27/04/2012

               Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1-3)

UN Demands Syrian Government Stop Violence

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded on Thursday that the Syrian government immediately comply with its commitment to withdraw troops and heavy weapons from cities and towns.The Associated Press quoted UN deputy spokesman Eduardo del Buey as having said that Ban is “deeply troubled” about reports from UN military observers that military equipment and army personnel remain in populated areas in violation of Syria’s pledge to pull them out.

 A visit to the war-torn heart of Syria's struggle for independence

 DARAA, Syria - During the day, a terrifying calm settles in the old town of this city. The streets are deserted. Shops are closed. Stones, burning tires, broken glass and concrete bricks from last night's battle litter the streets. Heavily armed soldiers are guarding their tight network of checkpoints. They hide behind sandbags next to their tanks, pointing their automatic weapons at the few who dare to roam around.

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

Fourteen people killed and 39 injured in bombings across Iraq

 A suicide car bombing near a cafe and another bomb attack inside it killed ten people in central Iraq on Thursday, while bomb attacks in Baghdad killed four others, security officials said. The suicide bomber attacked a cafe in the village of Garma, north of Baquba in Diyala province, police Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed al-Karkhi said. A second bomb exploded inside the cafe as dead and wounded were being carried out, Karkhi said, according to AFP.

                Magog Invasion – Iran, Russia (Ezekiel 38-39)
 
 IDF chief: Other nations could strike Iran

Israel's military chief said Thursday that other countries have readied their armed forces for a potential strike against Iran's nuclear sites to keep Tehran from acquiring atomic weapons.Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz did not specify which nations might be willing to support or take direct action against Iran. Still, his comments were one of the strongest hints yet that Israel may have the backing of other countries to strike the Islamic Republic to prevent it from developing nuclear arms.

‘US not ready to wage war against Iran’

Despite conflicting statements from top Israeli officials on Iran’s nuclear program, the threat of war remains high. US Colonel Douglas McGregor told RT that after an Israeli strike, Tehran won’t need to build nuclear bombs - it will be given them. Russia Today: President Obama has put forward an ultimatum for Iran: either make progress with negotiators or face consequences, meaning war. Some say a strike [on Iran] may happen within the next few months. In your opinion, how realistic is that? Should we expect a war in summer?

                 Decline of United States (Hosea 4-14) 

 The Family Farm Is Being Systematically Wiped Out Of Existence In America

An entire way of life is rapidly dying right in front of our eyes. The family farm is being systematically wiped out of existence in America, and big agribusiness and the federal government both have blood all over their hands. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the number of farms in the United States has fallen from about 6.8 million in 1935 to only about 2 million today.

                 Nuclear Contamination (Rev 8:10-11)

 Poison skies: Hanging over Japan is a Fukushima nuclear crisis that’s far from over

April 26, 2012 - JAPAN – Spent reactor fuel, containing roughly 85 times more long-lived radioactivity than released at Chernobyl, still sits in pools vulnerable to earthquakes. More than a year after the Fukushima nuclear power disaster began, the news media is just beginning to grasp that the dangers to Japan and the rest of the world are far from over. After repeated warnings by former senior Japanese officials, nuclear experts, and now a U.S. senator, it’s sinking in that the irradiated nuclear fuel stored in spent fuel pools amidst the reactor ruins pose far greater dangers than the molten cores.

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

 Green clouds over Moscow spark disaster fears (VIDEO, PHOTOS)


Mysterious green clouds have been spotted over the Russian capital, sparking fears of a chemical disaster and even some doomsday theories.­But the Emergencies Ministry is advising the public to calm down. It says the clouds are actually composed of birch pollen, not of chemicals from an allegedly burning factory in the Moscow region, as some reported.Some people, however, got so scared that even the official comments could not convince them.

New dangers and earthquake risks found in Washington

April 27, 2012 – WASHINGTON – Tectonically speaking, there’s a lot going on in the Pacific Northwest. Now add to that three more potentially dangerous faults in the Bellingham Basin, a tectonically active area along the coast of Washington, near the Canadian border. A team of researchers has discovered active tectonic faults in this region nearly 40 miles (60 kilometers) north of any previously known faults. The faults Blakely and his colleagues found are reverse faults...

Antarctic ice melting from below, reveals satellite

Major volcanoes of Antarctica: “Underwater volcanism is also sublimating portions of the Antarctica ice mass from underneath. In 2004, a research team led by Eugene Domack, aboard the research vessel Lawrence M. Gould, made a remarkable discovery of a massive underwater volcano off the coast of Antarctica using a deep water submersible vehicle equipped with a cadre of sensors and video cameras. The volcano was 2300 feet (700 meters) tall.

 Swarm: Long Valley caldera rattled by small series of tremors

April 26, 2012 – Long Valley, CA – A series of 8 tremors have erupted at the Long Valley super-volcano caldera over the last 24 hours- two yesterday, and six tremors today. The tremors today were a 1.1 mag (3.2 km), a 2.5 mag (4.5 km), a 1.6 mag (4.5 km), a 1.2 mag (2.8 km), a 1.5 mag (7.9 km) and a 1.3 mag at (3.7 km). This could be the beginning of a swarm so we’ll keep monitoring events and look for updates. – The Extinction Protocol

26/04/2012

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

Terrorists Fire Rocket at Southern Israel

As Israelis celebrated the Jewish State’s 64^th Independence Day, terrorists from Gaza fired a rocket at the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council late on Wednesday night.The rocket exploded in an open area. No physical injuries or damages were reported.The rocket attack comes after terrorists fired a pair of rockets into southern Israel on Monday afternoon.  One fell in the Ashkelon Regional Council, while the other fell in the Shaar Hanegev

Peres: There is no alterative to peace

President Shimon Peres is not a fan of the narrative led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when it comes to Iran and the Holocaust – to put it mildly.The comparisons to 1939 and Hilter do not sit will with him, either. Netanyahu's Holocaust Day speech made the president uncomfortable and those who spoke with him shortly afterwards said he was profoundly unhappy with the prime minister's rhetoric, which implied that the nuclear Iran would undoubtedly spell a second Holocaust for the Jewish people.

            Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1-3)

 Syria opposition: Assad's forces kill 102, despite ongoing UN mission

Syria opposition forces said Thursday that 102 people were killed by President Bashar Assad's security forces in the previous day, indicating that this figure included 57 civilians killed during shelling of one neighborhood in the city of Hama.Reports of killings in Syria have continued to stream out of the war-torrn state, despite a UN-led attempt to bring a halt to the government's ongoing crackdown of opposition forces and activists.

Syria blames rebels for massive blast in Hama

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's state news agency says a massive explosion that tore through a residential area and killed at least 16 people in the city of Hama was caused by anti-regime bomb-makers who mishandled explosives.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an activist group, said it is not sure what set off Wednesday's explosion and asked U.N. monitors to investigate.

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

Muslim Brotherhood official: Egypt's peace deal with Israel must be changed

Egypt's peace treaty with Israel is not set in stone and is susceptible to change, a topr Muslim Brotherhood official said on Wednesday, indicating that Cairo would seek to allow more security forces in the Sinai than current agreements with Jerusalem permit.The comment, made by Waleed al-Haddad, a member of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party’s (FJP) Foreign Relations Committee during an official visit to Poland, came amid growing concerns of security in the desert peninsula. 

       Magog Invasion – Iran, Russia (Ezekiel 38-39)


Barak: Lieberman's Wrong, Iran is a Greater Threat than Egypt

Defense Minister Ehud Barak rejected on Wednesday Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s claims that Egypt presents more of a security danger to Israel than Iran.Earlier this week, Lieberman told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that Israel has to “be prepared for all possibilities,” and suggested that the IDF create three or four southern divisions in the wake of a social and economic deterioration in Egypt and the increasing number of Egyptian troops in the Sinai Peninsula.

As Israeli leaders wrangle over Iran, a new US spy agency will deal with Tehran

Israeli leaders were harshly criticized on the eve of Israel’s 64th Independence Day for too much speechifying and no real action against a nuclear Iran, whereas the US in contrast finally made a move by establishing a new Pentagon spy agency for gathering intelligence inside Iran. April 24 and 25, when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak addressed memorial ceremonies for the fallen, they reiterated the same old “Israel will not permit Iran to acquire nuclear arms” –


Ex-Lebanese PM downplays Israel threats against Iran

 In interview with al-Kawthar TV channel on Wednesday, former Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss described the constant Israeli threats against the Islamic Republic as "mere rhetoric."
"It is not easy for the ‘Israeli’ enemy to simply attack a country like Iran, because in that case, Iran will for sure have a highly powerful response," he stated.

Russian general acknowledges nuclear threat from Iran and North Korea for the first time

April 25, 2012 – IRAN – Russia has for the first time acknowledged the nuclear threat posed by North Korea and Iran. During a televised interview with Russia Today on Tuesday, the country’s Army General Nikolai Makarov said that according to a joint analysis conducted with the U.S., there is a “probability that the threat exists.” 

        Decline of United States (Hosea 4-14) 

5 New Lies That The Federal Reserve Is Telling The American People

 The Federal Reserve says that everything is going to be okay. The Fed says that unemployment is going to go down, inflation is going to remain low and economic growth is going to steadily increase. Do you believe them this time? As you will see later in this article, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been dead wrong about the economy over and over again. But the mainstream media and many Americans still seem to have a lot of faith in the Federal Reserve.
 

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

Wildlife investigators look for clues in mystery of Ohio fish kill

April 26, 2012 – OHIO – The Ohio Division of Wildlife got a call on Sunday from a fisherman who told the agency they should probably come see the flood of fish carcasses in the Rocky River. When they arrived, they discovered a waterway filled with dead aqua life. The fish kill is still under investigation. Today, the ODW announced the final death toll: 28,613 fish, along with other species. But the process of counting the dead was merely the first step. 
 


Lava from Puu Oo spreads over coastal plain

April 26, 2012 – HAWAII - Lava flows from Puu Oo vent are spreading over the coastal plain in Kalapana and over the weekend entered the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. But the flows are still about a half-mile from the ocean. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory released new lava photos taken Monday that show slow-moving breakouts of pahoehoe lava, with the characteristic look of bunched up rope as it cools. 

25/04/2012

 22 Red Flags That Indicate That Very Serious Doom Is Coming For Global Financial Markets

If you enjoy watching financial doom, then you are quite likely to really enjoy the rest of 2012. Right now, red flags are popping up all over the place. Corporate insiders are selling off stock like there is no tomorrow, major economies all over Europe continue to implode, the IMF is warning that the eurozone could actually break up and there are signs of trouble at major banks all over the planet.

 Unfortunately, it looks like the period of relative stability that global financial markets have been enjoying is about to come to an end. A whole host of problems that have been festering just below the surface are starting to manifest, and we are beginning to see the ingredients for a "perfect storm" start to come together.

              

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

 Peres: Israel Still Under Threat, We'll Continue to Seek Peace

 

President Shimon Peres said on Tuesday that, 64 years after it was established, Israel still has enemies who seek its destruction. Speaking at the opening ceremony in honor of Memorial Day at the Western Wall plaza, Peres said, “Israel was born out of a big dream and it has built a reality that has exceeded the size of the dream.


 Gantz: IDF 'Ready for Any Battle'

IDF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, offered words of consolation to bereaved families on Tuesday, and also underscored the security threat which Israel is constantly facing.
Gantz, who spoke at the opening ceremony in honor of Memorial Day at the Western Wall plaza, told the bereaved families, “The pain which beats in the empty space of your heart has no date or time of day.

              

                Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1-3)

 Activists: Syrian forces resume shelling

 

BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say Syrian troops are attacking a Damascus suburb with mortar shells and machine guns, one day after after special envoy Kofi Annan described the situation in Syria as "bleak" but held out hope U.N. monitors can make a cease-fire stick.The activists say Wednesday's bombardment targeted the suburb of Douma that came under heavy regime fire a day earlier.

 Annan alarmed at Syria military action

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — International envoy Kofi Annan told the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that the situation in Syria is "bleak" and expressed alarm at reports that government troops are still carrying out military operations in towns where U.N. observers are not present. He expressed particular concern at media reports that government troops entered the central city of Hama on Monday after U.N. observers departed...

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

 US bid to defuse Egyptian-Israeli tensions derailed by Egyptian Islamists

April 24, the Obama administration stepped in to damp down the military frictions developing between Jerusalem and Cairo, which were fanned further this week by a dispute over the suspension of Egyptian gas to Israel. Earlier that day, the Chairman of Egypt’s Supreme Military Council, SCAF, Field Marshal Muhammad Tantawi said: “If anyone comes near Egypt’s border, we will break their leg.

Turkey summons Iraqi charge d'affaires as tension boils up

 The Iraqi official, Sudat Hidir was summoned on Tuesday in reaction to remarks made by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who had accused Turkey of becoming a “hostile state” in the region and of “unacceptable” meddling in Iraq’s domestic affairs, Reuters reported.On Monday, Iraq summoned the Turkish Ambassador to Baghdad, Yunus Demirer to protest comments made by....

                  Magog Invasion – Iran, Russia (Ezekiel 38-39)

Iran Hopes New Talks Will Mark 'End of Nuclear Issue'

 

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi expressed hope on Tuesday that Tehran's next round of talks with the six powers will mark “the beginning of the end of the nuclear issue,” according to an AFP report. “We hope this meeting will be the beginning of the end of the Iranian nuclear issue,” Salehi told reporters during a visit to Tunis...

 IDF chief to Haaretz: I do not believe Iran will decide to develop nuclear weapons

"If Iran goes nuclear it will have negative dimensions for the world, for the region, for the freedom of action Iran will permit itself," Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz told Haaretz in an Independence Day interview. That freedom of action might be expressed "against us, via the force Iran will project toward its clients: Hezbollah in Lebanon, Islamic Jihad in Gaza. And there's also the potential for an existential threat.


Israel says Iran must stop all enrichment, denies having access to Azerbaijan air bases

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu early Wednesday that Iran should remain under biting sanctions until it halts all uranium enrichment, appearing to exceed U.N. demands on Tehran, as Israel denied it had gained access to air bases in Azerbaijan.His remarks appeared aimed at stepping up pressure on Iran as it engages in revived international nuclear negotiations amid increased speculation in recent months that Israel may soon take military action to halt its nuclear drive.

               The Rise of the East

 N. Korea: 'Mobile weapons' capable of striking 

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — A senior North Korean army official says his country is armed with "powerful mobile weapons" capable of striking America.Vice Marshal Ri Yong Ho emphasized the importance of defending the North against the U.S. and South Korea as Pyongyang marked the 80th anniversary of the nation's army Wednesday.He told officials at the April 25 House of Culture that the weapons could defeat the U.S. "at a single blow."

 

 Pakistan tests nuclear-capable ballistic missile

 Pakistan successfully tested a nuclear-capable ballistic missile on Wednesday. The launch comes less than a week after Islamabad’s main adversary India tested a long-range ballistic missile of its own.
­Pakistan’s missile Shaheen-1A was reportedly shot southward to the Indian Ocean and managed to cover some 4,000-4,500 kilometers. This is enough to target any object on Indian territory.
Pakistan notified its neighbors of plans to perform a launch a day before the event, saying the test would take place between April 24 and 29.

           Nuclear Contamination (Rev 8:10-11)

Japan fears nuclear plant sits atop active geological fault

 

TOKYO (Reuters) - A nuclear plant in northwestern Japan may be sitting right on top of an active geological fault, the country's nuclear watchdog has said, raising the risk that the facility may never resume power generation for fear of an earthquake. For the first time in more than 40 years, Japan faces the prospect of having no nuclear power within weeks, after last year's crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crushed public trust in nuclear power and prevented the restart of reactors shut for regular maintenance checks.

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

Time-bomb? Residents too afraid to sleep, ‘It’s making sounds we never heard before’

 April 24, 2012 – MEXICO – Residents at the foot of Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano no longer sleep soundly since the towering mountain roared back into action over a week ago, spewing out a hail of rocks, steam and ash. “We close our eyes, but we don’t sleep much. In the past, there was only smoke but this time it’s stronger,” said Francisco Jimenez, who lives in the nearby town of Xalitzintla in central Mexico, 55km from Mexico City.

 Italy’s Mt. Etna erupts for seventh time in 2012

April 24, 2012 – ITALY – Mt. Etna volcano erupted for the seventh – and without doubt the most spectacular – time this year today, spewing forth molten lava hundreds of meters into the air. Residents living close by were covered in hot ash but Europe’s tallest and most active volcano didn’t seem to pose any threat to human safety. Local inhabitants of the Sicilian town of Catania were grateful that Etna at least didn’t close the local airport...

          Preaching the Gospel (Mat 24:14)

 Pastors to New Believers: You'll Have Doubts About Your Conversion, Word of God

Having doubts about Christianity even after having just made a profession of faith in Jesus is inevitable for new believers, say pastors, including Harvest Ministries founder Greg Laurie.

"One of the first challenges new Christians face is having doubts about their conversion and about the Word of God in general," Laurie told The Christian Post recently via email. "One must recognize that faith should be built on God's Word, not on our fleeting emotions."

24/04/2012

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

 Palestinians fire two rockets into southern Israel

Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired two rockets into rural areas of southern Israel on Monday. One rocket slammed into a field in the Ashkelon Regional Council, failing to cause injuries. A second landed in the neighboring Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.The second rocket failed to trigger the Red Alert warning system, and no siren was sounded in the area prior to the falling of the projectile. Authorities were investigating the reason for the failure.

Israel legalizes 3 settlement outposts, adding more obstacles to Mideast peace

Israeli has legalized the status of three settlement outposts in the West Bank, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement issued on Tuesday. At a meeting late Monday, a ministerial committee “decided to formalize the status of three communities which were established in the 1990s following the decisions of past governments,” said the statement, according to AFP.

              Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1-3)

 Hungry Syrian soldiers desert Golan defenses, prowl for food

The wretched plight of the troops manning Syrian defense divisions defending the Golan border and Mt. Hermon was clearly visible from lookout points on the Israeli side in the last two days, debkafile’s military sources report. The regular water and food supplies to their bases, the backbone of Syria’s defense lines against Israel, were stopped and redirected to the units fighting anti-Assad rebels in other parts of the country. 

 Shelling hits Hama as more U.N. monitors expected in Syria

Heavy shelling hit the Syrian city of Hama on Monday, opposition activists said, days after the U.N. Security Council voted to send as many as 300 observers to monitor a tenuous cease-fire.

At least 80 people were killed Monday in Syria, 50 of them in Hama and 21 in Idlib, according the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, a network of opposition activists.

Death toll mounts as Saudi Arabia says Syria not committed to Annan’s plan

The Syrian government did not abide by its commitment towards the six-point plan of the U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Abdullah al-Muallemy, said. Addressing a Security Council session, the Saudi envoy said that Assad’s regime continues in the killing and suppression of the Syrian people,Al Arabiya reported on Tuesday.Syrian troops killed scores of civilians in the city of Hama, monitors said, as U.N. military observers toured protest centers near the capital.

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

Ruling military chief vows to defend Egypt’s border with Israel

Egypt’s military ruler said on Monday the armed forces would defend the borders with Israel if necessary, state media reported after an Israeli official voiced concerns about relations between the two neighbors. Ties between Egypt and Israel have been strained since a popular uprising toppled President Hosni Mubarak, who had put a peace treaty with Israel at the center of his regional policy. Israel has also said it was concerned by a security vacuum in Egypt’s Sinai region on its border.

             The Rise of the East

 NKorean military warns of 'special actions' soon

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea promised Monday to reduce South Korea's conservative government "to ashes" in less than four minutes, in an unusually specific escalation of recent threats aimed at its southern rival.The statement by North Korea's military, carried by state media, comes amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula. Both Koreas recently unveiled new missiles, and the North tried unsuccessfully to launch a long-range rocket earlier this month.

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

Indonesia’s Mount Lokon volcano erupts

April 24, 2012 – INDONESIA - North Sulawesi’s Mount Lokon erupted at 10:20 a.m. on Tuesday, after several days of increased activity, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has announced. The height at which lava shot out of the volcano was unknown because clouds were blocking the full view. The agency declared areas within a 2.5 kilometers radius from the mountain’s peak dangerous and urged nearby residents to stay alert. 


 Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano blows its top- raining down gravel in neaby town

 April 23, 2012 – ECUADOR – Over the weekend, the Tungurahua’s volcanic eruption had a strong explosion that caused gravel to fall down in the nearby town of Pillate, Ecuador. The explosion, characterized by its loud “cannon ball shot”, was immediately detected by locals and scientists observing the volcano’s progress. The explosion was later followed by a slight tremor and a constant pulsation of “high energy” said reports.