21/05/2012


Struggle for Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:3; Luke 21:20)


The traditional Jerusalem Day celebrations at the flagship religious Zionist yeshiva, Merkaz HaRav Kook, took place on Sunday evening so as not to cause desecration of the Sabbath. This year, in addition to words of Torah about the city, dancing and joyous song led by famed clarinetist Musa Berlin and singer Akiva Margaliot, they included an historical revelation by the head of the yeshiva and an emotional declaration of loyalty to united Jerusalem by the Prime Minister himself, who vowed "I will never forget thee, O Jerusalem"...


A high-ranking Iranian military official says the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) naval forces have filmed a US aircraft carrier for 50 minutes.Commander of the IRGC's Second Naval Zone Rear Admiral Ali Razmjou said Saturday that the forces could record the film at a distance of 500 meters (0.31 mile) from the US military vessel.He said that the development shows only part of the IRGC’s might and prowess in the Persian Gulf.


May 20, 2012TOKYOIf there isn’t a large crack there is still the issue of the severely damaged Unit Number Four building ‘tilting.’ The 1500 spent fuel rods pond almost suspended in air on the fifth floor and the extreme potential for a slight earthquake or explosion to unleash a catastrophic radioactive chain of events ‘much worse than Chernobyl.’ “The spent fuel in the hobbled unit 4 at Fukushima Daiichi not only sits in an elevated pool outside the reactor core’s reinforced containment, in a high-consequence earthquake zone adjacent to the ocean...


May 20, 2012 TOKYO - Japan was hit by two shallow earthquakes in the space of just eight minutes on Sunday, one of them measuring a strong 6.0-magnitude, but there were no reports of damage and no tsunami alert. The 6.2-magnitude quake struck at 4:20pm (0720 GMT) off Japan’s northeast Pacific coast, the national meteorological agency said, followed by a tremor with a reading of 5.7 at 4:28pm. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the magnitude of the first quake at 6.0. The depth of both quakes was about 10 kilometers, the agency said.



There have been an "unprecedented" number of UFO sightings reported in the North Island over the past two months, UFO watchers say. And aliens may even have visited Northland in the past five weeks, with one man reporting seeing a UFO land in the region, Suzanne Hansen, director from Ufocus NZ research network said. She said: "He's a very credible source. He saw an object that had landed and said it was definitely not an aircraft or like anything else he had seen.



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Is Pope Benedict the 2nd to the last pope?

 I was watching a TV replay of last Wednesday’s Senate Impeachment trial where the complainants who filed a case in the Office of the Ombudsman like Rep. Lisa Hontiveros, Harvey Keh and Atty. Emmanuel Santos were on the hot seat. In the end, what the Defense proved was that the evidence presented by the complainants could not be authenticated nor verified as true. In short, Filipinos just heard a pack of lies on nationwide television coming from supposedly civic-minded people who turned out to be part and parcel of this zarsuela to convict Chief Justice Renato Corona.

20/05/2012

Struggle for Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:3; Luke 21:20)

Parents call for peace: Israelis and Palestinians unite over common grief

 After years of dispute Israelis and Palestinians seem to have no middle ground, but those who paid the highest possible price for the conflict have found a way to dialogue. Parents and relatives of those who died in the violence urge peace.The Parents Circle is a grassroots organization bringing together Israelis and Palestinians who lost their loved ones in the long lasting conflict.They meet on a regular basis to talk with one another and show that reconciliation is possible.


'Jews plan to storm Temple Mount on J'lem Day'

A leading Palestinian Muslim cleric has called on Palestinians to "be alert for possible infiltration of fanatic Jews" onto Jeruslaem's Temple Mount during Jerusalem Day celebrations on Sunday, Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) reported on Saturday, despite a rerouting of the parade by police to avoid Muslim-majority areas.


Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1-3)

 Suicide blast hits Syria as G8 calls for end to violence

A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in eastern Syria on Saturday killing nine people, as G8 leaders called for a "political transition" in Syria and an end to violence that has claimed an estimated 12,000 lives. The G8 -- which includes long-time Syrian-ally Russia -- called for a "Syrian-led, inclusive political transition leading to a democratic, plural political system." The group, huddled at Camp David, outside Washington, also called on the Syrian government and all parties to "immediately and fully adhere" ...

 Middle East (Psalm 83:1-4) (Rev 9:16) (Rev 16:12)

 Clashes between Yemeni army and Qaeda over south town control kill 26


Clashes between al-Qaeda gunmen and the army have killed 26 people dead near the jihadists’ stronghold of Jaar, and a drone killed two in a strike on a militant vehicle, military and tribal sources said. Eight soldiers were killed and 15 others were wounded” in fighting that included artillery and machinegun fire late on Friday on the outskirts of Jaar, in Yemen’s south, a military official said. A tribal source said “18 Qaeda militants were killed” in the same clashes.
Magog InvasionIran, Russia (Ezekiel 38-39)

 Emerging US-Iran interim nuclear deal endangers Israel

Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is entrusted with a decisive mission in Tehran Sunday, May 20: collecting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s broad endorsement of the interim eight-point deal he and US President Barack Obama have drafted through secret dialogue. debkafile has obtained exclusive access to the eight points - with the caveat that they may not be final.

Obama says G8 ‘unified’ on Iran, committed to transition in Syria

President Barack Obama hosting Group of Eight leaders on Saturday at Camp David said the group was “unified” on how to tackle upcoming nuclear negotiations with Iran and on the need to rapidly move toward a plan for political transition within Syria. “I think that all of us agree that Iran has the right to peaceful nuclear power but that its continuing violations of international rules and norms and its inability thus far to convince the world community that it’s not pursuing the weaponization
Revived Roman Empire (Dan 2:40-43) (Rev 17:17

 18 Signs That The Banking Crisis In Europe Has Just Gone From Bad To Worse

With each passing day, the banking crisis in Europe escalates. European banks are having their credit ratings downgraded in waves, bond yields are soaring and billions of euros are being pulled out of banks all across the eurozone. The situation in Europe is rapidly going from bad to worse. It is almost like watching air being let out of a balloon. The key to any financial system is confidence, and right now confidence in banks in Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal is declining at an alarming rate.

Famines, Drought, Floods, Earthquakes & Pestilences (Matthew 24:7-8) (Luke 21:11; 25) (Rev 6:5-8)

Strong quake strikes North Italy: at least 3 dead 

A 5.9-magnitude tremor has hit northern Italy, reportedly killing at least three people and injuring several others. The earthquake struck some 36 km northwest of the city of Bologna and was followed by a powerful aftershock. Local officials say that one man died in the locality of Bordeno when a warehouse collapsed during the quake. Two others were killed in a cave-in at a ceramics factory in Sant’Agostino di Ferrara. The temblor struck a populated region in the north of the country affecting the cities of Modena, Ferrara, Verona and Mantua.

Upcoming solar eclipse to project 'ring of fire'


(CNN) -- Thousands of people are planning viewing parties for the upcoming annular solar eclipse, a rare event in which the sun will appear as a thin ring behind the moon. The eclipse will begin over Asia on Monday morning, when it will be visible in southern Japan and southern China. In the United States, the eclipse will be visible on a path from northwestern Texas through New Mexico, northeastern Arizona, southern Utah, Nevada, northern California and southwestern Oregon late Sunday.

Preaching the Gospel (Mat 24:14)

 King James Bible Sent to Every School in England in Honor of 400th Anniversary

In honor of the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible, every state primary and secondary school in England is set to receive a copy of the holy text distributed by the Department for Education. Close to 24,000 Bibles are being distributed all across England, with Education Secretary Michael Gove insisting that every child should have the chance to read "the most important book written in the English language

13/05/2012

Struggle for Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:3; Luke 21:20)

Netanyahu Responds to Abbas' Letter

Attorney Yitzchak Molcho, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s special envoy, met on Saturday evening in Ramallah with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, the Prime Minister's Office announced.During the meeting, Molcho handed Abbas a letter from the Israeli government, according to the PMO.A joint Israel-PA statement produced after the meeting said that “Israel and the PA are committed to achieving peace and the parties hope that the exchange of letters between Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu will contribute to this.”

Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1-3)

 Clashes rage in northern Syria as opposition groups meet in Turkey 

BEIRUT - Rebels fought the army in northern Syria on Saturday, activists said, and Syrian dissidents abroad gathered to try to unify and project themselves as a credible alternative to President Bashar Assad.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported fighting in Idlib province, on Syria's northern border with Turkey, a hotspot of the 14-month-old revolt against Assad's rule."Violent clashes are raging between Syrian regime forces and armed military defectors ...

 Syria activists: At least 5 killed in village raid

 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists say regime forces killed at least five people during a raid on a northwestern farming village. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said troops torched homes in the village of al-Tamana about 55 kilometers (35 miles) northwest of the city of Hama and put the death toll at five. Activist Mousab Alhamadee said Sunday that residents had recovered six bodies after the raid the day before.The attack followed anti-regime protests, and one of the dead was a rebel leader, he said.

 Middle East (Psalm 83:1-4) (Rev 9:16) (Rev 16:12)

 Senior Afghan peace negotiator shot dead in Kabul

KABUL (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a top Afghan peace negotiator in the capital Kabul on Sunday, police said, dealing another blow to the country's attempts to negotiate a peace deal with the Taliban.
Maulvi Arsala Rahmani was one of the most senior members on Afghanistan's High Peace Council, set up by President Hamid Karzai two years ago to liaise with insurgents."He (Rahmani) was stuck in heavy traffic when another car beside him opened fire," said General Mohammad Zahir, head of the investigations unit for Kabul police.



Magog InvasionIran, Russia (Ezekiel 38-39)

 Ahmadinejad: Israel 'Nothing More Than a Mosquito'

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad compared Israel to an annoying insect Saturday, maintaining that the Jewish state poses no threat to Tehran’s nuclear program. "Israel is nothing more than a mosquito which cannot see the broad horizon of the Iranian nation," he said in northeastern Iran's Khorassan province, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. Ahmadinejad said "regional states" were being duped into buying billions of dollars worth of arms from "arrogant and imperial powers,"...

 Putin Decision To Skip G8 Arouses Speculation On Motivations


Vladimir Putin's decision to skip next week's meeting of the G8 at Camp David has set off speculation on how this decision should be interpreted. The most pessimistic reading is that this is a deliberate snub and represents a continuation of the anti-Western policy that permeated Putin's election campaign. It essentially meant that the Obama administration's reset policy with the Russians

 Exile group: Iran advancing active nuclear arms program

An exiled Iranian opposition group said on Saturday that Iran has some 60 scientists and engineers involved in a concerted and expanding program to develop nuclear weapons under defense ministry auspices.However, diplomats say the National Council of Resistance of Iran has had a spotty record with allegations about Iran's nuclear work since exposing a secret uranium enrichment plant at Natanz in 2002. A top U.S. nuclear expert said the NCRI report, like previous ones, should be treated with great skepticism.
More than 60 nuclear experts at work building Iranian nuclear bomb

 The names and addresses of 60 Iranian experts employed by 11 different Iranian agencies under the control of the Iranian Defense Ministry were revealed Saturday, May 12, by the main Iranian opposition Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK/PMOI). This is the first time an extensive, highly secret, central organizational structure dedicated to building a nuclear weapon has been revealed in detail – specifically the Ministry of Defense under the command of the Revolutionary Guard Corps, which also runs the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant.

11/05/2012

Struggle for Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:3; Luke 21:20)

 New IAF chief: We're ready for anything 

 Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel officially took office as Israel's new Air Force commander Thursday. Eshel will replace Major-General Ido Nehushtan, who is retiring from IDF service after 37 years. IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen Benny Gantz thanked Nehushtan for his service and welcomed Eshel into office: "We have the best air force in the world. It shoulders a strategic and significant responsibility," he said.

Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1-3)

At least 55 killed, nearly 200 wounded in Damascus blasts


Twin bomb blasts in the Syrian Al Qazzaz Neighborhood of Damascus killed 55 people and wounded more than 200, Syrian state television said on Thursday.The blasts, which ripped the facade off a military intelligence building, occurred around 7:50 a.m., when employees are usually arriving at work. An Associated Press reporter at the scene said medical workers were collecting human remains from the streets after the explosions and heavily damaged cars and pickup trucks stood smoldering in the area.

Magog InvasionIran, Russia (Ezekiel 38-39)

 U.S. Concerned Netanyahu, Mofaz May Attack Iran

The United States is worried that Shaul Mofaz and his Kadima party’s joining a unity government with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu could result in an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities at any given moment, according to a report on Channel 10 News on Thursday.U.S. government officials told Channel 10 News that they believe a Likud-Kadima joing government could make a decision about an Israeli attack on Iran at any moment and perhaps even before the U.S. presidential elections in November.

Famines, Drought, Floods, Earthquakes & Pestilences (Matthew 24:7-8) (Luke 21:11; 25) (Rev 6:5-8)

Is Tokyo Bay becoming a radioactive hotspot?

May 11, 2012 JAPANProf. Yamazaki from Kinki University analyzed the cesium in sea ground of Tokyo bay on 4/2/2012. He found out it increased since last August. The samples were taken at 3 locations in Tokyo bay, near Arakawa River Tokyo and Urayasu Chiba. –Fukushima Diary

 Is Japan’s Mt. Fuji a ticking time-bomb?

 May 11, 2012 JAPAN – An active fault as long as 30 km may lie directly beneath Mount Fuji, a team of researchers has said in a recent survey report. The possible fault was detected through a simulated earthquake conducted during a crustal survey over a distance of around 34 km from Fujiyoshida in Yamanashi Prefecture to Susono in Shizuoka Prefecture, said Hiroshi Sato, professor at the Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo. 


Preaching the Gospel (Mat 24:14)

 Persecuted church: Stop removing 'Son of God' from Bibles

A new Bible translation that alters references to God as “Father” and Jesus as “Son of God” is “unacceptable and unusable,” charge representatives of the Alliance of Protestant Churches in Turkey.
“As leaders of local Protestant churches,” the leaders said they find “the misleading translations of these very important and foundational New Testament terms to be wrong and extremely adverse.”

07/05/2012

              Struggle for Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:3; Luke 21:20)

IDF Foils Third Terror Attack in Three Days

A planned terror attack in Israel was thwarted on Sunday evening, for the third time in several days.According to a report on Channel 2 News, Border Polices officers arrested a 17-year-old Palestinian Authority Arab teen at a checkpoint near the Tapuach junction in Samaria. Upon inspection, the teen was found to be in possession of three pipe bombs. The teen was arrested and taken for questioning, while the explosive devices were detonated by sappers in a controlled explosion.
                 Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1-3)

Erodgan Says Assad 'Losing Grip' on Syria

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that President Bashar Assad's grip on Syria is getting weaker by the day and “victory is close,” according to a report in The Associated Press.Erdogan’s remarks were made in an address to thousands of cheering Syrians who fled a brutal crackdown on an anti-regime uprising.“Bashar is losing blood day by day,” Erdogan was quoted by AP as having told a crowd at a refugee camp near the town of Kilis, just across from Syria.


Syria begins first parliamentary elections under new constitution


Syrians have begun voting in the first parliamentary elections under a new constitution approved by an overwhelming support of the people in a February referendum.Voting has started in polling stations across Syria as about 7,195 candidates, including independent and opposition figures, are running for 250 parliamentary seats.The Syrian government has assured that it will provide all cities across the country with any requirements for the elections.

 
Jordanian news site Ahbar Baladna reports that western spy satellites have recently spotted movements of Syrian heavy missile launchers northward and southward, toward Syria's borders with Turkey and Israel.The site says hundreds of high-caliber launchers are being moved, and that these could only be long range Scud missile launchers.
 

             
                  Middle East (Psalm 83:1-4) (Rev 9:16) (Rev 16:12)

 'Al-Qaeda' kills 20 Yemen troops after leader eliminated

Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed at least 20 soldiers in attacks on two army posts in southern Yemen on Monday, a day after a wanted top militant died in an air raid, a military official said.Jihadists attacked the military posts outside the city of Zinjibar, which they have controlled since May last year, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.Four officers were among those killed, he said.The attacks came after Yemeni Al-Qaeda leader Fahd al-Quso, who was wanted in connection with the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, was killed in an air strike in eastern Yemen on Sunday.

Qaeda commander wanted in USS Cole bombing killed: Yemen tribal chief

 Al-Qaeda commander in Yemen, Fahad al-Quso, wanted in USS Cole bombing has been killed in air raid, Al Arabiya correspondent reported, citing tribal sources. The October 2000 attack on the U.S. Navy destroyer, the USS Cole, in Yemen’s port of Aden killed 17 sailors and wounded 40 more.“Fahd al-Quso, who was wanted by the United States for the attack against the USS Cole, was killed tonight (Sunday) in an American raid on the Rafadh region” in the Shabwa province, a tribal chief Abdel Magid bin Farid al-Awlaqi has said, according to AFP.

               Magog InvasionIran, Russia (Ezekiel 38-39)

 Change of French presidents weakens Western front against nuclear Iran

Two stalwarts of the Western confrontation against a nuclear-armed Iran suffered election defeats this week: Nicolas Sarkozy was swept out of the Elysee by the Socialist leader Francois Hollande Sunday, May 6. Three days earlier, the two parties forming UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s government coalition were trounced in local elections across Britain. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who faces an election in four months, never imagined he would be left so quickly on shifting sands against the Iranian nuclear threat.


Decline of United States (Hosea 4-14) 

There Are 100 Million Working Age Americans That Do Not Have Jobs

 The unemployment crisis in America is much worse than you are being told. Did you know that there are 100 million working age Americans that do not get up in the morning and go to work? No wonder why it seems like there are so many people that do not have jobs! According to the federal government, there are 12.6 million working age Americans that are considered to be "officially" unemployed, but there are another 87.8 million working age Americans that are not working either.

Famines, Drought, Floods, Earthquakes & Pestilences (Matthew 24:7-8) (Luke 21:11; 25) (Rev 6:5-8)

 One killed, scores injured as tornado rips through Japan (PHOTOS, VIDEO)


A massive tornado has swept through eastern Japan, killing a teenager and injuring dozens of others. The twister ripped roofs of buildings, smashed windows and toppled heavy billboards.­The 14-year-old died of injuries received when the roof of a house collapsed. The raging vortex severely damaged over 500 residential buildings, the Japanese Emergency Ministry reported.The tornado resulted in massive power cuts – some 20,000 houses have been left without electricity.The small city of Tsukuba, not far from Tokyo, has suffered the most damage.

New Zealand rattled by twin earthquakes

 May 6, 2012NEW ZELANDTwo earthquakes have hit parts of New Zealand today. A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook people in the Wellington region and parts of the top of the South Island at 11.33am (9.33am AEST). The tremor was centered 10 kilometers southwest of Wellington, at a depth of 30km, GeoNet says. The second quake, also measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale, struck at 12.31pm and was felt on the west coast of the South Island. It was centered 10km south of Ross at a depth of 15km. Police told AAP they had received no reports of damage. 

Dark Ages: Space weather expert has ominous forecast

 May 6, 2012SPACEFuture scenario: A stream of highly charged particles from the Sun is headed straight toward Earth, threatening to plunge cities around the world into darkness and bring the global economy screeching to a halt. This isn’t the premise of the latest doomsday thriller. Massive solar storms have happened before — and another one is likely to occur soon, according to Mike Hapgood, a space weather scientist at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Oxford, England.

Nepal flash flood death toll may hit 60

May 6, 2012NEPALThe death toll in a flash flood in Nepal’s central Annapurna region could be as high as 60, according to rescuers scouring the area for survivors. They say there is almost no hope of finding anyone else alive. Fifteen bodies have been recovered but district police superintendent Sailesh Thapa told AFP that 43 missing people, including three Ukrainian tourists, were feared dead. “So far, 12 of the 15 bodies have been identified. An excavator has reached the worst affected areas and is clearing the mud,” he said. 

               Preaching the Gospel (Mat 24:14)

 Will the World End in Your Lifetime?

Twenty-two percent of Americans think the world will end in their lifetime. According to a recent Reuters poll, nearly 15 percent of people worldwide agree. The numbers range from 6 percent in France to 22 percent in Turkey and the U.S.What explains this phenomenon?Some blame the Mayan calendar –10 percent worldwide believe that its conclusion on December 21, 2012 will mark the end of the world. Those with lower education or household income levels are more likely to believe in an apocalypse during their lifetime. So are those who are under 35 years old.

03/05/2012

          Struggle for Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:3; Luke 21:20)

Barak: Elections would not alter Iran plans

 The prospect of an imminent election in Israel will not affect its strategy for tackling Iran's nuclear program, including plans for a possible preemptive war, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Wednesday. Rifts in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition over military conscription and budget cuts have prompted parties to mobilize to bring forward the ballot to as early as September, a year ahead of schedule.

Lapid to Blair: Israel must resume talks with Palestinians 

Yair Lapid, head of Israel's new Yesh Atid Party, met with Quartet envoy to the Middle East Tony Blair on Wednesday evening and said that Israel must return to talks with the Palestinians. Lapid and Blair, who initiated the meeting, discussed the situation in the Middle East and the need to restart the peace process. "Lapid said Israel must return to talks with the Palestinians in order to create a normal reality for the citizens of Israel and maintain a Jewish majority," Yesh Atid reported.


 Tel Aviv boosts troops at borders with Egypt and Syria

Israel is to deploy at least 22 reserve battalions on its borders with Egypt and Syria, claiming the growing instability in the two countries makes it necessary to be ready for possible external security threats.
­The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has been given an approval of a call-up of additional force by Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee although they exceed the average.

          Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1-3)

Deadliest day for Syria troops as monitors fan out

Rebels killed 22 troops Wednesday in the Syrian army's deadliest day of a three-week-old ceasefire deal, even as UN observers said they were having a "calming" impact as they deploy on the ground.
Fifteen troops, including two colonels, were killed in a rebel ambush at dawn in the northern province of Aleppo, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.Two rebels also died in the attack near Al-Rai village, after President Bashar al-Assad's forces had "scaled up military operations" there in the days since the truce took effect on April 12, said the watchdog.


 Blaming terrorist groups for the recent surge in violence in Syria, Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday accused armed groups fighting against the Damascus government of attempting to ruin Annan’s plan in order to pave the way for foreign military intervention in the country. The attacks "in essence unleashed a large-scale campaign to destabilize the situation and disrupt ...

                 Middle East (Psalm 83:1-4) (Rev 9:16) (Rev 16:12)

Egyptian Presidential Candidate 'Ready to Visit Israel'

Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq said on Wednesday that he would be ready to visit Israel, Channel 10 News reported.Shafiq, who served as deposed leader Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, said, “I am ready to visit Israel, provided it gives something to show it has good intentions.” He made the comments during an appearance on a local television program, according to Channel 10.



Report: Israel spied on Turkish military training flights

 "Israel wiretapped conversations between Turkish pilots on military training flights," Turkey's Today's Zaman news website reported on Wednesday, prompting Turkish authorities to initiate a program to encrypt communiqués during the flights.According to the report, originally published in the Habertürk daily, Israel allegedly wiretapped radio communications between pilots of Turkish fighter jets during their training flights at the Konya 3rd Main Jet Base Command, with aim of finding out details about the Turkish Air Forces' (THK) training programs and flight strategies.
  
 Saudi Arabia warns Iran: Will not tolerate threats to Gulf state

Saudi Arabia repeated on Wednesday that it would not tolerate threats to the Gulf Arab states' sovereignty, the latest warning to Iran after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to an island claimed by both Tehran and the United Arab Emirates.The warning, the third in as many weeks by a member of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), comes amid increased nervousness in the region over Iran. Shi'ite-led unrest is resurgent in Bahrain a year after the ruling Al Khalifa family brought in Saudi and UAE troops t....
 

 Pentagon encircles Iran: Victory would take 3 weeks


As the US beefs up its military presence in the Persian Gulf region, Pentagon strategists estimate that they would need less than a month to defeat Iranian forces should a military conflict take place.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) believes it can destroy or significantly degrade Iran's conventional armed forces in about three weeks using air and sea strikes, a defense source told The Washington Post.


Magog InvasionIran, Russia (Ezekiel 38-39)

  Iran: Israel's Nuclear Weapons Are the Greatest Threat

 A senior Iranian official said on Wednesday that Israel's undeclared nuclear weapons pose the greatest threat to Mideast peace.According to The Associated Press, Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Mahdi Akhondzadeh accused the United States and other nuclear powers of hypocritically ignoring their disarmament commitments.Akhondzadeh made the comments to a 189-nation nonproliferation meeting, reflecting Iran's attempts to deflect international concerns that its nuclear activities could be turned to making weapons.