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I must caution you: there are links used to report events below that you should use extreme caution in viewing- they are anti-Israel sites and Arabic media sites.
Israeli Police Forces vs. Temple Mount Rioters
Headline: Clashes at Jerusalem holy site
Headline: Netanyahu: Palestinian rioters fueling Temple Mount unrest
Police trapped dozens of Arab rioters at the al-Aksa mosque for hours Monday after the rioters collected rocks, fireworks, and firebombs in order to confront police and disturb Jewish visitors to the site. The rioters set up barricades at the entrance to the al-Aksa mosque. Police said they removed the barricades while under assault of a barrage of rocks and managed to push the rioters inside the mosque and lock them inside. Four suspects were arrested. Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovich said many of the rioters were Hamas and Islamic Jihad members. Arab protesters accused Israel of being a “terror state” and of harming the mosque. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon complained about Israel’s handling of the situation on the Mount in statements he made in Ramallah and at a press conference with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. “I am deeply concerned by repeated provocations at the Holy Sites in Jerusalem,” the secretary-general said. “These only inflame tensions and must stop.” Netanyahu used the UN chief’s statement as an opportunity to educate him and the world about what has been going on at the Temple Mount. “I’m committed and Israel is committed to maintaining the status quo exactly as it’s been for many decades,” he said. “What we’re seeing are Palestinian extremists who are instigating violence through incitement. The incitement is spread by false and baseless rumors that we are threatening the Muslim holy places. Nothing could be further from the truth.”
Oct. 13, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-palestinian-rioters-fueling-temple-mount-unrest/
Headline: Israel at risk if U.S. overthrows Assad, senior Iran official warns
A senior Iranian official warned the U.S. that Israel’s security would be at risk should the U.S. and its allies seek to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad. Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian confirmed that his country and the U.S. exchanged messages over the fight against the militant Islamic State group. Iran has backed Assad during Syria’s three-year civil war. The U.S. has called for Assad to resign and rules out cooperating with his government in the fight against the Islamic State group. Abdollahian’s comments were the first time a senior Iranian official confirmed that Iran and the U.S. had discussed fighting the Islamic State group.
Oct. 12, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.620363
Headline: Netanyahu Slams Ban Ki-Moon’s ‘Occupation’ Remarks
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu fired at UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s insistence that the “occupation” justified Hamas’s launching over 3,600 rockets on Israeli civilians on Monday, in a series of remarks before a private meeting with the international figure. Netanyahu began by noting that the entire concept of an “occupation” in Gaza has been made moot after the 2005 Disengagement. “The root cause of the violence that burst from Gaza is not Israel’s occupation in Gaza, for a simple reason: Israel doesn’t occupy Gaza,” Netanyahu explained. “Israel left Gaza to the very last centimeter, to the very last inch. We uprooted all the settlements and vacated all the settlers. So there is no Israeli occupation of Gaza.” Netanyahu then pointed out that Ban justified Hamas’s rocket barrage despite the fact that it used the UN’s own facilities to break international law. “The root cause of this summer’s outburst of violence was Hamas’ rocketing of Israeli cities, and these rocket attacks often exploited UN neutrality, using UN facilities and UN schools as part of the Hamas machine of terror,” he thundered. “And when rockets were discovered inside UN schools, some UN officials handed them back to Hamas – that very same Hamas that was rocketing Israeli cities and Israeli civilians.” The Prime Minister then reiterated the fact that Hamas is a terror group dedicated to genocide against Jews.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/186114#.VDwtjBanGVo
Headline: Russia to Support Abbas’s ‘Deadline for Israel’ Bid
Russia announced on Sunday that it will back Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s plan to ask the United Nations to impose a deadline for Israel to withdraw from Judea and Samaria. “I cannot see any reasons to cavil about this text, or about the Palestinian people’s wish to say once again ‘let’s have a look at this situation, in the UN framework,’” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. “So we say [to the Palestinians], if you find one option or another suitable, then we will support you as friends. You know better what you need and how to achieve it. We think that the Palestinian case is fair, meaning that people have a right to self-determination, up to establishing their state,” Bogdanov told journalists, according to the report. Abbas’s move, which he plans to carry out through a resolution at the UN Security Council, is a unilateral move which is in direct violation of the Oslo Accords.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/186082#.VDwufxanGVo
Headline: British lawmakers voted on Monday to recognise Palestine as a state
British lawmakers voted in favour of recognising Palestine as a state on Monday in a move that will not alter the government’s stance on the issue, but that carries symbolic value for Palestinians in their pursuit of statehood. Lawmakers in Britain’s lower house of parliament voted by 274 to 12 to pass a non-binding motion stating: “That this House believes that the Government should recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel as a contribution to securing a negotiated two-state solution.” Britain does not classify Palestine as a state, but says it could do so at any time if it believed it would help peace efforts between the Palestinians and Israel. Government ministers were told to abstain and the non-binding vote will not force Britain to recognise a Palestinian state.
Oct. 13, 2014
Headline: Rebuilding Gaza: Donors ‘pledge $5.4bn’ at Cairo summit
International donors have pledged $5.4bn (£3.4bn) to help Gaza’s reconstruction at a conference in Cairo, Norway’s foreign minister says. The total, which includes $212m (£132m) from the US and $1bn (£622m) from Qatar, exceeds the sum requested. The Palestinian Authority had appealed for $4bn (£2.5bn) to rebuild Gaza. At least 100,000 Gazans lost their homes in the 50-day conflict between Israel and Hamas, and much of the territory’s infrastructure was damaged. Envoys from dozens of countries have been attending the Cairo conference, which is hosted by Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. “The participants pledged approximately $5.4bn,” Norway’s Boerge Brende was quoted as saying by Egyptian state television. Earlier the Palestinian and Egyptian presidents called on Israel to commit to a long-term peace initiative.
Oct. 12, 2014
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29586636
“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
Jordan
Headline: Jordan will act promptly against Israeli violations – minister
Jordan affirmed on Monday that it will take prompt action against any Israeli escalation against the holy place in occupied Jerusalem, Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications Mohammed Al Momani said. Momani, who is also the government spokesman, affirmed that the “Jordan will take the needed political and legal measures to end the seizure against Al Aqsa Mosque and push Israel to commit to the peace agreement.” The alternative, Momani warned, “will be more extremism and seditions that could trigger a religious war in the region.” Further, the minister condemned the ongoing Israeli aggressions against Arab Jeruselmites and the Al Aqsa Mosque. “These aggressions constitute a flagrant violation against Jordan and a breach of heavenly religions and international norms,” the minister affirmed.
***Perhaps he should watch the video above and issue warnings to the Muslim rioters, who never seem be called on the carpet over the destruction of their so called Holy Mosque. When was the last time YOU set off a grenade in your church??
Oct. 13, 2014
http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleNO=26904#.VDw9UhanGVo
Lebanon
Headline: Slain Hezbollah chief’s son takes command on Israeli border
The son of an assassinated Hezbollah leader was appointed the organization’s commander of a district on Israel’s border with Syria, according to Syrian opposition reports. Imad Mughniyeh’s son Jihad (a more appropriate name I cannot fathom) is serving as the Shi’ite terrorist group’s Golan District commander, Syrian National Council spokesman Mouayyed Ghizlan told CNN on Sunday. He also warned that Hezbollah is expanding its operations on the Israel-Syria border.
Oct. 12, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/slain-hezbollah-leaders-son-takes-command-on-israels-border/
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Saudi FM: ‘Iranians in Syria are Occupiers’
On Monday, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal stated that “Iranian forces in Syria are occupying forces,” and that Iran must “pull its forces from Syria.” Prince al-Faisal made his statement at a joint press conference in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea city of Jeddah with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Al-Faisal’s legal designation of Iran as an “occupying force” in Syria could have significant war crimes implications for Iran since, under such a “occupying force” definition, Iran could be held legally responsible for the war crimes and genocide of Assad’s chlorine chemical attacks on Syrian Sunni civilians. Prince al-Faisal also accused Iran of instigating many other conflicts in the Middle East when he said, “In many conflicts, Iran is part of the problem, not the solution.” Specifically, in Syria, he accused Tehran of sending to troops that are “fighting Syrians.” And he added, “If Iran wants to be part of the solution in Syria, it has to pull its forces from Syria. The same applies elsewhere, whether in Yemen or Iraq.”
Oct. 13, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/186127#.VDwsDRanGVo
Egypt
Headline: Egypt Police Storm 2 Universities Over Protests
Egyptian police backed by armored vehicles stormed the campuses of at least two prominent Egyptian universities to quell anti-government protests by students, officials and a student spokesman said Sunday. Sunday’s largest rallies took place at Cairo and the Islamist al-Azhar universities, where students smashed a number of newly installed metal detectors at campus gates. Ahead of the academic year which began Saturday, authorities intensified security measures at universities nationwide to prevent the resurgence of student protests organized largely by supporters of toppled Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, overthrown last year by the military after massive protests against him. Last year, at least 16 students were killed and hundreds were arrested during protests that regularly descended into violence. This year, government officials warned that renewed protests would not be tolerated on campuses, enacting new regulations curbing student activities. Authorities hired a private security firm to search students, as well as install metal detectors and cameras around campuses. New fortified walls were built and troops were permanently deployed outside campuses. Student protest spokesman Youssef Salhen said protesters clashed briefly with police Sunday outside of al-Azhar University. Salhen said students attacked the newly installed metal detectors, which he described as symbols of new “repressive measures” against the student protest movement. He said tightening restrictions on student activities and protests will not put a dent into their rallies against the authorities.
Oct. 12, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/egypt-police-universities-quell-protests-26136877
Syria Iraq ISIS- the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (the Levant) ISIS=ISIL=IS=Daash
Iraq Syria Kurdistan
Syria Headline: Syria: Turkey, Saudi Arabia giving WMDs to ‘terrorists’
Syria’s ambassador to the United Nations has accused Turkey and Saudi Arabia of supplying chemical weapons to “terrorist organizations” operating in his country. Bashar al-Jaafari told a UN committee last week that Turkey and Saudi Arabia should examine their own involvement in the Syrian conflict before making “null and baseless accusations [against] the Syrian government,” Syrian and Iranian news outlets reported. Jaafari said the two countries are “directly involved in providing these terrorist organizations with chemical weapons.” He also said they help finance groups trying to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad, and singled out Turkey for supporting more than 100 militant organizations active in Syria.
Oct. 12, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.620378
Syria Headline: Syria’s air force ramps up strikes in west as US hits east
Syria’s air force carried out strikes against rebels at more than double its usual rate on Monday, according to a monitoring group, ramping up its offensive near the capital while Washington strikes so-called Islamic State (ISIL) fighters far away. The intensified air strikes by President Bashar al-Assad’s government will add to the fear among Assad’s opponents that he is taking advantage of the US strikes to crush other foes, including the “moderate opposition” that Washington backs. The United States says it does not want to help Assad’s government despite bombing ISIL, the most powerful group fighting against Damascus in a three year civil war. Washington aims to help arm moderates to fight against both Assad and the ISIL. But within days of the start of US air strikes in Syria last month, Assad’s government stepped up the tempo of its own air campaign against rebels closer to the capital Damascus.
Oct. 13, 2014
Syria Headline: Kurdish fighters halt Islamic State advance in Kobani
Syria Headline: Islamic State suicide bomber detonates near Syria-Turkey border
Syria Headline: Report cites evidence ISIL used chemical weapons in Kobane assault
Activists say Kurdish fighters have been able to halt the advance of the Islamic State extremist group in the Syrian border town of Kobani, where the U.S.-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes for more than two weeks. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the militants have not been able to advance since Friday but are sending in reinforcements. Farhad Shami, a Kurdish activist in Kobani reached by phone from Beirut, says the town was “relatively quiet” on Sunday apart from sniper fire. He said Islamic State fighters launched an offensive south of the town Saturday but were repelled and lost many fighters. Rami Abdurrahman, the Observatory’s chief, said 36 jihadi fighters were killed in Kobani on Saturday. The jihadists control more than a third of the town. Then on Monday, an Islamic State suicide bomber detonated a truck laden with explosives in the northern part of the besieged Kurdish town of Kobani, near the Turkish border crossing with Syria, a monitoring group and Kurdish sources said. The attack took place about 2 km north of Kobani, which has been the scene of heavy clashes between Kurdish forces and Islamic State fighters, who have tightened their grip on the city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Kurdish officials said.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.620367
http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/10/13/report-isil-used-chemical-agent-kurdish-fighters/
Syria Headline: IS Militants Explode Six Car Bombs in Kobani
The Islamic State (IS) militants have detonated six car bombs in Kobani, Syrian Kurdistan. A source from Kobani told BasNews that earlier today [October 13] IS insurgents exploded a car bomb adjacent to a grocery market in Kobani and exploded another near the Rashad Mosque. According to the source, IS insurgents also exploded two other car bombs in the east of Kobani and another close to the center of the city. Two car bombs targeted the western and southern parts of Kobani although the extent of the damage caused by these attacks is yet to be ascertained. The source revealed that clashes in and around the city between IS militants and Kurdish fighters continue and the advance of Kurdish fighters has re-taken control of some areas previously held by IS insurgents. The source also stated that although Islamic State are attacking Kurdish fighters from the south of the city, the YPG continues to defend the city. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has revealed that aerial attacks conducted by the international coalition have hit five IS positions in the southern areas of Kobani, taking out a substantial amount of heavy weaponry.
****This report indicates a higher amount of suicide bombers than the Daily Mail story above
Oct. 13, 2014
http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/IS-Militants-Explode-Six-Car-Bombs-in-Kobani/37615
Syria Headline: ISIL attacks Syria’s Hasakah
Clashes broke out between militants of the Islamic State (IS/ISIL) and the Syrian regime’s forces near Mount Abdulaziz in the western countryside of Hasakah, northeastern Syria, on Monday morning. Local activists told ARA News that clashes took place following IS attacks on the villages of Makhrum, al-Hara and Sodat Abd in the coutryside of Hasakah, which are held by the pro-Assad militia of National Defence Army. The same sources asserted that the three villages are close to the regime regarding the number of army recruits and they show aggression to IS proponents, following several incidents which claimed lives of a number of pro-Assad gunmen at secutiry checkpoints. Meanwhile, clashes moved to east of Geweran neighbourhood (in southern Hasaka) close to Red Villas area, where Kurdish fighters of the Popular Protection Units (YPG) are based. Based on the same sources, the area was targeted by three missiles; two close to the YPG-held cemeteries checkpoint in Geweran while the third hit the Red Villas’ security checkpoint. According to the YPG, IS militants have launched these attacks on Sunday. Dozens of mortars fell close to YPG’s headquarters and the newly established chackpoint of Aziziya in Hasakah, which caused a state of panic in the city’s northern neighbourhoods such as al-Mifti and al-Salhiya.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://aranews.net/2014/10/isil-attacks-syrias-hasakah/
Syria Headline: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
https://www.facebook.com/syriahroe
http://syriahr.com/en/category/news/
Syria Headline: ISW Syria Update October 2- October 10, 2014
http://iswsyria.blogspot.com/2014/10/syria-update-october-02-october-10-2014.html
Iraq Headline: Iraq urges U.S. to send ground troops as ISIS jihadists close in on Baghdad
Iraq Headline: Iraqi FM says no request for foreign boots to fight ISIL
Iraqi officials issued a desperate plea Saturday night for America to provide ground troops, as heavily armed ISIS jihadists came within striking distance of Baghdad. Amid reports that Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham forces have advanced as far as Abu Ghraib, a town that is effectively a suburb of Baghdad, a senior local governor claimed that up to 10,000 fighters from the movement were now poised to assault the capital. The warning came from Sabah Al-Karhout, the president of the provisional council of Anbar Province, the vast desert region to the west of Baghdad that has now largely fallen under ISIS control. The province’s two main cities, Fallujah and Ramadi, were once known as “the graveyard of the Americans,” and the idea of returning there will not be welcomed by the Pentagon. But were the province to fall completely into militant hands, it would give ISIS a perfect springboard from which to mount an all-out assault on Baghdad, where a team of about 1,500 U.S. troops is already acting as mentors to the beleaguered Iraqi army. Iraqi government officials claim that while international attention has been focused in recent weeks on the Syrian town of Kobane on the Turkish border – where Kurdish fighters are still battling to keep advancing ISIS gunmen at bay – Anbar province has been on the verge of collapse. Government forces in the provincial capital Ramadi are still holding out against the ISIS offensive. But U.S. officials yesterday warned that the city was in a “tenuous” position. The surge of jihadi activity has also led to speculation that the group’s operation in Kobane was part of an elaborate decoy mission orchestrated by Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the ISIS “caliph.” Observers point out that while the capture of Kobane would not greatly increase ISIS’s military clout, the capture of Ramadi or other cities in Anbar would be catastrophic both for the Iraqi government and Western hopes of attempting to contain the group.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/10/13/382104/no-iraq-request-for-foreign-boots-fm/
Iraq Headline: Militants Take Iraq Army Camp as Bombs Hit Baghdad
Iraq Headline: Iraq pulls troops from ISIS-held Heet
Militants with the Islamic State group on Monday captured a military training camp in western Iraq, inching closer to full control of the restive Anbar province. The camp, near the town of Hit that fell to the insurgents earlier this month, was overrun in the morning hours after clashes with Iraqi soldiers who were forced to abandon the camp and withdraw from the area, two Anbar officials told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. Town residents confirmed the camp’s fall, speaking to the AP also on condition of anonymity, fearing for their own safety.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/uk-official-airstrikes-stop-iraq-militants-26157730
Iraq Headline: Thirty killed in three bombings in Shi’ite parts of Baghdad
Iraq Headline: ISIS attack on Baghdad Airport thwarted by US helicopters says US General Dempsey
Three bombs exploded in Shi’ite parts of Baghdad on Monday, killing 30 people, police and medical officials said, continuing a wave of attacks targeting Iraq’s majority religious group. Baghdad’s largest Shi’ite neighbourhood, Sadr City, was rocked by two blasts: a bomb in the late afternoon that killed six people near a marketplace, and a car bomb at a police checkpoint that killed 16 people and wounded 30, according to medical and police officials. In Kahdimiya, in western Baghdad, a car bomb killed eight civilians and wounded 21 others at the main checkpoint to the district, police and medical officials said. The death toll rose from an initial figure officials gave of 22. There was no claim for the bombings, but the Shi’ite-government has been at war with Islamic State across central and western Iraq.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/twenty-five-people-killed-three-bombings-shiite-parts-172747987.html
Iraq Headline: ISW Iraq Situation Report October 11-12, 2014
http://iswiraq.blogspot.com/2014/10/iraq-situation-report-october-11-12-2014.html
Kurdish Headline: Triple bombing in Iraq kills 26 Kurds
A triple suicide bombing killed 26 Kurdish security forces northeast of Baghdad on Sunday and a roadside bomb killed the police chief of the western Anbar province, dealing major blows to Iraqi security forces struggling to combat the Islamic State extremist group. The triple attack took place in Qara Tappah, in the ethnically and communally mixed Diyala province, according to an official from the Kurdish Asayish security forces. He said the first bomber detonated an explosives vest at the gateway to a security compound that also houses the office of a main Kurdish political party. Minutes later, two suicide bombers plowed cars filled with explosives into the compound, causing heavy damage. At least 60 people were wounded in the attack. The Islamic State extremist group claimed the attack, saying it was carried out by three non-Iraqi jihadists. The authenticity of the online statement could not be independently verified, but it was posted on a Twitter account frequently used by the militant group. The group has seized some towns in the volatile Diyala province and has clashed with Kurdish forces there. Hospital officials confirmed the casualties. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Oct. 12, 2014
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/10/12/triple-suicide-bombing-in-iraq-kills-26-kurds/
Kurdish Headline: Iraqi Kurds Urge Turkey To Let Volunteers Through To Defend Kobani
A top official of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region is calling on Turkey to let volunteer fighters through to the besieged Syrian city of Kobani, where Syrian Kurds are waging a desperate battle against Islamic State (IS) militants. Speaking on a visit to RFE/RL in Prague on October 13, Falah Mustafa, the foreign minister of the Kurdish regional government (KRG), said Ankara should heed calls from the international community to help the city, which has been under siege for almost four weeks. “It’s a moral responsibility for all of us to move in order to help the besieged [city of] Kobani,” Mustafa said. “We hope that there would be an understanding by Turkey to the calls from the international community and to the needs of these people who have proven to be bravely fighting the terrorists throughout this period, from the day they have been besieged.” He said Ankara should establish a corridor between its border checkpoint of Mursitpinar and Kobani, whose northern edge is less than a kilometer from the Turkish frontier. “We are not asking for the impossible,” Mustafa said. “For a corridor to be opened for those who are ready to go and join [the fighters in Kobani], because they need weapons, they need ammunition, they need medical assistance, and they need foodstuffs.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-iraqi-kurds-kobani-syria-help/26635273.html
Headline: New ISIS Video: “I Await My Turn,” Captive Says
On Sunday, the jihadist group released the third “episode” of its web series hosted by John Cantlie, a British journalist who has been an ISIS prisoner for two years
http://www.vocativ.com/world/isis-2/chilling-new-isis-video-await-turn-captive-says/
Headline: ISIS magazine shows its flag flying over Vatican
The black flag of Islamic militant group ISIS is shown flying above St. Peter’s Square on the cover of the group’s magazine Dabiq, which called in its latest issue for a war against the Catholic Church. With the headline The Failed Crusade, the photo-shopped cover of Dabiq caps new threats against Rome and the Vatican as well as forces led by the United States in a bombing campaign in Iraq and Syria against ISIS militants. It threatens to “conquer” Rome and “break your crosses,” referring to the symbol of Christianity.
The group has previously suggested that the fight is about religion and western forces are attacking the Islamic faith rather than the militants – a modern version of the medieval Crusades that pitted the Roman Catholic Christians of the day against Islam. The article in Dabiq – named for a town in northern Syria – also urged faithful Muslims to attack and kill “every Crusader possible” and added that “it is lawful to kidnap the women of the infidels and use them as sex slaves”. Last month, security officials said that they had stepped up security at the Vatican following threats by ISIS, which wants to establish an Islamic Caliphate. This marked the fourth issue of Dabiq, which is published in English.
****Use MUCH caution on 2nd link as it is the actual 4th issue of the magazine
Oct. 13, 2014
Listed below are the nations which will attack Israel from Ezekiel chapter 38 and their modern day names (see chart above).
Gog is the leader of the Russian invasion of Israel.
Magog, Meshech, and Tubal comprise modern day Russia.
Persia is Iran, parts of northern Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Cush is Ethiopia and Sudan.
Put is Libya and will most likely include Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
Gomer is Eastern Germany.
Beth Togarmah is Turkey and Armenia.
Russia
Headline: Shelling heard near Ukraine’s Donetsk airport
Artillery fire has been reported between pro-Russian forces and the Ukrainian army near the Donetsk airport in the country’s war-torn east. The airport, which saw artillery duel on Sunday, has been the center of intense fighting that has continued despite a shaky truce between the two sides signed on September 5. Pro-Russian forces are seeking to retake the airport, which is considered as the Ukrainian government’s last outpost in the areas controlled by the pro-Russians. Meanwhile, residents of Donetsk say the flashpoint city is shelled daily. Pro-Russians insist that they have been sticking to the ceasefire, and only respond to incoming fire. But Kiev says its troops have repelled daily raids on their airport positions. This comes as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced plans to meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in the Italian city of Milan on Friday.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/10/13/382013/ukraine-army-prorussians-trade-fire/
Afghanistan
****Clicking on the UNDERLINED sections will take you to the news link
Headline: War News for Monday, October 13, 2014
Reported security incidents
#1: Officials in Afghanistan say a suicide car bomber has struck a NATO convoy in the capital, Kabul, killing one civilian and wounding three others. No casualties among international troops have been reported. The attack took place Monday morning near a housing compound for NATO contractors on the main road leading to Jalalabad.
An Afghan civilian has been killed and three foreigners injured in a suicide bomb attack in the capital Kabul. The three foreign security contractors were travelling in a convoy in the west of the city.
#2: Twenty-one militants were killed in air strikes by jet fighters in North Waziristan and Khyber tribal agencies on Sunday.
#3: A bomb blast launched by militants targeted the vehicle of an advisor to Afghanistan’s finance ministry injuring him along with two others in the northern Kunduz city on Monday, police spokesman Sayed Sarwar Hussaini said.
#4: At least three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were martyred following a suicide attack in central Maidan Wardak province on Sunday. According to local government officials, the incident took place in Syedabad district on Sunday afternoon. Provincial governor spokesman, Ataullah Khogyani said the suicide bomber rammed a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) into the convoy of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces.
http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Headline: Taliban ambush kills 14 Afghan troops as violent clashes continue
Headline: Afghan Taliban Claims Hitting 10 U.S. Troops in Suicide Bombing in Kabul, Killing 45 Afghans in Balkh
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/10/13/three-killed-in-afghanistan-suicide-bombing/
Sudan
Headline: Sudan restates claim to disputed territory with Egypt
Egyptian-Sudanese relations are currently witnessing a silent confusion after Khartoum approved an earlier decision to declare the disputed area of Halayeb and Shalateen, on the borders of the two countries, an electoral district for both the parliamentary and presidential elections at the beginning of 2015. Cairo is also preparing to conduct parliamentary elections with the participation of the same electoral district at the end of this year, and considers this area to be an integral part of Egyptian territory, according to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry. This creates further complications, especially with the increasing demands from political parties in Egypt that Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi act quickly to resolve the matter before the Sudanese elections, believing that Sudan has violated international law with its decision, which they described as anti-Egyptian.
Oct. 13, 2014
Libya
Headline: 23 Killed in Libya as Islamist Militants Battle Rival Militias
Fighting between Islamist militias and rival groups in a western Libyan town has killed at least 23 people, a hospital official said Sunday. The intense battle in Kikla also left 43 people wounded, mainly from shrapnel wounds, said the official, Emad Khalifa Abdul-Salam of the Gharyan hospital, southwest of the capital, Tripoli. The fighting is part of a nationwide power struggle between Islamist-backed militias, which have seized control of most of Tripoli, including its international airport, and their opponents, who back an internationally recognized government based in the far eastern part of the country. The anti-Islamist Zintan militia, named for its hometown in the west, attacked Kikla, an Islamist stronghold, on Saturday. A commander in the Islamist militias, known as Libya Dawn, said the Zintan militia, with the backing of local tribes, was able to seize parts of Kikla and briefly cut roads between Kikla and Gharyan, about 50 miles southwest of Tripoli. But the Libya Dawn fighters forced them to retreat, allowing traffic to resume, the commander said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the news media. Facebook pages affiliated with the Zintan militias showed pictures of Libya Dawn vehicles they claimed to have seized in the fighting.
Oct. 12, 2014
Algeria
Headline: Algerian troops kill eight in search for group behind tourist beheading
Algerian troops killed eight suspected militants in the eastern Bouira region where they have been tracking an al Qaeda splinter group that killed a French tourist, state news agency APS reported. Three suspected militants were killed on Friday and another five were killed on Saturday in Bouira, east of the capital Algiers, APS said, citing an unnamed security source. The mountains in Bouira are home to elements from Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and also to splinter group Caliphate Soldiers which has declared its loyalty to Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria. A separate security source told Reuters that one of the militants killed in the weekend operation was a commander of the Farouk brigade, one of strongest remaining elements of AQIM in Algeria.
Oct. 12, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/algerian-troops-kill-eight-search-group-behind-tourist-133342593.html
Germany
Headline: € 360 million to foster Morocco-Germany development cooperation
Germany will earmark for Morocco, over the two upcoming years, an amount of 360 million euros, said the German embassy on the sidelines of inter-governmental talks on development cooperation held on Oct. 9-10 in Rabat. Speaking on this occasion, Germany’s ambassador to Morocco Volkmar Wenzel noted the long-standing bilateral partnership for development led to important results and is in line with the excellent Moroccan-German relations, an embassy statement said on Monday. The Morocco-Germany development cooperation has been going on for over fifty years and is a main pillar of bilateral ties, said the statement, noting that Berlin is one of Morocco’s top donors. This cooperation involves key sectors as water, energy, environment and sustainable economic development, it concluded.
Oct. 13, 2014
Turkey
Headline: Turkish official denies report of deal with US to use bases for ISIS strikes
A Turkish official on Monday denied reports of an agreement with the United States and Arab allies on using an air base in southern Turkey for operations against the Islamic State group. An unnamed official told the Associated Press that there is no new agreement, and Turkey and the U.S. are still talking about the Incirlik air base as well as Turkish demands for the creation of a no-fly zone and a safe haven for refugees. The denial comes after Obama administration officials told The New York Times that an American assessment team is expected to arrive in Turkey this week to determine what kind of missions can be flown from the Turkish bases, as well as and iron out the details of a training program for moderate Syrian rebels that also reportedly was agreed on over the weekend. U.S. Defense officials, though, told Fox News it is premature to say what the Turks might be agreeing to, though a U.S. military team is slated to head to Turkey later in the week.
Oct. 13, 2014
Headline: Pro- and anti-ISIL students clash at Turkish universities
A series of tense incidents has taken place at some of Turkey’s universities, including İstanbul University and the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ), over the past couple of weeks as pro- and anti-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) groups of students continue to clash. Twenty-seven pro-ISIL students were detained by police after a quarrel erupted with anti-ISIL students at İstanbul University’s faculty of economics and administrative sciences on Monday. The pro-ISIL students, who reportedly had their faces covered, wearing black hats and holding sticks, were heard shouting phrases like, “We are Muslim students,” as they were taken to police vehicles. Nine of the detained students are allegedly affiliated with Muslim Youths Association which is known for its radical Islamist tendencies. The detained students were taken to the İstanbul Police Department’s anti-terror office for interrogation after undergoing health checks at a hospital. Some anti-ISIL students at the university’s campus issued a press statement after the attack, saying: “We, students of the İstanbul University, have been subject to the aggression of ISIL supporters who have blood on their hands. ISIL militants are known for their aggression. They murder children and rape women in Rojava and Kobani. Those pro-ISIL ‘so-called’ students with black masks attacked us with sticks.” The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government has been the target of criticism for failing to act against ISIL to save Kobani. Violent protests against ISIL attacks and AK Party policy led to the deaths of 34 people last week.
Oct. 13, 2014
Headline: Huge amount of explosives ‘that could destroy a city’ seized in southeast Turkey
Turkish police are on high security alert after a large amount of explosives were seized in the southeastern province of Gaziantep. Police seized 150 kilograms of C4 explosives, 20 vests for suicide attacks, and a number of guns and bullets in the operation, daily Habertürk has reported. The amount of explosives could destroy a middle-sized city, the report stated. Gaziantep Police Department head Ali Gezer previously said people “would be terrified” if he announced the amount of weapons and ammunition seized by police in the recent operation. Police are considering the possibility that the ammunition could belong to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), after initial suspicion had focused on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). They are reportedly considering that the seized explosives could be part of ammunition that was allegedly deployed by ISIL in big cities, the report added. Red alerts have been issued in many cities, including Istanbul and Ankara.
Oct. 13, 2014
Armenia
Headline: Thousands take part in opposition rally in Armenia
About 12,000 people have rallied in the capital of Armenia to protest a constitutional change being proposed by the president. Protesters and leaders of Armenia’s three major opposition parties, which organized Friday’s rally together despite their ideological differences, also called for the resignation of the government, blaming it for a dismal economic growth. An ad-hoc commission was set up in Armenia early this year to consider potential changes to the constitution. President Serge Sarkisian, who is now the head of state, has proposed a change that would make the prime minister the government’s top official. The opposition claims he has done that so he could run for that job when his second and final term as president ends in 2018 and thereby potentially remain Armenia’s leader.
Oct. 10, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-part-opposition-rally-armenia-190721211.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: Thousands join ‘weekend of resistance’ as Brown protests expand beyond Ferguson
Headline: Hundreds, led by clergy, march to Ferguson police station Monday
Protests over the Aug. 9 killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, continue to grow as thousands of people from all over the United States descended on greater St. Louis to take part in a weekend-long series of events and marches demanding “justice” for the killing. Events in what one student called “the epicenter of the movement against police brutality” have transformed since the violence of the immediate aftermath of the shooting into a more sophisticated, but often edgy and raw, strategy where protesters are fanning out to civic events like the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and sporting events, including this weekend’s baseball playoffs featuring the St. Louis Cardinals. What has been billed by organizers as a “weekend of resistance” is part of an evolving protest strategy as the country awaits a grand jury verdict. The new wave of increasingly organized protests are also serving as a stark warning to authorities that only an indictment will be accepted by the community. City officials are taking those warnings seriously, as they’ve already laid plans to respond to any potential outbreak of social unrest.
Oct. 13, 2014
Headline: Islamist rebels blamed for car bomb in Somalia, at least seven dead
Suspected Islamist rebels detonated a car bomb in front of a popular cafe in the centre of the Somali capital on Sunday evening, killing at least seven people, police and the emergency services said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the Islamist militant group al Shabaab has frequently set off bombs or launched gun attacks in Mogadishu. It promised more attacks after it lost control of a major coastal stronghold a week ago. “We believe al Shabaab is behind the blast,” police officer Major Nuur Farah told Reuters, saying the venue had been busy. Mogadishu ambulance coordinator, Abdiqadir Abdirahman, said at least seven people were killed and 15 wounded had been taken to hospital, some in a serious condition.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/islamist-rebels-blamed-car-bomb-somalia-least-seven-074924153.html
Headline: Yemen southerners plan huge protests to demand secession
Southern separatists in Yemen have called for huge demonstrations Tuesday to demand secession, aiming to benefit from the political chaos in Sanaa after the capital’s takeover by Shiite rebels. Hardliners in the Southern Movement called for protests in Aden, the capital of former South Yemen, and in Mukalla, provincial capital of Hadramawt in the southeast. The chosen date, October 14, marks the 51st anniversary of the south’s revolt against British colonial rule. The aim is to “send one last message to the northerners that we are more determined than ever to build an independent state,” said Abdullah al-Jifri, leader of a southern faction. The head of the League of Southerners, who lives in exile in Saudi Arabia, called for a large turnout at the demonstrations. “The people of the south are marching to Aden from all provinces because they realise that the ongoing dispute provides the last chance to cap years of struggle for the south’s independence,” said Khalid al-Kathiri, spokesman for the Supreme Council of the Southern Movement. One southern protester was shot dead and four others were wounded on August 28 when police opened fire at a demonstration by separatists in the port city of Aden.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Oct-13/273916-yemen-southerners-plan-huge-protests-to-demand-secession.ashx#axzz3G3hO5tmH
Headline: Thousands march in Barcelona against Catalonia independence
Thousands took to the streets of Barcelona on Sunday, Spain’s national day, to oppose moves to make their Catalonia region an independent state. Less than a month from a November 9 referendum date set by Catalonia’s leaders for a vote on secession, some 40,000 people demonstrated in the Catalan capital, according to police. Waving Spanish and Catalan flags, the crowd chanted “Mas, resign!”, a jab at Catalonia regional president Artur Mas, who called the referendum on independence in defiance of the Madrid government which says it is illegal. “I want the freedom to be both Spanish and Catalan at the same time,” Javier Pardo, 23, told AFP. “They can’t take that away from me.” The rally, organised by the Catalan Civil Society group under the slogan of “Spain for All”, is the latest in a series of rallies by advocates of both sides of the hotly contested issue.
Oct. 12, 2014
Headline: Fresh clashes rock Hong Kong as 100s break down protest barriers
Headline: Arrests in China for support of Hong Kong democracy
Fresh violence has broken out in Hong Kong as hundreds of unidentified men attacked protest barriers in the city, clashing with anti-election law protesters and security forces. On Monday, dozens of men, many wearing surgical masks and armed with crowbars and cutting tools, tried to forcefully remove the metal barricades that protesters had set up. This caused scuffles between demonstrators and anti-protest groups which are opposed to the campaign against the election law. A group of police officers eventually intervened. Police said they arrested two men who tried to engage in clashes with the protesters. “Before the police came, young men wearing masks and dark clothing came to pick fights with people,” Kevin Ng, an eyewitness, said. Chinese state media have blamed the US for being behind the protests in Hong Kong. The claim has been rejected by US State Department.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/10/13/382086/fresh-scuffles-break-out-in-hong-kong/
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: S&P 500 Slides to Cap Worst Three-Day Drop Since 2011
U.S. stocks sank, erasing earlier gains and capping the worst three-day loss for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index since 2011, as investors weighed prospects for slowing global growth and the spread of Ebola. Halliburton Co., Dow Chemical Co. and Merck & Co. (MCK) lost at least 4.3 percent to pace declines in energy, commodity and health-care companies that led the market lower. Spirit Airlines Inc., United Continental Holdings Inc. and American Airlines Group Inc. sank more than 7 percent as the Bloomberg U.S. Airlines Index extended its loss since Sept. 2 to 22 percent. The S&P 500 (SPX) slid 1.6 percent to 1,874.74 at 4 p.m. in New York, falling below its average from the past 200 days of 1,905 for the first time in two years. The index extended its three-day drop to 4.8 percent and closed at the lowest since May 20. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 223.03 points, or 1.3 percent, to 16,321.07. The Nasdaq Composite Index sank 1.5 percent and the Russell 2000 Index declined 0.4 percent. “It seemed like we were finally having a little slowing in selloff momentum, but obviously the bears won out here,” Joe Bell, a senior equity analyst in Cincinnati at Schaeffer’s Investment Research Inc., said by phone. Ebola is adding to “overall uncertainty and fear amongst Americans. Energy and oil are continuing to take a beating and are leading the market lower.”
Oct. 13, 2014
Wars & Rumors of Wars Matthew 24:6 , Revelation 6:3-4 & Revelation 6:8 “ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword. Weapons of Mass Destruction Zechariah 14:12 “And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.”
Headline: South Korea troop movements up tensions
South Korea deploys additional military forces to the islands on its border with the North, amid renewed rising tensions between the two rival neighbors. South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on Monday that the army has dispatched Chiron Man missiles and armored vehicles to the border area, west of the peninsula. The top army authority further stated that the country’s armed forces have worked out a timetable on how to respond to North Korea’s potential military provocations. “The military devised a timetable on how to respond to North Korea’s possible provocations after the reassessment of its recent military buildup and attack patterns,” it said. This is while the two sides exchanged fire across their borders on Friday after South Korean activists launched balloons carrying pamphlets that criticized the government in Pyongyang.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/10/13/382072/s-korea-deploys-troops-on-borders/
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: Texas healthcare worker diagnosed with Ebola
Headline: Liberia: 41 UN staffers under observation for Ebola
Headline: Nurses Union Threatens to ‘Picket Every Hospital in This Country’ over Ebola Hazmat Suits
A Texas healthcare worker who provided care for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first patient to be given a diagnosis of Ebola in the US, who died on Wednesday, has tested positive for the deadly virus. At a Sunday morning press conference at the hospital, it was confirmed that a close contact of the healthcare worker – who officials said was wearing full protective gear when he or she made contact with Duncan – has also been placed, “proactively”, in isolation. The new case is the first person-to-person transmission of the disease in the US. Dr Tom Frieden, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said the diagnosis of the healthcare worker showed there had been a clear breach of safety protocol at the hospital.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/liberia-41-staffers-ebola-observation-26121437
Headline: Toddler first in Michigan to die from enterovirus strain
Headline: California county confirms first 3 cases of enterovirus D68
Headline: 14 Texas Children Have Confirmed Cases of Deadly Enterovirus-D68
A 21-month-old girl is the first in the state of Michigan and second in the U.S. to die this year from a strain of the enterovirus that has infected more than 500 people across the nation, health officials said on Saturday. Madeline Reid, who was stricken with Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), passed away late on Friday while being treated at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, hospital officials said in a statement. More than 500 people, mostly children, in 43 states and the District of Columbia have been infected with EV-D68 since mid-August, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This week, the CDC said that a 4-year-old Eli Waller of New Jersey, who went to bed last month in seemingly good health and died in his sleep, was the first fatality linked directly to the strain of the virus. Aside from Reid and Waller, at least four others infected with Enterovirus D68 have died this year, although the CDC said it is unclear what role the virus played in their deaths.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/toddler-first-michigan-die-enterovirus-strain-230156591.html
Headline: HealthMap
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Apostasy & Alternative Lifestyles Amos 8:11, 1 Timothy 4:1-3 & Romans1:26-27 “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, 3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.” (1 Timothy) “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the words of the Lord.” (Amos) “For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due”(Romans)
Headline: Vatican calls for Catholic Church to welcome gays
Catholic bishops took an unprecedented step on Monday to “welcome” homosexuals and noting they had “gifts and qualities” to offer the church. As the global synod on the family entered its second week at the Vatican, the bishops released a midterm document summarising the closed-door debate taking place between nearly 200 bishops and lay officials. While the church reaffirmed its opposition to marriage and same sex unions, the ground-breaking document said homosexuality prompted “serious reflection” and was an “important educative challenge”. “Are we capable of welcoming these people, guaranteeing them a fraternal space in our communities?” the document asked. “Often they wish to encounter a church that offers them a welcoming home. “Are our communities capable of providing that, accepting and valuing their sexual orientation, without compromising Catholic doctrine on the family and matrimony?” Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminister and the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, told The Telegraph there were no easy answers and stressed that this was a synod about pastoral care. “I don’t think this document approves of same sex unions or same sex marriage. But it does make a very strong compassionate, heartfelt effort to say we want to talk, we want to engage with you,” he said. The synod document also signalled a more “constructive” approach to cohabitation and a simpler approach to marriage annulment, “speeding up” the procedure and the possibility of giving local bishops more power to dissolve marriages. No decisions or doctrinal changes were announced. But the report was described as an “earthquake” by John Thavis, journalist and author of the bestselling The Vatican Diaries”. Other commentators agreed.
Oct. 13, 2014
Matthew 24:7 “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.” Luke21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring”
Headline: 300,000 Evacuated as Strong Cyclone Hits Eastern India
A powerful cyclone crashed against the eastern coast of India close to noon on Sunday, uprooting trees, lashing the area with heavy rain and wind, and disrupting power and communication lines. Close to 300,000 people were evacuated from their homes in parts of the states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh as of Sunday evening, according to disaster and relief officials in each state. One of the worst-hit regions was the coast of Andhra Pradesh, where more than 130,000 people were evacuated starting on Saturday in preparation for the storm, and where the 15-mile eye of the storm passed on Sunday afternoon. The storm, which is called Cyclone Hudhud, hit the southern port city of Visakhapatnam, where there is a major naval base. “There is huge damage,” said N. Chandrababu Naidu, the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, in a telephone interview with the Indian news channel NDTV. “Even to buildings, trees and also crops. Communication has totally collapsed.” The Japanese island of Okinawa was also hit by a powerful typhoon, Vongfong, on Sunday. The typhoon was expected by Monday to fully reach the island of Kyushu, Japan, becoming the second severe storm to hit in a week, according to The Associated Press. At least 35 people were reported injured in Okinawa and Kyushu, where the authorities told 150,000 people to evacuate as the typhoon toppled trees, flooded streets and cut power to more than 60,000 homes. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the typhoon could reach the Tokyo area Tuesday, gradually losing strength as it moves up the archipelago. In India, officials with the Indian Meteorological Department said to NDTV that the winds from the cyclone were about 121 miles per hour, earning a “very severe” cyclone designation, but that within six hours, the winds would diminish by half, reducing it to a cyclone. Six hours after that, officials said, winds would further weaken by half, making it a “depression” by midnight.
Oct. 12, 2014
Headline: Typhoon Vongfong hits south Japan, moves to main island
The strongest storm to hit Japan this year battered the southern islands of Kyushu and Shikoku early on Monday, brought heavy rain to Tokyo and caused extensive travel disruption. Typhoon Vongfong has forced the cancellation of more than 500 domestic flights, the public broadcaster NHK said. At least one overseas flight was canceled, according to an airline. Many trains in western cities were also suspended, NHK said. More than 820,000 people have been urged to leave their homes, it said. About 4,900 households in Tokyo suburbs were without power, media said. Rain in Tokyo was expected to intensify overnight. Vongfong battered the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, 600 km (1,000 miles) south of Tokyo, as well as Kyushu and Shikoku islands, injuring 59 people, NHK said. On Sunday, the wind weakened significantly from the previous day when it reached a peak of 234 kph 146 mph), which had made Vongfong into a “super typhoon”.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/typhoon-vongfong-hits-southern-japan-moving-main-island-034052220–finance.html
Headline: 6.2 Earthquake strikes 110 miles off east coast of Japan
An earthquake measuring 6.2 struck off the east coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu, the US Geological Survey reported on Saturday. The epicentre of the quake was placed 110 miles northeast of Hachinohe, according to the USGS website. There was no danger of a tsunami, public broadcaster NHK said. The quake occurred around 0236 GMT, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Oct. 11, 2014
http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-earthquake-strikes-110-miles-off-east-coast-of-japan-2025090
Headline: 5.7 magnitude, 10 km depth Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Headline: Earthquakes shake Southland
Two earthquakes have shaken western Southland tonight. A “severe” 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck at a depth of 10km, 140km west of Tuatapere, about 6.15pm and was followed by a 4.4 magnitude quake 85km west of Tuatapere 15 minutes later. Waiau Hotel owner Quinton Donald said the quake was relatively minor. “It was a shimmering kind of quake, there were no jolts or anything like that.” A Fire Service spokesman said there were no immediate reports of damage.
Oct. 13, 2014
http://earthquaketrack.com/p/new-zealand/recent
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11341769
Headline: What’s erupting? List & map of currently active volcanoes
http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html
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