The World Unraveling at the Seams- Prophecy Signs for October 16, 2014
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Frank DiMora P.O. Box 732, Lompoc Ca. 93436 fjdimora@gmail.com
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The Nations of the world are on a collision course with the God of Israel
Headline: Spanish parliament set to vote on recognizing the Palestinian state
The Spanish parliament is set to vote on recognizing the Palestinian state, Al Arabiya News channel reported Thursday. The announcement comes days after British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of recognizing Palestine as a state. The motion – which is non-binding – was passed by 274 in favor to 12 votes against, to “recognize the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel” as part of a “contribution to securing a negotiated two-state solution.” It came only a week after Sweden’s new center-left government is set to officially recognize Palestine – a move that has been condemned by Israel, which says an independent Palestine can only be achieved through negotiations.
Oct. 16, 2014
Headline: Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank clashes
A Palestinian teen critically wounded in clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank died in a Ramallah hospital on Thursday. According to eyewitnesses, 13-year-old Bahe Samir was hit by a live bullet in his chest during clashes in the Beit Laqia village northwest of Ramallah earlier that day. He was taken to the government hospital in Ramallah, and later died of his wounds, the Palestinian Red Cross said. According to the Israeli army, a unit entered the village after stones were thrown in the area. As the unit left the village, soldiers stepped off their vehicle to repair an unspecified malfunction when Palestinians started hurling firebombs at them, from a distance of about 20 meters, the army said. The unit commander opened fire at the Palestinians, killing the teen. Military Police is expected to investigate the incident. In East Jerusalem, a Border Police officer suffered light to moderate wounds by a firecracker during clashes between Palestinian youths and police forces in the Ras al-Amud neighborhood. Many teenagers and children took part in the unrest. Four firebombs were lobbed at the Nof Zion neighborhood, causing damage to a parked car and to a building, but did not result in casualties. In Silwan, firebombs were thrown at a private vehicle and at a police cruiser, causing some damage but no casualties. Clashes between Palestinians and security forces started on Tuesday night in the Old City area of East Jerusalem, after the Jerusalem District Police banned Muslims under the age of 50 from entering the Temple Mount compound. On Wednesday morning, clashes developed between hundreds of youngsters and police forces near the Temple Mount and in the surrounding Old City neighborhoods. Palestinians fired firecrackers and threw firebombs at police forces, which responded with sponge rounds and flash grenades. Four Palestinians were arrested in the clashes and three officers were lightly wounded. Police later closed the Temple Mount to Jews and tourists earlier than usual. At the same time, hundreds of police officers guarded thousands of Jews who arrived at the Western Wall for a ritual on the last day of Sukkot. The unrest continued on Thursday. In the most serious incident, several dozen Palestinians, including many children on their way to school, tried to attack the settlement of Ma’aleh Zeitim in the A-Tur neighborhood. A Border Police unit at the area dispersed the Palestinians, when an officer was wounded in his neck by a firecracker. He was taken to the Hadassah Hospital in Mount Scopus.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.621208#
Headline: Islamic Jihad Head Praises Iran Role in Gaza War Against Israel
The head of the Islamic Jihad terrorist group praised Iran for its role in last summer’s Gaza conflict against Israel, during a visit to Tehran on Thursday. “Definitely, the victory was achieved with the assistance of the Islamic republic,” Ramadan Abdullah Shallah said at a meeting with Iran’s supreme guide, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, quoted by Fars news agency. “Without Iran’s strategic and efficient help, resistance and victory in Gaza would have been impossible,” he said of the 50-day war in which 2,200 Gazans and 73 Israelis died and the Hamas-ruled territory suffered serious damage. Iran, whose government is sworn to Israel’s destruction, is one of the world’s leading sponsors of terrorism, and a longtime backer of both Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Iran has been the primary supplier of the rockets Islamist terrorists in Gaza have used to target Israeli civilians, as well as other support in terms of weaponry, funding and training. Recently, a senior Iranian military official claimed Iran was also helping terrorists fight Israel “in the field.” Iran has also been actively working to arm terrorists in Judea and Samaria.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/186217#.VEAUm8mnGVo
Headline: Hamas official slams UN chief Ban’s ‘hypocrisy’ after visit to Gaza, Israel
Hamas on Wednesday accused UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of hypocrisy and double standards after his visit to Gaza and southern Israel on Tuesday. Mahmoud Zahar took offense to comments the UN chief made while on a tour of a Hamas infiltration tunnel uncovered by the IDF leading from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel near Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha. Ban expressed shock at the threats faced by residents of southern Israel, saying “I have repeated the saying that rocket attacks killing civilian population is not acceptable. It should (be) condemned. Nobody should live on the constant threat or fear by these rockets and the penetrating, alarming underground tunnels.” Zahar said in response on Wednesday that “the occupation’s arsenal and nuclear reactor are far more dangerous than the tunnel he was talking about.”
Oct. 15, 2014
Headline: Hamas leader urges Muslims to defend Jerusalem shrine from ‘Israeli seizure’
The leader of the Palestinian group Hamas on Thursday called on Muslims to defend the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, saying Israel was trying to seize the site, revered in Islam and Judaism and focus of a Palestinian uprising in 2000. Khaled Meshaal, speaking in the Qatari capital Doha where he lives in exile, said: “We call on all our people inside the country to hurry up to al-Aqsa to defend it.”
Oct. 16, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/hamas-leader-urges-muslims-defend-jerusalem-shrine-israeli-161507346.html
“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
Jordan
Headline: Judeh urges UN chief, world to stop Israeli violations in Jerusalem shrine
Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh late Wednesday urged UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the international community to stop the Israeli violations in Al-Haram Al Sharif compound in Jerusalem. According to a Foreign Ministry statement emailed to The Jordan Times, Judeh called the UN chief and delivered a “strongly-worded message” about continued Israeli violations and escalatory measures. He cited the Israeli security forces’ storming the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque this week, where they closed the gates and prevented worshippers under the age of 50 from performing their prayers in the holy shrine, including the mosque guards. They also intimidated Jordanian waqf staff and allowed Jewish extremists to desecrate the sanctity of the mosque, the third holiest place in Islam. The minister stressed that such “flagrant violations would drag the region into a religious conflict, undermine the chances of achieving peace and nourish extremism, terrorism and violence in the region and the world.”
Oct. 16, 2014
http://jordantimes.com/judeh-urges-un-chief-world-to-stop-israeli-violations-in-jerusalem-shrine
Lebanon
Headline: Hezbollah militants clash with Al Nusra in Bekaa
Amid reports that Lebanon’s role in the international coalition against extremists was murky at best, fresh clashes between Hezbollah and Syrian mercenaries in the Bekaa Valley’s Brital region occurred overnight, while a significant breach within the Sunni community pitted controversial political figures against each other. Regrettably, a creeping sectarian discourse gained momentum, which added to Lebanon’s mounting afflictions. According to the official narrative, Jabhat Al Nusra and Daesh fighters killed a number of civilians and soldiers in Arsal last August and, equally important, some received assistance from Sunni Lebanese sympathizers. A few days ago, Shaikh Mustafa Hujairi, a leading cleric in Tripoli, was charged with belonging to the Al Nusra Front. On Wednesday, the cleric vowed to surrender just as soon as a fair judicial system was established in the country, which meant that he had no intention of submitting himself to authorities. “If the Nusra Front is a terrorist organization then you should hold Walid Junblatt accountable because he considered it to be a faction of the Syrian revolution,” Hujairi said. The outskirts of the Bekaa border town of Brital on Wednesday witnessed an exchange of gunfire between Syrian gunmen and Hizbullah fighters, state-run National News Agency reported. “The Ijr al-Harf area on the Lebanese-Syrian border has witnessed an exchange of gunfire between Syrian gunmen and a Hizbullah post,” NNA said. It did not elaborate or report any casualties. The development comes after the Lebanese army repelled an overnight infiltration by gunmen who tried to progress into the northeastern border area of Wadi Rafeq. The area lies between al-Qaa and Ras Baalbek. LBCI reported that Hizbullah fighters cooperated with the army in repelling the attack.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/lebanon/hezbollah-militants-clash-with-al-nusra-in-bekaa-1.1399748
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/151356-hizbullah-clashes-with-syrian-gunmen-in-brital-outskirts
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Thousands protest cleric death sentence in Saudi Arabia as cross-sect solidarity flickers
Headline: Iran says Saudi cleric’s death sentence risks tensions
Thousands of people took to the streets of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province on Wednesday evening to protest a death sentence handed down earlier in the day against leading anti-government Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. Activists told MEE the protest in Qatif province was peaceful and said another rally was planned for Thursday evening. “When Sheikh Nimr was arrested in 2012, thousands of people took part in the biggest protest Qatif had ever seen,” said Ali Dubaisy, a Saudi human rights activist from the Eastern Province. “The protest on Wednesday against his death sentence can now be considered the second biggest – thousands of people were on the streets.” If Sheikh Nimr were to be executed it could very well spawn a new uprising
Oct. 16, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/iran-says-saudi-clerics-death-sentence-risks-tensions-090450101.html
Egypt
Headline: Bombs go off at Muslim festival in Egypt, wound 11
An Egyptian health official says two bombs have exploded at a Sufi Muslim religious festival in a city in the Nile Delta, wounding 11 people. Magdy Awad, chairman of the local ambulance services, says the bombs went off behind a mosque in Tanta on Thursday evening, as people were celebrating the Festival of Sheikh el-Sayyed el-Baddawi, which draws massive crowds every year. Most of the victims were wounded by flying shrapnel. An Egyptian security official says bomb squads were able to disarm a third explosive device placed near the mosque. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to media. No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
Oct. 16, 2014
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: Syria categorically rejects setting up buffer zone on its lands
Syria Headline: Turkey outlines borders of Syria safe zone including Kobani
Damascus, SANA-Foreign and Expatriates Ministry addressed two identical letters to the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Security Council on the Turkish government’s hostile policies against Syria. Rebuffing Turkish attempts for setting up a buffer zone in Syria, the ministry chided them as a blatant violation of the UN Charter and international law that call for respecting national sovereignty of states and non-interference in their domestic affairs. Turkey’s conduct, moreover, is a breach of the UN counter-terrorism resolutions, added the letters, making it necessary that the international community take action against the Turkish government’s violations. Since the outbreak of the crisis, the Turkish government has stopped at nothing in its attempts to undermine stability in Syria and endanger its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the letters lamented, in what it described as “flagrantly at variance with the principle of good neighborliness.” Turkey has been providing political, military and logistical support to terrorist organizations and facilitating the entry of terrorists coming from over 83 countries, said the ministry, making Turkey a basic springboard for terrorism hitting Syria and Iraq and jeopardizing the entire region. The ministry cited the developments in Ayn al-Arab town in northern Syria as a “proof of the close relations between Turkey and ISIS”.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://www.sana.sy/en/?p=15432
Syria Headline: ISIS Loses Ground In Kobani After ‘Several Hundred’ Militants Killed In Airstrikes
Intensified airstrikes on the Syrian border town of Kobani have forced the Islamic State group to retreat as Kurdish forces regained control of areas lost earlier this week, according to media reports. In the last 48 hours, hundreds of ISIS militants have reportedly been killed in airstrikes carried out by the United States-led coalition. “Maybe in the few past days (Islamic State) was controlling about 40 percent of the city of Kobani, but now… less than 20 percent of the city is under their control,” Idriss Nassan, a local Kurdish official, told BBC late on Wednesday. “Today YPG started cleaning operations in the east and south-east of Kobani.” YPG is a group of Kurdish fighters engaged in battle with ISIS militants in the strategic border town. Meanwhile, violent clashes between Kurdish fighters and militants of the Islamic State group were also reported in the town’s northwest amid overnight airstrikes in the region, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Oct. 16, 2014
Syria Headline: Syrian raids kill 14, including six children: activists
Syrian air raids struck targets east of Damascus and further north Thursday, killing 14 people including six children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Ten people were killed, including a woman and two children, in Jisrin, to the east of Damascus. And four children died in attacks on Hish and Babolin, on the highway that links the capital to Aleppo in the north, the Britain-based Observatory said.
Oct. 16, 2014
Syria Headline: Islamic State militants storm headquarters of Kurdish forces in Hasakah
On Wednesday, militants of the Islamic State (IS/ISIL), an al-Qaeda offshoot, stormed headquarters of the Kurdish forces of the Popular Protection Units (YPG), the Assayish forces (military and security arms of the Democratic Union Party ‘PYD’), and Sutoro army (Christian militia) in al-Hasakah province, northeastern Syria. Dozens were killed during the IS-led attacks, local sources reported. Meanwhile, activists in the city of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) in Hasakah province told ARA News that the PYD-linked mayor of municipality in the town of Abu Rasein was killed on the road between the city and the town of Tel Temir (50 km west of al-Hasakah) near al-Bwaida village in the countryside of al-Hasakah, after an IS-led ambush there. The sources reported that a leading member of the PYD, along with six fighters of the YPG, was killed following the explosion of a roadside bomb which targeted his car near the village of Bwaida.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://aranews.net/2014/10/islamic-state-militants-storm-headquarters-kurdish-forces-hasakah/
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe
http://syriahr.com/en/category/news/
Iraq Headline: Terrorist attacks in Baghdad leave 47 people dead
Iraq Headline: IS Claims Triple Car Bombing in Baghdad’s al-Dolai Neighborhood
A series of terrorist attacks targeting Shia areas of the capital, Baghdad, and elsewhere across Iraq has killed at least 47 people and injured dozens. Police sources said on Thursday that two car bombs in a commercial area in the northern Dolaie neighborhood of Kadhimiyah district left at least 14 civilians dead and 34 others wounded. Seven policemen and five civilians also lost their lives when an assailant rammed his explosives-laden car into a police checkpoint in the eastern neighborhood of Talibiyah, while six other civilians were killed and 16 injured in another car bomb blast in the northern Hurriyah district. Police officials added that in the northern Shula neighborhood, six civilians died when mortar rounds hit a residential area. Meanwhile, police said a car bomb blast in Mahmoudiya town, 30 kilometers (20 miles) south of Baghdad, killed seven people. A roadside bomb also struck an army patrol just south of the capital, killing two soldiers. The casualty figures have been confirmed by medical officials in the country.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/10/16/382480/baghdad-attacks-leave-38-people-dead/
Iraq Headline: UK decides to send drones to participate in striking ISIS in Iraq
Britain announced that it has decided to send armed drones aircraft to Iraq to participate in striking the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, in addition to supporting Tornado aircrafts. The British Defense Secretary, Michael Fallon, said in a statement to parliament reported by Reuters and followed by IraqiNews.com that “Reaper Drone planes which have been decided to be sent to Iraq are involved in the Afghan war and would be re-deployed.” Fallon added that the Reaper Drone is the only UK armed plane which is being routed remotely, pointing out that “the use will be governed by the rules of engagement in force, which means that its operations will be short in Iraq.”
Oct. 16, 2014
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/uk-decides-to-send-drones-to-participate-in-striking-isis-in-iraq/
Iraq Headline: Al-Ameriya is about to fall to ISIS’, says Anbar Council head
On Thursday the Provincial Council of Al-Anbar warned that Ameriyat-Al-Fallujah is about to fall in ISIS hands, calling the government to send military reinforcements for saving the people in the city. Sabah Karhoot, the head of al-Anbar Council stated today “The council has warned that Al-Ameriya district, located 23 km south of Fallujah city, is falling, and called the central government in Baghdad to send military reinforcements to help save the city and lift the siege on Fallujah.” Shaker Mahmoud, the head of Al-Ameriya has said earlier today, that ISIS militants blockaded the city from three positions and called the government to send immediate aerial and ground support.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/isis-blockaded-ameriya-fallujah-fall-says-anbar-council/
Iraq Headline: ISW Iraq Situation Report October 13-15, 2014
http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/10/iraq-situation-report-october-13-15-2014.html
Kurdish Headline: US officials held talks with Syrian Kurdish group: State Dept
The United States has held direct talks for the first time with a key Syrian Kurdish group, whose troops have been battling the Islamic State group, the State Department said Thursday. Previous contacts with the powerful Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) had been handled through intermediaries but a State Department official — who was not identified — met with the group within the last week, spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters. “We have engaged over the course of just last weekend directly with the PYD,” Psaki said. Asked if the United States was discussing the PYD’s urgent appeals for weapons, she said: “I don’t think we’re at that point.” The meeting with the PYD took place in Paris, a US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. US officials did not confirm or deny whether Secretary of State John Kerry presided over the talks. Kerry was in Paris as recently as Monday.
Oct. 16, 2014
Kurdish Headline: Turkey to expel detained Kobane Kurds to Syria: MP
Turkey is planning to expel a group of Syrian Kurds who fled the besieged town of Kobane but were then detained for over a week on suspicion of having links to rebel Kurdish groups, a Turkish lawmaker said on Thursday. Ibrahim Ayhan, a lawmaker for the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP), said the group of over 150 Kurds still being held did not want to return to Syria amid the advance by Islamic State (IS) jihadists. The Turkish authorities had last week arrested some 270 Syrian Kurds from Kobane on suspicion of links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), holding them in a sports hall in the the border town of Suruc. Over 100 have already been released and the remaining detainees, who have been on hunger strike to protest their conditions of detention, will now be forced to leave Turkey.
Oct. 16, 2014
Kurdish Headline: PKK vows to resume fight in Turkey
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) threatened to resume “armed struggle” in Turkey if the Turkish authorities continue “watching” the situation in the border city of Kobane without taking action. Jamil Baik, a senior PKK official, vowed to reactivate the Kurdish guerellas in Turkey if the Turkish government remains silent on the ongoing attacks of militants of the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) against the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobane at the Turkish border. “We warned Turkey not to proceed with this policy, and emphasized our ability to resume the armed struggle for defending our people,” the PKK official told Le Mond. “We suffice now sending our fighters from Qandil Mountain in the far north of Iraq to Turkey,” he added. The imprisoned PKK leader, Abdullah Ocalan, threatened in remarks leaked from prison to end the peace process with Turkey if it did not take action to save Kobane before the end of this month.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://aranews.net/2014/10/pkk-vows-resume-fight-turkey/
****PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO TURKEY HEADLINES BELOW
Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above).
Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.
Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.
Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.
Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
Gomer is Eastern Germany.
Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia.
Russia
Headline: Russia plays down cooperation with U.S. against Islamic State militants
Headline: Moscow says U.S. working on military ‘scenarios’ at Russia’s borders
Russia played down comments by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday over sharing intelligence about Islamic State militants, saying Moscow refuses to be involved in coalitions that breach “international law”. Without denying that cooperation existed, a statement from the Foreign Ministry said clarification was needed on reports that Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had agreed on intelligence sharing. Kerry, speaking after meeting Lavrov in Paris earlier this week, said the United States and Russia had agreed to “intensify intelligence cooperation with respect to ISIL and other counterterrorism challenges of the region.” The Russian ministry said Moscow already has been providing help to Syria and Iraq in their fight against “terrorism”. Meanwhile, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu accused the United States on Thursday of working on military “scenarios” near Russia’s borders that he said were a source of grave concern.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/russia-plays-down-cooperation-u-against-islamic-state-143812442.html
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/moscow-says-u-working-military-scenarios-russias-borders-174133697.html
Iran
Headline: Iran, US say some headway made in “difficult” nuclear talks
Iran and the United States said they made some progress in high-level nuclear talks but much work remained to clinch a breakthrough deal by a late-November deadline. Both sides said they still aimed to meet the self-imposed Nov. 24 date, despite doubts among many experts that they can reach a full agreement to end a decade-old dispute over Tehran’s nuclear programme with just a few weeks remaining. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry left Vienna early on Thursday after six hours of talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton the previous day, but his officials remained to continue the talks through Thursday. “It was very difficult, serious and intensive … but instead of focusing on problems, we discussed solutions as well,” Zarif told Iranian media on Thursday, sources who were present told Reuters. “There was progress in all the fields.” The U.S. side also said progress was made. Zarif said he would next meet Kerry and Ashton in three to four weeks’ time though not in Vienna, Iranian state television reported. Ashton coordinates talks with Iran on behalf of the six other countries involved, including the United States.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/10/16/iran-nuclear-idINKCN0I50Z220141016
Afghanistan
****Clicking on the UNDERLINED sections will take you to the news link
Headline: War News for Thursday, October 16, 2014
Reported security incidents
#1: Fresh airstrikes by Pakistan Military jets killed at least 21 terrorists in the restive tribal area of Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency, according to a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). According to details, jets pounded militant hideouts in Akakhel and Sipah area of Tirah Valley on Thursday, killing at least 21 militants.
#2: Unknown miscreants blasted a gas pipeline with explosives suspending supply to plant here on Wednesday. Police said that unknown miscreants had planted explosive material with 8 inch diameter gas pipeline in Dera Bugti area which blasted with a big bang. As a result of blast a portion of gas pipeline was destroyed due to which supply of gas from well No. 17 to plant was suspended.
#3: Two soldiers were today injured when suspected militants triggered an IED blast in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district (India) to target an army convoy. The ultras detonated the IED (Improvised Explosive Device) in the Rafiabad area of Baramulla at around 11.45 AM as an army convoy was passing through the area, police said.
#5: Five insurgents were killed in NATO aircraft’s attack in Zormat district, Paktia province last night.
#6: An individual in Afghan army uniform opened fire on coalition security forces early Thursday morning, defense officials said. Gen. Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said the incident took place around 6:50 am local time. He did not disclose further information regarding the exact location of the incident, but confirmed that foreign forces did not suffer any casualties.
#7: At least 25 Taliban militants were killed and 10 others were injured following joint military operations by Afghan national security forces in the past.
#8: Drivers and passengers say the Taliban have blown up a big bridge on the Kabul-Kandahar highway. A resident of Qalat city, the capital of Zabul province, Nasim Gul, said he observed the bridge had been comprehensively destroyed. According to reports the bridge on the road had been blown up when a heavy remote controlled bomb targeted a Police patrol near the bridge. The incident took place in Kakarno Chena area of Qalat city.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Ethiopia
Headline: U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia warns of attacks by Somali militants
The U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia has warned of a possible attack by Somali militant group al Shabaab and urged its nationals to avoid large crowds and hotels and restaurants in an upscale district of the capital Addis Ababa. “The Embassy has received threat reports of al Shabaab’s intent to target the Bole area,” the embassy said in a statement on Tuesday, referring to a wealthy district in the capital. The Ethiopian authorities said late last year that its security forces were on heightened alert after receiving strong evidence al Shabaab was plotting further attacks after a botched suicide bombing in Addis Ababa. Ethiopian troops, alongside forces from Uganda, Burundi, Kenya and Djibouti, are part of an African Union (AU) mission fighting al Shabaab inside Somalia. Their presence has been used by the al Qaeda-aligned insurgents as a rallying cry for a holy war against foreign troops on Somali soil.
Oct. 15, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/15/us-ethiopia-somalia-attacks-idUSKCN0I41G420141015
Sudan
Headline: Uganda to buy weapons on behalf of South Sudan
The South Sudanese government has signed a long-term agreement on military cooperation with Uganda, defence Minister, Kuol Manyang Juuk said on Monday. Full details of the agreement are yet to be made public, although it’s understood it will allow Uganda purchase weapons and technological support on behalf of South Sudan if required. The announcement came after Juuk and his Ugandan counterpart, Crispus Kiyonga held a meeting at which they discussed military and weapons cooperation, Sudan Tribune has reported. “We have signed the cooperation agreement in order to work together and support each other,” Juuk told the state-owned South Sudan Television (SSTV). The development follows the recent visit of president Salva Kiir to the Ugandan capital, Kampala, where he attended a summit on the Standard Gauge Railway, a regional developmental initiative aimed at fostering the movement of people, goods and services across the region. According to the minister in the office of the president, Awan Guol Riak, Kiir was able to hold bilateral discussions with the heads of state and governments in the region, including the host, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, with whom the former discussed issues connected to peace talks in Ethiopia.
Oct. 15, 2014
http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/660759-uganda-to-buy-weapons-on-behalf-of-south-sudan.html
Libya
Headline: Libya’s Haftar fails to gain ground in Benghazi offensive
Islamist fighters held their ground Thursday in the face of an assault by an ex-general backed by army units aimed at retaking Libya’s second city of Benghazi, military sources said. Medics said at least 17 people were killed in 24 hours of fighting since Khalifa Haftar’s forces early on Wednesday launched what he called an operation to “liberate” the city. Tanks spearheaded attacks on the Islamist “February 17 Martyrs Brigade,” while warplanes carried out raids on its headquarters in a western suburb of the Mediterranean city. Haftar’s forces said they captured the February 17 headquarters after several hours of clashes on Wednesday. But military sources said Thursday that pro-government forces were later forced to withdraw from the former army base under fire by Islamist fighters. Several explosions and gunfire echoed throughout the night, AFP correspondents said, before the fighting eased on Thursday as military aircraft swept over the city.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/libyas-haftar-fails-gain-ground-benghazi-offensive-852269279
Headline: Islamic group claims Libyan city in name of ISIL in what may become trend
A Libyan city has been captured in the name of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. An Islamic group said it seized the Libyan city of Darnah as part of the new caliphate of ISIL. The statement by the Islamic Youth Shura Council, known by its Arabic acronym, MSSI, could mark the first success by ISIL in North Africa. “Despite the lack of public statements from ISIS [ISIL] on the matter, MSSI’s gambit in Libya could be a model for future acquisition of territory by the Islamic State beyond its base in Iraq and Syria,” Aaron Zelin, a researcher at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said. ISIL has not confirmed any role in the capture of Darnah, announced by Islamic Youth on Oct. 3. Since May, Islamic Youth has conducted patrols in Darnah, a city of 80,000 along the Mediterranean Sea. Islamic Youth, formed in April 2014, has used ISIL’s insignia since June. Little is known of the group, which shares Darnah with other Islamic militias and staged an execution in a sport stadium in August. In his report, titled “The Islamic State’s First Colony in Libya,” Zelin said the purported capture of Darnah could extend ISIL’s control over Libya. He said the use of proxies such as Islamic Youth could enable ISIL to expand its influence far beyond Iraq and Syria. “Governments worldwide must realize that ISIS cannot be wished away or ignored, and that the movement is not territorially fixed,” the report said. “Rather, the Islamic State seems to be awakening many potential adherents in various corners of the world.”
Oct. 15, 2014
http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/10/15/islamic-group-says-isil-captured-city-northern-libya/
Algeria
Headline: Algerian Police March on President’s Office
Algerian police tried to push their way into the president’s headquarters Wednesday in an unprecedented protest movement prompted by violence against security forces in the south. The whereabouts of the long-ailing president were unclear. The unrest in southern Algeria and protests in the capital come amid concerns that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is too ill to rule Africa’s largest country, an ally in U.S. efforts against terrorism. Bouteflika, who helped bring stability to Algeria after a decade of bloodshed, has barely been seen in public since his re-election in April. In the second day of protests in Algiers, about 300 police officers marched to the president’s office, wearing their blue uniforms but apparently unarmed. Some tried to push their way past the front gate but were stopped by presidential guards. The president’s chief of staff, Ahmed Ouyahia, emerged to try to talk to protesters, but quickly went back inside after being met with boos and hisses. The police demanded to see the prime minister instead. They also sought the resignation of security chief Gen. Abdelghani Hamel, chanting “Hamel, Get Out!”
Oct. 15, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/algerian-police-protest-presidents-office-26206978
Morocco
Headline: Moroccan man, daughters held for trying to join IS
A Moroccan man, with his two young French daughters in tow, was arrested in Casablanca Wednesday as he sought to join up with the jihadist Islamic State fighters, authorities said. The man identified by his initials N.R., who was under police restrictions in France, was picked up at Casablanca airport, the Moroccan Interior Ministry said in a statement. He was detained along with his two girls, aged two and four, and a Moroccan woman with whom he had a “traditional” marriage, said the statement, cited by the local MAPP news agency. His legal wife, a French national, was said to have remained in France. The arrested couple will appear in court, while no mention was made of the way the children will be handled, or whether they will be returned to France.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/moroccan-man-daughters-held-for-trying-to-join-is/
Turkey
Headline: Turkey fails in bid to join UN Security Council
Venezuela, New Zealand, Spain, Angola and Malaysia were elected Thursday to coveted seats on the United Nations Security Council, while Turkey failed in its effort to join the UN’s most powerful body. Neither Turkey nor Spain got enough votes in the first or second ballot of the election by the General Assembly’s member states. Spain made it in the third ballot. Special attention had been on Turkey as it is under growing pressure to do more about the war in Syria pushing up against its border. The winners will join the council on January 1 and serve through 2016. The five will replace Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, South Korea and Rwanda.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.621201
Headline: Turkey to citizens: joining Kobane fight not allowed
Turkey will not permit its citizens to fight ISIS militants alongside Kurds in the Syrian town of Kobane, a Turkish newspaper reported its prime minister as saying Wednesday. “We don’t want our citizens to fight in Syria and we are trying to stop those who illegally cross the border,” Hurriyet Daily News quoted Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu as telling the media during a press conference at the Interior Ministry Oct. 15. While Davutoglu expressed his “sorrow” for Turkish Kurdish citizens who were killed fighting ISIS in Kurdish-dominated Kobane, he added that his country’s citizens were not allowed to cross the border into Syria. “If any Syrian wants to go to Syria for fighting, the border gates are open for them, but even they themselves do not want to go,” he said, adding that around 300 members of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) had laid down their arms in Syria and taken refuge in Turkey.
Oct. 16, 2014
Luke 21:9 and Matthew 24:7 speak of nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom in the end times. Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword. Luke 21:9: wars & commotions; the Greek word here is Akatastasia, meaning instability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion (revolutions) Matthew 24:7: the Greek word for nation is Ethnos & refers to various ethnic groups fighting among themselves, where the next sentence in the verse refers to kingdoms (basileiva) fighting one another (not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom)
Headline: 27 Killed in Attacks in Eastern Congo
At least 27 people were killed in overnight attacks on villages near the eastern Congolese town of Beni, a spokesman for the mayor said on Thursday. Ewanakawa Nyonyi, spokesman for the mayor of Beni, blamed the attack on Ugandan ADF-NALU rebels who operate in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern border zone. A security source in the town confirmed the attacks, saying more than two dozen people had been killed. The source, who asked not to be named, said it was not immediately clear who was responsible.
Oct. 16, 2014
Headline: Shia Houthi rebels and al-Qaeda clash in south Yemen
Headline: Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Yemen seize Odain
Headline: AQAP Claims Waging Nine Hour Raid in Ibb, Killing Houthi Colonel in Sana’a
Shia rebels and suspected Sunni al-Qaeda militants have been engaged in heavy fighting in southern Yemen. Security officials and tribal sources said at least 10 people were killed in clashes around the town of Radaa in Bayda province late on Tuesday. The clashes around Radaa on Tuesday night erupted after Houthi fighters attempted to take control of areas surrounding the town. Dozens of families were forced to flee the violence. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has vowed to fight the Houthis in defence of Sunnis and last week it said it was behind a suicide bomb attack on a rally by Houthi supporters in Sanaa that killed 47 people. On Wednesday afternoon, the rebels were reported to have sent fighters towards the city of Ibb, a bastion of the jihadist group and its allies 150 km (90 miles) south of the capital.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29627772
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/10/16/382459/yemen-alqaeda-militants-seize-odain/
https://news.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-News/aqap-claims-waging-nine-hour-raid-in-ibb-killing-houthi-colonel-in-sana-a.html
Headline: Hong Kong Protests Swell After Video Shows Police Beating
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said his government is ready to meet with student leaders next week to discuss “universal suffrage” as he seeks to end three weeks of protests. Leung said he invited an unidentified vice chancellor of a Hong Kong university to host the talks with the students who have rallied as many as 200,000 people to the streets to demand that China drop plans to vet candidates for the election of Leung’s successor in 2017. “Over the last few days, including this morning, through third-parties, we expressed the wish to the students that we wish to start the dialog to discuss universal suffrage as soon as we can,” Leung told reporters today. The government’s efforts to re-open a dialog came as public outrage over the alleged beating of a demonstrator by police yesterday led the ranks of the demonstrations to swell anew. While he offered talks, Leung also said that freely choosing candidates for chief executive would violate the Basic Law, a sort of constitution for the city, meaning he was taking a fundamental demand of the protesters off the table.
Oct. 16, 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: Radiation levels at Fukushima rise to record highs after typhoon
The amount of radioactive water near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has risen to record levels after a typhoon passed through Japan last week, state media outlet NHK reported on Wednesday. Specifically, levels of the radioactive isotope cesium are now at 251,000 becquerels per liter, three times higher than previously-recorded levels. Cesium, which is highly soluble and can spread easily, is known to be capable of causing cancer. Meanwhile, other measurements also show remarkably high levels of tritium – another radioactive isotope of hydrogen. Samples from October 9 indicate that there are 150,000 becquerels of tritium per liter in the groundwater near Fukushima, according to Japan’s JIJI agency. Compared to levels recorded last week, that’s an increase of more than 10 times.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://rt.com/news/196364-fukushima-radiation-record-typhoon/
Headline: As Fear of Ebola Spreads, Ohio and Texas Close Some Schools
Headline: Spain Tests 3 With Fever for Ebola, Isolates Jet
Headline: Nurse with fever admitted to French hospital on Ebola fears
Headline: Connecticut hospital says evaluating patient with ‘Ebola-like symptoms’
Officials at a school district in Texas shut schools on Thursday after they learned that two students traveled on the Cleveland-to-Dallas flight with Amber Joy Vinson, a nurse infected with Ebola. And in Ohio, schools were shut down after officials learned that a school employee may have later flown on the same plane. The superintendent of the Belton Independent School District, south of Waco, said that a student at Sparta Elementary School and a student at North Belton Middle School were on Frontier Airlines Flight 1143 on Monday. The superintendent, Susan Kincannon, said in a statement that officials had decided to shut the two schools plus a third, the Belton Early Childhood School, so they could thoroughly clean and disinfect the schools and the buses that served them this week. The two students were on the flight on Monday and then attended classes on Tuesday and Wednesday, the statement said. Though state and local health officials had cleared the children to return to school, their parents decided to keep them home for 21 days, the maximum incubation period of the virus.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/us/amber-joy-vinson-flight-causes-concern.html?_r=0
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/plane-isolated-madrid-airport-ebola-check-26235970
http://www.arabnews.com/world/news/645241
Headline: Obama executive order authorizes Guard, reserve call-up for Ebola
President Barack Obama is authorizing the Pentagon to call up reserve and National Guard troops if they are needed to assist in the U.S. response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The U.S. has already committed to sending up to 4,000 military personnel to West Africa to provide logistics and help build treatment units to confront the rapidly spreading and deadly virus. Obama signed an executive order Thursday that permits the Pentagon to use the reservists and Guard troops. Obama also notified top congressional officials of his move.
Oct. 16, 2014
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/16/obama-calls-lawmakers-foreign-leaders-about-ebola/
Headline: Officials Warning Parents After Enterovirus Reported At Elizabeth, NJ, Public School
Headline: Health officials probing death of Arizona boy for possible enterovirus
Headline: Enterovirus-D68 confirmed in Montana
Elizabeth public schools have issued a warning for parents after a case of enterovirus was reported at an elementary school. In a letter to parents on the school district’s website, school officials say the virus was reported at Juan Pablo Duarte-José Julián Martí School No. 28. “This is one child out of 26,000 kids,” school spokesman Donald Goncalves said. “That’s probably one more than what we want, obviously.” School officials say they don’t yet know if it is the D68 strain of the virus, which is the one causing severe respiratory issues in children infected across the country. Elizabeth began cleaning and disinfecting the elementary school and the entire fleet of buses. “We have been working alongside local health officials,” schools Superintendent Olga Hugelmeyer said in the letter. “With their help and your vigilance, we can ensure that we maintain a safe and healthy school community.” The student who contracted the virus has not been to school and is under observation. Goncalves said nurses are also keeping a close eye on all children at the school. “We really believe that we have a warm, safe, loving environment right now and that children are perfectly OK in the schools,” Goncalves told CBS 2’s Andrea Grymes. But some parents are not convinced. “I came to pick up my kids’ homework for the next two days because I don’t trust them being in school right now,” one mother said. Sakeyia Rainey said she nervously sent her two children to class Thursday morning after learning about the enterovirus case the night before. “Yes, I’m worried,” she said. “I’m very worried.”
Oct. 16, 2014
Headline: Mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus likely to reach Mexico- health ministry
Mexico is very likely to join the list of countries to register cases of the painful mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya, a senior health ministry official said on Wednesday. Chikungunya is spread by two mosquito species, and is typically not fatal but can cause debilitating symptoms including fever, headache and severe joint pain lasting months. There is no current treatment for the virus, which was detected for the first time in the Americas late last year, and no licensed vaccine to prevent it. Given that the virus has already shown up in much of the Caribbean, Central America and the United States, it is also likely to reach Mexico, Pablo Kuri, the deputy health minister in charge of disease prevention, told Reuters. “It’s very probable that at some point, we’ll have confirmed cases of chikungunya,” he said, noting that six cases have already been detected, but those people had contracted the virus in the Caribbean and El Salvador. He said that Mexico is home to the mosquito species that carries the virus, adding to the likelihood of its arrival.
Oct. 15, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/15/us-mexico-chikungunya-idUSKCN0I42T120141015
Headline: HealthMap
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http://healthmap.org/formobile/
October 9, 2014 – Farmed salmon destroyed due to Infectious salmon anaemia in Norway
October 10, 2014 – Almost 2,000 birds killed due to avian flu in Germany
October 13, 2014 – Thousands of fish were found floating dead in Mariana Islands; ‘Don’t eat them,’ says Fish & Wildlife
http://www.mvariety.com/cnmi/cnmi-news/local/70003-don-t-eat-hiyok-says-fish-wildlife
October 13, 2014 – Xi’an China– a mass 20,000 death of fish ponds; farmers suspect poisoned ponds
October 15, 2014 – Thousands of dead fish found in a river in the Pilcomayo River, Paraguay
October 15, 2014 – Phuket Thailand mystery: Autopsies yield no results for reef fish deaths
October 16, 2014 – North Carolina Fish kill: Areas of Neuse River banks covered in dead menhaden
October 16, 2014 – Marine bacteria detected in dead fish samples Singapore
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/marine-bacteria-detected/1416826.html
Persecution Matthew 24:9 & Revelation 6:9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.” (Matthew) “When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held.” (Revelation)
Headline: Pakistani Christian loses appeal against death sentence for blasphemy
A Pakistani court upheld the death penalty on Thursday against a Christian woman accused of blasphemy, her lawyer said, in a case that drew global headlines after two prominent politicians who tried to help her were assassinated. In 2010, Asia Bibi, a mother of four, became the first woman to be sentenced to death under Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy law. She is alleged to have made derogatory remarks about Islam after neighbours objected to her drinking water from their glass because she was not Muslim. Bibi’s lawyer, Naeem Shakir, said his client had been involved in a dispute with her neighbours and that her accusers had contradicted themselves. Two witnesses allegedly involved in the incident did not appear in court, he said. A prayer leader did appear, saying he did not witness the original altercation, but that Bibi had confessed in front of him. “I was expecting the opposite decision,” Shakir said. “We will file an appeal to the Supreme Court of Pakistan in a few days.” But Gulam Mustafa, the lawyer for the complainant, said the court’s decision was correct. “Asia’s lawyer tried to prove that the case was registered on a personal enmity but he failed to prove that,” he said. After Bibi’s arrest in 2010, two top Pakistani politicians who sought to intervene on her behalf were gunned down, one by his own bodyguard.
Oct. 16, 2014
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: 5.9 Japan Earthquake
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck southeast of Chiba, Japan, and it was felt as far away as Tokyo. The Japanese earthquake monitoring agency, JMA, posted an update on the quake on Thursday morning. On Twitter, some said they could feel the quake as far away as Tokyo.
Oct. 15, 2014
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1021855-japan-earthquake-today-tokyo-chiba-shook-by-5-9-quake/
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