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Headline: Putin warns Israel: Selling arms to Ukraine would provoke Russian S-300 sales to Syria too
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warning to Israel against selling arms to Kiev – in retaliation for the S-300 air-defense missiles Russia has released for Iran – adds a European dimension to the dispute by planting Israel squarely in the middle of Moscow’s Ukraine dispute with the United States. The Russian leader’s implied threat to hit back by sending the same missile system to Syria as well as Iran, touches on another dispute between Russia on the one side and the US and Israel on the other, namely the Syria conflict. Whereas critics of the Netanyahu government highlight its falling-out with the Obama administration over the Iranian nuclear issue, they disregard the intense US-Israeli military cooperation in two vital regions of conflict – Syria and Ukraine. This working relationship is not lost on Putin. The intelligence updates placed on his Kremlin desk reveal that, just as the US and Israel (and Jordan) have been arming rebel forces fighting in southern Syria, they are also working together to give the Ukrainian army the weapons for breaking its incendiary standoff with the pro-Russian separatists. In the last fortnight, thousands of military advisers from the United States, Canada, France, the UK and Germany were shipped into Ukraine to train the national army. Due in the coming days are 290 officers and troops of the American 173 Airborne Brigade.
April 19, 2015
Headline: Activist Urges Israel to Raise Kurdistan as Ally against Iran
Should Israel generate a new ally? If Sherkoh Abbas’ advice were heeded, Israel would be trying to draw the Western world closer to the notion of an independent Kurdistan. Abbas, the Chairman of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) and the organization’s representative in Washington D.C., advocates for the splitting of Syria into multiple ethno-religious political regions which would have either de facto or de jure independence. He is also a supporter of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) gaining independence from Iraq. According to Abbas, Israel has a golden opportunity to end its isolation in the Middle East and literally build a new regional partner. He is ambiguous though what type of support Kurds on either side of the Syrian-Iraqi border would need most from the Israelis at this juncture. “Israel needs to get out of isolation and [stop] doing nothing. They’ve done nothing over the last six years,” says Abbas. “It was unthinkable for Arabs to say ‘Assad is worse than the Jewish state.’ Today, the Arab groups we engage say, ‘Let’s stop war with Israel because we need to get rid of this monster.’ Now they’re willing to accept a Kurdish region.” Now is a ripe moment to establish an oasis in that area, that can be a beacon and reduce the umbilical cord stretching from Damascus through Tehran.”
April 20, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/194319#.VTU1fZMe2uQ
Headline: In Gaza, ISIS Affiliate Publishes Its First Magazine
The Ibn Taymia media center, an ISIS-affiliated media wing in the Gaza Strip, published the first issue of a new monthly magazine, titled “The Last Promise,” aimed at its supporters and potential recruits. The first issue, featuring a combination of militant lecturing and practical advice, follows the same template as publications from groups including ISIS and al-Qaeda. There’s a “Know Your Enemy” section, dedicated to the Israeli Defense Force, which outlines the military’s history. Another section advises “do not share your information after being captured by the enemy,” “always listen to commands,” and to always keep weapons clean. Also included is a poem purportedly penned by Osama bin Laden, praising martyrdom and jihad. There are clear indicators linking Ibn Taymia with ISIS, according to Vocativ’s analysis, and posts on the official Twitter account hashtag #ISIS and #Gaza. The account published tweets praising the Islamic State, threatening Jews and Christians, and announced the death of Gazans who joined ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Only one article in the inaugural issue features a picture of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
April 20, 2015
http://www.vocativ.com/usa/nat-sec/in-gaza-isis-affiliate-publishes-its-first-magazine/
Headline: Bombing Targets Abbas’s Gaza Home
Headline: Palestinian cabinet ministers leave Gaza due to disputes with Hamas
In the first volley of a spate of bomb attacks in Gaza over the weekend, an explosive was detonated late last Friday in western Gaza City right by Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s former home. Abbas’s Gaza home was turned into Palestinian Cabinet headquarters after the unity deal between Hamas and the PA last April which torpedoed peace talks, reports the Palestinian Arab Ma’an News Agency. It remains unclear which party was responsible for the blast against Abbas’s former home, with either rival factions or disgruntled residents among the possible suspects. Just a day later on late Saturday, two more explosions rocked Gaza, with one going off right next to UNRWA offices – around three meters from the door according to UNRWA workers. The blast took place across from the Sousi Biulding on al-Sanaa Street according to the news agency. A second blast also on late Saturday struck the entrance of the Khalidi Building, located opposite the Islamic University and next to the “Attorney-General’s office,” according to the report. In a separate security incident, Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades “military wing” reported on Saturday that one of its terrorists was killed while on duty. According to the Hamas statement, the terrorist was Nafeth Said al-Mughni from Rafah in southern Gaza. Hamas claimed he died after being hit by a bullet “in an accident,” but did not provide any further details regarding the shooting.
April 20, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/194295#.VTU2hpMe2uQ
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-04/21/c_134167481.htm
“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.” (Psalm 83)
Lebanon
Headline: Lebanon resumes hostage talks with ISIS
Negotiations between the Lebanese government and ISIS militants over the release of captive Lebanese servicemen have resumed after a prolonged stalemate, the families of the hostages said after meeting with Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt and Health Minister Wael Abu Faour over the weekend. “Abu Faour confirmed that communication with ISIS had resumed after the group appointed a new head in the Qalamoun [region],” Hussein Youssef, spokesman for the families of the captives told The Daily Star after the meeting. Negotiations between the Lebanese government and ISIS, who are holding at least nine Lebanese servicemen hostage, have been suspended since February, when the leader of an ISIS brigade in Qalamoun was shot dead by a senior official of his own group. “Now that they appointed a new head for ISIS in the Qalamoun the Lebanese government has someone it can negotiate with,” Youssef said.
April 20, 2015
Egypt
Headline: 3 Egyptian soldiers killed in blast claimed by ISIS affiliate
An Egyptian army captain and two other soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Rafah, near the border with the Gaza Strip on Monday, security and medical sources said. A Twitter feed that describes itself as the official account for Sinai Province, the Egyptian affiliate of the ultra-hardline militant group Islamic State, claimed responsibility for the attack in the Sinai Peninsula, which borders Gaza, Israel and the Suez Canal.
April 20, 2015
FOR THE TIME BEING, I AM MOVING YEMEN UP TO THIS AREA, AS MANY OF THE NEWS ITEMS WE WILL BE SEEING WILL INCLUDE SAUDI ARABIA & OTHER GULF COUNTRIES; PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YEMEN IS NOT PART OF THE PSALM 83 WAR, BUT CONTINUES TO FULFILL THE PROPHECY OF NATION AGAINST NATION.
Headline: Iranian ship convoy moves toward Yemen, alarming US officials
U.S. military officials are concerned that Iran’s support for Houthi rebels in Yemen could spark a confrontation with Saudi Arabia and plunge the region into sectarian war. Iran is sending an armada of seven to nine ships — some with weapons — toward Yemen in a potential attempt to resupply the Shia Houthi rebels, according to two U.S. defense officials. Officials fear the move could lead to a showdown with the U.S. or other members of a Saudi-led coalition, which is enforcing a naval blockade of Yemen and is conducting its fourth week of airstrikes against the Houthis. Iran sent a destroyer and another vessel to waters near Yemen last week but said it was part of a routine counter-piracy mission. What’s unusual about the new deployment, which set out this week, is that the Iranians are not trying to conceal it, officials said. Instead, they appear to be trying to “communicate it” to the U.S. and its allies in the Gulf. It is not clear what will happen as the convoy comes closer to Yemen. Saudi Arabia has deployed ships around Yemen to enforce the blockade, as has Egypt. An official said the ship convoy could try to land at a port in Aden, which the Houthis have taken over.
April 17, 2015
Headline: US warship heads to Yemeni waters; could block Iran weapons
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is steaming toward the waters off Yemen to beef up security and join other American ships that are prepared to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying weapons to the Houthi rebels fighting in Yemen. Navy officials said Monday that the Roosevelt was moving through the Arabian Sea. The U.S. Navy has been beefing up its presence in the Gulf of Aden and the southern Arabian Sea amid reports that a convoy of about eight Iranian ships is heading toward Yemen and possibly carrying arms for the Houthis. Navy officials said there are about nine U.S. warships in the region, including cruisers and destroyers carrying teams that can board and search other vessels. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ship movement on the record.
April 20, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/us-warship-heads-yemeni-waters-block-iranian-weapons-182036698–politics.html
Headline: Yemen rejects Iran mediation, insists rebels surrender
Headline: Russia to throw weight behind Iran’s Yemen initiative at UN
Yemeni Foreign Minister Riyad Yassin has rejected Iran’s offer to mediate a solution to the crisis in his war-torn country, insisting that Tehran-backed rebels surrender.
“Any mediation effort coming from Iran is unacceptable because Iran is involved in the Yemen issue,” Yassin said on the sidelines of an Arab-Turkish economic meeting in Kuwait City. “Iran has become a major part of the Yemeni crisis and those who are a party to the crisis… cannot become mediators,” he said. Iran has been backing the Houthi rebels who along with forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh have taken control of most of Yemen, prompting air strikes from a Saudi-led coalition to support the government. Yassin said thousands of anti-government fighters had been killed since the start of the air strikes on March 26.
April 20, 2015
http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/735156
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/04/18/406944/Russia-backs-Irans-initiative-for-Yemen
Headline: Large explosions from airstrikes rock Yemeni capital
Headline: Air strike on missile base in Yemen capital kills at least fifteen
Saudi-led airstrikes on weapons caches in Yemen’s rebel-held capital on Monday caused massive explosions that shattered windows, sent residents scrambling for shelter and killed a local TV presenter. The explosions were the most powerful seen in the city since a Saudi-led air campaign against Iran-allied Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, began last month. The blasts deposited a layer of soot on the top floors of residential buildings and left the streets littered with glass. Anti-aircraft fire rattled across the city in response. Mushroom clouds rose over Fag Atan, in the mountainous outskirts of Sanaa, where the capital’s largest weapons caches are located. The site has been targeted several times during the three-week air campaign. A Yemeni official said the Saudi-led warplanes are demolishing parts of the mountain, hoping to uncover and destroy Scud missiles. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
April 20, 2015
Headline: Saudi guard killed in Yemen border attack
Headline: Saudi Arabia on alert over possible oil or mall attack
A Saudi border guard was killed and two troops wounded by heavy gun and mortar fire from Yemen on Sunday evening, the kingdom’s interior ministry said. The attack took place in the Saudi border province of Najran. Several members of Saudi Arabia’s forces have been killed since the country and its Arab allies began bombing Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen since March 26. On April 11, Houthi rebels killed three Saudi border guards in a mortar attack, the Saudi Defense Ministry said, as a plane loaded with medical aid arrived in the rebel-held Yemeni capital. Also earlier in April, two members of Saudi Arabia’s coastal guard were killed while on patrol in the Asiri region after coming under heavy fire from the Yemeni side of the border.
April 20, 2015
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: Syria army cuts key rebel supply route from Jordan
Regime forces Monday cut off a vital rebel supply route in southern Syria that opposition fighters used to transport weapons from Jordan, the army and an activist group said. The armed forces took control of several villages in the southern province of Deraa in the morning, encircling two other villages where rebel fighters were located, an army statement said. “This new victory… reopens and secures the vital road between Deraa and Swaida (another southern province) and cuts off the supply route for armed terrorist groups,” the statement said. It called the takeover “a fatal blow” for rebel groups. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights director Rami Abdel Rahman said government fighters had cut off “a main supply route” that rebels used to bring in fighters and weapons from the Syrian-Jordanian border to their stronghold of Al-Lajjat.
April 20, 2015
Syria Headline: ISW Syria Situation Report April 7-14, 2015
http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2015/04/syria-situation-report-april-7-14-2015.html
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe
http://syriahr.com/en/category/news/
Iraq Headline: Iraqi soldiers retake key oil refinery from ISIS militants
Iraqi soldiers surrounded and took control of the country’s biggest oil refinery Saturday, which has been besieged for days by Islamic State militants, a senior official said. The refinery at Beiji, north of Baghdad, has been held by the Iraqi military for months despite the militants’ onslaught. However, ISIS militants recently carried out a major attack and took over a small part of the complex. Retaining control remains crucial for the country, as it accounts for a little more than a quarter of the country’s entire refining capacity. Abdel-Wahab al-Saadi, the top military commander in Iraq’s Salahuddin province, said ground forces entered the refinery Saturday. “It is another victory achieved by Iraqi security forces that are growing confident in the war against the terrorists,” al-Saadi told The Associated Press.
April 19, 2015
Iraq Headline: Bomb blasts, mortar fire leave 14 dead in Iraqi capital
At least 14 people have been killed by bombings and mortar fire, targeting various public places around the Iraqi capital Baghdad, authorities say. The most lethal attack took place on Sunday night when a car bomb went off on a busy commercial street in Baghdad, killing 6 and injuring another 13, the Associated Press quoted police officials as saying. Earlier in the day, three people were killed and eight more wounded by a bomb blast close to a market in the al-Taji district, north of the capital. According to police, two people were also killed and five more injured as a bomb went off in Baghdad’s northeastern suburbs. Three people were also killed as a civilian residence was hit by a mortar shell in the Sabaa al-Bour village located some 30 kilometers north of Baghdad. Medical officials have confirmed the casualties.
April 19, 2015
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/04/19/407098/Baghdad-blasts-claim-fourteen-civilians–
Iraq Headline: 90,000 people flee Iraq’s Anbar, as IS militants advance on Ramadi
Iraq Headline: Hezbollah Brigades deploys fighters to Ramadi
Over 90,000 people have fled their homes in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, where Islamic State militants have been gaining ground over the past week, the United Nations said on Sunday. IS militants have flooded towards the provincial capital of Ramadi, displacing thousands of families. “Our top priority is delivering life-saving assistance to people who are fleeing – food, water and shelter are highest on the list of priorities,” Lise Grande, humanitarian coordinator for the United Nations in Iraq, said in a statement. Iraqi government and militia forces are said to be preparing a counter-offensive against the IS advances, after reinforcements were sent from the capital Baghdad, according to local officials. As IS have approached Ramadi officials have warned that the provincial capital was in danger of falling to the militant group.
April 19, 2015
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/90000-people-flee-iraqs-anbar-militants-advance-ramadi-1361469992
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/04/hezbollah-brigades-deploys-fighters-to-ramadi.php
Iraq Headline: ISW Iraq Situation Report April 16-17, 2015
http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2015/04/iraq-situation-report-april-16-17-2015.html
Kurdish Headline: Damascus ready to accept Kurdish autonomy
A Syrian minister has indicated that the Bashar al-Assad regime is willing to accept Kurdish autonomy in the north of the war-torn country, where Kurdish forces have been engaged in fierce fighting with ISIS. “The Syrian leadership is ready to negotiate over the project for self-management,” National Reconciliation Minister Ali Haydar told Kurdish Rudaw news agency Sunday. The minister’s comments come after he met with Kurdish authorities last month in the northern Syrian border town of Qamishli to discuss a range of issues. In January 2014, Kurdish authorities declared the formation of three self-ruled cantons (Cizire, Afrin and Kobane) under the Democratic Self-Rule Administration of Rojava, which has been dominated by the Democratic Union party (PYD) and its People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia forces. The political reorganization was not recognised by the Syrian regime; however it has become a de-facto reality, especially since pro-government forces withdrew from most Kurdish-populated regions in 2012, with the exception of Qamishli and the provincial capital Hasakeh 75 kilometers to the south. Haydar expressed support for overt signs of local Kurdish authority in northern Syria, saying that he was “pleased at the site of Kurdish checkpoints on roads [since] they protect citizens.” “There is no problem with [raising] Kurdish flags as long as they come within the framework of a united Syria,” he added.
April 20, 2015
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/565148-damascus-ready-to-accept-kurdish-autonomy
Headline: Ex-Hussein Intel Officer Planned ISIS’s Rise to Power
An ex-intelligence officer under the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was “the strategic head” behind the Islamic State (ISIS, aka IS) group and drew up the blueprints for the jihadists’ capture of northern Syria, German weekly Der Spiegel reported Sunday. Former colonel Samir Abd Muhammad al-Khlifawi, who was better known as Haji Bakr and was killed by Syrian rebels in January 2014, “had been secretly pulling the strings at IS for years,” according to the magazine as cited by AFP. The weekly said it had been given exclusive access to 31 documents by Bakr, including handwritten lists and charts, after lengthy negotiations with a rebel group in Aleppo, northern Syria, which came in possession of the pages after ISIS fled the area. The trove “was nothing less than a blueprint for a takeover,” according to Spiegel, detailing the creation of a caliphate in northern Syria, complete with meticulous instructions for espionage activities, murder and kidnapping.
April 20, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/194290#.VTU5GZMe2uQ
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.
Iran
Headline: Iran foreign minister: It is time for U.S., its allies to choose ‘between cooperation and confrontation’
In reference to ongoing nuclear negotiations, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said his country has upheld its part of reaching an agreement, and now it is the responsibility of the U.S. and its allies to do the same. “We agreed on parameters to remove any doubt about the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program,” Zarif wrote in a New York Times op-ed published Monday. “It is time for the United States and its Western allies to make the choice between cooperation and confrontation, between negotiations and grandstanding, and between agreement and coercion.” Earlier this month, Iran reached a framework nuclear deal with the P5+1 countries — United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany. Now, negotiators are working toward a comprehensive agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear program by a June 30 deadline. Iran is pushing for sanctions relief — and while both sides agree upon removing sanctions, they differ on the parameters and timing of doing so.
April 20, 2015
Headline: Australia Announces Intelligence Sharing Deal With Iran
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced on Monday after a visit to Tehran that her country and Iran will share intelligence to track foreign jihadists fighting for Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq. The intelligence sharing will be informal according to Bishop, who met with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, President Hassan Rouhani, and Ali Akbar Velayati, who is the foreign affairs adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reports AFP. Her visit was the first by an Australian minister in over a decade, and signifies further rapprochement between the Islamic regime and world powers despite its controversial nuclear program and active support for terrorist organizations around the globe. Signs of that rapprochement were seen in letters written by US President Barack Obama to Khamenei late last year, urging Iran to cooperate with the US against ISIS on the one hand and reach a nuclear deal on the other. “We have a common purpose with Iran in defeating Daesh and helping the Iraqi government,” Bishop told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, referencing ISIS by an Arabic acronym. Pictures from the visit showed Bishop with a black Muslim head scarf covering her hair while meeting with a laughing Rouhani.
April 20, 2015
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/194305#.VTU2G5Me2uQ
Afghanistan
Headline: ISIS militant bomber on motorbike kills 33 at bank in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up in front of the Kabul Bank in Jalalabad early Saturday, a local government spokesman said. The ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack. The explosion killed at least 33 people and injured more than 100 others, public health spokesman Najibullah Kamawal said. The claim appears to be the first in Afghanistan by ISIS, CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh said. It was made by an offshoot called ISIS Wilayat Khorasan. In a statement, the group said the bomber was named Abu Mohammad and he belonged to their ranks. He was targeting government workers collecting their pay at the bank, the terrorists said. He detonated his charge at the peak of rush hour on the first day of the week, when the bank would be expected to be crowded. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, in a text message to journalists, distanced his group from the attack. “The explosion in Jalalabad doesn’t have anything to do with us and we condemn it,” he said. ISIS refers to Afghanistan and Pakistan as the province of “Khorasan.” In March, CNN reported on ISIS recruiting in Afghanistan.
April19, 2015
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/18/asia/afghanistan-violence/
Headline: Afghan doctor: 3 dead in suicide attack on police station
Headline: Afghan Taliban Claims Killing 23, Wounding 30 in Four-Man Suicide Raid in Helmand
A suicide bomber attacked a police station in the provincial capital of Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, killing three people, a doctor at a local hospital that received the bodies said Monday. Provincial police chief Gen. Nabi Jan Mullahkhail said three people were wounded when a suicide bomber struck the gate of the compound in Lashkar Gah late Sunday, allowing two other militants to enter. He declined to elaborate. But Dr. Darwesh at the Emergency hospital, an international charity, said it had received the bodies of two policemen and one civilian. Another 11 people wounded in the attack are being treated there, he said. He asked that his last name not be published because he was not authorized to brief the media.
April 20, 2015
Libya
Headline: At least 21 killed in fighting near Libyan capital
At least 21 people have been killed in fighting on the outskirts of the Libyan capital Tripoli, military sources said, as sticking points emerged in talks between the country’s rival parliaments in Morocco. Pro-government forces clashed with fighters from the Islamist-backed Fajr Libya militia alliance in Tajoura, 30km east of Tripoli, on Friday as the forces of the internationally recognised government launched a new attempt to regain control of the capital. “Fourteen soldiers, four fighters from Fajr Libya, and three women were killed today in Tajoura,” a pro-government military source told AFP, adding that the women were killed accidentally in rocket fire on a militia camp. Another 24 people were wounded, he said, without giving a breakdown. A Fajr Libya spokesman in Tripoli, Mohamad Shami, confirmed the attack but said 32 people were killed. “Fajr Libya is in full control of Tajoura, and there are minor clashes near a camp called the 101 camp where some of the attackers are still there and Fajr Libya forces are surrounding them,” he added. A second pro-government military source told AFP that “there are ongoing fierce battles in Tajoura , with the help of our airforce launching air strikes”.
April 18, 2015
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/18/at-least-21-killed-in-fighting-near-libyan-capital
Germany
Headline: Thousands in Germany protest against Europe-U.S. trade deal
Thousands of people marched in Berlin, Munich and other German cities on Saturday in protest against a planned free trade deal between Europe and the United States that they fear will erode food, labor and environmental standards. Opposition to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is particularly high in Germany, in part due to rising anti-American sentiment linked to revelations of U.S. spying and fears of digital domination by firms like Google. A recent YouGov poll showed that 43 percent of Germans believe TTIP would be bad for the country, compared to 26 percent who see it as positive. The level of resistance has taken Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government and German industry by surprise, and they are now scrambling to reverse the tide and save a deal which proponents say could add $100 billion in annual economic output on both sides of the Atlantic. In Berlin, a crowd estimated by police at 1,500 formed a human chain winding from the Potsdamer Platz square, past the U.S. embassy and through the Brandenburg Gate to offices of the European Commission.
April18, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-germany-protest-against-europe-u-trade-deal-170337569–business.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: Al-Shabab terrorists bomb UN van in Somalia, kill 7
A bomb exploded Monday in a van carrying United Nations employees in a semi-autonomous region of northern Somalia, killing seven and injuring several others, including an American. An Al-Qaeda affiliate claimed responsibility for the attack. UNICEF reported four of its employees were killed in the bombing. The van was painted white and had UN painted on the side in blue letters. Four others were seriously injured, the U.N. children’s agency said. A senior police officer told The Associated Press that two Kenyans, one Ugandan, one Afghan and three Somalis died in the bomb explosion. Col. Ali Salad, of the police in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland state, says one American, one Sierra Leonean, one Ugandan, one Kenyan and four Somalis were wounded The blast occured in the town of Garowe.
April 20, 2015
Headline: Opposition launches fresh protests in Guinea
Anti-government Guinean protesters have staged a series of fresh protest rallies following deadly clashes between demonstrators and police last week. On Monday, hundreds of demonstrators poured onto the streets of several districts and suburbs of the capital, Conakry. The protesters shouted slogans, burnt tires and barricaded roads during the demonstrations across the troubled region. Authorities had deployed large contingents of police and paramilitary troops to most parts of the capital to prevent unwanted incidents. Violence erupted when protesters threw rocks at police forces, who attacked the protesters shortly afterward, hurling tear gas canisters at the demonstrators to disperse the crowds. The government said in a statement that angry demonstrators caused extensive damage to public properties and a trainee policeman was seriously wounded. Guinean law enforcement agencies say they have arrested at least two protesters for involvement in violent incidents.
April 20, 2015
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/04/20/407236/Fresh-antigovt-protests-held-in-Guinea
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: Greek eurozone exit edges closer as markets brace for Athens default
Headline: Tsipras to Seize Public-Sector Funds to Keep Greece Afloat
Eurozone officials meet for further crunch talks on Greece this week amid warnings that time is running out for the country to avoid defaulting on its debts and being jettisoned from the single-currency bloc. Deputy finance ministers will convene on Wednesday to pave the way for talks among finance chiefs in the Latvian capital, Riga, at the end of the week, a Greek government official told Reuters. But investors are increasingly sceptical that a rescue deal can be reached between Greece and its creditors. Financial markets do not expect a breakthrough at that meeting of the so-called Eurogroup – the eurozone’s finance ministers – and focus is already shifting to early May when Greece is scheduled to repay almost €1bn (£700m) to the International Monetary Fund – a sum most experts say Athens will not be able to raise. Greece’s recently elected leftwing-led government has so far failed to present a package of reforms to the IMF and its eurozone partners that those creditors deem serious enough to unlock the remaining bailout funds.
April 19, 2015
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: Chinese stocks fall despite new stimulus measures
Chinese stocks fell despite government stimulus which cut reserve requirements for the second time this year. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) reduced the amount of money banks must set aside as reserves by one percentage point in a bid to spur more lending. The announcement on Sunday came in the wake of data showing the country grew at its slowest pace in six years. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 2.02% to 27,094.93, while the Shanghai Composite lost 1.64% to 4,217.08. Mark Williams, chief Asia economist at Capital Economics, said China acted because “downside risks to growth appear greater now. “The decision is a response to the weakness of recent economic data. Most of the activity and spending data for March came in below consensus. “Further reserve-requirement ratio (RRR) cuts are likely – perhaps another 150 basis points before the end of the year – along with at least one more cut to benchmark interest rates,” he said.
April 20, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32377099
Revelation 6:6- With the bees dying off, you will see a decrease in produce and an INCREASE in food prices!
March 26, 2015- 150,000+ bees found dead in Wormhout, France
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April 16, 2015- Thousands of bees are dying in a road accident in Saussenac, France
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April 17, 2015- Bee hives all dead in a Botanical garden in Seclin, France
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April 18, 2015- Millions of bees dead after truck accident in Washington
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2015/04/17/semi-overturns-bees-i5/25925049/
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: ‘Mystery disease’ kills 18 in Nigeria – officials
A “mysterious” disease has killed at least 18 people in the past several days in south-western Nigeria, local officials say. The outbreak started in the Ode-Irele town, Ondo state, and spread rapidly. The disease – characterised by blurred vision, headache and loss of consciousness – killed the victims within 24 hours of falling ill. Local health officials and World Health Organization experts are now in the town to try to identify the disease. Laboratory tests have so far ruled out Ebola or any other virus, Ondo government spokesman Kayode Akinmade was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency. He described the illness as “mysterious”. WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told AFP that all of those affected started showing symptoms between 13-15 April. The unidentified disease appears to be attacking the central nervous system, state health commissioner Dayo Adeyanju told Nigeria’s Premium Times.
April 18, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32365830
April 12, 2015 – Hundreds of thousands of fish have died suddenly in fish ponds in Guangdong, China
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?to=&from=&a=http://news.ifeng.com/a/20150412/43534992_0.shtml#p=1
April 12, 2015 – Massive die off of jellyfish washed up on Rockaway Beach, Oregon, America
http://www.nwcn.com/story/news/2015/04/12/velella-velella-die-off-ore-coast/25674431/
April 13, 2015 – Hundreds of dead fish wash up on a lake in Connecticut, America
http://www.wfsb.com/story/28790891/runners-fishermen-complained-about-the-unwelcome-sight-and-smell-of-dead-fish-in-westhersfield
April 13, 2015 – 20,000 birds dead, 180,000 to be killed due to bird flu in Wisconsin, America
http://www.dailyunion.com/news/article_91f6c3f2-e1fd-11e4-91bf-af2a18ce4f6e.html
April 13, 2015 – Hundreds of birds killed in hail storm in Ahmedabad, India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Over-200-birds-found-dead-injured-across-Ahmedabad/articleshow/46902041.cms
April 14, 2015 – 200,000 birds to be killed due to avian flu in Telangana, India
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/bird-flu-alert-in-telangana-ap-two-lakh-birds-to-be-culled/
April 14, 2015 – Hundreds of dead fish litter ponds across northern Pennsylvania
http://wnep.com/2015/04/14/fish-killed-off-by-winter/
April 14, 2015 – Tons of dead fish wash up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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April 15, 2015 – Mass die off of fish along a canal in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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April 15, 2015 – Die off of fish in a reservoir in Longyan City, China
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April 15, 2015 – Thousands of fish dying due to algae in Norfolk, England
http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2015-04-15/toxic-algae-killing-thousands-of-fish-on-the-norfolk-broads/
April 17, 2015 – Hundreds of dead fish found in a pond in Bangalore, India
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/fish-kill-in-cubbon-park-lotus-pond/article7111162.ece
April 17, 2015 – Hundreds of dead fish wash up on Nuns’ Island in Quebec, Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/hundreds-of-fish-die-in-artificial-pond-on-nuns-island-1.3037530
April 18, 2015 – 250,000+ birds dead due to more outbreaks of avian flu in South Dakota, America
http://magicvalley.com/usda-confirms-bird-flu-at-th-south-dakota-turkey-farm/article_a22aad75-1948-5ad3-91e6-448752df0a38.html
April 18, 2015 – Hundreds of marine mammals have washed up dead during winter in Quebec, Canada
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April 19, 2015 – 27,000 Chickens to be killed due to avian flu in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada
http://london.ctvnews.ca/bird-flu-detected-at-second-farm-near-woodstock-27-000-birds-to-be-euthanized-1.2334468
Apostasy & Alternative Lifestyles Amos 8:11, 1 Timothy 4:1-3 & Romans1:26-27 “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, 3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.” (1 Timothy) “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the Lord.” (Amos) “For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due”(Romans)
Headline: School under fire for transgender kindergarten lesson
Officials at Mitchell Primary School are apologizing after a book about a transgender child was read to most of the school’s K-3 students. “We have a practice of if a topic is considered sensitive, parents should be informed,” superintendent Allyn Hutton told SeaCoastOnline.com. “In this situation, that didn’t happen. The whole culture at Mitchell School is about teaching tolerance and respect. The people presenting the lesson thought (the book) was one more piece of teaching that lesson. “In retrospect, we understand that toleration is tolerating people of all opinions,” Hutton said. Criticism flooded the district after Fox News host Sean Hannity posted about the lesson on his website, prompted by a Mitchell school mother who was angry she wasn’t given advanced warning that teachers were reading students the book “I am Jazz” by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings, the news site reports. The book details the struggles of a child “with a boy’s body and a girl’s brain,” who eventually finds a doctor that tells the family the boy is a transgender.
April 20, 2015
http://eagnews.org/school-under-fire-for-kindergarten-lesson-on-transgenderism/
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: ISIS releases video purportedly showing killing of Ethiopian Christians in Libya
Headline: Ethiopia Declares 3 Days of Mourning for Citizens Killed by IS
The Islamic State expanded its extermination of Christians to another country with the release of a video Sunday purportedly showing a mass execution of Ethiopians in Libya. “We express our condolences to the families of the victims and our support to the Ethiopian government and people as they grieve for their fellow citizens,” National Security Council spokesperson Bernadette Meehan said in a statement. “That these terrorists killed these men solely because of their faith lays bare the terrorists’ vicious, senseless brutality.” The White House on Sunday evening condemned the video. The video, released via militant social media accounts and websites, including the Middle East Media Research Institute, could not be independently verified by The Associated Press. However, it corresponded to other videos released by the Islamic State group and bore the symbol of its al-Furqan media arm. At this time, the U.S. intelligence community is assessing the video and has no reason to doubt its authenticity, sources told Fox News.
April 20, 2015
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/04/20/isis-video-purports-to-show-killing-ethiopians-in-libya/
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) Prophecy Sign: 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: As Lake Mead Levels Drop, The West Braces For Bigger Drought Impact
Headline: California prepares for historic mandatory cutbacks on water
The historic four-year drought in California has been grabbing the headlines lately, but there’s a much bigger problem facing the West: the now 14-year drought gripping the Colorado River basin. One of the most stunning places to see its impact is at the nation’s largest reservoir, Lake Mead, near Las Vegas. At about 40 percent of capacity, it’s the lowest it’s been since it was built in the 1930s. “Just to see the rings around it, it’s just … kind of scary, you know,” says Darlene Paige, a visitor from New York. She’s standing at a vista point above the Hoover Dam on the Arizona side of Lake Mead. That “ring” is the infamous bathtub ring around the rim of the reservoir. The levels have dropped 140 feet over the past 15 years, exposing a white stain on the gravelly brown mountains above the water. The level is forecast to fall an additional 10 feet by this summer. The snowpack in the Rocky Mountains, where the Colorado and much of the Southwest gets most of its water, is again at less than half of normal this year. “There are a lot of people, entities and critters that rely on this Colorado River water,” says Rose Davis, spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Farther down the mountain, on a walkway next to the Hoover Dam, Davis points out the 10-story-high towers that used to be mostly underwater. The lake’s levels are nearing a critical trigger where the Bureau of Reclamation will start rationing water deliveries to Nevada, Arizona and parts of California.
April 17, 2015
http://news.yahoo.com/california-prepares-for-historic-mandatory-cutbacks-on-water-212930098.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: Mystery of the dust storms sweeping the world
Experts baffled by spate of ‘haboobs’ which have brought travel chaos and turned day into night in cities thousands of miles from deserts. This year has seen a rash of massive dust storms around the world that have led to travel chaos and blocked out sunlight – but experts cannot pinpoint the reason behind the spate. This week incredible footage showed the moment an unusual ‘apocalyptic’ dust storm, known in Arabic as a haboob, struck Belarus, turning day to night, and China has suffered four massive sandstorms since the start of the year. Some experts have said that climate change bringing excessive heat can make some areas more susceptible to dust storms, but one European scientist pointed out that the number of dust storms over the decades has always been variable. Dr Steven Godby, a geographer researching the effects of blown sand and dust at Nottingham Trent University, explained how these events can occur. ‘The dust is produced from source areas in North Africa, incorporated into a northerly airflow and can travel long distances before being deposited as far away as the UK. ‘However, the events we experience are small scale compared to those experienced closer to major dust sources. And incredible pictures also taken at the beginning of April showed the moment ferocious red sandstorms devoured a city in China’s north west. China’s pollution hit cities are now having to cope with a fresh nuisance – the massive sandstorm that struck the north-west of the country being the fourth this year alone.
April 17, 2015
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List & map of USGS Earthquakes