in capturing Tripoli’s airport. The airstrikes were initially regarded as mystery, with no one claiming credit and witnesses unaware of whose planes were engaged in the bombing.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/08/25/Egypt-UAE-involved-in-covert-Libyan-airstrikes/5921408985207/?spt=sec&or=tn
Tunisia
Headline: ERDOĞAN SPEAKS TO PRESIDENT OF TUNISIA OVER GAZA
President-elect Erdoğan and President of Tunisia Moncef Marzouki spoke Saturday on the phone about the latest developments in Gaza and the surrounding region. According to the Prime Ministry office, Erdoğan stated to Merzuki that only a fair ceasefire agreement can lead to lasting peace in Gaza and all international parties should take initiative for restarting the peace talks between Hamas and Israel. Merzuki informed Erdoğan that he has been planning to gather an assembly in support of Gaza. Both leaders agreed to meet at the United Nations general assembly on September in New York.
Aug. 24, 2014
http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2014/08/23/erdogan-speaks-to-president-of-tunisia-over-gaza
Morocco
Headline: Morocco arrests ISIS suspects
Moroccan judicial police arrested two men linked with the Islamic State (ISIS), MAP reported on Friday (August 22nd). The two, whose identities were not disclosed, “planned to receive military training” before taking action in Morocco, “under the Islamic State’s plans to expand its field of operations” outside Iraq and Syria, an interior ministry statement said. It did not say when or where police made the arrests. One of the suspects had links with a Fes crime ring group. The investigation led to the arrest of four people in the city.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/newsbriefs/general/2014/08/25/newsbrief-01
Headline:ISIS Beheads its Moroccan Leader Over Espionage
According to Alyoum24, Ubaida Almaghribi, who is originally from Morocco, and served as the head of intelligence services of the ISIS organization in the city of Aleppo, Syria, was beheaded after being accused for reporting information on the activities, movements, and plans of ISIS to the United Kingdom. This is the first time the organization announces the execution of one of its members.
Aug. 24, 2014
http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2014/08/137156/isis-beheads-its-moroccan-leader-over-espionage/
Germany
Headline: Germany: no Iraq combat troops or weapons to PKK
Chancellor Angela Merkel has ruled out sending German combat troops to Iraq and is dismissing suggestions her country could send weapons to the separatist Kurdish PKK movement. Germany said last week it is prepared to arm the regional Kurdish government forces battling Islamic militants in northern Iraq. It’s still determining what to send them. Sunday’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper reported some German government lawmakers also are considering arming the PKK, which the EU classifies a terrorist organization. Merkel, however, said the group “does not come into question as a recipient” of German arms. Merkel said in an interview with ARD television Sunday that Berlin “will not under any circumstances send combat troops to Iraq” and has no “concrete plans” to send troops in any other function, such as training.
Aug. 24, 2014
http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/08/24/4306434/germany-no-iraq-combat-troops.html
Turkey
Headline: Report: 3 Chinese workers abducted in Turkey
Headline: Istanbul residents in violent protest over Syrian refugees: reports
Kurdish rebels have abducted three Chinese workers in southeast Turkey and attacked a thermal power plant where they worked, injuring a security guard, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported Monday. The Anadolu Agency said the workers were seized while grocery shopping near the town Silopi on Sunday and that Turkish security forces had launched an operation to rescue them. The Chinese Embassy in Ankara would not confirm the report. Officials in Silopi could not immediately be reached for comment while Firat news, a Kurdish news agency that is close to the rebels, made no mention of the reported incident. The Anadolu Agency said Kurdish rebels attacked the plant with rocket-propelled grenades and rifles late on Sunday. Kurdish rebels have abducted foreigners in the past to draw attention to their cause, but none have come to any harm. The attack by the autonomy-seeking Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, is widely believed to be retaliation to the killing in another town last week of a Kurd who was protesting against the Turkish security forces’ removal of a statue of a Kurdish rebel fighter.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11314194
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: KKK is using pamphlets to recruit in the Hamptons in Long Island
Headline: Gutiérrez On Coming Obama Executive Amnesty: ‘Get Prepared’
Even KKK members summer in the Hamptons. The Ku Klux Klan has been leaving recruitment pamphlets next to mailboxes and in driveways in Hampton Bays over the past few weeks. The hate-filled leaflets include racist cartoons and caution recipients to “beware” of people looking to steal their jobs in the Suffolk County community, said the Southampton Town Police Department. The flyers promote the Loyal White Knights, a North Carolina-based Klan group, which has recruited in other states, according to reports. The Suffolk County hate crime unit has been notified, but distributing such leaflets is legal. Robert Jones, grand dragon of the Loyal White Knights, said he didn’t know anything about the New York recruitment — but had an idea what it was about. “Everybody’s fed up with immigration,” Jones told Newsday, which first reported the leaflets. “That’s why we have so many people from New York calling right now.”
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/kkk-recruiting-hamptons-article-1.1915500
Headline: Brazil prison rioters behead 2, throw 1 off roof
Riot has broken out in a Brazilian prison where at least two prisoners are beheaded and another is killed by being thrown off the roof. Military police captain Ricardo Pinto said on Sunday that two agents were taken hostage after the riot erupted by the inmates of the penitentiary in the city of Cascavel, located in the Paraná state. Captain Pinto said negotiations still continued 12 hours after the riot started in an effort to bring better conditions in the prison. Authorities learned of the third man’s death after they said two had been decapitated at the jail, which is home to more than 1000 inmates. Pinto said the revolt erupted before sunrise and after the inmates captured a guard during breakfast.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/25/376474/brazil-prison-rioters-behead-2-kill-1/
****Since we know Islamists are spreading at an alarming rate, and the photo above shows the militants have their faces covered, I want to address this question that some of you have: WHY do they cover their faces? Well, besides the fact they don’t want their identity known, it is an Islamic tradition to do this before battle. It is called Sunnah (the way of life prescribed for Muslims) of their prophet and that of his companions, as the following lines show:
On what is known in Islam as the Day of Conquest, that is, the Conquest of Mecca, Sira provides these lines: The Messenger of Allah mobilized his companions. The tribes passed with their leaders, squadrons, and flags…. When the green battalion of the Messenger of God appeared, black dust rose from the hooves of the horses, and the people began to pass….Until the Messenger of god passed by marching on his female camel al-Qaswa, between Abu Bakr and Usayd b. Hudayr, and he was talking to them. Al-Abbas said, “This is the Messenger of God with his green battalion, in it are Muhajirn and the Ansar. The have flags and banners. With every clan of the Ansar is a flag and a banner. Clad in iron, one sees only their eye balls….” (The Life of Muhammad, Al-Waqidi’s Kitab al-Maghazi, Translated by Rizwi Faizer, Amal Ismail, and AbdulKader Tayob, Routledge; New York, NY, 1st Publication, 2011; P. 404.)
Headline: Pro-, anti-premier demos held in Pakistan capital
Supporters and opponents of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have once again taken to the streets in the capital Islamabad. Supporters of opposition politician Imran Khan held an anti-government protest in the city on Sunday. The demonstrators reiterated that they will keep protesting until Sharif steps down. According to reports, Sharif supporters burnt Khan’s pictures in a show of support for the government in another part of the capital. So far, negotiations between the government and Khan have failed to bring about a solution to the current standoff, with both sides sticking to their positions. Tens of thousands of people have descended on Islamabad in recent days, answering the call from Khan and cleric Muhammad Tahir ul- Qadri to push for Sharif’s departure. However, the government has rejected the calls for resignation.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/25/376471/pakistanis-hold-rival-rallies-in-capital/
Headline: Kuwaiti navy carries out live ammunition drill
***Look at the map above- What do you think they’re drilling for?
Kuwait Naval Force carried out a drill with live ammunition scoring direct hits as a result of the naval forces’ hard work and devotion and rigorous training. The Ministry of Defense, in a statement released on Monday, quoted General Chief-of-Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Abdulrahman Al-Othman, as praising, after attending the exercise, efforts of the participating personnel including officers for accurate targeting. Lieut. Gen. Al-Othman, accompanied by senior officers, reached the shooting site aboard a naval boat. He nudged the participating troops and officers to continue to excel for sake of upgrading the Kuwaiti Army readiness and performance for protection of the homeland, with guidance of His Highness the Amir’s sagacious leadership.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2393534&language=en
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 thrown into political turmoil after government dissolved
France has entered uncharted political waters after the prime minister, Manuel Valls, presented his government’s resignation amid a political crisis triggered by his maverick economy minister who called for an end to austerity policies imposed by Germany. The prime minister, a social democrat who has been compared to Tony Blair, acted with characteristic swiftness in a bid to reassert his authority. His aides had let it be known on Sunday that the economy minister, Arnaud Montebourg, had crossed a “yellow line” for his dual crime of criticising both the president of France and a valued ally. Montebourg, 51, fired his first broadside in an interview with Le Monde on Saturday and followed up with a speech to a Socialist party rally the following day. In a veiled reference to President François Hollande, he said that conformism was an enemy and “my enemy is governing”. “France is a free country which shouldn’t be aligning itself with the obsessions of the German right,” he said, urging a “just and sane resistance”.
Aug. 25, 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: Congo declares Ebola outbreak in northern Equateur province
Democratic Republic of Congo declared an Ebola outbreak in its northern Equateur province on Sunday after two out of eight cases tested came back positive for the deadly virus, Health Minister Felix Kabange Numbi said. A mysterious disease has killed dozens of people in Equateur in recent weeks but the World Health Organization had said on Thursday it was not Ebola. “I declare an Ebola epidemic in the region of Djera, in the territory of Boende in the province of Equateur,” Kabange Numbi told a news conference. The region lies about 1,200 km (750 miles) north of the capital Kinshasa. Numbi said that one of the two cases that tested positive was for the Sudanese strain of the disease, while the other was a mixture between the Sudanese and the Zaire strain — the most lethal variety. The outbreak in West Africa that has killed at least 1,427 people in West Africa since March is the Zaire strain. The World Health Organization said on Thursday that the disease which had killed at least 70 people in Equateur was a kind of hemorrhagic gastroenteritis.
Aug. 24, 2014
http://af.reuters.com/article/drcNews/idAFL5N0QU14820140824
Headline: HealthMap
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http://healthmap.org/formobile/
August 15, 2014-Thousands of dead fish blanketing Belle River in Canada
August 16, 2014- Massive die off of Mussels is a ‘catastrophe’ in La Rochelle, France
August 18, 2014- Massive amount of dead fish wash ashore along the coast of Isle of Man
http://www.isleofman.com/News/details/66073/dead-fish-natural-phenomenon-
August 19, 2014-Hundreds of dead fish appear at the mouth of Serpis River in Gandia, Spain
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lasprovincias.es%2Fcomunitat%2F201408%2F19%2Fcientos-peces-muertos-aparecen-20140819000201-v.html&edit-text=&act=url
August 19, 2014-377 birds dead in wetland due to outbreak of disease in Gasteiz, Spain
August 20, 2014- Massive fish kill ‘due to manure spill’ affecting 20 MILES of river in Iowa, America
August 20, 2014-Hundreds of dead fish found floating on a lake in Arkansas, America
http://wreg.com/2014/08/20/hundreds-of-dead-fish-floating-in-crittenden-county-lake-near/
August 20, 2014- Astonishing numbers of dead Salmon washing up along Kobuk River, ‘never seen before’ in Alaska, America
August 21, 2014-Large fish kill found in a creek in Baltimore, America
August 23, 2014-Thousands of dead fish appear in a river in Almeirim, Portugal
August 24, 2014- Hundreds of thousands of dead fish wash up again in Plymouth, England
August 24, 2014- Massive fish kill in a reservoir in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico
Apostasy & Alternative Lifestyles Amos 8:11, 1 Timothy 4:1-3 & Romans1:26-27 “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, 3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.” (1 Timothy) “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord GOD, “That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the LORD.” (Amos) “For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due”(Romans)
Headline: Obamacare Now Pays for Gender Reassignment
Among the less-talked-about implications of the Affordable Care Act is the relief it is providing to many transgender people, many of whom are low-income and who have struggled to obtain health coverage. Getting jobs that offer insurance often has been difficult for transgender people and the cost of purchasing plans on the private market can be prohibitive. Some have been denied policies altogether after being diagnosed with “gender identity disorder,” often considered a pre-existing condition. Without insurance, many people were unable to afford the hormones, surgeries and counseling needed to complete their transition. Nor would they have been covered in the event of surgical complications, which can include infections. “We are still dependent on insurance and the medical community for us to be able to live authentically,” said Aydin Kennedy, coordinator of the transgender health program at St. John’s Well Child and Family Center in Los Angeles. Now, federal law prohibits health insurance companies from discriminating against transgender people, and it bars insurers from denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions. That makes it possible for more transgender people to purchase private plans. And in states that expanded their Medicaid programs, those with low incomes may get free coverage.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/25/obamacare-now-pays-for-gender-reassignment.html
PersecutionMatthew 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: Attack on church kills 5 in Ukraine’s Kirovske
At least five people have been killed in an attack against a church in Ukraine’s eastern town of Kirovske as fierce fighting continues between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian forces. The artillery attack against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church claimed five lives on Saturday, the church said on Sunday. Three of the dead were attending a religious service when the shell blasted through the roof of the church. “The church (in Kirovske) is completely destroyed, three people died,” said a message on the church’s regional website about the attack, adding, “A shell from the same attack hit a hospital, leaving two dead.”
Aug. 24, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/24/376457/attack-on-church-kills-5-in-e-ukraine/
Matthew 24:7 “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.” Luke21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring”
Headline: Hurricane Marie Intensifies In Pacific, Dangerous Forecast
Hurricane Marie is becoming a relatively rare occurrence as a storm in the South Pacific that may affect latitudes north of South and Central America. Headed west-northwest, Hurricane Marie is currently a Category 4 weather event, with wind speeds over 150 miles per hour. These winds are expected to slow to 105 mph by Tuesday evening and then continue slowing, reaching about 30 mph as Hurricane Marie continues northwest towards an area of ocean roughly at the latitude of the Bay Area of California. Forecasts warn that the storm will create rough seas and likely dangerous beach conditions throughout Baja and Southern California. This includes large swells and rip currents along with rough surf and some coastal flooding as a result.
Aug. 25, 2014
http://www.inquisitr.com/1431766/hurricane-marie-intensifies-in-pacific-dangerous-forecast/
Headline: What’s erupting? List & map of currently active volcanoes
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html
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