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I must also caution you: there are links used to report events below that you should use extreme caution in viewing- they are anti-Israel sites and Arabic media sites.
The video’s today are part of the news stories listed here
Headline: Netanyahu lays out Israeli case for morality of Gaza campaign
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday night set out a moral justification for the way the IDF has dealt with the Hamas strategy of firing rockets at Israel, and tunneling under the Israeli border, from the heart of Palestinian residential neighborhoods in Gaza. Arguing that Israel’s battle over the past month against terrorists in Gaza using civilians as human shields came during a critical test period, he said it would be a “moral mistake” as well as a practical one to not take action against terrorists operating from mosques, schools and other civilian areas. Such behavior would represent “an enormous victory for terrorists everywhere,” he said, and would result in more and more civilian deaths around the world. “What’s happening now is not only a test for Israel but for the international community, for the civilized world itself, [for] how it is to defend itself,” Netanyahu declared at a press conference on the second day of a 72-hour ceasefire that began on Tuesday morning.
http://foxnewsinsider.com/2014/08/06/netanyahu-hamas-wants-civilian-deaths-gaza-pr-fodder-0
Headline: UN chief Ban: Attackers of UN shelters must be held accountable
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for the end of the cycle of violence that has plagued Gaza for years, as Palestinians were considering extending the cease-fire that went into effect the day before. Addressing the UN General Assembly at an informal meeting on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, Ban called for swift investigation of the attacks on UN. premises and other suspected breaches of international law. “UN shelters must be safe zones, not combat zones. Those who violate this sacred trust must be subject to accountability and justice,” he said. “Mere suspicion of militant activity does not justify jeopardizing the lives and safety of many thousands of innocent civilians.”
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.609255
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/08/06/mideast-gaza-un-idINKBN0G623720140806
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48426&Cr=palestin&Cr1=#.U-KHvWPfVeB
MAY I JUST ASK MR. MOON- MERE SUSPICION?? ARE YOU KIDDING? After ADMITTING rockets were found, at the 2:52 mark (video is at the link below) he then goes on to state “”Mere suspicion of militant activity does not justify jeopardizing the lives and safety of many thousands of innocent civilians.”
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=48426&Cr=palestin&Cr1=#.U-KHvWPfVeB
LET ME JUST SHARE WITH YOU- MR. MOON -EXACTLY WHAT IT IS YOUR UNRWA SCHOOL TEACHES, IN ADDITION TO HOUSING ROCKETS OF HAMAS:
“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 30th day on Wednesday
Headline: Arab ministers to visit Gaza, Turkey seeks air corridor
A delegation of Arab foreign ministers, including those of Egypt and Jordan, will visit Gaza “soon” in a show of support for Palestinians, Arab League chief Nabil Al-Arabi said Wednesday. The ministers will also assess reconstruction needs in the battered enclave after a nearly month-long war between Israel and Hamas, Arabi said.
“An Arab ministerial delegation will go to Gaza soon in solidarity,” he told reporters. The delegation, which is expected to expand, so far includes the foreign ministers of Egypt, Kuwait, Jordan and Morocco, as well as Arabi himself. On the second day of the truce, Turkey said it has began talks with Israel and Egypt about establishing an air corridor to provide humanitarian aid to Gaza and evacuate potentially thousands of injured Palestinians for treatment in Turkey.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.arabnews.com/news/middle-east/612441
Headline: Those Involved in the Cease Fire Talks:
Yitzhak Molcho, Amos Gilad lead Israel’s ceasefire efforts; Shin Bet chief also in Cairo for talks
Kerry will not travel to Egypt for talks; instead US envoy Lowenstein, who will represent the US in ceasefire talks in Cairo, will not meet with Hamas
Tony Blair meets Egypt’s FM, Arab League Secretary General over Gaza talks
http://www.timesofisrael.com/day-30-sides-set-to-begin-negotiating-ceasefire-terms-as-truce-holds/
Headline: Israel may target Hamas leaders, Gantz says
IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz says Israel is prepared to strike Hamas leaders when they emerge from hiding, and warns that the IDF will retaliate strongly if the terror organization resumes its attacks on Israel. He adds that the responsibility for the civilian casualties lies with Hamas, as they are embedded in civilian areas, and says the IDF has struck a significant blow to the terror organization. “We aren’t done,” he says. “If there are incidents, we will respond to them.”
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/day-30-sides-set-to-begin-negotiating-ceasefire-terms-as-truce-holds/
Headline: Israel agrees to extend current Gaza ceasefire; Hamas vows to renew fire
Headline: As Cairo Talks Begin, Hamas Vows Never to Disarm
Israel has reportedly agreed to extend the current ceasefire in Gaza Strip Wednesday as indirect Israel-Palestinian negotiations over extending a truce in Gaza got underway in Cairo. However, Hamas was quick to deny the reports, saying it will renew fire at Israel as soon as the current lull has ended. The official did not say for how much longer Israel had agreed to extend the truce, only that: “Israel has expressed its readiness to extend the truce under its current terms,” referring to the deal brokered by Egypt that took effect on Tuesday. Hamas began a media blitz as soon as reports of an extended ceasefire began, with its spokesmen claiming that if their demands weren’t met, especially the call to end the siege on Gaza, they would renew fire. A source within the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades said that the brigades “will renew their aggressions as soon as the ceasefire ends Friday 8am.”
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4555803,00.html
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183774#.U-KKfWPfVeA
Headline: Hamas pressured to accept Egypt’s cease-fire demand
Izzat al-Rishq, member of Hamas’ political bureau participating in the Cairo negotiations, told Al-Monitor that the movement “approved of Egypt’s call for a 72-hour cease-fire, as of 8 a.m. on Aug. 5 and of the launch of indirect negotiations regarding the truce conditions, based on the demands agreed on among the Palestinian delegation and presented to the Egyptian side.” An Egyptian official close to the negotiations told Al-Monitor that the United States pressured Israel, while Qatar and Turkey pressured Hamas to agree to the cease-fire. “Public and secret efforts preceded the call for a cease-fire, and there was pressure on all parties to reach this stage, which might put an end to the raging war. The UN and the US administration have played a role to influence Israel, as did Qatar and Turkey with Hamas. Moreover, the battlefield in Gaza has madly flared up, which means that the alternative would be a new wave of actions and reactions and more victims.”
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/08/palestinian-delegation-to-egypt-cease-fire-gaza.html
Headline: Germany, France, Britain propose EU mission to open Gaza crossing
Headline: Report: Egypt to Open Rafah Crossing – If PA Takes Control
Germany, France and Britain proposed reactivating a European Union mission to reopen the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border to help stabilise the Palestinian enclave after a month-long war, a German diplomatic source said on Wednesday. The source said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and counterparts in France and Britain favoured restoring the crossing that is the main window to the world for isolated Gaza’s 1.7 million Palestinians. Meanwhile, Arab news sources reported Wednesday that Egypt has agreed to open the crossing between it and Gaza at Rafah, on the condition that the Gazan side be supervised by the Palestinian Authority under Mahmoud Abbas, and not by Hamas. Hamas has reportedly agreed to this, mostly because it is now a part of the PA government, since joining Abbas’s Fatah in a unity coalition.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4555758,00.html
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183780#.U-KKEWPfVeA
Headline: Deputy British PM: Suspend Arms Exports to Israel
Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, on Tuesday called for arms exports to Israel to be suspended. Clegg’s call came after Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a British minister who was the first Muslim woman to sit in the Cabinet, resigned over the British government’s policy on Gaza. “I think the question marks that Sayeeda Warsi has raised about the arms export licenses which we issue to arms exporters selling to Israel are very serious ones and I share her concerns”, the Liberal Democrat leader said in a statement on his website. “It’s obvious to me that however much Israel has every right to defend itself from those rocket attacks from Hamas, nonetheless the Israeli military operation overstepped the mark in Gaza,” he continued.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183762#.U-KK42PfVeA
Headline: Gazans who have lost everything want Hamas to resume fighting
Gaza, like the cities of Israel, is slowly returning to normal. Kind of. There are cars on its roads once more, and shoppers are flooding its markets. “We became accustomed very quickly to war – and even faster to peace,” Sameh, a prominent political analyst in Gaza, told The Times of Israel Wednesday. But the quiet, he said, is deceptive. “It’s not over yet. Hamas is under a lot of pressure to return to fighting if Egypt and Israel don’t allow the blockade to be lifted,” Sameh said. The residents of the Gaza Strip are torn between wanting the fighting to go on and wanting it to stop, he added. “Those who have lost their children and relatives actually want the fighting to continue. So do those whose houses were destroyed,” he said. “They don’t have anything to lose anymore, and they are pressuring [Hamas] not to stop now unless the blockade is lifted completely. On the other hand, those whose houses are still standing want it to end.”
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/gazans-who-have-lost-everything-want-hamas-to-resume-fighting/
Headline: Hamas Encourages Suicide Bombers to Dress as Orthodox Jews
Headline: Hamas tells Gazans over Facebook: Stop Exposing Terrorist Deaths
Hamas terrorists have been encouraged to dress up like ordinary Orthodox Jews, according to Palestinian Media Watch, to carry out suicide attacks on Israeli civilians. Hamas repeatedly broadcasted a video encouraging the attacks, as well as the disguise, according to the watchdog group. The Hamas video glorifies a terrorist dressing up in a black hat, black Hassidic coat or bekishe, and tzitzit – and fully decked with long peyot or sidelocks and a beard – before arming himself with explosives. Suicide bombers and kidnappers often are instructed to dress as Jews, in order to blend in with local population undetected before committing a terror attack. One prominent example of this strategy is the 2001 Sbarro’s suicide bombing, whereby terrorist Ahlam Tamimi dressed up as an Israeli university student to help bomber Izz al-Din Shuheil al-Masri enter the restaurant undetected. The bombing killed 15 people and wounded over 130.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183790#.U-KJN2PfVeA
http://www.idfblog.com/blog/2014/08/06/hamas-tells-gazans-facebook-stop-exposing-terrorist-deaths/
Headline: Iran, Al Qaeda took note of curbs on IDF vanquishing Hamas
Eyes there carefully tracked each stage of the Gaza conflict, after he was understood to have raised it to a level comparable to the war on Al Qaeda. So,after curtailing the operation against Hamas, Israel may find its hand has landed in a new wasps’ nest. At this moment, the Islamic State and Syrian Nusra Front are fighting to extend their Syrian and Iraqi footholds by a push into Lebanon. They may not stop there. If the jihadists on the march were permitted to judge the IDF incapable of vanquishing Hamas, they might turn to Israel and pose it with an extremely dangerous new threat. Iran too will have taken note of the fact that, twice in two years, Israel’s leaders abstained from bringing to a victorious conclusion a war started by military forces which Tehran had fortified, trained and funded – first Hizballah in the 2006 Lebanon war, which ended in a draw, and now the contest with the Palestinian Islamists which ended in similar fashion.
Aug. 6, 2014
Headline: Japan Provides $1 Million in Support of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Emergency Needs for Gazans
http8-6-14://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=26154
Lebanon
Headline: As Lebanon ceasefire falters, Saudi offers $1 billion to army
Lebanon’s army and Islamist militants clashed on Wednesday in breach of a ceasefire aimed at ending five days of fighting in the most serious spillover of Syria’s civil war onto Lebanese soil. Saudi Arabian King Abdullah granted $1 billion to help the Lebanese army to bolster security as they battle militants who have seized the border town of Arsal on the Syrian frontier, state news agency SPA reported. Machine gun fire and shelling broke out on Wednesday on the outskirts of the town in breach of the 24-hour truce, which came into force at 7 p.m. (1600 GMT) on Tuesday. Dozens of armored-personnel carriers and tanks were seen on the road heading towards the Arsal area. Lebanese special forces were also being deployed on Wednesday, arriving at the town of Labwa near Arsal where hundreds of soldiers are stationed.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://newsdaily.com/2014/08/06/as-lebanon-ceasefire-falters-saudi-offers-1-billion-to-army/
Headline: Blast kills one, wounds more in Lebanon’s Tripoli
Headline: UPDATE: At least 11 wounded in Tripoli attack
A blast targeting a Lebanese military post in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Wednesday night killed at least one person and wounded another three, an Al Arabiya correspondent reported. The incident occurred when an explosives device detonated at the Al Khannak Bridge in Abu Samra neighborhood of the city, the correspondent said. Recent unrest in Tripoli has been linked to an ongoing standoff between the Lebanese army and Islamist fighters holed up in the northeastern border town of Arsal.
Aug. 6, 2014
Headline: Deal reached: ISIS to leave Arsal, soldiers to be released
Militant forces will withdraw from Arsal and captured security personnel will be released during a new 24-hour ceasefire, which was reached through negotiations, a security source told The Daily Star. According to the deal brokered by the Committee of Muslim Scholars, the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria’s militants, who refused to withdraw Tuesday with Nusra Front fighters, will leave Arsal and head back into the mountainous outskirts before the Syrian frontier, gradually by 7 p.m. Thursday, the deadline of the ceasefire. In return, the armed groups demanded a statement be issued by the Army assuring them that Syrian refugees in Arsal would be safe from any “revenge” attacks after their withdrawal, according to the source. After reaching the agreement, the Committee of Muslim Scholars, which negotiated the deal, left the town with three released Army soldiers, the source added.
Aug. 6, 2014
Egypt
Headline: Egypt: Militants attack checkpoint, kill 5 police
Egypt’s Interior Ministry says militants attacked a police checkpoint in the country’s north, killing five policemen. Security forces killed four of the attackers in a gunbattle that followed. According to the ministry’s Facebook page, the attack took place in the Dhabaa area in the coastal province of Matrouh late Tuesday.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4555579,00.html
Syria
Headline: Damascus shelling kills 16, wounds dozens: Activists
At least 16 people, including two children, were killed when rebels shelled many districts of the Syrian capital overnight, an activist group said Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said another 79 people were wounded in the bombardment by an Islamist rebel brigade. Several of the wounded were in serious condition, and the death toll was expected to rise, the Observatory said. Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman said more than a dozen areas of Damascus had been targeted, including in the upscale western Mazzeh district and central Abu Rummaneh.
Aug. 6, 2014
Headline: Sunni insurgents attack YPG and pro-Assad forces in Syria’s Hasakah
Clashes broke out on Tuesday between the Kurdish forces of the Popular Protection Units (YPG) and fighters from Ahrar Geweran in the Arab-majority neighbourhood of Geweran in Hasakah city, northeast of Syria. Speaking to ARA News in Hasakah, civil activist Hozan Salim reported that the clashes erupted between the two sides in the afternoon on Tuesday, “following an attempt by the YPG fighters (linked to the Democratic Union Party ‘PYD’) to break into the neighbourhood of Geweran”. “Ahrar Geweran fighters targeted Hasakah city center with six mortar shells, one of which landed on Nouri Pharmacy behind Palestine Street, the second dropped on the police station of the city, and the third on Ramses Hotel, while the fourth shell landed on the headquarters of the Baath Arab Socialist Party branch in central Hasakah,” Salim reported. “Another shell hit a regime-held military barrack, and the other near the Great Mosque in the city center, without recording casualties,” the source added. On the other hand, the pro-regime military forces, who are stationed at al-Hasakah governorate building, pounded the neighbourhood of Geweran with several mortar shells, while mass displacement among civilians was reported, as many were seen heading to the city’s outskirts escaping mortar fire.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://aranews.net/2014/08/sunni-insurgents-attack-ypg-pro-assad-forces-syrias-hasakah/
Headline: Understanding Syria’s four-front war
Syria’s civil conflict has evolved into a four-front war involving a fight between Islamic State and Damascus, between IS and mainstream rebels, another between the rebels and Assad – and finally one between IS and Syria’s Kurdish militias. As the world media has been preoccupied with the Gaza conflict, Syria has just had the bloodiest week of its civil war. Some 1,700 were killed in seven days, with a renewed push from Islamic State (IS) accounting for much of the violence.
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/syria-s-four-front-war-1922854667
Headline: Mikdad: Syria supports Palestinian people in face of Israeli genocide
Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Dr. Fayssal Mikdad, stressed the unity of destiny between Syria and Palestine during the difficult stage going on in the two countries, asserting Syria’s support to the Palestinian people against the genocide launched by Israel on the Palestinians. Meeting a delegation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, headed by Ahmad Majdalani, Mikdad expressed the support of the Syrian leadership and people to the Palestinian people to practice their right of determining their destiny and build their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital. He also expressed the satisfaction of the Syrian leadership over the national unity shown by the Palestinian people against the unjust Israeli aggression. For his part, Dr. Majdalani stressed that his visit to Syria is aimed at briefing the Syrian leadership on the ongoing events on the Palestinian arena and coordinating on facing the unilateral war launched by Israel against the Palestinian people.
Aug. 6, 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: Ukraine launches airstrikes on pro-Russia Donetsk
Headline: NATO Warns Russia Will Use “Humanitarian Mission” as Pretext to Invade Ukraine
Ukraine’s military has launched airstrikes on the volatile Donetsk city, which is considered to be the main stronghold of pro-Russia forces. Two rockets reportedly landed in Budyonnovsk neighborhood of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday. Residents of Donetsk said two people were injured in the assault which was the first of its kind since Ukrainian forces bombarded the city’s airport in May. Ukrainian forces have been tightening their grip on the city which is controlled by pro-Russians. The spokesman for the Ukrainian operation in the east, Oleksiy Dmitrashkivsky, said on Wednesday, “The noose is tightening around Donetsk, Lugansk and Horlivka”, known as strongholds of pro-Russia forces. He said Ukrainian forces are “preparing for the liberation of these cities.”
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/06/374258/ukraine-launches-airstrikes-on-donetsk/
Headline: Letter dated 13 April 2014 from the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council
Humanitarian Conditions Will Continue to Deteriorate if Crisis in Eastern Ukraine Persists, Senior Official Tells Security Council
Aug. 5, 2014
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2014/sc11508.doc.htm
Iraq
This report is from an Iraqi news site- Headline: ISIL’s leader, Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi, threatens to occupy Kuwait, take revenge against America
Kuwaiti security sources confirmed that the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi, has threatened to occupy Kuwait in order to “take revenge and fight” against America. Kuwaiti security sources are monitoring Kuwaiti accounts on social networking sites which sympathize with ISIL. The Jordanian newspaper “Sawsana” also cited Kuwaiti security sources that “the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant who calls himself Muslim Caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, threatened to occupy Kuwait in order to fight against America.” Sawsana added in their article, titled “al-Baghdadi threatens to occupy Kuwait,” that al-Baghdadi said on his personal account on the social networking site Twitter that “we have scores to settle with America, but we cannot reach them so we will occupy Kuwait, then America will come to us and we will fight them and our take revenge.”
Aug. 6, 2014
Headline: Kurds, Islamic State clash near Kurdish regional capital
Headline: IS Claims Suicide Bombing by German Fighter Among Attacks in Ninawa
Kurdish forces attacked Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil (Erbil) in northern Iraq on Wednesday in a change of tactics supported by the Iraqi central government to try to break the Islamists’ momentum. The attack 40 km (25 miles) southwest of Arbil came after the Sunni militants inflicted a humiliating defeat on the Kurds on Sunday with a rapid advance through three towns, prompting Iraq’s prime minister to order his air force for the first time to back the Kurdish forces. “We have changed our tactics from being defensive to being offensive. Now we are clashing with the Islamic State in Makhmur,” said Jabbar Yawar, secretary-general of the ministry in charge of the Kurdish peshmerga fighters.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/06/us-iraq-security-kurds-idUSKBN0G60U520140806
Headline: Iraqi air force targets suspected ISIS building in Mosul, killing dozens
The Iraqi air force launched airstrikes against a building believed to be used by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. There were conflicting accounts concerning the legitimacy of the target. Iraqi state TV reported the building was a prison used by ISIS as a base of operations and that the strike killed “ISIS militants.” Local officials with the Mosul civil defense ministry asserted the building housed opponents of ISIS, and that the majority of those killed were civilians. It was also unclear how many were killed in the airstrike, with estimates ranging from 30 to at least 76 people.
Aug. 6, 2014
Headline: Death Toll Rises on Sinjar Mountain
In the IS’ sweep across Iraq, Sinjar city has become the latest target in an attack that began late Saturday. The attack has displaced a great number of Yazidi families, causing many to flee to Erbil, Kurdistan, while others have scrambled up the mountainside to find solace in the cover of the caves. According to eyewitnesses in Sinjar, it has been difficult reaching those that fled into the mountainside. According to Yazidi activist about 150 children and women has so far died of starvation and dehydration and the death toll expected to rise as well. “Most of the victims are children and fragile elders who are unable to stand the heat and treacherous footpaths. They have perished due to lack of water and food,” said Erbil-based Yazidi journalist and activist Narin Shamo.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Death-Toll-Rises-on-Sinjar-Mountain/29387
Headline: Car Bombs Kill 51 in Baghdad Shiite Neighborhoods
Iraqi medical and security officials say two car bombs have exploded in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad killing 51 people. Police said the first attack Wednesday evening was a double car bombing in a shopping area of Sadr City, a Shiite neighborhood in the east of the city, killing 31 people and wounding 34 others. Later on in the night, another car packed with explosives detonated in the nearby neighborhood of Ur, also predominantly Shiite, killing 11 more people. Medical officials confirmed the death toll and like police, spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press. Baghdad has been on edge since the Sunni militants led by the Islamic State extremist group seized the northern city of Mosul in June and threatened the capital.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iraq-tv-airstrike-kills-60-militants-north-24860706
Afghanistan
Headline: War News for Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
Reported security incidents
#1: update — A U.S. general was killed and more than a dozen people were wounded on Tuesday, including a German general, in the latest insider attack by a man believed to be an Afghan soldier, U.S., German and Afghan officials said.
#2: In eastern Paktia province, an Afghan police guard exchanged fire with NATO troops near the governor’s office, provincial police said. The guard was killed in the gunfight.
#3: A third “insider attack” happened late Tuesday in the Uruzgan provincial capital of Tirin Kot, where an Afghan police officer killed seven of his colleagues at a checkpoint, then stole their weapons and fled in a police car, provincial spokesman Doost Mohammad Nayab said. A doctor at a local hospital told The Associated Press it appeared the police officer drugged his colleagues before the shooting.
#4: At least seven suspected militants have been killed in the latest U.S. drone strike in Pakistan’s semiautonomous tribal belt. The latest strike took place in Lawara Mandi village in the federally-administered North Waziristan tribal agency, where the Pakistani military began Operation Zarb-e-Azb against militants in mid-June. This is the fifth drone strike since June 12. “A drone fired two missiles at a compound in Lawara Mandi and at least seven militants were killed,” said a senior security official in the region, adding that the dead included local and foreign militants, including Uzbeks and Haqqani network members.
#5: Two unidentified men opened fire on three members of the Sikh community in Peshawar on Wednesday, killing one and injuring the others, a private news channel reported. According to the report, attackers opened fire on the men around 10am in Shabab Market of Hashtnagri area of Peshawar.
#6: In continuation of operation which was launched recently by Afghan security forces in Helmand province, 35 armed oppositions were killed. Ministry of National Defense press office with sending a written letter stated BNA, the operation conducted under the name of Oqab (Eagle) few days ago in relevant areas of Sangeen district of the province, in which 35 Taliban militants lost their lives, 30 others wounded and several others arrested in the district.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Sudan
Headline: Armed Forces on the Alert to Counter any Potential Israeli Strike
Sudanese armed forces spokesperson, Col. Al-Sawarmi Khalid Saad reaffirmed that SAF have taken all precautionary measures to counter any Zionist strikes against the country. The spokesperson, in a press statement, dismissed as rumors the talk about Israel’s infiltration of Sudan’s air space. He said there was nothing official about an imminent Israeli air strike on Sudan, attributing such talk to electronic websites and non-official news agencies.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/details.html?rsnpid=238847
Libya
Headline: Libya rocket strike kills 18 Sudanese
Eighteen Sudanese people have been killed by a rocket strike in the Libyan capital, but Khartoum says the situation does not yet warrant an evacuation of its nationals, official media reported. A briefing to cabinet on Tuesday said “18 Sudanese nationals were killed in one incident due to fall of a random rocket on the area of their residence on the outskirts of Tripoli”, the state SUNA news agency said late Tuesday, quoting cabinet spokesman Omer Mohammed Salih. SUNA did not say when the deaths occurred.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/libya-rocket-strike-kills-18-sudanese-100849865.html
Headline: Libya’s Extremists Tighten Grip Over Benghazi
An umbrella group for eastern Libya’s extremist militias announced Wednesday that it had overrun three more army bases in the eastern city of Benghazi and seized large amounts of heavy weapons, including armored vehicles, as they tightened their grip on the country’s second city. The Benghazi Revolutionary Shura Council, composed of extremist militias like Ansar al-Shariah, posted pictures of its leaders posing in front of tanks, multiple rocket launchers, and artillery they claimed to have seized from the bases they overran. The pictures could not be independently verified but in the past weeks the militants have seized several other bases belonging to the remnants of the Libyan army. An official in the city confirmed the militias’ recent victories and said they were now shelling the army’s remaining strongholds on the outskirts of the city. Ansar al-Shariah is branded a terrorist organization by Washington and is accused of orchestrating the deadly assault on US mission in Benghazi in 2012 killing four Americans including US Ambassador Chris Stevens. The Islamist militias launched a counteroffensive after units loyal to Gen. Khalifa Hifter, attempted to dislodge them from the city months earlier. Despite support from several army units, including the elite special forces, Hifter’s troops have largely been driven out of the city and are now cornered in the Benina airport outside the city. The security official said that the militias have been pounding the airport with grad rockets. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/libyas-extremists-tighten-grip-benghazi-24865022
Headline: Joint Statement on Libya by the Governments of Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and the United States
Representatives of the governments of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and the United States met today to express their deep concern about the political and security challenges facing Libya and the impact of these challenges across North Africa and the Sahel region. We call upon all parties in Libya to adopt an immediate ceasefire and to undertake negotiations to address the country’s security and stability needs. The ongoing violence between Libyans is creating a tragic humanitarian crisis that affects the lives of the most vulnerable and threatens Libya’s democratic transition. We call upon all Libyans to reject terrorism and violence and to replace it with political dialogue to end the instability that is spreading across the country. We call on Libya’s newly elected Council of Representatives and other democratic institutions to adopt inclusive policies that benefit all Libyans and to build a government that meets the Libyan people’s needs for security, reconciliation, and prosperity.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/230341.htm
Tunisia
Headline: Marzouki Implores West to Increase Military Support to Tunisia
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki asked western countries to increase military assistance to Tunisia in an address to an audience at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, Wednesday. In the wake of recent attacks against Tunisian soldiers near Chaambi Mountain and elsewhere along the country’s mountainous border with Algeria, Marzouki criticized western countries for what he sees as their failure to support his government with the necessary military equipment and training to combat Tunisia’s ongoing “terrorist” threat. “We didn’t have the support we expected from the U.S.,” Marzouki said. “We expected more. […] If Tunisia fails, you can say goodbye to democracy in the Arab world for a century.”
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.tunisia-live.net/2014/08/06/marzouki-implores-west-to-increase-military-aid-to-tunisia/
Turkey
Headline: FM: TURKEY STEPS UP EFFORTS TO REBUILD GAZA
In a statement made after the 72-hour cease-fire in Gaza was called, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu stated that Turkish aid organizations on the ground in war-stricken Gaza are working quickly to rebuild Gaza and help Palestinians return to their ordinary lives. Turkey has welcomed Egypt’s proposal of a 72-hour cease-fire in Gaza that came into effect at 08:00 a.m. local time on Tuesday. Turkey urged Israel to stop its attacks on the Gaza Strip and called on both sides to avoid any steps that would violate the threeday cease-fire. “We wish that this truce will form the required basis for negotiations to reach a lasting cease-fire in Gaza,” a statement by the Turkish foreign ministry read. “It should be understood that a lasting cease-fire in the region will only be possible with the lifting of the blockade in Gaza,” it added.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2014/08/06/fm-turkey-steps-up-efforts-to-rebuild-gaza
Armenia
Headline: Russia to host talks with leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan
Leaders of arch-foes Armenia and Azerbaijan are expected to meet for talks hosted by Russia as fears grow that military clashes may lead to a resumption of one of the bloodiest post-Soviet wars. The disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has seen fierce fighting since last week between Azeri government forces and ethnic Armenian separatists. It is described as the worst flare-up of violence in years for the breakaway enclave that lies within Azerbaijan but has a majority Armenian population. Armenian snipers targeted two children, one aged 9 and the other 14. Both children were taken to hospital for treatment. The breakaway enclave said one of its men was killed by a soldier from the Azeri side. That raises the number killed killed on both sides to at least eighteen. Azerbaijan’s relations with Armenia remain severely strained. Nagorno-Karabakh has run its own affairs, backed by Armenia, since a war two decades ago killed around 30,000 people. Despite a 1994 ceasefire, international mediation has failed to secure a permanent settlement.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.euronews.com/2014/08/06/russia-to-host-talks-with-leaders-of-armenia-and-azerbaijan/
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: Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE) is the U.S. Government’s central database on known or suspected international terrorists, and contains highly classified information provided by members of the Intelligence Community such as CIA, DIA, FBI, NSA, and many others.
Economic collapse Revelation 6:5-6 & James 5:1-3– Worldwide “ When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” (Revelation) “Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you! 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.” (James)
Headline: Italy falls back into recession
Italy’s economy has fallen back into recession, latest official figures show, after contracting for two quarters in a row. GDP, the value of all the country’s goods and services, shrank 0.2% in the second quarter of the year. The surprisingly weak number follows a 0.1% contraction in the first quarter. Economists consider two quarters of shrinking GDP means a country is in recession. At the end of last year the country appeared to be emerging from recession, growing fractionally in the last three months. But since then the numbers have been getting worse.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28671107
Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)
Headline: Ebola: Global experts begin emergency talks at WHO
Headline: Suspected Ebola victim dies in Saudi Arabia
Global health experts at the World Health Organization (WHO) are meeting to discuss new measures to tackle the Ebola outbreak. The meeting is expected to last two days and will decide whether to declare a global health emergency. On Wednesday, a man suspected to have contracted Ebola died in Saudi Arabia. If confirmed, this will be the first Ebola-related death outside of Africa. The virus has killed nearly 900 people since February in West Africa. The outbreak began in February in Guinea, and has since spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. On Wednesday a nurse became the second person to die from Ebola in Nigeria. Nigeria’s health minister said five other cases of Ebola were being treated in isolation in Lagos, sub-Saharan Africa’s largest city. It comes as leading infectious disease experts have called for experimental treatments to be offered more widely.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-28673380
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-28678699
Headline: West African healthcare systems reel as Ebola toll hits 932
Health workers in West Africa appealed on Wednesday for urgent help in controlling the world’s worst Ebola outbreak as the death toll climbed to 932 and Liberia shut a hospital where several staff were infected, including a Spanish priest. The outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever has overwhelmed rudimentary healthcare systems and prompted the deployment of troops to quarantine the worst-hit areas in the remote border region of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported 45 new deaths in the three days to Aug. 4. Its experts began an emergency meeting in Geneva on Wednesday to discuss whether the epidemic constitutes a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” and to consider new measures to contain it, including the possible use of experimental drug treatments.
Aug. 6, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/06/us-health-ebola-idUSKBN0G61ID20140806
Headline: Tainted Ohio water coming under increased scrutiny
Ohio’s governor is promising an extensive review of how the water supply for 400,000 people in Ohio and Michigan became tainted with a toxin over the weekend while a high-ranking state lawmaker is planning hearings on the blooms of algae fouling Lake Erie. The water problems that led to a state emergency in Ohio’s fourth-largest city and forced thousands to avoid drinking tap water for more than two days is certain to come under intense scrutiny in the coming months. “This is not just one community issue, this is the whole lake,” said state Rep. Dave Hall, who wants to bring in experts to look at the cause of the blooms and how they’re influenced by weather, farm runoff, manure management and wastewater treatment facilities. Toledo’s mayor lifted the water advisory Monday morning after dozens of tests over the weekend showed an algae-induced toxin contaminating Lake Erie had dropped to safe levels following intensive chemical treatments.
Aug. 6, 2014
Headline: August 4, 2014 – Hundreds of Spanish Sardines wash up dead along a beach in Alabama, America
Headline: August 6, 2014 -Thousands of dead fish wash ashore in Puerto Rico, America
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”
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PAKISTAN MISSION UPDATE
Message from Pastor Fiaz:
Dear in Christ,
These pictures are baptism in Wanya village. There Pastor Chan, and Elder Yousaf baptized new born people. They are both my cousin and also mission partner. They are working in Saudi Arabia and also working for Lord there. They baptized almost more than 10 people. They send me this praise report. I am very happy to see and listen this. Soon i will send Bibles for all new born. Please keep these all people in your prayers.
Your brother in Christ- Fiaz
Pakistan 8-6-14 Mission Update
HAITI MISSION UPDATE
In August of 2013, a member of Ascent Ministries took a short term mission trip to Haiti. Arrangements were made for her to meet Pastor Josue and see his village of Titanyen (below). She returned again in April of this year for her second visit. She has returned a for her month-long 3rd trip in July