Official: Russia plotting to start war on Israel/Hamas getting ready for war with Israel/Dec. 22, 2014

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“But it is in Israel’s best interest to resume the talks too, as the deterrence achieved in Operation Protective Edge won’t suffice. Alongside the stick, we should offer a carrot too – an economic rehabilitation of the Strip and a solution to urgent humanitarian problems. If a process in this direction does not begin soon, we should not be surprised if we return to the circle of rockets and fire, even before the elections.”
Dec. 19, 2014

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4605279,00.html

Headline: Hamas conducts rocket tests in Gaza, drawing the attention of the Israeli military

Headline: Israel carries out airstrike on Hamas site in Gaza

The IDF said it detected rocket experiments in the Gaza Strip on Monday. During the experiments, Hamas fired rockets from Gaza towards the Mediterranean Sea.
Hamas fires rockets into the sea every few days, as part of its weapons program. The launches are used by Hamas arms designers to experiment with various projectile models.
The experiments naturally have attracted the attention of the Israel Navy. “They are doing experiments and checking their rockets. This is a part of their domestic weapons production. We did not doubt, at the end of the war, that their focus would be on building more weapons. We monitor every such launch, noting the quality of the rocket and its range,” a senior navy source told The Jerusalem Post after the summer conflict with Hamas.
Dec. 22, 2014

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Hamas-conducts-rocket-tests-in-Gaza-drawing-the-attention-of-the-Israeli-military-385383

http://news.yahoo.com/israeli-military-says-gaza-rocket-hits-israel-111530208.html

Headline: Hamas said using cement, steel from UN aid to repair attack tunnels

Israel has determined that Hamas was using shipments of cement and other building material to restore its attack tunnel network in the Gaza Strip. Officials said the military has assessed that Hamas was diverting building material meant for civilian reconstruction to repair attack tunnels damaged by the Israeli military during the 50-day war in July and August 2014. They said Hamas was seizing more than 20 percent of cement and steel approved by Israel under a United Nations-led campaign to repair or rebuild 60,000 Gazan homes. “They [Hamas] are operating with impunity and destroying the spirit of the humanitarian effort,” an official said. “The international community knows this but is choosing to look away.” Under pressure from the United States, Israel allowed the renewal of cement and steel shipments to the Gaza Strip in October 2014. But the officials said that despite pledges by the international community that the Palestinian Authority would take charge, Hamas quickly gained control over the flow of building material. Hamas was also imposing taxes on cement despite PA opposition. “There is virtually no presence of the PA in Gaza, which means that Hamas is calling all the shots,” the official said.
Dec. 22, 2014

http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/12/22/hamas-said-using-cement-steel-un-aid-repair-attack-tunnels/

Headline: Palestinians mull delaying UN Security Council vote

The Palestinian Authority is continuing its efforts to assemble a majority in the UN Security Council for the resolution they submitted last week on setting a three-year timeframe for an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories. Dr. Majdi Khaldi, the advisor for international relations to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said the PA would renew its contacts with the UNSC member nations on Monday in an attempt to guarantee a majority in support of the resolution. In UN diplomatic terms, the Palestinian proposal was “put in blue” last week, which means it is a draft resolution that is approaching its final stage of formulation, whose sponsors seek to put it before a vote soon. Such a draft resolution is printed in blue ink and officially distributed to Security Council members, usually within 24 hours before the vote. Besides calling for an Israeli withdrawal by 2017, the resolution allows the possibility of negotiations for a year and states the Palestinian state will be established based on the principles of previous Security Council resolutions, and on the basis of the 1967 lines. A senior Palestinian official told Haaretz on Monday morning that the efforts are now focused on holding the vote before the month’s end – but that if a majority is not assured, then for it to be held early next year, after the changes in the membership of the Security Council for 2015 take effect. These changes, which could well strengthen the Palestinian position, and may guarantee a majority for them, include the entry of Indonesia in place of Australia, Angola in place of Rwanda, and Spain instead of Luxembourg.
Dec. 22, 2014

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.633220#

“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)

Jordan

Headline: ISIL tests Jordan defenses with clashes along borders with Iraq, Syria

Headline: Iraq says Jordan to begin training Iraqi troops soon

Islamic State of Iraq and Levant has been approaching Jordan. Officials said the Hashemite kingdom was on alert for an ISIL presence along Jordan’s borders with Iraq and Syria. They said ISIL was trying to use Jordan as a waystation for fighters and weapons for the jihad campaign in Iraq and Syria. “The Jordanian armed forces are ready to repel any infiltration or attempts to harm security and stability,” Jordanian military spokesman Col. Mamdouh Al Ameri said. In a statement on Dec. 17, Al Ameri acknowledged an ISIL attempt to storm the Iraqi border with Jordan. He said three ISIL vehicles opened fire and detonated explosives against Iraqi border forces before withdrawing. Officials also reported clashes with Jordanian security forces along the Syrian border. They said the attackers could have been ISIL fighters or smugglers. They have been trying to smuggle weapons, ammunition and drugs into the kingdom,” an official said. Jordan, deemed a leading base for Syrian rebels, has been working with the United States to bolster border security and surveillance. Officials cited a command and control center designed to look deep into Syria.
Dec. 21, 2014

http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/12/21/isil-tests-jordan-defenses-clashes-along-borders-iraq-syria/

http://newsdaily.com/2014/12/iraq-says-jordan-to-begin-training-iraqi-troops-soon/

Lebanon 

Headline:  As ISIL advances, Lebanon military aid delayed over fears it would be used by Hizbullah

Lebanon’s leader has voiced concerns about the threat from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant and the timing of a $3 billion military aid project facilitated by France and Saudi Arabia. “ISIL is present in the region of Arsal, on the Lebanese-Syrian border,” Lebanese Prime Minister Tamam Salam said. “If it manages to invade Lebanon, it will impose its extremism everywhere.” In an interview with France’s Le Journal du Dimanche on Dec. 21, Salam acknowledged differences with the French armament program. The prime minister said the Lebanese Air Force must receive attack helicopters to stop the infiltration of ISIL as well as Nusra Front for the Defense of Levant from neighboring Syria. “We are still in talks for the helicopters to be delivered at the beginning of the program rather than at the end, so that we can use missiles as soon as possible against the jihadis in the mountains,” Salam said. Officials said France would attempt to complete the final details of a Saudi-financed weapons deal for the Lebanese military. They said a leading French defense official would seek to complete an order and timetable for the first shipment of weapons to enhance Lebanon’s ability to battle ISIL. Officials said the Lebanese military modernization program has been delayed for months amid French and Saudi concerns that advanced weapons could fall into the hands of the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah. They said Beirut has been pressed to guarantees that Hizbullah would not be granted access to French combat platforms.
Dec. 22, 2014

http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/12/22/isil-advances-lebanon-military-aid-delayed-fears-used-hizbullah/

Egypt

Headline: As ISIL advances, Lebanon military aid delayed over fears it would be used by Hizbullah

Lebanon’s leader has voiced concerns about the threat from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant and the timing of a $3 billion military aid project facilitated by France and Saudi Arabia. “ISIL is present in the region of Arsal, on the Lebanese-Syrian border,” Lebanese Prime Minister Tamam Salam said. “If it manages to invade Lebanon, it will impose its extremism everywhere.” In an interview with France’s Le Journal du Dimanche on Dec. 21, Salam acknowledged differences with the French armament program. The prime minister said the Lebanese Air Force must receive attack helicopters to stop the infiltration of ISIL as well as Nusra Front for the Defense of Levant from neighboring Syria. “We are still in talks for the helicopters to be delivered at the beginning of the program rather than at the end, so that we can use missiles as soon as possible against the jihadis in the mountains,” Salam said. Officials said France would attempt to complete the final details of a Saudi-financed weapons deal for the Lebanese military. They said a leading French defense official would seek to complete an order and timetable for the first shipment of weapons to enhance Lebanon’s ability to battle ISIL. Officials said the Lebanese military modernization program has been delayed for months amid French and Saudi concerns that advanced weapons could fall into the hands of the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah. They said Beirut has been pressed to guarantees that Hizbullah would not be granted access to French combat platforms.
Dec. 22, 2014

http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/12/22/isil-advances-lebanon-military-aid-delayed-fears-used-hizbullah/

  
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash

Iraq                              Syria                          Kurdistan

Syria Headline:    Syria says Israeli drone downed in Quneitra

Syria said on Sunday that an Israeli drone had been brought down in the province of Quneitra near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. State media said the drone was flying above the village of Hadar when it was downed. It was not immediately clear whether it had been shot down or had crashed. Quneitra has seen heavy fighting between forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and rebels including al-Qaeda-linked fighters. Israel has struck Syria several times since the start of the latter’s nearly four-year civil war, mostly destroying weaponry such as missiles that Israeli officials said were destined for their long-time foe Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon. Syria said last week that Israeli jets had bombed areas near Damascus international airport and in the town of Dimas, near the border with Lebanon.
Dec. 21, 2014

http://news.yahoo.com/syria-says-israeli-drone-downed-quneitra-232443420.html

Syria Headline:  20 jihadists killed in failed east Syria airport attack

At least 20 Islamist State (IS) group members were killed in the second failed jihadist bid in a month to take over an air base in eastern Syria, a monitoring group said Sunday. “The IS tried, starting late Saturday, to storm the air base. A total of 20 jihadists were killed in the attack, as well as two regime soldiers,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Nineteen of the IS members were Syrian, while one was Moroccan. They were killed in fighting and heavy army shelling. “The withdrawing jihadists seized and took with them several anti-aircraft missiles,” said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.  The attack was the second recent attempt by IS to take over the Deir Ezzor military air base, one of the last remaining regime positions in the eastern province.
Dec. 21, 2014

http://news.yahoo.com/20-jihadists-killed-failed-east-syria-airport-attack-224225496.html

Syria Headline:   Four children dead in Syria school bus strike

At least four Syrian school children were killed and 10 wounded on Monday when a regime air strike hit their bus in the northwest of the country, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said most of those wounded and killed when the Syrian air force hit a school bus near the village of Jubass in Idlib province were under the age of 10. “The toll could go rise as there are serious injuries,” said the monitor, which has a wide network of sources on the ground across Syria. Idlib is largely in the hands of Syria’s Al-Qaeda franchise, Al-Nusra Front, which in recent weeks has fended off advances by rival rebel groups and now holds two strategic military bases in the province.
Dec. 22, 2014

http://news.yahoo.com/four-children-dead-syria-school-bus-strike-201757165.html

Syria Headline:    New decision by Syrian Defense Ministry raises concerns among civilians

The General Directorate of military recruitment in Syria issued a decision on Saturday, banning men who haven’t served in the regime’s army from leaving the country. All branches of immigration and passports across the country began the implementation of the newly issued decision. According to Syrian officials, the Ministry of Defense has requested the issuance of such a decision in order to prevent Syrian men –including those who haven’t performed their compulsory military service, as well as those wanted for service in the military reserves– from leaving the country. “We’re only allowed to travel abroad with official approval from the Recruitment Division,” a young Syrian man based in Damascus told ARA News. In the meantime, the Directorate of Education in Aleppo issued a decision saying that the Syrian state’s employees must prove status of their compulsory service; “otherwise their salaries will be suspended”. This is to be implemented from January 2015 on.
Dec. 22, 2014

http://aranews.net/2014/12/new-decision-syrian-defense-ministry-raises-concerns-among-civilians/

Syria Headline:   ISW Syria Update Dec. 9-16, 2014

http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2014/12/syria-update-december-9-16-2014.html

Syria Headline:  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe 

http://syriahr.com/en/category/news/

Iraq Headline:  ISIS sneaks behind US-backed Kurdish victories in Iraq to retake Baiji refinery city

American, Kurdish and Iraqi officials have hailed as a “major victory” the release of thousands of distressed members of the Yazdi community, trapped for four months on on Mt. Sinjar in northern Iraq, since Islamic State thugs overran their town. Many more fled to Syria while Yazdi women were kidnapped. This was a necessary rescue operation, but hardly a major victory, say debkafile’s military experts. ISIS continues to maintain its grip on vast stretches of Iraq and Syria, defying the efforts of sparse US and coalition air strikes to dislodge them – beyond minor tactical withdrawals. The town of Sinjar is not mentioned in the US and Kurdish releases, because large sections are still in jihadi hands. Even less is heard about the situation on the northern Iraqi-Syrian border, where Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has achieved almost total supremacy. But the most telling omission by the US-led allies is the fact that, while they focused on Mt. Sinjar, ISIS forces restored their siege of Baiji, Iraq’s main oil refinery center, after pushing Iraqi troops out. This happened after a majority of the local Sunni tribes who fought alongside the Iraqi army up until November, switched sides. The tribal chiefs complained that the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who was installed in Baghdad with Washington’s support last year, as a figure able to unite the country’s Sunni and Shiite communities for the war on ISIS, reneged on his promise of pay checks and weapons for the tribesmen who threw in their lot with the national army. Instead, he is accused of aggravating disunity in the armed forces by firing Sunni officers and replacing them with officers loyal to Iraq’s pro-Iranian Shiite militias, who take their orders from Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps commanders.
Dec. 22, 2014

http://debka.com/article/24307/ISIS-sneaks-behind-US-backed-Kurdish-victories-in-Iraq-to-retake-Baiji-refinery-city

Iraq Headline:   ISW Iraq Situation Report Dec.19-21, 2014

http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/iraq-situation-report-december-19-21.html

Iraq Headline:  ISW Control of Terrain in Iraq: December 21, 2014

http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/control-of-terrain-in-iraq-december-21.html

Kurdish Headline: Sinjar battle: Kurds ‘take control’ of large area from IS

Kurdish authorities say their Peshmerga forces have taken control of a “large area” of the Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants. Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani claimed large Peshmerga advances during a visit to nearby Mount Sinjar. The town, near the Syrian border has been controlled by Islamic State (IS) militants since August. Kurdish Peshmerga fighters backed by US-led air strikes launched a counter-offensive in the area last week. “Thanks to God we have opened and controlled all the roads and broken the siege imposed on Sinjar Mountain” he said. “The liberation of the centre of Sinjar town was not part of our plans, but we have managed to take control of a large area of it,” he added. Kurdish authorities first announced on Friday that they had broken the IS siege of Mount Sinjar, where thousands of Yazidis and other displaced Iraqis have been trapped since August. Supply convoys are now able to get through to the civilians still on the mountain.
Dec. 21, 2014

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30569313

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:  Official: Russia plotting to start war on Israel

Russia is preparing a contingency plan to prompt Hezbollah and possibly the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad into a direct military conflict with Israel, according to a French official who has been apprised of the situation. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the contingency was meant to be used as a card against the West, particularly the U.S. and European Union, which has been engaged in efforts to isolate Moscow. This past week, the U.S. and E.U. adapted tighter sanctions on the Russian economy, including restrictions on investments in the Crimea, with emphasis on Russian Black Sea oil and gas exploration and tourism. The official said there is information Russia in recent weeks successfully shipped to Hezbollah a large convoy of Iskandar ballistic missiles and surface-to-air missiles. The missiles were received, despite Israel’s alleged airstrikes in Syria targeting Russian-shipped weapons earlier this month, the official said. The official said Russia has not made any decision about agitating a Hezbollah attack on Israel, but views a possible conflict in the Mideast as a card it can play in its confrontation with the West, particularly in Ukraine.
Dec. 20, 2014

http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/official-russia-plotting-to-start-war-on-israel/

Iran

Headline:  Iran’s IRGC ‘Massacring’ Iraqi Sunnis It ‘Saves’ from ISIS

In an explosive TV interview aired last week, Iraq’s Grand Mufti Rafi Al-Rifa’i, the highest Sunni authority in the country, accused the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Iraqi government, and Iraqi Shiite militias of mass genocidal killings and rape of Sunni men and women from Iraqi towns and villages “liberated” from ISIS (Islamic State). Mufti Al-Rifa’i posed the unanswerable question, “Why should we fight ISIS? So the Iranian IRGC can take over? The same Iranian IRGC that is running operations in Iraq?” Mufti Al-Rifa’i is the religious leader of roughly eight million Sunni Muslims who live in the western parts of Iraq. Overall, about 22 million Sunni Muslims live in eastern Syria and Western Iraq. They are the current target of ISIS – and also, it turns out, of the Iranian IRGC. In a tragic retelling, the Sunni Mufti Al-Rifa’i described that when the Iraqi Sunni town Jurf al-Sakhar was “liberated,” the men are immediately separated from the women and children after which “nobody knows what happened to the men,” intimating that they were immediately mass-murdered. To top things off, the women and children were not allowed to return to their homes and left “without a roof over their heads.” He added, “Orchards were bulldozed, and houses and (Sunni) mosques were burned down.” Ominously, the cleric added that “This has happened in each and every (Sunni) city” that has been “liberated” by the Iraqi government. He bitterly related that the Iraqi government renamed the Sunni city of Jurf al-Sakhar “Jurf Al-Nasr” (“Nasr” means “victory”) after retaking it, but from his description, the battle was more like a Shi’ite genocidal massacre of Sunni civilian men, women, and children. Al-Rifa’i went to the heart of the matter – the American policy of targeting only the Sunni ISIS – when he asked: “Am I supposed to fight against ISIS, so (Shi’ite) militias can come in an rape our (Sunni) women?”
Dec. 21, 2014

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/188931#.VJiUOf8F4EA

Afghanistan

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Headline:   War News for Monday, Dec. 22,  2014

#1: At least 28 militants have been killed in Afghanistan, the defence ministry said on Monday.

#2: The Afghan army has waged an offensive in Dangam district of eastern Kunar province, where has been the scene of fierce clashes within the past 10 days, an army source said on Monday.

#3: An Afghan official says seven policemen were killed in a northern province after their checkpoint came under attack by insurgents. Abdul Manan Raoufi, police operational chief of Jawzjan province, says that along with the seven killed, five other policemen were wounded in the attack late Saturday in a village in the province’s Qashtepa district.

#4: Finnish military personnel and Afghan security officials came under gunfire in northern Afghanistan on Saturday. The attack went on for some twenty minutes, commander Pekka Kortelainen told Yle from a military base in Mazar-i-Sharif. Kortelainen said that the attackers were rebels, and had not yet been apprehended on Sunday evening.

#5: A prosecutor of Kunar province Appeal Court was martyred by explosion of a mine yesterday.

#6: As a result of mines explosion 5 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were martyred in the country. Ministry of National Defense press office spokesman stated BNA, 5 ANA forces were targeted by mines explosion, while they were busy in their routine duties in different parts of the country.

#7: Five children who were playing close to landmine embraced martyrdom after they pulled the wire attached to it in western Farah province.

http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/

Sudan

Headline:  China sends 700 peacekeepers to South Sudan

Headline: Oil for peace? China to send 700 peacekeepers to S. Sudan, signs energy deal

Chinese state media have reported that China will send 700 troops to South Sudan as part of the country’s first infantry battalion to participate in a United Nations peacekeeping mission. The official Xinhua News Agency said 180 of the troops will fly to South Sudan next month followed by the rest of the battalion in March. The agency said the battalion will be equipped with drones, armored infantry carriers, anti-tank missiles, mortars and other weapons for self-defense purposes. Xinhua said more than 2,000 Chinese peacekeepers are posted in conflict zones around the world. South Sudan has been engulfed in civil war over the past year after its secession from Sudan in 2011.
Dec. 22, 2014

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Dec-22/281993-china-sends-700-peacekeepers-to-south-sudan.ashx

http://rt.com/news/216715-china-military-un-sudan/

Libya

Headline: Libya fighting spreads to third oil port, 11 killed in Benghazi

At least five people were killed and 35 wounded in clashes between Libyan pro-government forces and radical fighters in Benghazi, medics and military officials said.
Army special forces and troops led by former general Khalifa Haftar have been fighting to oust Islamist groups in the eastern coastal city since October and have managed to retake the airport area and army camps that were seized in August. Fadhal Al-Hassi, a senior officer in Haftar’s forces, said that pro-government forces moved into the Lithi district, where radical groups including Ansar Al-Sharia are still mostly in control, according to military officials. Medics at one Benghazi hospital told a Reuters reporter that at least five bodies had been brought in since the morning and that more casualties were expected as fighting still raging. About 500 people have been killed since October, medics say. At least 11 people were killed and 63 wounded in clashes on Monday.
Dec. 22, 2014

http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/678356

http://newsdaily.com/2014/12/five-killed-as-libyan-forces-and-islamist-fighters-clash-in-benghazi/

Algeria

Headline:   Abbas starts official visit to Algeria

President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday began an official visit to Algeria at the invitation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. During his three-day visit, the Palestinian top official will hold meetings with Algerian senior officials to discuss the latest developments of the Palestinian issue, according to the official APS news agency. They will “look for ways to mobilize more support of the Arab world and the international community in general to the right of the Palestinian people to establish their independent state with al-Quds (Jerusalem) as a capital,” the report said. The leaders will also “discuss ways and means of boosting bilateral cooperation and consolidating Algeria’s absolute solidarity with the Palestinian people,” according to the report.
Dec. 22, 2014

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2014-12/22/content_19139245.htm

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: Big-City Police Departments on Alert After Cop Killings

Headline: It’s WAR On The Streets Of America

Big-city police departments and union leaders around the country are warning the rank and file to wear bulletproof vests and avoid making inflammatory posts on social media in the days after a man ambushed two officers and shot them to death inside their patrol car. The slayings of Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu on Saturday afternoon in Brooklyn heightened fears about the safety of law enforcement officials nationwide, though there is no evidence any threats are imminent. The gunman, 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley, had vowed in an Instagram post to put “wings on pigs” as retaliation for the slayings of black men at the hands of white police. Brinsley was black; the slain New York Police Department officers were Hispanic and Asian. Investigators are trying to determine if Brinsley had taken part in any protests over the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, whose names he invoked in his online threat, or simply latched onto the cause for the final act in a violent rampage. The slayings come at a tense time as police nationwide are being criticized following Garner’s death in a New York officer’s chokehold and Brown’s fatal shooting in Ferguson, Missouri. Protests erupted in recent weeks after grand juries declined to charge the officers involved.
Dec. 22, 2014

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/big-city-police-departments-alert-after-cop-killings-n272916

http://www.infowars.com/its-war-on-the-streets-of-america/

Headline: Twin bomb blasts in northeast Nigeria bus station kill 20

Two bomb explosions at a bus station in the northeast Nigeria on Monday killed at least 20 people and wounded 40, an emergency services official said, and witnesses said many of the victims had rushed in to help those wounded in the first blast. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in the city of Gombe. Boko Haram insurgents have repeatedly set off bombs targeting civilians, especially in the northeast where they are trying to carve out an Islamic state. “The second blast was worse than the first one because many people rushed to the scene and were affected. Many were killed and many injured,” witness Mohammed Fawu told Reuters by phone. Setting off twin bombs is a classic guerrilla tactic which seeks to maximise casualties. Hours later, an explosion shook a busy market in the north Nigerian city of Bauchi on Monday, engulfing it in flames and causing an unknown numbers of casualties, a Reuters witness said. Large sections of the central market area were on fire, sending plumes of smoke into the air.
Dec. 22, 2014

http://af.reuters.com/article/cameroonNews/idAFL6N0U61W120141222

Headline: ‘Dozens of Houthis killed’ in central Yemen

Headline: Yemeni militants name France’s Total as target

Dozens of Houthi rebels have been killed in central Yemen in a suspected revenge attack after at least 40 people from a rival tribe were kidnapped by the Shia group, sources told Al Jazeera. At least 42 Houthis were killed by Sunni tribesman in Arhab on Sunday, a local source said. The Houthis, who have been pushing for control of Arhab, an area some 30km northeast of Sanaa, have used heavy weaponry, including tanks and artillery to shell homes and neighbourhoods, in fighting that has left dozens dead. The rebels were previously based in the northern highlands, where Yemen’s Zaidi Shia minority is concentrated, but they have made significant advances in provinces south of Sanaa since seizing the capital in September.
Dec. 22, 2014

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/12/houthis-killed-central-yemen-20141221223329179385.html

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/22/391395/yemen-militants-warn-total-of-attacks/

 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:   Russia starts bailing out banks as economy faces ‘full-blown crisis’

Russia is facing a “full-blown economic crisis”, a former finance minister has warned, as the country is forced to take emergency financial measures. The economy has been battered by a wave of sanctions as a result of tensions over Ukraine, geopolitical uncertainty, and falling oil prices. Alexei Kudrin, a former finance minister and once considered an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said: “Today I can say that we have entered or are currently entering a full-blown economic crisis. Next year we will feel it in full force.” Analysts have warned that the Russian economy will not improve in the long-term unless either the oil price or relations over Ukraine improve. Speaking at a press conference in Moscow, Mr Kudrin went on to say: “As for what the President and government must do now, the most important factor is the normalisation of Russia’s relations with its business partners, above all in Europe, the US and other countries”.
Dec. 22, 2014

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11307775/Russia-starts-bailing-out-banks-as-economy-faces-full-blown-economic-crisis.html

Wars & Rumors of Wars Matthew 24:6 , Revelation 6:3-4 & Revelation 6:8 ^“ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” 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. Weapons of Mass Destruction Zechariah 14:12 “And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.”

Headline:  N. Korea threatens strikes on US amid hacking claims

President Barack Obama is “recklessly” spreading rumors of a Pyongyang-orchestrated cyberattack of Sony Pictures, North Korea says, as it warns of strikes against the White House, Pentagon and “the whole U.S. mainland, that cesspool of terrorism.” Such rhetoric is routine from North Korea’s massive propaganda machine during times of high tension with Washington. But a long statement from the powerful National Defense Commission late Sunday also underscores Pyongyang’s sensitivity at a movie whose plot focuses on the assassination of its leader Kim Jong Un, who is the beneficiary of a decades-long cult of personality built around his family dynasty. The U.S. blames North Korea for the cyberattack that escalated to threats of terror attacks against U.S. movie theaters and caused Sony to cancel “The Interview’s” release. Obama, who promised to respond “proportionately” to the attack, told CNN’s “State of the Union” in an interview broadcast Sunday that Washington is reviewing whether to put North Korea back on its list of state sponsors of terrorism The National Defense Commission, led by Kim, warned that its 1.2 million-member army is ready to use all types of warfare against the U.S.
Dec. 22, 2014

http://news.yahoo.com/n-korea-threatens-strikes-us-amid-hacking-claims-015728235.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: Flu outbreak spreading rapidly in U.S.

Flu season is picking up steam just in time to ruin a lot of people’s holidays. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports widespread flu activity in 29 states, primarily in the South and Midwest. That’s twice as many states as the previous week. Most of the patients who have been hospitalized with severe cases of the flu are either very young or the very old. In recent days flu outbreaks have forced schools in Ohio, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina to close. So far this season, the virus has killed 11 children.
Dec. 19, 2014

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/flu-outbreak-spreading-rapidly-in-us/

Headline: Top Ebola doctor dies of same Ebola that CDC insists is ‘hard to catch’

Headline: Ebola death toll in three African countries hits 7,373: WHO

One of Sierra Leone’s few remaining top health specialists has died after contracting the Ebola virus. Reports indicate that the experimental Ebola drug ZMab had been en route from Belgium to treat the man, known as Dr. Victor Willoughby, but it was already too late, as he had succumbed to the later stages of the deadly illness. According to Reuters, Dr. Willoughby contracted Ebola after treating a man with organ-related problems. The patient, a senior banker in town, was later diagnosed with the hemorrhagic disease after Dr. Willoughby had already been in contact with him, which resulted in the rapid development of Ebola symptoms not long after. Dr. Willoughby reportedly tested positive for Ebola on a Saturday and died five days later on Thursday. He was one of Sierra Leone’s most senior physicians, according to Al Jazeera, and many other physicians in the country looked up to him for wisdom and advice.
Dec. 21, 2014

http://www.naturalnews.com/048069_Ebola_vaccines_doctors_virus_transmission.html

http://news.yahoo.com/ebola-death-toll-three-african-countries-hits-7-134453028.html

December 10, 2014- 3 MILLION fish have died ‘reasons unknown’ in Lake Poopo in Bolivia

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December 11, 2014- 24 Geese drop dead out of sky during a storm in Jutland, Denmark

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December 12, 2014- 18 turtles found dead along the coast of Rimini, Italy

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December 14, 2014- Thousands of dead fish found floating in a river in Pelalawan, Indonesia

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December 15, 2014- 300,000 salmon dead due to invasion of Jellyfish in the Western Isles, Scotland

http://news.stv.tv/highlands-islands/303660-jellyfish-invasion-kills-300000-salmon-at-loch-duart-on-north-uist/

December 16, 2014 – 4,000 Birds killed due to avian flu in Miyazaki, Japan

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/japan-bird-flu-outbreak-4000-chickens-culled-at-poultry-farm-9929040.html

December 16, 2014- Thousands of dead fish found in a river in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3373821&Itemid=1

December 17, 2014 – 3,000+ seals have die this year off the coast of Sweden and Denmark

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/16/390554/bird-flu-kills-seals-in-denmark-sweden/

December 17, 2014 – 130,000 birds to be killed due to avian flu in Lower Saxony, Germany

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/11299397/Germany-orders-poultry-cull-after-bird-flu-outbreak.html

December 17, 2014 – Large number of dead fish found in a river and lagoon in Santa Catarina, Brazil

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December 17, 2014 – 1,200 Birds found dead, 30,000 to be killed due to avian flu near Venice, Italy

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/xrK6optzCe0msAEG9Q4JAO/Italy-reports-outbreak-of-H5N8-bird-flu-in-Venice.html

December 17, 2014 – Mass die off of fish in Yongkang City, China

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?to=&from=&a=http://www.oeofo.com/news/201412/17/list92429.html

December 18, 2014 – Mass die off of fish in a lagoon in Krabi, Thailand

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December 19, 2014 – Hundreds of dead fish wash up in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/fish-deaths-a-smelly-shock/2490237/

December 20, 2014 – 1,200 young turtles have washed ashore during past 2 months in Cape Cod, Mass. America

http://www.inquisitr.com/1693468/1200-turtles-wash-ashore-in-cape-cod-video/

December 20, 2014 – 250,000 birds killed due to avian flu in British Columbia, Canada

http://www.theprovince.com/health/Fraser+Valley+poultry+farmers+having+cautious+Christmas+bird+cull+continues/10670869/story.html

December 20, 2014 – Hundreds of dead fish found floating on the coast of Guaymas, Mexico

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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”

Before you read the news about earthquakes  let me tell you to expect some huge quakes soon.  Since they are one of the last day signs and we are in the midst of the last day birth pains more of these big quakes will be seen!

Headline:  Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits Japan’s Honshu island: USGS

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s Honshu island on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, shaking Fukushima where crippled nuclear power plants are located, but local media said there was no tsunami warning. USGS said the quake’s epicenter was located 42 miles (68 km) east-northeast of Iwaki on Honshu. It was measured at a depth of 22.9 miles (37 km). A spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power, which owns the nuclear plants, said no irregularities have been found at its Fukushkma Daiichi or Daini plants. The national broadcaster NHK said there was no tsunami warning, and there were no immediate reports of casualties or serious damage.
Dec. 20, 2014

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/20/us-earthquake-japan-idUSKBN0JY07020141220

Headline: No Tsunami Threat After Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake Strikes In Indonesia’s Molucca Sea

A earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck in the Molucca Sea Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s automated seismograph alert network. The quake struck an estimated depth of 34 miles below the earth’s surface. Deeper quakes are less noticeable while a shallow quake–in the 0 to 40 mile depth range–can feel much stronger than their actual reported magnitude. Quakes just below the earth’s surface, in the 0 to 10 miles range, can cause even more damage at lower magnitudes. No tsunami warning was issued.
Dec. 21, 2014

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/12/21/no-tsunami-threat-after-magnitude-6-6-earthquake-strikes-in-indonesias-molucca-sea/

Headline: Five powerful earthquakes rattle B.C., edges of the Pacific plate over the weekend

A series of five strong earthquakes rattled coastal B.C. this weekend, starting just a few hours before five more — including a magnitude 6.6 quake — hit Indonesia. The B.C. quakes measured from 4.0 to 5.1 in magnitude and were centred offshore between Haida Gwaii and Vancouver Island, about 200 kilometres southwest of Bella Bella, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In all, 15 earthquakes measuring above 4.0 were detected from about 3 p.m. Saturday to 5 p.m. Sunday at spots around the perimeter of the Pacific Plate, which runs along the western edge of North America from the Baja California peninsula to the Aleutian Islands in the north, and south from Russia to New Zealand, via coastal Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Though some earthquakes are known to trigger others, it is unlikely that happened this weekend, say experts in the field. “The earth is hugely seismically active,” said Brett Gilley, an instructor with the University of B.C.’s Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Department. He said it is not uncommon for earthquakes to cluster locally as happened in B.C., then Indonesia. “Earthquakes often happen in swarms,” said Gilley, noting that those off the B.C. coast were of similar size. “What’s happening is the stress is sort of adjusting over the whole area.”
Dec. 22, 2014

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Series+strong+earthquakes+rattle+edges+Pacific+plate/10671848/story.html

Headline:    What’s shaking? List & map of USGS Earthquakes

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