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Headline:   Hamas Holds Gaza Military Parade, Vows Israel’s Destruction

Vowing to destroy Israel, Hamas paraded some 2,000 of its armed fighters and truck-mounted rockets through Gaza on Sunday, marking its 27th anniversary with its biggest show of force since the end of the Gaza war this summer. A ceasefire in August halted 50 days of fighting with Israel in which local health officials said more than 2,100 Palestinians, most of them civilians, were killed. Israel put the number of its dead at 67 soldiers and six civilians. At the parade, a senior Hamas leader reaffirmed the Islamist movement’s founding charter’s pledge to destroy Israel.
Dec. 14, 2014

https://screen.yahoo.com/wochit/turkish-police-detain-24-raids-172028030.html

Headline: Israel PM rejects withdrawal talk ahead of Kerry meet

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected talk of Israel withdrawing from east Jerusalem and the West Bank within two years, on the eve of a meeting with the top US diplomat. “We… stand against the possibility of a diplomatic assault, that is an attempt to compel us by means of UN decisions to withdraw to the 1967 lines within two years,” said Netanyahu. The Jewish state seized east Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank during the 1967 Six-Day War. It pulled out of Gaza in 2005. Netanyahu said such a withdrawal now would bring “Islamic extremists to the suburbs of Tel Aviv and to the heart of Jerusalem.” Speaking ahead of the weekly meeting of his cabinet, he said he would raise the issue in Rome with US Secretary of State John Kerry and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Monday. “I will tell them that Israel, to a large degree, stands as a solitary island against the waves of Islamic extremism that are washing over the entire Middle East,” the Israeli premier said. “Until now we have successfully withstood and repelled these attacks.”
Dec. 14, 2014

http://news.yahoo.com/israel-pm-rejects-withdrawal-talk-ahead-kerry-meet-133312083.html

Headline: Palestinians to submit draft Security Council resolution this week

Headline: Kerry meets European ministers on Palestinian UN bid

The Palestinian Authority plans to submit a draft resolution on ending the occupation to the Security Council either late Sunday night or Monday, and will seek a vote on it as early as this Wednesday, senior Palestinian officials said Sunday night. In interviews with the Palestinian media Sunday evening, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the resolution would be submitted later that night or Monday, and that he himself planned to meet with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sometime in the next two days, probably after Kerry’s meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Rome on Monday. But he didn’t say when the Palestinians would seek to bring the resolution to vote. Later Sunday night, however, a member of the Palestinian negotiating team clarified that Palestinians want the Security Council to vote on the resolution on Wednesday, the day after a planned meeting between Kerry and Arab foreign ministers in London.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.631791#

http://news.yahoo.com/israel-pm-rejects-palestinian-ultimatum-un-095640432.html

Headline: Palestinians tell ICC they want to join the court

Addressing members of the International Criminal Court for the first time, the Palestinians said Monday they have a consensus to join the tribunal in the hopes of seeking justice for Israel’s alleged crimes. “We view the ICC as the international legal and peaceful mechanism to combat impunity and seek accountability and justice,” Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour said in his speech to the 122 members of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, which established the ICC. “It is the court where the Palestinian people desire to seek justice for the war crimes, and crimes against humanity, being perpetrated against them by Israel, the occupying power,” Mansour said. The ambassador added that Palestine “may very well be the 123rd state party,” but the timing is up to its leaders.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-tell-icc-they-want-to-join-the-court/

Restoration of Israel Isaiah 45:3 & Deuteronomy 33:19 “I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden riches of secret places, That you may know that I, the Lord, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel.” (Isaiah) ‘They shall call the peoples to the mountain; There they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness; For they shall partake of the abundance of the seas And of treasures hidden in the sand.” (Deuteronomy)

Headline: Israel reports another major gas find in Mediterranean

An Israeli consortium has reported another major natural gas reserve in the eastern Mediterranean. The consortium said its three-dimensional seismic survey discovered a reserve with some 3.2 trillion cubic feet of gas. The so-called Roi prospect, less than a third the size of the Tamar field, was said to be located in Israeli territorial waters 150 kilometers from the coast. “We have learned that the Levant basin contains in its depths many more reservoirs, and I hope that the next Israeli government will understand the opportunity and encourage entrepreneurs to continue their exploration and development activity for the sake of a promising future,” Israel Opportunity chief executive officer Eyal Shuker said on Dec. 14.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/12/15/israel-reports-another-major-gas-find-mediterranean/

“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: Jordan on alert as ISIL opens new front in southern Syria

Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, fighting on at least two fronts, has opened a third — this time in southern Syria. ISIL has been seen recruiting and mobilizing units in the Dera province. Opposition sources said ISIL sent fighters from the Damascus area to the southern border with Jordan while recruiting others from U.S.-financed militias. “They are in the organization stage, but they could begin attacks very soon,” a source said. Supporters have already posted photographs of the new ISIL presence in Dera. They include military vehicles as well as ceremonies in which Syrians pledge allegiance to ISIL. The ISIL activities have generated friction with non-Sunni communities. The sources said Druze troops fighting for Syrian President Bashar Assad opened fire toward ISIL supporters on Dec. 5. The appearance of ISIL came amid rebel gains against the Assad regime in Dera and Quneitra. They cited the ease with which ISIL fighters moved from such provinces as Dir Al Zour past Syrian Army checkpoints to the south. “There is an unmistakeable pattern that any area where Assad cannot operate in Daash [ISIL] appears,” another source said. “And the first thing they do is attack the revolutionaries.” The sources said Jordan has heightened its security alert amid the arrival of ISIL. They said the Hashemite kingdom feared a scenario in which ISIL would use its new positions to infiltrate hundreds of fighters toward Amman. “This poses a major challenge to Jordan in securing its northern border,” Oraib Al Rantawi, director of the Amman-based Al Quds Center for Political Studies, said.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/12/15/roll-jordan-alert-isil-opens-new-front-southern-syria/

Egypt

Headline:  Egyptian police disperse anti-government rally

At least two people have been severely injured after Egyptian security forces stormed a university campus in the city of Beni Suef to disperse a pro-Muslim Brotherhood rally. Police forces detained at least seven students for allegedly inciting violence during the Sunday protest in the city, some 100 kilometers south of the capital Cairo. The students have been protesting the detention of their colleagues and a nationwide crackdown on anti-government demonstrations. Egyptian universities including al-Azhar and Cairo have become the main protest sites since the ouster of the country’s first democratically-elected president, Mohamed Morsi, in July 2013. The government of President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has recently ratified a law that treats every public facility in Egypt just like the military. The law even threatens university students with military trials if they damage campus structure or properties or disrupt educational programs by staging protests.
Dec. 14, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/14/390259/egypt-police-attack-antigovt-rally/

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

Iraq                              Syria                          Kurdistan

Syria Headline:  The Assad Regime Under Stress: Conscription and Protest among Alawite and Minority Populations in Syria

After three years of grueling warfare against armed opposition fighters, the Syrian regime faces a dire internal crisis not witnessed since the initial months of the conflict. Defections, desertions, and over 44,000 combat fatalities have reduced the Syrian Arab Army from a pre-war high of 325,000 soldiers to an estimated 150,000 battle-tested yet war-weary troops. Despite reinforcement from tens of thousands of foreign volunteers, Lebanese Hezbollah militants, and pro-government militias, regime forces have proven unable to decisively overcome rebel brigades on the battlefield. These pressures were only exacerbated by the withdrawal of thousands of Iraqi Shi’a militiamen from Syria in June 2014 redeployed to counter the ongoing ISIS offensive in Iraq. At the same time, key demographics within the President Bashar al-Assad’s support base – including the Alawite population – have exhibited growing signs of dissatisfaction with the Syrian regime. Pre-existing grievances related to repression and social inequities have merged with high casualty counts and rising economic stress to fuel a sense of exhaustion among regime supporters. Faced with both a war-weary populace and a burgeoning manpower deficit that threatens its survival, the Syrian regime has resorted to a nation-wide forced conscription campaign – threatening to further split the regime from its base.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-assad-regime-under-stress.html

Syria Headline:  Al-Qaeda faction in Syria claims to have U.S.-supplied anti-tank weapon

As extremist rebels in Syria lay claim to fresh weapons, a new video circulating online purports to show an al-Qaeda-linked group fielding U.S.-supplied anti-tank weapons that may have been intended for more moderate factions in the conflict. In early November, the al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra ousted two U.S.-supplied moderate factions, Harak Hazam and the Syrian Revolutionary Front, from their strongholds in northern Idlib province. Although al-Nusra was thought to have seized significant caches of equipment during the fighting, the exact nature of those arms has been unclear. On Monday, however, a Twitter account associated with Jabhat al-Nusra posted a photo of a TOW anti-tank guided missile system, a formidable weapon used against armored targets.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/12/15/al-qaeda-faction-in-syria-claims-to-have-u-s-supplied-anti-tank-weapon/

Syria Headline:  Syrian army recaptures territory north of Aleppo

Syria’s army seized an area north of Aleppo on Sunday and killed insurgents in battles for the strategic territory, a group monitoring the war and state media reported.
Syria’s second city is at the heart of a fierce battle between pro-government forces and a range of insurgents, including al-Qaida’s Syria wing, Islamist brigades and Western-backed rebels. The United Nations Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura is seeking a local ceasefire in Aleppo to allow badly-needed humanitarian assistance into the divided northern city.
Insurgent-held districts have been flattened by Syrian air force bombardments, including barrel bombs – crude explosive devices packed with shrapnel and nails. Pro-government forces captured an area east of al-Malah farms outside Aleppo and is now aiming to secure parts in the west and cut off insurgent supply lines into the city, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Dec. 14, 2014

http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Syrian-army-recaptures-territory-north-of-Aleppo-384603

Syria Headline:  Al-Qaeda seizes key army base in northwest Syria

Syria Headline:  Al-Nusra militants attack Syrian rebels in Daraa

Syria Headline:  Syrian Islamist Rebels Capture Key Army Bases In Idlib Province, Open Road To Damascus

Syria’s Al-Qaeda affiliate on Monday seized the key army base of Wadi Al-Deif in the country’s northwestern province of Idlib from government forces, a monitoring group said.
“The Al-Nusra Front, backed by (Islamist group) Jund Al-Aqsa, seized control of the Wadi Al-Deif military base… after a fierce offensive that began yesterday (Sunday) morning,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Nearby, Islamist rebels pressed an offensive aimed at taking Hamidiyeh, which after the fall of Wadi Al-Deif became the regime’s last remaining base in Idlib, the Observatory said. The jihadists’ lightning victory in Wadi Al-Deif leaves most of Idlib province, which borders Turkey, under Al-Nusra Front control.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/674726

http://aranews.net/2014/12/al-nusra-militants-attack-syrian-rebels-daraa/

http://www.ibtimes.com/new-advance-syrian-islamist-rebels-capture-key-army-bases-idlib-province-open-road-1757991

Syria Headline:  40 civilians, opposition killed in Syria battles – SOHR

Some 40 civilians and opposition fighters have been killed in clashes with the regime and by airstrikes in Syria’s Idlib, Aleppo and Deir Azzor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday night. Nine people were killed and others critically injured, among them women and children, when the jet fighters hit Idlib’s Kafr Takharim and Khan Sheikhoun towns, northwest of the country. Deaths are likely to rise, the monitoring group, based in Britain, said. Also in Idlib, fighters of Al-Nusra Front, Jund Al-Aqsa and Ahrar Asham Islamist group have had full control of Beseeda following clashes with Syrian troops that withdrew from the village. In Deir Azzor, air raids killed 11 people in the province’s southeast suburbs.
Meanwhile, an airstrike by the US-led coalition targeting an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) premises in Deir Azzour’s Al-Bukamal border town with Iraq, killed at least four militants and injured many from the insurgent group. Another raid on the village of Tabia Jazeera in Deir Azzor province, left many killed or wounded, the Observatory said.
Meanwhile, 14 opposition members were killed in clashes that have been on since Sunday night with Syrian troops supported by National Defense Force and Hezbollah, Iranian and Afghan fighters north of Aleppo. In the south, a commander was killed in clashes between Nusra Front and the Yarmouk Brigade in the town of Sahm Al-Jolan, west of Daraa. A man was also killed and awoman wounded.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2414350&Language=en

Syria Headline:  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe 

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

Iraq Headline:  ISIS shoots down Iraqi helicopter killing pilots

Iraqi officials on Saturday said Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants shot down Iraqi helicopter near Samarra, killing two pilots onboard and raising fresh concerns about the extremists’ ability to attack aircraft amid ongoing U.S.-led coalition airstrikes. The attack happened in the Shiite holy city of Samarra, about 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad. A senior Defense Ministry official told The Associated Press the Sunni militants used a shoulder-fired rocket launcher to shoot down the EC635 helicopter on the outskirts of the city. An army official corroborated the information. Both spoke on condition of anonymity as they weren’t authorized to speak to journalists. The EC635, built by Airbus Helicopters, is used for transport, surveillance and combat. The militants shot down at least two other Iraqi military helicopters near the city of Beiji in October. Some fear the militants may have captured ground-to-air missiles capable of shooting down airplanes when they overran Iraqi and Syrian army bases this summer.
Dec. 13, 2014

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/12/13/ISIS-shoots-down-Iraqi-helicopter-killing-pilots.html

Iraq Headline: China offers military assistance to Iraq in ISIL fight

Iraq Headline: Hundreds of Chinese said fighting alongside Islamic State in Middle East

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari says China has extended an offer to help Baghdad fight the Takfiri ISIL militants by carrying out its own airstrikes against the terrorists. Jaafari stated that his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi made the offer during a UN anti-terrorism meeting in New York back in September, noting, however, that Beijing will not join the US-led military coalition against ISIL. “[Mr Wang] said, our policy does not allow us to get involved in the international coalition,” the Iraqi foreign minister said. He added, “I welcomed this initiative. I told him… we are ready to deal with the coalition and also co-operate with countries outside this coalition.” The top Iraqi diplomat further noted that what his country needs now in the fight against ISIL militants is more munitions. “Our problem is with the supply of arms and weaponry,” Jaafari said.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/14/390209/china-offers-to-help-iraq-against-isil/

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Hundreds-of-Chinese-said-fighting-alongside-Islamic-State-in-Middle-East-384681

Iraq Headline: Iraqi Parliament Speaker to Ask Iran to Arm Sunnis

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri will visit Iran in the next few days and is expected to ask Tehran to assist Iraqi Sunnis against the Islamic State. Niyaz Auglu, an Iraqi Turkmen official and Iraqi MP, told BasNews that the aim of al-Jabouri’s visit to Iran is to strengthen Iraqi Sunni relations with Iranian officials and request Iranian military support for the Sunnis. Auglu also said that the Iraqi Parliament Speaker would visit a number of other countries in the upcoming week, aiming to strengthen relations and encourage them to provide more support to Baghdad in the face of the Islamic State attacks. Iran has been seen as an important ally for Iraq against Islamic State in northern Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. There have been reports of the Iranian army being actively involved in recent clashes between the extremist group and the Iraqi army and Peshmerga forces.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://basnews.com/en/news/2014/12/15/iraqi-parliament-speaker-to-ask-iran-to-arm-sunnis/

Iraq Headline:  ISW Iraq Situation Report Dec.15, 2014

http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/iraq-situation-report-december-15-2014.html

Kurdish Headline: U.S. drops ‘unfair designation’ of Kurdish groups’ as terrorists

The United States has removed two Kurdish movements from the State Department list of terrorist organizations. In 2001, the State Department, under pressure from Turkey, placed a range of Kurdish groups on the terror list. They were classified as a Tier-3 terror group under the Patriot Act, passed in wake of the Al Qaida suicide air strikes on New York and Washington. A senior official said the State Department removed the Kurdistan Democratic Union and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan from the U.S. list of terrorist groups. The official said the removal under the National Defense Authorization Act would enable Iraqi Kurdish leaders to travel to the United States to discuss the war against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. “Congress has passed the NDAA with a provision removing PUK and KDP from the list of designated organizations under U.S. immigration laws,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Brett McGurk said. In a statement on Dec. 13, McGurk, President Barack Obama’s envoy in the war against ISIL, acknowledged that the two Kurdish groups should have been removed from the State Department list long ago. He did not elaborate.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/12/15/u-s-drops-unfair-designation-kurdish-groups-terrorists/

Headline:  ISIS’s Future Global Footprint: A Historical Perspective from the Sinjar Records

The ISIS campaign in Iraq and Syria has shifted course since October 2014. ISIS lost control of three key strongholds in Iraq in November 2014, while Kurdish forces and the international coalition contested its control of Kobane. These losses have cost ISIS the initiative on some fronts, but ISIS continues to conduct offensives throughout its depth. As of December 14, 2014, ISIS is consolidating its core strength, attacking to close physical vulnerabilities, and posturing for new territorial gains. The raised intensity of the ground war in Iraq fixes ISIS to some extent, a condition which ISIS will likely try to reverse. ISIS’s strategic culture depends upon seizing and holding the initiative. If ISIS loses the initiative in battle, ISIS may attempt to regain it by other means, such as opening new fronts in Syria. ISIS may also decide to transform to a phased expansion beyond Sham. This may explain why ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi released a statement on November 13, 2014 recognizing the fealty declarations of multiple jihadist groups worldwide. In addition to expanding the ISIS global network, Baghdadi declared five remote wilayats, or governorates, in locations he indicated had been carefully selected, namely Libya, Sinai, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. One might interpret this speech as a feint, designed to throw off the calculus of international players, or as hyperbole. But these declared ISIS wilayats may well showcase the future phases of ISIS’s campaign design and indicate how ISIS plans to seed the Caliphate in the midst of other states.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/isiss-future-global-footprint.html

Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above). 

Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.

Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.

Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.

Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.

Gomer is Eastern Germany.

Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia. 

Russia  

Headline:  Ukraine cheers US vote for military aid, Russia outraged

Ukraine on Friday welcomed a US bill that would allow Washington to provide lethal military assistance to the embattled country, but Russia expressed outrage at the “openly confrontational” legislation. The bill — passed late on Thursday and due to get final approval in Congress on Friday before being sent to US President Barack Obama — opens the way for up to $350 million (280 million euros`) worth of US military hardware to be sent to Ukraine, which has been fighting an eight-month war against Kremlin-backed separatists in its east. It also threatens fresh sanctions against Russia, whose economy is crumbling under previous rounds of Western sanctions and a collapse in oil prices. US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Rome on Monday amid the toughening American response. Russia`s foreign ministry said the new US legislation put a “powerful bomb” under US-Russia bilateral ties.
Dec. 13, 2014

http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/ukraine-cheers-us-vote-for-military-aid-russia-outraged_1513966.html

Iran

Headline:  CONFIRMED: Iran’s Foreign Military Arm Is Backing Yemeni Rebels Who Took Control Of The Country

Iran has supplied weapons, money and training to the Shi’ite Houthi militia that seized Yemen’s capital in September, as Tehran steps up its regional power struggle with Saudi Arabia, Yemeni and Iranian officials say. Exactly how much support Iran has given the Houthis, who share a Shi’ite ideology, has never been clear. Sunni countries in the Gulf accuse Iran of interference via Shi’ite proxies in the region, something Tehran denies. But Reuters has details — from Yemeni, Western and Iranian sources — of Iranian military and financial support to the Houthis before and after their takeover of Sanaa on Sept. 21. A senior Houthi official denied there had been material and financial support. But the assertions are still likely to reinforce Saudi, and Western, fears that Iran is exploiting turmoil between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain and now Yemen.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://www.businessinsider.com/r-iranian-support-seen-crucial-for-yemens-houthis-2014-12

Afghanistan

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Headline:   War News for Monday, December 15, 2014

Reported security incidents
#1: At least 14 armed oppositions were killed following Afghan security forces clearing operation in Dangam district, Kunar province.

#2: Afghan National Security Forces discovered and detonated a road side mine in Bagrami area, Kabul city this morning.

#3: A civilian was martyred and another wounded in a roadside mine explosion in Laghman province this morning.

#4: At least five Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were martyred following Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack. Gen. Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said the Afghan soldiers were martyred in the past 24 hours.

#5: Officials say a number of insurgents have been killed and injured in the battle with the security forces following a massive attack at Dangam district of eastern Kunar province which is still ongoing. Provincial police chief Abdul Habib Sayedkhil said only four soldiers have suffered injuries in the exchange of fire. The number of the insurgents is said to be in hundreds

#6: Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, spokesman for Nangarhar police says a group of gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in Ghurband area of Chaparhar district last night leaving four attackers killed and four policemen injured. Mashriqiwal said exchange of fire took place between police and assailants following a suicide attack at the checkpoint where a number of attackers also suffered injuries.

#7: At least 20 people – including 12 members of a landmine-clearing team – have been killed in a series of attacks blamed on the Taliban.

http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30461971 

Libya/Tunisia

Headline: Clashes close Libya’s largest oil port; Tunisia seals border

Tunisia closed its largest border with Libya as fighting between armed factions allied to Libya’s competing governments broke out on Sunday, Libyan and Tunisian officials said.
Libya’s eastern Es Sider oil export port, the country’s biggest, has been shut due to the fighting. The OPEC oil producer is caught in a conflict between two governments and parliaments since a group called Libya Dawn seized Tripoli in the summer. In recent weeks it has sought to regain ground in the west with airstrikes and the use of allied troops from the Zintan area calling themselves the Libyan National Army. Omar Al-Sanki, interior minister of the recognized government, said his forces had seized the western Ras Jdir border crossing, the main gateway into Tunisia. But a Libyan border official and the mayor of Zuwara, a town east of Ras Jdir, denied this. “Our forces…are still in control of Ras Jdir and it is not true that the borders have been taken by the army of tribes -LNA,” said the mayor, Hafed Juma. He said warplanes belonging to the eastern-based government had attacked their positions, killing four people. A Tunisian security source said there was fighting in the Libyan area of Boukamech near Ras Jdir. The border station was open, though Tunisia had advised its citizens to avoid the crossing.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/674436

Morocco/Algeria

Headline:   New Morocco-Algeria tension looms large

Dark clouds are looming large over Algeria and Morocco as the two North African neighbours are locked in a new bitter stand-off and their already shaken relations are inexorably deteriorating. On Thursday, the Moroccan government accused Algeria of being involved in the leaking of classified documents belonging to the Moroccan Foreign Ministry and the General Directorate for Studies and Documents. The diplomatic documents that included classified papers, bank transfers and confidential correspondence were published by an anonymous hacker. Some of the documents reportedly are not new and date several years back, but the spotlight is overwhelmingly on a territory over which Morocco has been in conflict with the Algerian-backed separatist Polisario Front group. Speaking during the press conference that follows the government’s weekly meeting, Morocco’s Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar on Thursday said that his country would “present arguments and evidence that prove Algeria’s involvement in fueling the conflict over the Moroccan Sahara.” It added that when the French reporter asked the unidentified hacker, via social media, about the reasons for his leaks, the answer he received was “to destabilize Morocco.”
Dec. 13, 2014

http://gulfnews.com/news/region/algeria/new-morocco-algeria-tension-looms-large-1.1426276 

Turkey

Headline:   Turkey’s Erdogan says media raids a response to ‘dirty’ plot

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday defended weekend raids on media outlets close to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric as a necessary response to “dirty operations” by the government’s political enemies, and told a critical European Union to mind its own business. Sunday’s raids on the Zaman daily and Samanyolu television marked an escalation in Erdogan’s battle with former ally Fethullah Gulen. The two have been in open conflict since a corruption probe targeting Erdogan’s inner circle a year ago, which Erdogan blamed on Gulen. He accuses the cleric of establishing a ‘parallel’ structure in the state through his supporters in the judiciary, police and other institutions, and of wielding influence through the media. Gulen denies any ambition to overthrow Erdogan. “They cry press freedom, but (the raids) have nothing to do with it,” Erdogan said, speaking at the opening of an extension to an oil refinery near Istanbul. “We have no concern about what the EU might say, whether the EU accepts us as members or not, we have no such concern. Please keep your wisdom to yourself,” he said. The European Union, which Turkey is seeking to join, said the media raids ran counter to European values. EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn described them as “not really an invitation to move further forward” with Turkey.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/15/us-turkey-media-idUSKBN0JT1DB20141215

Armenia

Headline:  Kazakh, Belarusian Parliaments to Vote on Armenia’s Entry to EEU

Kazakhstan’s lawmakers will vote to ratify the treaty on Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union after a meeting in Moscow on Dec. 23, says a Russian government report from a meeting between Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. “There will be a meeting in Moscow and we will ratify Armenia’s accession,” Nazarbayev is quoted as saying by the report. “maybe Kyrgyzstan will be ready by that time.” “Common customs boards and freedom in movement of people and cargo is a great advantage for our countries,” Nazarbayev said. On Dec. 10, Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian spoke to his Kazakh counterpart by phone. The two presidents discussed prospects for cooperation between their countries within the Eurasian Economic Union. On Dec. 4, the Armenian National Assembly ratified the agreement of Armenia’s accession to the Eurasian Economic Union. On Dec. 10, Russia’s Duma ratified it as well. The Belarusian parliament is set to vote on Armenia’s accession this week, head of the parliament’s committee on international affairs, Nikolay Samoseyko, told RIA Novosti on Monday. After Kazakh and Belarusian lawmakers ratify the treaty, Armenia will become a full member of the Union.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://asbarez.com/129869/kazakh-parliament-to-vote-on-armenia%E2%80%99s-entry-to-eeu/

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: US mass rallies attract thousands over police killings

At least 25,000 protesters paralyzed parts of New York and thousands more marched in Washington, stepping up demonstrations across the United States demanding justice for black men killed by white police. The rallies in the capital, New York, Boston and in several Californian cities were among the largest in a growing protest movement sparked by the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9. Grand jury decisions not to prosecute the white officers responsible for 18-year-old Brown’s death and a fatal chokehold on New York father of six Eric Garner in July, have triggered weeks of protests. A sea of demonstrators shut down parts of Manhattan and Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue that leads to the Capitol with cries of “No justice, no peace!” “Justice Now!” and “The whole damn system is guilty as hell!” Police said approximately 25,000 took to the streets in New York. The organizers tweeted that 50,000 people turned out. Their Facebook page had said that 48,000 would take part before the rally began. Thousands take part in the Justice for All March and Rally on Pennsylvania Avenue through downtown Washington, DC, December 13, 2014, to protest the killings of unarmed African-Americans by police officersThe mixed crowds of black and white, mobilized many young people but also families, children, parents and the elderly.
Dec. 14, 2014

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/world/449742/us-mass-rallies-attract-thousands-over-police-killings

http://news.yahoo.com/protesters-police-killings-march-washington-080136814.html

Headline: Mexico police and protesters clash ahead of concert for 43 missing university students

Violence broke out Sunday in the city of Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico as police clashed with protesters organizing a concert for 43 missing university students. Both sides blamed the other for initiating the altercation, which began after protesters had finished erecting street barricades ahead of the scheduled concert. Police said eight officers were injured in the melee and protesters reported 13 injuries, including relatives of missing students. The concert was canceled in the wake of the unrest. The latest outbreak of violence comes amid continued frustration with the government’s delayed response to the students’ disappearance in Iguala, Guerrero state, in late September. The circumstances of their disappearance revealed complicity between the local government, police and a prominent drug gang.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/12/15/Mexico-police-and-protesters-clash-ahead-of-concert-for-43-missing-university-students/7731418648520/?spt=sec&or=tn

Headline: Ten killed in al-Shabab attack in Mogadishu

At least 10 Somali government soldiers, including a senior commander, have been killed in a militant attack on an army base near the capital, Mogadishu. Al-Shabab militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns and tanks attacked the base near the town of Afgoye, located about 30 kilometers (19 miles) northwest of Mogadishu, on Monday, an unidentified commander said. Among those killed was senior commander, Mohamed Khalif, the official said. Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack. The development comes as al-Shabab continues launching assaults in Mogadishu.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/15/390363/alshabab-kills-10-in-somalia-attack/

Headline: Yemen’s Houthi fighters push al-Qaeda out of key district

Yemen’s Ansarullah fighters have pushed al-Qaeda-linked militants out of a key district, north of the capital Sana’a. The Houthi movement’s Shia fighters took “full control of the district of Arhab after raiding 20 of its areas and clearing them from Takfiri groups,” said leading Houthi member, Mohamed al-Bakhiti, on Sunday. He added, “The raids came in response to numerous assaults by Takfiri groups on Houthi members.” The fighters blew up seven buildings belonging to al-Qaeda militants in Arhab, taking full control of the district and restoring security after several days of fighting. Meanwhile, the Houthis sacked Sakhr al-Wajih, the governor of the western port city of Hodeida who was appointed by President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, and assigned Hassan Heij for the post.
Dec. 14, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/14/390258/yemen-houthis-seize-key-district/

Headline:  Bahraini forces clash with mourners after funeral

Fierce scuffles have broken out between regime forces and mourners in Bahrain following a funeral for a man killed in a bomb explosion earlier this week, Press TV reports. The clashes erupted after Bahraini police officers attacked the mourners, who had come together in the village of Karzakan, situated 20 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of the capital, Manama, on Sunday to mourn the death of 72-year-old Abdul Karim al-Basri. Basri was killed on December 9, when a powerful blast struck near a mosque in Karzakan. Another funeral procession for the slain Bahraini man on December 12 also turned into a protest rally against the ruling Al Khalifa dynasty, when demonstrators chanted slogans against the Manama regime. Clashes reportedly took place between protesters and police, with officers firing tear gas to disperse the crowd.
Dec. 14, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/14/390227/mourners-police-clash-in-bahrain/ 

 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:  Oil plunges again, reaches recession-level depths

Headline:   Egypt stock market loses $3B amid oil plunge

Headline:   London shares tumble on oil price slide

Headline:   Russian ruble falls again, now at 61.25 to the dollar

Another forecast of weak global demand, another nosedive for oil. A 6-month rout in the price of oil accelerated this week, culminating in a 4 percent drop Friday — its third such drop in 5 days — to its lowest level since May of 2009, when the U.S. was still in recession. Friday’s trigger was a lowered expectation for oil consumption from the International Energy Agency. The benchmark U.S. oil price closed down $2.14 to close at $57.81 a barrel in New York. It is now 46 percent below its late-June high for the year of $107.26. Brent crude, the international standard used to price oil purchased by many U.S. refineries, fell 77 cents to close at $61.85. In its monthly oil report, the IEA said global oil demand in 2015 will grow by 900,000 barrels a day — 230,000 less than previously forecast — to 93.3 million barrels a day. The agency said the reduction was a result of “the ever-more tentative pace of the global economic recovery.” It was the latest in a string of reports and forecasts that suggest that there is far more oil being produced globally than there is demand for it.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://news.yahoo.com/oil-prices-fall-further-iea-cuts-forecast-111211254–finance.html

http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-stock-market-loses-3b-amid-oil-plunge-144706106–finance.html

http://news.yahoo.com/london-shares-tumble-oil-price-slide-181301215.html

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/12/15/Russian-ruble-falls-again-now-at-6125-to-the-dollar/9021418657579/?spt=sec&or=tn 

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: ‘Super bacteria’ found in Rio’s Olympic waters

A drug-resistant “super bacteria” that’s normally found in hospitals and is notoriously difficult to treat has been discovered in the waters where Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic sailing events will be held, scientists said Monday. The Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil’s most respected health research institute, said it has discovered bacteria that produce an enzyme that make it resistant to most forms of treatment in water samples taken from various spots along the Carioca River. Among the spots is where the river flows into the city’s Guanabara Bay, site of the 2016 sailing and wind surfing events. Bacteria with the so-called KPC enzyme are difficult to treat. The institute said no instances of infection resulting from the contaminated water have yet been detected but warned of possible danger to swimmers. “The illnesses caused by these microorganisms are the same as those caused by common bacteria, but they require stronger antibiotics and, sometimes, can require hospitalization,” the study’s coordinator, Ana Paula D’Alincourt Carvalho Assef, wrote in an email to The Associated Press. “Since the super bacteria are resistant to the most modern medications, doctors need to rely on drugs that are rarely used because they are toxic to the organism.” Even if they don’t immediately fall ill, those who come into contact with the bacteria run the risk of becoming carriers of the microorganism, the institute said in its statement.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/afd63e2d3b0b4dbe9ab9f41b5abac222/super-bacteria-found-rios-olympic-waters

Headline: WHO Ebola response chief says virus still spreading due to lack of change in behaviors

The failure of Sierra Leone’s strategy for fighting Ebola may be down to a missing ingredient: a big shock that could change people’s behavior and finally prevent further infection. Bruce Aylward, the head of Ebola response at the World Health Organization, said Sierra Leone was well placed to contain the disease — its worst outbreak on record — with infrastructure, organization and aid. The problem is that its people have yet to be shocked out of behavior that is helping the disease to spread, still keeping infected loved ones close and touching the bodies of the dead. “Every new place that gets infected goes through that same terrible learning curve where a lot of people have to die … before those behaviors start to change,” Aylward told Reuters. While neighboring Liberia has turned the tide of Ebola, and both Mali and Nigeria quickly smothered outbreaks, Sierra Leone has more than 70 percent of cases reported in the past three weeks and more than half the 18,000 confirmed cases in the nine-month-old outbreak. The WHO’s death toll from outbreak has climbed to 6,583 but the actual figure is likely to be far higher due to under-reporting of cases.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/12/15/who-ebola-response-chief-says-virus-still-spreading-due-to-lack-change-in/ 

Godlessness 2 Timothy 3:1-5 & Matthew 24:12 “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: ² For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, ³ unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, ⁴ traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ⁵ having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!” “And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold”

Headline:  THREE DEAD IN BLOODY END TO SYDNEY SIEGE

Headline:   Sydney Terrorist Claims to be ISIS Member, Threatens to Kill Hostages

An Iranian-born gunman was killed, two of his hostages are dead and four injured after a dramatic and chaotic firefight brought an end to a terrorist siege at a Sydney cafe. Teams of heavily armed police swooped on the Lindt Chocolat cafe in a hail of gunfire, ending a tense stand-off where Man Haron Monis had been holding around 17 people captive. Police issued a statement describing the event as a confrontation with a 50-year man, who they said died after shots were fired. The man was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital, police said. A man, aged 34, and a woman, aged 38, also died, the police said in their statement. Of the injured, two women have non life-threatening injuries and a police officer was injured by gunshot pellets, the police said. Another woman has a gunshot wound to the shoulder.
Dec. 15, 2014

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2873855/Gunman-takes-hostages-cafe-Sydney.html

http://www.infowars.com/report-sydney-terrorist-claims-to-be-isis-member-threatens-to-kill-hostages/

Increase in Drugs Revelation 9:21 “And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.”

Comment: In Revelation 9:21 we see Jesus speaking to us about drug’s. The words “sorceries” in Revelation 9:21 is the Greek word pharmakia from which comes our word “pharmacy”. It signifies the use of medicine, drugs, spells, such as those used in witchcraft and those used today by those who are seeking a greater “high”. This generation was to be labeled a drug generation and we are.

Headline:     Native Americans allowed to sell, grow marijuana, DOJ says

Native American tribes are allowed to grow and sell marijuana on their lands as long as they follow the same laws laid out for states that have legalized the drug, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday. The announcement could give rise to rich new business on reservations, unlike casino gambling, some advocates say. Only a handful of tribes have interest in the marijuana business. Oregon U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall said that the Justice Department policy addresses questions raised by tribes about how legalization of pot in states like Oregon, Washington and Colorado would apply to Indian lands. “That’s been the primary message tribes are getting to us as U.S. attorneys,” Marshall said from Portland. “What will the U.S. as federal partners do to assist tribes in protecting our children and families, our tribal businesses, our tribal housing? How will you help us combat marijuana abuse in Indian Country when states are no longer there to partner with us?” Only three tribes in California, Washington state and in the Midwest have only expressed interest in selling the drug, Marshall said. It is unclear if it will really take off the way casinos did.
Dec. 12, 2014

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/12/native-americans-allowed-to-sell-grow-marijuana-doj-says/

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:  Eighth North Texas earthquake in less than a month

Headline: Multiple earthquakes shake Oklahoma, including magnitude 4.3

The Dallas-Fort Worth area experienced its eighth earthquake in less than a month. A 2.6-magnitude quake centered about three miles northeast of Irving occurred around 9:25 p.m. Thursday, according to the United State Geological survey. USGS reported a depth of 5 kilometers and an epicenter of 32.848°N 96.900°W, just off John Carpenter Freeway near Loop 12. North Texas has seen more frequent quakes since a 3.3-magnitude tremor shook the area on Nov. 22. The strongest to be recorded since is a 3.4-magnitude earthquake on Nov. 30. “The city of Irving continues to monitor and is in contact with seismologists who tell us the magnitude of earthquakes we have experienced is low, and earthquakes happen regularly. In fact, the United States Geological Survey estimates several million earthquakes occur in the world each year and most have very small magnitudes, such as those occurring in Irving,” said Irving Emergency Management Coordinator Jason Carriere. The USGS began monitoring quakes in Irving in 2008. Since April 17, 2014 there have been 11 in the area.
Dec. 14, 2014

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/2014/12/12/eighth-earthquake-hits-north-texas/20290793/

http://www.kjrh.com/news/multiple-earthquakes-shake-oklahoma-including-magnitude-43

Headline: 20 dead, 88 missing after mudslide in central Indonesia

Heavy rains in central Indonesia loosened soil and collapsed a hill, setting off a landslide that killed at least 20 villagers and left 88 others missing under piles of mud, officials said Sunday. Residents of Jemblung village in Central Java province’s Banjarnegara district said they heard a roaring sound followed by the rain of red soil that buried more than 100 houses late Friday. “The landslide looked like it was spinning down. I managed to rescue a pregnant woman, but could not save the other man,” said Subroto, who like many Indonesians uses only one name. He said one side of the hill collapsed and then another. “In five minutes, there were three (major landslides) and they swept away everything,” he said. By Sunday, 20 bodies have been pulled from the mud and the wreckage of crumpled homes while hopes faded that 88 people still missing will be find alive, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, the spokesman for Indonesia’s Disaster Mitigation Agency. President Joko Widodo was traveling to Banjarnegara, about 460 kilometers (285 miles) east of the capital, Jakarta, on Sunday to meet with survivors and about 570 residents who were evacuated to temporary shelters. Eleven injured villagers were hospitalized.
Dec. 13, 2014

http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/20-dead-88-missing-after-mudslide-in-central-indonesia-1.2146188

Headline: Rare twister rips through L.A.

A small tornado touched down in Los Angeles on Friday, ripping off parts of rooftops and downing trees in the southern part of the city. The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down Friday morning. “It got a lot of people excited, but thank goodness nobody was hurt,” said Stuart Seto of the National Weather Service. EF-0 twisters are the smallest type of tornadoes, with winds reaching 65 to 85 mph. EF refers to the Enhanced Fujita Scale of tornado intensity, which runs from EF-0 to EF-5. Most twisters that cause damage and deaths are EF-1 or higher. The Los Angeles Times reported the tornado hit across a 10-block span, damaging at least five homes. Caught in the middle of the storm, Deborah LaVergne, 56, was preparing turkey sandwiches in a South Los Angeles kitchen when she looked out a window to see a trash can swirling 30 feet in the air.
Dec. 13, 2014

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/13/los-angeles-tornado/20351781/

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

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Headline:   Irish parliament backs recognition of Palestinian state

Headline:  French Senate Votes to Recognize ‘Palestine’

Irish lawmakers urged their government Wednesday to recognise Palestine as a state in a symbolic motion that sailed through parliament unopposed. Ireland’s parliament is the fourth European assembly to call for the recognition of Palestinian statehood since October. Lawmakers in France, Britain and Spain also endorsed similar motions, reflecting growing frustration with the deadlocked Middle East peace process. Sweden has gone even further, officially recognising Palestine as a state in a move that prompted Israel to recall its ambassador. The non-binding motion agreed by lawmakers in Dublin called on the government to “officially recognise the State of Palestine, on the basis of the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as the capital, as established in UN resolutions”. This would be “a further positive contribution to securing a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict”, it added.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://news.yahoo.com/irish-parliament-backs-recognition-palestinian-state-233252157.html

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/188531#.VIohQ3uxXhI

Headline:  Death of PA official following clash with IDF prompts Gantz to beef up West Bank forces

Headline:  Iran Condemns Israel’s ‘Assassination’ of PA Minister

Security forces braced for violence, and officials prepared for an international backlash after senior Palestinian Authority official Ziad Abu Ein died soon after a confrontation with the IDF in the West Bank. Thousands of Palestinians massed Thursday to mourn a senior official who was killed by Israeli troops, while the army sent reinforcements and dispersed protesters in the West Bank. Palestinian officials in Ramallah said they were not ruling out the possibility that the PA leadership would decide to suspend security coordination with Israel to protest Abu Ein’s death. An autopsy is expected to determine whether his death was the result of a heart attack or IDF violence. Abu Ein headed the PLO’s Commission Against the Separation Wall and Settlements. He had been taking part in a demonstration outside the Palestinian village of Turmus Aiya, near Ramallah, to mark International Human Rights Day. The participants planned to plant olive trees. The IDF authorized the demonstration, but soldiers stepped in when participants moved close to the outpost of Adei Ad. A shouting match broke out between soldiers and Abu Ein, during which he fell to the ground. It is unclear whether he was pushed or fell. Video clips from the incident show him holding his chest and gasping. Soldiers also fired a number of stun grenades and tear gas canisters. Video clips show Abu Ein collapsing as he tries to get up from the ground. He was rushed to a Ramallah hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Report-Palestinian-Authority-minister-dies-after-clashes-with-IDF-in-West-Bank-384216

http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/673201

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/188512#.VIoho3uxXhI

“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:  ISIS commander urges fight against Hezbollah inside Lebanon

An ISIS commander whose wife was recently arrested by the Lebanese Army has called on jihadi militants to fight Hezbollah inside Lebanon, accusing the Lebanese government of being an accomplice to the powerful movement. Anas Sharkas, better known by his nom de guerre Abu Ali al-Shishani, said in an interview published Wednesday in daily Al-Akhbar that Hezbollah “has taken Iran as its god,” and had entered Syria to massacre its men and harass its women. “I call upon all the jihadis to move (the battle) to Lebanon to break Hezbollah because it is massacring our women, children and men, while its women and children enjoy security,” Sharkas said. “If we want to succeed, we have to fight the kin of those who are killing us in Lebanon,” he added. Sharkas, a Circassian Syrian from the town of Qusayr where Hezbollah fought alongside the Syrian army in fierce battles against the rebels last year, said the Lebanese government was unfit to govern, “and in the worst case, a subordinate of Hezbollah.”
Dec. 10, 2014

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Dec-10/280543-isis-commander-urges-fight-against-hezbollah-inside-lebanon.ashx

Egypt

Headline:  Egyptian Army presses attack on Ansar strongholds in Sheik Zweid

Headline:  ISIS posts a new forward command group to Egyptian Sinai

The Egyptian Army has launched ground operations in the heart of the Islamic insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula. Security sources said the army has sent commando units to attack suspected strongholds of Ansar Beit Maqdis in the Sinai town of Sheik Zweid. They said the commandos, backed by air and armor support, were targeting bunkers and tunnels in Sheik Zweid, located along the Egyptian border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. “This is a major achievement for the army and security forces,” a source said. On Dec. 10, at least five Ansar fighters were killed in an army operation in Sheik Zweid. The sources said commando units destroyed 15 bunkers and tunnels as well as two vehicles. “The operation was based on improved intelligence and cooperation from local residents,” the source said. For more than a year, the army and Central Security Forces failed to penetrate Sheik Zweid. The sources said Ansar and Bedouin allies ringed the town with improvised explosive devices as well as tunnels, meant to rapidly detect any army approach.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/12/11/egyptian-army-presses-attack-ansar-strongholds-sheik-zweid/

http://debka.com/article/24291/ISIS-posts-a-new-forward-command-group-to-Egyptian-Sinai—at-Israel%E2%80%99s-back-door

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

Iraq                              Syria                          Kurdistan

Syria Headline:  Missile Attack In Syria Kills Three Journalists, Attack Blamed On Assad’s Forces: Report

A missile attack in southwestern Syria killed three journalists working for a network opposed to Bashar Assad’s regime, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), said late Tuesday. The U.S.-based media advocacy group said that the attack happened Monday near the town of Sheikh Meskin, which is at the center of clashes between rebels and government forces. CPJ cited the news network, Orient News, which claimed that forces loyal to Assad had carried out the attack on the journalists. The network identified the dead journalists as correspondents Rami Asmi and Yousef El-Dous, and cameraperson Salem Khalil. The three were reportedly travelling to cover the advances being made by the opposition forces, when their car was hit by a missile fired by government forces, according to CPJ, which added that it was unable to independently verify the claims. Orient News and Siraj Press, another opposition news agency, reportedly said that the missile was launched from the town of Qarfa, which lies about two miles from Sheikh Meskin. “So many Syrian journalists have paid the ultimate price for reporting on this conflict, but even for Syria, the loss of three journalists in one attack is devastating,” Sherif Mansour, CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa program coordinator, said, in a statement from the group, adding: “Journalists covering conflict are civilians and we call on Syrian authorities to respect that status.”
Dec. 10, 2014

http://www.ibtimes.com/missile-attack-syria-kills-three-journalists-attack-blamed-assads-forces-report-1746894

Syria Headline:   ISW Syria Update Dec. 3-9, 2014

http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2014/12/syria-update-december-3-9-2014.html

Syria Headline:  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe 

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

Iraq Headline:  Iraq army, volunteers retake key district near Samara from ISIL

The Iraqi army, backed by Sunni and Shia volunteer fighters, has regained a key district near the city of Samarra from the ISIL Takfiri terrorists. The Iraqi forces along with the volunteers managed to liberate Mutassim district after heavy clashes with the Takfiri terrorists in that district on Thursday. Fighting is now reportedly still underway in Makeshifah, north of Samara. Earlier in the day, the Takfiri terrorists targeted the holy city with a dozen mortar shells and 15 rockets. Samara, located 125 kilometers north of the capital, Baghdad, has recently come under intensified attacks by the ISIL terrorist group. Following the recent terrorist attack near the holy Iraqi city, Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Shia Sadrist Movement in Iraq, ordered the armed volunteers under his command to prepare for a military campaign.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/11/389839/iraq-army-volunteers-regain-key-district/

Iraq Headline: IS Militants Besiege 450 Tribal Fighters in Iraq’s Anbar Province: Reports

Members of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group have managed to besiege 450 Sunni tribal fighters in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, the Anadolu Agency reports. “ISIL [IS]militants moved with a group of armored vehicles and tanks from Hit [Hiit] city while taking Al-Jazeera road [in Anbar province] and managed to trap 450 fighters after controlling the Mahbubiya and Gurna areas[of the province],” a source told the news agency Thursday under the condition of anonymity. According to Anadolu, Iraqi armed forces started a military operation against IS in Anbar on Thursday morning with the aim of retaking Hiit. The pro-government tribal fighters supported the armed forces in their operation.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20141212/1015756119.html

Iraq Headline:   ISW Iraq Situation Report Dec. 9-10, 2014

http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/iraq-situation-report-december-9-10_10.html

Headline:  ISIS reportedly trying to sell the body of beheaded journalist James Foley

Intermediaries with ties to the Islamic State reportedly are looking to sell the remains of American journalist James Foley to his family for $1 million. Foley was beheaded by ISIS in August. His death was the first in a series of executions of Western hostages carried out by the terror group. Three sources in contact with ISIS and its associates told BuzzFeed News that it wants to sell Foley’s body back to his family, and would deliver it across the Syria-Turkey border along with a DNA sample to authenticate his identity. The sources were granted anonymity over safety concerns. One of the sources, a former Syrian rebel fighter, said he had been approached by an ISIS leader and was asked to find a channel to either the American government or Foley’s family. “They ask for $1 million, and they will send DNA to Turkey, but they want the money first,” he said. “They will not give the DNA without the money.” Dec. 11, 2014

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/12/11/isis-reportedly-trying-to-sell-body-beheaded-journalist-james-foley/

Headline:    Senate committee votes to authorize war against ISIS

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday voted to authorize President Obama’s war against the Islamic State group — the first vote in Congress to explicitly grant him war powers in the U.S. battle against the militant extremists. The vote was 10-8, with most Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed. The committee chairman, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., said he would seek a full Senate vote on the measure before the current Congress ends, but it’s more likely that the authorization will be delayed until the next, Republican-led Congress, which starts Jan. 1.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/12/11/senate-committee-votes-to-authorize-war-against-isis/ 

Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above). 

Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.

Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.

Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.

Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.

Gomer is Eastern Germany.

Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia. 

Russia  

Headline:  Russia Baltic military actions ‘unprecedented’ – Poland

Poland says the level of Russian naval and air force activity in the Baltic Sea region has been “unprecedented” this week. Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said most of the activity was in international waters and airspace and Sweden was the country most affected. Nato partners of the Baltic states, including the UK, have military jets on an air policing mission in the region, monitoring the Russian planes. Fighting in Ukraine has raised tension. Mr Siemoniak said Russia was “not preparing to attack” but it was testing Nato defences, which “does not serve to build good relationships and trust”. The three small ex-Soviet states in the Baltic – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – joined Nato in 2004. Speaking on the Polish news channel TVN24, he said there was no need to put the Polish army on a state of high alert. Nato and Ukraine accuse Russia of fomenting the conflict in eastern Ukraine and supplying the pro-Russian rebels there with troops and heavy weapons. Russia denies the allegations, but admits that Russian “volunteers” are helping the rebels.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30429349

Headline:  3 killed, 8 wounded in fresh east Ukraine clashes

Fresh clashes between the army and pro-Russia forces in east Ukraine have claimed the lives of three Ukrainian soldiers. “We lost three soldiers and another eight were wounded in the past 24 hours,” Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council spokesman, Andriy Lysenko said on Thursday. The Ukrainian official also accused the pro-Russia forces of violating the recent ceasefire agreement which officially went into effect on Tuesday. “Terrorists are violating agreements and continuing to fire on positions of the Ukrainian military and civilians. Tanks and artillery were used, but our forces did not respond,” claimed Lysenko, citing 22 breaches of the truce so far. The latest fatalities in the restive eastern Ukraine came despite the recent agreement between Kiev and pro-Russia forces to stop fighting from December 9 under the terms of a Kremlin-brokered ceasefire.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/11/389789/3-killed-8-wounded-in-ukraine-clashes/   

Afghanistan

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Headline:   War News for Thursday, Dec. 11,  2014

Reported security incidents

US transfers control of final prison to Afghanistan

#1: A suicide bomber targeted a bus carrying Afghan troops Thursday morning, killing at least five soldiers. The Afghan Defense Ministry said 12 others, including civilians, were injured in the attack.
The suicide bomber approached the vehicle on foot on the outskirts of Kabul, the first suicide attack in the capital in more than a week

#2: Five high school students were killed by a NATO airstrike Thursday in Parwan province, police said.

#3: 5 armed oppositions were killed in clearing operation led by police forces in Almar district, Faryab province.

#4: Reports suggest that a huge number of Taliban insurgents last night attacked the main city of Shindand district in Herat province and took cover in civilian homes from where they started a gun battle  with the security forces. Eye witnesses say the city was completely occupied by the insurgents. But security officials only confirm the fighting with the insurgents and reject the reports that the city was fully occupied.

#5: German Citizen Killed in Kabul School Bombing

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/afghan-bomber-targets-soldiers-casualties-feared-27518625

http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/

Libya

Headline: Libya’s recognized PM vows military campaign to seize Tripoli

Headline:  EU bars Libyan carriers from Europe’s airspace

Libya’s recognized government will continue a military campaign to claim back the capital Tripoli, Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni said on Wednesday. Libya is divided between two governments since a group called Libya Dawn seized Tripoli in August after a month-long battle with a rival group, setting up its own parliament and government. Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni has been forced to work from the East where the elected House of Representatives is also based, part of turmoil three years after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi. Thinni told Dubai-based TV channel al-Arabiya his forces were advancing on Tripoli from the west and would also seize the main border crossing to Tunisia. “Our troops are moving towards Tripoli to liberate it,” he said, claiming his forces had seized a town west of the capital. Thinni’s forces, allied to a former general and tribesmen in Zintan in the western mountains, have launched air strikes on Tripoli.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/11/us-libya-security-thinni-idUSKBN0JP01E20141211

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/11/389792/libya-airlines-banned-from-europe-skies/ 

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:  Protests against police brutality spread overseas as tensions rise in the U.S.

Headline:  Congress Passes Bill Which Grants “Unlimited Access to Communications of Every American”

Roughly 600 people in London participated in a die-in Wednesday in solidarity with American protesters demonstrating against police brutality in the wake of recent decisions not to press charges in the police killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. The demonstration was held inside the Westfield Mall in Shepherd’s Bush, before a breakaway group turned violent, prompting 76 arrests. Rising tensions prompted authorities to ask demonstrators to move to the mall’s parking lot, a request Scotland Yard says was peacefully complied with. “We will always work with those that wish to demonstrate lawfully, as the majority of protesters did yesterday,” commanding officer Mark Bird told BBC News. Meanwhile in America frustrations continue to mount. On Wednesday alone, demonstrations in Berkley — which have become a nightly event since early December — shut down a speech by tech-billionaire Peter Thiel, medical students around the country held die-ins en masse and the chief of police in Richmond, Va. even marched in protest of American police brutality. Meanwhile, According to Congressman Justin Amash, Congress just passed a bill which grants the government and law enforcement “unlimited access to the communications of every American”. When the Michigan lawmaker discovered that the Intelligence Authorization Act for FY 2015 had been amended with a provision that authorizes “the acquisition, retention, and dissemination” of all communications data from U.S. citizens, he desperately attempted to organize a roll call vote on the bill. However, the legislation was passed yesterday 325-100 via a voice vote, a green light for what Amash describes as “one of the most egregious sections of law I’ve encountered during my time as a representative”. The bill allows the private communications of Americans to be scooped up without a court order and then transferred to law enforcement for criminal investigations. The legislation effectively codifies and legalizes mass warrantless NSA surveillance on the American people, with barely a whimper of debate.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/12/11/Protests-against-police-brutality-spread-overseas-as-tensions-rise-in-the-US/2061418300405/?spt=sec&or=tn

http://www.infowars.com/congress-passes-bill-which-grants-unlimited-access-to-communications-of-every-american/

Headline: Blasts kill at least 40 in Nigerian city of Jos

Two bombs exploded near a bus station in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday evening, witnesses said, the second one killing at least 40 people. Casualties from the first blast could not immediately be ascertained and Nigerian security sources could not immediately be reached for comment. Bomb blasts that bore the hallmarks of Islamist Boko Haram militants killed 118 people in the same area of Jos in May. “I saw a flash of light and heard a loud boom. Afterwards there was debris everywhere and mutilated bodies,” witness Tanko Mohammed said of the blast in Jos’s commercial Terminus district. A Reuters reporter counted 11 bodies at one bomb site and 29 at the other. Boko Haram is a Sunni jihadist movement that has been waging a five-year insurgency to establish an Islamist state in the northeast of the country. President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three northeastern states last year. The number of attacks has risen sharply since then, in the run-up to elections in February 2015.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://newsdaily.com/2014/12/blast-rocks-city-of-jos-in-central-nigeria-reuters-witness/

Headline:  Al-Qaida attacks Yemeni airbase in retaliation to U.S. raids

The Al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen, Ansar al-Sharia, said Thursday it had fired rockets at a Yemeni-U.S. airbase in retaliation for recent U.S. rescue raids to release an American hostage. The militant group said in a tweet that its fighters had fired overnight six grad rockets on the al-Annad airbase in the province of Lahj in southern Yemen. The attack targeted the U.S. section of the airbase, the group added without reporting casualties. There was no official American comment. The U.S. has carried out two failed operations in Yemen to free American photojournalist Luke Somers, who has been held by Al-Qaida militants for more than a year. The last operation was on Sunday, resulting in the death of Somers and a South African hostage. Several Al-Qaida operatives were killed in the raid, according to U.S. officials.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/middle-east-updates/1.631107

Headline:  Dozens arrested as Hong Kong police drive protesters from streets

China’s largest pro-democracy demonstrations in decades came to an end on Thursday, as hundreds of riot police poured into a once-bustling protest camp tearing down tents and arresting dozens. Police and bailiffs began entering the Admiralty protest site, on the edge of the former colony’s financial district, on Thursday morning, beginning a slow but steady push through the area. They used chain cutters to dismantle metal and bamboo barricades and soon gained access to an area that has been out of government hands since the so-called Umbrella Movement protests began two-and-a-half months ago. Inside the camp – beyond newly erected banners reading, “We will be back” – protesters braced themselves for arrest, donning helmets and goggles in case there were clashes. By 7pm dozens of demonstrators who had ignored police calls to withdraw had been taken into custody, including most of Hong Kong’s best-known democracy activists and student leaders.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/11287371/Dozens-arrested-as-Hong-Kong-police-drive-protesters-from-streets.html

Headline: Philippine congressman wounded, 3 killed in attack

Police say a congressman from the southern Philippines has been wounded in an attack by gunmen that left at least two of his aides and a police officer dead. Police chief Brian Inojaldo said five other bodyguards and aides of Rep. Vicente Belmonte were wounded in the ambush Thursday in Misamis Oriental province’s Laguindingan township. Inojaldo said Belmonte’s group had just left Laguindingan’s airport when gunmen in a van blocked their path and started shooting. Belmonte told ANC television he believes the attack was “politically motivated” but did not identify any suspects. Political rivalries in the Philippines sometimes erupt into violence.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://www.arabnews.com/world/news/672861 

 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:   Unemployment rate hits fresh high in Australia

Official data shows that Australia’s unemployment rate has reached a new high over the past 12 years. The jobless rate went up from 5.8 percent in November 2013 to 6.3 percent in November 2014, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported on Thursday. Monthly figures, in addition, show that the unemployment rate witnessed a rise of 0.1 percent from October, with aggregate monthly hours worked decreasing by 1.8 million hours to 1,606.1 million. The Australian and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly referred to as the ANZ, reported that the unemployment rate is “printing a touch higher in rounded terms.”
Dec. 11, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/11/389737/australia-jobless-rate-hits-new-peak/

Revelation 6:6-  With the bees dying off, you will see a decrease in produce and an INCREASE in food prices!

Nov. 6, 2014 – 530,000 bees die ‘a mystery’ in Wenling City, China

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=zh-CN&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcs.zjol.com.cn%2Fsystem%2F2014%2F11%2F06%2F020344002.shtml&edit-text=

Nov. 13, 2014 – 170 bee hives have died off in Ardahan, Turkey

https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=tr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iha.com.tr%2Fhaber-ardahanda-ari-olumleri-409740%2F

Nov. 22, 2014 – 3 MILLION+ bees found dead ‘causing fright’ in Martim Francisco, Brazil

https://translate.google.com/translate?act=url&depth=1&hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://opopularmm.com.br/morte-de-abelhas-causa-susto-entre-apicultores-caso-e-investigado-11303

Dec. 4, 2014 -130 bee hives have died off ‘a mystery’ in Campos Gerais, Brazil

https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bemparana.com.br%2Fnoticia%2F361768%2Fprefeitura-investiga-a-morte-misteriosa-de-milhares-de-abelhas 

Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)

Headline: Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone bodies found piled up in Kono

Health officials in Sierra Leone have discovered scores of bodies in a remote diamond-mining area, raising fears that the scale of the Ebola outbreak may have been underreported. The World Health Organization said they uncovered a “grim scene” in the eastern district of Kono. A WHO response team had been sent to Kono to investigate a sharp rise in Ebola cases. Ebola has killed 6,346 people in West Africa, with more than 17,800 infected. Sierra Leone has the highest number of Ebola cases in West Africa, with 7,897 cases since the beginning of the outbreak. The WHO said in a statement on Wednesday that over 11 days in Kono, “two teams buried 87 bodies, including a nurse, an ambulance driver, and a janitor drafted into removing bodies as they piled up”. Bodies of Ebola victims are highly infectious and safe burials are crucial in preventing the transmission of the disease. The response team also found 25 people who had died in the past five days piled up in a cordoned section of the local hospital. Health officials are worried that many of the Ebola cases in Kono have gone unreported until now.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30429360

Headline:  Egypt reports eighth bird flu death this year

Health authorities in Egypt on Thursday reported the country’s eighth death this year from bird flu. “A woman of 33 originally from Sohag province (in the south) has died of the H5N1 virus,” health ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghafar told AFP. He said another person is still being treated, and added that seven patients diagnosed this year with bird flu were cured. The H5N1 strain has killed more than 400 people worldwide since first appearing in 2003, mainly in Southeast Asia. It is one of several deadly or potentially deadly strains of bird flu that are closely monitored by the World Health Organization. The strain is different from the H5N8 version, whose spread on European poultry farms has prompted WHO calls for vigilance. A third strain of bird flu — H7N9 — has killed more than 170 people since emerging in 2013.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/12/11/Egypt-reports-eighth-bird-flu-death-this-year-.html 

December 5, 2014- Cape Cod turtle deaths confound researchers

http://news.sciencemag.org/plants-animals/2014/12/slideshow-cape-cod-turtle-deaths-confound-researchers

December 7, 2014-140,000 chickens and turkeys culled in B.C. as officials try to contain outbreak of highly-contagious avian flu

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/12/07/highly-contagious-strain-of-bird-flu-kills-up-to-140000-chickens-and-turkeys-at-five-b-c-farms/

December 8, 2014-Large number of dead fish on the shores of Lake Poopó

https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.la-razon.com%2Fciudades%2FEncuentran-cantidad-muertos-orillas-Poopo_0_2176582401.html&edit-text=&act=url

December 8, 2014- 7 whales found dead on Parara beach in Southern Australia

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/video-seven-dead-sperm-whales-found-dead-on-beach-in-south-australia-9910485.html

December 9, 2014-Experts baffled at huge number of seals washing up dead in Cornwall

http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/fpfalmouth/11655155.Experts_baffled_at_huge_number_of_seals_washing_up_dead_in_Cornwall/

December 9, 2014-Thousands of fish dead in popular Marion County lake

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/thousands-fish-dead-popular-marion-county-lake/njPWX/   

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:  Tens of thousands without power as storm pounds Northern California with rain, gusty winds

A powerful storm churned through Northern California Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands and delaying commuters while soaking the region with much-needed rain. In Santa Cruz, about an hour south of San Francisco, an elementary school student was trapped for about 15 minutes when an 80 foot tree fell on him, pinning his arm and shoulder until rescuers with chain saws cut it apart. He was taken to a hospital in good condition but likely a fractured arm, officials said. Throughout the Bay Area, waves slammed onto waterfronts, ferries were bound to their docks, many schools canceled classes and the gusting winds had motorists tightly gripping their steering wheels on the Golden Gate Bridge, where managers created a buffer zone to prevent head-on collisions by swerving cars. The iconic suspension bridge is engineered to swing in cross winds, and engineers were standing by, but “the concern we have right now is more about vehicles,” spokeswoman Priya David Clemens said. Pacific Gas & Electric reported more than 80,000 outages due to a single flooded substation in San Francisco, and but blackouts were much more widespread; 226,800 customers were without power. The utility’s online map showed lights out over thousands of square miles, from Humboldt near the Oregon border to Big Sur on the Central Coast.
Dec. 11, 2014

http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2014/12/11/rain-gust-winds-start-to-push-across-california/?intcmp=latestnews

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

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Headline:    Israeli jets ‘strike near Damascus’ – Syrian army

Headline:  Russia wants Israeli explanation for ‘aggressive actions’ in Syria

Headline:  Hezbollah drones, anti-aircraft missiles destroyed in alleged IAF attack, says Syrian opposition

Headline:  Israel air strikes wiped out Russian hardware for thwarting US no-fly zone plan over Syria

The Syrian military has accused Israel of carrying out two air strikes on Syria, near the capital Damascus. Israeli planes bombed the area near Damascus international airport and the town of Dimas, the Syrian army said in a statement carried on state television. No casualties were reported. There has been no confirmation of the air strikes from Israel. Israel has conducted several air strikes on Syria since 2011. “This afternoon, the Israeli enemy targeted two safe areas in Damascus province, namely the Dimas area and the Damascus International Airport,” the military statement said. It described the air strikes as “direct aggression” carried out to help the Syrian government’s opponents. Some installations had been damaged, it added, without elaborating on what had been hit. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the Syrian conflict, said (in Arabic) that 10 explosions were heard near Dimas, which is located close to the Syria-Lebanon border. The group also said that there had been eight air raids on areas in the town of Khan al-Sheeh, on the eastern outskirts of the capital, and that a warehouse near Damascus airport had been hit. Responding to the Syrian accusation, Israel’s military said it did not comment on “foreign reports”. Meanwhile, High-ranking American military sources revealed Monday, Dec. 8, that Israel’s air strikes near Damascus the day before wiped out newly-arrived Russian hardware including missiles that were dispatched post haste to help Syria and Hizballah frustrate a US plan for a no-fly zone over northern Syria. The advanced weapons were sent over, as debkafile reported exclusively Sunday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin learned that the Obama administration and the Erdogan government were close to a final draft on a joint effort to activate a no-fly zone that would bar Syrian air force traffic over northern Syria. The Kremlin has repeatedly warned – of late in strong messages through back channels – that the establishment of a no-fly or buffer zone in any part of Syria would be treated as direct American intervention in the Syria war and result in Russian military intervention for defending the Assad regime.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30370670

http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Russia-wants-Israeli-explanation-for-aggressive-actions-in-Syria-383986

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Hezbollah-drones-anti-aircraft-missiles-destroyed-in-Syria-attack-opposition-claims-383962

http://debka.com/article/24289/Israel-air-strikes-wiped-out-Russian-hardware-for-thwarting-US-no-fly-zone-plan-over-Syria

Headline:  Israeli parliament dissolves itself 2 years early, sets election

Israeli lawmakers have overwhelmingly voted to dissolve parliament, officially kicking off the country’s election campaign. Monday’s vote in the 120-seat Knesset passed 93-0 in favor of disbanding, ending its term two years ahead of schedule. Early polls show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likely returning to power. But a growing coalition of anti-Netanyahu factions threatens to depose the longtime leader. Israel’s government, which took office in early 2013, has been riven by divisions from the outset over issues facing the country. For weeks it has been bickering over a budget, a housing tax break and a bill that would enshrine into law Israel’s status as a Jewish state. With early elections set for March 17, the current parliament will have served for one of the shortest periods in Israeli history.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/12/08/israeli-parliament-dissolves-itself-2-years-early-sets-election/?intcmp=latestnews 

“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: Islamic State group support grows in Jordan town

Local authorities quickly stripped away public signs of support for the Islamic State group in this desert town. Black flags have been removed from rooftops. Graffiti proclaiming the extremists’ imminent victory have been whitewashed. But supporters of the Middle East’s most radical extremist group are only laying low after their surprise show of strength in protests last summer. Despite government efforts, support for the Islamic State group is growing in Maan and elsewhere in Jordan, one of the West’s key allies in the region, say Islamic State activists, members of rival groups and experts on political Islam. One of the leading Islamic State group activists in Maan said he and others are still working to build their base. “In homes, at work, in mosques, in the streets, we reach out to people to call them to the real Islam,” the 40-year-old blacksmith, Abu Abdullah, told The Associated Press. Like other Islamic State group supporters interviewed by the AP, he spoke on condition he be identified only by his nickname for fear of troubles with authorities.
Dec. 6, 2014

https://news.yahoo.com/islamic-state-group-support-grows-jordan-town-065827377.html

Headline: Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood smuggling weapons to Palestinians

Israel reportedly shared intelligence with Jordan about a Muslim Brotherhood cell on its soil whose operations included smuggling weapons to Palestinians in the West Bank and raising funds for terror activities. Jordanian sources told the London-based al-Hayat daily that the information has led to the arrest of 31 people, a majority of them Palestinian students from the West Bank attending university in the Hashemite Kingdom. Over the weekend, Jordan’s King Abdullah II warned that should peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians not resume, renewed violence would break out, possibly leading to more intifadas. If the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not solved, “there’ll be a [fourth] fifth, sixth and seventh, and there’ll be another war in Lebanon,” he told PBS’s Charlie Rose on Friday. “If we don’t solve the problem, it’s only a matter of time until there’s another one,” he asserted.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.timesofisrael.com/jordanian-mb-smuggling-weapons-to-palestinians/

Lebanon 

Headline:    One injured as car bomb explodes in Lebanon’s Arsal

Headline:   Lebanese Army besieges Arsal outskirts after captive killing

Headline:   Qatar ends mediation for Arsal hostages

A car bomb has exploded in the northeastern Lebanese town of Arsal near the border with Syria, injuring at least one person. Monday’s blast targeted the brother of a militant holed up in the volatile border town, Lebanese media reports said. “The bomb was placed inside the car of Hassan Ezzeddine and he was wounded but his condition is stable,” said Lebanese state-run National News Agency. Earlier in the day, Lebanese armed forces shut down two main roads leading to the volatile area, then commenced heavy shelling on militant positions on the town’s outskirts. Takfiri militants of the al-Nusra Front said on Friday that they killed a captive Lebanese soldier following Beirut’s announcement that it had arrested three women with links to the Takfiri terrorists operating in neighboring Syria. The army’s operations are aimed at securing the release of the remaining hostages.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/08/389345/car-bomb-rocks-lebanons-arsal/

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Dec-08/280316-lebanese-army-besieges-arsal-outskirts-after-captive-killing.ashx

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/qatar-ends-mediation-lebanese-hostages-abducted-arsal-631606875

Egypt

Headline:  Canada joins U.K. in closing Cairo embassy

Canada Monday joined Britain in closing its embassy in Cairo to the public for security reasons, with neither country providing details about any specific threat. The move comes amid increasing attacks by Islamist militants in Egypt and calls from the extremist group ISIS for attacks on Western targets. The Canadian Embassy said in a statement that it would be closed “due to security reasons” Monday, with a separate email to Canadian citizens in Egypt saying this would be “until further notice.” The British Embassy also remained closed after shutting its public services Sunday. British Ambassador John Casson said the decision had been taken “to ensure the security of the embassy and our staff.” “We are working to restore full services as quickly as possible,” Casson said. Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty said he was unaware “of any specific threat” to the missions. “They informed us that it is a precautionary action … but we are dealing with the matter seriously,” he told AFP.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Dec-09/280394-canada-joins-uk-in-closing-cairo-embassy.ashx

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

Iraq                              Syria                          Kurdistan

Syria Headline:  Following airstrikes, Syria calls for sanctions on Israel

Syria called on the United Nations to impose sanctions on Israel Sunday, hours after Damascus alleged Israeli planes struck two sites near Damascus. Syria’s Foreign Ministry said it sent letters to the UN Security Council and to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon accusing Israel of carrying out the air raids to cover up its own internal problems and calling for action against Israel to ensure the attacks do not continue. “The Syrian government called for imposing deterring sanctions on Israel, which did not hide its policy in supporting terrorism, calling also for taking all procedures, in accordance with the UN Charter, to prevent Israel from repeating such attacks,” the Damascus-run SANA news agency reported.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.timesofisrael.com/following-reported-airstrikes-syria-calls-for-sanctions-on-israel/

Syria Headline:  In Kobane, 23 militants killed in two coordinated attacks

Fifteen Islamic State (ISIS) fighters were killed in a coordinated Kurdish shock attack in Kobane early Monday, a day after eight other militants were killed in clashes, Kurdish forces said. Monday’s attack involved fresh Peshmerga forces sent in by the Kurdistan Region and the People’s Protection Units (YPG), backed by sustained coalition airpower that targeted militant positions, sources told Rudaw. “The attack was a coordinated YPG-Peshmerga operation backed by coalition airstrikes which pushed back the Islamist militants in some districts of the town,” Major Sherwan Spindarayi told Rudaw. He added that a high-ranking militant, an ISIS emir known as Jundulla Chichani, was among the dead fighters. Spindarayi said that four serial airstrikes targeted militant locations in the city, as the ground troops launched surprise attacks. Fierce clashes between the ISIS militants and Kurdish forces on Sunday evening resulted in the deaths of eight militants and capture of unspecified numbers of arms and ammunition, Spindarayi said.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/08122014

Syria Headline:  IS militant blew himself up the vicinity of the airbase of Deir Ezzor

An IS militant blew himself up in a booby- trapped car on the outskirts of the airbase of Deir Ezzor yesterday night, followed by violent clashes between the regime forces supported by NDF against IS militants in the vicinity of the airbase, information reported casualties on both sides. Information also reported that IS militants could capture some members from the regime forces. Other violent clashes erupted between the same parties in Hwayjet Sakar on the outskirts of Deir Ezzor city and in the neighborhood of al- Sena’ah in the city of Dier Ezzor. The regime warplanes carried out 6 raids on areas in the town of al- Shola in the countryside of Dier Ezzor targeting an IS post and convoy of vehicles to transfer oil to the town leading to kill a man. An IS militant died in clashes with the regime forces in Hwayjet Sakar area on the outskirts of Deir Ezzor city. A man from the town of al- ShHil tortured to death inside the regime jails.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://syriahr.com/en/2014/12/an-is-militant-blew-himself-up-the-vicinity-of-the-airbase-of-deir-ezzor/

Syria Headline:  Violent clashes are still erupting in Aleppo, while IS executed a fighter in Jarablus

Reliable sources informed SOHR that IS militants executed a fighter from an Islamic movement by shooting him in the city of Jarablus in the northern eastern countryside of Aleppo on charge of “apostasy and fighting Islamic State”, where they promised to keep him crucified for 3 days. The number of people who died yesterday due to shells and explosive cylinders launched by the rebel battalions on the regime- held areas in the city of Aleppo has risen to 8. IS militants shelled this morning areas in the town of Mari in the northern countryside with no information about casualties.  Violent clashes are still erupting between al Nusra Front, Ansra al Din Front, the rebel and Islamic battalions against the regime forces supported NDF, al Quds al Filastini Brigade, Hezbollah and Shia fighters from Iran and Afghanistan in the vicinity of Handarat village, al- Brej and Manasher al-Brej areas.  Other violent clashes took place between the regime forces supported by NDF, al- Baath battalions and Hezbollah against the rebel and Islamic battalions in the vicinity of al- Omawi Mosque in Old Aleppo in the city of Aleppo, the two areas of Aqrab and Bet al- Hekmeh School in the neighborhood of al- Rashedin. The warplanes strafed areas in the towns of Kafar Hamra, Anadan and Hraytan in the northern countryside of Aleppo.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://syriahr.com/en/2014/12/violent-clashes-are-still-erupting-in-aleppo-while-is-executed-a-fighter-in-jarablus/

Iraq Headline:  1500 more coalition troops to Iraq

The soldiers would be in addition to the 3100 US soldiers already promised, the BBC reported. US commander Lieutenant General James Terry, who is coordinating efforts against IS, did not say which coalition nations would provide the extra troops. It is hoped the deployment of additional soldiers will increase the effectiveness of the Iraqi army, much of which proved ineffective under an IS onslaught in June. Since Islamic State’s June offensive, the Sunni militants have had little success breaking beyond the solidly Sunni Muslim provinces of Anbar in the west and Salahuddin north of Baghdad, as well as the strongly Sunni province of Nineveh, home to the city of Mosul which the Islamists overran in June, Reuters reports. The allies’ commitments were made during a conference among coalition members in Kuwait. Lieutenant General Terry told the conference that airstrikes against IS were taking a toll on the militants’ campaign in Iraq and Syria.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/world/261289/1500-more-coalition-troops-to-iraq

Iraq Headline:   ISW Iraq Situation Report Dec. 8, 2014

http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/iraq-situation-report-december-8-2014.html 

Headline:  ISIS demands donations of gold, silver to issue its new currency

Witnesses reported that elements of the ISIS organization demanded the people of Kirkuk to donate gold and silver to support in the issuance of its new currency. Witnesses said that ISIS called the people in Kirkuk villages under its control to donate their holdings, including gold and silver, to contribute in supporting the new currency ISIS plans to release soon. They pointed out that donations were requested during ISIS visits to the cities and villages and roaming markets, shops, checkpoints and schools. The witnesses added, “ISIS divided its elements to groups; each group’s mission was to get in touch with dignitaries, clergy, and farmers and have them urge people to make donations.”
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.iraqinews.com/features/isis-demands-donations-gold-silver-issue-new-currency/

Headline:   Alleged IS Weapons-Maker Claims that “Radioactive Device” has Entered Europe

An alleged Islamic State (IS) weapons-maker, following past claims of IS obtaining radioactive material from Mosul University, claimed on Twitter that a “Radioactive Device” had entered an unspecified location in Europe.
Dec. 8, 2014

https://news.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-News/alleged-is-weapons-maker-claims-that-radioactive-device-has-entered-europe.html

Headline:    Facing Threats From ISIS And Iran, Gulf States Set To Join Forces

Alarmed over rising threats in the Middle East and North Africa, the Gulf Cooperation Council is set to launch an unprecedented joint military command, according to regional officials and military analysts. “At the moment, we are witnessing a new spirit,” says Abdulaziz Sager, head of the Gulf Research Center, a think tank that focuses on the GCC, a six-member group of Arab monarchies. The NATO-inspired force — which goes beyond existing structures — will be established this week at the GCC summit in Doha, Qatar, Sager says. The new, unified GCC military command is to be based in Riyadh, the Saudi capital. The growing power of militants from the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, plus the influence of Iran — seen in Gulf capitals as meddling in conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Yemen — has added urgency for military cooperation. Past attempts at a pan-Arab force have failed over political differences and disagreements over basing the force in one country, says Gulf security analyst Mustafa Alalani. “This is not a military force, it’s a unified command,” he says. Every country has to donate air and sea power, according to the size of their military, Alalani says. It’s a rapid deployment force, he explains, modeled on NATO’s military structures. “The Saudis and the UAE are gearing up to take a much harder line,” says Faisel Yafai, a columnist for The National, an English language newspaper in the United Arab Emirates. “They have shifted. They are now doing this front and center,” he says.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2014/12/08/369374722/facing-threats-from-isis-and-iran-gulf-states-set-to-join-forces

Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above). 

Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.

Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.

Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.

Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.

Gomer is Eastern Germany.

Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia. 

Russia  

Headline:  Ukraine to file claims against Russia with International Court of Justice

The Ukrainian government is preparing to file new claims against Russia with the International Court of Justice, Ukraine’s Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko disclosed Friday. Russia has been accused by Kiev and the West of inciting unrest in eastern Ukraine, and supplying both military equipment and personnel to the rebels in their battle against the Ukrainian government. The European Union and United States have imposed successive sanctions on Russia in response to its aggression toward Ukraine. The “number of complaints,” Petrenko said, includes Russia financing “terrorism” inside its borders.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/12/08/Ukraine-to-file-claims-against-Russia-with-International-Court-of-Justice/8231418066669/?spt=sec&or=tn

Iran

Headline:  Hamas Delegation in Iran to Normalize Relations

A delegation from the terrorist organization Hamas which controls Gaza arrived on Monday for talks with Iranian officials on repairing ties between the two, local media reported. Tasnim news agency said the team was led by Hamas political bureau member Mohammed Nasr and included Osama Hamdan, who is in charge of international relations. Iran has been a key source of funds and weapons for Hamas. The visit is aimed at clearing the way for a “mission” by Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal to Iran, Amir Mousavi, the head of Tehran’s Center of Strategic Research, said on the website of the Hamas-linked daily Al-Ressalah. In October, Izzat al-Rishak, a member of Hamas leadership, issued a statement denying Hamas reports that Mashaal was expected to visit Iran in the near future. The Syrian conflict has strained the relationship between Hamas and Iran, with the Sunni Muslim Gaza-based group breaking ties with Damascus while Shi’i’te Tehran has remained a strong ally of the regime.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/188398#.VIYl18m9aqA

Afghanistan

****Clicking on the UNDERLINED sections will take you to the news link

Headline:   War News for Monday, December 8, 2014

U.S., NATO ceremonially end Afghan combat mission….Monday’s ceremony was the first of two that will draw a formal close to NATO’s combat mission by Dec. 28. (Note: the 28th will be my last post — whisker)

Reported security incidents
#1: At least two foreigners have been killed in Afghanistan in a fresh rocket attack on the US-controlled Bagram air base, near the capital, Kabul. Local officials confirmed that Bagram air base, located next to the ancient city of Bagram in eastern Parwan Province, came under attack on Monday morning. The strike is the second rocket attack on Bagram in less than 48 hours. The Taliban militants fired rockets on the air base Saturday night

#2: Two Pakistani policemen tasked with guarding polio vaccinators were shot dead in the country’s northwestern region on Monday, an official said. The attack took place in a remote area of Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

#3: At least four civilians and two policemen were killed in a suicide attack on the police headquarters’ of Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province on Monday, local officials said. Six others including three policemen were injured in the attack. The attack ended after an hour, when five suicide bombers attacked Maiwand police headquarters and began clashing with security forces, Ahmad Zia Durani, spokesman for the police chief, said. “The suicide bomber detonated his explosive at the gate of the headquarters, making way for the four others,” Durani said. “Four other insurgents were killed by security forces.” He added that the director of the criminal department, a police officer, and four civilians were killed and six others including a policeman were injured in the attack.

#4: 19 armed oppositions were killed in several clearing operations led by Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) during the last 24 hours in various parts of the country.

#5: Two mine planters were killed following their own mine blast in Khost province yesterday.

http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/

Sudan

Headline:  US meddling to blame for ‘all Arab world sufferings’ – Sudan president

The bloody conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Libya are the result of the interference by the US, which wants to gain control over the rich natural resources of those countries, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir told RT. “The people in Sudan believe that the since the fall of the Soviet Union [in 1991], injustice and oppression has prevailed around the globe as the US became the sole hegemon and began running things with impunity in many regions, including ours,” Bashir said. In his interview with RT’s Arabic Channel, the Sudanese president labeled Washington’s policies in Middle East and North Africa as “harmful and destructive.” “Just look at what’s now happening in Iraq and how it spread to Syria. All the suffering that is going in the Arab world is the work of the US,” he said.
Dec. 7, 2014

http://rt.com/news/212283-us-arab-sufferings-sudan/  

Germany

Headline:     Germany Reportedly Concerned About Radicalization Of Chechen Diaspora

The German authorities are concerned about the radicalization of the country’s Chechen diaspora population, according to local media reports. Around 500 Germans are thought to be fighting in Syria with the Islamic State (IS) group. According to Hans-Georg Maassen, the head of Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, many of the Germans in Syria have an immigrant background. However, German news reports say the authorities are particularly concerned about Chechens from the diaspora in Germany fighting with the Junud al-Sham faction in Latakia. That faction is led by an ethnic Chechen from the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia, Muslim Abu Walid al-Shishani (Murad Margoshvili). Muslim al-Shishani is a veteran jihadi who fought in the second Russo-Chechen war alongside prominent Arab foreign fighters Ibn al-Khattab and Abu al-Walid.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.rferl.org/content/islamic-state-germany-worried-chechen-diaspora-radicalization/26732038.html

Turkey

Headline:   Turkey’s Erdogan vows to make Ottoman language compulsory

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to make teaching of Ottoman language compulsory in high schools. Speaking at a religious council meeting in the capital, Ankara, on Monday, Erdogan underscored the necessity of Ottoman lessons as a way to restore Turkey’s severed ties with its “roots,” noting that the majority of Turkish people are unable to read the tombstones of their ancestors. “There are those who do not want this to be taught. This is a great danger. Whether they like it or not, the Ottoman language will be learnt and taught in this country,” Erdogan stated. At the weekend, Turkey’s National Education Council, mainly composed of members backed by the Erdogan administration, voted in favor of making Ottoman classes compulsory at religious high schools and an option at regular high schools.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/08/389333/turkey-plans-to-revive-ottoman-language/

Armenia

Headline:   Azerbaijan kills Armenian national in Karabakh

Azerbaijani troops have killed an Armenian national in their new clashes with separatist forces from Nagorno-Karabakh region. Garik Ispirian, 19, was killed in a fresh wave of violence that erupted on Monday in the area bordering the Karabakh and Azerbaijan. In late 1991, the Armenian representatives in the local government of the Nagorno-Karabakh proclaimed the region a republic, independent from Azerbaijan. That was followed by a series of brutal wars that left at least 30,000 people dead. Concerns have been raised about the re-escalation of violence this year as Azerbaijan and Armenian-backed forces have intensified their exchange of fire across the area.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/08/389328/one-dead-in-fresh-karabakh-clashes/

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: Eric Garner protests turn violent in California

Headline:  Protesters flood California highway, throw rocks, bottles at officers, police say

Headline: Leftists using Ferguson to wage race war?

Mostly peaceful protests of a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man continued around the country, but authorities said a march in California turned violent when a splinter group smashed windows and threw objects at police. A Berkeley police officer received hospital treatment for a dislocated shoulder after being hit with a sandbag, while another sustained minor injuries, police spokeswoman Jenn Coats said. She said several businesses were looted and damaged when a splinter group broke off from the peaceful demonstration Saturday night, and officers attempting to get the crowd to disperse used smoke and tear gas. Protesters threw rocks, bricks, bottles, pipes and other objects at officers, and some squad cars were damaged. At least six people had been arrested by the time the unrest ended early Sunday, Coats said.
Dec. 7, 2014

http://nypost.com/2014/12/07/eric-garner-protests-turn-violent-in-california/

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/08/justice/protests-grand-jury-chokehold/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/blacks-using-ferguson-to-wage-race-war/

Headline:  Pakistan- One dead as PTI workers clash with police

An opposition party worker was shot dead in Pakistan on Monday as hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police armed with water cannon and batons in the central city of Faisalabad. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (Pakistan Movement for Justice or PTI) party led by Imran Khan had vowed to paralyze the city as part of its efforts to topple the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whom it accuses of poll-rigging. The death could spark further violence and reinvigorate the opposition movement. It received a boost Monday when a judge ordered a vote audit in a key constituency, a longstanding demand of Khan. He has said it will highlight systemic flaws in the 2013 general election which brought Sharif’s party to power. TV footage showed PTI workers clashing with supporters of Sharif as well as with riot police, who baton-charged them as parts of Faisalabad came to a standstill.
Nabeela Ghazanfar, a spokeswoman for police in Punjab province, told AFP: “One protester has been killed and five others injured including two policemen.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.arabnews.com/world/news/671646

Headline:  Three bombs explode near homes of Yemen Shiite leaders

Headline:  5 Bomb attacks in Yemeni capital wound 8 Houthis

Three bombs exploded near the homes of Yemeni Shiite rebel leaders in Sanaa on Monday, security officials said, a day after the president named a new chief of staff of the armed forces. The explosions damaged several houses and injured eight people, whose identities have not been disclosed, the officials said, adding that authorities had dismantled five other bombs also found in the capital. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to brief the media. The Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, have spent months battling both local Al-Qaeda militants and Sunni tribesmen backed by the Islamist Islah Party. In September, they seized control of much of the capital and several other cities and towns.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/671461

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/08/389279/8-houthis-injured-in-yemen-bombings/

Headline:  Policeman killed in ‘terrorist’ attack in Bahrain: interior ministry

A policeman was killed while on duty southwest of the Bahraini capital Manama on Monday in what authorities described as a “terrorist” attack using a bomb made by Hezbollah. The Interior Ministry gave few details of the incident in the village of Damistan. Bahrain’s Foreign Minister, Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa, said on Twitter the policeman had fallen victim to “a bomb made by the terrorist Hezbollah”. He was referring to the Lebanese Shi’ite guerrilla group, which Bahrain has previously accused of being linked to Shi’ite militants in the country. Hezbollah has been vilified by Sunni Muslims over its participation in Syria’s civil war alongside President Bashar al-Assad and against Sunni-backed rebels fighting to oust him. Witnesses in Damistan said police cordoned off the area and were searching for evidence.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://newsdaily.com/2014/12/policeman-killed-in-terrorist-attack-in-bahrain-interior-ministry/

Headline:  Haiti capital hit by anti-government clashes

Thousands of anti-government protesters have clashed with police in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. They burned tyres and threw stones at officers who responded with tear gas. The protesters want President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe to resign and long-overdue elections to be held. Some protesters accused the US of supporting Haiti’s leadership and called on Russian President Vladimir Putin for help. Hundreds succeeded in reaching the National Palace, an area which has been restricted for several years. One protester, who gave his name as Reginald, said: “Today is a victory against President Martelly who destroys the country, for two years we (are not allowed) to cross in front of the National Palace.” President Martelly was supposed to call elections in 2011 but they have been postponed in a stalemate between the government and a group of opposition senators over electoral law.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30356539

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 6:5-6)“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:  EU earns ‘fail’ grade over bank capital regime

Headline:  Eurogroup puts pressure on France to deliver on deficit

New EU laws do not meet new global standards and would not be enough to ensure that the bloc’s banks could survive a future financial crisis, according to a new report by the leading global bank regulator. The rebuke is contained in a report published on Friday (5 December) by the Basel committee at the Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements, the body tasked with formulating the rules that govern the world’s lenders. The committee, which also assessed the US, Japan, China, Brazil, Canada and Australia, finding them all in compliance, found that the new EU framework complied with the Basel rules in only eight of the fourteen areas. The EU is the first international body to be given a ‘fail’ verdict by the Swiss-based regulator.
Dec. 8, 2014

http://euobserver.com/economic/126810

http://euobserver.com/economic/126829 

 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:    US stocks fall as energy sector drops sharply

U.S. stocks fell on Monday as oil prices turned sharply lower and spooked investors into dumping shares of drillers and other energy-service companies. The drop in oil weighed on stocks from the start of trading. Weak trade figures out of China and news that Japan’s recession is deeper than initially thought suggested demand for crude would be lower in those two economies. Among the big losers were two Dow Jones industrial average components, Chevron, down 3.7 percent, and Exxon Mobil, off 2.3 percent. More broadly, the six-month drop in oil, which has brought the price of crude down to the lowest level in five years, suggests headwinds for the U.S. economy, said Bill Strazzullo, chief market strategist at Bell Curve Trading. “When you look at the major drivers of global growth — Japan, China and the eurozone — they’re really struggling,” he said. “Can the U.S. continue to grow at a moderate pace when the rest of the world is having major problems?” Energy shares in the Standard and Poor’s 500, a broader index than the Dow, dropped to their lowest level in nearly two years. The decline of 3.9 percent was by far the biggest percentage drop among the 10 sectors in the index. Six of the 10 sectors fell. Selling was especially fierce in shares of smaller companies in the oil business. Cimarex Energy, Transocean, and Noble Energy were each down at least 5 percent. The Dow lost 106.31 points, or 0.6 percent, to 17,852.48. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 15.06 points, or 0.7 percent, to 2,060.31. The Nasdaq composite fell 40.06 points, or 0.8 percent, to 4,740.69
Dec. 8, 2014

http://news.yahoo.com/nikkei-flat-yen-weak-downbeat-025721054.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:  Russian scientist spies mountain-sized asteroid heading our way

A Russian astrophysicist says his team has located a huge, mountain-sized asteroid whose orbit crosses the Earth’s every three years. Even though experts say the giant object, known as 2014 UR116, poses no immediate threat of collision, its unexpected discovery underscores how little is still known about asteroids and their unpredictable orbits. In the film, Lipunov says it’s difficult to calculate the orbit of big objects like 2014 UR116 because, as they hurtle through the solar system, their trajectories are constantly being altered by the gravitational pull of nearby planets. “We need to permanently track this asteroid, because even a small mistake in calculations could have serious consequences,” he said. There is little indication that this particular asteroid could hit the Earth in the next few decades, though over a much longer period a collision looks quite likely, says Natan Esmant, an expert with the official Space Research Institute in Moscow. A more serious issue, he says, is the estimated 100,000 near-Earth objects, such as asteroids and comets, which can cross our planet’s orbit and are large enough to be dangerous. Only about 11,000 have so far been tracked and cataloged. “Every couple of days new ones are being discovered,” he says. “Scientists have increasingly powerful tools to do this work, but there’s a lot still to be done. Every object that crosses the Earth’s path can be a potential threat.”
Dec. 8, 2014

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2014/1208/Russian-scientist-spies-mountain-sized-asteroid-heading-our-way

Headline:  Fogo volcano lava reaches second village in Cape Verde

Lava from an erupting volcano on the Cape Verde, located off the coast of West Africa, has reportedly reached a second village. The Pico de Fogo volcano on the island of Fogo first erupted on November 23, causing hundreds of residents living in the vicinity to be evacuated. According to reports by the government on Sunday, one guesthouse and multiple apartment buildings were damaged in the small village of Bangaeira as a result of the continuing volcanic eruption. Two churches were also destroyed in the neighboring village of Portela, on top of previous heavy damage to dozens of homes, a hotel and a school. No deaths have been reported so far, though multiple people have been treated for inhaling ash or poisonous gases. The government said it was the first time the volcano had erupted in 20 years.
Dec. 7, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/07/389194/volcano-lava-advancing-in-cape-verde/  

Headline:  Review of Weekend Quakes

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

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Headline:   Hamas: Netanyahu is playing with fire by allowing Jews on Temple Mount

Headline:  Police vs politicians on the Temple Mount

Khaled Mashaal, the leader of Hamas, railed against Jews being allowed to visit the Temple Mount and justified the recent wave in Palestinian terror attacks as a reaction to the handful of times prayer at the holy site was closed due to security concerns, in an interview with Sky News on Friday. “Netanyahu is playing with fire when he allows members of his government and the extremists to repeatedly storm the al-Aksa mosque,” he said. “That’s dangerous. For every action, there’s a reaction.” In relation to the Temple Mount being closed for Friday prayers on a number of recent occasions, Mashaal continued to lash out against the prime minister. “Our fight is a national fight. Netanyahu is turning it into a religious fight. He bears responsibility for the consequences of what’s happening,” he said. Mashaal justified the brutal Palestinian attack on a Jerusalem synagogue, which killed four Jewish prayer goers and one Druse police officer,  by repeating “I told you, for every action, there’s a reaction.”  Meanwhile, Israel Police commissioner Yohanan Danino blew away whatever illusions were left about how his agency feels about recent visits by right-wing MKs to the Mount, finally saying out loud what police have said behind closed doors and in off-the-record comments to journalists throughout Israel’s recent tensions. On Tuesday, Danino sparked the ire of many on the Right when he said, “Anyone who wants to change the status quo on the Temple Mount should not be allowed up there,” leveling criticism at what he called an “extreme right-wing agenda to change the status quo” there.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Hamass-Khaled-Mashaal-Netanyahu-is-playing-with-fire-by-allowing-Jews-on-Temple-Mount-383755

http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Weighing-the-options-on-the-Temple-Mount-383639

Headline:  Belgium in talks on joint EU recognition of Palestine

Belgium is on course to join a new group of EU countries calling for Palestine recognition. Its federal parliament is expected to vote next week on a draft motion asking the Belgian government to do it at a future point when it sees fit. It is legally non-binding and does not mention a deadline. The initiative comes after four of the biggest parties – the N-VA, MR, CD&V, and VLD – agreed to back the project. For its part, the Belgian foreign ministry wants to wait for two developments. It wants to see if a new French-Jordanian UN Security Council project to get an Israel-Palestine peace deal by 2016 bears fruit. It also wants to see if a new EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, to be appointed shortly, can make an impact. “We’ve had 20 years of the peace process with no outcome and there is a lot of frustration in Europe with the lack of good will in Israel. But the time hasn’t come to abandon it [the process] yet”, a Belgian diplomat told EUobserver. He noted that Belgium is in talks with like-minded EU states who plan to jointly recognise Palestine if need be. He said the likely recognisers include Britain, France, Ireland, and Spain – where parliaments passed pro-recognition motions in the past six weeks.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://euobserver.com/foreign/126805

Headline:  Obama officials mum on reports White House weighing sanctions on Israel

Headline:  Obama set on obstructing Netanyahu’s re-election

The Obama administration is refusing to discuss reports that emerged early Thursday claiming that the White House is considering imposing sanctions on Israel for continuing construction on Jewish homes in Jerusalem. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf dodged several questions on Thursday when confronted with reports that the administration had held secret internal meetings to discuss taking action against Israel for its ongoing building in East Jerusalem. The classified meetings were reportedly held several weeks ago and included officials from both the State Department and White House, according to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz, which first reported on the meetings. The possibility of sanctioning Israel for its ongoing construction sends a signal that the Obama administration is willing to go further in its denunciations of Israel then any previous White House. At the same time, the White House is vigorously pushing Congress against passing new sanctions on Iran.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/12/05/obama-officials-mum-on-reports-white-house-weighing-sanctions-on-israel/?intcmp=latestnews

http://debka.com/article/24283/Obama-set-on-obstructing-Netanyahu%E2%80%99s-re-election

“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: Obama and Jordan’s King ‘Concerned’ Over Israel-PA Tensions

U.S. President Barack Obama met on Friday with King Abdullah II of Jordan at the White House, saying he was “concerned” about the tensions between Israelis and Palestinian Arabs. “We share concerns about the continuous tensions between Israel and Gaza,” Obama was quoted by UPI as having said following the meeting, adding, “We are going to work together for a Palestinian state.” The meeting comes as Jordan heads a bid to win backing for a UN resolution on a final Israeli-Palestinian settlement that could be presented to the Security Council in the coming weeks. Jordan’s Ambassador to the UN, Dina Kawar, said this week she would be meeting with representatives from Arab countries and council members to gauge whether there is support for a “unified text” on advancing Israeli-Palestinian Authority (PA) peace. If a consensus can be reached, a draft resolution could be presented to the council later this month or in January, she said. The PA, which is being backed by the Arab League, has been pushing for a draft resolution that calls for ending the “Israeli occupation” by November 2016. The text ran into opposition from the United States and other members of the council, opening the way for the Europeans led by France to begin talks on a separate draft that would set a timeframe for ending negotiations.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/188291#.VIIhe8m9aqA

Lebanon 

Headline:  Army fires at Israeli drone over east Lebanon

The Lebanese Army fired anti-aircraft guns at an Israeli drone flying at a low altitude above the Riyaq area in east Lebanon Thursday, the military said. Local sources earlier told The Daily Star that the Army fired at three unidentified drones which had violated Lebanon’s airspace. The Army confirmed in a statement that it shot at an Israeli drone, but said it only fired at one drone.
Dec. 4, 2014

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Dec-04/279883-army-fires-at-drones-over-east-lebanon.ashx

Headline:   Syrian militant threatens Lebanese Shiites

Headline:   Nusra Front kills Lebanese army captive Bazzal

A militant commander in Syria who has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group has threatened to “retaliate” against Lebanese Shiites and families of Lebanese soldiers over the arrest of his wife and two children in Lebanon, according to a new militant posting. The video statement by the militant, Abu Ali Al-Shishani — whose real name is Anas Sharkas, according to Lebanese authorities — also said that mediation efforts for the release of more than 20 Lebanese soldiers held captive since August by IS and Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Syria have stopped, until his family is freed. It was unclear from the statement, released late Thursday, what role Al-Shishani has played so far in the mediation efforts, which are led by Qatar, a traditional Mideast mediator.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/news/670326

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Dec-05/280113-nusra-front-says-kills-lebanese-army-captive-bazzal.ashx

Headline:    Lebanese Army Says It Arrested a Wife of ISIS Leader

The Lebanese army says it has arrested one of the wives of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), the world’s most notorious jihadi group. The woman, an Iraqi national named Saja al-Dulaimi, was traveling with Baghdadi’s 9-year-old daughter. They both were arrested roughly a week ago as they tried to cross into northern Lebanon from Syria, the army says. A senior member of the Lebanese army, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, says Dulaimi and her daughter are being held at a Defense Ministry facility near Beirut. Dulaimi is allegedly not cooperating with the investigation led by Lebanese army intelligence, and several media outlets have stated that she is being outright hostile. Dulaimi was arrested in a part of northern Lebanon where there are small pockets of support for ISIS. It remains unclear how much information she may have about Baghdadi or the operations of his jihadi group. As word spread of the arrest earlier today, some are holding out hope that Dulaimi and her daughter can be used in a prisoner swap for 27 Lebanese police and army troops who have been held since last summer by ISIS and the Nusra Front in the rugged mountains straddling the Lebanon-Syria border. Several of the prisoners have been executed over the past few months, and their families have staged sit-ins across the country.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.vocativ.com/world/lebanon-world/lebanese-army-arrests-wife-isis-leader/

Headline:    ISIS, Nusra clash near Lebanon border: source

Clashes erupted between ISIS and Nusra Front fighters near the border with Lebanon Friday, after gunmen rejected an attempt by the latter to unite the opposition in Syria’s Qalamoun region under a single leader. The clashes were concentrated on the outskirts of the Syrian village of Ras al-Maara, a source close to the Nusra Front told The Daily Star. Ras al-Maara is a few kilometers from Lebanon’s northeastern town of Arsal, the scene of ongoing clashes between the Lebanese Army and the two jihadi groups.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Dec-05/280047-isis-nusra-clash-near-lebanon-border-source.ashx

Egypt

Headline:  Egypt police disperse anti-Mubarak rally in Cairo

Headline:  US urges embassy staff in Cairo to restrict travel in light of heightened tensions

Egyptian police on Friday dispersed a demonstration in Abdel-Moneim Riyad Square, adjacent to Cairo’s flashpoint Tahrir Square where a protest was held last week after a court cleared ousted president Hosni Mubarak of charges that he had conspired to kill protesters in 2011. Police used batons to disperse demonstrators, several of whom were arrested at random, eyewitnesses reported. Groups of people walking by Tahrir on Friday – whether intending to protest or not – were also told to break up and go their separate ways, MEE contributors on the ground reported. The Interior Ministry has yet to comment on the incident with the demonstrators, but police usually disperse unauthorised protests in line with the controversial protest law regulating street demonstrations. In a Thursday press conference, various groups including the National Alliance for the Defense of Legitimacy, the main support bloc of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, and a handful of youth-led groups had called for protests on Friday against the court ruling. But on Friday, in the face of heightened security, plans changed, organisers said. “We called off today’s planned protests due to the heavy presence of security forces in and around the square,” Zizo Abdou, a member of the April 6 youth movement, said. Ahead of the expected Friday protests, Egyptian security forces closed off Tahrir and erected barbed wire barriers around the square, the epicentre of that popular revolution that ousted Mubarak in 2011. Armoured vehicles was also deployed around the square and near the state television building, according to Anadolu Agency (AA). People who work in buildings on the square have been reportedly refused entry too.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/tahrir-square-closed-ahead-protests-egypts-opposition-fractures-284435821

http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/US-urges-embassy-staff-in-Cairo-to-restrict-travel-in-light-of-heightened-tensions-383780

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

Iraq                              Syria                          Kurdistan

Syria Headline:  ISIS fighters besiege crucial Syrian air base

Muslim militants pushed forward in their offensive on a major military air base in eastern Syria Friday capturing a nearby village in an attempt to take one of President Bashar Assad’s last outposts in a province that borders Iraq, activists said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees say clashes continued for the second day around the air base just outside the contested eastern city of Deir el-Zour. The Observatory said fighters from the Islamic State group captured the strategic village of Jafra reaching the fence of the sprawling air base. The Observatory, which has a network of activists around the country, said the fighting that started with an Islamic State offensive early Thursday has killed 30 government troops and 27 jihadi fighters. The key military air base gives government warplanes a hub from which to bomb IS-held cities and towns across much of eastern Syria. For the Islamic State group, capturing the airport would eliminate the main pocket of resistance in the area and provide a major morale and propaganda boost after a string of setbacks in recent weeks.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/12/05/isis-fighters-besiege-crucial-syrian-air-base/

Syria Headline:  Syrian rebels report gains in Hama

On Thursday, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and the allied Islamic Brigades took control of the village of al-Jabin village Hama suburb, central Syria, following clashes with the pro-regime forces, local sources reported. Speaking to ARA News in Hama, opposition activist Muhannad al-Barazi said that controlling the village of al-Jabin in the western part of Hama came after fierce battles between the pro-regime forces and rebels of the FSA –backed by Islamic Brigades. “Several casualties were reported on both sides,” al-Barazi said, without specifying numbers. “FSA-regime clashes extended to the areas of Jamleh, Tel Milh in the western countryside of Hama.” In Damascus, local sources told ARA News that the pro-regime air forces attacked the town of Deir Asafir in the eastern Ghouta with rockets, injuring at least seven civilians, who were transferred to nearby filed hospitals. This coincided with clashes between the pro-regime forces and FSA fighters in the outskirts of the town of Deir Asafir. Yezen Ibrahim, civil rights activist based in Damascus, told ARA News that the pro-Assad warplanes carried out three raids on the neighboring towns of Bala and Zebdin. “Mortars and ground to ground rockets targeted the two towns launched from pro-regime bases in the town of Hitetet Jarsh.” “No casualties were reported,” the source said. These developments coincided with barrel bombs hitting the city of Zabadani by pro-regime military helicopters. Zabadani’s attacks were coupled with clashes between the Army of Islam (a rebel faction that works under the umbrella of the Islamic Front) and the pro-regime forces, in the towns of Hosh al-Fara and Taiba in the western suburb of Damascus on Thursday evening.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://aranews.net/2014/12/syrian-rebels-report-gains-hama/

Syria Headline:  Pro-Assad forces combat ISIS in Hasakah

After two days of calm, clashes renewed in the western countryside of the city of Hasakah, in northeastern Syria, between the pro-regime forces –backed by the National Defense Army (NDA)– and militants of the Islamic State group (IS/ISIS), coinciding with artillery shelling by pro-regime forces in their vicinity. The Media Center of the NDA in the province of Hasakah announced that their fighters were able to repel IS militants in the western countryside of the city on Thursday. “Subsequent to reinforcements received by the IS group through the road of  the village of Abyad-Mount Abdulaziz, our fighters targeted the IS militants based in the vicinity of Mount Abdulaziz with thermal missiles on Wednesday evening,” the NDA statement read. In other developments, an explosion hit the Nasira neighborhood in Hasakah last night, causing the injury to a number of civilians and damage to nearby residential buildings. “The Christian security forces of Suturo surrounded the place of bombing, as residents accused IS militants of being behind the incident,” said Ahmed Khalil, a civil rights activist based in Hasakah’s Nasira.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://aranews.net/2014/12/pro-assad-forces-combat-isis-hasakah/

Syria Headline:    ISW Syria Update Nov. 25- Dec. 2, 2014

http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2014/12/syria-update-november-25-december-02.html

Syria Headline:  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe 

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

Iraq Headline:  Car Bombs Leave 37 Dead in Iraq

At least two car bombs killed as many as 37 people Thursday in Iraq, apparently targeting Shiites and Kurds. Three of the attacks targeted Shiite districts in the capital, Baghdad, while the fourth targeted a Kurdish neighborhood in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk. Police officials said the first attack targeted a line of small restaurants in the Shiite district of Sadr City Thursday night, killing 11 people and wounding 25 others. Minutes later, a second car bomb blast near an outdoor market in the same district killed seven people and wounded 21 others. Later on, a bomb exploded near a restaurant in Baghdad’s Shiite northern neighborhood of Shaab, killing three people and wounding 12 others. In the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, a car bomb attack near a cafe killed 16 people, said deputy chief of the Kirkuk police, Maj. Gen. Torhan Abdul-Rahman Youssef. The blast took place in a Kurdish district in the city, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad. Medics in a nearby hospital confirmed the causalities. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media.
Dec. 4, 2014

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/car-bomb-attacks-kill-15-people-iraq-27364631

Iraq Headline:  ISW Iraq Situation Report Dec. 4-5, 2014

http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/iraq-situation-report-december-4-5.html

Kurdish Headline: Kurdish forces stop ISIS attack in Kobane (Syria)

Islamist militants attacked the Kurdish forces in Kobane on three fronts Friday morning, a commander told Rudaw, and the Kurds responded with heavy fire, stopping the attack and killing several militants. “The militants first began by shelling the Kurdish areas then they began the ground assault,” Peshmerga Captain Sherwan Muhammad said. Cpt. Muhammad said that the Peshmerga and Peoples Protection Units (YPG) responded to the Islamic State (ISIS) attacks and killed seven militants. Coalition fighter jets also came to the support of the Kurdish fighters, he said, bombing the ISIS positions in and around the city.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/051220141

Headline:  U.S. has not canceled passports of known Americans fighting for ISIL

The United States, in the midst of a military campaign, has not sought to stop suspected operatives from traveling to and from strongholds of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant strongholds. The administration of President Barack Obama has acknowledged that the government has not prevented any of the at least 100 suspected ISIL operatives from traveling. The State Department said it has not canceled the passports of those Americans recruited to join ISIL in Iraq and Syria. “To my knowledge, the State Department has not cancelled any passports,” State Department senior adviser Robert Bradtke said on Dec. 2. Bradtke, who works for the State Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism, acknowledged that Secretary of State John Kerry was empowered to revoke the passports of Americans. But he said Kerry and the administration did not want to interfere with the freedom of travel. “We would only do it also in consultations with law enforcement authorities,” Bradtke told a Foreign Affairs subcommittee. “And we have not yet had any requests from law enforcement authorities to cancel the passports of ISIS [ISIL] or foreign fighters. So again, we have the authority; it is one tool; we do have other tools to use as well in this regard.”
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/12/05/u-s-not-canceled-passports-known-americans-fighting-isil/

Headline:    ISIS Twitter Accts Claim They Have Weaponized Stolen Uranium, Created ‘Dirty Bomb’

Islamic State terrorists are now claiming on social media that they have a “dirty bomb” in their possession. ISIS-affiliated users initially professed the information on Twitter, and added they had stolen 40 kg of Uranium from Mosul University after the city was overtaken by the jihadis in June. UK’s Mirror reported that an ISIS supporter revealed the terror group had already weaponized the Uranium and turned it into a “dirty bomb.” “O by the way Islamic State does have a Dirty bomb. We found Radioactive [sic] material from Mosul university,” said the tweet by Islamic State militant who called himself Muslim al-Britani. “We’ll find out what dirty bombs are and what they do. We’ll also discuss what might happen if one actually went off in a public area.” He added, threateningly, “This sort of bomb would be terribly destructive if went off in LONDON becuz it would be more of a disruptive than a destructive weapon.”
Dec. 4, 2014

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/12/04/ISIS-Twitter-Accts-Claim-They-Have-Weaponized-Stolen-Uranium-Created-Dirty-Bomb

Headline:   ISIS Sanctuary Map: December 5, 2014

ISW has updated its ISIS Sanctuary map. This map, covering both Iraq and Syria, shows the extent of ISIS zones of control, attack, and support throughout both countries.

http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/12/isis-sanctuary-map-december-5-2014.html

Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above). 

Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.

Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.

Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.

Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.

Gomer is Eastern Germany.

Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia. 

Russia  

Headline:  Russia Chechnya: Deadly rebel attack rocks Grozny

Headline:  6 killed, 13 injured east Ukraine clashes

Headline:  Ukraine’s Poroshenko tells army not to give up Donetsk airport

Rebel gunmen have shot their way into the heavily fortified Chechen capital, Grozny, in a night-time attack which left as many as 16 people dead. Arriving at 01:00 (22:00 GMT Wednesday) in cars, they fired on a traffic police checkpoint before attacking a media building and a school. An Islamist group said it had launched a suicide attack to avenge attacks by security forces on Muslim women. Chechnya’s Moscow-backed president said the situation was under control. Ramzan Kadyrov said none of the attackers had escaped. Russian President Vladimir Putin said from Moscow he was confident Chechen security forces could handle the militants by themselves. This is the most serious violence in Grozny for some time and will be another worry for President Putin, amid a serious downturn in the Russian economy, the BBC’s Sarah Rainsford reports from Moscow.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30323751

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/05/388872/6-killed-in-east-ukraine-clashes/

http://news.yahoo.com/one-civilian-killed-one-wounded-shelling-east-ukraines-111433226.html

Iran

Headline:  Kerry: Any Iran strikes against Islamic State ‘positive’

Kerry denied there was any military coordination with Iran after the Pentagon said that Iranian F-4 Phantom jets – acquired from the United States before the 1979 Islamic revolution – had deployed against IS fighters in Iraq’s eastern Diyala province. He suggested, however, that there was an understanding between mainly Shiite Iran and the US to tackle a common threat. “If Iran is taking on (IS jihadists) in some particular place… and it has an impact, then it’s going to be net effect (that) is positive,” Kerry told a press conference after the meeting.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4599613,00.html

Afghanistan

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Headline:   War News for Friday, December 5, 2014

Reported security incidents

#1: Three persons, including a woman and a girl, were killed in a roadside blast in Nawagai tehsil of Bajaur Agency on Thursday, official sources said. They said unidentified militants had planted the explosives on a roadside in Karkanai area in Nawagai tehsil that went off around 11:30 am

#2: A suicide attacker who wanted to attack on police forces in Shindand district, killed by police forces. According to security forces, the attacker was resident of Balabalok district, Farah province, wanted to attack on police security post in Shozra region, killed by police forces.

#3: A policeman lost his life in explosion of a mine in Urozgan province late yesterday night. The incident occurred in Chakajou region, Khas district, Urozgan province while police forces were patrolling in the area.

http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/

Sudan

Headline:  Fighting flares up in S. Sudan after rains recede

Government troops and South Sudanese rebels have been fighting for more than a week in a remote northern region of the country, in the worst clashes since the rainy season receded in recent weeks. The European Union and the United States, keen to prevent the world’s newest state sliding into chaos, have already imposed sanctions on both sides for frequent breaches of a ceasefire. The initial pact was signed in January. Joe Contreras, spokesman for the UN mission in South Sudan, said the United Nations had received reports of continuous clashes in Fangak County in Jonglei State. “The fighting has been going on for over a week there,” he said. A monitoring team from the regional African IGAD bloc, put in place to monitor ceasefire violations, briefed the United Nations about clashes in Fangak on Tuesday. He called it the most sustained fighting in a single location since May. The warring factions renewed the ceasefire pact in May and signed another deal to halt fighting early in November but each time they have quickly collapsed. Talks to reach a comprehensive agreement are continuing in Ethiopia but with little sign of progress.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://ewn.co.za/2014/12/05/Fighting-flares-up-in-S-Sudan-after-rains-recede

Libya

Headline: U.S. Confirms ISIS Has Training Camps in Libya

Headline: Deadly air raid hits Libya militia on Tunisia border

The head of the U.S. Africa Command said on Wednesday that Washington is “very carefully” watching what he described as “nascent” Islamic State (ISIS) training camps in Libya. At the same time, Fox News reported, General David Rodriguez downplayed the threat posed by these training camps. Rodriguez said in a Pentagon press briefing that it is his belief that the camps may be made up of local militias that are trying to get on the map by working “the ISIS label.” “We don’t have enough information to know how serious they are,” he said. Rodriguez added that he could not provide any evidence that people had migrated to these camps from Iraq or Syria, where the group is active. ISIS is already known to have a presence in Libya, where it has an affiliate by the name Ansar al-Sharia which several months ago declared authority over the coastal city of Darna. Meanwhile, an airstrike hit a Libyan militia post on the border with Tunisia Friday, killing one person and wounding several others, a militia spokesman said. The Libya Shield militia accused forces loyal to the internationally recognized government of carrying out the raid close to the Ras Jedir border crossing.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/188216#.VIIaksm9aqA

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Dec-05/280029-deadly-air-raid-hits-libya-militia-on-tunisia-border.ashx 

Germany

Headline:     German far-Left party takes state parliament- East German communists return to power 25 years after fall of Berlin Wall

Germany’s far-Left party has returned to power in a state government for the first time since the Berlin Wall fell 25 years ago, stoking heated debate about its communist roots. The Left Party, widely seen as the successor to the Socialist Unity Party (SED) that once ruled East Germany, will head the government of Thuringia after the state parliament narrowly voted to approve a new coalition. The new state prime minister, Bodo Ramelow, used his first speech in parliament to apologise to victims of the former communist regime, and said he wanted to “reconcile rather than divide”. Thousands of people braved sub-zero temperatures on the streets of the state capital, Erfurt, on Thursday night to protest against the expected result of the vote. Angela Merkel predicted the decision would be “bad news” for Thuringia, while the German President, Joachim Gauck, broke with the traditional neutrality of his role to speak out against it.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/11276037/German-far-Left-party-takes-state-parliament.html

Turkey

Headline:   U.S. Warns of Attack in Turkey

American officials in Turkey are warning that extremist groups may be planning an attack on the offices of the Western-backed Syrian opposition group in Gaziantep, a city near the border with Syria. The statement, issued Wednesday by the United States Embassy in Ankara, did not name the supposed planners of the attack, including the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, which has been active recently along Turkey’s 560-mile border with Syria. But it did specify the building that might be the target. “The U.S. Embassy has received reports that extremist groups may be planning an attack against the Syrian Interim Government building” in Gaziantep, the statement said. “We remind U.S. citizens that the situation in southeast Turkey, while usually calm, can change without warning and U.S. citizens should avoid traveling in areas close to the Syrian border.” The warning came as journalists and members of international organizations in southeastern Turkey were on alert after reports claimed that Islamic State militants would try to kidnap foreigners and take them into Syria.
Dec. 4, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/05/world/europe/possible-terror-attacks-gaziantep-turkey-syria.html?_r=0

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:Outrage grows in New York after officer cleared in chokehold death

Headline:  Protesters March After Phoenix Police Kill Rumain Brisbon

Headline: Ferguson protesters met with racial slurs during march to Missouri capital

Thousands of protesters were expected to take to the streets of New York on Friday in a third day of demonstrations against police violence, even as prosecutors said they would consider charges against an officer for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in November. The shooting of Akai Gurley, 28, in a dark stairwell in Brooklyn added to a string of police actions involving unarmed black men that have inflamed racial tensions throughout the United States. Since Wednesday, when a New York grand jury cleared white police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the July chokehold death of 43-year-old father-of-six Eric Garner, the city has seen two nights of angry but largely peaceful demonstrations. The decision was announced nine days after another grand jury declined to indict a white policeman for the killing in August of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, spurring rioting in the St. Louis suburb.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/05/us-usa-new-york-chokehold-idUSKCN0JH2BI20141205

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/protesters-march-after-phoenix-police-kill-rumain-brisbon-n261836

http://news.yahoo.com/ferguson-protesters-met-racial-slurs-during-march-missouri-205315666.html

Headline: Suspected Boko Haram attack on Nigerian town kills dozens

An attack by suspected Boko Haram militants on Bajoga town in northeast Gombe state of Nigeria reportedly killed dozens Thursday, according to security forces and witnesses. The suspected Boko Haram fighters invaded the town while worshippers were concluding their early morning prayers, Xinhua reported. According to a security source, the gunmen entered the town in a number of Hilux vans and started shooting. The source said that the divisional police headquarters and the Police Area Command at Bajoga, as well as a bank were attacked and destroyed. Security forces engaged the terrorists in a gun battle for about three hours and eventually repelled them, the Xinhua report said. State police spokesperson Fwaje Atajiri said normalcy had been restored in the affected areas. The raid follows a string of attacks by suspected Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria, including a suicide bomb and gun attack on a mosque in the northern city of Kano last Friday, which left at least 120 people dead, according to some accounts and a few days later, an attack on the Yobe State University in Damaturu.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/suspected-boko-haram-attack-on-nigerian-town-kills-dozens-1835047.html

Headline:  Suicide bombers kill up to seven in Somali town

Suicide bombers attacked a restaurant in the town of Baidoa northwest of the Somali capital on Friday, killing up to seven people and wounding dozens of others, a police officer and a doctor said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the Islamist group al Shabaab, which wants to impose its strict interpretation of Islam on Somalia, often carries out such attacks. Friday evening is a busy time when many Somalis go out. “First a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the restaurant and then a suicide car bomb followed when people converged to help,” Captain Nur Osman, a police officer, told Reuters by telephone. He said the death toll was at least five. Dr Abdullahi Ali, manager at Baidoa hospital, said the hospital had received seven dead with 34 others wounded in the two blasts.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://newsdaily.com/2014/12/suicide-bombers-kill-up-to-seven-in-somali-town/

Headline:  Qaeda threatens US hostage in new video

Headline: Ansarullah fighters take over Sana’a army academy

Al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen threatened an American hostage kidnapped over a year ago, giving Washington three days to meet unspecified demands and denouncing US actions in the country in a new video released on Thursday. The hostage, identified as 33-year-old Luke Somers, an American photojournalist born in Britain, is featured for the first time in the video, posted on the al-Qaeda offshoot’s Twitter account and first reported by Site Intelligence Group, which monitors militant sites. The video mimicked some of those used by al-Qaeda rivals from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, which has beheaded several American and British hostages in the aftermath of a summer blitz that captured much of Iraq and Syria. Somers was kidnapped in September 2013 from a street in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, where he had worked as a photojournalist for the Yemen Times. Since his capture, Yemeni journalists have been holding sit-ins in Sanaa to press the government to seek his release. Somers was likely among a group of hostages who were the objective of a joint rescue mission by US operation forces and Yemeni troops last month that freed eight captives in a remote corner of Yemen’s Hadramawt province. Meanwhile, Shia fighters of Ansarullah movement in Yemen have reportedly seized the military academy in the capital city of Sana’a. Witnesses say the Shia fighters of Houthi tribe entered the academy on Friday with no resistance from the guards and stationed their patrols inside.
Dec. 4, 2014

http://www.news24.com/World/News/Qaeda-threatens-US-hostage-in-new-video-20141204

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/05/388905/ansarullah-seizes-sanaa-army-academy/

Headline:  Kashmir attack kills 10 Indian forces

At least ten Indian security forces have been killed in a militant attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police say. The attack was carried out on Friday when unknown militants, armed with grenades and automatic rifles, stormed into a military camp in Uri, near the Line of Control (LoC) that divides the disputed Himalayan region. “Seven army men, three police and three terrorists died in the firing incident,” a senior Indian police officer said on condition of anonymity. A police officer also was wounded in the attack, he added. Tensions are running high in Kashmir ahead of a visit to the disputed region by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Meanwhile, six suspected militants and one Indian soldier died in two days of fighting which started on Tuesday in the snowy and mountainous Naugam area of Kashmir.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/05/388832/kashmir-attack-kills-5-indian-forces/

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 6:5-6)“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:  German growth forecast cut in half for 2015: Bundesbank

Germany’s central bank has halved its projection of economic growth in the country for 2015, putting the number at one percent. The Deutsche Bundesbank said gross domestic product (GDP) in Germany is expected to grow at only one percent next year — half of what it predicted earlier for the year. The economy will also perform less than expected this year, growing at 1.4 percent instead of the 1.9 percent the bank predicted in June. The German economy lost considerable momentum in the second and third quarters of 2014, the bank said, adding that growth reflects a more level path.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/05/388862/german-growth-forecast-halved-for-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:  Labor Force Participation Remains at 36-Year Low

The labor force participation rate remained at a 36-year low of 62.8 percent in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The participation rate, which is the percentage of the civilian noninstitutional population who participated in the labor force by either having a job during the month or actively seeking one, was 62.8 percent in November which matches the percentage since March 1978. In November, according to BLS, the nation’s civilian noninstitutional population, consisting of all people 16 or older who were not in the military or an institution, reached 248,844,000. Of those, 156,397,000 participated in the labor force by either holding a job or actively seeking one. The 156,397,000 who participated in the labor force was 62.8 percent of the 248,844,000 civilian noninsttutional population, which matches the 62.8 percent rate in April, May, June, August and October of 2014 as well as the participation rate in March of 1978. The participation rate hit its lowest level of 62.7 percent in September 2014. Another 92,447,000 people did not participate in the labor force. These Americans did not have a job and were not actively trying to find one. When President Obama took office in January 2009, there were 80,529,000 Americans who were not participating in the office, which means that since then, 11,918,000 Americans have left the workforce.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ali-meyer/labor-force-participation-remains-36-year-low-0 

Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)

Headline: Sierra Leone Seeing 80-100 New Ebola Cases Daily

Sierra Leone said Friday that between 80 and 100 new cases of Ebola are being reported every day and the country now hardest-hit by the deadly virus desperately needs over 1,000 beds to treat victims. Sierra Leone’s Finance Minister Kaifalah Marah painted a grim picture to the U.N. Economic and Social Council Friday of the challenges facing his West African nation which failed to meet a World Health Organization interim goal of isolating 70 percent of Ebola patients and safely burying 70 percent of victims by Dec. 1. The two other hard-hit countries, Liberia and Guinea, did meet the deadline, and the U.N.’s Ebola chief Dr. David Nabarro said the number of new cases in Liberia has dropped from 60 per day in September to 10 per day now. But Nabarro and WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan stressed that Ebola that a much greater effort is needed to reach the elusive goal of zero new cases. “The Ebola outbreak is the largest, longest, most severe and most complex Ebola epidemic in the nearly 40-year history of this disease,” Chan said. “What began as a health crisis has become a crisis with humanitarian, social, economic and security implications.”
Dec. 5, 2014

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sierra-leone-80-100-ebola-cases-daily-27394068

November 26, 2014- Thousands of fish die in fish cages in Wonogiri Regency, Indonesia

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November 27, 2014- Thousands of dead fish appear in a pond in Bangkok, Thailand

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/445621/thousands-of-fish-found-dead-in-makkasan-pond

November 28, 2014- 400,000 salmon have died in fish farms in Puerto Natales, Chile

https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.laprensaaustral.cl%2Fcronica%2F400-mil-salmones-han-muerto-esta-semana-en-centros-de-cultivos-e-46171

December 1, 2014- 40 TONS of dead fish found in the Tiete River, Brazil

https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fg1.globo.com%2Fsao-paulo%2Fsorocaba-jundiai%2Fnoticia%2F2014%2F12%2Fprefeitura-pede-que-mp-investigue-morte-de-40-toneladas-de-peixe.html

December 1, 2014- 50,000 more birds to be killed due to avian flu in Zoeterwoude, Netherlands

http://www.wort.lu/en/international/zoeterwoude-near-the-hague-new-dutch-cull-ordered-after-bird-flu-confirmed-as-h5n8-547c89590c88b46a8ce42f23

December 2, 2014- Thousands of fish ‘die suddenly’ in Sragen Regency, Indonesia

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December 2, 2014- Hundreds of dead fish found in a creek in Queensland, Australia

http://www.9news.com.au/national/2014/12/02/19/22/mass-fish-deaths-in-north-qld-spark-probe

December 2, 2014- 18,000 birds have died due to avian flu in British Columbia, Canada

http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/thousands-of-birds-dead-after-avian-flu-reported-on-two-b-c-farms-1.2129571

December 4, 2014- Hundreds of thousands of mussels wash ashore ‘a mystery’ on a beach in South Africa

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2860947/The-real-mussel-beach-Thousands-molluscs-wash-ashore-South-African-bay-experts-warn-people-not-eat-them.html

December 5, 2014- Hundreds of thousands of Salmon dying due to algae in southern Chile

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?to=&from=&a=http://www.pulso.cl/noticia/empresa—mercado/empresa/2014/12/11-54459-9-nuevo-golpe-a-la-industria-salmonera-florecimiento-de-algas-genera-altas.shtml

 Scorching Sun Isaiah30:26 , Revelation 16:8-9 & Revelation 7:16, Malachi 4:1 “Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, And the light of the sun will be sevenfold, As the light of seven days, In the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people And heals the stroke of their wound.” (Isaiah 30:26) “Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. ⁹ And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.” (Revelation 16:8-9) “Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat upon them, nor any scorching heat.” ( Revelation 7: 16) “For behold, the day is coming,Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” Says the Lord of hosts, “That will leave them neither root nor branch” (Malachi 4:1) Drought Jeremiah 50:38 & Isaiah 42:15 “A drought is against her waters, and they will be dried up. For it is the land of carved images, And they are insane with their idols.” (Jeremiah)“I will lay waste the mountains and hills, And dry up all their vegetation; I will make the rivers coastlands, And I will dry up the pools.”(Isaiah)

Headline:   California drought, high temperatures create worst conditions in 1,200 years: study

A combination of record high temperatures and sparse rainfall during California’s three-year drought have produced the worst conditions in 1,200 years, according to a study accepted for publication by the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The state has gone through numerous periods of dry weather, with as little or less rainfall as the past few years, but scientists looking at the cumulative effects of temperature, low precipitation and other factors said that it all adds up to the worst conditions in more than a millennium. “The current California drought is exceptionally severe in the context of at least the last millennium and is driven by reduced though not unprecedented precipitation and record high temperatures,” the report’s authors said in the study released late Thursday. The study by the University of Minnesota and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution said that warm, dry conditions have shrunk the supply of surface water from reservoirs, streams and the Sierra Nevada snowpack in the state, even as demand from people and farms has gone up, resulting in unprecedented scarcity.
Dec. 5, 2014

http://news.yahoo.com/california-drought-high-temperatures-create-worst-conditions-1-211712775.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:  Oklahoma now leads nation in earthquakes

Oklahoma has officially passed up California regarding the prevalence of earthquakes, according to Woodward County Emergency Manager Matt Lehenbauer. And they’re still happening on an almost weekly basis. A preliminary report posted Wednesday morning on Woodward County’s Ready Woodward Emergency Management site indicated a small earthquake shook the Mooreland region at about 7:30 Wednesday morning. The quake measured 4.0 on the Richter Scale and was fairly shallow – about 4 miles deep – according to the preliminary report posted by Matt Lehenbauer. There have been a total of four earthquakes in the last 24 hours measuring above 2.0 on the Richter Scale in the Mooreland region, Lehenbauer said. “They really have to be pretty shallow, 5 miles or less deep and more than 3.0 on the scale to be felt here,” Lehenbauer said. There have been 18 in the same region in the last month and 121 since January, he added.
Dec. 4, 2014

http://www.woodwardnews.net/news/oklahoma-now-leads-nation-in-earthquakes/article_be68da2a-7bae-11e4-ab17-179f737dcc61.html

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

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“And in despair I bowed my head: “There is no peace on earth,” I said, “For hate is strong and mocks the song Of peace on earth, good will to men.”

Then peeled the bells more loud and deep:“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,With peace on earth, good will to men.

Till, ringing, singing on its way,The world revolved from night to day A voice, a chime, a chant sublime, Of peace on earth, good will to men.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Headline:   Abbas Presents ‘Plan of Attack’ for Palestinian State

Headline:  Abbas: Palestinians will never recognize Israel as Jewish state

More details have been released regarding Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s speech to the Arab League on Saturday revealing that Abbas has concocted a comprehensive plan to flatten Israel politically and bypass the need for bilateral negotiations to establish a Palestinian state. Abbas’s plan includes approaching the UN Security Council with a draft resolution to establish the state in Judea and Samaria, over 1949 Armistice lines – as he has threatened to do before. However, the details of the plan include a specific “plan of attack” against Israel, as follows:

• To turn to the UN Security Council with the draft resolution for a Palestinian state, with its capital in Jerusalem.
• To add the “State of Palestine” to international bodies and organizations, including the International Criminal Court (ICC), and file charges against Israel. Abbas noted here that Israel has preceded him in this regard, a reference to litigation filed against him by rights group Shurat Hadin over war crimes he and the Palestinian Authority perpetuated during Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, by virtue of the PA’s unity pact with Hamas.
•  Preparation of an international meeting in Geneva to officially declare a Palestinian State on 1949 Armistice Line borders.
• Calls on countries who have not yet recognized the PA-Hamas government as the country “Palestine” to do so. This aspect of the plan follows the recent declaration by three separate Western countries (Sweden, the UK, and Spain) whose parliaments have recognized “Palestine,” and ahead of a controversial vote on the issue by a fourth (France).

Abbas is indeed moving forward with plans to turn to the Security Council with a resolution setting a deadline for Israel to “end the occupation”, a unilateral move that is in violation of the Oslo Accords. The move has been accompanied by public threats, with Abbas having recently threatened to cut ties with Israel if his latest unilateral move at the UN fails.
Nov. 30, 2014

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/188039#.VHzgSsm9aqA

http://www.timesofisrael.com/abbas-palestinians-will-never-recognize-israel-as-jewish-state/

Headline:  Israel’s government on verge of collapse as coalition partners turn on Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel’s government was on the verge of collapse Sunday night as a split over a controversial new law designating the country as a Jewish state deepened into an all-out assault by cabinet rivals on Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister. Mr. Netanyahu signalled that he was ready to call an early general election to stifle the rebellion, led by ministers from centrist coalition partners to his right-wing Likud Party. He lashed out angrily after his finance minister, Yair Lapid, the leader of the Yesh Atid party, publicly accused him of playing “petty politics” while ignoring weighty issues such as the budget and Israel’s foreign relations, in the latest of a series of rancorous exchanges. Recently, hardly a day passes without us running into diktats or threats of resignation, or ultimatums and such, as ministers attack the government and its prime minister,” Mr. Netanyahu told Sunday’s weekly cabinet meeting. “I hope that we will be able to return to proper conduct. This is what the public expects of us because only thus is it possible to run the country, and if not, we will draw conclusions.” His comments were the clearest sign yet that the country was heading toward an early election, less than two years after Mr. Netanyahu formed a mostly right-wing coalition in which Mr. Lapid headed the second-biggest party.
Nov. 30, 2014

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/11/30/israels-government-on-verge-of-collapse-as-coalition-partners-turn-on-benjamin-netanyahu/

Headline:  Tensions Between Hamas and Fatah Rise As Dispute Over Unity Government Continues

A leading official of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement has challenged a claim by Hamas that the unity government formed between the two factions in April has expired, claiming that there was never any agreement that the unity government would last only six months. Faisal Abu Shahla said that the unity government was assigned to carry out a number of tasks, including holding elections, “within at least six months,” but that it was never agreed that the government term would end if it did not complete those tasks within that time frame. “If the Hamas movement has retracted the reconciliation agreement and the termination of rivalry, that is a different case,” Abu Shahla said, according to the Palestinian Ma’an News Agency. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said that the six-month mandate of the national consensus government had ended. Any decision on whether the government should be disbanded or continued or be reshuffled must be made only through national dialogue and consensus, Abu Zuhri said.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/12/01/tensions-between-hamas-and-fatah-rise-as-dispute-over-unity-government-continues/

Headline:  Syrian FM: Israel ‘Secretly’ Behind Al-Nusra

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem on Sunday accused Israel of “aiding the rebels in Syria.” His proof: “Every time the Syrian army advances” and positions itself to retake territory from the rebels who are fighting against the government of Bashar al-Assad, “there is an Israeli strike, either land-based with tanks, or from the air. I say that this proves that Israel is a main partner of Jabhat al-Nusra, the Al-Nusra Front, which is fighting against our forces on our southern border,” he said. As further evidence, al-Muallem pointed out a comment by Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon. “We are not the first to point out this partnership,” al-Muallem said. “The Israelis themselves say it. Moshe Ya’alon said that Al-Nusra is a ‘mild’ group, even though it is on the list of international terror organizations. Ya’alon even proudly pointed out that some members of the group are getting treatment in Israeli hospitals,” al-Muallem added. It’s not clear to what al-Muallem was referring. In a recent interview, Ya’alon took a tough stance aganst Al-Nusra. “We enjoy a relatively calm situation on the border of the Golan Heights. They understand that if they violate our sovereignty, we immediately respond,” he said, in a discussion of the different terror groups operating in Syria and prospects of a breakup of the country. “Israel is seeking to set up a ‘buffer zone’ between Israel and Syria, and Israel and Jordan, through the employment of Al-Nusra,” al-Muallem added. “This is what they did in South Lebanon. They are encouraging terror elements to enter Syria via Jordan.” Israel had no comment, but a diplomatic source said that al-Muallem “had been rumored to have been ill recently, but we didn’t realize that it was a mental health issue.”
Nov. 30, 2014

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/188054#.VHzut8m9aqA

Headline: Clashes break out in West Bank town after stabbing attack

Residents of Beit Fajjar south of Bethlehem clashed with Israeli police Monday, in the wake of a stabbing attack on an Israeli by a 22-year-old woman from the West Bank town. Police attempted to disperse the rioters with tear gas. Security forces surrounded the home of Amal Taqatqa before the clashes broke out, shortly after she attacked an Israeli earlier in the day at the nearby Gush Etzion junction south of Jerusalem. Her father was arrested, according to Palestinian news agency Ma’an. Taqatqa was shot by soldiers at the scene and was brought to Hadassah-Ein Kerem hospital in serious condition. The Palestinian Ma’an news site said she was affiliated with the Fatah movement. The Israeli victim was identified as Yehoshua Lorch.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.timesofisrael.com/clashes-break-out-in-west-bank-town-after-stabbing-attack/

“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: Jordanians Protest Against ‘Dangerous’ Jewish State Law

Hundreds of Jordanians on Friday joined a rally organized by the Muslim Brotherhood to denounce Israeli plans to enshrine in law the country’s status as the national Jewish homeland. An estimated 1,500 protesters set off from the Husseini mosque in downtown Amman holding up signs saying “Al-Aqsa is in danger”, according to AFP. “There is a greater danger today, and that is the Jewish state draft law,” Hamzeh Mansur, the former head of the Brotherhood’s Islamic Action Front party, told the protesters. “Where is Jordan’s custodianship over Jerusalem and where is the promised Palestinian state?” he asked. The protest comes amid tensions between Israel and Jordan in recent weeks, mostly around the Temple Mount, over which the Jordanian Waqf has control which it uses to restrict Jewish prayer and build illegal structures on the compound. The Jewish State law, which was the subject of Friday’s protest, seeks to enshrine in law Israel’s being a Jewish state.
Nov. 28, 2014

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/188010#.VHzjpsm9aqB 

Egypt

Headline:  Egyptian jihadis claim responsibility for killing American oil worker William Henderson

Headline:    Egypt Designates ISIS and its Affiliates as Terrorist Groups

Islamic State-affiliated militants in Egypt have claimed responsibility for the death of an American oil worker, believed to be the first western victim of a deadly campaign that has blighted the country for over a year. “We claim responsibility for the killing of American oil expert William Henderson in the Western Desert,” the Ansar Bayt el Maqdis (ABM) militant group wrote on its Twitter account late on Sunday night. It did not say when or how it had killed him. The message was accompanied by photographs of Mr Henderson’s passport and identification cards, one carrying the logo of Apache, an international oil and gas exploration and production company. Henderson, 58, is believed to have been killed on August 6 in Egypt’s Western Desert, a vast expanse of land running up to the western border with Libya. Egyptian security officials later confirmed the incident had taken place, saying one of Apache’s American employees had been shot while driving between the headquarters of Apache’s sister company, located in the Qarun oasis, and Karama oil field, south west of Cairo.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/11264664/Egyptian-jihadis-claim-responsibility-for-killing-American-oil-worker-William-Henderson.html 

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/188076#.VHzuccm9aqA

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

Iraq                              Syria                          Kurdistan

Syria Headline:  Fighting intensifies in Syrian town of Kobane

Syria Headline:  25% of Kobani Remains Under Control of Islamic State

Fighting has intensified in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane, where Kurdish forces have been holding Islamic State at bay since September. IS militants launched at least four suicide attacks, with reports saying at least 25 people were killed. The first of the attacks was near the Turkish border crossing. It is thought to be the first fighting in that area. The first suicide vehicle bomb targeted a Kurdish position close to the Turkish border at dawn on Saturday. Kurdish sources said the bomber had crossed from Turkey, but Turkish officials denied this as “lies”. Clashes followed at the site of the attack and to the south-west of the town. The UK-based activist group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said there were three more suicide bombings – one an individual with a suicide vest and the other two vehicle bombs. As the clashes intensified, there were reports that IS had brought up tanks to join the fighting. Meanwhile two US-led air strikes were carried out against IS positions in the east of Kobane. In all, 25 people were killed in the clashes, most of them IS fighters, reports said. IS has captured parts of the town and dozens of villages in the area around it in an offensive lasting more than two months.
Nov. 29, 2014

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30260834

http://basnews.com/en/news/2014/12/01/peshmerga-25-of-kobani-remains-under-control-of-islamic-state/

Syria Headline:  Syria Claims Terror Groups Used Chlorine as Weapon

Syria’s vice foreign minister denied Monday that his government ever used chemical weapons or chlorine during the country’s brutal civil war and warned that terror groups are using such weapons. Faysal Mekdad was speaking at a meeting of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons as the group comes close to fully eliminating Damascus’ deadly stockpile of nerve agents and poison gas ? helping international efforts to prevent terrorists using such weapons. Mekdad said that terror groups “have used chlorine gas in several of the regions of Syria and Iraq.” It’s not the first time such claims have been made. In October, Iraqi officials said militants from the Islamic State group used chlorine gas during fighting with security forces and Shiite militiamen north of Baghdad. The statements in Iraq came two days after Kurdish officials and doctors said they believed IS militants had released some kind of toxic gas in an eastern district of Kobani. President Bashar Assad’s government also is widely believed to have unleashed chemical weapons during the civil war, despite its repeated denials.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/syria-claims-terror-groups-chlorine-weapon-27274021

Syria Headline:  Syrian warplanes kill 19 in Deraa province

At least 19 people were killed, including seven women and two children, when Syrian government warplanes struck the town of Jassim in the southern province of Deraa on Sunday, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Dozens of others were wounded and the death toll was expected to rise because a number were in critical condition, the Observatory said. The Observatory added that the regime air force carried out 11 raids in the town al-Sheikh Meskin in Deraa Province, where regime forces, supported by Hezbollah militias battled rebel fighters. Meanwhile, a man reportedly died in the town of Nawa under torture inside a regime jail, the monitoring group said. In Rif Dimashq Province, regime warplanes reportedly dropped 14 barrel bombs with no information on casualties. The situation escalated in Daraa after the FSA fighters and allied Islamic battalions advanced in areas near the capital Damascus.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/12/01/Syrian-warplanes-kill-19-in-Deraa-province.html

http://aranews.net/2014/12/syrian-rebels-advance-towards-damascus/

Syria Headline:  Islamic State seizes villages near Syria’s Hasakah

On Sunday morning, the Islamic State group (IS/ISIS) took control of the village of Rafraf  (10 km west of the city of Hasakah), in northeastern Syria, following two weeks of clashes with the Syrian regime forces. Speaking to ARA News, one of the displaced people from Rafraf said that about 500 IS militants entered the village after forcing pro-regime military forces to withdraw from the area. “The group (IS) installed several checkpoints in the vicinity of the village after controlling its entrances, and took schools and mosques as strongholds,” said the source, under the condition of anonymity for security reasons. This coincided with violent clashes between IS militants and the pro-regime forces in other areas of the western countryside of Hasakah. Meanwhile, civil rights activist Hozan Saeed, based in Hasakah, stated to ARA News that the pro-regime military helicopters dropped two barrel bombs on the vicinity of the IS-held al-Siddiq junction on Sunday. “No casualties were reported.” Saeed also mentioned the outbreak of clashes between pro-regime forces and IS militants in the southern countryside of Hasakah, while several artillery shells the village of Oum Makhroom (20 km south of Hasakah).
Dec. 1, 2014

http://aranews.net/2014/12/islamic-state-seizes-villages-near-syrias-hasakah/

Syria Headline:  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe 

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

Iraq Headline:  Iraq border guards kill 20 ISIL terrorists in Anbar

At least 20 ISIL Takfiri terrorists have been killed and dozens injured when Iraqi border guards thwarted an attempt by the militants to infiltrate into the western province of Anbar. The Takfiris were trying to enter the town of al-Waleed, situated on the Syrian border and located approximately 550 kilometers (341 miles) west of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Monday. The Iraqi guards confronted and killed twenty of the infiltrators, while scores of others sustained injuries. Sixteen Iraqi border guards were also killed during the incident. Separately, Iraqi security forces killed four terrorists, among them a sniper, during an operation in the Sijariya neighborhood in eastern Ramadi, located about 110 kilometers (68 miles) west of Baghdad.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/01/388313/iraq-border-guards-kill-20-isil-gunmen/

http://news.yahoo.com/islamic-state-kill-16-iraqi-soldiers-syria-border-140042839.html

Iraq Headline:   First footage surfaces: Iranian jet seen attacking ISIS targets in Iraq

The Iranian Air Force is bombing Islamic State (ISIS) targets inside Iraqi territory. It is an intensification of Iran’s military involvement on the side of the Shia regime of its neighbor and most likely also a sign of its alleged coordination with the U.S. military which is leading the international coalition fighting ISIS. The first footage of an Iranian aircraft bombing inside Iraq was broadcast by Al Jazeera a few days ago in a report on a joint operation by the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, Iraq’s army and Shia militias to recapture two Kurdish towns in northeastern Iraq, near the Iranian border. The report mentions “Iraqi jet-fighters,” but the plane seen bombing ISIS positions is a F-4 Phantom, which is not in Iraqi service. In recent months Iran has increased its military assistance to the Iraqi army which is on the brink of collapsing in the face of ISIS advance and has also established and equipped Shia militias. In addition to the military advice and arms supplies, there have been multiple reports of active participation of members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) in the fighting and unconfirmed reports of the deployment of Iranian aircraft to airfields in Iraq, but the Al Jazeera footage is the first documented of Iranian air attacks on Iraqi territory.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.629473

Iraq Headline: Iraqi army retakes chemical weapons site from Islamic State

Iraq Headline: Iraq says ISIS transferring phosphate to Syria’s Raqqa

Iraq Headline: IS Captures Weapons Cache that Formerly Belonged to Insurgent Group “Hamas – Iraq”

The Iraqi army has retaken from Islamist insurgents a sprawling complex where aging remnants of late President Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons program are stored in bunkers, the country’s deputy foreign minister said on Monday. Islamic State militants, who had seized the area during a lightning offensive last June, were not able to penetrate the fortified bunkers, Mohammad Jawad Al-Doraky told delegates at a chemical weapons conference in The Hague. He said Iraqi government forces had now managed to oust Islamic State from the compound, where two sealed bunkers contain stockpiles of old chemicals, rockets and equipment. Al-Doraky said a facility set up under a plan to destroy the chemicals, built with tens of millions of dollars in U.S. funding, had been looted. The area north of Baghdad had also been mined, postponing the demolition plan that had been set to be carried out this year. “The Iraqi army, during the past period, has recovered the Muthanna site and the roads leading to it,” he told delegates at the annual conference of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). “Military engineers are now working on removing mines and explosive devices from around the site and the region,” he said. “The terrorists were unable to penetrate the fortified bunkers.”
Dec. 1, 2014

http://news.yahoo.com/iraqi-army-retakes-chemical-weapons-islamic-state-210835849.html

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/12/01/Iraqi-says-ISIS-transferring-phosphate-to-Syria-s-Raqqa.html

https://news.siteintelgroup.com/Jihadist-News/is-captures-weapons-cache-that-formerly-belonged-to-insurgent-group-hamas-iraq.html

Iraq Headline:  ISW Iraq Situation Report Nov. 27-30, 2014

http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/11/iraq-situation-report-november-27-30.html

Headline:  Pope says it is wrong to equate Islam with violence

Pope Francis said on Sunday that equating Islam with violence was wrong and called on Muslim leaders to issue a global condemnation of terrorism to help dispel the stereotype. Francis, the leader of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, told reporters aboard his plane returning from a visit to Turkey that he understood why Muslims were offended by many in the West who automatically equated their religion with terrorism. The Argentine pope, who has been trying to foster cooperation with moderate Islam in order to work for peace and protect Christians in the Middle East, said it was wrong for anyone to react to terrorism by being “enraged” against Islam. “You just can’t say that, just as you can’t say that all Christians are fundamentalists. We have our share of them (fundamentalists). All religions have these little groups,” he said. “They (Muslims) say: ‘No, we are not this, the Koran is a book of peace, it is a prophetic book of peace’.” Francis said he had made the suggestion of a global condemnation of terrorism by Islamic leaders in talks on Friday with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. “I told the president that it would be beautiful if all Islamic leaders, whether they are political, religious or academic leaders, would speak out clearly and condemn this because this would help the majority of Muslim people,” he said. Francis several times condemned Islamic State’s insurgents during his three-day trip. On the plane, he said some Christians had been forced to abandon everything: “They are driving us out of the Middle East.”
Nov. 30, 2014

http://news.yahoo.com/pope-says-islamist-violence-syria-iraq-grave-sin-102554540.html

Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above). 

Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.

Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.

Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.

Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.

Gomer is Eastern Germany.

Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia. 

Russia  

Headline:  Russia launches ‘wartime government’ HQ in major military upgrade

Headline:   Russian Navy successfully tests new missile

Headline:   Russia announces war games; UK worried by ‘extremely aggressive’ probing of air space

Headline:    NATO announces deterrent force to contain Russia

Russia is launching a new national defense facility, which is meant to monitor threats to national security in peacetime, but would take control of the entire country in case of war. The new top-security, fortified facility in Moscow includes several large war rooms, a brand new supercomputer in the heart of a state-of-the-art data processing center, underground facilities, secret transport routes for emergency evacuation and a helicopter pad, which was deployed for the first time on Nov. 24 on the Moscow River. The Defense Ministry won’t disclose the price tag for the site, but it is estimated at the equivalent of several billion dollars. The new National Defense Control Center (NDCC) is a major upgrade on what was previously called the Central Command of the General Staff, a unit tasked with round-the-clock monitoring of military threats against Russia, particularly ballistic missile launches, and deployment of strategic nuclear weapons. It was roughly a counterpart to the US National Military Command Center, the Pentagon’s principal command and control site.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://rt.com/news/210307-russia-national-defence-center/

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_MISSILE_TEST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-11-28-12-19-48

http://newsdaily.com/2014/12/russia-accuses-nato-of-destabilizing-northern-europe-interfax/

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/12/01/NATO-announces-deterrent-force-to-contain-Russia/1851417450877/?spt=sec&or=tn

Iran

Headline:  Khamenei tells Iran armed forces to build up ‘irrespective’ of diplomacy

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday the armed forces should increase their combat capability regardless of political considerations, in an apparent allusion to continuing nuclear talks with the West aimed at easing tension in the Middle East. “Given our vast maritime borders and the enemy’s huge investments in this area, our armed forces should continuously improve their (combat) readiness, irrespective of political calculations,” Khamenei told a gathering of senior navy officials during a ceremony to mark the “Navy Week” in Iran. Khamenei, who commands all branches of the armed forces in addition to other key centers of power in the Islamic republic, did not mention any countries by name but he normally uses “enemy” to refer mainly to the United States and Britain — both of which have intervened in Iran over the past century. “Peacetime offers great opportunities for our armed forces to … build up on preemptive capacities,” said Khamenei, with state television playing excerpts of his speech.
Nov. 30, 2014

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/khamenei-tells-iran-armed-forces-build-irrespective-diplomacy-154809049.html

Afghanistan

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Headline:   War News for Monday, Dec. 1,  2014

Reported security incidents
#1: Taliban suicide attackers killed the South African leader of a foreign aid group, his son and daughter and an Afghan worker in an assault on the agency’s Kabul offices, authorities said Sunday, as the city’s police chief resigned in the wake of the latest insurgent attack there.

AFP reports that 46-year-old Werner Groenewald, his 17 year-old-son Jean-Pierre and his 15-year-old daughter Rhode were killed yesterday during a Taliban attack targeting foreigners in Kabul.

#2: An Afghan official says a suicide bomber detonated his payload at a crowded funeral, killing two police and seven civilians. Taj Mohammed Taqwa, chief of the Burka district in the Baghlan province north of Kabul, says the attacker appeared to be targeting police and local officials, including him, who were among some 1,000 people attending Monday’s funeral.

#3: Units of police backed by the army have killed 11 Taliban militants during series of operations across the country over the past 24 hours, Interior Ministry said in a statement released here on Monday.

#4: Mine blast target a convoy of Afghan military forces in Logar province today. The incident occurred in Pul-e-Alam city capital of Logar province. A local official of Logar in a contact with BNA said that in the incident, the military forces of Logar and acting governor office have been targeted. He said nothing about the possible losses of the incident.

http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/

Sudan

Headline:  Sudan embraces genocide, terrorism — and Iran

Headline:  Russian Foreign Minister to Visit Sudan

It is not often that we’re able to listen in on the comments of senior officials in a government that stands internationally accused of genocide. But that’s exactly what we’ve been given through the leaked minutes of a security meeting held Aug. 31 by top military and security officials in Sudan. Prominent in the document are plans for further genocidal tactics in parts of the country. In rebellious South Kordofan, according to the minutes, the government’s strategy is to “starve” (a translation of the Arabic) the civilian population by ensuring that it can’t harvest this year’s crops and thus support rebels near the border with South Sudan. This is counterinsurgency at its cheapest. First Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh put the matter tersely: “Support the mechanism intended to disperse or empty the IDP [internally displaced persons] camps.” While the “mechanism” is left unspecified, increasingly brutal assaults on camps for internally displaced persons suggest that it will be cruel and bloody, forcing people who’ve had their homes and farms seized to flee into lawless lands beyond reach of humanitarian assistance. The minutes, along with other important documents, were leaked by someone either within the ruling National Congress Party or with close ties to the regime. They were delivered by intermediaries to a primary Arabic news Web site and to me, presumably because of my research and advocacy on behalf of the marginalized peoples of Sudan. The Sudanese regime split badly following the bloody suppression of popular uprisings in September 2013. Hardliners now wield all real power, and these were the men whose thoughts were captured in the Aug. 31 minutes. The leak was clearly meant to undermine the credibility of what has become a vicious junta. Though little noticed in the West, the revelation instantly attracted considerable interest in the Arab world, and the evidence that the minutes are authentic is substantial. The highly authoritative Africa Confidential has judged them so, as has former prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi, who still enjoys extraordinary contacts within the government. Notably, senior regime officials have not denied outright the document’s authenticity.
Nov. 30, 2014

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sudan-embraces-genocide-terrorism–iran/2014/11/30/2ed603ae-75bb-11e4-a755-e32227229e7b_story.html

http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/details.html?rsnpid=243338

Libya

Headline: About 400 killed in past six weeks of fighting in Libya’s Benghazi

About 400 people have been killed in six weeks of heavy fighting between Libyan pro-government forces and Islamist groups in Libya’s second-largest city Benghazi, medical staff said on Saturday. Backed by forces led by a former general, the newly formed government army launched in mid-October an offensive against Islamists in Benghazi, expelling them from the airport area and from several camps the army had lost during the summer. In the past three weeks the fighting has centered around Benghazi’s commercial port where pro-government forces say Islamists are holed up. The port has had to close, disrupting food supplies in the eastern city. “The death toll has risen to 400,” a source at a Benghazi hospital said, declining to be identified for security reasons. Medics at other hospitals in the city confirmed the estimated death toll. The fighting in Benghazi is part of wider turmoil in the North African country. Two governments, each with their own parliament and army chief of staff are vying for legitimacy, three years after the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi. In August, Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni and his cabinet were forced to leave Tripoli for the east of Libya when group called Libya Dawn seized the capital. The new rulers set up their own government and parliament, but these have not been recognized by the United Nations and world powers. The situation has been complicated by the Benghazi fighting where former general Khalifa Haftar has merged his force with the army under a mandate from the elected parliament, which is allied to Thinni and also operates out of the east. Haftar’s spokesman Mohamed El Hejazi said his forces had surrounded the Islamists in the port area. “All types of weapons including aircraft supporting the infantry are being used to deal with them,” he said. Western powers and Libya’s neighbors fear the conflict is dragging the major oil producer towards civil war.
Nov. 29, 2014

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/29/us-libya-security-idUSKCN0JD0NQ20141129

Germany

Headline:   Nearly 40 per cent of Germans support Russia’s annexation of Crimea, according to an opinion poll

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea has found supporters in an unlikely country: A November 23 opinion poll in Germany found that nearly 40 per cent of the country’s population accept the move. The surprising result has stirred debate in Germany, prompting some to ask: Is Germany Russia’s closest ally in the West? The opinion poll was conducted by Infratest dimap, a well-regarded German institute that interviewed 1000 Germans above the age of 14. It also determined that 43 per cent of Germans do not feel immediately threatened by Russia’s foreign policy. Nevertheless, an Infratest dimap survey conducted in August found that 80 per cent of Germans blamed Putin for the escalating conflict in eastern Ukraine. So the more recent poll could indicate that Germans want to stop Putin from pursuing his strategy in eastern Ukraine but believe the West also needs to make a concession – by officially accepting the Russian annexation of Crimea. Germans have grown increasingly critical of the West. After trust in the United States suffered during the Iraq war, the National Security Agency spying scandal provoked new anger and provided arguments to those who wanted to position Germany as a negotiator between Russia and the West, rather than as a strong US ally.
Nov. 29, 2014

http://www.theage.com.au/world/nearly-40-per-cent-of-germans-endorse-russias-annexation-of-crimea-20141128-11wkzq.html

Turkey

Headline:   ISIS Is Now Launching Attacks From Inside Turkey

Turkey’s main Kurdish party on Saturday accused the government of turning a blind eye to—if not outright supporting—ISIS militants within its borders after suicide bombers attacked the town of Kobani along its southern border with Syria. The Turkish government vehemently denies the claims. ISIS “used to attack the town from three sides,” said the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for Syria’s Kurdish Democratic Union Party, in a statement. “Today, they are attacking from four sides,” noting the addition of Turkey. Mustafa Bali, a Kobani-based activist, told the Associated Press that ISIS fighters have taken positions in the grain silos on the Turkish side of the border and to coordinate and launch attacks along the border near the crossing point. “It is now clear that Turkey is openly cooperating with Daesh,” said Bali
Nov. 29, 2014

http://news.yahoo.com/activists-isis-now-launching-attacks-inside-turkey-190259666–politics.html

Headline:    Erdogan hosts Putin to tighten Turkey-Russia alliance

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday holds talks in Ankara with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to tighten links which have survived potentially grave disputes over the Syria and Ukraine crises. The talks are expected to focus on energy cooperation — with Ankara seeking not only a reduction in gas prices from Russia but also greater import volumes ahead of the winter — as well key diplomatic issues. It will be the first time the pair have met face-to-face since Erdogan moved from the post of prime minister to president in August, the same job change that Putin himself made in 2012.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.timesofisrael.com/erdogan-hosts-putin-to-tighten-turkey-russia-alliance/
 

Armenia

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/786106/na-begins-discussion-on-treaty-of-armenia%E2%80%99s-accession-to-eeu.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: Ferguson fallout: Protests go national, officer resigns

Headline:  Pack of teens beats man to death near Ferguson

Headline:   Protesters snarl D.C. traffic

It’s been one week since the streets of Ferguson boiled over after protesters learned the officer who shot teenager Michael Brown won’t face criminal charges. Since then, much has changed. And much hasn’t. The looting and arson that marred last week’s protests are over. But the demonstrations continue in Missouri and across the country. Activists are calling for students to walk out of school and employees to walk off the job nationwide at 1 p.m. ET Monday to protest police violence. And over the Thanksgiving weekend, Ferguson-area organizers called for a Black Friday shopping boycott, forcing the St. Louis Galleria Mall to shut down temporarily on the busiest shopping day of the year. St. Louis officials urged Galleria retailers to close security gates after several hundred protesters entered the mall and disrupted shopping. Protesters chanted “Hands up, don’t shop,” while others lay on the floor in a “die-in.”
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/01/us/ferguson-up-to-speed/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/01/protests-sparse-after-pack-hammer-wielding-teens-beats-man-to-death-in-shadow/?intcmp=latestnews

http://liveblog.wtop.com/Event/Protesters_snarl_DC_traffic

Headline:  10-plus killed in northeast Nigeria market blast

Two bombers have attacked a crowded market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing more than 10 people. Borno State police spokesman, Gideon Jibrin, said the assailants “detonated an explosive in Monday market in two different locations killing more than 10, and injuring many.” Goni Abba, a witness at the scene, said: “I counted 10 dead bodies and over 20 others have injuries.” Two female bombers had also struck the market last Tuesday, killing more than 45. Also on Monday, blasts and gunfire broke out in the northeastern city of Damaturu. According to residents, the raid took place at about 4:45 a.m. (0345 GMT) when Takfiri Boko Haram militants targeted a mobile police base on the outskirts of the city, the capital of Yobe State. Yobe, along with two other states, was placed under a state of emergency in May 2013 due to the Takfiri-fueled violence.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/01/388316/10plus-killed-in-nigeria-market-blast/

Headline:  Blasts, gunfire in north Kenya kill one and wound others

Explosions struck the town of Wajir in northern Kenya near the border with Somalia on Monday evening and one person was killed in a gun attack that coincided with the blasts, emergency workers and police said. A police officer said the assault was probably carried out by Somali Islamist militants. The incident occurred in an area in Wajir called Ngamia, where there are police posts and a social club used by government workers. The Interior Ministry said on Twitter that three armed men launched the attack. The Kenya Red Cross said about a dozen people were taken to hospital after the blasts and gunfire. “A patient shot in the attack died,” said health worker Abdi Kullow at the hospital. A police officer also confirmed one person had died of gunshot wounds. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The Somali Islamist group al Shabaab has said in the past that it would attack Kenya in retaliation for Nairobi’s decision to send Kenyan troops to Somalia with an African Union peacekeeping force. The African forces have been battling al Shabaab militants and driving them out of strongholds there.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://newsdaily.com/2014/12/blasts-strike-north-kenya-red-cross-says-at-least-12-wounded/

Headline:  Four Yemeni soldiers killed, 3 injured in militant attack

Headline:  Al Qaida claims bombing attack on U.S. embassy in Yemen

At least four Yemeni soldiers have been killed and three others injured in a militant attack in the south of the country, security officials say. According to the officials, two explosions targeted two army patrols in the Abyan Province on Monday. Improvised explosive devices were planted on a main road, the officials said, accusing suspected al-Qaeda militants of being behind the deadly blasts. Al-Qaeda militants frequently carry out attacks on Yemen’s security forces and have been locked in deadly battles with Houthi movement’s Ansarullah fighters.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/01/388363/militant-attack-kills-4-yemeni-soldiers/

http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/11/30/al-qaida-claims-bombing-attack-u-s-embassy-yemen/

Headline:   Bahrain riot police attack anti-election protesters

Fresh clashes have reportedly broken out between Bahraini regime forces and the demonstrators who were out to show their dissatisfaction with the parliamentary elections recently held in the kingdom. According to reports, riot police fired teargas to disperse the outraged protesters in different regions across the Persian Gulf state, including Sitra, Sanabis, Daih and Ma’ameer. The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said more than 50 people had been detained during the elections, with some of them being tortured behind bars. On November 29, the Manama regime held a runoff parliamentary vote amid a widespread boycott by main opposition groups, including the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society. Bahrain’s government resigned at the beginning of the new legislative term after announcing the results of the runoff elections on Monday.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/01/388242/bahrain-police-attack-nationwide-demos/

Headline:  Hong Kong protesters clash with police at government HQ

Headline: Hong Kong protest leaders announce hunger strike

Hong Kong police have clashed with pro-democracy activists overnight, briefly shutting down government offices on Monday. Protesters fought police armed with pepper spray, batons and water hoses on Lung Wo Road in the Admiralty district. On Monday, an injunction was granted to clear an area just west of the main Admiralty protest site. That sparked fears of more violence after what was already some of the worst unrest in two months of protests. The protesters want the people of Hong Kong to be allowed to choose their leaders in the 2017 elections without intervention from Beijing. The Chinese government has said it will allow universal suffrage, but candidates for the post of chief executive will be screened first. After the clashes, Chief Executive CY Leung warned activists not to come back to the protest site later on Monday. “From this day on, the police will take resolute action when carrying out their duties. I call on the students who are thinking of returning to the occupation area tonight not to do so. “Don’t mistake the police tolerance as weakness.” The unrest flared late on Sunday, after student protest leaders called on supporters to converge on the offices of Mr Leung on Lung Wo Road.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30270794

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/12/01/Hong-Kong-protest-leaders-announce-hunger-strike/5201417464250/?spt=sec&or=tn

Headline:   India: Maoists gun down 14 CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh, 2 officers among the dead

At least 14 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and about a dozen wounded in an encounter with Maoists near Chintagufa in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday, the biggest loss of lives in anti-Maoist operations after the NDA government assumed charge in May. Security forces were deep inside the forests about 450 km from state capital Raipur, when Maoist gunmen attacked them, using villagers as shields, officials said. The CRPF launched a special operation on November 16 to corner the First Battalion of the CPI (Maoist)’s Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee who have a stronghold in the area. “Fourteen jawans have died in the ambush,” additional director general (anti-Maoist operation) Rajinder Kumar Vij told HT. The dead included two officers. The death toll is likely to go up with security forces unable to carry out rescue operations in the firing that went on until late evening. “We have to wait till Tuesday morning to take out the injured personnel and the bodies from the remote forested terrain,” Vij added.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/13-crpf-men-killed-in-maoist-attack-in-chhattisgarh/article1-1292151.aspx

Headline:  Four civilians killed in NPA armed attack in Philippines

Four civilians have been killed and four others injured after New People’s Army (NPA) militants opened fire on an ambulance in the southern Philippines, military officials say. The ambush occurred when a group of 20 NPA militants attacked the vehicle carrying a village headman and several civilians in the city of Rosario in Surigao del Sur Province, 840 kilometers south of the capital, Manila, on Sunday. The victims, including an eight-year-old girl and the village chief, were on their way home after attending a church activity. Civil military operations officer, Jolito Borces, said two people died on the scene and two others died upon arrival at the hospital.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/01/388338/militant-attack-kills-4-filipino-civilians/ 

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:  Total US Debt Rises Over $18 Trillion; Up 70% Under Barack Obama

Last week, total US debt was a meager $17,963,753,617,957.26. Two days later, as updated today, on Black Friday, total outstanding US public debt just hit a new historic level which probably would be better associated with a red color: as of the last work day of November, total US public debt just surpassed $18 trillion for the first time, or $18,005,549,328,561.45 to be precise, of which debt held by the public rose to $12,922,681,725,432.94, an increase of $32 billion in one day. It also means that total US debt to nominal GDP as of Sept 30, which was $17.555 trillion, is now 103%. Keep in mind this GDP number was artificially increased by about half a trillion dollars a year ago thanks to the “benefit” of R&D and intangibles. Without said definitional change, debt/GDP would now be about 106%. It also means that total US debt has increased by 70% under Obama, from $10.625 trillion on January 21, 2009 to $18.005 trillion most recently.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-01/total-us-debt-rises-over-18-trillion

Headline:  Russia’s ruble suffers as crude oil prices continue to slide

Headline:  Emerging Stocks Decline Most in 17 Months on Oil as Ruble Slides

The Russian national currency has suffered its worst one-day fall since a financial crisis in 1998. Russia’s ruble recorded its worst daily fall since that time on Monday, as crude oil prices dropped even further. Approximately half of Russia’s federal budget revenues are generated by oil and natural gas exports. On Monday, Brent crude hit $67.53 per barrel, the lowest since October 2009. At one point in the day, the ruble slumped by over 8 percent landing at over 53 rubles per each US dollar. At the end of the main trading session in Moscow, it picked itself up and stopped at 52 rubles against the dollar and 56 per euro. From the beginning of the year, the ruble has suffered around 40 percent devaluation against its US counterpart. Global crude oil started to drop after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided to maintain crude output in an oversupplied market.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/01/388354/russias-ruble-suffers-historical-fall/

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-01/emerging-stocks-drop-most-in-six-weeks-on-oil-as-ringgit-slides.html

Headline:  Oil prices drop to their lowest level in five years

Headline: Gas Heading Below $2.00 a Gallon in Southern U.S.

Oil prices fell to their lowest in five years on Monday, hit by slowing factory activity in China and Europe and hammering emerging market stocks and commodity-linked currencies. Plunging prices for oil and other commodities raised fears of deflation, especially in the euro zone and Japan, and the prospect of looser monetary policy pushed the yen to a seven-year low against the dollar in Asian trade. In a further blow to Japan, the Moody’s ratings firm cut its credit rating to A1 with a stable outlook from A3, briefly pushing the yen even lower. Russia’s rouble dropped more than 4 percent against the dollar while Malaysia’s ringgit, also oil-dependent, was on course for its biggest two-day fall since the 1997-8 Asian financial crisis. Oil prices have been falling for five months as abundant supply outstrips demand. OPEC last week declined to curb output to lift prices. Brent crude fell 2.4 percent on Monday alone, to $68.54 a barrel.

***If you’re like me you’ve been driving around, stopping at gas stations and praising God for the drop in fuel prices, wondering why on earth everyone is SO upset about the falling price of oil.

Here is what Zero Hedge has to say: “The price of crude oil is falling towards $40 a barrel, and while this benefits American consumers, especially those in the south, it indicates a global recession because production alone is unlikely to cause such a drastic decline in oil prices. “Oil’s decline is proving to be the worst since the collapse of the financial system in 2008 and threatening to have the same global impact of falling prices three decades ago that led to the Mexican debt crisis and the end of the Soviet Union,” Bloomberg reported. The prices are declining partially due to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ decision not to cut production to try and force the U.S. shale industry out of business. But can production alone account entirely for the 37% decline in oil prices since July? It would appear a lack of demand combined with no cuts in production are driving oil’s free fall, and imploding demand is indicative of a global recession.”

If you don’t understand that either (which I didn’t) don’t feel bad- we aren’t a country, nor are most of us billionaires with millions of dollars sunk into oil investment. While us ‘little people’ are happy with this- because it gives us more money in our pocket to spend on other things beside gas, those who run the ‘big operations’ are panicking.   At first, I though perhaps Saudi (OPEC head) had an ‘idea’ to NOT curb output to stop ISIS from making money on their black market oil- which could still be true.   Let’s look at what Reagan called Trickle Down Economics (for simple people LOL). You work for a major company that has billions of dollars. The head owner has decided to put his money into oil for investment. Instead of getting a return on $103 a barrel, he is now getting a return on $65 a barrel. Where is the other $38 going? He’s lost it. And when you take $38 times millions, it’s quite a loss. Chances are he isn’t going to cut his lifestyle to make up for it- he won’t sell his house or car, but he MAY sell a company, which provides tax write-offs. Now you’re out of a job. Then what happens? And try imagining this on the scale of a country like Russia or Saudi Arabia. Default can loom.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2014/12/01/after-opec-decision-crude-drops/

http://www.infowars.com/gas-heading-below-2-00-a-gallon-in-southern-u-s/ 

Pestilence & Plagues Luke 21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)

Headline: Ebola crisis: Huge risk of spread – UN’s Tony Banbury

Headline:  WHO will miss Ebola targets it set for Dec 1

Headline: Death toll from Ebola outbreak nears 7,000 in West Africa: WHO

The head of the UN Ebola response mission in West Africa has told the BBC there is still a “huge risk” the deadly disease could spread to other parts of the world. Tony Banbury declined to say if targets he had set in the fight against Ebola, to be achieved by Monday, had been met. The targets were for the proportion of people being treated and for the safe burial of highly infectious bodies. The UN boss was speaking in Freetown, one of the worst-affected areas. In October, Mr Banbury told the UN Security Council that by 1 December, “70% of all those infected by the disease must be under treatment and 70% of the victims safely buried if the outbreak is to be successfully arrested”. Mr Banbury said the 70% targets were being met in “the vast majority” of areas in the three worst-affected countries – Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. “But in some areas”, he said, “including here in Sierra Leone – especially in the capital Freetown and in the town of Port Loko – we are falling short. And it is in those areas where we really need to focus our assets and our capabilities”. The American UN boss added that, even so, “there is a huge risk to the world that Ebola will spread. It may spread around this sub-region, or someone could get on a plane to Asia, Latin America, North America or Europe… that is why it is so important to get down to zero cases as quickly as possible”.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30270997

http://news.yahoo.com/miss-ebola-targets-set-dec-1-141828256.html

http://news.yahoo.com/death-toll-ebola-outbreak-nears-7-000-west-235922860.html

Headline:  3 Egyptians die of bird flu, raising death toll to 6

Egypt’s Health Ministry said on Monday three people had died from H5N1 bird flu in the past week in what it said were separate cases, bringing the death toll in the most populous Arab country this year to six. A ministry statement identified the victims as a 40-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman in the central province of Minya as well as a 25-year-old woman in Beni Suef, south of Cairo.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/3-Egyptians-die-of-bird-flu-raising-death-toll-to-6-383338 

Apostasy Amos 8:11 & 2 Peter2:1-3 “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) “ But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. ² And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. ³ By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.” (2 Peter)

Headline:   American Atheists launch provocative campaign in religious Deep South

Atheist activists are taking their campaigns to the Bible Belt this Christmas with a provocative billboard campaign that is expected to stir controversy in America’s religious heartlands. The giant advertising hoardings in the Tennessee cities of Memphis, Nashville, St. Louis and Fort Smith, Arkansas show a mischievous-looking young girl writing her letter to Father Christmas: “Dear Santa, All I want for Christmas is to skip church! I’m too old for fairy tales,” she writes. The advertising campaign by the American Atheists group will run until Christmas Eve and is the first time the group has aimed its anti-God adverts directly at residential religious areas, having previously targeted urban audiences in big venues such as Times Square in New York. “Today’s adults have no obligation to pretend to believe the lies their parents believed. It’s OK to admit that your parents were wrong about God, and it’s definitely OK to tell your children the truth,” said David Silverman, the group’s president, as he launched the campaign. In a sign of the hostility the adverts are expected to generate, American Atheists said that it had failed secure a single billboard site in Jackson, Mississippi after leasing companies collectively refused to offer space, fearing a community backlash.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11265926/American-Atheists-launch-provocative-campaign-in-religious-Deep-South.html

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)

Headline:  2014 Boils Toward Warmest Year Ever with Three More Records Broken

Even if it’s freezing in your personal universe, Earth as a whole just broke three “warmest” records and is likely to see 2014 go down as the warmest since record keeping began in 1880, scientists reported Thursday. Driven by record warm oceans, combined sea and land temperatures in October were the warmest on record, according to data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. On top of that, January-October was the warmest first 10 calendar months, while November 2013 to October 2014 was the warmest 12-month block. Data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showed where the records fell, in large part due to record warm oceans:

• Warmest October: The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces was the highest on record for an October at 58.4 degrees F, or 1.3 degrees above the 20th century average and topping the previous record (2003) by 0.02 degrees.
• Warmest first 10 calendar months: The surface temperature for January-October was 58.6 degrees, 1.22 degrees above average and topping the previous record set (1998 and 2010) by 0.04 degrees. Ocean temperatures by themselves were 1.03 degrees above average, the highest on record for this period, beating the previous record (1998) by 0.05 degrees.
• Warmest 12-month block: The period of November 2013-October 2014 averaged 58.2 degrees, 1.2 degrees above the norm, breaking a record set just a month ago for warmest 12-month period.

Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/2014-boils-toward-warmest-year-ever-three-more-records-broken-n252776

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:  Up to 7 dead in Morocco storms: reports

The death toll from three days of what residents described as the heaviest storms to hit southern Morocco in decades has climbed to at least 32. Foul weather in Morocco has killed up to seven people, just a week after a previous storm left 36 dead, media reports said on Monday. Storms again lashed the south of the kingdom, with the resort of Agadir experiencing the equivalent of an entire year’s rainfall – more than 250 millimetres (10 inches) – between Friday and Sunday. The bad weather, which finally eased overnight, led to many rivers bursting their banks and causing widespread damage, especially in the Guelmim region 200 kilometres (125 miles) south of Agadir, which has been declared a disaster area. No official death toll has yet been released. “Another catastrophe: floods kill seven,” headlined the Arabic-language daily al-Massae. The paper, as well as another daily and At-Tajdid, both reported “anonymous official sources” as saying that two college students drowned on Friday in the Azilal region of the Anti-Atlas mountain range, and a youth was swept away southwest of Marrakesh.
Dec. 1, 2014

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/7-dead-morocco-storms-reports-1062974703

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

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