Saturday, August 09, 2014

THE POPE SENDS A DELEGATION TO IRAQ

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

RELATED STORIES I DONE
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/08/isis-wants-black-flag-of-islamic-sharia.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/08/christians-flee-persecution-from.html

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)

NOTICE THE 200,000 CHRISTIANS ARE FLEEING TO THE MOUNTAINS IN IRAQ BECAUSE OF PERSECUTION.IN THE FUTURE AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE TRIBUL ATION PERIOD THIS HAPPENS ONCE AGAIN.AFTER THE WORLD DICTATOR IS INCARNATED BY SATAN AND LITERALLY COMES BACK TO LIFE IN A FALSE RESURRECTION.AND AFTER HE SETS HIMSELF UP IN THE 3RD TEMPLE CLAIMING HE IS GOD.THEN THE ISRAELIS ARE PERSECUTED BY HIM.AND HERES WERE THIS VERSE COMES IN AGAIN.THE ISRAELIS FLEE TO THE MOUNTAINS TO GET AWAY FROM BEING PERSECUTED BY THE WORLD LEADER THEY THOUGHT WAS THEIR MESSIAH FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD OF 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT THEN AROUND PASSOVER THE WORLD DICTATOR STOPS THE SACRIFICES IN THE 3RD TEMPLE.I BELIEVE HE IS KILLED BY A JEW THEN FOR STOPPING THE SACRIFICES.AND THEN THE FALSE RESURRECTION.THE DICTATOR THEN SITS IN THE 3RD TEMPLE CALLING HIMSELF GOD.THEN GOES AFTER THE JEWS IN A FINAL PERSECUTION-SINCE SATAN IS NOW INCARNATED RIGHT IN HIS BODY.AND THE ISRAELIS ARE FORCED TO FLEE TO THE MOUNTAINS.IN FACT I THINK THIS IS THE TIME THE ISRAELIS GO OR FLEE TO PETRA JORDAN TO BE PROTECTED FOR THE LAST 3 1.2 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.BIBLE PROPHECY ALL FITS INTO PLACE LIKE A HAND IN A GLOVE.THANKS TO KING JESUS OUR AWESOME JEWISH MESSIAH AND ISRAELS AND THE WORLDS MESSIAH.THE ONLY WAY TO SALVATION.NO OTHER.

I FORGOT ONE MORE THING HAPPENS AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD ALSO. MOSES-ELIJAH GET MURDERERED BY THE WORLD LEADER ALSO. SO HERES HOW I THINK THE MIDPOINT OF THE TRIBULATION COMES TOGETHER. JUST BEFORE PASSOVER.THE WORLD LEADER STOPS THE ANIMAL SACRIFICES IN THE REBUILT THIRD TEMPLE.THEN THE DICTATOR HAS MOSES-ELIJAH KILLED. AND THREE DAYS LATER THEY GET RAPTURED TO HEAVEN IN THE SIGHT OF EVERYONE.NOW ITS THE FIRST DAY OF PASSOVER I BELIEVE AND THE DICTATOR IS KILLED BY A JEW AS REVENGE FOR STOPPING THE ANIMAL SACRIFICES IN THE THIRD TEMPLE AND KILLING MOSES AND ELIJAH.THEN THE DICTATOR HAS THE FALSE RESURRECTION.THEN SITS IN THE THIRD TEMPLE CALLING HIMSELF GOD.THEN AS A RESULT OF THE FALSE RESURRECTION THE WORLD THINKS HES GOD.AND HES GIVEN WORLD CONTROL.AND THEN HE GOES AFTER ISRAEL IN THE FINAL HOLOCAUST AND THEY FLEE TO PETRA JORDAN FOR THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND ALSO AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE TRIB. THEN THE VATICAN ALSO GETS BOMBED BY THE WORLD DICTATOR BECAUSE ITS TO STRONG AND HE NEEDS THE VATICAN DESTROYED SO THE PEOPLE CAN WORSHIP HIM AS GOD NOT AT THE VATICAN.AND ALSO AROUND THIS TIME-THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT IS MADE MANDITORY BY THE WORLD DICTATOR.THAT IF YOU DO NOT TAKE THE CHIP IMPLANT AND GIVE YOUR ELLEGENCE TO HIM YOU WILL BE KILLED.SO WE SEE THE MIDPOINT OF THE TRIBULATION PERIOD. NUMEROUS IMPORTANT PROPHECIES COME TO PASS ALL BEFORE WW3 STARTS. AND THEN WW3 STARTS AT THE EUPHRATES RIVER IN IRAQ-SYRIA-TURKEY.WERE ISIS IS NOW PERSECUTING THE CHRISTIANS AND OTHER MINORITY GROUPS RIGHT NOW.

DANIEL 9:27
27 and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED)

REVELATION 11:7-11
7 And when they shall have finished their testimony,(AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THE TRIB) the beast(WORLD DICTATOR) that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt,(JERUSALEM) where also our Lord was crucified.
9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

REVELATION 13:3
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)

2 THESSALONIANS 2:9-12
9 Even him,(EU WORLD DICTATOR) whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,(THE FALSE RESURRECTION BY THE WORLD DICTATOR) that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

2 THESALONIANS 2:4
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

REVELATION 13:4-5
4 And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN) which gave power unto the beast:(JEWISH EU DICTATOR) and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?(FALSE RESURRECTION,SATAN BRINGS HIM TO LIFE)
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.(GIVEN WORLD CONTROL FOR 3 1/2YRS)

MATTHEW 24:16
16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

REVELATION 12:13-14
13 And when the dragon (SATAN) saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman (MARY) which brought forth the man child. (JESUS IS JEWISH)(ISRAEL PERSECUTED THE WORST IN HISTORY YET)
14 And to the woman (ISRAEL) were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time,(3 1/2 YRS) from the face of the serpent.(PROTECTED FOR 3 1/2 YRS IN PETRA JORDAN)

REVELATION 17:13,16-17
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
16 And the ten horns (WORLD GOVERNMENT) which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore,(VATICAN) and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.(BOMB OR NUKE IT)
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

UPDATE AUGUST 10,14-10:16AM
TAMAR YONAH AND MR ASHKELON AND MYSELF ALL AGREE.GAZA HAS TO BE BOMBED INTO OBLIVION.ISRAEL HAS TO NUKE GAZA.AND RETAKE IT AS THEIR OWN AGAIN.IN IRAQ ISIS HAS KILLED 500 YAZIDIS MEN AND WOMEN HAVE BEEN TAKEN CAPTIVE FOR THEIR USE.THESE ISIS BEHEAD KIDS.I SEEN PICTURES OF THESE BARBARIC MURDERERS WITH A BEHEADED CHILD WITH THE CHILDS BLOOD DROPPING INTO A PALE.AND ALSO REMEMBER SAUSI-ARABIA PAYS BIG MONEY FOR CHRISTIAN-JEWS BLOOD.SO THEY CAN WASH THEIR HANDS IN THE BLOOD OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS.ISLAM IS ONE SICK SEX FOR MURDER CULT OF SATANS PUPPETS.


Saudis Buying Blood of Syrian Christians!-fars news
TEHRAN (FNA)- Wahhabi and Salafi terrorists are selling the blood of their Syrian Christian victims for $100,000 per bottle to the Saudis, Syrian Orthodox nun Sister Hatun Dogan, a woman of Turkish descent, said presenting the results of her independent research.Sister Dogan, whose family had moved to Germany when she was 15 years old, now runs a charity foundation called the “Hatun Sisters”, known as the “hand to assist the poor”, which operates in 35 countries.According to published reports from “The Examiner”, the subject of her independent research she presented at the conference in Vienna that was a part of the event labeled “The Day for Human Rights”, was “the Persecution and Mistreatment of Christians by Muslim Fundamentalists in Syria.” She introduced a man that she met who confessed to being one of those murderers and since then has become a Christian. She ended the presentation with “Syrian Christian blood is big business.”“A small bottle of blood was sent to Christian fanatics in Saudi Arabia, where a man paid $100,000 for it,” Sister Dogan Hatun said.She explained that the followers of the Wahhabi Islam believe that “when they wash their hands with the blood of the sacrificed for Allah, they will be rewarded”.During her speech presented in German, the video she displayed from YouTube depicts the victims of these encounters they had with radicalized Muslims, known as Wahhabi Takfiris or Salafis. Many of the victims reported cases of rape, murder, torture, and mutilation.The nun stated that a Syrian she has remained in contact with stated that they would cut out some of the mutilated parts and replace them with meat and salt.The nun also presented and described numerous cases of violation of Syrian women with whom she corresponded. She said she has spoken to 218 women who were abducted, raped, and later released in exchange for ransom. Sister Dogan stated that she has 174 videos available for viewing that can attest to these terrible abuses, torture, and murder she received from the victims families. During the conference, one of the victims was in attendance for the “Memorial Ceremony of the Dead” for a Christian man named Joseph Baghdad, who was killed by the Takfiri and Salafi Jihadists. She displayed the pictures of his mutilated head to the audience that his sister sent her. 

Surah 9:5
And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush.The recompense of those who fight Allah and His messenger, and seek to make corruption in the land, is that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from alternate sides or that they be banished from the land;(Qur'an 5:33)
Convert or die. ISIS militants are crucifying victims because to them crucifixion is especially humi
pic-catholic online-ISLAM SHARIA SEX FOR MURDER CULT ALLAH IS SO PEACEFUL

8:12- “I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: smite ye above their necks (BEHEAD) and smite all their finger-tips off.”

article.wn.com picture-ISLAM SHARIA SEX FOR MURDER CULT ALLAH IS SO PEACEFUL

08/10/2014 -“War is not to be waged in the name of God in Gaza or Iraq”-Pope Francis' Angelus-At today’s Angelus Francis pleaded for an end to escalating violence in the Middle East-Giacomo Galeazzi
vatican city-“Hatred is not to be carried in the name of God! War is not to be waged in the name of God!" This was Francis’ desperate call at the Sunday Angelus, just a few days before he is due to embark on his first trip to Asia. Referring to the situations in Iraq and Gaza, Francis said: “The news reports coming from Iraq leave us in dismay and disbelief: thousands of people, including many Christians, driven from their homes in a brutal manner; children dying of thirst and hunger in their flight; women taken and carried off; violence every kind; destruction of historical, cultural and religious patrimonies. All this gravely offends God and humanity,” Francis said before a packed St. Peter’s Square. Faithful from all over the world attended today’s Angelus. The Pope thanked “those who, with courage, are bringing succour to these brothers and sisters, and I am confident that an effective political solution on both the international and the local levels may be found to stop these crimes and re-establish the [rule of] law.”“In order better to ensure those dear suffering populations of my closeness to them, I have named [Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples] Cardinal Fernando Filoni as my Personal Envoy in Iraq, who shall depart from Rome tomorrow [Monday]. In Gaza, also: after a truce, war has once again resumed – a war that cuts down innocent victims and does nothing but worsen the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.” “Let us pray together the God of peace, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary: Grant us peace, O Lord, in our days, and render us artificers justice and peace. We also pray for the victims of the Ebola virus and for those who are fighting to stop it.”“From next Wednesday 13 August, through Monday 18, I will be making an apostolic journey to Korea,” the Pope reminded his audience. “Please, accompany me with prayer!” Before the Angelus prayer, Francis reflected on the Sunday Gospel, which presents the story of Jesus walking on the water of the lake. “After the multiplication of the loaves and fish, Jesus called his disciples to get into the boat and go ahead to the other side of the lake while he bid farewell to the crowds; he then goes to the mountain alone until late, to pray.” “Meanwhile, a strong storm breaks out on the lake but right in the midst of this, Jesus walks on the water, to reach the boat with his disciples. When they see him, they are frightened as they think it is a ghost, but he sets their minds at rest: ‘Don’t be afraid, it’s me!’ Typically, Peter asks him for proof: ‘Lord, if it's you, order me to come to you on the water.’ Jesus says to him: ‘Come!’ Peter gets out of the boat and starts walking on the water but the strong wind knocks him over and he almost drowns. He shouts: ‘Lord, save me!’ and Jesus stretches his hand out and drags him out.” This story is a beautiful illustration of the Apostle Peter’s faith. "The voice of Jesus telling him:" Come! ", He recognizes the echo of the first meeting on the shore of that lake, and now, once again, leaves the boat and goes to the Master. And walking on the water!”“A trusting and ready response to the Lord's call can” therefore “always accomplish extraordinary things. Instead, Peter begins to sink when he looks away from Jesus and is carried away by the adversities that surround him. But the Lord is always there, and when Peter calls, Jesus saves him from danger. Peter's character, with his outbursts and his weaknesses, reflects our faith: always fragile and poor, restless and yet victorious, the faith of the Christian walks to meet the risen Lord, in the midst of the world's storms and dangers.” “Peter's character, with his outbursts and his weaknesses, reflects our faith: always fragile and poor, restless and yet victorious, the faith of the Christian walks to meet the risen Lord, in the midst of the world's storms and dangers,” the Pope observed. So “even the final scene is very important. When they get into the boat, the wind ceases. The ones who are in the boat bow down before him, saying, ‘Truly you are the Son of God'." All of the disciples on the boat are united by the experience of weakness, of doubt, of fear, of "little faith." But when Jesus returns to the boat, the weather changes quickly: everyone feels united in faith in Him. All who were small and frightened become great when they bow their knee and recognize the Son of God in their master.” "This is an effective image of the Church: a boat that must face the storms and sometimes seems on the verge of being overwhelmed. It is not the quality and the courage of its men and women that saves it, but faith, which allows it to walk in the dark, in the midst of difficulties.”“Faith gives us the peace of Jesus' presence always near, his hand that grasps our own to escape all dangers. All of us are on this boat, and here we feel safe despite our limitations and our weaknesses. We are save especially when we know how to fall to our knees and worship Jesus, the only Lord of our lives. This is what our mother, Mary calls us to do. Confident in this, we turn to her,” Francis concluded. 


US aids displaced Iraqis as airstrikes help Kurds-Associated Press-By VIVIAN SALAMA and SAMEER N. YACOUB-AUG 9,14-YahooNews

BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi central government followed U.S. forces in delivering massive amounts of aid Saturday to refugees stranded high in the Sinjar mountains after they escaped a Sunni militant takeover of their towns, and President Barack Obama warned Americans that the renewed U.S. military campaign in Iraq will be "a long-term project."Iraq's defense ministry released a video showing a fleet of C130 cargo planes, each carrying 20 tons of foodstuffs and water, dropping the aid to people in the mountains earlier Saturday. The video shows aerial views of hundreds of cars on top of the mountain and men rushing to collect the deliveries.President Barack Obama wouldn't say Saturday just how long the U.S. military involvement would last. He said it depends on the Iraqi government's sincerity in bringing feuding political parties and sectarian groups together to combat the crisis."I don't think we are going to solve this problem in weeks," Obama said. He described the militant takeover of large parts of Iraq as "a wake-up call for a lot of Iraqis inside of Baghdad" who must cooperate to keep their country from breaking up.The U.S. military, which officially withdrew its combat forces from Iraq in late 2011 after more than eight years of war, returned to battle Friday when two F/A-18 jets dropped 500-pound bombs on a piece of artillery and the truck towing it outside Irbil.The Pentagon said the militants were using the artillery to shell Kurdish forces defending the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, home to a U.S. consulate and about three dozen U.S. military trainers.A second round of airstrikes by four Navy F/A-18 fighter jets destroyed a seven-vehicle convoy, and unmanned aircraft hit a mortar launcher near Irbil, according to U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the strikes publicly.American planes dropped food and water on Friday and Saturday for those trapped in the Sinjar mountains, said Pentagon chief spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby.Iraq's embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called upon his air force on Monday to provide aerial reinforcements to Kurdish fighters on the front lines of battle against the Islamic State militants. This was the first show of cooperation between the central government and the semi-autonomous Kurdish regional government since the fall of Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, in June.But Kurdish officials were particularly pleased that U.S. forces were back in earnest. Their regional government said that American military were coordinating tactical responses with Kurdish peshmerga forces in the Kurdish capital, and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, a Kurd, said the U.S. strikes were making a difference."Air strikes are intended to degrade the terrorists' capabilities and achieve strategic gains — and have been very effective, Zebari said late Friday.Many of America's allies backed the U.S. intervention, pledging urgent steps to assist the legions of refugees and displaced people. Those in jeopardy included thousands of members of the Yazidi minority whose plight — trapped on a mountaintop by the militants — prompted the U.S. to airdrop dozens of crates of food and water.The first British cargo planes carrying emergency supplies including drinking water and tents have also left for Iraq and will begin dropping aid in the northwest region "imminently," British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said Saturday."We can expect a continuing drumbeat of airdrop operations working in coordination with the U.S and potentially with others as well," Hammond said. "But more widely we are looking at how to support this group of people and get them off that mountain, how we are going to facilitate their exit from what is a completely unacceptable situation."Yazidis belong to ancient religion that the Islamic State group considers to be heretical and has vowed to destroy. The extremist group considers Shiite Muslims apostates, and has demanded Christians either convert to Islam or pay a special tax.Hundreds of Yazidi women have been seized by the militants, and their families say some were being held in schools in Mosul, said Kamil Amin, the spokesman for Iraq's Human Rights Ministry."We think that the terrorists by now consider them slaves and they have vicious plans for them," Amin told The Associated Press.The militants have expanded from their stronghold in Mosul to capture a string of towns and Iraq's largest hydroelectric dam and reservoir in recent weeks. They pushed southward, sweeping over Sunni-majority towns almost to Iraq's capital of Baghdad, and now hold large parts of western Iraq as well as swaths of neighboring Syria.Ethnic and religious minorities, fearing persecution and slaughter, have fled in growing numbers. According to the U.N., more than 500,000 people have been displaced by the violence in Iraq since June, bringing this year's total to well over 1 million.Iraqi government forces initially crumbled in the face of the assaults but have since been able to prevent the militants from advancing into Shiite-majority areas. In the north, the Kurds have been the main line of defense, but their fighters are stretched over a long front.The Islamic State group posted a video online Saturday showing evidence of their recent conquests, including government offices in Sinjar and the Mosul Dam, which fell to the militants on Thursday. The video also shows militants beating a large picture of Kurdish President Massoud Barzani with their shoes and slippers.Two Gulf-based airlines said Saturday they have re-routed flights over Iraq because of the deteriorating security situation. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways and Bahrain's Gulf Air followed a similar move by Dubai-based Emirates, the Middle East's largest carrier. On Friday the Obama administration ordered U.S. airlines not to fly over Iraq.But Turkish Airlines said it has resumed flights to the northern Iraqi city of Irbil.Meanwhile, the Kurdish Regional Government released a statement Saturday saying that militants have been unable to target oil operations in the Kurdish region, and that production remains unaffected by the current crisis.___Associated Press writers Diaa Hadid in Dahuk, Bram Janssen in Irbil, Sylvia Hui and Danica Kirka in London, Robert Burns and Josh Lederman in Washington, Caleb Jones in New York, Nicole Winfield in Rome and Lolita C. Baldor in New Delhi contributed to this report.

08/ 8/2014 - VATICAN INSIDER-Francis sends Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples to Iraq-Christians flee Mosul-It is likely Nuncios will be meeting in Rome in September. The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, was the Pope’s ambassador in the country during the US invasion of Iraq. Today Francis tweeted “I ask all men and women of goodwill to join me in praying for Iraqi Christians and all vulnerable populations”-iacopo scaramuzzi

città del vaticano-Pope Francis has decided to send Cardinal Fernando Filoni to Iraq – where the self-proclaimed Caliphate is driving Christians out of their cities in the Nineveh Plain “in the next few days”. Apostolic Nuncios in the Middle East are expected to meet in Rome, probably in September.“In light of the grave situation in Iraq, the Holy Father has nominated Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (Propaganda Fide), as his personal envoy to express his spiritual closeness to the people who suffer and to bring them the solidarity of the Church,” a statement issued by the Holy See reads.“I ask all men and women of goodwill to join me in praying for Iraqi Christians and all vulnerable populations,” the Pope wrote on Twitter.The Vatican spokesman, Fr. Federico Lombardi, said it was still too “early” to give any details regarding Cardinal Filoni’s mission which will embark on “in the next few days” (the cardinal will not therefore travel to South Korea with the Pope as originally planned), because he is still “planning” his trip. Depending on the complexity of the situation, it is expected that Cardinal Filoni “will was to visit Kurdistan,” Fr. Lombardi told journalists.The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples was formerly Nuncio to Iraq and stayed there even when US bombs started falling. Lombardi underlined that Cardinal Filoni “is very qualified for this both because of his authoritativeness and because he was Nuncio to Jordan and Iraq from 2001 to 2006 and as many will recall, he was the only diplomat who stayed put in Baghdad,” the Vatican spokesman said, stressing the “courage” of this choice.Apart from showing the Church’s support to the population, the Prefect is also expected to bring a “financial contribution from the Holy Father.” The cardinal “will communicate the Pope’s interest and concern” regarding the situation in Iraq “to the authorities.”Apostolic Nuncios “in the region” have been “asked to inform political and civil authorities and local Churches of the appeal the Pope sent out for Iraq” yesterday, Fr. Lombardi said. A meeting of Apostolic Nuncios in Rome is also “being planned”, to be held “further on down the line,”  “possibly in September,” Fr. Lombardi said. The Pope apparently held a meeting with his closest collaborators yesterday, to come up with a diplomatic strategy on the emergency in Iraq.The decision to send him to Iraq “shows the Pope’s concern for the suffering Christians are experiencing: the pain of having left their homes, of being uprooted, humiliated, leaving their homes as they were and having to seek refuge elsewhere,” Cardinal Filoni told Vatican Radio. “At the moment we are trying to organise the trip as it is not easy to get there…” the Italian cardinal said. “But there is no need to be afraid.” “Above all, I will try to bring solidarity and closeness through prayer and in practice,” Filoni said. “I am sure that the Holy Father will tell me specifically what he wants me to communicate to these people, who are so dear to him and to the whole Church.” The Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Louis Raphael I Sako, + spoke about the risk of a Christian “genocide”. “Patriarch Sako is there and is more in the know about many aspects which many unfortunately escape us,” Filoni said. “Sadly this is not the first time Christians in this area have been forced to migrate and have experienced unspeakable suffering.” So “it is a population that still carries within it a great deal of suffering and I understand the Patriarch’s words.” Yesterday, after militants of the self- proclaimed Caliphate had entered Nineveh Plain the previous evening “chasing out thousands of Christians living in the surrounding villages,” Cardinal Filoni issued a statement to Fides, Propaganda Fide’s news agency, saying: “Christians had to abandon everything, even their shoes, heading towards the Kurdistan Region barefoot. The effects of this exodus risk becoming more far-reaching because Erbil - the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan – is not prepared to take them in as they have nowhere to put a thousand people.”

ALLTIME