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I must 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.
Syrian Demonstrations against Airstrikes: “Obama, We Are Digging Your Grave”
Headline: Netanyahu to tell Obama: Don’t reward Iran for role in Islamic State fight
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday at 6 P.M. Israel time. Senior officials in Netanyahu’s entourage said he will use the White House meeting to tell Obama that the international war against Islamic State must not result in concessions to Iran in the ongoing negotiations over its nuclear program. The prime minister told U.S. Jewish leaders on Tuesday that he also intends to raise with Obama the possibility of bringing Arab states into the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, a proposal he made in his speech this week before the UN General Assembly.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.618506#
Headline: Watch: Netanyahu Shows in Pictures How ‘Hamas is ISIS’- VIDEO
Headline: U.S. Distances Itself from Netanyahu’s Comments
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with leaders of the Jewish Federations of North America on Tuesday, a day after addressing the UN General Assembly in New York where he argued the Hamas terror group is just like Islamic State (ISIS). “Every time I come to the UN I try to tell the truth as it is,” Netanyahu said. During his address Netanyahu showed a picture of Hamas terrorists firing a rocket near small children. “But here’s a picture I didn’t show in the UN yesterday. This is an impending execution. But this isn’t ISIS, this is Hamas. And during the recent fighting in Gaza, right around the time that ISIS was doing its grisly deeds, Hamas executed dozens of Palestinians just to impose fear and force the population of Gaza into submission,” said Netanyahu. The Hamas “killing spree” of those it accused of “collaboration” with Israel led to outrage from the Palestinian Authority (PA), partially due perhaps to rumors that Hamas was using the claims to liquidate Fatah rivals. The White House on Monday criticized Netanyahu’s comparison of the two terrorist organizations Hamas and ISIS, to which Netanyahu said Tuesday “it’s true there are some differences between Hamas and ISIS – for example ISIS beheads people and Hamas puts a bullet in the back of their heads. But to the victims, and the victims’ families, the horror is the same.”
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185652#.VCr1gRanGVo
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185621#.VCr10RanGVo
Headline: Poll: Palestinians Back Rocket Fire if Blockade Not Lifted
Most Palestinian Arabs would favor resuming rocket fire at Israel if it does not lift its Gaza blockade, although support for armed confrontation is dropping off, according to a poll published Monday by AFP. “An overwhelming majority of 80% supports the launching of rockets from the Gaza Strip at Israel if the siege and blockade are not ended,” said the survey of 1,200 Palestinian Arabs in Gaza and Judea and Samaria, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR). Conducted a month after the end of Israel’s self-defense Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, the poll says 44 percent of respondents saw armed confrontation as the best way to “end Israeli occupation” and set up a Palestinian state. It said that 29 percent believed negotiations were the best option, while 23 percent favored non-violent resistance.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185622#.VCr3OBanGVo
“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: Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan: US is expanding Iran’s role in the region
The Islamic Action Front, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, has said that the main goal of the US-led war on terrorism is to “redraw the map of the region by expanding Iran’s role to become [America’s] gatekeeper,” Anadolu news agency reported. “The international coalition started its attacks on the Syrian opposition while keeping silent on the Syrian regime’s crimes, including the killing of civilians using chemical weapons,” the news agency quoted a statement issued by the Action Front as saying. The statement added that, “This represents an attack on Islam and the hopes of Arabs seeking freedom.” The Islamist party renewed its objection to the participation of Jordan in the US-led anti-Islamic State coalition as it is against foreign interference in the affairs of any of the Arab countries.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleNO=26830#.VCsFgRanGVo
Headline: The Khorasan Group Does Not Exist- We’re Being Had…Again
There is a reason that no one had heard of such a group until a nanosecond ago, when the “Khorosan Group” suddenly went from anonymity to the “imminent threat” that became the rationale for an emergency air war there was supposedly no time to ask Congress to authorize. You haven’t heard of the Khorosan Group because there isn’t one. It is a name the administration came up with, calculating that Khorosan — the –Iranian–Afghan border region — had sufficient connection to jihadist lore that no one would call the president on it. To begin with, calling the group “Khorasan” makes no sense either in Arabic or any other language. Khorasan is not an organizational name or even some exotic acronym, but an ancient Islamic historical term from the far east of the Muslim world. It is used today by al-Qaeda (and others who are fond of archaic Islamic terminology) to describe the Afghanistan-Pakistan-Iran region. The “Khorosan Group” is al-Qaeda. It is simply a faction within the global terror network’s Syrian franchise, “Jabhat al-Nusra.” Its leader, Mushin al-Fadhli (believed to have been killed in this week’s U.S.-led air strikes), was an intimate of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the emir of al-Qaeda who dispatched him to the jihad in Syria. Except that if you listen to administration officials long enough, you come away thinking that Zawahiri is not really al-Qaeda, either. Instead, he’s something the administration is at pains to call “core al-Qaeda.” Studying up on al qaeda affiliates we ran across a smaller cell that operated out of Eastern Iran. Their group was responsible for bringing forth an old Islamic Hadith (story or prophesy) that foretold the rise of a new Islamic army in the old Umayyad Caliphate province of Khorasan. Khorasan was located in Eastern Iran and was the birthplace of modern Persian culture. The modern Persian language, science, philosophy, etc came out of Khorasan. This group posed a clear and present danger to the Iranian government. It was basically an insurgent group biding time. To the Khorasan Group, and many other jihadists, the current maps mean nothing. They don’t respect them. They still see the maps laid out with the old Umayyad boundary lines. The Shia government of Iran is an example of why regional al Qaeda groups were formed. To bring global jihad to everywhere possible. Fast forward to September 22nd (last night). The Obama administration began bombing ISIS targets within Syria. On top of that they also chose to hit the Khorasan Group. The President even mentioned them in his speech the following morning. Air strikes over a sovereign nation that has not sanctioned them is no small thing. Hitting ISIS would be justified and explainable to the rest of the world. Processing additional targets is an entirely different matter. Let’s say the Obama Administration wanted to prove a point that they’re not arming the wrong rebels. Hitting an al qaeda affiliate would be a good bonus right? Then why wouldn’t they hit a larger affiliate like Jabhat Al Nusra? That makes way more sense. Instead, media reports are coming out today that show government officials reporting that the Khorasan Group is one of the scariest affiliates they’ve seen. Bull. Al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is operationally far more potent than even Al Nusra…much less Khorasan. Iranian officials are in New York City today discussing their nuclear program. It’s very clear that the U.S. and Iran are aiming for rapprochement. Striking a clear and present threat to the Iranian government along with our strikes against ISIS is just too convenient. Admitting they’re working together is something that both Obama and Rouhani won’t do. Politically they’d never recover. However, that doesn’t change the fact that last night the United States, Iran, and Syria all gained ground.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/388990/khorosan-group-does-not-exist-andrew-c-mccarthy
http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=56707
http://www.glennbeck.com/2014/09/29/who-is-the-khorasan-group/
Lebanon
Headline: Iran to give military grant to Lebanese army: official
Iran is to give a military grant to the Lebanese Army, the head of Iran’s national security council said on Tuesday, boosting security forces that are already backed by Saudi Arabia and the United States. The Lebanase Army has been stepping up efforts to prevent Sunni Muslim fighters from Syria entering Lebanese border towns. Last month, the northern town of Arsal was the scene of the deadliest spillover of fighting in the three-year-old civil war in Syria. The rise of hardline militants in Syria such as Islamic State presents a shared foe for Shi’ite Iran and its enemies, Sunni Saudi Arabia and the United States. “The Islamic Republic decided to give a military grant to the Lebanese Army,” Supreme National Security Council Director Ali Shamkhani told reporters in Beirut. He did not say what the grant would include. A diplomatic source said the Iranian defense minister would soon ask his Lebanese counterpart for a list of weapons needed by the army.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/30/us-iran-lebanon-military-idUSKCN0HP0MM20140930
Headline: Qatari mediators meet militants outside Arsal
Qatari mediators arrived in the outskirts of Arsal Tuesday and began negotiating with militants holding at least 21 security personnel hostage, a security source told The Daily Star. The Lebanese Army and members of Lebanon’s General Security accompanied the negotiators to the outskirts, the security source said. The delegation was comprised of Qatar mediators who were also joined by residents from the northeastern border town of Arsal, he added. A source also acquainted with the militants confirmed the Qatari delegation had begun negotiating with the militants, saying that “negotiations have just become serious.” The Nusra Front and ISIS militants took more than 30 policemen and soldiers captive in August. Nusra has released six captives and executed one solider, while ISIS executed two soldiers so far. The renewed seriousness in the negotiations was evidenced by the release of several Syrian refugees detained by the Lebanese Army, the source added.
***Yesterday’s news told us that Al-Nusra stopped negotiations over the Lebanese Army raid of a Syrian refugee camp in Arsal.
Sept. 30, 2014
Headline: Al-Nusra accuses Lebanon of handing over Syrian refugees to Assad regime
“Lebanese security chief Abbas Ibrahim surrendered 10 detained Syrian refugees to the Syrian regime,” Al-Nusra Front claimed yesterday, an accusation Ibrahim denies. Al-Nusra said: “This action will have severe repercussions on Lebanon’s General Security Directorate and Mr Ibrahim.” However, Ibrahim denied “deporting a number of Syrian nationals across the Syrian-Lebanese border”. Al-Nusra Front said on Twitter, “In light of the campaign to systematically target our displaced people abroad, we were notified that the Lebanese security general has handed over 10 Syrian refugees to the Assad regime.” Since the onset of fierce clashes with the Lebanese army in the town of Arsal on the Syrian-Lebanese border in August, Al-Nusra has been kidnapping Lebanese soldiers and has threatened to kill them if the Lebanese authorities did not release Syrian detainees. The group warned that a deal has been struck between officials in Beirut and Damascus and that this will have “serious repercussions on the General Security Directorate and its general who is bowing down to Iranian will”, a reference made to the Iranian sponsored Lebanese Hezbollah, which has publically fought alongside the Syrian regime since 2013. The organisation went on to address the families of detained fighters by saying: “Your government is lying to you. We previously demanded that negotiations between Beirut and Damascus stop until the situation in Arsal are dealt with completely,” adding that, “nothing has come out of these indirect negotiations”.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://yalibnan.com/2014/09/30/al-nusra-accuses-lebanon-handing-syrian-refugees-assad-regime/
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Saudi policeman shot in Shiite village
Gunmen have opened fire on a Saudi checkpoint in a Shiite village in the Gulf state’s oil-rich Eastern Province, wounding a policeman, police said on Tuesday. The attack in Awamiya came at around midnight on Monday, state news agency SPA cited the province’s police spokesman as saying. It came two days after police in the mainly Sunni kingdom killed a man wanted on “terror-related” charges in a firefight in the same village. Awamiya, just west of Dammam city, has seen several clashes between security forces and Shiite protesters. In early September, gunmen fired on a police patrol there, wounding one officer and causing a pipeline to catch fire. Saudi Arabia’s estimated two million Shiites, who have complained of marginalisation, live mostly in the east where the vast majority of the OPEC kingpin’s huge oil reserves lie. Demonstrations in Eastern Province first erupted in 2011 alongside a Shiite-led protest movement in neighbouring Bahrain. They turned violent in 2012, and clashes have now killed at least 24 people, including at least four policemen.
Sept. 30, 2014
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: Jihadists free 70 kidnapped children in Syria: monitor
The Islamic State jihadist group on Tuesday freed more than 70 Kurdish school children its fighters kidnapped in northern Syria in May, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based group said parents had reported the release of the children, who are believed to be aged between 13 and 15. The group of 70 were among 153 school children, most of them boys, abducted by IS jihadists on May 29 in the northern province of Aleppo. They were intercepted and taken hostage en route to their hometown of Ain al-Arab after sitting school exams in Aleppo city. They were kidnapped around the area of Minbej, which has been targeted in recent days in air strikes by a US-led coalition fighting jihadists. In the weeks after the children were abducted, five students managed to escape and another 37 were released in batches, including the 10 girls among the group, the Observatory said. There were no immediate details on why the group decided to free the 70 additional hostages on Tuesday, and the Observatory said around 30 more children were still being held.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/jihadists-free-70-kidnapped-students-syria-monitor-161421793.html
Syria Headline: Islamic State have seized 325 villages and towns in the countryside of Ayn al- Arab
SOHR knew that IS militants have taken control over the defense lines of the eastern, southern, western, southern western and southern eastern countryside on the city of Ayn al- Arab. Thus, the number of villages, towns and communities that IS took control have risen to 325 since the beginning of IS attack on the countryside of Ayn al- Arab in September 16, 2014. Amid fears of committing massacres against the Kurdish civilians who remain in the city of Ayn al- Arab and in some villages in a case that IS fighters could storm and control them or to face the same destiny of 200000 Kurdish civilians who were displaced from their villages 2 weeks ago where dozens of thousands of their livestock, cars, farm tractors, vehicles and houses were stolen. In the meantime, the destiny of 800 Kurdish people has still ambiguous; it is unknown whether they are still alive or killed by IS.
Sept. 30, 2014
Syria Headline: Workers Dig out Dead after Syria Regime Strike on Aleppo
At least eight people were killed on Tuesday, among them four children, when Syrian regime helicopters dropped explosives-packed barrel bombs on a district of northern Aleppo, a monitoring group said. The attack between the neighborhoods of Sakhur and Sheikh Khodr caused widespread damage, leveling several buildings and shearing the facades off others. Civil defense members in the rebel-held east of the city rushed to the scene, using bulldozers and pickaxes to clear rubble and twisted metal. Some local residents also pitched in to help, as others could only looked on, dazed at the destruction. The emergency crews partly unearthed one body, which appeared to be that of a teenager clad in pink trousers visible under thick dust. Not far away, they worked to remove rubble from around another body, a small arm that appeared to be that of a child emerging from the shattered brickwork. “The strike here was this morning. Can you show me even one person here from the Free Syrian Army (rebel fighters)?” asked Jihad, who survived the bombing. “The people here were all women and children who were sleeping,” he said.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/149249-workers-dig-out-dead-after-syria-regime-strike-on-aleppo
Syria Headline: Syria says will only talk peace with ‘a real opposition’
Syria will not hold peace talks to end the three-and-a-half-year war while Islamist fighters are in the country, nor will it negotiate a political solution with rebels that are recognised by the west, the foreign minister told the United Nations. Instead, Damascus will only accept a political solution with “a real opposition,” that is recognised by the Syrian government of president Bashar al-Assad. The statement killed off prospects for a resumption of peace talks in the near future despite efforts by UN peace envoy Staffan de Mistura, who was appointed in July to re-start negotiations. “We cannot start any political solution while terrorism is still rampant in Syria,” Foreign Minister Walid Mualem told the UN General Assembly. Mualem also dismissed the Syrian opposition recognized by the West to attend the peace talks, saying it lacked credibility and followed “the orders of its Western masters.” “We are open to a political solution in Syria, with a real opposition … that does not depend on the outside,” he said.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/syria-says-will-only-talk-peace-real-opposition-1321838086
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe
Iraq Headline: British airstrikes against ISIS begin in Iraq
Iraq Headline: ISIS threatens to gas British troops in Iraq: Soldiers ordered to carry chemical suits
Britain’s Royal Air Force conducted the first airstrikes of its mission against Islamic State militants in Iraq Tuesday. “Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 aircraft have been in action over Iraq today in the fight against ISIL,” the Ministry of Defense said in a statement. “This action is part of the international coalition’s operations to support the democratic Iraqi government.” The Ministry said two Tornado aircraft assisted Kurdish troops in northwest Iraq who were under attack from ISIS militants. “An initial assessment indicates that both precision strikes were successful,” the statement said.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/09/30/british-airstrikes-against-isis-begin-in-iraq/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/isis-threatens-gas-british-troops-4347579
Iraq Headline: Wave of attacks kills more than 40 across Iraq
A wave of car bombings and other attacks across Iraq killed at least 41 people on Tuesday, including 22 in the capital Baghdad, officials said. No one claimed responsibility for the attacks, which mainly targeted Shiite areas and were likely carried out by Sunni militants. The extremist Islamic State group, which seized a third of the country in a lightning offensive over the summer, has claimed similar previous attacks. In the deadliest attack, a car bomb in northwestern Baghdad killed eight people and wounded 15. Another car bomb in a different area killed seven and wounded 21, and a mortar attack killed seven and wounded 13 elsewhere in the capital, police said. All three attacks targeted Shiite-majority areas. Earlier Tuesday a car bomb killed four civilians and two policemen in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, about 90 kilometers (55 miles) south of Baghdad. Another 16 people were wounded in the blast. Another explosives-laden car went off in the town of Iskandariyah, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Baghdad, killing five civilians and wounding 13 others. Eight other civilians were killed in separate attacks in Baghdad and outside the southern city of Najaf.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/officials-wave-attacks-kills-19-across-iraq-124713787.html
Iraq Headline: Kurd troops attack Iraq jihadists on three fronts
Kurdish troops backed by warplanes battled the Islamic State group on three fronts in northern Iraq on Tuesday, clawing back land they lost to the jihadists in recent months.
The Kurdish peshmerga struck before dawn against the town of Rabia on the Syrian border, north of the jihadist-controlled second city Mosul, and south of key oil hub Kirkuk, officers said. A senior source in the peshmerga said troops had entered Rabia, after seizing the villages of As-Saudiyah and Mahmudiyah. “Ground troops are now fighting in the center of Rabia,” which lies about 100 kilometers (60 miles) northwest of Mosul.
He said peshmerga forces, backed by artillery and warplanes, were also attacking Zumar, about 60 kilometers (40 miles) northwest of the city, near the reservoir of Iraq’s largest dam, which has been a key battleground between the Kurds and the jihadists. “We have ousted IS from 30 positions, including in the Zumar and Rabia areas,” peshmerga spokesman Halgord Hekmat said. “The advance on Rabia will facilitate efforts to recapture Sinjar. We cannot reach Sinjar without taking Rabia,” Hekmat said.
****You can see from the maps that the areas listed are in fairly close proximity to each other
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.arabnews.com/featured/news/637846
Iraq Headline: Booby-Trapped Jihadist Flag Kills Three Iraqi Police
Three Iraqi policemen were killed Tuesday when one of them tried to remove a black flag that Islamic State jihadist fighters had booby-trapped south of Kirkuk, police said. Kurdish peshmerga forces backed by local police units recaptured three villages near Daquq, around 180 kilometers (110 miles) north of Baghdad, that had been under IS control since June. Daquq police chief Kawa Gharib said police officers moved across the frontline during the fighting to take down the flag from a position the jihadists had just lost. “One of them attempted an act of heroism and wanted to remove the black flag but when he yanked it out, he triggered a small improvised explosive device,” the officer said. Gharib named him as Sherzad Abdelkader, a senior officer from the Terkelan area, southwest of Kirkuk, and added that two other policemen were also killed by the blast. Abu Mekhlif al-Juburi, a local resident who witnessed the aftermath of the incident, said IS had booby-trapped dozens of the flags floating above its positions in the area. “It started earlier in September when resident of Tel Ali, in the Hawijah area (west of Kirkuk), burned an IS flag,” he said. “The jihadists came back and kidnapped around 50 people from the area and then put up flags everywhere across the region, on every position,” Juburi said. Abu Mohammed al-Mifriji, village chief of Taamur near Daquq, said the jihadists had set up trigger mechanisms on the flags to kill anyone who tries to take them down. “IS has raised hundreds of flags at its bases, positions and frontlines. Now they booby-trap them to make sure nobody can remove them,” he said.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/149280-booby-trapped-jihadist-flag-kills-three-iraqi-police
Iraq Headline: Institute for the Study of War Iraq Situation Report: September 29, 2014
http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/09/iraq-situation-report-september-29-2014.html
****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 ships anti-aircraft missiles to Syria
Russia last week sent a shipment of anti-aircraft missiles to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to informed Middle Eastern security officials speaking to WND. Another shipment of Russian weaponry is currently on the way to Syria, the officials said. The officials said last week’s shipment arrived at the port city of Tartus on the Mediterranean coast of Syria, where Russia maintains a naval base. The Russian shipments come as the Obama administration steps up support for the rebels battling the Assad regime. The U.S. aid to the Syrian rebels is purportedly aimed at fighting ISIS terrorists. Two weeks ago, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters his government would provide military support to Syria, claiming the anti-aircraft munitions were meant to aid the Assad regime in the fight against terrorism. However, neither ISIS nor any other jihadist group operating in the area possess any aircraft.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.wnd.com/2014/09/russia-ships-anti-aircraft-missiles-to-syria/#J3bBKoiuib9697AT.99
Iran
Headline: Iran does not see ground offensive in Syria by U.S., allies
A senior Iranian official said on Tuesday he did not expect a ground offensive in Syria by a U.S.-led coalition that is mounting air strikes on Islamic State insurgents there. “There will not be an intention of a ground intervention because they failed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and we oppose any foreign intervention in the region by these states,” Supreme National Security Council Director Ali Shamkhani said in a news conference televised from Damascus.
Sept. 30, 2014
Afghanistan
****Clicking on the UNDERLINED sections will take you to the news link
Headline: War News for Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Afghanistan and USA ink long-awaited security agreement
Reported security incidents
#1: Three people were injured on Tuesday when a polio team was attacked in Gujranwala. On August 31, the Gujranwala district health office had announced that a polio vaccination campaign would be launched on September 29.
#2: One militant has reportedly been killed in an ongoing encounter between the army and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday.
#3: At least 47 Taliban militants were killed and 26 others were injured following counter-terrorism operations in the past 24 hours.
#4: At least 6 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were martyred following roadside bomb explosion, defense officials said Tuesday. The exact location of the incident where the 6 Afghan army soldiers were martyred was not disclosed.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Sudan
Headline: South Sudan factions agree on federal government
Mediators say South Sudan’s warring factions have agreed on the installation of a federal system of government in South Sudan. The regional body IGAD, which is mediating peace talks in Ethiopia, announced Tuesday that the structure and functions of a transitional government of national unity have been “mostly agreed on.” Mediators said, however, that the parties are yet to agree on when to introduce federalism in the world’s newest country. Representatives for the rebels want immediate implementation but the government favors a 30-month transitional period before the next administration can be formed. South Sudan was plunged into violence last December after the government accused the ousted vice president of launching a failed coup. Thousands of people have since been killed in violence pitting government forces against renegade troops.
Sept. 30, 2014
Libya
Headline: Islamist-allied militias in Libya reject UN talks
Islamist-allied militias in control of the Libyan capital and the country’s top religious body on Tuesday rejected U.N.-led talks that have called for a cease-fire in the battered nation. The announcements reflect the difficulties facing the U.N. envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, as he tries to broker a truce amid a deep polarization that has left Libya torn between two rival governments and parliaments. The statements followed the first round of U.N.-brokered talks between Libya’s rival lawmakers held Monday in an attempt to bridge the gap between the warring groups. The Libya Dawn umbrella group, which is in control of Tripoli and which is affiliated with the militia from the western city of Misrata, said on its Facebook page Tuesday that the only way to end the fighting is to disarm its rivals and hunt down their leaders. Libya is facing its worst turmoil since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled longtime dictator Muammar Qaddafi.
Sept. 30, 2014
Headline: Protesters in eastern Libya close second oilfield
Protesters blocking Libya’s Abu Attifel oilfield closed another field, blocked a road and seized a company plane, a security official and activist said on Tuesday. The oilfield, a joint venture between Italy’s ENI and Libya’s state oil company, has been closed for a year by local people who demand jobs, part of a wave of strikes at oil facilities that began in July 2013. Protests at other oil ports and fields have ended, but the shutdown continues at Abu Attifelt in Jalu, in Libya’s volatile east, where the field lies. In addition to Abue Attifelt, which used to pump 60,000 barrels a day, the protesters have now also closed the nearby Jalo 59 field, operated by al-Waha Oil Co. That closure lowered Libya’s oil output by 25,000 bpd to 900,000 bpd, a spokesman for state-run National Oil Corp (NOC) said on Sunday. They also seized a company airplane and closed an airstrip and a land road to Ajdabiya, which is on the coast close to the Zueitina oil port. The port is connected by pipelines to Abu Attifel, a security official and local activist said.
Sept. 30, 2014
Algeria
Headline: Algeria identifies some kidnappers of French hiker
Headline: Jund al-Khilafah in Algeria Releases Video Reiterating Pledge to IS
Algeria’s justice minister has told state television that some of the members of the group that kidnapped and beheaded a French hiker have been identified. Tayeb Louh said Tuesday evening that the initial investigation has resulted in the identification of “certain members of the terrorist group behind the crime.” French mountain guide Herve Gourdel was kidnapped while hiking in Algeria on Sept. 21 by a splinter group from the Algerian branch of al-Qaida pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq. The militants demanded France end its participation in U.S.-led airstrikes against Islamic State. On Thursday, a video surfaced on social network sites showing Gourdel’s decapitation. Algerian army and police have scoured the mountainous region where Gourdel was kidnapped searching for the group and his remains.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/algeria-identifies-kidnappers-french-hiker-183901559.html
Turkey
Headline: ISIS advancing on Suleyman Shah tomb: Turkey
Headline: Are Turkish troops trapped at Syrian tomb?
Militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are advancing on Suleyman Shah tomb, a sovereign exclave of Turkey situated in Syria’s Aleppo that is being guarded by Turkish soldiers, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said on Tuesday. In April Turkey had sent soldiers to guard Suleyman Shah (1178-1227), the grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire Osman I, Trend reports. Turkey claims the sovereignty of the tomb, located 30km from the Turkish-Syrian border on the bank of River Euphrates, under a 1921 agreement signed with France, when Syrian was under the French rule. Turkey has said it would defend the mausoleum. Deputy Prime Minister Arinc said a parliamentary mandate for military action in Iraq and Syria will cover all possible threats.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/09/turkey-syria-isis-tomb-turkish-troops-trapped.html
Headline: Ankara on alert as top military commander briefs Cabinet
Headline: Turkey’s ISIL mandate includes ‘military action abroad, opening bases to foreign troops’
Ankara is on high alert due to recent developments in the region in which Turkish tanks took up positions on a hill overlooking the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane on Monday as shelling by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants intensified, while two motions on Syria and Iraq — including sending troops to foreign countries — are expected to be discussed in Parliament this week. Turkey’s top military commander, Chief of General Staff Gen. Necdet Özel briefed the Cabinet on Tuesday on military preparations with regard to the extent of Turkey’s contribution to a United States-led coalition against the threat of ISIL. The government is currently considering joining the coalition. It insists on the creation of a safe zone inside Syria, but the US is cool to the idea, saying it is not part of the campaign at the moment. Turkish press reported on Tuesday that the two motions are expected to include the deployment of coalition troops over the Turkish border with Syria. The military has been working on draft plans for the establishment of a “secure zone” inside Syria. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu led a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday to discuss the war in the region against ISIL and the coalition’s efforts to deal with this threat.
Sept. 30, 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: Yemeni protesters demand rebels withdraw from capital
Hundreds took to the streets of Yemen’s capital on Tuesday for the second protest this week demanding that Huthi rebels who seized control of Sanaa leave. The rebels overran the capital 10 days ago in a lightning offensive and have maintained a strong military presence, conducting patrols and manning checkpoints. Known as Huthis, the Shiite rebels have refused to quit Sanaa despite a UN-brokered deal to give them more influence with the Sunni-dominated government. Frustration with their presence has grown and hundreds rallied in central Sanaa on Tuesday, after a similar protest on Sunday.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/yemeni-protesters-demand-rebels-withdraw-capital-151336629.html
Headline: Hong Kong Protesters, and China, Dig in
Headline: Hong Kong police barricade streets, block in protesters
A standoff between China and protesters in Hong Kong is deepening as pro-democracy demonstrations continued for a fifth day. Neither side is showing any signs of backing down even as China prepares to mark its National Day on Wednesday. Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said on Tuesday that the pro-democracy protests on the city’s streets wouldn’t change China’s mind, as tens of thousands of demonstrators extended a blockade of the territory. In a short statement, the Occupy Central group said it will announce plans for its next stage of civil disobedience on Wednesday if Leung does not meet their demands for democratic reform, including true universal elections by October 1 and Leung’s resignation. Leung said he would not give in to the protesters’ demands for his resignation or for greater democratic reforms.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/hong-kong-protesters-reforms-deadline/2467022.html
http://newsdaily.com/2014/09/hong-kong-police-barricade-streets-block-in-protesters-3/
Economic collapse Revelation 6:5-6 & Daniel 2:41-43- Decline of the Euro
“ When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” (Revelation) “Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. 43 As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.” (Daniel 2:41-43)
Headline: Stocks head for worst quarter since euro crisis, dollar soars
A new trough in euro zone inflation pushed the euro to a two-year low on Tuesday, leaving the dollar on course for its biggest quarterly gain in six years and world stocks facing their largest drop since the peak of the euro crisis. Falling food and energy prices saw euro zone inflation slow to 0.3 percent this month, piling the pressure on the European Central Bank to make clear when it meets Thursday that it is ready to take more preventative action. World markets had already been in a hesitant mood as investors wondered what China’s response would be to civil unrest in Hong Kong, and as the dollar’s strength dominated the end of what has been a choppy third quarter. On a broader scale, MSCI’s 45-country All World stock index, was on course for a drop of almost 3 percent on the month and its biggest quarterly fall since Q2 2012, when the euro zone’s debt crisis was at its most intense.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/30/us-markets-global-idUSKCN0HP01P20140930
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: Mass default looms as world sinks beneath a sea of debt
Headline: Russian Ruble Hits Record Low Against Target Currency Basket — Update
Global debt is still rising strongly, crimping growth and threatening defaults around the world. As if the fast degenerating geo-political situation isn’t bad enough, here’s another lorry load of concerns to add to the pile. The UK and US economies may be on the mend at last, but that’s not the pattern elsewhere. On a global level, growth is being steadily drowned under a rising tide of debt, threatening renewed financial crisis, a continued squeeze to living standards, and eventual mass default. I exaggerate only a little in depicting this apocalyptic view of the future as the conclusion of the latest “Geneva Report”, an annual assessment informed by a top drawer conference of leading decision makers and economic thinkers of the big challenges facing the global economy. Aptly titled “Deleveraging? What Deleveraging?”, the report points out that, far from paying down debt since the financial crisis of 2008/9, the world economy as a whole has in fact geared up even further. The raw numbers make explosive reading. Contrary to widely held assumptions, the world has not yet begun to de-lever. In fact global debt-to-GDP public and private non financial debt – is still growing, breaking new highs by the month. There was a brief pause at the height of the crisis, but then the rise in the global debt-GDP ratio resumed, reaching nearly 220c of global GDP over the past year. Much of the more recent growth in this headline figure has been driven by China, which in response to the crisis, unleashed a massive expansion in credit. However, even developed market economies have struggled to make progress, with rising public debt cancelling out any headway being made in reducing household and corporate indebtedness.
Sept. 30, 2014
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/mass-default-looms-world-sinks-183641030.html
Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)
Headline: Ebola outbreak: ‘Thousands of orphans shunned’
Headline: CDC: Ebola outbreak in Nigeria and Senegal may be over
Headline: CDC Warns Funeral Homes in U.S. to Prepare For Ebola Victims
Headline: CDC: Ebola confirmed in Dallas patient
At least 3,700 children in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone who have lost one or both parents to Ebola this year face being shunned, the UN has said. Carers were urgently needed for these orphans, Unicef said. A basic human reaction like comforting a sick child has been turned “into a potential death sentence”, it added. The World Health Organization (WHO) says more than 3,000 people have died of Ebola in West Africa – the world’s most deadly outbreak of the virus. The figure on the number of Ebola orphans follows a two-week assessment mission by the UN children’s agency to the three countries worst-affected by the outbreak. An earlier version of this story said that 4,900 children had lost parents but the correct figure is 3,700. It found that children as young as three or four years old were being orphaned by the disease. Children were discovered alone in the hospitals where their parents had died, or back in their communities where, if they were lucky, they were being fed by neighbours – but all other contact with them was being avoided.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29424919
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/30/ebola-over-in-nigeria/16473339/
http://www.infowars.com/cdc-warns-funeral-homes-in-u-s-to-prepare-for-ebola-victims/
Headline: Concern grows as Enterovirus 68 spreads
Headline: 2 new cases of enterovirus confirmed in Mississippi
Doctors have spotted more than 275 cases of the uncommon respiratory illness across the country. Most of the victims are children. The virus was first identified 50 years ago, but it wasn’t until recently that hundreds of cases were linked to the virus. The CDC is investigating whether nine cases in Colorado are linked to the virus. Those kids have muscle weakness or paralysis. Meanwhile, two new cases of enterovirus D68 have been confirmed in Mississippi, state health officials said. Both cases are in young children, one from Forrest County and the other from Calhoun County, health officials said. A Hancock County child was reported last week as the first case. The severe respiratory illness has been reported in about two dozen U.S. states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. “There have been some reports in Colorado of this virus potentially causing some cases of muscle weakness or paralysis. In Mississippi, we have not seen this with any of our three confirmed cases,” said Dr. Thomas Dobbs, state epidemiologist. “We are working with healthcare providers to identify any possible complications from this virus and to provide further guidance on testing, prevention and infection control.”
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/health/2014/09/29/enterovirus/16448785/
http://www.wapt.com/health/2-new-cases-of-enterovirus-confirmed-in-mississippi/28330320
Headline: South China province reports 1,587 new dengue fever cases
South China’s Guangdong Province reported 1,587 new cases of Dengue on Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 13,449, local health authorities said Tuesday. A total of 11,309 cases had been reported in the provincial capital Guangzhou, the provincial health and family planning commission said in a press release. Foshan, a manufacturing city neighboring the capital, reported 1,389 cases, while Shenzhen reported 36 cases, it said. As of Monday, 19 out of 21 prefecture-level cities had reported dengue fever cases, the document said. Four fatalities have been reported so far, three in Guangzhou and one in Foshan. This year’s outbreak, the worst in two decades, bodes ill for the National Day holiday that begins Wednesday, when many people travel.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2014-09/30/c_133686035.htm
Headline: Dallas County Reports 3rd Case of Chikungunya
The Dallas County Health and Human Services Department confirms a third case of Chikungunya in Dallas County this year. The infected person contracted the virus during a recent trip to a foreign county, health officials said Monday. Further details on this case were not released due to medical confidentiality and personal privacy reasons. Chikungunya is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes, and it can cause sudden fever and joint pain, as well as rashes. While most people infected with Chikungunya recover, there is no vaccine, and it can become disabling. Numerous cities in North Texas are continuing to spray for mosquitoes, and health officials urge the public to take protective measures by utilizing the “4Ds” to reduce the risk of being bitten by a mosquito infected with Chikungunya
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/health/Dallas-County-Reports-3rd-Case-of-Chikungunya-277499351.html
Headline: HealthMap
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http://healthmap.org/formobile/
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: Mysterious feature on Saturn’s moon baffles NASA scientists
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has discovered a “mysterious feature” on Saturn’s moon Titan. Scientists are working to determine, what, exactly, this feature might be. NASA reports that the feature is roughly 100 square miles, and it lies in Ligeia Mare, one of Titan’s hydrocarbon seas. Cassini’s radar has observed the feature twice, but its appearance changed between the two sightings. Scientists suspect the feature’s change in appearance could be the result of Titan’s changing seasons, which Cassini’s current extended mission will monitor. The feature’s first sighting was in July 2013, and the radar images depicted a bright spot, which stood out from the dark sea. Scientists were “perplexed” when the feature couldn’t be located with follow-up radar experiments, but they found it again on August 21, 2014.
Sept. 30, 2014
Headline: Twenty Five Thousand Earthquakes
Around 25,000 earthquakes have registered on Icelandic Met Office’s equipment since August 29. The eruption is one of the largest in the world. All in all 39 quakes over 5.0 have been recorded, most of them in the rim of the Bárðarbunga crater. The eruption itself is to the north of the sub-glacial volcano which makes a lot of difference, because that means the ash and flood danger is limited. On Monday a quake of magnitude 5.5 occurred, the second biggest from to beginning of the eruption. Volcanologist Ármann Höskuldsson says that the eruption is not only big but interesting in other respects as well: “The flow of magma to the surface is extensive and the lava fountains are going high up in the air. The flow of poisonous gas is also unusually high. We have to go back to the Lakagígar eruption to find anything similar”.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://icelandreview.com/news/2014/09/30/twenty-five-thousand-earthquakes
Headline: France declares flood-hit south natural disaster region
France has declared about 60 towns in the south of the country natural disaster areas following recent flooding in the region. “We will put in place natural disaster measures for about 60 towns,” Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve confirmed on Tuesday, adding that he would head to the flood-hit region later in the day. Torrential downpours inundated a wide region of the country including the Mediterranean city of Montpellier in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. Meteorologists posted record-breaking downpours in Montpellier. “In a few hours Montpellier had the equivalent of half a year’s worth of rain,” Meteo-France said. Nearly 12 inches (about 30 centimeters) of rain fell yesterday and broke all records dating back to 1957, the national weather office added. The local government said emergency workers were dispatched over 1,200 times, backed up by three helicopters. The severe weather forced more than 4,000 people across the region to seek shelter in emergency centers and schools or train stations and airports.
Sept. 30, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/30/380581/natural-disaster-declared-in-france/
Headline: New tremors reported at deadly Japan volcano
Increased seismic activity raised concern Tuesday about the possibility of another eruption at a Japanese volcano where 36 people were killed, forcing rescuers to suspend plans to try to recover at least two dozen bodies still near the summit. Volcanic tremors rose to a level not seen since Saturday evening, hours after Mount Ontake’s initial large eruption, said Shoji Saito of the Japan Meteorological Agency. The tremor levels were oscillating up and down. “At this point, anything can happen,” Saito said, though he stopped short of predicting another large eruption. About 80 to 100 relatives and friends of those who never returned from the summit were waiting for news in a municipal hall in the nearby central Japanese town of Kiso. Rescuers found five more bodies on Monday, bringing the death toll to 36. They have managed to airlift only 12 bodies off the mountain since the start of the eruption on Saturday because of dangerous conditions.
Sept. 30, 2014
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PM Netanyahu Speech at the United Nations General Assembly
Fatah: Violent struggle is our right, according to UN resolution
Headline: Netanyahu addresses Islamic terror threat in speech to UN General Assembly
Headline: Full text of Netanyahu’s speech at the UN General Assembly
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had high praise for President Obama for leading the coalition attacking Islamic militants in Syria, and criticized those who condemned Israel for its war with Hamas in a speech to the United Nations Monday. Speaking at the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, Netanyahu said the threat of Hamas and ISIS reaches far beyond Israel as Islamic militants across the globe share the same goal of world domination. “Last week, many countries here rightly applauded Obama for leading the effort to confront ISIS. Weeks before, some of those same countries opposed Israel for confronting Hamas. They don’t understand that ISIS and Hamas are branches of the same poisonous tree, and both seek to impose power well beyond the territory under their hold,” Netanyahu said. Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s foreign minister, told reporters before Netanyahu’s speech Monday that it’s clear that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has no intention of making peace with Israel, calling his speech to world leaders last week “a message of hatred and incitement.” Lieberman also questioned Abbas’ legitimacy to speak on behalf of the Palestinian people, saying he doesn’t control the Gaza Strip, where Hamas remains in charge of security and elections have been postponed for more than four years.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-netanyahus-speech-at-the-un-general-assembly/
Headline: Israeli-Arab Teacher Arrested for Suspected Affiliation With ISIS, Admits Bringing Material From Jordan
Police arrested a 24-year-old teacher from Umm al-Fahm on Monday, who is suspected of affiliation with a terror group or an illegal association. An ISIS flag, computers, and jihadi literature was found in the suspect’s home. During his interrogation the suspect admitted that he brought the material from Jordan.
Sept. 29, 2014
Headline: ‘Smart Fence’ to Be Built Around Gaza Belt
The Defense Ministry and the IDF have decided to build a fence enclosing the Gaza Belt region, after both a survey of the long-term damage of Operation Protective Edge on the bloc and in light of two terrorist infiltrations there within a 48-hour period. But the fence is no ordinary fence. Security sources told Walla! News Monday that the barrier will be a “smart barrier,” with an alarm system designed to alert the Gaza Belt Regional Council and the Gaza Division of the IDF at any suspected infiltration attempt. A similar system is in place near the Palestinian Authority and in Judea and Samaria. “Work has already begun in [Gaza Belt] communities,” the source, an officer in the Southern Command, revealed. “The goal is to become more alert to infiltrations as they happen on the ground, in face of threats from [nearby] Gaza – and there are many of them.” “Some infiltrations are terror attacks, and some are merely Gazans looking to find jobs,” he noted, “[but] for us, those who cross the fence are, first and foremost, terrorists.” “Now, if he crosses the fence, we will have further information on whether or not he entered a community,” he added. Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon is directly behind the decision, an additional security source told the daily, which is also in tandem with measures to strengthen public institutions against rocket fire in those communities – especially schools. For now, the source noted, funding for the barrier fence is not from the separate project to strengthen buildings, but directly from the IDF’s own budget.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185601#.VCmpFRanGVo
Headline: Rosh Hashanah Arab Arson on Towns North of Jerusalem
Firefighting forces conducted an investigation into the blaze that broke out last Friday night between Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) and Shabbat on laand adjacent to Dolev, a town located in Samaria just north of Jerusalem. The result of their investigation found the fire to be caused by arson. The investigation detailed that firefighters found molotov cocktails on the scene of the fire, giving further evidence to the criminal nature of the blaze. Residents have reported in more detail the events last Friday, when Arab aronists lit large fires adjacent to Dolev by throwing molotov cocktails at the Jewish community. It took three hours of intense fighting to put out the blaze, not before it burned a large strip of land adjacent to Dolev into ash. Dolev was not the only place targeted by Arab arsonists during Rosh Hashanah – Psagot, also to the north of Jerusalem, suffered having its security barrier apparently lit on fire by Arab attackers. In Psagot it took four hours to control the raging fire. The region has come in for frequent attacks in recent weeks, with the forest adjacent to Dolev targeted by arson three times in the last bit of time. Massive firefighting forces, aided by firefighting planes, were required to put out the fires. In addition to arson, two months ago an electric tower was attacked, knocking out the electricity to the local communities Dolev, Talmon, Nahliel, Neria and Harsha for six hours.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185592#.VCmp6hanGVo
Headline: International crowdfunding campaign to build Third Temple raises over $100,000
A 60-day international crowdfunding campaign to finance the construction of a modern Third Temple on the Temple Mount garnered $105,000 worth of donations from over 900 donors around the globe by Rosh Hashana, the Temple Institute said Sunday. According to a statement from the right-wing organization – dedicated to educating world Jewry about the centrality of the Temple Mount to Jewish life and “recreating every aspect of the Holy Temple” – its crowdfunding campaign received the donations from 30 countries.
“The funds raised from the campaign will be used to continue the research of the Institute and to commission additional architectural plans,” the statement said. “The architects will fuse Jewish law with modern technology to prepare for a fully modern Third Temple, Kosher to the letter of the law…” Featuring a website with a three-minute promotional video depicting a digital incarnation of the planned Third Temple, the institute said the site was viewed by over 160,000 people and received over 10,000 shares on Facebook. Rabbi Chaim Richman, the international director of the institute, said the organization utilized the crowdfunding campaign after initially finding success with YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. “We are constantly looking for ways to include as many people as possible in our mission to rebuild the Holy Temple,” said Richman. “This is not about one group or organization – it’s about bringing about a spiritual reunification of mankind. Today, with the help of the Internet, our message is resonating across the globe.”
Sept. 29, 2014
“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: Jordan’s Islamists divided over anti-Islamic State air strikes
Islamists across the political and religious spectrum in Jordan have been deeply divided by the country’s participation in US-led air strikes against the Islamic State (IS) in neighbouring Iraq and Syria, balancing concerns for the country’s security against what some perceive as a wider war against Islam, or civilian deaths. The Muslim Brotherhood became the first movement to come out in opposition to Jordan’s participation in the US-Arab coalition-led air strikes against IS, issuing a statement dismissing the campaign as “not Jordan’s war”. The Brotherhood’s deputy leader Zaki Bani Rsheid called on supporters to pressure the government to withdraw from the coalition on the grounds that the air strikes serve as a boost to Syrian President Bashar Assad, whose regime has historically stood as an arch foe of the Brotherhood. Yet far from politics and in the realm of religion, Islamists are more deeply divided, as various schools of Islamic thought and clerics grapple with opposing views over the religious legitimacy and moral consequences of the air strikes. Jordan’s hard-line Jihadi Salafist movement, the 6,000-8,000 strong group of ultra-radical clerics and supporters with allegiances to both Al Qaeda and the IS, have been quick in denouncing US-led strikes against the jihadist group, claiming that the campaign is tantamount to a “war against Islam”. “The Islamic State is still an Islamic movement and part of the Muslim Ummah, even if it committed mistakes and abuses against fellow Muslims and secularists,” Abu Sayyaf, a leader within the Jihadi Salafist movement, said.
Sept. 28, 2014
http://jordantimes.com/jordans-islamists-divided-over-anti-islamic-state-air-strikes
Lebanon
Headline: Army hostages’ fate in balance
The families of the Lebanese soldiers kidnapped by jihadists continued their protests Friday, as the Al-Nusra Front said it was cutting off negotiations after an unprecedented army raid in Arsal. On Friday, the families continued to block the highway running through Dahr al-Baydar, which links the Beqaa to coastal Lebanon, and met with Health Minister Wael Abu Faour, who backs exchanging Islamist detainees in Roumieh prison for the kidnapped soldiers. “[We need to] resolve this issue and accept the principle of swapping [detainees]. Enough hesitation,” Abu Faour said following his meeting with the families. A member of the committee representing the families echoed calls for a prisoner swap. “Why do they not want to swap detainees? Since when is the Lebanese judiciary so honest?” Layal Dirani told NOW. She vowed that the families would continue their protests, which have seen demonstrators block major roads into the Beqaa. Dirani added that on Thursday the families received audio recordings of the hostages. Negotiations between the Lebanese state and jihadists, currently being mediated by Qatar, had previously stalled over the issue of a prisoner swap, but the army’s massive raid of a Syrian refugee camp outside Arsal has now threatened to derail the talks entirely. On Thursday the Lebanese army arrested more than 200 people in a dramatic morning raid of a refugee camp outside the town, sparking criticism as pictures circulated across social media of dozens of men laying on the ground with their hands tied behind their backs. The Al-Nusra Front—which has already executed one hostage and threatened to kill another— has declared that due to the army’s actions they will no longer negotiate. “There will be no negotiations after what happened in Arsal,” an Al-Nusra Front commander told the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, in comments published Friday.
Sept. 29, 2014
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/564137-army-hostages-fate-in-balance
Headline: Army Repels Jihadist Infiltration Attempt as Gunmen Try to Spread Chaos in Lebanon
The Lebanese army clashed with jihadists trying to infiltrate Lebanese territories at dawn Monday, leaving many dead and injured among their ranks, Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) reported. The infiltration attempt was made on the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal, which last month witnessed bloody clashes between the army and militants from al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State group. The jihadists took with them hostages from the military and police, and killed three of them. The military has so far stopped several infiltration attempts after it blocked dirt roads near Arsal to stop the militants, who are taking refuge in the town’s outskirts and on the porous Lebanese-Syrian border, from receiving supplies. VDL also reported that militants, taking the Syrian border towns of Serghaya and Asal Alward as their base, are trying to smuggle arms to Lebanon. The gunmen are led by a Palestinian identified as Hatem al-Hassan, the radio station said, adding that his deputy is Ahmed al-Rifai, a Syrian. The armed groups are taking the weapons and ammunition to caves in the town of Maaraboun, which similar to Arsal lies in Baalbek district, to hand them over to Lebanese fighters, VDL stated. Their intention is to spread chaos in Lebanon, it added.
Sept. 29, 2014
Egypt
Headline: Egypt Set to Boycott Turkey Over Muslim Brotherhood Support
Officials in Egypt are demanding an immediate and total boycott of Turkish goods, and even a breakoff of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Egyptian media reports said. The call is the latest chapter in the steady and ongoing decline in relations between the two countries, with Turkey accusing Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of everything to “illegitimacy” to “terrorism” to “war crimes.” The sour relations between the two countries have their roots in the overthrow of former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi by the al-Sisi led Egyptian army several years ago. Since then, Turkey has slammed al-Sisi as being a “dictator” who is “persecuting Muslims.” Just last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would welcome seven top Muslim Brotherhood figures being forced to leave Qatar, indicating his strong ties with the Islamist group – and by extension with its Gaza offshoot Hamas. “In the event that they request to come to Turkey, then necessary investigations will be carried out. …If there are no obstacles, the mandatory convenience provided to everyone will also be provided to them,” Erdogan said on returning from an official trip to Qatar, reports the Turkish Hurriyet Daily News.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185602#.VCmnzBanGVo
Headline: Egyptian truck drivers held hostage by Libyan militants
Libyan militants are holding a number of Egyptian trucks and drivers near the eastern city of Tobruk in an effort to pressure Egyptian authorities into releasing several Libyans held in Egyptian police custody, a Libyan security official said Monday. “The militants have set up tents near Tobruk and are holding Egyptian trucks and taken the drivers hostage,” Mustafa Abu Fajra, head of national security in Libya’s northeastern city of Ajdabiya, told Anadolu Agency. Abu Fajra could not give the exact number of Egyptian trucks being held by the militants. He noted, however, that a “large number” of trucks entered Libya each day from Egypt. The militants, he said, were holding the trucks and their drivers captive in order to pressure the Egyptian government into releasing Libyans held in Egyptian jails for alleged involvement in smuggling activities. “Some local elders from Ajdabiya attempted to mediate the drivers’ release, but the militants shunned the mediation bid,” Abu Fajra said. He said the militants had conditioned the release of the Egyptian drivers and vehicles on the release of their detained relatives in Egypt. Egyptian authorities have yet to comment on the issue.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egyptian-truck-drivers-held-hostage-libyan-militants-1643108314
Headline: Egypt says killed 26 Sinai ‘terrorists’ over last week
Headline: IS coaching Egypt’s Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis militants: report
The Egyptian army has killed 26 “terrorists” and arrested 84 others over the past week in a crackdown on militant hotbeds in several parts of the country, the military said Sunday. The crackdown targeted suspected militant hideouts in the northeastern provinces of North Sinai, Ismailia and Port Said as well as the Nile Delta province of Daqahliya, military spokesman Mohamed Samir said in a Facebook statement. He added that military forces in the restive Sinai Peninsula had destroyed the openings of 18 cross-border tunnels linking Rafah city to the bordering Gaza Strip. Samir also said that military forces had thwarted attempts of illegal migration by 148 people, including Palestinian, Syrian and Sudanese nationals. He went on to say that army forces had seized “large quantities of weapons and vehicles used for terrorist operations.”
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-says-killed-26-sinai-terrorists-over-last-week-803759725
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/coaching-egypts-ansar-militants-report-33986246
Headline: “Jund al-Khilafah in Egypt” Announces Establishment, Pledges to IS
A group calling itself “Jund al-Khilafah in the Land of Kinana (Egypt)” announced its establishment and pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State (IS), and threatened to strike American interests and those of the “worshippers of the Cross” in Egypt.
***This is the same group in Algeria that beheaded Herve Gourdel
Sept. 29, 2014
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: Syria satisfied with U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State, Syria FM says
Syria Headline: Syria FM: US dual policy of striking groups while training others is recipe for more violence
Syria’s foreign minister says his government is satisfied with the U.S.-led bombing campaign against the Islamic State group, which has aligned Damascus with Western and Arab opponents in fighting the same enemy. Walid al-Moallem says in an interview with The Associated Press that Syria heard from the United States 24 hours before it launched its initial salvo last week. He said Monday the U.S. does not inform Syria of every strike before it happens, “but it’s OK.” “We are fighting ISIS, they are fighting ISIS,” he said, referring to the group by one of its acronyms. Al-Moallem spoke as U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeted towns in northern and eastern Syria controlled by the Islamic State group, including one strike that Syrian activists said hit a grain silo and reportedly killed civilians.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.618296
Syria Headline: U.S-led raids hit Syria grain silos, killing civilians
U.S.-led air strikes hit grain silos and other targets in Islamic State-controlled territory in northern and eastern Syria overnight, killing civilians and wounding militants, a group monitoring the war said on Monday. The aircraft may have mistaken the mills and grain storage areas in the northern Syrian town of Manbij for an Islamic State base, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. There was no immediate comment from Washington. The strikes in Manbij appeared to have killed only civilians, not fighters, said Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the Observatory which gathers information from sources in Syria.
U.S.-led air strikes hit grain silos and other targets in Islamic State-controlled territory in northern and eastern Syria overnight, killing civilians and wounding militants, a group monitoring the war said on Monday. The aircraft may have mistaken the mills and grain storage areas in the northern Syrian town of Manbij for an Islamic State base, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. There was no immediate comment from Washington. The strikes in Manbij appeared to have killed only civilians, not fighters, said Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the Observatory which gathers information from sources in Syria.
U.S.-led warplanes also hit areas of Hasaka city in the north east and the outskirts of Raqqa city in the north, which is Islamic State’s stronghold.
Syria’s army also carried out air raids in Aleppo province overnight, targeting areas east of Aleppo city with barrel bombs and other projectiles, the Observatory said. The army also carried out air strikes in Hama in western Syria.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.618179
Syria Headline: Kurdish Source: Kobani May Soon Fall
Following sustained attacks by Islamic State (IS) militants on the Kurdish city of Kobani in Syrian Kurdistan, the fall of the city is getting closer. A source from Kobani has told BasNews that there are only two villages left between IS insurgents and Kobani. A Kurdish journalist in Kobani, Mustafa Adib, has told BasNews, “By noon on Monday, IS insurgents had taken control of both Sheran and Kazikan villages, located to the east of Kobani and just three kilometers from the center of the city.” Adib said that People’s Protections Unit (YPG) fighters are reinforcing their bases in the center of Kobani to fight the militants. “Following the fall of Sheran and Kaziakn, there are only two villages left between Kobani and the IS militants; Dihaban and Mazraita are two kilometers from Kobani,” said Adib. Commenting on the situation inside the city, he stated, “Kobani has been emptied of the children, women and older people who fled to Kurdish cities in Turkey.” “The Kobani people who have weapons and the ability to take up arms have gone to the front line to fight hand in hand with YPG fighters against Islamic State,” added Adib. He said that people in Kobani continue to ask the international community and Kurdistan Region political parties to send them weapons in order to defend the city and themselves against IS militants. “They aren’t only asking for humanitarian aid, but also weapons from the international community and Kurdistan Region,” Adib said. He claimed that 10 mortars had landed in Kobani on Sunday, but the level of damage was as yet unknown.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Kurdish-Source–Kobani-May-Soon-Fall/35919
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe
Iraq Headline: British warplanes return from Iraq without bombing
British warplanes flew their first mission over Iraq since parliament authorised strikes against Islamic State jihadists, but returned without bombing on Saturday, the Ministry of Defence in London said. Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 combat jets returned to Britain’s RAF Akrotiri base on Cyprus without dropping any of their load of Paveway IV laser-guided bombs, after a seven-hour mission that began before dawn from the Mediterranean island. “On this occasion no targets were identified as requiring immediate air attack by our aircraft,” a ministry spokesman said. However, the jets’ surveillance gathered information that will “help acquire potential targets for future operations, either by aircraft or Iraqi ground forces,” the spokesman said.
Sept. 27, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/british-warplanes-off-iraq-135101894.html
Iraq Headline: Iran threatens to attack Islamic State “deep into Iraqi territory”
A general in the Iranian military said Saturday that his forces are prepared to attack inside Iraqi territory to strike at militants of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, also known as Daesh, ISIS or ISIL, should they come too close to Iran’s western border. Iranian media reports that army commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said that “If the terrorist group Daesh comes near our borders, we will attack deep into Iraqi territory and we will not allow it to approach our border.” Lieutenant Commander of the Army Ground Force Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari told IRNA in August that Iranian army forces have had a large presence in the western border area, and that IS forces were “not counted a threat to Iranˈs military might.”
Sept. 27, 2014
Iraq Headline: Report: ISIS Islamists at the Gates of Baghdad
Iraq Headline: ISIS Ramps Up Activity in Northwestern Baghdad
Reports Monday said that Islamist fighters for ISIS, the Islamic State, which has already conquered large areas of Lebanon and Iraq, are at the gates of Baghdad. Despite the aerial attacks being carried out by the US and its allies, the group’s fighters have been steadily progressing, and are said to be barely a mile from the city. The report in the Independent newspaper, published in London, quoted officials of the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East. According to the officials, Islamic State terrorists could basically enter the city at will, as there is little substantial defense to prevent them from doing so. “The Islamic State are now less than 2km away from entering Baghdad,” the spokesperson said. “They said it could never happen and now it almost has. [US President Barack] Obama says he overestimated what the Iraqi Army could do,” the report quoted the spokesperson as saying.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185600#.VCmpcRanGVo
http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/09/isis-ramps-up-activity-in-northwestern.html
Iraq Headline: Islamic State Overruns Iraq Army to Seize Towns, Official Says
Islamic State fighters seized two towns in western Iraq, after besieging hundreds of soldiers, according to a regional official. The militant group has captured Albu Etha (a village near Ramadi) and al-Hamdhiya, Faleh al-Issawi, deputy head of Anbar provincial council, said by phone today. He said some Iraqi troops were killed and others deserted their posts, without giving details. Earlier the head of the Anbar council, Sabah Karhout, had said that at least two battalions of the Iraqi army, or 260 men, were trapped near Albu Etha, and that efforts were being made to send reinforcements and enable them to break the siege. The clashes are taking place in a region where U.S.-led airstrikes are seeking to roll back the insurgents’ advance. Karhout and al-Issawi said that Islamic State controls at least half of the city of Ramadi, the provincial capital, though they said that elsewhere in Anbar the airstrikes have enabled security forces to recapture territory. Islamic State’s Sunni Muslim militants are reported to have carried out several massacres of troops belonging to Iraq’s Shiite-dominated army since they surged across northern parts of the country in June. The Iraqi government said last week that more than 1,000 soldiers were missing after an attack on a military base, according to CNN television.
Sept. 29, 2014
Iraq Headline: Shiite Militia Group to be Sent to Kirkuk
A Shiite armed force will be sent from Iraqi Capital Baghdad to Kirkuk, and will base itself in the south of the city. A source from Kirkuk told BasNews that the armed group consists of a number of Iranian military experts, who have entered the region with the support of the Shiite Badr army. The source also revealed that the militia is expected to attack Basheer, a Turkmen village in Kirkuk. “It is not known yet whether the group is coordinating with the Peshmerga. The length of time the group will stay in the region after concluding their duties also remains unknown,” the source told BasNews. Since the Islamic State (IS) attacks in northern Iraq in June, a number of Shiite militia groups has been sent to Kirkuk province and last month when Iraqi army with the help of Iranian soldiers were able to free Amrli a town in Salahaddin Province in northern Iraq.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Shiite-Militia-Group-to-be-Sent-to-Kirkuk/35849
Iraq Headline: Institute for the Study of War Iraq Situation Report: September 27-28, 2014
http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/09/iraq-situation-report-september-27-28.html
Kurdish Headline: ISIS Leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, flees Syria airstrikes to Mosul says KDP
The Kurdistan Democratic Party, led by Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani, announced that the leader of the terrorist organization of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, arrived in the city of Mosul after fleeing from the violent aerial bombardment on the Syrian city of Raqqa. The Kurdistan Democratic Party said in a statement posted on its website and followed by IraqiNews.com that “after the international coalition started the bombardment on the Syrian cities, Baghdadi was forced to move between Syria and Iraq, noting that the air strikes targeted him on his way to Anbar a few weeks ago.” The statement added that “this morning, the terrorist gunmen of ISIS began a widespread campaign of intimidation in the streets of Mosul. They are inspecting the identification of all vehicle passengers and bystanders traveling in groups of 2 or more people.”
Sept. 29, 2014
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Headline: Al-Qaida leader warns of revenge for airstrikes
The leader of al-Qaida’s Syria affiliate vowed Sunday that his group would “use all possible means” to fight back against airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition and warned that the conflict would reach Western countries joining the alliance. The U.S. views the affiliate, known as the Nusra Front, as a terrorist group, but Syrian rebels have long seen it as a potent ally against both the Islamic State extremist group — which is the main target of the coalition — and Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces. Syrian rebels, activists and analysts have warned that targeting the Nusra Front will inject more chaos into the Syrian conflict and indirectly help Assad by striking one of his main adversaries. The U.S. insists it wants Assad to step down, but is not targeting his forces, which are best placed to benefit from the airstrikes. In a 25-minute audio recording, Nusra Front leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani portrayed the U.S.-led coalition as a “Crusader alliance” against Sunni Muslims and vowed to fight back. “We will use all that we have to defend the people of Syria…from the Crusader alliance,” al-Golani said. “And we will use all possible means to achieve this end,” he said, without offering more details.
Sept. 28, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/us-airstrikes-hit-syria-oil-refinery-near-turkey-100550277.html
Headline: Beheading Suspect Attended Same Mosque as 9/11 Terrorist
Alton Nolen, the man who beheaded one woman and severely injured another at Vaughan Foods in Moore, Oklahoma, was apparently a radicalized Muslim. Nolen attended the same mosque as Zacarias Moussaoui, a man convicted in federal court of conspiring to kill U.S. citizens as part of the September 11 attacks, Breitbart Texas has learned. Saad Mohammed, the Board Chair of Oklahoma’s Council on American-Islamic Relations, told Breitbart Texas that Nolen attended services at the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City (ISGOC) every Friday. “He always sat in the back, he was very quiet and very low key,” Mohammed said. “Not someone you would notice right away. If you were to walk into an empty room, you wouldn’t have noticed him…He was a little odd, a little strange in the way he carried himself. But we [at the mosque] never made anything of it.” Nolan first started attending ISGOC in May. While Mohammed denies that his mosque encourages radicalization, he revealed that Moussaoui also attended ISGOC.
Sept. 28, 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: Russia threatens to retaliate against U.S. military
Russia has delivered a behind-the-scenes threat to retaliate if airstrikes carried out by the U.S. or its allies target the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Middle Eastern security officials told WND. The security officials said Russia complained Sunday in quiet talks with United Nations representatives that the Obama administration’s current aerial campaign against Islamic State fighters in Syria is a violation of international agreements regarding control of Syrian airspace. The officials said Russia warned it could potentially retaliate if U.S. or Arab airstrikes go beyond targeting Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, and instead bomb any Syrian regime targets. The officials told WND they do not have any information about the seriousness of the Russian threat or whether Moscow meant it would retaliate directly or aid Assad’s air force in a military response.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.wnd.com/2014/09/russia-threatens-to-retaliate-against-u-s-military/
Headline: Worst post-ceasefire violence kills 15 in east Ukraine
Headline: Ukraine’s president: Over 1,000 captive Ukrainian troops now released
At least 15 people have been killed in the worst fighting in eastern Ukraine since a ceasefire was declared between government and pro-Russia forces three weeks ago, official sources say. Presidential aide, Yury Biryukov, said in Kiev that the shelling erupted around the airport of the flashpoint city of Donetsk — which is currently being controlled by pro-Russians – and left seven government soldiers dead and nine others injured. Pro-Russia sources said five of their fighters died and eight were injured in the shelling. According to the City Council of Donetsk, three civilians were also killed in the conflict. Several residential, industrial, and government buildings were also destroyed over the weekend.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/29/380446/15-killed-in-east-ukraine-violence/
Afghanistan
****Clicking on the UNDERLINED sections will take you to the news link
Headline: War News for Monday, September 29, 2014
New Afghan president sworn in after disputed vote
Taliban kills Australian citizen: Reports
Taliban detainees break prison in Herat province
Reported security incidents
#1: A Taliban suicide attacker killed four civilians and injured two near Kabul airport on Monday. “We can confirm a suicide bomber on foot detonated near the airport, killing four people and wounding two,” said a spokesman for the police investigation department.
#2: A fighter detonated a explosives laden vehicle at the entrance of a district headquarters in Paktia’s Zurmat district on Monday, leading to a heavy exchange of gunfire between the Taliban and security officials which resulted in three of the other fighters being killed. At least eight other people, including four police officers, two intelligence staff and two civilians were killed in the attack, police said. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.
#3: Five militants were killed and four others were injured on Monday in a blast in the remote Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency. Intelligence sources said the blast occurred at the Lashkar-i-Islam base in Kandao area and left at least five militants dead and four others injured. Sources said that militants were testing an explosive device when it exploded causing the casualties.
#4: A bomb blast killed eight people Sunday in northwestern Pakistan. The bombing struck a refugee camp housing internally displaced people on the outskirts of the city of Hangu, police officer Anwar Saeed Kundi said. He said the bomb was rigged to a motorcycle and killed eight people, including three children. It wounded 17 people, he said.
#5: Meanwhile, the U.S. drone strike killed four suspected militants in South Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan along the Afghan border, intelligence officials and Taliban fighters said.
#6: ‘In precise aerial strikes last night 5 terrorists hideouts were destroyed and 15 terrorists including foreigners were killed in Shawal area of North Waziristan Agency’ it said.
#7: A man was killed when unknown gunmen opened fire in Kechi Baig area of Quetta on Monday, Geo News reported. According to police, unidentified armed men barged into a house and opened indiscriminate firing on a man named Amdaan and fled from the scene.
#8: At least policemen were martyred following an attack by Taliban militants in northern Jawzjan province, local officials said Monday. The attack was carried out on a police check post in Qosh Tapa district late Sunday night leaving three more injured. Provincial police spokesman, Abdul Manan Raufi said two militants were also killed during gun battle with the police forces.
#9: A civilian was killed and seven others were injured following an explosion in northeastern Takhar province of Afghanistan. The incident took place late Sunday in in Baharak district, local government officials said. Provincial police spokesman, Khalil Asir said the explosives planted in a motorcycle went off near a health centre, leaving one person dead and seven others injured.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Headline: Afghanistan to sign US troop deal Tuesday
Ashraf Ghani’s government will sign a long-delayed deal on Tuesday to allow some US troops to stay in Afghanistan into next year, US and Afghan officials said. The BSA (bilateral security agreement) became a symbol of frayed US-Afghan ties when President Hamid Karzai refused to sign the deal last year, infuriating Washington and other international allies. “The BSA will be signed tomorrow, not by the president but by a senior minister,” Daoud Sultanzoy, a senior aide to Ghani, told AFP. “The signing sends the message that President Ghani fulfills his commitments. He promised it would be signed the day after inauguration, and it will be.” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed that the two countries had agreed to sign the deal on Tuesday.
Sept. 29, 2014
Ethiopia
Headline: Shots fired outside Ethiopian Embassy in DC
Shots were fired outside the Embassy of Ethiopia in D.C. on Monday afternoon. It happened around 12:15 p.m., according to the U.S. Secret Service. Officers responded immediately after hearing reports of shots being fired, and they detained and questioned an Ethiopian guard who works at the embassy. He is believed to have fired the shots. An Ethiopian television network caught the shooting on camera while they were covering a protest at the embassy. FOX 5’s Maureen Umeh has been told similar anti-government protests happen frequently here and are usually peaceful. However, some protesters went onto embassy grounds on Monday and taunted the guard. He responded by firing warning shots, one of which struck a woman’s car and shattering her front window. No injuries were reported.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/26655573/shots-fired-outside-ethiopian-embassy-in-dc
Libya
Headline: Benghazi violence continues
At least six Libyans were gunned down in Benghazi on Friday (September 26th), just one week after a bloody string of assassinations, Libya Herald reported. Sixteen citizens were slain on September 18th alone. Fifteen more were killed in the next two days. The many recent victims of targeted slayings included 20-year-old youth activist and blogger Tawfiq bin Saud. He was killed, along with “his colleague Sami El-Kawafi, in the area of Kish in Benghazi, by criminals, murderers, Kharijites, oppressors”, Dr Saleh Mashri told Magharebia. The bloodshed came as Ansar al-Sharia stepped up clashes with Libyan troops in control of Benina airport. In turn, Libyan warplanes bombed positions of the Islamist militia on the outskirts of Benghazi. The district of Msaken suffered indiscriminate shelling. One rocket landed on a car and killed the female driver. As for Tripoli, it has been dominated by militias from Misrata. After seizing control of large swaths of the capital, they then turned to Warshefana, which they bombarded with Grad rockets and howitzers. Ahmed Amin, a 36-year-old lawyer, noted: “In the past few days, the air force increased its strikes on the nests of extremists where they have ammunition and weapons stored.” “Even their convoys from across the desert have been destroyed, and ships loaded with weapons and extremist mercenaries were bombed in the sea,” he added. “This raised the wrath of the extremists, who hence resorted to assassinations and killings.”
Sept. 29, 2014
http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/features/2014/09/29/feature-01
Algeria
Headline: Islamist gunmen kill two soldiers in western Algeria
Islamist gunmen have killed two soldiers in western Algeria less than a week after extremist-linked militants beheaded a French hostage they abducted east of the capital, press reports said Monday. The two soldiers were ambushed on Sunday as they inspected a power plant in the town of Telagh, 150 kilometers south of Algeria’s second city Oran, the reports said. Islamist militants, some of them loyal to Al-Qaeda, remain active in several areas of Algeria more than a decade after the end of the country’s devastating 1992-2002 civil war. On Wednesday, a extremist splinter group sparked world outrage by executing French hostage Herve Gourdel in retaliation for French air strikes on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in video footage it posted online.
Sept. 29, 2014
Germany
Headline: Germany unable to meet NATO readiness target
Germany’s military is unable to meet its medium-term readiness target should NATO call on its members to mobilize against an attack, officials said Monday. The revelation follows days of embarrassing reports about equipment failures that included German army instructors being stranded in Bulgaria en route to Iraq when their plane broke down, and delays in sending weapons to arm Kurdish fighters because of another transport problem. In the latest incident, the military said one of two aging C-160 aircraft flying German aid to Ebola-affected West Africa has also been grounded on the island of Gran Canaria since the weekend, awaiting repairs. Asked about a Der Spiegel report that Germany at this juncture wouldn’t be able to offer the appropriate number of military aircraft within 180 days of an attack on the NATO alliance, Defense Ministry spokesman Jens Flosdorff confirmed that was the case.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/ex-general-germany-needs-defense-spending-074839835.html
Turkey
Headline: Turkey seeks extended mandate to attack ISIL
The Turkish government has announced its decision to submit motions to parliament, requesting extended mandate for military action in Iraq and Syria against the ISIL cult. “The motions have not yet been sent to parliament. They may come tomorrow,” Turkeys’ Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek said on Monday. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said the motions will be debated on Thursday.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/29/380464/turkey-seeks-mandate-to-attack-isil/
Headline: Turkish tanks reinforce border as Islamic State shells Syrian town
Headline: IS jihadists close in on key Syria border town
Turkish tanks and armoured vehicles took up positions on hills overlooking the besieged Syrian border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) on Monday as shelling by Islamic State insurgents intensified and stray fire hit Turkish soil, a Reuters correspondent said. At least 30 tanks and armoured vehicles, some with their guns pointed towards Syrian territory, were positioned near a Turkish military base just northwest of Kobani. Plumes of smoke rose up as shells hit the eastern and western sides of Kobani and sporadic bursts of machinegun fire rang out. “We have taken the border under full control. We have ramped up our security measures in the Suruc region,” Interior Minister Efkan Ala told reporters in Istanbul, referring to the area on the Turkish side of the border with Kobani. A local official inside the besieged town said Islamic State continued to bombard it from the east, west and south and that the militants were 10 km (6 miles) from the outskirts. “From the morning there have been bomb shellings into Kobani and not one rocket, but maybe about 20 rockets,” Idris Nassan, deputy foreign minister in the Kobani canton, said by telephone.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/turkish-tanks-position-syria-border-next-besieged-town-120626539.html
http://news.yahoo.com/jihadists-close-key-syria-border-town-144344145.html
Headline: How Did Turkey Free 49 Hostages From ISIS?
It sounds like something out of a spy novel: A government ensures the release of dozens of hostages from the world’s most notorious terror group, without even a nosebleed. The government, in this case, is that of Turkey. It freed 49 Turkish consulate workers last week who the Islamic State—a jihadi organization commonly known as ISIS—had kidnapped in Mosul. After spending 100 days in captivity, the hostages have now been home for more than a week. But many here in this nation of 77 million are still questioning if Ankara is telling the truth about what happened. In the early hours of Sept. 20, the mood across Turkey was festive as Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and his entourage met the freed hostages—46 Turks and three Iraqis—in the southern city of Urfa. Davutoglu called their release a major diplomatic success. But President Recep Tayyip Erdogan later weighed in and credited the MIT, Turkey’s spy agency, for releasing the hostages, calling it an “operation.” This seemed to contradict Davutoglu’s earlier remarks. As the media pressed him on the matter, however, Erdogan said Turkey freed the hostages through some sort of prisoner swap with ISIS, but declined to provide more information. The details remain murky, but reports in the Turkish media indicate that Liwa al-Tawhid—a rebel group fighting ISIS in Syria—agreed at Turkey’s request to release 50 ISIS members in exchange for the Turkish consulate staff. The papers did not elaborate on what Turkey gave the Liwa al-Tawhid rebels in return. The Turkish government did not respond to requests for comment, and more than a week after the hostages returned, the truth about their journey remains a mystery.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.vocativ.com/world/turkey-world/turkey-free-49-hostages-isis/
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: Bomb near Yemen hospital kills seven
Headline: Yemen violence could threaten global security, warns Saudi Arabia
Seven people died Sunday after a vehicle exploded near a hospital in Yemen’s northeastern province of Mareb. The explosion took place near a hospital controlled by the Houthi, a Zaidi Shia insurgent group that signed a peace deal with the Yemeni government last week. Sources told CNN at least 24 Houthi were injured in the attack, three of whom were in critical condition. The Yemeni government hasn’t identified the group to blame for the attack, but a Twitter account linked to al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility.
Sept. 28, 2014
http://www.arabnews.com/featured/news/637256
Headline: Imran Khan claims record-breaking rally in Pakistan
Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan hailed a record-breaking 44-day sit-in calling for the removal of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has been accused of vote rigging during last year’s election. “This protest has awakened the nation,” Khan told the massive rally on Friday, and expressed hope that Sunday’s rally in Lahore would be historic in its size. Khan’s Tehreek-e-insaaf (PTI) political party set up more than 70,000 chairs for the event although it was unclear how many actually attended. Aerial footage of the crowd on Sunday posted to Facebook by PTI’s social media team showed a gathering of tens of hundreds of people, if not more.
Sept. 29, 2014
Headline: Catalonia president signs independence referendum decree
Headline: Spain to block referendum, after Catalonia signs decree
Headline: Fitch Places Autonomous Community of Catalonia and Institut Catala de Finances on RWN
The president of the Spanish region of Catalonia has signed a decree calling for a referendum on independence. Artur Mas wants Catalonia to hold a Scottish-style vote on 9 November, but does not have the backing of the central government in Madrid. Spain quickly denounced the move, calling the plan unconstitutional. Catalonia, which includes Barcelona, is one of Spain’s richest and most highly industrialised regions, and also one of the most independent-minded. On 19 September Catalonian lawmakers voted by a margin of 106 to 28 in favour of authorising the referendum, known locally as a “consultation”
Sept. 27, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29390774
http://euobserver.com/political/125789
Headline: Thousands at Hong Kong protest as Occupy Central is launched
Headline: At least 26 injured in Hong Kong protests
Headline: White House says supports aspirations of Hong Kong people
The leader of Hong Kong’s Occupy Central pro-democracy movement has announced the launch of a mass disobedience campaign. Benny Tai addressed thousands who had gathered outside government headquarters in central Hong Kong. It comes a day after the arrests of more than 60 protesters who had entered a restricted area on the same site. Students and activists oppose Beijing’s decision to rule out fully democratic elections in Hong Kong in 2017. Mr Tai, a co-founder of the Occupy Central movement, announced the launch of a campaign to blockade the heart of Hong Kong’s financial centre, in a surprise announcement on Saturday.
Sept. 27, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29397738
http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-says-supports-aspirations-hong-kong-people-165820222.html
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: 1 in 4 Americans 25-54 Not Working
A new chart from the minority side of the Senate Budget Committee shows a startling fact: Almost 1 in 4 Americans between the ages of 25-54 (or prime working years) are not working. “There are 124.5 million Americans in their prime working years (ages 25–54). Nearly one-quarter of this group—28.9 million people, or 23.2 percent of the total—is not currently employed. They either became so discouraged that they left the labor force entirely, or they are in the labor force but unemployed. This group of non-employed individuals is more than 3.5 million larger than before the recession began in 2007,” writes the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee.
Sept. 26, 2014
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/1-4-americans-25-54-not-working_806178.html
Revelation 6:6- With the bees dying off, you will see a decrease in produce and an INCREASE in food prices!
Sept. 19, 2014– RCMP investigating after bees poisoned- Canada
http://www.manitobacooperator.ca/2014/09/19/rcmp-investigating-after-bees-poisoned/
Sept. 29, 2014- What is killing Bristol County’s bees?
http://dighton.wickedlocal.com/article/20140923/NEWS/140929061
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 clinics fill up as death toll hits 3,000
Doctors are in short supply and countries are scrambling to find more resources for the Ebola outbreak, as the death toll from the virus hit 3,000. According to a Wall Street Journal report Sunday, the World Health Organization said 3,091 people have died of confirmed, suspected or probable cases of Ebola. Even as countries try to marshal more resources, those needs threaten to become much greater, and possibly even insurmountable. Statistics reviewed by The Associated Press and interviews with experts and those on the scene of one of the worst health disasters in modern history show how great the needs are and how little the world has done in response. Some foreign medical workers have bravely fought on, a few even contracting Ebola themselves as they cared for patients. Experts warn that the window of opportunity to snuff out the dreaded disease may close unless promises of additional assistance immediately become reality. The existing bed capacity for Ebola patients in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea and Nigeria is about 820, well short of the 2,900 beds that are currently needed, according to the World Health Organization. Recently 737 beds were pledged by countries. Yet even after the promised treatment facilities are built, they will still be at least 2,100 beds short. The shortage of health workers is also great. WHO has estimated that 1,000 to 2,000 international health workers are needed in West Africa. More than local 200 health workers have died of Ebola trying to save patients, complicating recruitment efforts. Doctors Without Borders, which has more Ebola clinics than anyone, currently has 248 foreign aid workers in the region.
Sept. 28, 2014
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/09/28/ebola-clinics-fill-up-as-death-toll-hits-3000/
Headline: Enterovirus Probed in Paralysis Cases in 9 Colorado Kids
Headline: CDC: Entervirus 68 up to 277 confirmed cases in 40 states
Health officials are investigating nine cases of muscle weakness or paralysis in Colorado children and whether the culprit might be a virus causing severe respiratory illness across the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday sent doctors an alert about the polio-like cases and said the germ — enterovirus 68 — was detected in four out of eight of the sick children who had a certain medical test. The status of the ninth case is unclear. The virus can cause paralysis but other germs can, too. Health officials don’t know whether the virus caused any of the children’s arm and leg weaknesses or whether it’s just a germ they coincidentally picked up. “That’s why we want more information,” and for doctors to report similar cases, said the CDC’s Dr. Jane Seward. The cases occurred within the last two months. All nine children are being treated at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, and most are from the Denver area. A hospital spokeswoman said the patients’ families didn’t want to talk to the media. The nine children had fever and respiratory illness about two weeks before developing varying degrees of limb weakness. None seems to have a weak immune system or other conditions that might predispose them to severe illness, but the cases are still being investigated, Seward said. Investigators don’t think it’s polio — eight of the nine children are up to date on polio vaccinations. It’s not known whether the limb weakness or paralysis is temporary or will be long-lasting.
Sept. 26, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/virus-probed-paralysis-cases-colorado-kids-25791513
Headline: 30 per cent rise in dengue cases in Delhi in a week
The total number of dengue cases in the national capital this year has reached near 100, with an increase of 30 per cent in the last week alone. A total of 98 cases had been reported in Delhi till September 27, while the figure stood at 75 till September 20, according to a report released by South Delhi Municipal Corporation on Monday. While figures for various corporations in Delhi are — 18 (north corporation), 39 (south corporation) and 13 (east corporation), 15 cases were reported from regions in Delhi outside the jurisdiction of the three municipal corporations and 13 from neighbouring states, the report said. Over 5,500 dengue cases and six deaths were registered in the national capital last year, according to SDMC, which compiles report for vector-borne diseases in the city.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/30-pc-rise-in-dengue-cases-in-delhi-in-a-week/
Headline: New mosquito-borne virus spreads in Latin America
An excruciating mosquito-borne illness that arrived less than a year ago in the Americas is raging across the region, leaping from the Caribbean to the Central and South American mainland, and infecting more than 1 million people. Some cases already have emerged in the United States. While the disease, called chikungunya, usually is not fatal, the epidemic has overwhelmed hospitals, cut economic productivity and caused its sufferers days of pain and misery. And the count of victims is soaring. In El Salvador, health officials report nearly 30,000 suspected cases, up from 2,300 at the beginning of August, and hospitals are filled with people with the telltale signs of the illness, including joint pain so severe it can be hard to walk. “The pain is unbelievable,” said Catalino Castillo, a 39-year-old seeking treatment at a San Salvador hospital. “It’s been 10 days and it won’t let up.”
Venezuelan officials reported at least 1,700 cases as of Friday, and the number is expected to rise. Neighboring Colombia has around 4,800 cases but the health ministry projects there will be nearly 700,000 by early 2015. Brazil has now recorded its first locally transmitted cases, which are distinct from those involving people who contracted the virus while traveling in an infected area. Hardest hit has been the Dominican Republic, with half the cases reported in the Americas. According to the Pan American Health Organization, chikungunya has spread to at least two dozen countries and territories across the Western Hemisphere since the first case was registered in French St. Martin in late 2013.
Sept. 28, 2014
http://abc13.com/health/new-mosquito-borne-virus-spreads-in-latin-america/327868/
Headline: HealthMap
Global leader in utilizing online informal sources for disease outbreak monitoring and real-time surveillance of emerging public health threats. The freely available Web site ‘healthmap.org’ and mobile app ‘Outbreaks Near Me’ deliver real-time intelligence on a broad range of emerging infectious diseases for a diverse audience including libraries, local health departments, governments, and international travelers.
http://healthmap.org/formobile/
September 22, 2014 – Govt declares national disaster following anthrax, FMD outbreaks in Zimbabwe
http://www.thezimbabwean.co/news/zimbabwe/73455/govt-declares-national-disaster-following.html
September 23, 2014 – Thousands of fish died allegedly as a result of industrial waste in Indonesia
September 23, 2014 – Highly pathogenic avian influenza kills 21,000 birds in Korea
September 25, 2014 – Large number of dead birds found on Pismo Beach America
http://www.ksby.com/news/large-number-of-dead-birds-found-on-pismo-beach/
September 26, 2014 – Dept officers at a loss with huge fish kill in Australia
http://www.dailymercury.com.au/news/dept-officers-at-a-loss-with-huge-fish-kill/2399897/
September 26, 2014 – Large number of water birds found dead on shore in South Africa
http://www.kormorant.co.za/2014/09/large-number-of-water-birds-found-dead-on-shore/
September 26, 2014 – FAO warning over new bird flu strain
A new strain of avian influenza virus in poultry in south-east Asia represents a serious threat to animal health and livelihoods in the region, and must be closely monitored, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned. Chinese authorities first reported the high pathogenic H5N6 strain in April 2014, but it has since spread to other countries in the region. The most recent outbreak was on a poultry farm in the Quang Ngai province of eastern Vietnam, where birds suffered 30% mortality. “Influenza viruses are constantly mixing and recombining to form new threats,” said FAO’s chief veterinary officer Juan Lubroth. “However, H5N6 is particularly worrisome, since it has been detected in several places so far from one another. Because it is so highly pathogenic, infected poultry quickly become sick and death rates are very high.” The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is also monitoring the situation closely.
http://www.fwi.co.uk/articles/26/09/2014/146881/fao-warning-over-new-bird-flu-strain.htm
September 27, 2014 – Cavite fish kill probed in Philippines
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2014/09/cavite-fish-kill-probed/
September 29, 2014 – Chuzhou – inexplicable reasons for heavy daily dead fish; police investigation in China
Increase in Knowledge/Mark of the Beast Daniel 12:4 and Revelation 13:16-17 “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” (Daniel) “He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” (Revelation)
Headline: New invisibility cloak device can hide almost anything
Hats off to scientists at the University of Rochester in New York, who have managed to produce a cheap ‘invisibility cloak’ effect using readily available materials and a lot of clever thinking. Through a combination of optical lenses, any object that passes behind a certain line of sight can be made to disappear from view. ‘The Rochester Cloak’, as it’s being dubbed, uses a simplified four-lens system that essentially bends light around any objects you put into the middle of the chain — you’re able to see the area in the background as normal, but not the item in the foreground. According to its inventors, it can be scaled up using any size of lens, and the team responsible for the setup has used standard, off-the-shelf hardware. “People have been fascinated with cloaking for a very long time,” said John Howell, a Professor of Physics at the University. “It’s recently been a really popular thing in science fiction and Harry Potter… I think people are really excited about the prospect of just being invisible.” “From what we know this is the first cloaking device that provides three-dimensional, continuously multidirectional cloaking,” said doctoral student Joseph Choi, one of the team who worked on the project, when speaking to Reuters. “I imagine this could be used to cloak a trailer on the back of a semi-truck so the driver can see directly behind him. It can be used for surgery, in the military, in interior design, art.”
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/09/29/new-invisibility-cloak-device-can-hide-almost-anything/
Headline: Daily water allocation could be the next California drought strategy
You probably know your Social Security number, your driver’s license number and perhaps the latest wrinkle in mattress marketing, your sleep number. But do you know your drought number? The latter represents the amount of water you are allowed to use per day. If you don’t know it, you probably should. Not knowing could cost you money. As California’s severe drought moves into a fourth year, state and local water agencies are working on something called “allocation-based rate structures,” a kind of precursor to water rationing that’s all the rage in Sacramento and in some areas such as Santa Cruz, Irvine and Santa Monica. Here’s how it works: Your local water company, special district or city assigns you and your household a number in gallons — a daily water allocation. Usually, one number applies to maximum indoor water use, i.e. showers, kitchen and bathroom faucets, dishwashers, clothes washers, etc., and an extra allocation is assigned for outdoor use such as lawn irrigation. Using census records, aerial photography and satellite imagery, an agency can determine a property’s efficient water usage. At the Irvine Ranch Water District, number of residents, amount of landscaping and even medical needs are factored into a household’s water allocation or water budget. “We want you to stay within that budget. That way we know you are using water in an efficient way,” according to an instructional video on the Orange County water agency’s website.
Sept. 27, 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: Magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits Azerbaijan
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocked Azerbaijan, 23 kilometers southwest of Quba, at 6:38 am on Monday, the Cihan news agency reported. According to preliminary reports, the earthquake was felt in Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia’s Tavush province.
***Earthquake Track (2nd link) is showing this as a 5.3
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.todayszaman.com/world_magnitude-60-earthquake-hits-azerbaijan_360238.html
http://earthquaketrack.com/p/azerbaijan/recent
Headline: Peru earthquake kills eight in Andes village
At least eight people have died in an earthquake in southern Peru, officials announced on Sunday. The 4.9-magnitude quake hit the Cusco region in the early hours of Sunday. Worst affected was the remote Andean village of Misca, where 45 homes collapsed killing four children and four adults, emergency workers said. The authorities have declared a state of emergency and President Ollanta Humala has said his government will help rebuild the village.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29406622
Headline: 5 more bodies found at Japan volcano; toll now 36
Five more bodies were found near the summit of a Japanese volcano on Monday, bringing the total presumed dead to 36, police said, as toxic gases and ash from the still-erupting mountain forced rescue workers to halt efforts to recover the victims. Eight more bodies were airlifted off Mount Ontake before work on the ash-blanketed peak was called off around 1:30 p.m., said Naofumi Miyairi, a spokesman for the Nagano prefecture police. Together with four victims brought down on Sunday, 12 bodies have now been recovered, leaving 24 near the summit. Exactly how they died remains unclear, whether from gases, suffocating ash, falling rocks or other causes. Police said the latest victims were found near a shrine at the summit, the same area where other victims were reportedly found.
Sept. 29, 2014
http://news.msn.com/world/5-more-bodies-found-at-japan-volcano-toll-now-36-1
Headline: What’s erupting? List & map of currently active volcanoes
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html
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Today is Rosh Hashana (Yom Teruah)– L’Shanah Tovah (Happy New Year)!
Today at sunset will be the Jewish Year 5775. Rosh Hashana is one of the 7 Feasts of the Lord (God’s Appointed Times), the first of the 3 Fall Feasts. Israelis celebrate this as the beginning of their civil new year (there are many new year celebrations in Israel). It is also the day they celebrate the 6th Day of Creation- when God made Adam. God tells Moses in Leviticus 23:24-25 “On the first day of the seventh month (Tishri) you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts. Do no regular work, but present an offering made to the Lord by fire.” (see Numbers 29:1-6 for a list of the offerings).
Traditionally, people wear white on Rosh Hashanah to symbolize their faith in God’s upcoming judgment (Yom Kippur)- they have faith that HaShem will save them and show mercy. The trumpet blasts are given with a shofar (ram’s horn), accompanied by prayers & Tanakh readings. The shofar is sounded in a “unbroken-broken-unbroken” pattern. The unbroken pattern (tekiyot) is representing God’s calling to our soul, with readings from the Torah and the Prophets. The broken pattern (truot) is representing our brokenness before the Lord, our longing for Him, with readings from the Psalms.
As this is one of the Feasts not yet fulfilled by Christ, it is believed by many that Rosh Hashanah will be the day of the Rapture due to the verse in 1 Thes. 4:16 “For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first”. Let us pray that, whenever we are called to go home, it will be soon.
Headline: How Farmers in Israel Are Preparing for a Rare Biblical Event That Starts This Week
Many Israeli farmers have spent months preparing for a biblically mandated event that comes just once every seven years, in which fields and orchards managed by Jews in the Holy Land must lie fallow for the entire year. It is known in Hebrew as Shmita, or the sabbatical year, and it begins Wednesday with the start of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year. One such farmer is Rony Rosenzweig of Kibbutz Lavi, a religious cooperative community near Tiberias in the northern Galilee region. “Shmita offers us a lot of challenges that we have to face. Our local rabbi guides us as to what we are and aren’t allowed to do,” Rosenzweig told TheBlaze. Among the rules that present a unique challenge to the work of his community: “Don’t plant crops, don’t lay new grass, just take care of what exists, don’t add anything new.”
Sept. 24, 2014
Headline: Police Ambushed by Muslim Rioters on Temple Mount
Dozens of Arab rioters began shooting fireworks at police on the Temple Mount on Wednesday morning, just hours before the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashana) began, and as soon as the holiest site in Judaism was opened to Jewish visitors. The rioters fired at police at the Mughrabi Gate, which is the only point of access for Jewish visitors to the site currently under the de facto rule of the Jordanian Waqf (Islamic trust). Yassam police special forces and Border Patrol officers pushed their way onto the Temple Mount and pressed back the rioters. Upon arriving on the holy site, police forces came face to face with dozens of rioters who had prepared obstacles on the Mount, from which they threw rocks and bricks at the officers while continuing to launch fireworks at them. After an extended struggle the police were able to gain control over the rioters and return order to the site. A number of officers were lightly wounded by the salvo of rocks and fireworks, and were provided medical treatment at the scene. Despite the attack, entry remained open for Jewish visitors, with police saying “we will continue to act against the rioters and show zero tolerance for any attempt to disrupt the order.”
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185486#.VCMURRanGVo
Headline: Obama: Too Many Israelis Ready to Abandon Peace
“Too many Israelis are ready to abandon peace”, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday, as he addressed the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. “The situation in Iraq, Syria and Libya should cure anyone of the illusion that this conflict is the main source of problems in the region; for far too long, it has been used in part as a way to distract people from problems at home. And the violence engulfing the region today has made too many Israelis ready to abandon the hard work of peace,” he said as he opened the 69th General Assembly in New York. “But let’s be clear: the status quo in the West Bank and Gaza is not sustainable. We cannot afford to turn away from this effort – not when rockets are fired at innocent Israelis, or the lives of so many Palestinian children are taken from us in Gaza,” he continued. “So long as I am President, we will stand up for the principle that Israelis, Palestinians, the region, and the world will be more just with two states living side by side, in peace and security,” said Obama.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185504#.VCMjjxanGVo
Headline: Qatar emir urges world to shun Israeli leaders
The Qatari emir has accused Israel of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during this summer’s 50-day war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Sheik Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani used his speech at the UN General Assembly Wednesday to urged world leaders not to receive Israeli leaders in their “diplomatic salons.” More than 2,100 Palestinians, including hundreds of civilians, many of them children, were killed, while 66 soldiers and six civilians were killed on the Israeli side. The Qatari leader also called on the Security Council to pass a resolution forcing Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian lands according to a clear time table.
***See also Syria below
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4574770,00.html
Headline: Pakistan and UAE: Israel Doesn’t Have Right to Defend Itself From Hamas
In addresses to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, representatives from Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said that Israel does not have the right to defend itself against the terrorism of Hamas. Pakistan on Monday gave an address on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, calling Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip “legally incorrect” and “morally abhorrent.” The UAE made the same argument, stating that Israel’s actions cannot be viewed as self-defense because the Jewish state controls the Gaza Strip. In fact, Israel does not control the Gaza Strip, after unilaterally withdrawing from the area in 2005. Israel and Egypt do maintain a naval blockade on Gaza, but Israel allows humanitarian supplies to enter Gaza as long as the supplies are inspected to make sure that they will not be used for terrorism.
Sept. 24, 2014
“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: Radical Cleric Acquitted of Terror Charges in Jordan
Terrorist and hate preacher Abu Qatada was acquitted – and released – by a Jordanian court on Wednesday, on charges of plotting the 2000 “millennium plot” on American and Israeli tourists. This is the second acquittal for Abu Qatada. The terrorist, who was deported from Britain in July 2013 after a 10-year legal battle, was acquitted last month of plotting a 1999 attack on the American school in Amman. But he remained in prison for the second terror charges, for which he had originally been sentenced 15 years in prison in absentia. Once described by a Spanish judge as “Osama bin Laden’s deputy in Europe,” tapes of his sermons on Islam were found in the home of Mohammed Atta, the ringleader of the 9/11 attacks in America.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185498#.VCMkQxanGVo
Lebanon
Headline: Militants open fire at three Army posts in Tripoli
Headline: Four reasons Hezbollah is concerned by Syrian militants
Unnamed militants opened fire at Army posts in Bab al-Tabbaneh, Syria Street and Brad al-Bisar in Tripoli, read a statement released by the Lebanese Army late Wednesday. One soldier incurred a minor wound in his leg as a result of the Bab al-Tabbaneh attack. The soldier was rushed to the hospital for treatment. According to the statement, soldiers’ at all three Army posts fired back at the militants and launched a chase in an attempt to seize the perpetrators. The Army also cordoned off the Brad al-Bisar area and barred any cars from entering or leaving the area, a security source told The Daily Star.
Sept. 24, 2014
Headline: Machnouk embraces swap-deal to solve hostage crisis
A swap deal between the Lebanese government and militants holding at least 21 servicemen hostage is on the table, Interior Minsiter Nouhad Machnouk said Wednesday. The deal represents a change of policy after the government has continuously rejected any trade off with the militants. “A trade-off is possible,” Machnouk said, shifting away from the government’s prior decision to suspend negotiations after Nusra and ISIS militants began executing soldiers in an effort to pressure the government to meet its requests. Machnouk spoke to news outlets before flying to Paris where he is set to meet Future Movement leader, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri. More than thirty soldiers and policemen were captured by Nusra and ISIS militants during an armed attack on the northeastern border town of Arsal last month. The two groups are said to be holding at least 21 captives. To date, several have been released and three were killed. With regards to militant demands, ISIS is requesting the release of Islamists detained in Roumieh prison. As for the Nusra Front, they are demanding the release of individuals detained since the eruption of clashes in Arsal last month, as well as the protection of Syrian refugees and the opening of a safe passage for civilians into and out of Arsal.
***See also Turkey below
Sept. 24, 2014
Headline: Hezbollah Leader: Israel, Not Islamic State, ‘Source of All Terror in Region’
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, in a speech televised Tuesday night, declared that the Jewish state, and not ISIS or other al-Qaeda offshoots, “…is the source of all terrorism in the region. The state of Israel is the one who receives help and support from the United States,” according to Israel’s NRG News. Nasrallah, whose forces are allied with Syrian President Bashar Assad, questioned the legitimacy of US-led airstrikes within Syria, and in Iraq, in the speech, which aired on the group’s mouthpiece, al-Manar television. “We are against an international coalition, whether it is against the regime … or whether it is against ISIS,” Nasrallah said, calling the waves of attacks against dozens of targets in northeastern Syria on Monday “…an opportunity, a pretext, for America to dominate the region again.” However, despite Nasrallah’s stance on the latest conflict, and, while the United States considers Hezbollah a terrorist group, the two may be indirectly working together to keep ISIS fighters in Syria out of Lebanon, Israel’s NRG News reported Monday.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/09/24/hezbollah-leader-israel-not-islamic-state-source-of-all-terror-in-region-video/
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Saudi pilots receive online death threats after air strikes on Isis
Saudi pilots who conducted air strikes on jihadis in Syria have received online death threats after photos were published of those involved, among them a son of the crown prince. Saudi Press Agency (SPA) released photographs of eight airmen it said were involved in Tuesday’s US-led operation, carried out with Gulf allies. In one picture they stood, some smiling, in green flight suits with arms around each other in front of one of their fighter jets. One of the pilots involved in the raids is a son of Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz, according to Saudi newspapers. Dozens of Islamic State (Isis) and al-Qaida militants were reportedly killed in the international coalition’s air raids, sparking jihadi threats online where the Saudi pilots’ photos appeared. One Twitter user said the airmen were “wanted by IS” while another said their throats “will sooner or later be slit”. A broader threat came from a tweet calling for the killing of police as well as military men.
Sept. 24, 2014
Egypt
Headline: Egypt’s El-Sisi backs fight against IS, asks for over-due US Apaches
Headline: Egypt hopes to get a seat on the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has said he supports the fight against Islamic State (IS), and called on the US to send Egypt the military hardware it promised. Egypt and nine other Arab states agreed earlier in September to rally behind Washington in the fight against IS, as they seek to build an international coalition. El-Sisi, however, seemed reluctant to reveal details of Egypt’s potential militant participation against IS, in a TV interview with Charlie Rose on CBS, published online on Tuesday. When faced with the question, El-Sisi first responded by asking whether the US needs the Egyptian air force in the attacks. The presdent then laughed, as Rose reiterated the question, and said, “Give us the Apaches and F-16s that you have been withholding for over a year and half now!” “We said it before and we reiterate the fact that Egypt is in a real and serious confrontation with terrorism,” he said. “The idea is [that] the coalition is formed and we are part of this coalition and the symbolism is there with our public announcement that we are part of the coalition.” Egypt receives $1.3 billion in military aid from the US annually.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.617549
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Headline: US aircraft launch another wave of airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
Headline: President Obama Cites Radical Cleric in UN Speech
American aircraft continued to attack Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria with a series of airstrikes that were launched Tuesday and Wednesday, U.S. Central Command says. The airstrikes were carried out by a mix of attack, bomber and fighter aircraft. Two airstrikes west of Baghdad destroyed two ISIS armed vehicles and a weapons cache. Another two airstrikes, southeast of Irbil, destroyed ISIS fighting positions. A fifth airstrike damaged eight ISIS vehicles in Syria in an area northwest of the Iraqi town of Al Qa’im, according to U.S Central Command. All aircraft exited the area safely. A senior defense official told Fox News that Jordan also conducted an airstrike against ISIS in Syria on Wednesday. In a separate statement, Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said the strikes in eastern Syria hit a staging area used by the militants to move equipment across the border into Iraq. He did not specify exactly where the air raids took place, but the Iraqi town of Al Qa’im is across the border from the Syrian town of Boukamal, where Syrian activists reported at least 13 airstrikes on suspected Islamic State positions on Wednesday.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/09/24/us-aircraft-launch-another-wave-airstrikes-on-isis/
http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog#
Syria Headline: Qatar says Syrian regime main problem
Qatar, which provided support for U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria this week but deployed NO ordinance, urged the international community to confront the Syrian regime, highlighting pressure by some of Washington’s Gulf Arab allies to widen its campaign against Islamic State. Qatari Emir Shiekh Tamin Bin Hamad al-Thani says the fight against terrorism will fail if the Syrian people believe that it is stabilizing President Bashar Assad’s regime. “We cannot succeed in the war on terrorism if the people were not satisfied that it is their war, and not a war to stabilize a regime that is oppressing them,” al-Thani told the UN General Assembly.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/us-un-assembly-qatar-idUSKCN0HJ24D20140924
Syria Headline: Toxic gas attack hit rebels headquarters in Damascus
At least 7 Syrian regime soldiers were reported dead on Wednesday, due to artillery shelling on the strongholds belonging to the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the town of Adra in Damascus countryside, south of Syria, where the pro-Assad soldiers were held hostages. Speaking to ARA News in Damascus, civil rights activist Ahmed Sabbagh said that the pro-regime forces targeted with toxic gases one of the FSA headquarters, killing 7 regime soldiers imprisoned by the FSA, in addition to the injury of two FSA fighters. Activists published online (YouTube) a video showing the casualties of the toxic gases. This development came amid raising death toll among civilians due to the regime forces’ shelling on the town of al-Miqelbiya in Damascus. Meanwhile, clashes erupted between the pro-regime military forces and the FSA rebels in the vicinity of al-Dukhaniya town near Ain Tarma city in the countryside of Damascus. In other developments, one civilian was reported dead and three others wounded in the neighbourhood of Adawi in the city of Damascus on Wednesday, amid an attack with mortar fire by pro-Assad forces. Al-Meidan neighbourhood in Damascus, on the other hand, saw a campaign of arrests by the Syrian security forces who targeted houses of opposition activists, capturing dozens, local sources told ARA News.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://aranews.net/2014/09/toxic-gas-attack-hit-rebels-headquarters-damascus/
Syria Headline: Opposition fighters are rejecting US-led strikes in Syria
Syria Headline: Syrian opposition: Hit Assad, not just ISIS
For their part, most commanders of Free Syrian Army factions, Syrian officials involved in combat, and activists working inside Syria have not shown great enthusiasm in preparing themselves. Laziness prevails in most factions and groundwork has been neglected. The general public was not properly informed and fighters taking part in battles were not prepared or even told what was going on. Military leadership made do, as usual, with carrying out routine work in an unconventional war that knows no routine. After the strikes began at dawn on Monday, confusion could be seen on the faces of the fighters, pro-FSA activists, and opposition members working to liberate themselves from Bashar al-Assad’s regime across Syria. A few hours after the air strikes started, debates were still taking place. Statements on the strikes were not issued by the FSA’s northern and southern fronts until late morning. Reuters acquired the first copy of the two statements, in which the FSA command on both the southern and northern fronts welcomed the strikes, considering them necessary to get rid of an illness that had gone rampant across the country and caused the oppression of the Syrian people. Both statements linked the elimination of ISIS with striking at the root of the disease – the Syrian regime, which refuses to depart – and of course they did not forget to call on allied countries and friendly states to arm and train rebel fighters.The Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC) was quicker to react, with a brief speech by its president welcoming the air strikes against the jihadist group. However, at that moment, no one was listening to what SOC President Hadi al-Bahra had to say because between the beginning of his speech and the release of the southern and northern fronts’ statements, fighters and opposition members inside Syria had received news that, for them, was the sum of their suppressed fears: warplanes (or a Tomahawk missile) had struck a civilian residence on the outskirts of Idlib, causing civilian casualties, including three children and three women. “That is not what we wanted,” said a rebel media activist attached to one of the FSA’s brigades. His comrade interrupted him: “If the raids had targeted the regime and a large number people had been killed by mistake, we would have said they were a sacrifice for our salvation.” “After four years of death, we wanted Bashar to be toppled. We can get rid of the foreign fighters and the Syrians with ISIS and Nusra. We want weapons, not air raids,” said a civilian activist who works both in and outside Syria.
Sept. 24, 2014
Syria Headline: Islamic State advances to Kurdish town in Syria after U.S.-led strikes near Iraq border
Islamic State has reinforced fighters who are battling Kurdish forces for control of a Syrian town at the border with Turkey in the last day, a redeployment triggered by U.S.-led air strikes on the group elsewhere, a Kurdish military official said. Ocalan Iso, deputy leader of the Kurdish forces defending the town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) at the Turkish border, said more Islamic State fighters and tanks had arrived since the U.S.-led coalition began air strikes on the group on Tuesday. A spokesman for the U.S. military said those strikes were “only the beginning.” “The number of their fighters has increased, the number of their tanks has increased since the bombardment of Raqqa,” Iso told Reuters by telephone.
***See also Turkey below
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.617607
Syria Headline: Nusra Front evacuates bases in northwest Syria: fighters
Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, the Nusra Front, has evacuated its bases in populated areas of the Idlib (Edleb on map above) region in northwest Syria after U.S.-led forces carried out air strikes on the group, its fighters said on Wednesday. Another Syrian Islamist group, Ahrar al-Sham, has also ordered its followers to evacuate bases, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group. “Heavy weapons have been moved out of the bases. We do not want civilians to be harmed because of us,” one Nusra fighter said in an online message posted on the Internet. The Observatory also reported the Nusra withdrawal. At least 50 fighters from the Nusra Front and eight civilians were killed in strikes by a U.S.-led coalition in Syria on Tuesday, the Observatory said.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/us-syria-crisis-nusra-idUSKCN0HJ14720140924
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe
Iraq Headline: Iraqi PM tells Obama: We need more weapons
Iraq’s armed forces need more weapons from the United States to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (also known as ISIS, or ISIL), Iraq’s new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told President Obama on Wednesday in their first bilateral meeting since al-Abadi took office. The one-on-one meeting occurred on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly gathering in New York. Through a translator, al-Abadi told reporters on Wednesday that Mr. Obama promised the delivery of more weapons to fight Islamic extremists “as soon as possible.” Iraq’s armed forces, he said, have lost much of their equipment in their confrontations with ISIS, al-Abadi said. Many of the weapons were destroyed, while some have fallen into the hands of ISIS.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/iraqi-pm-tells-obama-we-need-more-weapons/
Iraq Headline: ISIL bombings kill 700 Iraqi soldiers
ISIL Takfiri militants have unleashed a set of bombing attacks on a military base in central Iraq, killing some 700 soldiers, witnesses say. According to reports on Tuesday, two attackers detonated their explosives-laden vehicles in Camp Saqlawiyah, north of the city of Fallujah, while three others set off their explosive vests there. Some 200 soldiers survived the attack, mostly injured. The survivors said the terrorists also kidnapped a number of army troops. Hundreds of soldiers were stationed at the base at the time of the attack. The army forces were stranded at the base without ammunition and supplies after the sole supply route to the camp was cut off by the ISIL terrorists. “There were no reinforcements, no food supplies, no medicine, no water, and then our ammunition began to run out,” a surviving soldier said. Iraq’s military, backed by volunteers, launched a major operation against the ISIL militants in Fallujah on Sunday.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/24/379827/isil-bombings-kill-700-iraqi-soldiers/
Iraq Headline: Sunni militants kill 19 Shiite militiamen in Iraq
Iraqi officials say Sunni militants have killed 19 Shiite militiamen in an ambush north of Baghdad. Police officials say the attack took place Wednesday afternoon when gunmen from the Islamic State extremist group opened fire with machine-guns on a convoy of Shiite militiamen travelling on a road in Babilan village. They said 39 other people were wounded in the attack. Babilan is about 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad. Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.
Sept. 24, 2014
Iraq Headline: Institute for the Study of War Iraq Situation Report: September 23-24, 2014
http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/09/iraq-situation-report-september-23-24.html
Kurdish Headline: Kurds accuse Turkey of supporting Islamic State, suggest that could jeopardize peace at home
A Kurdish organization has accused the Turkish government of backing Islamic State militants fighting with Kurds in Syria, and suggested that could jeopardize a truce that Kurdish rebels in Turkey began in March 2013. The statement was issued Wednesday by the Kurdish Communities Union, whose honorary leader is Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, the Kurdish rebel group that has long fought Turkey for autonomy. The umbrella group accused Turkey of “waging a war against the Kurdish people” and vowed to step up its “struggle.” It accused Turkey of supporting Islamic State group battling Syrian Kurdish forces along the Syria-Turkish border, and of stalling the peace process that it launched two years ago with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party that led to the cease-fire in Turkey.
Sept. 24, 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: NATO: ‘significant pullback of Russian conventional forces’ from Ukraine
NATO announced Tuesday that Russian troops have reduced their presence inside Ukraine. NATO spokesman Lt. Col. Jay Janzen confirmed, “There has been a significant pullback of Russian conventional forces.” Janzen declined to give a firm number of Russian forces remaining, but noted that Russian special forces are still operating in Ukraine. “It is clear that NATO allies need to remain vigilant,” Janzen said, despite the reduction. Russia, which has denied that it has any troops inside Ukraine, has not yet commented on NATO’s recent assertion. Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels agreed on September 19 to establish a 15 kilometer buffer zone to facilitate the withdrawal of foreign fighters, mercenaries and military equipment, with oversight by the OSCE.
Sept. 24, 2014
Iran
Headline: U.S. told Iran of intent to strike Islamic State in Syria: source
The United States informed Iran in advance of its intention to strike Islamic State militants in Syria and assured Tehran that it would not target the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a senior Iranian official told Reuters. The communication, confirmed in part by a senior U.S. State Department official, may signal the estranged foes are inching toward a level of contacts rarely seen in over three decades since the 1979 Islamic revolution when a hostage crisis prompted Washington to sever ties with Tehran. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the senior Iranian official said Tehran had voiced concern for Assad, its closest regional ally and the recipient of Iranian military support during a Syrian civil war now in its fourth year. “Iran was concerned about Assad’s position and his government being weakened in case of any action against IS (Islamic State) in Syria and brought this issue up in meetings with Americans,” the senior Iranian official said. “This issue was first discussed in Geneva and then was discussed thoroughly in New York where Iran was assured that Assad and his government will not be targeted in case of any military action against Daesh (Islamic State) in Syria.” The Iranian official said Iran was informed separately in advance of the airstrikes launched by Washington and Arab allies against Islamic State positions in Syria for the first time. Asked about the assurance that Syrian government forces would not be targeted, the senior U.S. State Department official told Reuters: “We communicated our intentions, but not specific timing or targets, to the Iranians. As we’ve said, we won’t be coordinating military action with Iran. And of course we won’t be sharing intelligence with Iran either.”
Sept. 24, 2014
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/09/23/uk-syria-crisis-usa-iran-idUKKCN0HI2G220140923
Headline: Israel: Iran tested nuclear tech at Parchin
Israel said on Wednesday that Iran has used its Parchin military base as the site for secret tests of technology that could be used only for detonating a nuclear weapon. The Jewish state has been a severe critic of six big powers’ negotiations with Iran on restraining its nuclear program, suspecting Tehran is only trying to buy time to master sensitive nuclear know-how and would evade the terms of any final deal. A statement from Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz, issued a day before Iranian President Hassan Rouhani – the architect of Tehran’s diplomacy with the big powers – was to address the UN General Assembly, said internal neutron sources such as uranium were used in nuclear implosion tests at Parchin. Israel, his statement said, based its information on “highly reliable information”, without elaborating.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4574761,00.html
Afghanistan
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Headline: War News for Wednesday, September 24, 2014
NATO concludes AWACS mission in Afghanistan
Reported security incidents
#1: A US drone strike killed at least five suspected militants near the Afghan border in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, intelligence officials said.
#2: Thirteen militants were killed in fresh airstrikes by Pakistan Air Force in Tirah Valley at Khyber Agency today. Political administration has confirmed that 13 militants were killed by the jet fighters of Pakistan Air Force. Several militant hideouts were also destroyed in the airstrikes.
#3: At least three civilians were wounded in a blast in Mazar-i-Sharif city, the capital of northern Afghan province of Balkh, on Wednesday morning, police said.
#4: Four police were killed while four others were wounded as Taliban launched an attack on a security checkpoint in Kunduz city, capital of northern Afghan province of Kunduz on Wednesday morning, police said. “The militants attacked an Afghan Local Police (ALP) checkpoint in Atmanzai locality in outskirts of Kunduz city at around 08:00 a.m. local time. Four ALP cops were killed and four ALP members were wounded as a result of the gunfight lasting for a while,” an ALP official Sarraj Uddin told Xinhua.
#5: An Afghan lawmaker escaped unhurt from an attack by militants in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan. According to local security officials, the incident took place late Tuesday night in Kelagay area. Provincial police spokesman, Jawid Basharat said a group of militants attacked the vehicle of lawmaker Aashiqullah Wafa while he was returning to capital Kabul.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Libya
Headline: Warplane bombs non-oil port in Libya’s Benghazi: witnesses
A warplane attacked the non-oil port in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi on Wednesday, witnesses said. Forces loyal to former general Khalifa Haftar said they carried out the attack to stop a ship from docking and supplying Islamist fighters. “We warned the port manager that we will not allow ships to dock to supply Majlis al-Shura with weapons,” said Saqer al-Jouroushi, head of Haftar’s air defence unit. He was referring to an umbrella group of Islamist fighters that Haftar has been fighting in Benghazi.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/24/us-libya-security-idUSKCN0HJ23920140924
Algeria
Headline: Algerian militant group linked to ISIS kills French hostage
An Algerian extremist group linked to the Islamic State has decapitated a French hostage in retaliation for France’s airstrikes against militants, French President Francois Hollande confirmed Wednesday. A group calling itself Jund al-Khilafah said after abducting Herve Gourdel on Sunday that he would be killed within 24 hours unless France ended its airstrikes against Islamic State fighters in Iraq. Terrorism watchdog SITE Intelligence Group distributed a video by Jund al-Khilafah Wednesday announcing Gourdel’s death. The group said the video had been posted on Twitter. Gourdel, a 55-year-old mountaineering guide from Nice, was seized in mountains of northern Algeria. Hollande condemned the killing of Gourdel and said France would continue its fight against the Islamic State group.
Sept. 24, 2014
Germany
Headline: Filipino ISIS Group Holding Two Germans Hostage
Headline: Germany Confirms Kidnapping of Two Citizens by Islamist Group in Philippines
The Filipino terrorist organization Abu Sayyaf, which recently pledged loyalty to the Islamic State (ISIS), is holding two German citizens captive and demanding 250 million Philippine Pesos (over $5.6 million) from Germany within 15 days – or they will kill the hostages. The two Germans, aged 55 and 71, were abducted in April from their sailing yacht in Palawan in the western Philippines according to the German-language news source T-Online. A Twitter account linked to the group called “IslamicStateMaldives” was cited by the German site as giving Germany until October 10 to pay up, and also demanded Germany stop “killing our brothers,” a reference to the airstrikes Germany is supporting in the newly formed US coalition hitting ISIS terrorists in Syria and Iraq.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185492#.VCMTQBanGVo
Turkey
Headline: Turkey accused of prisoner swap with Islamic State
Ankara allegedly traded Islamic State-affiliated prisoners last Saturday for Turkish consulate members captured in Mosul, in a possible violation of a UN resolution. The claim was published on Tuesday by the Turkish English language newspaper the Hurriyet Daily and alleges that 50 Islamic State members held by a Syrian rebel group were released in exchange for 49 embassy employees abducted in June. A source who spoke with the Hurriyet Daily said that Liwa al-Tawhid, an offshoot of the Free Syrian Army, had agreed to release the Islamic State-affiliated prisoners after a series of negotiations between the three parties. The wife and children of Haji Bakr, an Islamic State leader who was killed in Aleppo in February, were among those held by the rebel group currently battling the Assad regime. The source also stated that the Turkish diplomatic mission of 46 Turks and 3 Iraqis was released at the Akcakale border crossing only after the Islamic State-affiliated prisoners were freed by their captors. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not confirm reports of a swap, although he noted that “diplomatic bargaining” had occurred between Ankara and an unspecified group. “Whether a swap has taken place or not, our 49 citizens returned to Turkey,” Erdogan added in a speech made a day after the alleged swap. “Even if this swap took place, as the president, I always look after my 49 citizens. Nothing can be of more value than my citizens.”
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/turkey-accused-of-prisoner-swap-with-islamic-state/
Headline: Turkey Prevents Aid From Iraqi Kurds Reaching Kobani
Turkish authorities have hold up tons of aids sent from Iraqi Kurds to Kobani refugees close to Turkish border. Turkey has prevented a convoy of aid supplies sent by the Barzani Charity Foundation that was being sent to the people of Kobani suffering near Turkey’s border. On Tuesday, twelve trucks stocked with food and other basic needs which was provided by Barzani Foundation was sent for Kobani refugees from Erbil to Turkey, however, it was prevented from crossing by the Turkish government. The convoy is currently halted at the Ibrahim Khalil border between Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey. Turkish government officials claim the stand-still has been carried out in order to thoroughly check the passports and identification of the truck drivers and personnel who are delivering the goods. The Barzani Charity Foundation has also provided food for children from Antab, Turkey and had planned to distribute aid to Kobani’s children on Tuesday.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Turkey-Prevents-Aid-From-Iraqi-Kurds-Reaching-Kobani/35270
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: More Unrest in Ferguson Overnight After Michael Brown Memorial Burns
Demonstrators and police officers faced off in Ferguson again overnight. At one point, an estimated 150 to 200 demonstrators were on West Florissant. Shots were heard, but no one was hit. Then looters hit the Beauty Town store for a third time in just over a month. Juan Santos works at the store which had hung a sign reading, “Beauty Town is Back,” and is now boarded up again. “We’re just gonna board it back again, and just go on,” he says. Fires were set, but did little damage, at the Whistle Stop in the old train station on Florissant Road and the auto repair shop on Chambers that works on police cars. A half-dozen protestors were arrested after some threw rocks and bottles at police who tried to clear West Florissant. The demonstrations were apparently sparked by the early Tuesday morning fire that destroyed one of the Michael Brown memorials on Canfield Drive. Some believe police set the fire. Police believe it was started by candles.
Sept. 24, 2014
Headline: UN calls for full implementation of Yemen peace agreement
Headline: AQAP calls Sunnis to arms
United Nations Secretary-General called for the implementation “in full, without delay” of the peace and partnership agreement signed by the political parties in Yemen last Sunday. The signing of the agreement is “a positive step towards political stability and peace in the country,” Mr. Ban Ki-moon has said in a statement from his spokesperson. He commended the Yemenis for their ability to come together and read agreement on a “peaceful path forward” during a period of conflict and uncertainty. The agreement was signed by representatives of the Yemeni political parties, including Houthis at the presidential palace in Sana’a to end the current crisis. The signing of the agreement was attended by President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, Parliament Speaker, presidential advisors, the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Yemen. In his statement, Mr. Ban calls on Yemeni political leaders to rapidly implement the political undertakings contained in the agreement, and to remain committed to the principles of the National Dialogue Conference. He urged Yemeni political leaders to ensure that the forces over which they exercise control or influence cease all violent acts, and disengage from the conflict. He also calls for the return of all Government institutions to the control of the legitimate authorities. Meanwhile, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released their most recent statement addressed to the Sunni community writ large. The “Statement Regarding The Crimes of the Houthi Faction Against the Sunnis,” also given the subtitle “A Call to Sunnis,” was disseminated on Tuesday by an AQAP-affiliated Twitter account. The statement begins by describing recent Houthi actions in Sana’a as seeking “to complete the rafidi [Shi’ite] (Persian) project in Yemen” and continues to refer to the Houthi movement as a “malicious rafidi [a derogatory term for Shiite] plant.” The leaders of the Sunni community, as well as its clerics and religious figures, are accused by the statement of aiding and abetting the “sprouting and growing” of this “plant.”
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news369474.htm
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2014/09/in_the_midst_of_a.php
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: Red Cross team attacked while burying Ebola dead
Headline: Liberia warns Ebola may force region back into conflict
Headline: US hospitals ‘unprepared’ to safely handle infectious Ebola waste
A Red Cross team was attacked while collecting bodies believed to be infected with Ebola in southeastern Guinea, the latest in a string of assaults that are hindering efforts to control West Africa’s current outbreak. One Red Cross worker is recovering after being wounded in in the neck in Tuesday’s attack in Forecariah, according to Benoit Carpentier, a spokesman for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Family members of the dead initially set upon the six volunteers and vandalized their cars, said Mariam Barry, a resident. Eventually a crowd went to the regional health office, where they threw rocks at the building. The attack is the most recent in a series that have plagued teams working to bury bodies safely, provide information about Ebola and disinfect public places. The most shocking was the abduction and killing last week in Guinea of eight people, health workers educating people about Ebola and the journalists accompanying them.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20140924_ap_f7414d994e014e96b926ca6f4f9a9610.html?c=r
http://news.yahoo.com/liberia-warns-ebola-may-force-region-back-conflict-105843472.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/us-hospital-ebola-waste-handle
Headline: Eight dengue and two swine flu patients identified from rural areas
As many as eight patients of dengue undergoing treatment in the rural areas have been identified by the health department of the Nashik Zilla Parishad (ZP). The department, however, feels the situation is stable as compare to the last two years. Deaths of two patients due to swine flu have also been registered by the health department till date. District health officer at the ZP Sushil Wakchaure said that two patients each from Dindori and Yeola, three from Satana and one from Niphad, all suffering from dengue, have been admitted and are being treated at the rural hospitals in the respective healthcare centres. The department has registered 72 cases of dengue so far this year, out of which, 13 have been declared positive while four deaths have been recorded till September 22.
Sept. 24, 2014
Headline: Ga. health officials confirm 9 cases of enterovirus D68
Headline: CDC officials warn of virus outbreak in US
The Georgia Department of Public Health has identified nine cases of enterovirus D68 in the state. Enterovirus D68 has been linked to clusters of respiratory illness among children and teenagers in Kansas City and Chicago, reports Georgia Health News. From mid-August to September 23, 213 people in 30 states were confirmed to have respiratory illness caused by D68, according to Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta recently reported an unusual surge of such illnesses in children, reports GHN. Doctors at Children’s Healthcare suspected early on that enterovirus D68 triggered the increase in illnesses, but the official diagnosis had to wait until CDC had completed specimen tests, GHN said.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/2014/09/23/9-georgia-d68-cases/16089295/
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/218752-cdc-officials-warn-of-virus-outbreak-in-us
Headline: HealthMap
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http://healthmap.org/formobile/
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: 100 Christians, Including Children, Arrested During Major House Church Raid in China
Over 100 Christians, including children, were arrested during a major house church raid on Sunday in Foshan city in China’s Guangdong Province. Close to 200 police officers stormed in during the service, eyewitnesses said, believed to be part of a large-scale crackdown on Christians in the country. “We don’t know exactly why they raided our church,” a local believer told watchdog group International Christian Concern, which has been keeping track of the rising tide of persecution in China. “The government does not want us to get together and worship as a church.” Worshipers said that the church was raided without any warning, and that police only left behind a notice stating that people were detained for an “illegal gathering.” More than 30 parishioners reportedly still remain in custody. “It is unbelievable that local authorities arrested over 100 church members, including children, in Foshan city. Even though most people have been released, the experience has been traumatizing,” said ICC’s Regional Manager for Southeast Asia, Sooyoung Kim. “ICC urges local authorities in Guangdong Province to respect its citizens’ rights to religious freedom, that the government of China says are upheld, and free these innocent Christians as soon as possible.” The Mount Olivet Church has over 20 years of history and has close to 170 members, ICC added.Only government-approved churches are legal in China, with all house churches considered “illegal gatherings.” But even a number of officially sanctioned churches have been targeted by the government in recent months, with officials explaining that they have been “removing or modifying illegal constructions.”
Sept. 24, 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: Four large fireballs reported across United States
Witnesses across the Eastern portion of the United States have reported several strange sights in the skies over the last 24 hours. The American Meteor Society is reporting that four large fireballs were spotted across the United States on Sept. 23.
http://kfor.com/2014/09/24/four-large-fireballs-reported-across-united-states/
http://www.amsmeteors.org/2014/09/four-large-fireball-events-over-usa/
Headline: 73 Dead in Landslides, Floods in Northeast India
The death toll from flash floods and landslides in India’s northeast rose to 73 on Wednesday as rescue workers reached homes cut off by the rising waters, officials said. A senior government official in Meghalaya state, Barkos Warjri, said at least 35 bodies were recovered over the last two days and about 15 people were still missing. Police in neighboring Assam state said 38 people were killed there. Hundreds of thousands of people in both states have been forced from their homes, officials said. The area is prone to flooding during the June-to-September monsoon season. In June, at least 11 people were killed in heavy flooding in Assam’s Gauhati city.
Sept. 24, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/73-dead-landslides-floods-northeast-india-25722676
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Damascus Friday Sermon: The Americans Established ISIS to Destroy Syria
Syrian Foreign Minister Muallem: We Welcome Air Strikes on ISIS, Ground Operation Needed
“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.”
Headline: IDF shoots down Syrian fighter plane infiltrating Israeli territory
Headline: U.S. briefed Israel of intention to attack jihadi targets in Syria
The Israel Defense Forces’ aerial defense system on Tuesday fired a Patriot missile and shot down a Syrian Sukhoi 24 fighter jet that infiltrated Israeli territory. The jet was toppled over the Syrian side of the Quneitra border, after it had flown 800 meters west of the border into Israel and turned around. The decision to down the jet was made after 1:20 minutes of flight; when the Patriot hit the plane, the Syrian pilots had already turned around and flown back into their territory. The two pilots had apparently managed to operate their ejection seats within that timeframe, as they were captured in footage released by the Syrian Revolution Coordinators Union parachuting to the ground. This is the first time since the Lebanon War in the 1980s that the IAF has toppled a Syrian aircraft. The jet apparently took off from a base in eastern Syria and was toppled after it had reached an altitude of 10,000-14,000 feet. At that height, the plane was capable of launching attacks on the Syrian rebel forces near the Israeli border. Although Israel did not see any threat of attack on its own territory from that plane, its policy stipulates that any plane that breaches its territorial authority must be downed to avoid security risk. The defense establishment has not yet confirmed whether the jet infiltrated Israeli territory purposefully or errantly. Syria confirmed late Tuesday morning that Israel had shot down one of its war planes, in what it described as an act of aggression.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.617329
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.617494
Headline: Date Set for Resumption of Israel-Gaza Ceasefire Talks
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in Cairo on Tuesday agreed to schedule new talks on a durable Gaza ceasefire for the last week of October, a Hamas official said. A delay in the talks after their first Egypt-mediated negotiations since the end last month of a devastating 50-day war in Gaza had been expected, because of upcoming Jewish and Muslim holidays. The Palestinian delegation, which includes rival factions Hamas and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah, will remain in Cairo this week to discuss resolving their own disputes. “We finished the indirect negotiations… it was agreed to resume them in the last week of October,” wrote senior Hamas negotiator Ezzat al-Rishq on his Facebook page. The Israeli negotiators left Cairo after Tuesday’s talks, an official at Cairo airport said. The talks were temporarily halted Tuesday as the Hamas team briefly walked out after Israeli security forces killed two Hamas terrorists who kidnapped and murdered three Israeli teens back in June.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185460#.VCG8xxanGVo
Headline: Hamas Flags Flown as Murderers of Three Teens Buried
Headline: Hamas Praises Teens’ Murderers as ‘Martyrs’
Headline: Watch: Head-Cam Video Shows Gun Battle With Teens’ Kidnappers
Arab rioters attack IDF in Hevron, as Hamas blames PA and PA blames Israel for death of Hamas kidnappers. The two Hamas terrorists who murdered Israeli teens Naftali Frenkel, Eyal Yifrah and Gilad Sha’ar hy”d on June 12 and were shot dead in an exchange of fire with IDF forces in Hevron on Tuesday have been buried, in a funeral that quickly turned into a Hamas rally. The terrorists, Marwan Kawasmeh and Amar Abu-Eisha, were laid to rest with some 3,000 local Arabs in attendance, with many waving flags of the terror organization Hamas of which the two were members of, reports AFP. Following the death of the two terrorists, dozens of local Arab rioters hurled rocks at IDF soldiers, and afterwards a general strike was held throughout the city with ongoing attacks by Arab rioters on the IDF. Hamas temporarily pulled out of the Cairo talks after learning about the death of the two Hamas murderers, pausing talks for two hours before returning. The terror group has since praised them as “martyrs.” Hamas also reportedly has accused the Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces for cooperating with the IDF in the crackdown on the murderers, claiming Israel couldn’t have succeeded without the PA’s help. Meanwhile PA security chief Adnan al-Damiri accused Israel of “carrying out operations to kill and destroy houses.”
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185458#.VCG9qBanGVo
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185447#.VCG-7hanGVo
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185457#.VCG9JhanGVo
Headline: Abbas to submit IDF withdrawal resolution to UN
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas Abbas said Tuesday that he will submit a resolution to the UN Security Council on Thursday seeking a three-year timetable for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the West Bank. The resolution will be handed in immediately after Abbas speaks at the UN General Assembly, he told reporters. Abbas, who meets with US Secretary of State John Kerry later Tuesday, expressed little optimism the resolution would survive a Security Council vote. The United States will almost certainly veto such a measure, having said the only resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is through direct negotiations between the two sides. A day earlier, Abbas said a UN rejection of the resolution would prompt him to seek membership in international institutions and agencies. Aides said that would include the International Criminal Court, opening the door to war crimes charges against Israel for its military actions in Gaza.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4574580,00.html
Jordan
Headline: Jordan signals took part in attacks on Islamic State
The Jordanian army said on Tuesday it had mounted air strikes against “terrorist groups” that were planning attacks in Jordan, an indication Amman had joined U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State in neighboring Syria. A Jordanian army statement did not say where the air force had struck. “Air force jets destroyed a number of targets that belong to some terrorist groups that sought to commit terror acts inside Jordan,” the statement broadcast on state TV said.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/23/us-syria-crisis-jordan-idUSKCN0HI0FN20140923
Lebanon
Headline: Gunmen attack Lebanon army post in Tripoli, soldier killed
A group of armed men have attacked a Lebanese army post in the northern city of Tripoli, killing one soldier. The Lebanese army issued a statement on Tuesday saying two soldiers were also injured during clashes that erupted between the armed men and Lebanese troops in the Badawi neighborhood of the city. Over the past months, Lebanon’s second largest city, Tripoli, has been rocked by turmoil due to the conflict between supporters and opponents of the government of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. The conflict in Syria has pitted pro-Assad residents of Tripoli’s Jabal Mohsen neighborhood against people of Bab al-Tabbaneh who support foreign-backed militants operating against the government in Syria.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/23/379747/gunmen-hit-lebanon-army-post-in-tripoli/
Headline: Hezbollah opposes Lebanon’s membership in U.S.-led anti-terror coalition: Nasrallah
Headline: Hezbollah against U.S. intervention in Syria: Nasrallah
Hezbollah opposes Lebanon’s participation in the U.S-led international coalition fighting terrorism, the group’s leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said Tuesday during a televised speech. “We are against Lebanon taking part in a U.S.-led coalition,” he said. “The U.S. isn’t qualified to lead an anti-terrorism coalition.” Nasrallah argued that some countries in the anti-terrorism coalition were still supporting, funding and arming terrorist groups, including ISIS. He added that Lebanon was strong. “The Lebanese people are able to defend and protect their country from terrorist threats,” he said. Hezbollah is against the intervention of the United States in Syria, the party’s leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said in a televised speech on Tuesday. “Everyone knows that Hezbollah is against ISIS. However, that doesn’t mean we support U.S.’ military intervention in the region,” he said. “ Hezbollah is against any U.S.-led international coalition that uses ‘terrorism’ as an excuse to military intervene in Syria and Iraq.”
Sept. 23, 2014
Headline: Nusra: Lebanese army rocket hits hostage location
Headline: Nusra: Rocket crashed into abducted troop hide-out
A rocket attack reportedly crashed into the location where captives from Lebanon’s military and security forces captured by Nusra Front militants last month are being held. A targeted rocket attack crashed into the hide-out the Nusra Front claimed on an affiliated Twitter page Tuesday. The militant group also attached a picture of the alleged rocket. A source acquainted with the militants confirmed the rocket attack and highlighted that none of the Army hostages were killed. The militants however were injured as a result of the rocket crash, the source said. So far, the Nusra Front has not released any information concerning the safety of the hostages. “The troop-targeting incident has been registered” said Nusra, adding that “the rocket’s serial number would be placed in the hands of the soldier’s families.” “The families can then strive to find out who wants to kill their sons,” the militant group added. According to the source, Syrian war planes targeted the area where Nusra is keeping its captives.
***According to the Lebanese news article it was Syrian planes that released the rocket; according to Al Akhbar it was a Lebanese plane
Sept. 23, 2014
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/nusra-lebanese-army-rocket-hits-hostage-location
Headline: Syrian warplanes raid militant hideouts near Arsal
Syrian warplanes Tuesday fired four missiles on militant hideouts in Sarj al-Ghanam on the outskirts of the northeastern border town of Arsal, security sources said. The sources were unable to provide further details. Jihadists from ISIS and the Nusra Front are scattered in the rugged terrain on the outermost edge of the Bekaa town of Arsal. The Lebanese Army is engaged in a war against ISIS and Nusra following last month’s brief takeover of Arsal by the militants.
Sept. 23, 2014
Headline: Saudi Arabia confirms role in strikes against Islamic State in Syria
Saudi Arabia’s air force participated in U.S.-led bombing strikes against Islamic State insurgents in Syria, the official Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday. “An official source revealed that Saudi air forces took part in military operations in Syria against the Islamic State group, and to support the moderate Syrian opposition, within an international coalition, to combat terrorism…, and to support the fraternal Syrian people in returning security, unity and development to this devastated country,” SPA said. Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, the world’s top oil exporter and birthplace of Islam, has funneled cash and arms to rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but has also said it opposes Islamist militants within the anti-Assad insurgency. SPA gave no details about the Saudi role in the air strikes.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-arabia-confirms-part-strikes-against-islamic-state-163917534.html
Egypt
Headline: Egypt accepts Turkey request to convene in NY: Spokesperson
Egypt has accepted Turkey’s request to convene a bilateral meeting in New York to discuss highly strained relations between both nations, according to an Egyptian foreign ministry spokesman. Ambassador Badr Abdel-Ati said the meeting will take place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, which will be attended by Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and other Egyptian dignitaries. “The meeting will be exploratory and all issues shall be discussed,” he told Al-Hayat TV late Monday. Bilateral ties between Egypt and Turkey have significantly worsened following the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013. Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood had strong relations with Turkish authorities during his presidency.
Sept. 23, 2014
Headline: Egypt Forces Kill Four Jihadists in Sinai
Egyptian security forces on Tuesday killed four fighters from the country’s deadliest militant group on the Sinai Peninsula, where troops regularly battle jihadists, officials said. The four jihadists from Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Partisans of Jerusalem) were killed when the car they were travelling in was struck by artillery fire south of the town of Sheikh Zuweid, the security officials said. Eight other members of the group were arrested in separate raids in the towns of Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis has orchestrated a string of attacks targeting security forces to avenge a deadly government crackdown on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/148536-egypt-forces-kill-four-jihadists-in-sinai
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: Syria backs U.S.-led air strikes on jihadists, while allies Iran, Russia protest
Syria Headline: Syria says US informed it about strikes on ISIL
Syria appeared Tuesday to be trying to position itself on the side of the international coalition as the opening salvo hit in what U.S. President Barack Obama has warned will be a lengthy military campaign near the Syria-Iraq border. In contrast, Syria’s allies Iran and Russia condemned the strikes. Damascus appeared to want to show it was not being left out. The government vowed in a statement to continue fighting the extremist factions across Syria, and said it will not stop coordination “with countries that were harmed by the group, first and foremost Iraq.” “The Syrian Arab Republic says it stands with any international effort to fight terrorism, no matter what a group is called — whether Daesh or Nusra Front or something else,” it said, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group. “We will not hesitate to take further actions to target and kill terrorists who are trying to attack our country,” said Mohammad al-Momani, a government spokesman. Syria says the US had informed Damascus before carrying out airstrikes against the Takfiri ISIL militants’ positions inside the Arab country. According to Syrian state media, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement released early on Tuesday that Washington informed Syria’s permanent envoy to the United Nations that strikes would be launched against the ISIL terrorists in the province of Raqqa. In the past weeks, Syrian officials insisted that any international strikes against the extremists on its soil must be coordinated with Damascus or else they would be considered an act of aggression against Syria and a breach of its sovereignty. The United States has ruled out any coordination with Assad’s government.
****Notification does not mean ‘coordination’
Syria’s two key allies, Iran and Russia, condemned the strikes.
Iran’s President Hassan Rohani said Tuesday the U.S.-led coalition’s airstrikes in Syria are illegal because they were not approved by or coordinated with Syria’s government. Russia, meanwhile, warned that the “unilateral” U.S. airstrikes are destabilizing the region and urged Washington to secure either Damascus’ consent or UN Security Council support. Rohani stressed that Iran condemns the Islamic State group — although he did not single them out by that name and referred to only as “terrorists” — for trampling on human rights and torturing and killing civilians. Meeting with editors on the first day of the United Nations General Assembly, he said Iran stands ready to help fight terrorism. But Rohani said the U.S. policy is confused because it simultaneously opposes the militants while also trying to undermine the government of Syria’s President Bashar Assad. The arming of one group of rebels to fight against the Islamic State group while at the same time encouraging the same rebels to bring down the Assad government is a policy that is “clearly nebulous and ambiguous at best,” he said, adding, “I can assure you this will not succeed in the end.”
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/.premium-1.617478#
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/23/379681/us-informed-us-of-strikes-on-isil-syria/
Syria Headline: US strikes target Al Qaeda veterans in Syria plotting ‘imminent attack’
U.S. officials say airstrikes in Syria on Monday night were aimed in part at disrupting an “imminent attack” by Al Qaeda-tied fighters on either the United States or Europe, in the strongest evidence yet of the growing threat posed by the group. The strikes against the so-called Khorasan Group, conducted only by the U.S., were separate from the strikes against the Islamic State in which Arab allies participated. U.S. Central Command said eight strikes were launched against the group’s training camps, command-and-control facilities and other sites in the area west of Aleppo.
Sept. 23, 2014
Syria Headline: Some 70 Islamic State fighters said killed in U.S.-led air strikes on Syria
An estimated 70 Islamic State fighters have been killed in U.S.-led airstrikes on the group’s positions in northern and eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. A further 300 extremists are estimated to have been injured, the group said. Fifty Al Qaida-linked Nusra Front fighters were killed in strikes over the course of the morning in the northwestern province of Syria. Eight civilians, including three children, were also among the fatalities in the strikes on Aleppo. Breakdown:
-Warplanes of the International Coalition against IS went in no less than 20 air strikes around the IS HQs and checkpoints in al-Raqqa city and both of its western and northern countrysides, around areas in Tal Abyad, al-Tabaqa, and Ein Essa
-Warplanes of the International Coalition against IS carried out 22 air raids on ISIS HQs in al-Bokamal city and its countryside, confirmed reports of human losses in ISIS, civilians evacuated their homes around ISIS HQs and checkpoints in the area, the warplanes also carried out 8 air raids on ISIS HQs and checkpoints in Der-Ezzor western countryside, reports of air raids on areas in Der-Ezzor
–Aleppo province: 3 HQs for Jabhat al-Nusra between Aleppo and Idlib were exposed bombardment with missiles this morning by the international coalition , led to death of 7 fighters from Jabhat al-Nusra and 8 civilians
–al-Hasakah province: the international coalition warplanes carried out 3 air raids on ISIS HQs in both of al-Houl town in the southern eastern countryside of Hasakah, and al-Shadadi in the southern countryside
–Aleppo province: medical sources reported to SOHR that no less than 50 fighters from Jabhat al-Nusra ( most of them were Syrian fighters), were killed by air strikes by the warplanes of the international coalition which targeting ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra, and other Islamic movements in the western countryside of Aleppo. A child with her sister, in addition to a woman with her child were included in the 8 civilians who were killed earlier today by the coalition air strikes between Idlib and Aleppo.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.617310
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe
Syria Headline: Syrian opposition welcomes air strikes on ISIL
Syria Headline: U.S.-Backed Rebel Group Criticizes Syria Strikes
Syria’s Western-backed National Coalition opposition group welcomed air strikes by the United States and Gulf Arab allies on Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) strongholds in Syria on Tuesday, saying they would strengthen its struggle against President Bashar al-Assad. “This will make us stronger in the fight against Assad… The campaign should continue until the Islamic State is completely eradicated from Syrian lands,” Monzer Akbik, special envoy to the president of the coalition, told Reuters. Meanwhile the Hazm Movement-a Syrian rebel group that has reportedly received weapons from the United States- criticized air strikes Tuesday by a U.S.-led coalition, saying the strikes would undermine the armed opposition and benefit President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. They described the strikes as “an attack on national sovereignty that undermines the Syrian revolution”. “The sole beneficiary of this foreign interference in Syria is the Assad regime, especially in the absence of any real strategy to topple him,” the group said.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://mobile.todayszaman.com/world_syrian-opposition-welcomes-air-strikes-on-isil_359566.html
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/148537-u-s-backed-rebel-group-criticizes-syria-strikes
Syria Headline: ISW Syria Update September 12-19, 2014
http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2014/09/syria-update-september-12-19-2014.html
Iraq Headline: Baghdad car bomb kills at least 14
A car bomb blast has killed at least a dozen people and wounded 25 others in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Police say the bomb went off Monday evening in the busy commercial district of Ur in the eastern part of the capital. Officials say the blast, which took place when the area was full of people, also caused damage to a number of shop fronts.
Sept. 23, 2014
Iraq Headline: Residents say Islamic State group parades captured Iraqi soldiers taken to militant stronghold
Residents in a city west of Baghdad say the Islamic State group has paraded Iraqi troops captured in battle earlier this week in a show of strength in the militant stronghold. Fallujah residents say about 30 men in Iraqi military uniform were driven in the back of seized military vehicles through the city on Tuesday. Fallujah is about 65 kilometers (30 miles) west of Baghdad. Residents say militants driving the convoy blasted songs glorifying the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as they paraded their captives. The residents spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing for their safety. On Sunday, Islamic State fighters disguised in Iraqi army uniforms and driving stolen Humvees attacked an Iraqi army camp in the western Anbar province, killing 40 troops and capturing 68.
Sept. 23, 2014
Iraq Headline: Institute for the Study of War Iraq Situation Report: September 20-22, 2014
http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/09/iraq-situation-report-september-20-22.html
Kurdish Headline: Imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader calls for mass mobilization of Kurds against IS
The imprisoned leader of a Kurdish rebel group fighting Turkey has called for a mass mobilization of all Kurds against the Islamic State militant group which is fighting Kurdish forces in Syria. In a message relayed through his lawyer late Monday, Abdullah Ocalan said: “I call on all Kurdish people to start an all-out resistance against this high-intensity war.” “Not only the people of Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan) but also all people in the north (Turkey) and other parts of Kurdistan should act accordingly,” lawyer Mazlum Dinc quoted Ocalan as saying. Ocalan, who is serving a life sentence on a prison island near Istanbul, leads the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which has long fought Turkey for autonomy. PKK is affiliated with a Kurdish party in Syria whose armed wing is fighting the Islamic State group in northern Syria. Ocalan also accused Turkey of stalling peace negotiations aimed at ending a three-decade-long conflict, while Murat Karayilan, a PKK commander based in northern Iraq, accused Turkey of collaborating with the Islamic militants and declared the peace process to be dead, the pro-Kurdish news website Firat News said.
Sept. 23, 2014
Kurdish Headline: US, Iran woo rival Kurdish factions in battle against IS
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) capital, Erbil, the terrain is flat and featureless, where a few fields and clutches of trees break up the vast, mostly arid expanse around Makhmour. Though the peshmerga forces manning the two fronts both answer to the KRG, they remain closely tied to the rival parties from which they sprung: the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in the north and west, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in the south and east. There are signs that the two also receive support from different backers, influenced by longstanding ties and geographical proximity. US airstrikes have focused on areas farther to the north and west, as have the latest French airstrikes on the northern town of Zumar, and are thus aiding mainly KDP operations. Al-Monitor was told by one of those on the PUK-linked Khanaquin peshmerga base, who spoke on condition of anonymity, that Iranian forces were in the area in small numbers. He said, however, “It’s only normal. When we had to escape from Iraq and the Baath regime, they gave us refuge. Even if we didn’t want them here it would be difficult to say no. But we need them.” However, the officer said, “We aren’t allowed to speak to them, and certainly not show them to you.”
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/09/peshmerga-iraq-iran-kurd-isis-krg.html
Headline: ISIS posts second video purportedly showing British hostage
Headline: British Hostage John Cantlie in New ISIS Video: U.S.-Led Intervention in Syria Will Fail
Islamic State militants have posted a second video online purportedly showing captured British photojournalist James Cantlie, who states that the U.S. and Western nations have underestimated “the strength and fighting zeal” of the group. In the 6-minute video, a man in an orange jumpsuit who identifies himself as Cantlie says he was abandoned by his government and is a “long-term prisoner of the Islamic State.” The man quotes a post on a website by former CIA officer Michael Scheuer, who said that Obama does not have a solid plan to defeat ISIS. The man also calls the U.S. effort to combat ISIS an “ill-advised foray” and says Western governments were “caught napping by the sheer speed of the Islamic State’s growth.” At the end of the video, the man alludes that there will be more videos to come.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/09/23/isis-posts-second-video-purportedly-showing-british-hostage/
http://www.memri.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4512.htm
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: Putin warns Ukraine against implementing EU deal -letter
Moscow will curtail Ukraine’s access to vital Russian markets if Kiev implements any part of a trade agreement with the European Union, President Vladimir Putin warned in a letter, toughening his stance on a deal at the center of East-West tensions. In a letter to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, seen by Reuters on Tuesday, Putin warned that even changing national legislation to prepare for the EU-Ukraine trade deal, known as the association agreement, would trigger an immediate response from Moscow. “We still believe that only systemic adjustments of the Association Agreement, which take into account the full range of risks to Russian-Ukranian economic ties and to the whole Russian economy, will allow to retain existing trade and economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and Ukraine,” Putin wrote in the letter, which is dated Sept. 17. Putin did not go into detail about possible retaliation, but Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said last week he had signed an order to curb Ukrainian exporters’ access to Russia. Those measures are yet to take effect.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/putin-warns-ukraine-against-implementing-eu-deal-letter-155456222–finance.html
Headline: Russia Holds Massive Military Drill: 155,000 Troops, 4,000 Tanks, 632 Aircraft, 84 Ships
At what point is a drill more than just a drill? Maybe when it is so massive it could be confused for an invasion force, involving a mindblowing 155,000 troops, more than the armies of most sovereign nations, 4,000 armoured vehicles, 632 planes and helicopters and 84 vessels. Those are the staggering numbers taking part in the Vostok-2014 strategic exercises, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, and whose main priority is ti “demonstrate that the degree of combat preparedness in Russian troops has risen.” One almost wonders why…
Sept. 23, 2014
Iran
Headline: Cameron to meet Iran’s Rouhani to ask for help against Islamic State
British Prime Minister David Cameron will meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in the next two days in New York and ask him for help to fight Islamic State, the first meeting between leaders of the two nations since Tehran’s 1979 Islamic revolution. Cameron will meet Rouhani on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, a source in the British leader’s office told Reuters, speaking after the United States and Arab partners struck IS targets inside Syria. Cameron is in New York to try to bolster international action against IS and to clarify his own country’s position when it comes to air strikes, something London has so far held off participating in. Cameron is expected to ask Rouhani to drop his support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, to tell him that developing nuclear weapons is unacceptable, and to urge him to join the international coalition against IS.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/09/23/uk-britain-iran-idUKKCN0HI0NA20140923
Headline: Iran unveils new missile-equipped drone
Iran on Tuesday unveiled a new missile-equipped drone to boost its military arsenal, as part of events marking the end of its 1980-1988 war against Iraq. Iranian engineers working for the armed forces have “built the drones to carry air defence missiles”, deputy defence minister General Amir Hatami said, quoted by Fars news agency. “The research, experimentation and testing phases have been completed,” he said. “These new drones are capable of destroying different types of aircraft, including fighters, drones and helicopters,” he added, without giving technical specifications.
Sept. 23, 2014
Afghanistan
Headline: War News for Tuesday, September 23, 2014
#1: 11 died in an armed clash between two Baluch separatist groups which took place in southwestern Baluchistan province on Monday, officials said. The Home Secretary of Baluchistan, Akbar Durrani said the clash occurred in the remote Turbat district, located some 750 Kilometers off Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan which borders Iran and Afghanistan.
#2: At least four people, including a child, were killed and 24 others injured today in a powerful car bomb suicide attack targeting a convoy of security forces in this restive northwestern Pakistani city. The explosion took place when a convoy of Frontier Corps (FC) was passing through the Saddar Road in Peshawar in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. City police chief Ijaz Khan visited the spot of the bombing and told reporters that the target of the attack was brigadier Khalid Javed of the FC but he survived the blast. Gunfire was also reported from the area after the blast and windows of nearby buildings and cars were shattered.
#3: At least 23 more suspected terrorists were killed in the ongoing operation Zarb-e-Azb launched by the Pakistan Army in North Waziristan Agency, according to a statement issued by military’s media wing. A statement released by the ISPR said that gunship helicopters and fighter jets targeted militant hideouts in Bandegar areas of Ghulam Khan.
#4: 162 rockets were fired by Pakistani forces on Kunar province last night. Colonel Abdul Habib Syeedkhail police chief of Kunar province said BNA, Pakistani forces fired 162 rockets on different parts of Dangam district which had no human casualties but, inflected damages to agricultural lands.
#5: “Units of police backed by the army have conducted series of anti-terrorism operations in Nangarhar, Kapisa, Laghman, Balkh, Zabul and Helmand provinces over the past 24 hours. As a result, 38 armed Taliban insurgents have been killed, three wounded and four others arrested,” Interior Ministry said in a statement released here on Tuesday.
#6: A doctor who was busy in administering the immunity vaccine to children under five to eradicate polio the crippling children disease in a village of Watapor district in the eastern Kunar province was abducted by Taliban militants on Monday, provincial police Abdul Habib Sayed Khili told reporters Tuesday. The police chief also said the armed militants later on the day sprayed bullets on the innocent doctor and brutally killed him on the spot and thus forcing health workers to stop polio campaign there in the village.
#7: Two mine planters were killed in Matakhan district, Paktika province last night. Defense ministry press office said BNA, two mine planters wanted to plant an anti-vehicle mine in Matakhan district, Paktika province; the mine exploded and killed them.
#8: A senior Taliban leader was shot dead along with three other Taliban fighters by unknown gunmen in western Herat province of Afghanistan. According to local security officials, Mullah Ghani Shah was shadow district governor of Pashtun Zarghoon district who was shot dead by unknown gunmen early Tuesday morning.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Sudan
Headline: Sudan accuses Egypt of escalating border dispute
Sudan has accused Egypt of escalating the dispute over the border town of Halayeb after Cairo announced its appointment of a new administrator for the area. The Egyptian minister of Local Development Adil Habeeb appointed a chairman for the local council in Halayeb amidst strong opposition from the Sudanese parliament. Speaking in Khartoum on Tuesday Sudanese MP Malik Hussein who heads the Parliamentary Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defense on Tuesday described Egypt’s move as provocative. The decision to appoint a chairman for the local council of the area is unacceptable. Halayeb is an integral part of Sudanese territory Hussein declared. He suggested that the dispute be resolved through international laws given that his country remains keen to maintain ties with Egypt. But Sudan has no wish to abandon Halayebâ he warned. According to Hussein the Sudanese government will undertake the necessary measures to respond to the Egyptian move.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://en.starafrica.com/news/sudan-accuses-egypt-of-escalating-border-dispute.html
Headline: Scores Killed in South Sudan Fighting as Peace Talks Resume
Peace talks for South Sudan resumed Monday in Ethiopia, as a spokesman for the South Sudan army said nearly 180 troops from both sides in the nine-month conflict were killed in new clashes in Upper Nile state. In remarks to open the peace talks, which are being held in Bahir Dar, around 550 kilometers north of Addis Ababa, the chief mediator for the regional bloc leading the talks, Ethiopian diplomat Seyoum Mesfin, told delegates from the government and opposition sides that they will not resolve the conflict through violence. “If you are committed to peace, you will not find it through the barrel of the gun, but around this table,” Seyoum said. The talks are expected to focus on mapping out the details of a transitional government of national unity for South Sudan and drafting a permanent constitution, among other issues. The two sides agreed last month to a 45-day deadline to set up a transitional government. That deadline would take them into the beginning of October.
Sept. 22, 2014
Libya
Headline: Libya asks chemical weapons watchdog to remove stockpile – sources
Headline: International Community Calls for Cease-Fire in Libya
Libya has asked the global chemical weapons watchdog to draw up plans to ship a stockpile of 850 tonnes of chemicals overseas due to deteriorating security, sources have told Reuters. Diplomats and officials said that transporting the toxins abroad for destruction, as was recently done in Syria, is the most viable option to keep them out of the hands of battling militant groups. Since the removal of Muammar Gaddafi three years ago, the country has descended into anarchy, with rival militias and hardline Islamic groups battling for political control and vast oil reserves. Facilities to destroy the chemical weapons were set up and Libyans were trained to use the equipment, but fighting threatens stability and has made it impossible to safely conduct their work. Experts at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which won the Nobel Peace prize this year, are “working on something right now,” one source told Reuters. The technical details still need to be worked out and the OPCW on Tuesday declined to comment.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/23/us-libya-chemicalweapons-exclusive-idUSKCN0HI1GR20140923
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/international-community-calls-cease-fire-libya-n209291
Algeria
Headline: Algeria: ISIS-Linked Group Threatens to Kill French Hostage
An Algerian Islamist terrorist group linked to the “Islamic State” (also known as IS or ISIS) on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of a French citizen, and threatened to execute him if their demands are not met. The “Soldiers of the Caliphate” released a video in which they announced they would execute 55-year-old Hervé Gourdel within 24 hours if France did not end its involvement in the ongoing US-led military intervention against IS. Sitting in between two masked, armed men, Gourdel addressed President Francois Hollande directly: “This armed group has asked me to demand that you do not intervene in Iraq. They are holding me hostage. I beg you, Monsieur Président, to do all in your power to get me out of here.” The French government has confirmed the authenticity of the video. “Everything is being done to find our compatriot. All our services are being mobilized to that end, and no theory is ruled out. We are in constant contact with the Algerian authorities, who are cooperating and supporting our inquiry,” the French foreign ministry said in a statement.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185450#.VCG-YBanGVo
Morocco
Headline: Morocco Watches Its Borders as Jihadists Announced Allegiance to ISIS in Algeria
The Royal Gendarmerie has strengthened its positions in several border points south of the kingdom, especially in the provinces of Smara, Laayoune and Dakhla. According to the Moroccan daily Al Massae, the General Command of the Royal Gendarmerie deployed reinforcements in the southern provinces aiming to increase the security at the kingdom’s borders with Algeria, after a jihadist group announced its allegiance to ISIS in Algeria. The same source added that in addition to these measures, the Moroccan authorities are regularly carrying helicopter patrols along the borders to prevent any jihadists’ attempt from creeping into the Moroccan territories. In response to the growing terrorist threats from the Sahel region, Morocco built 70-kilometer long fence equipped with electronic sensors to protect its territory against terrorist threats. The Algerian group “Jund al-Khilafa”, called Soldiers of the Caliphate, which pledges allegiance to the jihadist organization of the Islamic State (IS), has kidnapped a French citizen on Sunday in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, and threatened to execute him unless Paris halts its air attacks in Iraq against ISIS.
Sept. 23, 2014
Turkey
Headline: Turkey may offer ‘military help’ to fight against IS
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday welcomed US-led air strikes against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria, saying Ankara could provide military or logistical support for the campaign. “I look at it (the air strikes) in a positive way. It would be wrong if they stopped. This roadmap should be continued,” he told Turkish reporters in New York in comments broadcast by Turkish television. Asked how Turkey would contribute to the operation, Erdogan said: “We will take whatever steps necessary to combat terrorism.” “This involves all kinds of support, including military and political. It involves political or logistic support,” said Erdogan, who is in New York to attend the UN General Assembly. Turkey had been criticised for doing little to fight the rise of IS militants who have seized swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria dangerously close to its own borders. However Ankara always said its priority was to ensure the security of 46 Turks held hostage by IS militants after being abducted from Mosul in Iraq. The hostages were freed over the weekend, leading to building expectations in Washington that Turkey could switch its stance and become a key ally in the campaign against the militants. Erdogan did not give details of the kind of military and logistical support Ankara could provide.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/turkey-may-offer-military-help-fight-against-181158414.html
Armenia
Headline: Iranian President to visit Armenia
Headline: Iran in active talks with Armenia over gas supply
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will visit Armenia in the near future, Iranian news agency IRIB reported. During his recent visit to Yerevan State University of Languages and Social Sciences, Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Mohammad Reisi spoke about the Iranian President’s upcoming visit. The Iranian diplomat, however, did not specify the date of the visit. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addressed a congratulatory message to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on the Independence Day of Armenia on September 21. Hassan Rouhani expressed hope that thanks to efforts of Armenian and Iranian officials, the good neighborly relations between the two countries will expand at both bilateral and international levels, based on the mutual interests of the two peoples.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/09/23/iran-president/
http://en.trend.az/iran/business/2314707.html
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: Sheriff calls for U.S. troops on Rio Grande
Another border-state sheriff is voicing his frustrations with the Obama administration’s failure to secure the border, saying the lack of action has overwhelmed his county with criminals, drug-cartel members and possible terrorists. Sheriff Paul Babeu of Pinal County, Arizona, unloaded on Obama in a video interview last week, accusing the president and Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson of violating their oaths of office. Babeu, a former Army officer who served in Iraq, says the U.S stations more than 28,000 troops to guard South Korea and secure its border against any penetration from North Korea, yet it shows no commitment to secure its own border with Mexico. “We’ve been there (in Korea) for 50-plus years,” he said. “We do this for countries all over the world. When are we going to put America first?” Babeu continued, “ISIS is beheading Americans and they’re saying, ‘We’re coming for you.’ The wolf is at the door. When are we going to put our country, America, first? What else do we need to know?” He said Obama should immediately deploy U.S. troops along the entire southern border with Mexico. This is what it would take to help local law enforcement, which is “overwhelmed,” he said.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.wnd.com/2014/09/arizona-sheriff-calls-for-u-s-troops-on-rio-grande/
Headline: Pakistan brigadier unhurt as suicide bomber kills three
Headline: Taliban vows to hit PML-N, claims attack on senior army officer
A suicide bomber blew up his car near a vehicle carrying a senior military officer in north-western Pakistan on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding over a dozen, officials said. Brigadier Khalid Javed escaped unhurt in the bombing targeting him in Peshawar city, capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, provincial Information Minister Mushtaq Ghani said. The bomber tried to ram his car loaded with explosives into the military vehicle carrying the brigadier but exploded a few yards away, senior police official Najib-ur-Rehman said. A paramilitary soldier and a woman were among the dead, said doctor Jameel Shah at the city’s Lady Reading Hospital where 13 injured people were also being treated. The Tehreek-e-Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on Tuesday that targeted a convoy of the Frontier Corps (FC) in Peshawar carrying a high-ranking military official. A spokesman for Mullah Fazlullah-led militant group Shahidullah Shahid said that the attack on the security forces convoy was a reaction to the Zarb-e-Azb military operation against the militants in the North Waziristan tribal region. Confirming that the attack was meant to target Brigadier Javed, the Taliban spokesman vowed to launch attacks on members of the Pakistan Muslim League-N government.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.enca.com/pakistan-brigadier-unhurt-suicide-bomber-kills-three
Headline: Yemen President: “foreign plot” behind Shiites’ advances
Headline: Houthi rebels take near-total control of Sanaa
Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi says the sweep by Shiite rebels over the capital is part of a “foreign plot,” implicltly blaming Iran, which he has accused of backing the group. Hadi’s Tuesday remarks came days after the Shiite rebels known as Hawthis swept through the capital after weeklong battles, dealing a heavy blow to Sunni Islamists. A United Nations-brokered peace deal was signed Sunday, making concessions to the Hawthis, who deployed fighters in the streets, set up checkpoints and seized weapons after overrunning their opponents barracks. “The chapters of the foreign plot are not complete yet,” Hadi told a gathering of lawmakers. Earlier, Hadi accused Hawthis of receiving Iranian support. Iran in the past has denied backing the rebels.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/president-foreign-plot-behind-shiites-advances-150305625.html
Headline: Hong Kong students kick off class boycott to demand greater democracy
Headline: Hong Kong Students Scuffle With Police During Protests
Thousands of students braved sweltering heat in Hong Kong on Monday to demand greater democracy as they launched a week-long boycott of classes, underscoring a restive younger generation’s determination to challenge the Chinese Communist Party. Hong Kong student activists confronted their territory’s chief executive and scuffled with police during the second day of a week-long protest calling for China to allow democratic elections in 2017. Thousands of university students are boycotting classes all week, as part of a campaign of civil disobedience to pressure Beijing. On Tuesday, about a dozen students pushed past barriers and rushed toward Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, who was leaving government headquarters. Police quickly whisked him away and dispersed the protesters.
Sept. 23, 2014
Headline: Tibetan protester dies after setting himself on fire
A Tibetan student immolated himself in protest of Tibetan Chinese rule, the advocacy group Free Tibet reported. The London-based organization, concerned with rights of Tibetans whose country was incorporated into China in 1950, said Lhamo Tashi, 22, stood before a police station in Tsoe City, shouted slogans and set fire to himself on Sept. 17. He died of injuries caused by the fire and his body was cremated by authorities, Free Tibet said. Radio Free Asia, an agency of the U.S. government, said news of the incident was not immediately available due to “communications clampdowns usually imposed by the Chinese government.”
Sept. 22, 2014
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: Gold Rebounds From Eight-Month Low Amid Syria Airstrikes
Gold advanced from an eight-month low after airstrikes in Syria boosted demand for the metal as a haven. The U.S. and its Arab allies launched a barrage of airstrikes against Islamic State positions in Syria. Sales of gold coins by the U.S. Mint reached 43,200 ounces so far in September, heading for the best month since June and topping August’s total by 73 percent. Bullion has declined 7.6 percent this quarter. “Gold is getting some temporary support from the bombs,” Frank Lesh, a trader at FuturePath Trading LLC in Chicago, said in a telephone interview. “Physical demand is expected to rise after the big drop in the past few weeks.” Gold futures for December delivery added 0.3 percent to settle at $1,222 an ounce at 1:37 p.m. on the Comex in New York. Prices reached $1,208.80 yesterday, the lowest for a most-active contract since Jan. 2, and ended 2013 at $1,202.30. Trading was 21 percent above the average for the past 100 days for this time of day, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Sept. 23, 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: CDC report predicts as many as 1.4 million cases of Ebola by January
Headline: Ebola Death Rate 70 Percent, WHO Says in Dire New Forecast
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report Tuesday predicting as many as 550,000 to 1.4 million cases of the Ebola virus in Liberia and Sierra Leone alone, by the end of January. The CDC calculations are based, in part, on assumptions that cases have been dramatically underreported. Other projections haven’t made the same kind of attempt to quantify illnesses that may have been missed in official counts. CDC scientists conclude there may be as many as 21,000 reported and unreported cases in just those two countries as soon as the end of this month. “The model shows — and I don’t think this has been shown by other modeling tools out there — that a surge now can break the back of the epidemic. It also shows that there are severe costs of delay,” CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden said in a press conference Tuesday.
Sept. 23, 2014
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/09/23/who-forecasts-more-than-20000-ebola-cases-by-november-2/
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September 15, 2014 – Thousands of fish die in Atlixco jagüey Mexico
September 17, 2014 – Fish kill in Illinois Manteno lake likely caused by herbicides
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/f1323cc7d6794c5d8e0818c4b98c8533/IL–Fish-Killed-Herbicide
September 18, 2014 – Pollution Guer; Dead fish by the hundreds on Aff France
September 19, 2014 – Unknown disease worries Bhaktapur poultry keepers Nepal
September 22, 2014 – Overheating, Thousands of Fish Dead in Kedung Ombo Indonesia
September 22, 2014 – Hundreds of dead fish alarms Usciana Italy
September 22, 2014 – EPA, PAAAF probe mass death of fish in Kuwait
September 22, 2014 – Fish kill in Valenzuela in wake of ‘Mario’ Philippines
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/09/22/14/fish-kill-valenzuela-wake-mario
September 22, 2014 – More bird flu detected in ducks in central Vietnam
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2014-09/22/c_133663111.htm
September 22, 2014 – Govt declares national disaster following anthrax, FMD outbreaks in Zimbabwe
http://www.thezimbabwean.co/news/zimbabwe/73455/govt-declares-national-disaster-following.html
September 23, 2014 – Thousands of fish found mysteriously floating dead in east London park lake
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US Strikes Syria – special news for September 22, 2014
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US launches first wave of bombing strikes over Syria
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/22/us-launches-first-wave-bombing-strikes-over-syria/
Russia says air strikes in Syria would be act of aggression without U.N. vote
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/11/us-syria-crisis-russia-airstrikes-idUSKBN0H61KV20140911
Assad Threatens Israel With Missiles if Syria is Attacked
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/153392#.VCDVLhanGVo
Time Constraints- September 22, 2014
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“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.”
Headline: Israel plans high tech fence along Jordan border to degrade ISIL infiltration
Israel has prioritized a project to build a high tech barrier along the border with Jordan. Officials said the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was seeking resources to complete a barrier of some 400 kilometers that would block infiltration from the Hashemite kingdom. They said the barrier, equipped with thermal cameras, motion detectors and unmanned aerial vehicles, would be established in stages. “The first thing we must do is build a fence in the east,” Netanyahu said. “While the fence doesn’t stop all infiltrations, gun and rocket fire though it or over it, or the digging of tunnels, it dramatically narrows down infiltration to Israel.” In an address to the Institute of National Security Studies on June 29, Netanyahu said the Jordan barrier was vital amid the advance of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. The prime minister raised the prospect of ISIL infiltration from neighboring Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Sept. 19, 2014
Headline: Israel fortifying northern border, Lebanese report
The Israel Defense Forces is fortifying positions along the border with Lebanon, according to a Lebanese news report. It “cemented and fortified the military posts along the border with Lebanon facing the Adaisseh-Kfarkila road,” the Lebanese National News Agency reported Friday, according to a translation by Lebanese news site Naharnet. “A crane placed cement blocks and walls on the makeshift military road separating the electronic fence and the groves of the Metulla settlement.” The NNA asserted that the IDF was erecting the fortifications in order to conceal troop movements. It also reported that Israel had stationed tanks and armored personnel carriers along Shebaa Farms and the Golan Heights overlooking the road leading from Syria and Lebanon. The report came just days after Major-General Luciano Portolano, the new head of mission at the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, said the northern border “is generally calm,” according to a UNIFIL statement. However, Portolano’s assessment appeared to run counter to that of a senior IDF officer who told Hebrew-language media that the situation could easily deteriorate.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-fortifying-northern-border-lebanese-report/
Headline: Israel to re-authorize security barrier route near West Bank historical site
The government on Sunday is set to debate the re-authorization of 45 kilometers of the West Bank security barrier’s route in the Battir region of Gush Etzion, which is a World Heritage site. It is reviewing the barrier’s route at the request of the High Court of Justice, but the move forces the government to make a public stand on a contentious diplomatic issue that has been mostly dormant in the last few years: the West Bank security barrier. In 2004, the International Court of Justice at the Hague issued a non-binding advisory opinion, explaining that construction of the barrier over the pre-1967 lines was illegal. Israel designed the barrier to prevent the type of suicide bombings that killed around 1000 thousand people during the second intifada. It has refused to heed the ICJ opinion, which it believes is legally flawed and the result of a biased process. But the pace of construction has been slow and according to the United Nations, 12 years after the barrier’s inception, only 62% of its 712 kilometer route has been completed.
Sept. 19, 2014
Headline: Hamas announcement confirm renewed tunnel operations against Israel
Less than a month after its 50-day war, Hamas acknowledged renewed tunnel operations against Israel. Hamas said it oversaw attack tunnel operations in the Gaza Strip. On Sept. 18, Hamas reported the death of a fighter in a tunnel accident. “The Izzedin Kassam Brigades of Hamas’ military wing announces the martyrdom of Ahmed Riyad Al Hadad on Thursday evening while working in a resistance tunnel,” Hamas said. Hamas provided no details of the death of the 21-year-old Hadad. The statement also did not identify Hadad’s position in Hamas. This marked the first Hamas statement to confirm the resumption of tunnel operations.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/09/19/tunnel-digger-killed-hamas-renews-construction/
Headline: Hamas denies Qatar is pushing it to leave
Headline: Hamas-Backing Qatar Contracts Top Flight Public Relations Firm to Improve Ties With US
Qatar shocked many political circles on Sept. 12 when it asked several Muslim Brotherhood leaders to leave Doha in an effort to meet conditions for restoring ties with its Gulf neighbors. On Sept. 14, leaks emerged that Qatar might also apply the decision to leaders of Hamas — who have been residing in Doha since leaving Syria in mid-2012 — in response to international pressure. Speaking to Al-Monitor, Ismail Radwan, a senior Hamas leader and former Palestinian minister of Awqaf, who has been alternately residing in Beirut and Doha, denied that Doha has asked Hamas to leave its territory. He said, “The leaks [are] a desperate attempt to destabilize the ties between both sides, which are at their best.” Ahmed Yousef, a former political adviser to former Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, told Al-Monitor, “Hamas did not receive any request to reduce its presence in Doha, and has not been under any pressure in this regard, particularly since Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal has had close ties and mutual understanding and respect with the ruling family in Qatar for more than 20 years. Hamas and Qatar have strong political relations and understandings on the policies toward the successive developments in the region. Qatar sought to promote its role in the region when it hosted Hamas. Its decision to dismiss the Brotherhood leaders does not apply to the Hamas leaders.”
Sept. 19, 2014
Headline: Israel-Palestinian ‘solution’ to be put to UN Security Council: France
A “solution to the conflict” between the Israelis and Palestinians will be put to the UN Security Council, French President Francois Hollande said Friday after meeting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Paris. “We will have a resolution, to be presented to the Security Council, that will say very clearly what we expect from the (peace) process and what the solution to the conflict must be,” Hollande told reporters in a joint news conference with Abbas. The French president said that stop-start negotiations had gone on “too long” and “there is a perception that there will never be a solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, even though we know the outlines” of a possible deal.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-palestinian-solution-to-be-put-to-un-security-council-france/
Lebanon
Headline: Militants kill two Lebanese soldiers near border with Syria
At least two Lebanese soldiers have been killed and several others injured in a series of violent clashes with foreign-backed militants near the border with Syria. Fierce clashes took place with al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front in the northeastern Lebanese region of Arsal on Friday, but some sources say the Lebanese soldiers were killed by a rocket-propelled grenade that targeted an army patrol unit in the volatile region. The al-Nusra Front and Takfiri ISIL militants have been fighting with the Lebanese army near Arsal. The army recently sent reinforcements to the area.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/19/379252/2-lebanese-soldiers-killed-near-syria/
Headline: Nusra Front executes captive Lebanese soldier: security source
Abducted Army soldier Mohammad Maarouf Hammieh was killed at the hands of Nusra Front militants Friday, a Lebanese security source and a source who is in indirect contact with the Nusra Front told The Daily Star. The execution marks the first killing of a Nusra Front captive after over 30 military and security hostages were captured during a militant attack on the northeastern town of Arsal last month. The sources confirmed that Hammieh, who hails from the Baalbek village of Taraya in the Bekaa Valley, was shot to death by the militants. “Mohammad Hamieh is the first victim of the intransigence of the Lebanese Army, which has become a puppet [in the hands of Hezbollah]” a Nusra-affiliated Twitter page said Friday. The Nusra Front and ISIS are still holding at least 22 policemen and soldiers captive. ISIS has so far beheaded two soldiers, while Nusra killed its first soldier Friday.
Sept. 19, 2014
Headline: Two rockets crash in Bekaa Valley
Headline: 3 Rockets from Border Area Hit Northern Bekaa Region
Two rockets crashed on the outskirts of the town of Labweh in the Bekaa Valey late Friday, according to Labweh Mayor Ramez Amhaz. The rockets attack did not cause any damages in the predominantly Shiite village, and there were no reports of casualties, Amhaz said in a televised interview. The source of the two rockets still remains unknown.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/148172-3-rockets-from-border-area-hit-northern-bekaa-region
Headline: Grenade targets Army checkpoint in Tripoli
Anonymous perpetrators launched an Energe rifle grenade on an Army checkpoint in Tripoli Friday, security sources told The Daily Star. So far, the attack has caused no casualties or damages. The assault took place on an Army checkpoint stationed on the Omari road that separates the warring neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen. Fighters from the predominantly-Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh, which backs the Syrian opposition, and the Alawite Jabal Mohsen, which enjoys close ties with the Syrian government, have engaged in over 20 rounds of fighting since the start of the crisis in Syria. The source said that the attack was likely a symbolic assault on the Army that was driven by unrest in the northeastern town of Arsal.
Sept. 19, 2014
Egypt
Headline: Egypt militants behead man in restive Sinai
An al-Qaida-inspired militant group in Egypt beheaded a man in the restive Sinai Peninsula for allegedly conspiring with Israel, security officials said Friday. Militants from the Ansar Beit al-Maqdis group dumped the beheaded body on the road in the town of Sheikh Zuweyid, and continue to hold several other men for the same reason, according to the officials. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, whose name means Champions of Jerusalem in Arabic, posted an online video in August showing the beheading of four men in Sinai. The men in the video said they helped Israel target the group’s members with drone strikes in exchange for money. The group claimed most of the major militant attacks that have hit Egypt since the 2013 ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11328248
Headline: Protests spread across Egypt in commemoration of Sisi’s first 100 days
Dozens of protests spread across the country on the first Friday since the commemoration President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s first 100 days in power. “Protests began on Friday morning in most of Egypt’s towns and villages while larger demonstrations took off from mosques after Friday prayers,” said Islam Tawfiq, one of the demonstrators in Cairo. Demonstrators’ chants are coloured with a range of demands and condemnations: down with the military, freedom for political prisoners, a change in the deteriorating standards of living and increasing prices and an end to the regular power cuts, demonstrators in Egypt told MEE. “What’s becoming more popular now is that protesters make an oath at each demonstration promising to continue the revolution and achieve the 25 January revolutionary demands as well as take vengeance for all martyrs and political prisoners,” said Diaa Sawy, spokesperson for the coalition for Youth against the Coup. Several observers have seen the former field marshal to have brought economic and diplomatic development as well as hope to the Egyptians after a tumults three years since the ouster of Mubarak in 2011. They also reported deteriorating human rights and political freedoms however.
Sept. 19, 2014
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: IS jihadists capture 60 Kurdish villages in Syria: NGO
Syria Headline: Syrian Kurd forces withdraw from around 60 villages: monitor
Islamic State jihadists have seized 60 Kurdish villages near the Turkish border in a lightning two-day campaign, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday. “In the past 48 hours, they have taken 60 villages, 40 on Friday alone,” said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman, referring to the operation around Ain al-Arab, known to the Kurds as Kobane. “The Kurdish fighters are beating a retreat because they are outnumbered.”
****This is up from yesterday’s news that numbered the villages at 21
Sept. 19, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/jihadists-capture-60-kurdish-villages-syria-ngo-173505201.html
http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-kurd-forces-withdraw-around-60-villages-monitor-170034432.html
Syria Headline: Jabhat al-Nusra Regroups after ISIS Success in Iraq
The successful ISIS advance in the wake of its June 2014 capture of the Iraqi city of Mosul has prompted a shift in rival al-Qaeda group JN’s disposition within Syria. JN has abandoned its former center of gravity in Deir ez-Zour province in favor of consolidating control in Idlib Province. This shift represents a transition by JN away from discreet influence within outwardly rebel-dominated structures that had characterized its activities in Deir ez-Zour. JN advances on the Syrian-Turkish border helps to replace revenue lost to ISIS from the oil fields in Deir ez-Zour. It also allows JN to regroup deep within the rebel center of gravity in northwestern Syria. A campaign to “counter corruption” in Idlib served as the pretext for JN’s seizure of control. Rebel participation in this anti-corruption activity has allowed JN to reaffirm its influence within rebel ranks. Despite abandoning its involvement in joint Shari’a courts alongside prominent rebel groups, JN is unlikely to divert from its desired end state of an Islamic State in a post-Assad Syria.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2014/09/jabhat-al-nusra-regroups-after-isis.html
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe
Iraq Headline: France launches first air strikes on IS in Iraq
French jets have carried out their first strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, the office of President Francois Hollande says. A statement said planes had attacked an IS depot in north-east Iraq, and there would be more raids in the coming days. The US has carried out more than 170 air strikes against the jihadist group in Iraq since mid-August. IS remains in control of dozens of cities and towns in Iraq and Syria, where it has declared a caliphate.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29277630
Iraq Headline: ISIS creates police force in northwest Iraq
ISIS militants in Iraq’s northwest Ninevah province have created a police force to “implement the orders of the religious judiciary,” according to a well-known militant Islamist website. Photos on the website showed armed men in black clothing with “Islamic Police Ninevah State” printed on the arm. The police forces were in freshly painted police cars and one photo showed militiamen on a river boat. It was not clear when the photos were posted or when the police force was established. The text on the website said the force would “maintain order and arrest culprits and the corrupt.” The text said it would be different from police forces in other states, which it described as “a tool to suppress dissent.” Residents in Ninevah told Reuters the police’s main duty appears to be to detain people they consider opposed to their cause, however.
Sept. 19, 2014
Iraq Headline: Multiple bomb explosions claim 28 lives across Iraq
Iraq Headline: Warning Intelligence Update: ISIS Attacks Baghdad
A series of bomb attacks have claimed lives of 28 people and injured dozens more across Iraq, security sources say. Iraqi officials say at least 17 people lost their lives in separate bombings in the capital Baghdad on Friday. The Baghdad explosions targeted a mosque and two outdoor markets in several Shia districts. Several cars and nearby buildings were damaged in the blasts. In another incident of violence, three people were killed in a car bomb explosion in the southern town of Mahmoudiyah. Separately, eight people lost their lives in a bomb explosion in the northern city of Kirkuk. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombings, but the attacks bore the hallmarks of Takfiri militants fighting the Iraqi government. Meanwhile, senior Iraqi Kurdish officials have expressed dismay over Turkey’s silence on the atrocities committed by the ISIL Takfiri terrorists.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/19/379276/serial-bomb-blasts-kill-28-across-iraq/
http://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/warning-intelligence-update-isis-attacks-baghdad
Iraq Headline: ISIL launches chemical attacks in Iraq: Reports
Terrorists from the Takfiri ISIL group have reportedly launched gas attacks on Iraqi forces in Saladin Province. According to media reports, the attacks took place on Wednesday and Thursday in the town of Dhuluiya, leaving around a dozen people and army forces affected. The town has been under ISIL siege for more than two months.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/19/379234/isil-launches-gas-attacks-in-iraq/
Kurdish Headline: Syrian Kurds fleeing Islamic State cross border into Turkey
Kurdish Headline: Turkish protesters tear-gassed near Syrian border
Several thousand Syrian Kurds began crossing into Turkey on Friday fleeing Islamic State fighters who advanced into their villages, prompting warnings of massacres from Kurdish leaders. Islamic State (IS) fighters have seized villages in northern Syria over the past two days and are besieging the mainly Kurdish town of Ayn al-Arab, known as Kobani in Kurdish, on the Turkish border. Meanwhile, in a contradictory news report, Turkish police and troops fired tear gas and water cannon Friday at scores of people staging a protest near the Syrian border at Ankara’s refusal to take in Kurds fleeing clashes with ISIS jihadists, local media reported. Security forces moved to disperse some 100 Turkish Kurds in the village of Dikmetas as they attempted to walk to the Syrian border in protest, CNN-Turk television reported. Hundreds of Syrian Kurds have massed on the other side of the border amid escalating clashes between the ISIS group and Kurdish fighters.
****So the first news report says the Kurds HAVE crossed into Turkey, while the second states Ankara has refused them
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4572937,00.html
Headline: Kerry: ‘We must shut borders’ to defeat ISIS
Borders which link up to territory occupied by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants should be closed as part of international efforts to defeat the group, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in an interview with Al Arabiya News Channel on Friday. In the interview, which aired the same day, Kerry said that the U.S. had secured “significant guarantees” from American allies in the Middle East. “We must shut borders,” he said. “There are guarantees to help on foreign fighters, on financing, on borders – border control, on military, on aid, training, and even on direct military action.” Kerry also praised Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces, who he described as being “absolutely critical” in the fight against ISIS. “Baghdad and others within Iraq as a whole should say thank you to the Peshmerga who have been essential in the fight of taking back Mosul Dam, of holding the line so that ISIL couldn’t go to Erbil,” he said.
Sept. 19, 2014
Headline: Glossary of extremists in Mideast and Africa
President Barack Obama presses ahead with his campaign to diminish and eventually defeat Islamic State group extremists in Iraq and Syria, but the list of radical Islamic elements the United States and many of its coalition allies are fighting does not stop there. Violent radicals inspired by al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden pepper the map from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic. A look at the organizations presenting the most serious threats from South Asia to the Middle East and Africa.
Sept. 19, 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: Putin says he could have troops inside Poland ‘in two days’: report
Headline: Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania form joint military unit
Headline: Sweden protests over Russian plane incursions
Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken warlike rhetoric to a new level, threatening to send troops into a number of NATO countries, including Poland, an influential German newspaper reported Thursday. “If I wanted, in two days I could have Russian troops not only in Kiev, but also in Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn, Warsaw and Bucharest,” Mr. Putin allegedly told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in a private meeting, Munich’s Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported. The alleged threat echoes reports by several media outlets in early September of Mr. Putin saying to Mr. Barroso that he could “take Kiev in two weeks,” if he wanted.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/18/putin-says-he-could-have-troops-inside-poland-in-t/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/19/us-ukraine-crisis-poland-battlegroup-idUSKBN0HE20H20140919
http://www.thelocal.se/20140919/russian-flights-condemned-by-social-democrats
Headline: Fresh clashes erupt in east Ukraine leaving 7 dead
Headline: Obama refuses to grant Ukraine special non-NATO ally status
Headline: Russian Thugs Attack BBC Reporters After Finding Evidence of New Ukraine Invasion
Fresh deadly clashes have erupted in eastern Ukraine, killing seven and injuring eight as representatives from Kiev and pro-Russia forces prepare to discuss the ceasefire violations. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council spokesman, Andriy Lysenko, said on Friday that two soldiers were killed and three others injured in the last 24 hours, the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency reported. A search was also launched for six servicemen who reportedly went missing, the spokesman said, adding that the injuries were caused by artillery fire across the region. Local authorities asserted that pro-Russia forces violated the ceasefire by shelling government positions. The militias, however, said they only returned fire after they were attacked by government forces. Meanwhile, U.S. President Barack Obama informed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko after his speech before a joint session of the Congress that Ukraine’s requests for lethal aid and special security status as a non-NATO ally had been denied.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/19/379273/7-killed-in-east-ukraine-fresh-clashes/
Iran
Headline: US: Iran is welcome to participate in UN meeting on Iraq
Iran is welcome to sit in on a discussion at the United Nations on Friday on counter-terrorism efforts in Iraq, to be chaired by US Secretary of State John Kerry, a senior Obama administration official said on Thursday night. The official said that Islamic State was a topic of conversation on the sidelines of talks between the US and Iranian delegations in New York, which met for two days privately to negotiate over Iran’s nuclear program. “Any member can attend, and so the meeting was mentioned in our discussions today on the margins,” the official said. “The world is focused on the mission that the President of the United States has set out, and that is to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL [Islamic State]. And I think we will all see that in a very powerful way tomorrow at the ministerial, and I believe that Iran thinks that ISIL should not be doing what it is doing either.”
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/US-open-to-Iran-participating-in-UN-meeting-on-Iraq-375811
Afghanistan
Headline: War News for Friday, September 19, 2014
Reported security incidents
#1: Afghan police say a bomb blast in northern Afghanistan killed at least six people shortly after they left a mosque in northern Afghanistan following Friday prayers.on September 19. Baghlan province police spokesman Jawad Basharat said the blast, which also injured 12 people, occurred just outside the mosque.
#2: Elsewhere, Din Mohammad Darwish, the spokesman for the governor of Logar province, said four police were killed during a battle with Taliban insurgents on September 18.
#3: Three suspected militants were killed in a roadside blast in northwestern Khyber Agency in a fresh wave of infighting that has already claimed over 100 lives since March. A senior military official in the region, on condition of anonymity, told the Anadolu Agency that three militants were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) struck a vehicle carrying militants loyal to pro-Taliban Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) group led by Commander Mangal Bagh in the remote Sipah area of Khyber Agency.
#4: Pakistan’s military says it has it killed 23 militants in aerial strikes across North Waziristan tribal district in the northwest region near the Afghan border. In a statement issued to the media on Friday, the military said: “Today in precise aerial strikes carried out on terrorists hideouts in Zerom, Ismail Khel, and Datta Khel in North Waziristan, 23 terrorists were killed.”
#5: A woman was killed and three others injured when unknown gunmen opened fire at a vehicle of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Bannu on Friday. The firing incident took place in Jani Khel area of Bannu where unidentified miscreants sprayed bullets at a vehicle with North Waziristan IDPs on board.
#6: “Militants planted explosive device on a motorbike and detonated it at the 9th police district of Kandahar city this afternoon injuring six persons including two security personnel and four children,” spokesman for Kandahar provincial government, Samim Khapalwak told Xinhua. Meantime, an official on the condition of anonymity said that four security personnel and four civilians sustained injuries in the blast occurred at 03:20 p.m. local time Friday.
#7: Taliban militants assassinated a local tribal elder in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan, local officials said. Tribal elder Haji Yousuf was reportedly organizing anti-Taliban public uprising in Aqcha district.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Sudan
Headline: Seven killed as Ugandans, South Sudanese clash at border
At least seven people were killed in a string of clashes either side of Uganda and South Sudan’s border, a remote area plagued by cattle rustling and conflicts over territory, Uganda’s military said. The fighting started on Thursday when South Sudanese gunmen detained Ugandan local government officials carrying out a census, accusing them of straying into South Sudanese territory, said Uganda’s military spokesman Paddy Ankunda. That triggered demonstrations in the Ugandan border town of Moyo, where Ugandans razed houses belonging to South Sudanese residents, Ankunda said. That, in turn, led to a series of tit-for-tat attacks. “I am informed last evening Ugandan youth entered South Sudan and killed a South Sudanese woman. In retaliation, South Sudanese militants entered Uganda and killed five people at around midnight,” Ankunda told Reuters. A local government official in Moyo, Jimmy Vukoni, told Reuters by telephone that he had received reports that South Sudanese youths on Friday also crossed into Uganda and stole cattle, burnt houses and raped women.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://af.reuters.com/article/ugandaNews/idAFL6N0RK3CJ20140919
Libya
Headline: Libya army chief declares state of emergency
Headline: Third mystery airstrike in Libya after ‘state of emergency’ announced
Libyan army chief Abdul Razzaq Nazhuri has declared a state of emergency, calling on all members of the army to immediately join their units to fight militants in the country. The newly elected chief made the request on Thursday, urging all soldiers and officers to fight “extremist outlaws” operating in the North African country. “At a time when our beloved country is under fierce attack, we call on all members of the armed forces, officers and soldiers of all description, to return to duty over a maximum period of 15 days,” Nazhuri said. Nazhuri called on “Libya’s youths” to fight against militants from the so-called Fajr Libya alliance, which has captured Tripoli and most of the city of Benghazi. The main militia groups in the alliance have been named as terrorist organizations by the Libyan parliament.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/19/379212/libya-declares-state-of-emergency/
Algeria
Headline: U.S., Algeria reaffirm counterterrorism partnership
US Secretary of State John Kerry met here with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra, discussing counterterrorism partnership in light of the fight against the militant group, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and the ongoing conflict between the government and several rebel forces in Libya. “I want to particularly thank the Government of Algeria for their very prompt and strong support for the coalition to deal with the problem of ISIL,” Kerry told reporters ahead of the closed-door meeting, held late on Thursday. “We’re appreciative of their efforts in counterterrorism particularly.” “In the course of the next days in New York I will be hosting a small meeting of key nations that have an interest in Libya,” he added. “We all know that Libya is challenged right now. A near neighbor, Algeria has critical relationships, and together with Egypt the region is working very hard to help deal with this issue.” For his part, Lamamra said Algeria and the US “have been developing a very effective and action-oriented counterterrorism partnership” which has “proven to be very serious.”
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2398030&language=en
Morocco
Headline: Morocco: a New Law Criminalizes Traveling to Tension Zones
Amid the growing number of Moroccans who travel to Syria and Iraq in order to join the Islamic State’s ranks, the Moroccan government has passed a new law, on Thursday that criminalizes traveling to the tension areas. In a press conference on Thursday, Minister of Justice and Liberties Mustafa Ramid stated that the new bill aims at protecting the Moroccan youth from “being lured to the tension areas, where killing and beheading happens, every day.” The Minister of Justice added that whoever attempts to travel to these areas will be detained, under this new bill, “since the intention of traveling to the tension areas is always baked by terrorism intentions”. This new law aims at facing the growing number of ISIS-linked cells that brainwash the Moroccan youth into joining the Islamic State ranks for Jihad. The new law includes an article, which allows the arrest and the trial of any Moroccan in Morocco or abroad, for committing a terrorist crime, outside Morocco. “This new law criminalizes forming any all the organizations, inside Morocco or abroad which aims at carrying out terrorist operations, or the cells that trains Moroccan youth in order to send them to the terrorist ranks,” said Mustafa Ramid.
Sept. 19, 2014
Turkey
Headline: Turkey in state of alarm against ISIL attacks in big cities
As reports of members of the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) being seen in various parts of the country appear in the media, the Intelligence Unit of the Security General Directorate (EGM) has issued a warning for all the 81 provinces to be on guard against 22 bomb-loaded vehicles under ISIL control in Turkey, a news portal said on Thursday. “Information that there are 22 bomb-loaded vehicles, most of which are vans, are being looked into [by the police],” the T24 news portal said. According to the report, it is also estimated that in Turkey there are 30 ISIL terrorists who may be suicide bombers. In its warning letter sent to governors’ offices, the EGM said the terrorist organization wants to attract supporters through propaganda in mosques and that it may carry out bomb attacks in big cities.
Sept. 19, 2014
Armenia
Headline: Turkish PM: Armenia to remain out of projects if it maintains hard-line stance
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said on Friday that as long as Armenia maintains its hard-line position and does not attempt to solve the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, it will remain out of regional projects. In his remarks during a joint press conference after a one-hour-long bilateral meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Davutoğlu said if Armenia shows respect to Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity and peace is established between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Yerevan will benefit from regional cooperation projects. “As long as the Karabakh problem [exists] and Armenia’s hard-line stance continues, it will remain outside of all of the projects. … Turkey will stand by Azerbaijan’s struggle until every centimeter of Azerbaijani territories is disengaged [from by Armenia]. International law agrees with this. Until international law is fulfilled as required, Turkey will make efforts standing shoulder to shoulder with Azerbaijan to turn the region into a peaceful one,” he said, adding that any negative stance towards Azerbaijan from Armenia will receive a harsh reaction from Turkey.
Sept. 19, 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: Boko Haram militants attack market in Borno, kill 21
Over 20 people have been killed and scores of others injured in an attack by Boko Haram Takfiri militants on a local market in Nigeria’s restive northeastern state of Borno. Bello Adamu, an eyewitness, said Boko Haram gunmen stormed the market, located some 56 kilometers (34 miles) from the capital of the state, Maiduguri, at around 1:30 p.m. local time (1230 GMT) on Friday as buying and selling was in full swing. According to traders at the market, the attack lasted for about an hour. A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said at least 21 people lost their lives in the assault, and attackers carted away some money and goods as they ransacked stores in the local market.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/19/379274/21-die-in-boko-haram-attack-on-market/
Headline: Airlines suspend flights to violence-hit Yemen capital
Headline: Shi’ite rebels shell Yemen state TV, residents flee fighting
International airlines have suspended flights to Yemen’s main airport for 24 hours due to weeks of clashes near the capital, authorities said. “Arab and foreign airlines have decided to suspend their flights to Sanaa for 24 hours because of developments in the capital,” the Civil Aviation Authority said overnight. The measure could be extended or reconsidered depending on the security situation, it said in a statement carried by the official Saba news agency. The move follows fighting between rebels, known as Huthis or Ansarullah, and fighters backed by troops. Nearly 40 people were killed in violence just outside the capital on Thursday. Meanwhile, Armed Shi’ite rebels shelled Yemen’s state-run television building on Friday as they advanced into Sanaa, sending hundreds fleeing their homes in a dramatic escalation of violence after weeks of fighting and protests, officials and residents said.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/632436
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/19/us-yemen-security-idUSKBN0HD16H20140919
Headline: Bahraini police fire tear gas at peaceful protesters
Headline: Mass opposition rally in Bahrain rejects royal reforms, calls for full democracy
Security forces in Bahrain have clashed with anti-regime protesters in several villages as rallies are held to show solidarity with jailed student activists. Police fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse protesters in the northern village of Al Daih. Similar protests were also staged in the village of Sanabis in the suburbs of the capital Manama as well as the northern city of Jidhafs. The protesters chanted slogans against the ruling Al Khalifah family as the Manama regime keeps heavy-handed crackdown on peaceful protesters.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/19/379219/bahraini-police-clash-with-protesters/
Headline: Catalonia to press ahead with referendum after Scottish No
Headline: Madrid opposed to Catalonia independence referendum
Catalan leader Artur Mas has said the Scottish referendum has reinforced his plan to hold a similar vote at home. Speaking in Barcelona on Friday (19 September), he noted that the devolved Catalan parliament is likely to pass a law on the referendum later the same day. “I will sign the decree on this consultation in Catalonia. In fact, I will call this consultation on 9 November as agreed some months ago with the majority of Catalan political forces”. He said he would have preferred it if Scotland had voted Yes. But he added: “I am happy, not because of the result of the referendum, but because there was one … I am very happy because we have a precedent in the European Union, a very powerful precedent, that these kind of differences can be resolved through a referendum”. “It’s a very powerful message that the UK is sending to the entire world”.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://euobserver.com/institutional/125694
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29286273
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: Argentina’s Poverty Risks Quadrupling, World Bank Says
Argentina risks quadrupling its poverty level as the economy stalls, the World Bank says. Those living on $4-$10 per day, or 33 percent of Argentina’s population as of 2012, are vulnerable to falling into poverty in the case of an adverse shock, according to the World Bank’s 2015-2018 report on the South American nation. The poverty rate for the country’s 43 million people may increase to more than 40 percent from about 11 percent, it said. “Strengthening macroeconomic resilience, improving the business environment, and boosting investor confidence will be critical to fostering investment and expanding and sustaining the employment thereby generated,” the report said. Argentina defaulted on its international bonds July 30 after a U.S. judge blocked a $539 million interest payment until the government pays so-called holdouts from a 2001 default in full. South America’s second-largest economy contracted in the first quarter while the annual inflation rate is about 40 percent.
Sept. 19, 2014
Headline: The Dow And S&P 500 Soar To Irrational Heights – Meanwhile The Ultra-Wealthy Rush To Buy Gold Bars
Did you know that the number of gold bars being purchased by ultra-wealthy individuals has increased by 243 percent so far this year? If stocks are just going to keep soaring, why are they doing this? On Thursday, the Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P 500 both closed at record highs once again. It is a party that never seems to end, and there are a lot of really happy people on Wall Street these days. But those that are discerning realize that we witnessed the exact same kind of bubble behavior during the dotcom boom and during the run up to the last financial crash in 2007. The irrational exuberance that we are witnessing right now cannot go on forever. And the bigger that this bubble gets, the more painful that it is going to be when it finally bursts. Those that get out at the peaks of the market are the ones that usually end up making lots of money. Those that ride stocks all the way up and all the way down are the ones that usually end up getting totally wiped out.
Sept. 19, 2014
Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)
Headline: Ebola outbreak: Guinea health team killed
Headline: Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy suggest respirators for all Ebola healthcare workers – aerosol transmissibility of virus in question
Headline: Ebola Worst-Case Scenario Has More Than 500,000 Cases
Eight members of a team trying to raise awareness about Ebola have been killed by villagers using machetes and clubs in Guinea, officials say. Some of the bodies – of health workers, local officials and journalists – were found in a septic tank in a village school near the city of Nzerekore. Correspondents say many villagers are suspicious of official attempts to combat the disease. More than 2,600 people have now died from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. It is the world’s worst outbreak of Ebola, with officials warning that more than 20,000 people could ultimately be infected. Neighbouring Sierra Leone has begun a controversial three-day curfew to try to stop the spread of the disease.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29256443
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-19/ebola-worst-case-scenario-has-more-than-500-000-cases.html
Headline: Enterovirus Cases Confirmed in Southern California Are State’s First Diagnoses
California’s first cases of a virus that has been spreading across the country were confirmed Thursday by the state’s chief health official. Four cases of enterovirus D68 have been confirmed, all in Southern California. One was in Ventura County; three others were in San Diego County. The patients ages ranged from 2 to 13 years old. More instances of the disease were expected as results from lab tests come back, the California Department of Public Health said in announcing the cases. The virus can cause severe respiratory illness in young children and has sent dozens to the hospital across the country. The spread of the disease to California was expected, state health officer Dr. Ron Chapman said. As of Wednesday, 18 other states had confirmed 153 cases total cases of the virus, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “There will definitely be more. It’s just a matter of time. This will spread across the entire country,” Dr. Pia Pannaraj, an infectious diseases specialist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, told KTLA. California joins Montana and Colorado as being the only states in the Western U.S. to have confirmed cases.
Sept. 19, 2014
Headline: HealthMap
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Increase in Knowledge/Mark of the Beast Daniel 12:4 and Revelation 13:16-17 “But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” (Daniel) “He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” (Revelation)
Headline: Tiny Implants Could Give Humans Self-Healing Superpowers
Wolverine, Ghost Rider, the Incredible Hulk — all of these characters have at least one awesome trait in common: the ability to heal themselves. And now, the Pentagon wants to give ordinary people this superhuman capability. A new military-sponsored program aims to develop a tiny device that can be implanted in the body, where it will use electrical impulses to monitor the body’s organs, healing these crucial parts when they become infected or injured. Known as Electrical Prescriptions, or ElectRx, the program could reduce dependence on pharmaceutical drugs and offer a new way to treat illnesses, according to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the branch of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for developing the program.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.livescience.com/47890-self-healing-implants-darpa.html
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: Heavy Rain Floods Manila
Tropical storm Fung-Wong has dumped heavy rain on the Philippine capital of Manila, forcing the closure of government offices, schools and government offices. Thousands of residents in low-lying areas were moved to higher ground, officials said, as flood waters rose quickly after the equivalent of half a month’s usual rain fell in six hours. More than 20,000 people were evacuated in the city of Marikina in eastern metropolitan Manila, where the river swelled and reached a critical level, the city government said. “We could be trapped in our homes, so we needed to evacuate,” said Catherine Otares, mother of three. Local authorities sent rubber boats and amphibious vehicles to rescue residents from their waterlogged homes, as floods were past head-deep in some areas. “A lot of people were asking for help, since last night. It was raining hard, and the water levels were going up, so we needed to respond,” rescuer Jeremy Gatchang said. The Philippine Stock Exchange suspended trade after the government cancelled work and classes in the capital.
Sept. 19, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/heavy-rains-flood-manila/2455127.html
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http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html
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“Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:9-11)
Retired Jordanian General Musa Al-Hadid: The War on ISIS – Not Our War
Jordanian Regime prevents us from waging Jihad
I must 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.
“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.”
Headline: ISIS’ Apocalyptic Magazine Vows to Attack Israel
Headline: Liberman pledges Israeli help in fighting Islamic State
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is vowing to attack Israel over its most-recent conflict with Hamas, and to fight against U.S. troops and the anti-Christ as it conquers Persia and Rome.”As for the massacres taking place in Gaza against the Muslim men, women and children, the Islamic State will do everything within its means to continue striking down every apostate who stands as an obstacle on its path toward Palestine,” reads an entry in the publication Dabiq, which has been distributed in numerous languages, including English. “[The Islamic State’s] actions speak louder than its words and it is only a matter of time and patience before it reaches Palestine to fight the barbaric Jews and kill those of them hiding behind the gharqad trees — the trees of the Jews,” the terror group threatens in Dabiq. Meanwhile, Israeli Foreign minister tells John Kerry that Jerusalem is ready to lend a hand against group, though it is aware of regional sensitivities of coalition members
****Caution: the Dabiq publication is the 2nd link
Sept. 18, 2014
https://azelin.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/islamic-state-e2809cdc481biq-magazine-2e280b3.pdf
http://www.timesofisrael.com/liberman-pledges-israeli-help-in-fighting-islamic-state/
Headline: Hamas: Ceasefire Talks Will Restart Within a Week
Hamas senior member Mousa Abu Marzouq on Wednesday told the Palestinian Authority-based Ma’an news agency that indirect ceasefire negotiations between Palestinians and Israel will restart within the next week. Abu Marzouq said that while the exact date had not yet been set, “it would definitely be before the 24th of the current month.”The Hamas leader also said that the United Nations will take charge of the reconstruction of Gaza in coordination with Israel and the Palestinian Arab unity government, adding that Hamas would not object to any methods taken by the UN in reconstruction. Abu Marzouq added that he is waiting for a phone call from the head of the Fatah delegation in Cairo, Azzam al-Ahmad, to set a time and place for an awaited meeting between Fatah and Hamas leaders. “The movement does not mind meeting in Cairo if it agrees, but if it doesn’t, the meeting will be held in Gaza,” he told Ma’an.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185233#.VBr_QxanGVo
Headline: IDF Said Redeploying Iron Dome Batteries Near Gaza Strip
The IDF on Wednesday redeployed Iron Dome anti-missile system batteries to the Sderot and Netivot areas near the Gaza Strip, the local 0404 news site reported. The move comes after a mortar was fired into the southern region of Israel, adjacent to the coastal enclave on Tuesday. There were no physical injuries or damages from the strike, according to local officials.
Sept. 17, 2014
http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/09/17/idf-said-redeploying-iron-dome-batteries-near-gaza-strip/
Headline: Hamas warns of renewed ‘explosion’ in South due to delay in Gaza reconstruction
Fighting between Israel and Hamas will resume unless steps are taken to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, a spokesperson for the Islamist organization told Palestinian media on Thursday. “The circumstances that led to the explosion of the situation in the Gaza Strip still exist,” Sami Abu Zuhri is quoted as telling the Safa news agency.
Abu Zuhri called on the international community to “take responsibility” by “lifting the siege” and “immediately starting the reconstruction of Gaza.”
Sept. 18, 2014
Headline: Hamas considering ‘alternatives’ to ‘failed’ Palestinian unity government
A senior Hamas official on Thursday said the Gaza-based group are considering alternatives to the “failed” Palestinian unity government, as relations continue to sour with President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party. “The Palestinian unity government has failed in its missions until now. We will think of alternatives after the end of its legal period,” Mahmoud al-Zahar told Anadolu Agency. The unity government was formed on 2 June ending a seven year long rift between Hamas and Fatah. The two had governed separately, Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Fatah in the West Bank, since elections won by the former in 2006 led to a violent power struggle a year later in Gaza. It is not clear when the “legal period” of the unity government ends, although Zahar may be referring to a condition in the agreement that stipulated elections must be held six months from June this year – this would mean the government’s mandate ends on 2 December.
Sept. 18, 2014
Lebanon
Headline: Lebanon will fight terrorism without global coalition: Machnouk
Lebanon will fight terrorism without having to coordinate with the newly established international coalition to fight ISIS, Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk said in remarks published Thursday. He also dismissed reports that the international community had requested such coordination from Lebanon. “It’s Lebanon’s responsibility to fight terrorism with or without an international coalition,” Machnouk said in remarks published in several newspapers. “ Lebanon is in no need of military or non-military force or the use of its airspace for fighter jets.”
Sept. 18, 2014
Headline: Fears of Rise in Extremism in Tripoli over IS, al-Nusra Front ‘Infiltration’
There are rising fears that the northern city of Tripoli will become a hub for Islamic State and al-Nusra Front fighters, who have engaged in gunbattles with the Lebanese army in a border town and beheaded two soldiers. As Safir daily on Thursday quoted security officials as saying that extremists have been spending huge amounts of money to lure young men and encourage them to be armed. Tripoli is back to the “point of disorder” after the “infiltration” of the extremists, the officials said. The city has been relatively calm since the army and security forces implemented a plan to end gunbattles between rival groups earlier this year. Scores of civilians, soldiers and fighters have been killed and injured in dozens of rounds of fighting between the impoverished neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh, which is majority Sunni, and Jabal Mohsen, whose residents are from the Alawite sect of Syrian President Bashar Assad. The security officials told As Safir that the army, security agencies and al-Mustaqbal movement ministers are preparing “preventive steps” to stop Takfiris from expanding in Tripoli and to thwart their plans. Militants from the IS and al-Nusra Front have already engaged in deadly clashes with the Lebanese army in the northeastern border town of Arsal. They took with them hostages from the army and security forces last month and later beheaded two of them. On Tuesday, gunmen crossed the border from Syria and kidnapped a soldier from his parents’ farm on the outskirts Arsal. The IS also threatened to behead another army soldier over what it described as the Lebanese government’s “lies” and “procrastination” in the negotiations over the abducted troops. The presence of the militants on the border and among the more than 1.1 million Syrian refugees across the country has raised fears over Lebanon become another Syria and Iraq where the IS has controlled thousands of square kilometers of territory.
Sept. 18, 2014
Saudi Arabia
Headline: ISIS fighter urges jihad in Saudi Arabia: SITE
A Saudi suicide bomber with the ISIS group called on fellow Saudis to wage jihad and expressed hope that the group would expand into Saudi Arabia and “expel the disbelievers from the Arabian Peninsula,” the SITE monitoring service said. It said the man, identified as Abu Hajer al-Jazrawi, had carried out a suicide bombing in August in Syria’s Raqqa, a bastion of ISIS. The video was posted on an ISIS internet feed late Wednesday. Addressing his countrymen in an apparent call for attacks not only on the ruling family and Westerners in Saudi Arabia, but also on the kingdom’s senior Muslim scholars who have denounced ISIS, Jazrawi said: “It is time to say ‘we will expel the disbelievers from the Arabian Peninsula’. The fire begins with a small spark. That spark will ignite an explosive fire directed at the Saud Family and to their rabbis and priests.” He called on self-declared Caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to lead the advance on the birthplace of Islam.
Sept. 18, 2014
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: House Approves Obama’s Request to Arm Syrian Rebels
Syria Headline: House Approves Plan to Arm and Train ISIS to Fight ISIS
The House on Wednesday approved President Barack Obama’s request to arm and train Syrian rebels in the fight against the “Islamic State” (IS) group, CNN reports. With significant opposition to the proposal in both parties, the vote was 273-156, according to the report. Many Republicans argue the strategy isn’t tough enough to defeat IS; many Democrats worry the plan could drag the United States into another long military engagement. The proposal would authorize the Pentagon to provide assistance to “appropriately vetted” members of the Syrian opposition and require the administration to give Congress a detailed plan for helping the rebels before that assistance could begin. The Senate could vote as early as Thursday, noted CNN. Congress is expected to debate a broader war authorization after the midterm elections.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/185234#.VBr_whanGVo
http://www.infowars.com/house-approves-plan-to-arm-and-train-isis-to-fight-isis/
Syria Headline: Israel believes Syria kept ‘significant’ chemical munitions
Syria Headline: John Kerry declares Syria regime has broken chemical weapons deal
Israel believes Syria has retained caches of combat-ready chemical weapons after giving up raw materials used to produce such munitions under pressure from foreign powers, a senior Israeli official said on Thursday. Summarizing Israeli intelligence estimates that were previously not disclosed to avoid undermining the Syrians’ surrender of their declared chemical arsenal, the official said they had kept some missile warheads, air-dropped bombs and rocket-propelled grenades primed with toxins like sarin. “There is, to my mind, still in the hands of Syria a significant residual capability … that could be used in certain circumstances and could be potentially very serious,” the official told Reuters on condition of anonymity. While saying Israel had a “high degree of confidence” in its information, he declined to give figures for chemical weapons allegedly kept by Syria, citing secrecy concerns as well as the possibility some had been destroyed or used by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. “What we are saying is that there are a number of questions here that still have to be clarified, still have to be looked at very closely” by international inspectors, the official said.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/israel-believes-syria-kept-significant-chemical-munitions-133516722.html
Syria Headline: Local Kurdish sources say ISIL militants captured the new areas in a major advance towards the city of Ayn al-Arab bordering Turkey on Thursday
The new wave of operations by the ISIL militants started on Wednesday, during which 16 Kurdish villages were seized. Sources say the ISIL terrorists used heavy weaponry, including tanks and artillery, during the raids. Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for Syria’s powerful Kurdish Democratic Union Party, the Kurdish fighters withdrew or lost up to 20 villages in the Kobani region and evacuated civilians with them. “The battles that are taking place in Kobani are the most violent,” Khalil said adding that Islamic State group fighters were using tanks in their offensive. Khalil called on Kurds around the world to come to Syria to defend Kobani.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/18/379139/isil-overruns-kurdish-villages-in-syria/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/09/18/islamic-state-syria/15816861/
Syria Headline: Syria continues air attacks in Damascus suburbs
Syria Headline: As rockets fly in Damascus, last hopes fade
Syrian warplanes continued their week-long attack on rebel positions near the capital of Damascus, concentrating on the rebel-held city of Douma. At least 10 people, including civilians, were killed Wednesday in the airstrikes, bringing the death count to at least 105 people since Sept. 11, the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The area known as Eastern Ghouta, including Douma and nearby communities of suburban Damascus, is regarded as the core of opposition to the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad. It is the area where Syrian forces allegedly used chemical weapons to kill about 1,300 people in August 2013. Troops from the Syrian army and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia have increased operations in Ghouta in recent weeks. The Syrian government line is that the rebels are gradually being pushed out of the districts beyond the ring road which they have held for almost two years. While it is true that some areas have been wrested back from rebel control, thanks to merciless pounding by artillery and aircraft, new areas have fallen. Kashkul, on the south-eastern edge of Damascus, used to be a typical new settlement of five-storey buildings gradually encroaching on farmland. Some were fully inhabited, others still under construction. Shops were always busy and the streets full of cheap cars and pick-up trucks. Now the asphalt is marked by criss-cross patterns imprinted by tank tracks, and troops stand beside armoured personnel carriers, awaiting their orders. “We are suffering from the government side and from the opposition. Both sides are destroying the city. Both use rockets and both are inaccurate. There is no solution. This will only end when there are no Syrians left”, he said desperately. “Too much blood has been spilt. How can there be forgiveness? Some families have lost five members or more. The situation is terrible.”
Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/rockets-fly-damascus-last-hopes-fade-82586358
Syria Headline: ISIS shuts down some Deir al-Zor bases ahead of possible U.S. strike
Syria Headline: ISIS goes underground in stronghold Raqqa
With the U.S. military poised to strike, ISIS militants in Syria’s Deir al-Zor province have abandoned some of their bases and redeployed their forces to other positions, activists said Wednesday. ISIS has “started to empty out many of their bases and positions in Deir al-Zor province,” said Abu Osama, an activist from the eastern region, which is mostly under jihadist control. Speaking via the Internet, Abu Osama said all of ISIS’ known positions in Ashara, a town about 60 km east of the provincial capital, had been “shut down.” Abu Osama also said the jihadists had emptied out the former governorate building in Deir al-Zor city, which ISIS was using as its main weapons storage depot in the area. And in the city of Mayadin near the Iraqi border, “ ISIS pulled out of eight bases, leaving only three open – the [former] post office, the military intelligence building and the religious court,” he told AFP. “Even the oil fields are being emptied out. The families of the foreign jihadists who had been living in the residential buildings by the fields have been evacuated,” he added.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2014/09/17/ISIS-goes-underground-in-stronghold-Raqqa.html
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe
Iraq Headline: Attacks kill at least 11 in Iraq
Iraq Headline: Series of attacks kills at least 15 in Iraq
A suicide car bombing on a security post outside Baghdad and explosion on a crowded commercial street in the Iraqi capital killed at least 11 people Wednesday, officials said. The deadliest attack took place after sundown when a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into an abandoned building used by security forces in the town of Tarmiyah, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Baghdad, police officials said. Five soldiers and three policemen were killed, and at least 16 members of the security forces were wounded, the officials said. The second bombing struck a commercial street in Baghdad’s northern district of Khazimiyah, killing three people and wounded eight, police said. Medical officials confirmed the causalities. All of the officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media. Meanwhile, A series of attacks, including several bombings in commercial areas of Baghdad, killed at least 15 people in Iraq on Thursday, officials said. The deadliest attack struck a shopping street in the Toubachi neighborhood in northwest Baghdad, where a bomb blast killed four people and wounded 10, police said. Elsewhere in the capital, a bombing near a car repair shop downtown killed three and wounded eight, while an explosion in a wholesale produce market killed three more people and wounded 11, police officials said. A roadside bomb also struck an army patrol, killing two soldiers and wounding four. In the city’s southern suburbs, police said mortar shells landed on houses, killing three people, according to police.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/09/17/4353665/2-bombings-kill-at-least-11-in.html
http://news.yahoo.com/attacks-kill-12-wound-several-iraq-125650387.html
Iraq Headline: IS Girding for Anticipated US-Kurdish Assault on Mosul
Iraq Headline: US air strikes target IS training camp in Iraq for first time: Centcom
Major military preparations are underway by Islamic State (IS) militants in their stronghold of Mosul in northern Iraq in anticipation of a major assault by US and Kurdish forces, according to sources inside. The militants are in full military gear and seen digging trenches and building barriers, said a source in Mosul, capital of Nineveh province. They are also reinforcing defenses on major roads connecting Iraq’s second-largest city to Kurdish-held areas. Fighters – particularly foreign jihadis – are believed to have been deployed around the city, said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Islamic militants are particularly concentrated on the borders of Duhok province in the south, and on the frontline south of Kirkuk. A major attack by the US air force and Kurdish ground troops is anticipated on Mosul, the first city in Iraq to fall to the militants in June. Meanwhile, the Iraqi air force dropped leaflets over Salahaddin province on Wednesday, warning people to stay away from IS installations and wherever the militants are gathered.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/18092014
Iraq Headline: Institute for the Study of War Iraq Situation Report: September 17, 2014
http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/09/iraq-situation-report-september-17-2014.html
Iraq Headline: ISW Control of Terrain in Iraq September 17, 2014
http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/09/control-of-terrain-in-iraq-september-17.html
Kurdish Headline: Intense Clashes Rage Between Peshmerga and Iranian Army
Kurdish Headline: Shiite Militia Groups Attack Kurds in Amerli
Clashes have intensified this week between the Iranian Army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, where a number of Iranian soldiers have been killed. According to an announcement made by the Kurdistan Revolutionary Party, intense fighting broke out between the Iranian Army and Peshmerga forces on 11 September. The clashes took place near a Kurdish Iranian city Sardasht, located on the border of Iran and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. The announcement mentioned that as a result of the skirmish, three Iranian soldiers were killed and four others injured. They received their medical treatment at Sardasht Hospital. On 13 September 13 another confrontation took place between the two groups in Shene and Gorasher villages which resulted in the death of three Iranian soldiers killed and five injured. After the clashes, Peshmerga forces were forced to retreat toward Kurdistan Region border. On the same day, fighting also took place in the Kurdish city of Mariwan located on the border of Iran and the Kurdistan Region. The clashes continued for three hours but the unmber of casualties have not yet been revealed, though it is known that two Iranian soldiers were injured. Based on the information obtained by BasNews, a militant group called East Protectors confirmed and took the responsibility of the clash between Peshmerga forces and Iranian Soldiers and still they have not revealed their casualties.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Intense-Clashes-Rage-Between-Peshmerga-and-Iranian-Army-/34533
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Shiite-Militia-Groups-Attack-Kurds-in-Amerli/34539
Headline: New ISIS video uses Brit as mouthpiece
According to different reports, the Islamic State has launched a new video with captured journalist John Cantlie. But instead of decapitating their victim, the Islamic State indents to use him for promotional purposes. In the video, Cantlie says he was “abandoned” by the UK government and claims he will seek to counter the “manipulated truths” told by world media against the Islamic State in a number of videos. “I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking ‘he’s only doing this because he’s a prisoner – he’s got a gun at his head and he’s being forced to do this,” Cantlie says. “Well, I am a prisoner – that I cannot deny – but seeing as I’ve been abandoned by my government and my fate now lies in the hands of the Islamic State, I have nothing to lose.” “Over the next few programs, I am going to show you the truth as the Western media tries to drag the public back to the abyss of another war with the Islamic State,” he concludes. In the new video, titled “Lend Me Your Ears, Messages from the British Detainee John Cantlie,” the man identified as Cantlie says he was captured by the Islamic State after arriving in Syria in November 2012. He says he worked for newspapers and magazines in Britain including the Sunday Times, the Sun and the Sunday Telegraph. “After two disastrous and hugely unpopular wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, why is it that our governments appear so keen to get involved in yet another unwinnable conflict?” the man says in the video.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4572699,00.html
Headline: IS ordered ‘demonstration killings’ in Australia, says PM
Headline: ‘Kill Christians, slaughter their children’: Thugs waving Islamic State flags threaten church-goers in Sydney
A series of anti-terror raids across Sydney and Brisbane were sparked by a senior Islamic State militant ordering “demonstration killings” in Australia, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Thursday. “The exhortations, quite direct exhortations, were coming from an Australian who is apparently quite senior in ISIL to networks of support back in Australia to conduct demonstration killings here in this country,” he said. “So this is not just suspicion, this is intent and that’s why the police and security agencies decided to act in the way they have.” Australian police detained 15 people Thursday in a major counterterrorism operation, saying intelligence indicated a random, violent attack was being planned on Australian soil. About 800 federal and state police officers raided more than a dozen properties across Sydney as part of the operation — the largest in Australian history, Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Andrew Colvin said. Separate raids in the eastern cities of Brisbane and Logan were also conducted. One person was charged with serious terrorism-related offenses and was scheduled to appear in court later Thursday. Colvin declined to detail the exact nature of the charges. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said court documents were expected to reveal that the plan involved snatching a random member of the public in Sydney, draping them in an Islamic State flag and beheading them on camera.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/australian-pm-is-ordered-demonstration-killings-in-country/
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: Poland Wants United Nations to Limit Russia’s Influence
Frustrated by the United Nations’ passive response to Russian aggression in Ukraine, President Bronislaw Komorowski of Poland has said he intends to call on the organization to change its rules to prevent Moscow from vetoing Security Council actions on the region. “My main message will be that perhaps the United Nations should be reformed to make the institution capable of addressing the threats that really exist today,” Mr. Komorowski said in an interview this week at the presidential palace here in advance of his visit to the United Nations in New York next week. “I think blocking the Security Council on Ukraine is a token, a symptom, of the general weakness of the U.N.” Like the other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council — Britain, China, France and the United States — Russia has the power to veto any of the Council’s actions. But actually removing Russia’s veto on the Council is nearly impossible. Under Article 108 of the organization’s charter, removing the right to veto would require both a vote of two-thirds of the General Assembly and ratification by whatever constitutional process is in place in two-thirds of the member nations, including all five permanent Council members.
Sept. 18, 2014
Headline: Ukraine crisis: President Poroshenko in key US visit
Headline: U.S. giving $53 million in new aid for Ukraine’s struggle with Russian incursion
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is addressing a joint session of the US Congress during a key visit to Washington. He is seeking further support to tackle what he describes as Russian aggression. Ukraine accuses Russia of supporting rebels in the east of the country, but Moscow denies this. Mr Poroshenko earlier held talks at the state department in Washington with Secretary of State John Kerry. More than 3,000 people have died in fighting between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions since April. A fragile ceasefire agreed on 5 September is holding, despite accusations of shelling by both sides. On Tuesday, Ukraine’s MPs approved a bill granting self-rule to parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions – a move described as “capitulation” by some lawmakers. The unrest in the east followed Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s southern Crimea peninsula in March.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29245609
http://news.yahoo.com/u-giving-53-million-aid-ukraines-struggle-russian-150147352.html
Iran
Headline: West tells Iran it must address nuclear bomb fears
Western powers told Iran on Thursday it must step up cooperation with a U.N. watchdog’s investigation into suspected atomic bomb research if it wants to get a broader nuclear deal that would ease sanctions. The warning was issued at a board meeting of the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, as chief negotiators from Iran and six world powers prepared to resume talks in New York after a two-month hiatus. A stalled IAEA inquiry could further complicate the powers’ parallel efforts to reach a settlement with Iran on curbing its nuclear program in exchange for a gradual phasing out of financial and other punitive measures hurting its economy. The United States and the European Union said they were concerned about the slow headway so far in the IAEA’s long-running probe into allegations that Iran has worked on designing a nuclear weapon. Iran denies the charge and says it is Israel’s assumed atomic arsenal that threatens Middle East peace. An IAEA report in early September showed Iran had failed to answer questions about what the U.N. agency calls the possible military dimensions of the country’s nuclear program by an Aug. 25 deadline.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/18/us-iran-nuclear-iaea-eu-idUSKBN0HD15R20140918
Afghanistan
Headline: War News for Thursday, September 18, 2014
Reported security incidents
#1: A security man was killed in a blast in Balochistan’s troubled Kech district on Thursday, a security official said. A security official, who requested anonymity, told Dawn that militants targeted a security forces’ vehicle in Shapuk area of Turbat. He said one security man was killed in the attack. “The vehicle was targeted with a remote-controlled bomb,” he added.
#2: In another incident, armed men killed a police officer in the Double Road area of Quetta on late Wednesday night. Imran Qureshi, the Superintedent of Police, told Dawn that armed militants opened fire on a police assistant sub-inspector (ASI), and killed him on the spot. He said the assailants fled from the scene after launching the attack.
#3: Tajik border guards killed an Afghan drug smuggler and wounded two others Wednesday on the Tajik-Afghan border, in Shuroabad district of Khatlon province, Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security (SCNS) said on Thursday.
#4: Defense ministry spokesman, Gen. Zahir Azimi confirmed that three Afghan soldiers were martyred in improvised explosive device (IED) attack.
#5: At least 22 Taliban militants including Punjabi insurgents were killed following clashes with the Afghan security forces in Kunar province.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Libya
Headline: Islamist leader killed in Benghazi
Headline: Libya’s elected parliament rejects PM’s new cabinet as oil sector takes hit
Headline: Libya meeting rejects military intervention
A major Libyan Islamist militia leader was killed during fighting around Benina International Airport, Libya Herald reported on Wednesday (September 17th). Salah Benali, the head of the Shura Council for Islamic Youth in Derna, was part of the renewed effort by Ansar al-Sharia and the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council to seize the civilian and military airfields. Benali’s group, the Shura Council of Islamic Youth, is an al-Qaeda linked militia that emerged last April. It has staged several public executions in Derna.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://magharebia.com/en_GB/articles/awi/newsbriefs/general/2014/09/18/newsbrief-01
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/18/us-libya-security-idUSKBN0HD11L20140918
Morocco
Headline: Because of ISIS Morocco Asks Turkey to Require Visa For Moroccans
To tighten its grip on extremists who seek to join the ranks of the Islamic State (IS), the Moroccan government reportedly asked Turkey to require a visa for Moroccans wishing to visit or pass through Turkey, Moroccan newspaper Akhbar Al Youm said in its Thursday edition. According to the same source, the Moroccan authorities aim to curb the flow of Moroccans joining IS, most of whom travel to Syria and Iraq through Turkish territory. The fact that Moroccans don’t need a visa to enter Turkey makes it easier for some extremists to get through its borders and join the ranks of this terrorist organization. The same source added that Turkey does not seem to be enthusiastic about the Moroccan request for political and economic reasons. The political reason is related to Ankara’s reluctance to fully engage in the international coalition led by the United States to destroy IS. The second reason is related to the importance of the Moroccan market for the Turkish tourism sector. More than 100,000 Moroccans visit Turkey every year. This has a positive impact on the country’s economy, which relies heavily on tourism. If the Turkish government meets the request made by its Moroccan counterpart, the number of Moroccans tourists who visit Turkey is likely to plummet, which will have a negative impact on its economy. A report published by CNN earlier this month said that over 1,500 Moroccans have joined the ranks of terrorist groups in Syria, including IS.
Sept. 17, 2014
Turkey
Headline: Turkey announces strategy to bolster EU accession bid
Turkey said on Thursday crises in the Middle East and elsewhere made closer co-operation between Ankara and the European Union essential and announced a new program to revive the country’s stalled drive for EU membership. A document released by the EU Affairs Ministry described the accession process as “the most important modernization project after the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey”. The document highlights a substantial shift in tone on the part of the Turkish authorities, who have reacted angrily to criticisms from European officials since last year over their handling of anti-government protests and a widespread corruption scandal which has swirled around Erdogan’s inner circle. Despite tensions, relations between Ankara and its European partners have apparently been cemented in recent months over efforts to tackle the flow of so-called “foreign fighters” heading to and from Europe to join militant groups such as Islamic State in neighboring Syria and Iraq. “The recent dramatic changes, from Syria to Ukraine and Middle East to North Africa, require Turkey and the EU to act jointly against the global and regional threats,” the 12-page document laying out Turkey’s strategy, stated. The program is due to come into operation in November and will focus on “Political Reform Process, Socio-Economic Transformation in the Accession Process and EU Communication Strategy,” the document said. The strategy targets a change of the constitution, better implementation of existing laws, as well as a drive to drum up public support for the EU, and will be part of the government’s so-called “action plan”, due to run until 2019.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://newsdaily.com/2014/09/18/turkey-announces-strategy-to-bolster-eu-accession-bid/
Headline: Tension escalates in Southeast as PKK sets fire to 6 more schools
Groups affiliated with the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) set six more state schools on fire in Yüksekova, a district of Hakkari province, on Tuesday and Wednesday night, escalating tension that erupted following the government shutting down three newly opened private schools offering education in the Kurdish language in three southeastern provinces. After setting fire to five schools in Cizre, a district of Şırnak province, on Tuesday evening, members of the Patriotic Revolutionary Youth Movement (YDG-H) and some PKK supporters threw Molotov cocktails at four other state schools located in various parts of Yüksekova on Tuesday night. The schools — Esenyurt, Hamit Kesici, Uğur Sıtkı and Gazi primary schools — were seriously damaged by the petrol bombs. The YDG-H also set fire to two other schools in the same district on Wednesday night. With the start of the 2014-2015 school year on Monday, three Kurdish-language schools opened in Diyarbakır’s Bağlar district, Cizre and Yüksekova, with each holding its own inauguration ceremony. However, the three district governor’s offices in which the schools are located had warned residents that any ceremonies heralding the schools’ openings would be illegal if held.
Sept. 18, 2014
Armenia
Headline: Armenian soldier killed in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
An Armenian soldier has been killed in fresh clashes with Azerbaijani troops in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. “Private Mger Akopian, 24, was fatally wounded on September 18, while on duty,” the regional Defense Ministry said in a statement issued on Thursday. Last month, rising tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh left over 20 troops dead. Armenia and Azerbaijan have been locked in a conflict over the disputed territory with occasional clashes along the ceasefire line. Nagorno-Karabakh is largely populated by Armenians but located in Azerbaijan.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/09/18/379138/soldier-killed-in-nagornykarabakh/
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: Boko Haram ‘in charge of 25 towns’ in northeast Nigeria
Boko Haram militants are in charge of at least 25 towns and villages in northeast Nigeria, the region’s Roman Catholic bishop has claimed, warning of a deteriorating security situation. Bishop Oliver Dashe said 10 towns in Yobe state, the same number in Borno and five in Adawama had fallen to the rebels over the last month, as they seek to carve out a hardline Islamic state. International assistance was now required to tackle the problem, he told the Nigerian Catholic Bishops’ Conference in the southern city of Warri, Delta state, Wednesday. “As a nation we are almost losing this battle because it is spinning out of control,” he added. “The earlier we come together as Nigerians, forgetting our religious, ethnic, regional, cultural and ideological differences to face this menace the better for us.”
Sept. 18, 2014
Headline: Roadside Bombs Kills 4 UN Peacekeepers in Mali
A roadside bomb in northern Mali killed four U.N. peacekeepers and wounded three on Thursday, a spokesman said of the latest in a string of deadly attacks on the force. A car carrying Chadian troops hit the explosive north of Aguel’hoc, which is near the embattled city of Kidal, said Olivier Salgado. Earlier this month, four U.N. peacekeepers were killed and several were wounded when their convoy hit a mine in the same region. Another mine killed a peacekeeper earlier this week. There was no immediate claim of responsibility and Salgado did not speculate on who was responsible for the bomb. Previous land mines have been blamed on Islamic extremists linked to al-Qaida, and they have taken responsibility for some. Northern Mali fell under control of Tuareg separatists and then al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremists following a military coup in 2012. A French-led intervention last year scattered the extremists, but some remain active in the countryside and there have been continued bursts of violence. U.N. troops are now trying to stabilize the north, and peace talks have begun between the Malian government and Tuaregs, who maintain a heavy presence in Kidal and have resisted the authority of the Bamako-based government. Al-Qaida is not participating in those discussions.
Sept. 18, 2014
Headline: Bahrain warns of ‘counter measures’ against Doha
Bahraini authorities have threatened to take “counter measures” against Qatar should it continue to naturalize Bahrains, Al Sharq al-Awsat newspaper reported on Thursday. Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah al-Khalifa, Bahrain’s interior minister, warned that his country would adopt these measures if Qatar does not stop efforts to lure Bahraini nationals towards abandoning their citizenship, an act he called “unfriendly” and offensive. “Such conduct goes against the spirit of brotherhood,” Sheikh al-Khalifa is quoted as saying by the Arabic daily, adding that it also violated the cooperation “we looked forward to” between Gulf Cooperation Council states. If Qatar continues to promote the abandonment of Bahraini nationality, Sheikh al-Khalifa warned that officials in Bahrain will have to resort to measures “they do not look forward to.”
Sept. 18, 2014
Headline: Yemen clashes as UN envoy pursues rebel talks
Headline: Armed Shiite rebels push into Yemen’s capital
Shiite rebels clashed with Sunni Islamists backed by troops north of Sanaa Thursday, as the U.N. envoy huddled in the rebel stronghold to try to end Yemen’s political crisis. Fighting raged between the rebels, known also as Houthis, and fighters of the Islah (Reform) party in Shamlan. Witnesses said five people were wounded. The fighting has spread to Iman University of religion which belongs to top Islah figure preacher Abdul-Majid al-Zandani, they said. The capture of Iman University, a few kilometres from president Hadi’s residence, marks a dramatic victory for the Houthis, a Shiite group based in the northern province of Saada who are demanding government changes. Explosions and gunfire sounded on Wednesday as Houthi militants battled it out with fighters loyal to general Ali Mohsen, a rival of ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Residents in the east of the capital said the two sides were using anti-aircraft missiles. Others fled their homes. U.N. envoy Jamal Benomar flew unexpectedly Wednesday to rebel bastion Saada where he had a three-hour meeting with their leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi. Benomar called the talks “constructive and positive,” and the two are expected to meet again Thursday. However, sources close to the talks said they still face hurdles, mainly on the dismantling of protest camps set up by the rebels weeks ago in and around Sanaa. The rebels earlier rejected an offer by President Abed Rabbou Mansour Hadi to name a new premier and reduce a controversial fuel price rise, two core rebel demands.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/armed-shiite-rebels-push-yemens-capital-1070179193
Headline: Scots turn out to vote in independence referendum
Voters from across Scotland streamed into polling places Thursday to have their say in a historic referendum that could create the world’s newest independent nation, while breaking up one of the West’s oldest and most consequential political unions. With polls showing an exceptionally tight contest, the pro-breakaway nationalists and the status quo unionists made frenzied appeals that extended right up to the moment voters cast ballots. “Today you hold Scotland’s future in your hands,” read a leaflet that 50-year-old “yes” campaigner Ivan Mckee was passing out to fellow Scots as they stepped into a community center in the heart of Glasgow. “We think we are going to win,” Mckee said, noting momentum toward “yes” that has been reflected in the polls.“We have been working at this for two years, and it’s all paying off now.”
Sept. 18, 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: Sierra Leone readies for controversial Ebola lockdown
Headline: Doctors Without Borders staffer contracts Ebola, will be evacuated to France
Headline: No trace of Ebola on New Orleans-bound ship, CDC insists
Headline: Death toll in West Africa Ebola epidemic reaches 2,630: WHO
Sierra Leone prepared Thursday, September 18, for an unprecedented 3-day nationwide lockdown to contain the deadly spread of the Ebola virus in a controversial move which experts claimed could worsen the epidemic. The population of six million will be confined to their homes from midnight (0000 GMT) going into Friday as almost 30,000 volunteers go door-to-door uncovering patients and bodies hidden in people’s homes. “Rain or shine, the shutdown exercise is going to go ahead. During the three days… the job is going to get done,” said Steven Gaojia, head of the government’s emergency operation centre. The worst-ever outbreak of Ebola has claimed more than 500 lives in Sierra Leone, one of three countries at the epicenter of the epidemic which has so far killed almost 2,500. “Ose to Ose Ebola Tok” – “house-to-house Ebola talk” in the widely-spoken Krio language – will see more than 7,000 volunteer teams of four visiting the country’s 1.5 million homes. They will hand out bars of soap and information on how to prevent infection, as well as setting up “neighbourhood watch”-style community Ebola surveillance teams. The government has said the teams will not enter people’s homes and are not tasked with collecting patients or bodies, but will call emergency services or burial teams “if by chance the teams happen to bump into such situations”.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.rappler.com/world/regions/africa/69502-sierra-leone-ebola-lockdown
http://news.yahoo.com/death-toll-west-africa-ebola-epidemic-reaches-2-131717287.html
Headline: Enterovirus 68 confirmed in Minnesota
Headline: Doctor: Gov’t ‘Tight-Lipped’ on Respiratory Virus, May be From Illegals
Headline: CDC confirms respiratory illness in Virginia
Minnesota has joined a group of states reporting a respiratory illness caused by the virus known as enterovirus 68. State health officials said Wednesday that a case was confirmed Tuesday evening via lab tests from a child hospitalized with acute symptoms. The child has since been released and is recovering at home, the agency said. Shortly after the Department of Health report, the University of Minnesota said it had confirmed 11 cases at its children’s hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota Public Radio News reported. A hospital spokeswoman told The Associated Press she did not know the conditions of the patients. The Health Department said the results confirmed suspicions that enterovirus is circulating in Minnesota. Some hospitals have reported an increase in children being brought in for respiratory problems. At least 12 other states have confirmed cases of the virus, many in the Midwest. It can cause mild to severe illness, and may even require breathing help for patients with the worst cases. But no deaths have been reported.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.wtop.com/267/3704026/CDC-confirms-respiratory-illness-in-Va
Headline: Number of chikungunya cases in El Salvador tops 16,000
Headline: Death toll from Chikungunya hits 113 in the Caribbean, PAHO says
Headline: Epidemiologist declares chikungunya epidemic in Virgin Islands
At least 16,000 patient have contracted the chikungunya virus in El Salvador, prompting health officials in the Central American country to step up the fight Monday to eliminate disease-carrying mosquitoes. “Of the 16,000 chikungunya cases, 11,000 are in the department of San Salvador,” where the capital is located, Health Minister Violeta Menjívar said during a press conference. Menjívar said the country remains on “national alert,” which was declared last June for both the chikungunya virus and dengue, both transmitted by mosquitoes. She said officials would “intensify the response,” including stepping up fumigation efforts and national awareness campaigns aimed at reminding residents to eliminate stagnant water. “We are calling for the unification of efforts by government agencies, municipalities and the Education Ministry [for a campaign] in schools,” the minister said. Chikungunya fever is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, and causes a sudden high fever, skin rashes, pounding headaches, nausea and muscle pain.
Sept. 17, 2014
http://www.ticotimes.net/2014/09/15/number-of-chikungunya-cases-in-el-salvador-tops-16000
http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/epidemiologist-declares-chikungunya-epidemic-in-v-i-1.1754655
Headline: HealthMap
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http://healthmap.org/formobile/
Increase in Drugs Revelation 9:21 “And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.”
In Revelation 9:21 we see Jesus speaking to us about drug’s. The words “sorceries” in Revelation 9:21 is the Greek word pharmakia from which comes our word “pharmacy”. It signifies the use of medicine, drugs, spells, such as those used in witchcraft and those used today by those who are seeking a greater “high”. This generation was to be labeled a drug generation and we are.
Headline: Stoners on the job: Nearly 10% of Americans go to work high
Showing up to work high? You’re not alone. A new report has found nearly 1 in 10 Americans are showing up to work high on marijuana. Mashable.com conducted the survey in partnership with SurveyMonkey, and found 9.7 percent of Americans fessed up to smoking cannabis before showing up to the office. The data analyzed the marijuana and prescription drug habits of 534 Americans. What’s more, nearly 81 percent said they scored their cannabis illegally, according to the survey. Cannabis and the workplace seem quite linked lately. Entrepreneur and venture capitalist Peter Thiel recently chimed in on marijuana and work. While criticizing Twitter during an appearance on CNBC Wednesday, Thiel said Twitter is a “… horribly mismanaged company—probably a lot of pot smoking going on there.”
Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102009068
Headline: Italian army to grow medical marijuana
The Italian army is aiming high with its latest weapon on the medical front: marijuana. The ministers of defense and health signed a deal Thursday for a joint project to produce cannabis derivative drugs for pain relief. The famous spiky-leafed plants will be cultivated and treated at a military pharmaceutical plant in Florence. “The aim is to produce medicine for extremely serious pathologies, such as multiple sclerosis, or for pain relief,” Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin told a press conference. “The project has no ideological or cultural value, it’s just in the interest of the sick.” The project should produce around 80 to 100 kilos of active principle – the extract from marijuana plants used in medicines – each year. Defense minister Roberta Pinotti said the Italian military’s medical skills are “often unsung or underestimated. In Florence we have everything we need to begin production.”
Sept. 18, 2014
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/World/2014/Sep-18/271130-italian-army-to-grow-medical-marijuana.ashx#axzz3DgdrcVFa
Scorching Sun Isaiah30:26 , Revelation 16:8-9 & Revelation 7:16, Malachi 4:1 “Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, And the light of the sun will be sevenfold, As the light of seven days, In the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people And heals the stroke of their wound.” (Isaiah 30:26) “Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. 9 And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.” (Revelation 16:8-9) “Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat.” ( Revelation 7: 16) “For behold, the day is coming,Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” Says the Lord of hosts, “That will leave them neither root nor branch” (Malachi 4:1) Drought Jeremiah 50:38 & Isaiah 42:15 “A drought is against her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is the land of carved images, And they are insane with their idols.” (Jeremiah)“I will lay waste the mountains and hills, And dry up all their vegetation; I will make the rivers coastlands, And I will dry up the pools.”(Isaiah)
Headline: Last month was world’s hottest August on record: US
Last month was the hottest August on record for global average temperatures over land and ocean surfaces, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Thursday. If the trend continues, 2014 could set new records for planet-wide heat, a development that would raise new alarm over the pace of global warming and the burning of fossil fuels. The month’s temperature was 1.35 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century average, the agency said in its monthly climate report. “It was the largest departure from average of any month on record,” said Jake Crouch, a climate scientist at NOAA, noting that record-keeping began in 1880. The month’s average land and ocean surface temperature was 61.45 Fahrenheit (16.35 Celsius). The 20th century average for August is 60.1°F (15.6°C). The period of January to August was also the third warmest on record, said the report. “If we continue a consistent departure from average for the rest of 2014, we will edge out 2010 for the warmest year on record,” Crouch told reporters.
Sept. 18, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/last-month-worlds-hottest-august-record-us-154156957.html
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