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.