JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER
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HERES VERSES FROM THE PEACE LOVING MUSLIM ISLAMIC SHARIA SEX FOR MURDER CULT QUARAN.KILL CHRISTIANS AND JEWS.
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/023-violence.htm
PERSECUSSION,BEHEADINGS
JESUS PERSECUTED BIGTIME
PSALMS 14:1
1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
ISAIAH 53:4
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
MATTHEW 9:34
34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
JOHN 8:41
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
JOHN 10:20
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
PHILIPPIANS 2:10-11(JESUS GETS REVENGE)
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.(JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST AND FOR SINNERS, THE GREAT WHITE THRONE FINAL JUDGEMENT).
WE ARE CHRISTIANS WE WILL BE TREATED THE SAME.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5 (WHY WE ARE PERSECUTED BY THE WORLD)
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
MATTHEW 5:10-12
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
MATTHEW 24:9
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
JOHN 15:18-20
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me (JESUS) before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
1 PETER 4:16-19
16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain(BEHEADED) for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;(WILLINGLY-THEY CHOSE THE IMPLANT) and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL) will be a wild man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
LUKE 21:8-10,26
8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ;(NEW AGE NUTCASE MOVEMENT) and the time draweth near:(THE END OF THE WORLD CROWD) go ye not therefore after them.
9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom (ETHNIC GROUP) against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP)
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Islamic State video purports to show beheading of U.S. journalist-Reuters-By Ahmed Rasheed and Michael Georgy-AUG 19,14-YAHOONEWS
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamist militants fighting in Iraq released a video on Tuesday which purported to show the beheading of American journalist James Foley and U.S. officials said they were working to determine its authenticity.The video, titled "A Message to America," was released a day after Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot that has overrun large parts of Iraq, threatened to attack Americans "in any place.""We have seen a video that purports to be the murder of U.S. citizen James Foley by ISIL," White House National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said in a statement. "The intelligence community is working as quickly as possible to determine its authenticity.""If genuine, we are appalled by the brutal murder of an innocent American journalist and we express our deepest condolences to his family and friends," she said.Islamic State militants also claimed in the video to be holding U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff and said his life depended on U.S. President Barack Obama's next move. The video was posted after Obama resumed air strikes in Iraq for the first time since the end of the U.S. occupation in 2011."The life of this American citizen, Obama, depends on your next decision," said a masked man in the video posted on social media sites, speaking English with a British accent as he held a prisoner the video named as Sotloff, who went missing in northern Syria while he was reporting in July 2013.Foley was kidnapped on Nov. 22, 2012, in Syria by unidentified gunmen.A Twitter account set up by Foley's family said on Tuesday: "We know that many of you are looking for confirmation or answers. Please be patient until we all have more information, and keep the Foleys in your thoughts and prayers."In another video on Tuesday, Islamic State spoke of a holy war with the United States and said it would emerge victorious over the "crusader" America. It showed footage of Obama and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, as well as attacks on U.S. soldiers.
FIERCE RESISTANCE
Earlier, Iraqi forces halted a short-lived offensive on Tuesday to recapture Tikrit, home town of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, due to fierce resistance from Islamic State fighters.Buoyed by an operation to recapture a strategic dam from the militants after two months of setbacks, Iraqi army units backed by Shi'ite militias launched their offensive shortly after dawn on Tikrit, a city 130 km (80 miles) north of Baghdad which is a stronghold of the Sunni Muslim minority.But officers in the Iraqi forces' operations room said by mid-afternoon that the advance had stopped.South of Tikrit, the government side came under heavy machinegun and mortar fire from the militants, a group of Arab and foreign fighters hardened by battle both in Iraq and over the border in Syria's civil war, the officers told Reuters.To the west, landmines and snipers frustrated efforts to get closer to the city center in the latest in a series of attempts to drive out the militants. Residents of central Tikrit said by telephone that Islamic State fighters were firmly in control of their positions and patrolling the main streets.Sunni Muslim fighters led by the Islamic State swept through much of northern and western Iraq in June, capturing the Sunni cities of Tikrit and Mosul as well as the Mosul Dam, a fragile structure which controls water and power supplies to millions of people down the Tigris river valley.On Monday, fighters from Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region said they had regained control of the hydro electric dam with the help of U.S. air strikes. Obama announced that the dam had been retaken.The Pentagon said U.S. fighter aircraft conducted two air strikes near the Mosul Dam in the last day. One destroyed an Islamic State checkpoint.Obama ordered the U.S. air strikes earlier this month, he said, to protect Americans and prevent a genocide in a conflict that has forced hundreds of thousands of Iraqis to flee their homes, including from the Yazidi and Christian religious minorities.The Islamic State has concentrated on taking territory for its self-proclaimed caliphate both in Syria, where it is also fighting the forces of President Bashar al-Assad, and in Iraq. Unlike al Qaeda, the movement from which it split, it has so far steered clear of attacking Western targets in or outside the region.Coinciding with the Kurdish advances, Damascus government forces have stepped up air strikes on Islamic State positions in and around the city of Raqqa – its stronghold in eastern Syria.Analysts believe Assad - who is firmly in control in the capital more than three years into the civil war - is seizing the moment to show his potential value to Western states that backed the uprising against him but are now increasingly concerned by the Islamic State threat.The Islamic State added new fighters in Syria at a record rate in July, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the conflict. About 6,300 men – 80 percent of them Syrian and the rest foreigners – joined last month, Rami Abdelrahman, founder of the Observatory, told Reuters.
GERMANY WEIGHS ARMS
The Islamic State's successes since June have alarmed governments both in the West and in the region. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Tuesday that Germany would decide this week whether to send arms to Iraqi Kurds, suggesting it might be irresponsible to do nothing.Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh, the highest religious authority in the country, said on Tuesday that the Islamic State and al Qaeda were "enemy number one of Islam" and not in any way part of the faith.Efforts are under way in Baghdad to form a new government that will unite the majority Shi'ites with the Sunnis and Kurds in halting the Islamic State insurgency that threatened to tear the country apart.In Geneva, the United Nations refugee agency announced a major aid operation to get supplies to more than half a million people displaced by fighting in northern Iraq.(Additional reporting by Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva and Tom Perry in Beirut; Writing by David Stamp and Jim Loney; Editing by Anna Willard, Giles Elgood and Howard Goller)
Advancing Ukraine troops take fight to heart of pro-Moscow rebellion-Reuters-By Maria Tsvetkova and Noah Barkin-AUG 19,14-YAHOONEWS
DONETSK Ukraine/BERLIN (Reuters) - A gun battle broke out in the center of the rebel-held Ukrainian city of Donetsk and residents ran for cover from artillery fire on Tuesday, taking a government military offensive into the heart of the retreating pro-Moscow separatist rebellion.Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart will meet next week for the first time in months to try to end their confrontation over the separatist rebellion in eastern Ukraine, their offices said.In a prelude to the talks between Putin and Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to visit the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Saturday, her office said, to show support for the Ukrainian government.A diplomatic solution would have to resolve a contradiction: with his troops advancing and victory possibly within reach, Poroshenko has little incentive to offer the kind of compromises that would allow Putin to achieve a face-saving deal.Donetsk has for months been the headquarters of Ukraine's separatist rebellion, with rebel flags flying over administrative buildings and where residents strolled along the main avenue lined with flower bed and fountains.On Tuesday afternoon, the center of the city was transformed into a battle zone.A Reuters reporter said intense shooting broke out. Five or six rebel gunmen ran through a shopping mall car park, ducking behind cars and firing their guns.It was not possible to determine at whom they were firing; there was no sign of Ukrainian troops and the rebels remained in control of the center.In a park near the rebel headquarters building, residents fled when they heard the sound of shelling nearby. Shops closed early, and cars with gunmen inside sped through the streets, ignoring red traffic signals.A few hours earlier, fighting broke out in Makiyivka, a neighborhood on the eastern edge of Donetsk that until Tuesday had not seen any combat.A resident of Makiyivka who gave his name as Svyatoslav said he had seen separatist fighters turning back an ambulance from the scene of the fighting, telling the crew there was no one left alive for them to treat."They're having to retreat, they're not able to stand their ground the way they want to," he said of the rebels.Ukrainian officials said their troops were also fighting rebels in the center of the other big separatist stronghold, the city of Luhansk, on the border with Russia.
DIPLOMACY
The conflict, which began when street protests put a Western-leading leadership in power in Kiev against Moscow's wishes, has dragged relations between Russia and the West to their worst level since the end of the Cold War.It has also triggered a round of trade sanctions and retaliatory measures which are hurting fragile economies both in Russia and in European Union states.Russia annexed the Ukrainian region of Crimea earlier this year. Since then, Kiev and its Western backers say Russia has been arming the anti-Kiev rebellion in Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine, an allegation that Moscow has denied.The offices of the Ukrainian and Russian presidents said both men would attend a meeting in the Belarus capital, Minsk, on Aug. 26, which is also to be attended by EU officials, and the leaders of Belarus and Kazakhstan.Officially, the meeting concerns relations between the EU and a customs union involving Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, but Ukraine will top the agenda.The meeting will be the first between Putin and Poroshenko since a fleeting encounter in Normandy, France, in June at commemorations of the World War Two D-day landings.European officials say privately that they will keep up pressure on Putin to not support the rebels, but at the same time Ukraine has to be persuaded not to ruthlessly press home its advantage on the battlefield.That could humiliate the Kremlin and force it into an unpredictable reaction, officials say.Stefan Meister of the Berlin-based German Council on Foreign Relations said Merkel would use her visit to Kiev to back Poroshenko, but also to test how flexible Kiev is willing to be to achieve a deal with Moscow."In order to get a compromise with Russia, you need movement from Ukraine. How prepared are they to do that at a time when they are on the offensive in the east, trying to establish facts on the ground?" said Meister."I have the feeling Putin may be ready to talk but he can't lose face."Russian officials welcomed any European moves to bring Kiev - which they blame for what they call a humanitarian disaster in eastern Ukraine - to the negotiating table in earnest.A senior Russian foreign ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: "We welcome any movement, any understanding by the West, especially Germany, that the situation cannot be resolved without solving the problem inside Ukraine, in the same way that pressure on Russia did not and does not make any sense."
DEATH TOLL
The fighting in eastern Ukraine has taken a heavy human toll. The United Nations says an estimated 2,086 people, including civilians and combatants, have been killed in the four-month conflict.That figure nearly doubled since the end of July, when Ukrainian forces stepped up their offensive and fighting started in urban areas.In Donetsk, artillery fire has struck apartment buildings, killing and wounding residents. Officials in Kiev deny they are firing heavy weapons at residential areas.A doctor at a maternity hospital showed Reuters a ward that she had set up in a cellar, for use when the shelling makes it too dangerous for mothers to give birth above ground.Luhansk has been largely cut off for weeks and is now in its 17th day without water and regular supplies of electricity which have hit mobile and landline phone connections.A statement issued by the press service of the Luhansk municipality painted a picture of misery and fear for inhabitants there."Overnight there was fresh shelling. The center of the town has seriously suffered particularly near the central market ... As a result of the armed clashes civilians have been wounded and killed. There is further destruction (of buildings)," it said.Fires had broken out in several places after shelling. Only vital foodstuffs were on sale. "Bread is being sold from vehicles, with big queues forming ... Interrupted supplies of food, medicines and fuel to Luhansk is a particularly acute problem," the statement said.Some of the people who fled the fighting crossed the border into Russia and were gathered at a refugee camp near the Russian village of Donetsk.Roman Dubchak, 40, a coal miner from east Ukraine, said he fled with seven of his family members, including his disabled father and three children."We have nothing left: no job, no cash and no accommodation. We are heading nowhere," he said at the refugee camp, sitting near a tent. "Our (mine) shaft was destroyed by a combat aircraft, our village no longer exists."(Additional reporting by Thomas Grove in Donetsk, Ukraine, Natalia Zinets, Richard Balmforth and Alessandra Prentice in Kiev, Alexei Anishchuk in Moscow and Dmitry Madorsky in Donetsk, Russia; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Giles Elgood)
Ontario won't allow turban-wearing Sikhs to ride motorbike without a helmet-The Canadian Press By Maria Babbage, –AUG 19,14-YAHOONEWS
TORONTO - Ontario won't allow turban-wearing Sikhs to ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet, a decision the Canadian Sikh Association called "deeply" disappointing.Premier Kathleen Wynne wrote to the organization last week, saying she had struggled with striking the right balance between public safety and religious accommodation."After careful deliberation, we have determined that we will not grant this type of exemption as it would pose a road safety risk," she wrote in the Aug. 14 letter."Ultimately, the safety of Ontarians is my utmost priority, and I cannot justify setting that concern aside on this issue."The mandatory helmet law is based on extensive research that shows the high risk of injury and death for motorcyclists who ride without a helmet, she added. Mortality rates have gone down 30 per cent and head injury rates down 75 per cent in jurisdictions with such laws.Courts have also found that Ontario's law doesn't infringe on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms or the Ontario Human Rights Code, she said.The association has been a strong advocate for an exemption and presented "compelling arguments," Wynne wrote."However, the Ontario government has carefully monitored, and considered, the soundness of accommodating your position, drawing on relevant academic research, key legal decisions, and consultations with caucus and the community."The organization said it felt let down by the Liberal government, which had promised to bring in legislation that would provide the exemption."In all our discussions and meetings and consultations, we were given the understanding, assurances, commitment that we will be moving forward on this," said Manohar Singh Bal, secretary of the association.Members of all three parties as well as other high-profile Canadian politicians, such as former premier Bob Rae, all support the exemption, he said. Former transportation minister Glen Murray promised to introduce a bill sometime in March or April this year."The premier has reversed her position, I will say, or has not followed through on the understandings and commitments that she gave," Bal said.British Columbia, Manitoba and the United Kingdom have all enacted legislation that allows turban-wearing Sikhs the right to ride a motorcycle, he said.Wearing a turban is part of their religion and dress code, he said. They can't go out in public without wearing one."It's part of their very being as a person," Bal said.Ontario Provincial Police allowed its uniformed officers to wear turbans long ago, but the province won't grant Sikhs equality when it comes to the helmet law, he said."It's mindboggling how they pick and choose where they want to accommodate Sikhs and where they don't want to accommodate Sikhs," he said."It's just like we're at the mercy of the majority that they will pick and choose which rights we are entitled to and which rights we are not entitled to, and this is a classic example of that."Almost a year ago, Wynne spoke out against Quebec's controversial "values charter" which aimed to impose restrictions on religious clothing and symbols on public servants.Her government introduced a symbolic motion promising to oppose any bills that would restrict people's freedom of expression and religion in public places, which was passed unanimously in the legislature.NDP MPP Jagmeet Singh, who introduced a private member's bill to support the helmet law exemption, said he's also disappointed in the Liberals and will continue his efforts to protect all articles of faith."While the Wynne Liberals are happy to pay lip service to civil rights, when the rubber meets the road, this so-called activist premier is quick to deny the Sikh community rights recognized elsewhere," he said in a statement.
Merkel sets limits to Nato solidarity with Baltic states-Today @ 09:21-AUG 19,14-EUOBSERVER-By Andrew Rettman
BRUSSELS - German chancellor Angela Merkel has said Nato will defend Baltic states if need be, but will not build permanent military bases in the region.She spoke on Monday (18 August) on a visit to Riga in which she also laid a wreath at the Freedom Monument, a memorial to the Latvian War of Independence against Russia in 1918."I want to stress that ... Article V of the Nato contract - the duty to provide mutual support - is not something which just exists on paper, but is also something which must be filled with life”, she told press after meeting Latvian prime minister Laimdota Straujuma.She noted that German jets will start Nato air policing operations in Latvia on 20 August and that Nato is to build up a rapid reaction force to be used if Russia tries to destabilise its Baltic neighbours on the Ukraine model."I absolutely understand the concerns of the populations in Latvia, but also in the other Baltic states, and Poland, too”, she said.She ruled out building permanent Nato bases in the region because, she noted, this would violate a 1997 Russia-Nato accord on troop deployments in Europe, however."We won't have a permanent stationing of combat troops but we will boost our participation in other ways ... we will do what it takes to guarantee that, should Latvia come into difficulties, Nato will be able to help straight away".For her part, Straujuma said Russia’s attack on Ukraine has "fundamentally changed the security environment in Europe … trust has been lost”.She noted that she is “pleased that Ms. Merkel has affirmed that the words [Nato’s Article V] are not just words on paper" and that the German leader “promised” to help Latvian dairy producers struck by Russia’s import ban on EU food.Merkel’s remarks on Article V and the rapid reaction force echoed statements by Nato’s military chief, Philip Breedlove, on Sunday.Meanwhile, Pavlo Klimkin, Ukraine’s foreign minister, said on Monday that Merkel plans to visit Ukraine on 23 August in what he described as a "very interesting" trip.The Ukraine conflict and the EU-Russia confrontation show little sign of abatement despite German diplomatic efforts.Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, told press also on Monday that Russia has in the past few days sent 1,200 trained militants to east Ukraine.Its parliament speaker, Oleksandr Turchynov, said on a visit to Lithuania that Ukraine plans to join the EU in the next five years and to join Nato - a red line for Moscow - later down the line."I believe Ukraine has to not only be an EU member but also a Nato member. It would be a strong guarantee against Russia's future intentions”, he told the BNS news agency."If, earlier, people [in Ukraine] were divided in their opinions [on Nato membership], Russia's actions have changed it, including in the country's eastern regions”.With the EU on Monday pledging an extra €125 million for producers hit by the Russian food embargo, the German central bank noted the EU-Russia chill is holding back Europe’s economic recovery.“Geopolitical tensions in eastern Europe owing to the Ukraine conflict as well as in other parts of the world are now appearing to weigh more heavily on corporate sentiment”, it said in a regular report.“It is striking that the downward trend in exports to Russia already started at the beginning of 2013, with the value of these exports falling by nearly one fifth by May 2014. Quite clearly, the conditions necessary for prosperous trade with Russia began worsening some time before the Ukraine crisis".
Nato chief warns Russia against 'green men' tactics-18.08.14 @ 09:26-EUOBSERVER-By Andrew Rettman
BRUSSELS - Philip Breedlove, Nato’s top military commander, has said that if Russia does what it did in Crimea to a Nato state, it would be considered an act of war against the alliance.Referring to Russia’s actions in Crimea in March, he told Germany’s Die Welt newspaper on Sunday (17 August): “The most important thing is that Nato nations are prepared for the so-called green men: armed military without insignia who create unrest, occupy government buildings, incite the population; separatists who educate and give military advice and contribute to the significant destabilisation of a country … there is a danger that this could also happen in other eastern European countries”.He added: “I want to clarify one thing: If foreign forces seep into Nato territory, and if we can demonstrate that this approach is an aggression - then this means Article V [of the Nato treaty on collective defence] … this means a military response to the actions of the aggressor”.Breedlove and Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen sent out a similar message in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Saturday.“Today and in the future, Nato means one for all, all for one”, they said.They noted that when the alliance holds its summit in Wales in September, it will “upgrade” its rapid-reaction force to deal with potential ‘green men’ scenarios.They said the force will “deploy at the first sign of trouble … travel light but strike hard if needed”.“Having the right capabilities, in the right place, at the right time can make the difference between threat and reassurance, between war and peace … these measures are necessary to adapt to a dangerous world and to respond to Russia's double-game”.
Estonia and Latvia are considered the most vulnerable Nato members because, like Crimea, they host large ethnic Russian minorities.Breedlove spoke out in German media the same day German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with his French, Russian, and Ukrainian counterparts for a five-hour long fireside talk at the Villa Borsig in Berlin.The talks come amid new photo evidence that Russia is sending Russian-flagged military vehicles into east Ukraine on a daily basis.They also come amid concern Russia will try to use humanitarian aid to reinforce pro-Russia rebels, who have suffered setbacks, in what some analysts are calling “beige men” tactics by reference to the Russian aid personnel's beige clothes.Steinmeier said the Berlin meeting was “difficult” but “made progress on some points” and that the FMs are likely to meet again this week.Ukraine’s Pavlo Klimkin said they would probably have to hold “many more” five-hour long conversations before there is progress.EU foreign ministers also discussed Ukraine at an extraordinary meeting in Brussels on Friday.They urged Russia to allow international monitors from the OSCE, a multilateral European body in which Russia holds a veto, to work on the Russia-Ukraine border.They also urged Russia to “reach an agreement as soon as possible” on Ukraine gas prices, after European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said he is to hold new gas supply talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.The gas initiative comes amid concern that eastern EU states who get Russian gas via Ukraine might suffer cut-offs in winter.Slovakia, which gets 83 percent of its gas from Russia, and Hungary, which gets 80 percent, spoke out against EU sanctions on Russia last week.Slovak PM Robert Fico said on Thursday: “Why should we jeopardise the EU economy? … If there is a crisis situation, it should be solved by other means than meaningless sanctions”.Hungary’s Viktor Orban told Hungarian media on Friday “the sanctions policy pursued by the West … causes more harm to us than to Russia”. He added: "In politics, this is called shooting oneself in the foot”.For his part, Lithuanian FM Linas Linkevicius, whose country gets 100 percent of its gas from Russia, noted the same day: “I would say: Better shoot yourself in the foot, than let yourself be shot in the head”.
EARTHQUAKES
ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
49 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2014-08-19 19:53:55 UTC-04:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-04:00)49 earthquakes in map area
4.6 80km SW of Iquique, Chile 2014-08-19 19:12:52 UTC-04:00 19.1 km
4.8 Mid-Indian Ridge 2014-08-19 18:42:33 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
5.3 24km SE of Abdanan, Iran 2014-08-19 17:32:17 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
3.1 67km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 15:14:40 UTC-04:00 3.4 km
2.8 68km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 15:14:09 UTC-04:00 1.7 km
2.8 27km E of Y, Alaska 2014-08-19 15:08:28 UTC-04:00 25.9 km
5.1 Southwest of Africa 2014-08-19 14:19:58 UTC-04:00 11.1 km
4.5 37km ESE of Dehloran, Iran 2014-08-19 13:59:11 UTC-04:00 9.4 km
2.5 35km SSW of Esperanza, Puerto Rico 2014-08-19 13:16:50 UTC-04:00 16.0 km
2.7 7km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma 2014-08-19 13:15:33 UTC-04:00 4.0 km
5.0 88km ESE of Caburan, Philippines 2014-08-19 13:12:20 UTC-04:00 57.6 km
4.2 26km NW of Lab-Sar, Afghanistan 2014-08-19 13:02:58 UTC-04:00 18.0 km
2.6 78km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-08-19 12:58:52 UTC-04:00 58.0 km
4.0 71km WSW of Copiapo, Chile 2014-08-19 12:11:58 UTC-04:00 50.7 km
5.2 175km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2014-08-19 11:38:18 UTC-04:00 610.0 km
3.2 49km NW of Lordsburg, New Mexico 2014-08-19 11:16:37 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
4.1 35km SE of Abdanan, Iran 2014-08-19 10:43:47 UTC-04:00 14.0 km
2.6 110km NW of Talkeetna, Alaska 2014-08-19 10:43:19 UTC-04:00 2.0 km
2.7 67km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 10:27:17 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
4.7 75km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea 2014-08-19 09:43:31 UTC-04:00 58.7 km
4.5 1km NNW of Puerto Serrano, Spain 2014-08-19 09:38:23 UTC-04:00 16.8 km
5.1 41km S of Nemuro, Japan 2014-08-19 09:26:23 UTC-04:00 43.9 km
2.5 7km N of Spencer, Oklahoma 2014-08-19 09:16:54 UTC-04:00 5.7 km
2.8 67km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 09:04:48 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
4.2 7km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma 2014-08-19 08:41:35 UTC-04:00 3.5 km
4.3 47km ESE of Dehloran, Iran 2014-08-19 08:16:19 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
3.3 18km E of Adak, Alaska 2014-08-19 07:21:59 UTC-04:00 51.5 km
4.7 44km ESE of Dehloran, Iran 2014-08-19 06:32:52 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
4.0 57km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2014-08-19 06:11:22 UTC-04:00 134.3 km
3.4 67km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 05:13:16 UTC-04:00 1.3 km
4.9 108km NE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 2014-08-19 04:25:48 UTC-04:00 24.8 km
2.7 12km SW of Cohoe, Alaska 2014-08-19 04:23:39 UTC-04:00 55.1 km
3.0 69km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 04:03:38 UTC-04:00 1.4 km
3.4 140km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2014-08-19 03:37:35 UTC-04:00 9.0 km
2.9 31km SSW of Solvang, California 2014-08-19 03:27:50 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
2.6 153km NE of Chignik Lake, Alaska 2014-08-19 02:56:03 UTC-04:00 100.0 km
3.2 68km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 02:46:05 UTC-04:00 0.7 km
4.6 10km NNW of Aratoca, Colombia 2014-08-19 02:06:26 UTC-04:00 159.0 km
2.5 72km SE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 01:29:14 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
2.7 66km W of Tok, Alaska 2014-08-19 00:54:48 UTC-04:00 20.1 km
3.4 106km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2014-08-19 00:47:15 UTC-04:00 54.0 km
2.5 27km ENE of Goldendale, Washington 2014-08-19 00:32:31 UTC-04:00 18.2 km
2.6 68km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 00:16:31 UTC-04:00 0.2 km
3.6 68km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 00:00:34 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
2.6 44km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska 2014-08-18 22:37:42 UTC-04:00 2.5 km
3.8 46km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska 2014-08-18 21:41:34 UTC-04:00 2.3 km
4.3 49km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 2014-08-18 21:10:55 UTC-04:00 5.2 km
3.3 72km SE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-18 20:36:56 UTC-04:00 1.8 km
2.6 67km SE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-18 20:24:17 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
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HERES VERSES FROM THE PEACE LOVING MUSLIM ISLAMIC SHARIA SEX FOR MURDER CULT QUARAN.KILL CHRISTIANS AND JEWS.
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/023-violence.htm
PERSECUSSION,BEHEADINGS
JESUS PERSECUTED BIGTIME
PSALMS 14:1
1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
ISAIAH 53:4
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
MATTHEW 9:34
34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
JOHN 8:41
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
JOHN 10:20
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
PHILIPPIANS 2:10-11(JESUS GETS REVENGE)
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.(JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST AND FOR SINNERS, THE GREAT WHITE THRONE FINAL JUDGEMENT).
WE ARE CHRISTIANS WE WILL BE TREATED THE SAME.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5 (WHY WE ARE PERSECUTED BY THE WORLD)
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
MATTHEW 5:10-12
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
MATTHEW 24:9
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
JOHN 15:18-20
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me (JESUS) before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
1 PETER 4:16-19
16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain(BEHEADED) for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;(WILLINGLY-THEY CHOSE THE IMPLANT) and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL) will be a wild man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
LUKE 21:8-10,26
8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ;(NEW AGE NUTCASE MOVEMENT) and the time draweth near:(THE END OF THE WORLD CROWD) go ye not therefore after them.
9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom (ETHNIC GROUP) against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP)
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Islamic State video purports to show beheading of U.S. journalist-Reuters-By Ahmed Rasheed and Michael Georgy-AUG 19,14-YAHOONEWS
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamist militants fighting in Iraq released a video on Tuesday which purported to show the beheading of American journalist James Foley and U.S. officials said they were working to determine its authenticity.The video, titled "A Message to America," was released a day after Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot that has overrun large parts of Iraq, threatened to attack Americans "in any place.""We have seen a video that purports to be the murder of U.S. citizen James Foley by ISIL," White House National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said in a statement. "The intelligence community is working as quickly as possible to determine its authenticity.""If genuine, we are appalled by the brutal murder of an innocent American journalist and we express our deepest condolences to his family and friends," she said.Islamic State militants also claimed in the video to be holding U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff and said his life depended on U.S. President Barack Obama's next move. The video was posted after Obama resumed air strikes in Iraq for the first time since the end of the U.S. occupation in 2011."The life of this American citizen, Obama, depends on your next decision," said a masked man in the video posted on social media sites, speaking English with a British accent as he held a prisoner the video named as Sotloff, who went missing in northern Syria while he was reporting in July 2013.Foley was kidnapped on Nov. 22, 2012, in Syria by unidentified gunmen.A Twitter account set up by Foley's family said on Tuesday: "We know that many of you are looking for confirmation or answers. Please be patient until we all have more information, and keep the Foleys in your thoughts and prayers."In another video on Tuesday, Islamic State spoke of a holy war with the United States and said it would emerge victorious over the "crusader" America. It showed footage of Obama and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, as well as attacks on U.S. soldiers.
FIERCE RESISTANCE
Earlier, Iraqi forces halted a short-lived offensive on Tuesday to recapture Tikrit, home town of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, due to fierce resistance from Islamic State fighters.Buoyed by an operation to recapture a strategic dam from the militants after two months of setbacks, Iraqi army units backed by Shi'ite militias launched their offensive shortly after dawn on Tikrit, a city 130 km (80 miles) north of Baghdad which is a stronghold of the Sunni Muslim minority.But officers in the Iraqi forces' operations room said by mid-afternoon that the advance had stopped.South of Tikrit, the government side came under heavy machinegun and mortar fire from the militants, a group of Arab and foreign fighters hardened by battle both in Iraq and over the border in Syria's civil war, the officers told Reuters.To the west, landmines and snipers frustrated efforts to get closer to the city center in the latest in a series of attempts to drive out the militants. Residents of central Tikrit said by telephone that Islamic State fighters were firmly in control of their positions and patrolling the main streets.Sunni Muslim fighters led by the Islamic State swept through much of northern and western Iraq in June, capturing the Sunni cities of Tikrit and Mosul as well as the Mosul Dam, a fragile structure which controls water and power supplies to millions of people down the Tigris river valley.On Monday, fighters from Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region said they had regained control of the hydro electric dam with the help of U.S. air strikes. Obama announced that the dam had been retaken.The Pentagon said U.S. fighter aircraft conducted two air strikes near the Mosul Dam in the last day. One destroyed an Islamic State checkpoint.Obama ordered the U.S. air strikes earlier this month, he said, to protect Americans and prevent a genocide in a conflict that has forced hundreds of thousands of Iraqis to flee their homes, including from the Yazidi and Christian religious minorities.The Islamic State has concentrated on taking territory for its self-proclaimed caliphate both in Syria, where it is also fighting the forces of President Bashar al-Assad, and in Iraq. Unlike al Qaeda, the movement from which it split, it has so far steered clear of attacking Western targets in or outside the region.Coinciding with the Kurdish advances, Damascus government forces have stepped up air strikes on Islamic State positions in and around the city of Raqqa – its stronghold in eastern Syria.Analysts believe Assad - who is firmly in control in the capital more than three years into the civil war - is seizing the moment to show his potential value to Western states that backed the uprising against him but are now increasingly concerned by the Islamic State threat.The Islamic State added new fighters in Syria at a record rate in July, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the conflict. About 6,300 men – 80 percent of them Syrian and the rest foreigners – joined last month, Rami Abdelrahman, founder of the Observatory, told Reuters.
GERMANY WEIGHS ARMS
The Islamic State's successes since June have alarmed governments both in the West and in the region. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Tuesday that Germany would decide this week whether to send arms to Iraqi Kurds, suggesting it might be irresponsible to do nothing.Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh, the highest religious authority in the country, said on Tuesday that the Islamic State and al Qaeda were "enemy number one of Islam" and not in any way part of the faith.Efforts are under way in Baghdad to form a new government that will unite the majority Shi'ites with the Sunnis and Kurds in halting the Islamic State insurgency that threatened to tear the country apart.In Geneva, the United Nations refugee agency announced a major aid operation to get supplies to more than half a million people displaced by fighting in northern Iraq.(Additional reporting by Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva and Tom Perry in Beirut; Writing by David Stamp and Jim Loney; Editing by Anna Willard, Giles Elgood and Howard Goller)
Advancing Ukraine troops take fight to heart of pro-Moscow rebellion-Reuters-By Maria Tsvetkova and Noah Barkin-AUG 19,14-YAHOONEWS
DONETSK Ukraine/BERLIN (Reuters) - A gun battle broke out in the center of the rebel-held Ukrainian city of Donetsk and residents ran for cover from artillery fire on Tuesday, taking a government military offensive into the heart of the retreating pro-Moscow separatist rebellion.Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart will meet next week for the first time in months to try to end their confrontation over the separatist rebellion in eastern Ukraine, their offices said.In a prelude to the talks between Putin and Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to visit the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Saturday, her office said, to show support for the Ukrainian government.A diplomatic solution would have to resolve a contradiction: with his troops advancing and victory possibly within reach, Poroshenko has little incentive to offer the kind of compromises that would allow Putin to achieve a face-saving deal.Donetsk has for months been the headquarters of Ukraine's separatist rebellion, with rebel flags flying over administrative buildings and where residents strolled along the main avenue lined with flower bed and fountains.On Tuesday afternoon, the center of the city was transformed into a battle zone.A Reuters reporter said intense shooting broke out. Five or six rebel gunmen ran through a shopping mall car park, ducking behind cars and firing their guns.It was not possible to determine at whom they were firing; there was no sign of Ukrainian troops and the rebels remained in control of the center.In a park near the rebel headquarters building, residents fled when they heard the sound of shelling nearby. Shops closed early, and cars with gunmen inside sped through the streets, ignoring red traffic signals.A few hours earlier, fighting broke out in Makiyivka, a neighborhood on the eastern edge of Donetsk that until Tuesday had not seen any combat.A resident of Makiyivka who gave his name as Svyatoslav said he had seen separatist fighters turning back an ambulance from the scene of the fighting, telling the crew there was no one left alive for them to treat."They're having to retreat, they're not able to stand their ground the way they want to," he said of the rebels.Ukrainian officials said their troops were also fighting rebels in the center of the other big separatist stronghold, the city of Luhansk, on the border with Russia.
DIPLOMACY
The conflict, which began when street protests put a Western-leading leadership in power in Kiev against Moscow's wishes, has dragged relations between Russia and the West to their worst level since the end of the Cold War.It has also triggered a round of trade sanctions and retaliatory measures which are hurting fragile economies both in Russia and in European Union states.Russia annexed the Ukrainian region of Crimea earlier this year. Since then, Kiev and its Western backers say Russia has been arming the anti-Kiev rebellion in Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine, an allegation that Moscow has denied.The offices of the Ukrainian and Russian presidents said both men would attend a meeting in the Belarus capital, Minsk, on Aug. 26, which is also to be attended by EU officials, and the leaders of Belarus and Kazakhstan.Officially, the meeting concerns relations between the EU and a customs union involving Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, but Ukraine will top the agenda.The meeting will be the first between Putin and Poroshenko since a fleeting encounter in Normandy, France, in June at commemorations of the World War Two D-day landings.European officials say privately that they will keep up pressure on Putin to not support the rebels, but at the same time Ukraine has to be persuaded not to ruthlessly press home its advantage on the battlefield.That could humiliate the Kremlin and force it into an unpredictable reaction, officials say.Stefan Meister of the Berlin-based German Council on Foreign Relations said Merkel would use her visit to Kiev to back Poroshenko, but also to test how flexible Kiev is willing to be to achieve a deal with Moscow."In order to get a compromise with Russia, you need movement from Ukraine. How prepared are they to do that at a time when they are on the offensive in the east, trying to establish facts on the ground?" said Meister."I have the feeling Putin may be ready to talk but he can't lose face."Russian officials welcomed any European moves to bring Kiev - which they blame for what they call a humanitarian disaster in eastern Ukraine - to the negotiating table in earnest.A senior Russian foreign ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: "We welcome any movement, any understanding by the West, especially Germany, that the situation cannot be resolved without solving the problem inside Ukraine, in the same way that pressure on Russia did not and does not make any sense."
DEATH TOLL
The fighting in eastern Ukraine has taken a heavy human toll. The United Nations says an estimated 2,086 people, including civilians and combatants, have been killed in the four-month conflict.That figure nearly doubled since the end of July, when Ukrainian forces stepped up their offensive and fighting started in urban areas.In Donetsk, artillery fire has struck apartment buildings, killing and wounding residents. Officials in Kiev deny they are firing heavy weapons at residential areas.A doctor at a maternity hospital showed Reuters a ward that she had set up in a cellar, for use when the shelling makes it too dangerous for mothers to give birth above ground.Luhansk has been largely cut off for weeks and is now in its 17th day without water and regular supplies of electricity which have hit mobile and landline phone connections.A statement issued by the press service of the Luhansk municipality painted a picture of misery and fear for inhabitants there."Overnight there was fresh shelling. The center of the town has seriously suffered particularly near the central market ... As a result of the armed clashes civilians have been wounded and killed. There is further destruction (of buildings)," it said.Fires had broken out in several places after shelling. Only vital foodstuffs were on sale. "Bread is being sold from vehicles, with big queues forming ... Interrupted supplies of food, medicines and fuel to Luhansk is a particularly acute problem," the statement said.Some of the people who fled the fighting crossed the border into Russia and were gathered at a refugee camp near the Russian village of Donetsk.Roman Dubchak, 40, a coal miner from east Ukraine, said he fled with seven of his family members, including his disabled father and three children."We have nothing left: no job, no cash and no accommodation. We are heading nowhere," he said at the refugee camp, sitting near a tent. "Our (mine) shaft was destroyed by a combat aircraft, our village no longer exists."(Additional reporting by Thomas Grove in Donetsk, Ukraine, Natalia Zinets, Richard Balmforth and Alessandra Prentice in Kiev, Alexei Anishchuk in Moscow and Dmitry Madorsky in Donetsk, Russia; Writing by Christian Lowe; Editing by Giles Elgood)
Ontario won't allow turban-wearing Sikhs to ride motorbike without a helmet-The Canadian Press By Maria Babbage, –AUG 19,14-YAHOONEWS
TORONTO - Ontario won't allow turban-wearing Sikhs to ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet, a decision the Canadian Sikh Association called "deeply" disappointing.Premier Kathleen Wynne wrote to the organization last week, saying she had struggled with striking the right balance between public safety and religious accommodation."After careful deliberation, we have determined that we will not grant this type of exemption as it would pose a road safety risk," she wrote in the Aug. 14 letter."Ultimately, the safety of Ontarians is my utmost priority, and I cannot justify setting that concern aside on this issue."The mandatory helmet law is based on extensive research that shows the high risk of injury and death for motorcyclists who ride without a helmet, she added. Mortality rates have gone down 30 per cent and head injury rates down 75 per cent in jurisdictions with such laws.Courts have also found that Ontario's law doesn't infringe on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms or the Ontario Human Rights Code, she said.The association has been a strong advocate for an exemption and presented "compelling arguments," Wynne wrote."However, the Ontario government has carefully monitored, and considered, the soundness of accommodating your position, drawing on relevant academic research, key legal decisions, and consultations with caucus and the community."The organization said it felt let down by the Liberal government, which had promised to bring in legislation that would provide the exemption."In all our discussions and meetings and consultations, we were given the understanding, assurances, commitment that we will be moving forward on this," said Manohar Singh Bal, secretary of the association.Members of all three parties as well as other high-profile Canadian politicians, such as former premier Bob Rae, all support the exemption, he said. Former transportation minister Glen Murray promised to introduce a bill sometime in March or April this year."The premier has reversed her position, I will say, or has not followed through on the understandings and commitments that she gave," Bal said.British Columbia, Manitoba and the United Kingdom have all enacted legislation that allows turban-wearing Sikhs the right to ride a motorcycle, he said.Wearing a turban is part of their religion and dress code, he said. They can't go out in public without wearing one."It's part of their very being as a person," Bal said.Ontario Provincial Police allowed its uniformed officers to wear turbans long ago, but the province won't grant Sikhs equality when it comes to the helmet law, he said."It's mindboggling how they pick and choose where they want to accommodate Sikhs and where they don't want to accommodate Sikhs," he said."It's just like we're at the mercy of the majority that they will pick and choose which rights we are entitled to and which rights we are not entitled to, and this is a classic example of that."Almost a year ago, Wynne spoke out against Quebec's controversial "values charter" which aimed to impose restrictions on religious clothing and symbols on public servants.Her government introduced a symbolic motion promising to oppose any bills that would restrict people's freedom of expression and religion in public places, which was passed unanimously in the legislature.NDP MPP Jagmeet Singh, who introduced a private member's bill to support the helmet law exemption, said he's also disappointed in the Liberals and will continue his efforts to protect all articles of faith."While the Wynne Liberals are happy to pay lip service to civil rights, when the rubber meets the road, this so-called activist premier is quick to deny the Sikh community rights recognized elsewhere," he said in a statement.
Merkel sets limits to Nato solidarity with Baltic states-Today @ 09:21-AUG 19,14-EUOBSERVER-By Andrew Rettman
BRUSSELS - German chancellor Angela Merkel has said Nato will defend Baltic states if need be, but will not build permanent military bases in the region.She spoke on Monday (18 August) on a visit to Riga in which she also laid a wreath at the Freedom Monument, a memorial to the Latvian War of Independence against Russia in 1918."I want to stress that ... Article V of the Nato contract - the duty to provide mutual support - is not something which just exists on paper, but is also something which must be filled with life”, she told press after meeting Latvian prime minister Laimdota Straujuma.She noted that German jets will start Nato air policing operations in Latvia on 20 August and that Nato is to build up a rapid reaction force to be used if Russia tries to destabilise its Baltic neighbours on the Ukraine model."I absolutely understand the concerns of the populations in Latvia, but also in the other Baltic states, and Poland, too”, she said.She ruled out building permanent Nato bases in the region because, she noted, this would violate a 1997 Russia-Nato accord on troop deployments in Europe, however."We won't have a permanent stationing of combat troops but we will boost our participation in other ways ... we will do what it takes to guarantee that, should Latvia come into difficulties, Nato will be able to help straight away".For her part, Straujuma said Russia’s attack on Ukraine has "fundamentally changed the security environment in Europe … trust has been lost”.She noted that she is “pleased that Ms. Merkel has affirmed that the words [Nato’s Article V] are not just words on paper" and that the German leader “promised” to help Latvian dairy producers struck by Russia’s import ban on EU food.Merkel’s remarks on Article V and the rapid reaction force echoed statements by Nato’s military chief, Philip Breedlove, on Sunday.Meanwhile, Pavlo Klimkin, Ukraine’s foreign minister, said on Monday that Merkel plans to visit Ukraine on 23 August in what he described as a "very interesting" trip.The Ukraine conflict and the EU-Russia confrontation show little sign of abatement despite German diplomatic efforts.Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, told press also on Monday that Russia has in the past few days sent 1,200 trained militants to east Ukraine.Its parliament speaker, Oleksandr Turchynov, said on a visit to Lithuania that Ukraine plans to join the EU in the next five years and to join Nato - a red line for Moscow - later down the line."I believe Ukraine has to not only be an EU member but also a Nato member. It would be a strong guarantee against Russia's future intentions”, he told the BNS news agency."If, earlier, people [in Ukraine] were divided in their opinions [on Nato membership], Russia's actions have changed it, including in the country's eastern regions”.With the EU on Monday pledging an extra €125 million for producers hit by the Russian food embargo, the German central bank noted the EU-Russia chill is holding back Europe’s economic recovery.“Geopolitical tensions in eastern Europe owing to the Ukraine conflict as well as in other parts of the world are now appearing to weigh more heavily on corporate sentiment”, it said in a regular report.“It is striking that the downward trend in exports to Russia already started at the beginning of 2013, with the value of these exports falling by nearly one fifth by May 2014. Quite clearly, the conditions necessary for prosperous trade with Russia began worsening some time before the Ukraine crisis".
Nato chief warns Russia against 'green men' tactics-18.08.14 @ 09:26-EUOBSERVER-By Andrew Rettman
BRUSSELS - Philip Breedlove, Nato’s top military commander, has said that if Russia does what it did in Crimea to a Nato state, it would be considered an act of war against the alliance.Referring to Russia’s actions in Crimea in March, he told Germany’s Die Welt newspaper on Sunday (17 August): “The most important thing is that Nato nations are prepared for the so-called green men: armed military without insignia who create unrest, occupy government buildings, incite the population; separatists who educate and give military advice and contribute to the significant destabilisation of a country … there is a danger that this could also happen in other eastern European countries”.He added: “I want to clarify one thing: If foreign forces seep into Nato territory, and if we can demonstrate that this approach is an aggression - then this means Article V [of the Nato treaty on collective defence] … this means a military response to the actions of the aggressor”.Breedlove and Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen sent out a similar message in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Saturday.“Today and in the future, Nato means one for all, all for one”, they said.They noted that when the alliance holds its summit in Wales in September, it will “upgrade” its rapid-reaction force to deal with potential ‘green men’ scenarios.They said the force will “deploy at the first sign of trouble … travel light but strike hard if needed”.“Having the right capabilities, in the right place, at the right time can make the difference between threat and reassurance, between war and peace … these measures are necessary to adapt to a dangerous world and to respond to Russia's double-game”.
Estonia and Latvia are considered the most vulnerable Nato members because, like Crimea, they host large ethnic Russian minorities.Breedlove spoke out in German media the same day German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with his French, Russian, and Ukrainian counterparts for a five-hour long fireside talk at the Villa Borsig in Berlin.The talks come amid new photo evidence that Russia is sending Russian-flagged military vehicles into east Ukraine on a daily basis.They also come amid concern Russia will try to use humanitarian aid to reinforce pro-Russia rebels, who have suffered setbacks, in what some analysts are calling “beige men” tactics by reference to the Russian aid personnel's beige clothes.Steinmeier said the Berlin meeting was “difficult” but “made progress on some points” and that the FMs are likely to meet again this week.Ukraine’s Pavlo Klimkin said they would probably have to hold “many more” five-hour long conversations before there is progress.EU foreign ministers also discussed Ukraine at an extraordinary meeting in Brussels on Friday.They urged Russia to allow international monitors from the OSCE, a multilateral European body in which Russia holds a veto, to work on the Russia-Ukraine border.They also urged Russia to “reach an agreement as soon as possible” on Ukraine gas prices, after European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said he is to hold new gas supply talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.The gas initiative comes amid concern that eastern EU states who get Russian gas via Ukraine might suffer cut-offs in winter.Slovakia, which gets 83 percent of its gas from Russia, and Hungary, which gets 80 percent, spoke out against EU sanctions on Russia last week.Slovak PM Robert Fico said on Thursday: “Why should we jeopardise the EU economy? … If there is a crisis situation, it should be solved by other means than meaningless sanctions”.Hungary’s Viktor Orban told Hungarian media on Friday “the sanctions policy pursued by the West … causes more harm to us than to Russia”. He added: "In politics, this is called shooting oneself in the foot”.For his part, Lithuanian FM Linas Linkevicius, whose country gets 100 percent of its gas from Russia, noted the same day: “I would say: Better shoot yourself in the foot, than let yourself be shot in the head”.
EARTHQUAKES
ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
49 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2014-08-19 19:53:55 UTC-04:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-04:00)49 earthquakes in map area
4.6 80km SW of Iquique, Chile 2014-08-19 19:12:52 UTC-04:00 19.1 km
4.8 Mid-Indian Ridge 2014-08-19 18:42:33 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
5.3 24km SE of Abdanan, Iran 2014-08-19 17:32:17 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
3.1 67km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 15:14:40 UTC-04:00 3.4 km
2.8 68km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 15:14:09 UTC-04:00 1.7 km
2.8 27km E of Y, Alaska 2014-08-19 15:08:28 UTC-04:00 25.9 km
5.1 Southwest of Africa 2014-08-19 14:19:58 UTC-04:00 11.1 km
4.5 37km ESE of Dehloran, Iran 2014-08-19 13:59:11 UTC-04:00 9.4 km
2.5 35km SSW of Esperanza, Puerto Rico 2014-08-19 13:16:50 UTC-04:00 16.0 km
2.7 7km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma 2014-08-19 13:15:33 UTC-04:00 4.0 km
5.0 88km ESE of Caburan, Philippines 2014-08-19 13:12:20 UTC-04:00 57.6 km
4.2 26km NW of Lab-Sar, Afghanistan 2014-08-19 13:02:58 UTC-04:00 18.0 km
2.6 78km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-08-19 12:58:52 UTC-04:00 58.0 km
4.0 71km WSW of Copiapo, Chile 2014-08-19 12:11:58 UTC-04:00 50.7 km
5.2 175km SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2014-08-19 11:38:18 UTC-04:00 610.0 km
3.2 49km NW of Lordsburg, New Mexico 2014-08-19 11:16:37 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
4.1 35km SE of Abdanan, Iran 2014-08-19 10:43:47 UTC-04:00 14.0 km
2.6 110km NW of Talkeetna, Alaska 2014-08-19 10:43:19 UTC-04:00 2.0 km
2.7 67km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 10:27:17 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
4.7 75km SSW of Taron, Papua New Guinea 2014-08-19 09:43:31 UTC-04:00 58.7 km
4.5 1km NNW of Puerto Serrano, Spain 2014-08-19 09:38:23 UTC-04:00 16.8 km
5.1 41km S of Nemuro, Japan 2014-08-19 09:26:23 UTC-04:00 43.9 km
2.5 7km N of Spencer, Oklahoma 2014-08-19 09:16:54 UTC-04:00 5.7 km
2.8 67km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 09:04:48 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
4.2 7km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma 2014-08-19 08:41:35 UTC-04:00 3.5 km
4.3 47km ESE of Dehloran, Iran 2014-08-19 08:16:19 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
3.3 18km E of Adak, Alaska 2014-08-19 07:21:59 UTC-04:00 51.5 km
4.7 44km ESE of Dehloran, Iran 2014-08-19 06:32:52 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
4.0 57km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2014-08-19 06:11:22 UTC-04:00 134.3 km
3.4 67km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 05:13:16 UTC-04:00 1.3 km
4.9 108km NE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 2014-08-19 04:25:48 UTC-04:00 24.8 km
2.7 12km SW of Cohoe, Alaska 2014-08-19 04:23:39 UTC-04:00 55.1 km
3.0 69km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 04:03:38 UTC-04:00 1.4 km
3.4 140km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2014-08-19 03:37:35 UTC-04:00 9.0 km
2.9 31km SSW of Solvang, California 2014-08-19 03:27:50 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
2.6 153km NE of Chignik Lake, Alaska 2014-08-19 02:56:03 UTC-04:00 100.0 km
3.2 68km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 02:46:05 UTC-04:00 0.7 km
4.6 10km NNW of Aratoca, Colombia 2014-08-19 02:06:26 UTC-04:00 159.0 km
2.5 72km SE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 01:29:14 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
2.7 66km W of Tok, Alaska 2014-08-19 00:54:48 UTC-04:00 20.1 km
3.4 106km NNE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2014-08-19 00:47:15 UTC-04:00 54.0 km
2.5 27km ENE of Goldendale, Washington 2014-08-19 00:32:31 UTC-04:00 18.2 km
2.6 68km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 00:16:31 UTC-04:00 0.2 km
3.6 68km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-19 00:00:34 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
2.6 44km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska 2014-08-18 22:37:42 UTC-04:00 2.5 km
3.8 46km WSW of Nikolski, Alaska 2014-08-18 21:41:34 UTC-04:00 2.3 km
4.3 49km SW of Nikolski, Alaska 2014-08-18 21:10:55 UTC-04:00 5.2 km
3.3 72km SE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-18 20:36:56 UTC-04:00 1.8 km
2.6 67km SE of Lakeview, Oregon 2014-08-18 20:24:17 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
