28/12/2011: DAILY NEWS

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

•  Second IAF Strike in Gaza Targets Terror Cell
•  Rise of the State of Judea 
•  Jerusalem: New center planned at sensitive site
• 'Hanukkah Miracle' Nixes Likely Terror Attack
•  ElBaradei: U.S., Egypt in secret talks on fate of Israel peace treaty
•  Peres: Uncertainty over Israel's nuclear capabilities aides to deter Iran 
•  Living in the shadow of the Wall

Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1-3)

•  Syria pulls tanks from Homs as Arab monitors visit
•  Mass anti-Assad protest in Homs as monitors visit
•  Waiting for truth to be unveiled: Arab monitors visit Syrian hot spot
•  Qatar builds Sunni intervention force of Libyan, Iraqi terrorists against Assad
• Syria's deep divide

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

•  2011, the year Arab leaders gave some amazingly weird speeches 
• Yemen's Saleh US Bound 
•  Burning books in Cairo
•  'World agrees on need for change'
•  Egyptians want junta out, prosecuted
•  Weapons’ mess: Libya struggles to address issue of armed brigades 
•  After the spring, the thaw: Egypt

Babylon, Iraq (Jeremiah 50:9, 13) (Jeremiah 51:6, 29, 37, 55, 64) (Revelation 18)

•  Iran plays role of decision maker in Iraq: Tehran intervenes to save Hashemi 
•  Al-Qa'ida in Iraq claims it was behind deadly blasts

The Magog Invasion (Ezekiel 38-39)

•  Will a U.S. attack on Iran become Obama’s ‘October Surprise’?
•  Iran: We will cut oil flow if West imposes economic sanctions
•  A Pandora's Box in the Middle East
•  Iran test-fires state-of-art torpedoes 
•  Russia test fires long-range missile

The Revived Roman Empire / Rise of European Superstate (Dan 2:40-44) (Rev 17:17)

•  Rest in pieces: UK prepares for eurozone breakup
•  German debt exceeds 2 trillion dollars
•  'Recession to tear Britain apart'

Decline of United States (Hosea 4-14) 

•  'US spy drone crashes in Afghanistan'

Global Pestilence: Drought (Rev 6:6) Floods (Luke 21:25) Earthquakes (Mat 24:7) 

•  Violence of tremors stuns experts
•  Philippines storm toll reaches 1,500
•  Strong quake jolts Russia
•  Divers places: Western Turkey, near ancient city of Ephesus, rattled by twin earthquakes

The Gospel Preached (Mat 24:14)

•  Northern Nigerian Christians warn of religious war
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