Damascus, Syria (Isaiah 17:1-3)
Six killed in Syria protests as cease-fire largely holds
Syrian forces used live fire, tear gas and clubs to beat back tens of thousands of protesters who took to the streets across the country Friday in powerful and often jubilant displays of defiance. But a UN-brokered truce largely held up without the widespread, bloody offensives that have pushed the nation toward civil war.Activists said security forces killed at least six people, a lower-than-usual toll. The rallies, described as some of the largest in months....
Report: Syrian forces shell Homs, breaking UN-brokered truce
Syrian forces shelled two central districts in the battered city of Homs throughout the night and into Saturday morning, a resident activist and a human rights group said, the first bombings since a ceasefire took hold on Thursday."There was shelling last night in the old part of the city, in Jouret al-Shiyah and al-Qaradis. And I have heard eight shells fall in the past hour," Karm Abu Rabea, a resident activist who lives in an adjacent neighborhood, said on Saturday morning.
Six killed in Syria protests as cease-fire largely holds
Syrian forces used live fire, tear gas and clubs to beat back tens of thousands of protesters who took to the streets across the country Friday in powerful and often jubilant displays of defiance. But a UN-brokered truce largely held up without the widespread, bloody offensives that have pushed the nation toward civil war.Activists said security forces killed at least six people, a lower-than-usual toll. The rallies, described as some of the largest in months....
Syrian forces shelled two central districts in the battered city of Homs throughout the night and into Saturday morning, a resident activist and a human rights group said, the first bombings since a ceasefire took hold on Thursday."There was shelling last night in the old part of the city, in Jouret al-Shiyah and al-Qaradis. And I have heard eight shells fall in the past hour," Karm Abu Rabea, a resident activist who lives in an adjacent neighborhood, said on Saturday morning. Russian warships heading for Syria: Russian military source
Obama approves non-lethal aid to Syrian rebels
A US official, whose name was not mentioned in the news reports, said on Friday that Washington is “providing non-lethal material assistance to the non-violent, political opposition.” The official added that the move was “consistent with… efforts to support” the Syrian opposition. “It is likely deliveries of this assistance will increase over time.”Syria bolsters anti-ship missile capabilities to ward off an attack
Middle East (Psalm 83:1-4) (Rev 9:16) (Rev 16:12)
Yemen army clashes with Islamists, at least 34 killed
ADEN (Reuters) - At least 34 people, mostly Islamist militants, were killed near the southern Yemeni city of Lawdar on Friday in clashes between government forces and an al-Qaeda-linked group, official and tribal sources said.Yemen's military launched an offensive five days ago against Islamic insurgents who attacked a military camp outside Lawdar.It intensified operations on Friday, sending an elite anti-terrorism unit from the capital Sanaa to join the fight, according to local officials.At least 222 people killed in five days of fighting in Yemen between al-Qaeda and army
At least 222 people including 183 militants have been killed in five days of clashes around the strategic south Yemen town of Loder which al-Qaeda is trying to seize, a security official said on Saturday.Thirty-seven people were killed on Friday, the official told AFP, among them a child of 12 killed by a shell burst inside the town. During the day, five tribal auxiliaries were also reported killed along with 31 militants.
US weapons cause horrific birth defects in Iraq
War's cruel legacy continues to unleash itself on the children of Iraq as weapons used by the U.S. have left Iraqi children with horrific birth defects, and the problem shows no signs of abating, Inter Press Service reported."In 2004 the Americans tested all kinds of chemicals and explosive devices on us: thermobaric weapons, white phosphorous, depleted uranium...we have all been laboratory mice for them," hospital spokesman Nadim al-Hadidi told Inter Press Service (IPS).
Magog Invasion – Iran, Russia (Ezekiel 38-39)
Nuclear talks between Iran, six world powers open in Istanbul
World powers and Iran launched a new round of negotiations in Istanbul on Saturday, aiming to resolve a long-standing dispute over Tehran's nuclear program that threatens to spark a new war in the Middle East.
"Delegates have gone in... plenary is just getting started," a diplomat close to the negotiations said.
Nuclear talks between Iran, six world powers open in Istanbul
"Delegates have gone in... plenary is just getting started," a diplomat close to the negotiations said.
US knows Iran does not seek nuclear weapons: American author
Iran and the P5+1 - Russia, China, Britain, France, the US and Germany - have resumed a fresh round of multifaceted talks in Istanbul.Press TV has interviewed Phil Wilayto, an author and activist based in Richmond, US, who discusses the issue further. The following is an approximate transcript of the interview.Stealth mode: ENGAGE. Iran shuts off oil tankers’ trackers to cloak supply routes
Most of Iran's tanker fleet is now operating in "off-radar" mode. Tehran has ordered the captains of its 39-strong oil fleet to turn off the tracking devices aboard the tankers in order to disguise the destination of its oil shipments.Only seven of Iran’s crude oil carriers are still visible via the AIS (Automatic Identification System) tracking system, Reuters reported on Friday. Neither the captains from the National Iranian Tanker Co nor the purchasers of Iranian crude have given any official comments on the situationIran steps up air and military exercise plans as nuclear talks loom
April 13, 2012 – IRAN – The Islamic Republic Army of Iran and the Revolutionary Guards are to conduct joint military exercises in the southwest or southeast of the country, a senior Iranian army commander said on Wednesday. Brig.-Gen. Ahmad-Reza Pourdastan, commander of the Iranian ground forces, said that the army and the Revolutionary Guards will carry out a special joint air exercise that will be the first of its type since the Islamic Revolution, Iran’s ISNA news outlet and hardline Mashregh news reported. One World Government (Daniel 11, Rev 13)
UFO mystery: Latest sighting in Siberia
An unidentified glowing object is said to have crashed down from the skies in Russia’s Siberia, causing a powerful explosion. A search for the mysterious item is underway amid speculations of what on Earth it could be.Witnesses describe seeing a bright glow covering the sky, followed by a shining object falling with a strange clanging sound and disappearing in the distance with a blast.The unidentified object supposedly fell in the taiga forest of the Irkutsk region...
UFO mystery: Latest sighting in Siberia
Decline of United States (Hosea 4-14)
Torture: Mainstream and Legal in America
Once clandestine, torture has gone mainstream. It is now routinely used — from the interrogation of detainees in the war on manufactured terror to police routinely using “pain compliance” techniques on school children.The attacks of September 11, 2001, opened the floodgates and provided the foundation for mainstreaming the use of torture and dismissing moral objections to the practice. Abu Ghraib, the torture memos of John Yoo, and the award-winning Fox TV series 24 all acted as a sadistic pornography that worked like slow acid to desensitize much of the public
Torture: Mainstream and Legal in America
Once clandestine, torture has gone mainstream. It is now routinely used — from the interrogation of detainees in the war on manufactured terror to police routinely using “pain compliance” techniques on school children.The attacks of September 11, 2001, opened the floodgates and provided the foundation for mainstreaming the use of torture and dismissing moral objections to the practice. Abu Ghraib, the torture memos of John Yoo, and the award-winning Fox TV series 24 all acted as a sadistic pornography that worked like slow acid to desensitize much of the public Famines, Drought, Floods, Earthquakes & Pestilences (Matthew 24:7-8) (Luke 21:11; 25) (Rev 6:5-8
Deadly March tornadoes were first billion-dollar disaster of 2012
April 14, 2012 – CHICAGO – A swarm of tornadoes that tore through the Midwest and Southeast in early March has earned the grim title of the nation’s first billion-dollar weather disaster of 2012. From March 2 through the early hours of March 3, 132 tornadoes were reported across nine states. Although those numbers are preliminary, and will undoubtedly decrease once overlapping reports are eliminated, their aftermath was devastating, causing more than $1.5 billion in damage....
Deadly March tornadoes were first billion-dollar disaster of 2012
April 14, 2012 – CHICAGO – A swarm of tornadoes that tore through the Midwest and Southeast in early March has earned the grim title of the nation’s first billion-dollar weather disaster of 2012. From March 2 through the early hours of March 3, 132 tornadoes were reported across nine states. Although those numbers are preliminary, and will undoubtedly decrease once overlapping reports are eliminated, their aftermath was devastating, causing more than $1.5 billion in damage....Costa Rica’s Turrialbla volcano unleashes a new series of eruptions
April 14, 2012 – COSTA RICA – Thursday morning the Turrialbla volcano unleashed a new series of eruptions, with experts converging on the colossus to take a close look at the smoke emanations coming from its centre. According to the Red Sismológica Nacional (RSN) and the Observatorio Vulcanologio y Sismologico de Costa Rica (OVISCORI) the activity does not present any danger, but will continue to monitor the volcano much closer.
Expert warns of another quake in the Andaman region
April 13, 2012 – NICOBAR ISL – A fierce earthquake from the Nicobar Islands could strike over Songkran, sending a tsunami crashing into the Andaman Coast, an expert warned yesterday after finding that the 8.6 magnitude Sumatran tremor three days ago was exceptionally deep. “Whenever there is a quake rooted in the [Earth's] mantle, a following quake will be likely in the next few days,” said Professor Thanawat Jaruphongsakul, a senior seismologist at Chulalongkorn University.
Expert warns of another quake in the Andaman region
