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.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
OTHER STORIES
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/iranian-lunatic-nutcase-calls-for.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/muslim-bowe-bergdahl-to-be-charged-with.html
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
2 PETER 2:5
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
2 PETER 3:7
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men
LEVITICUS 26:16
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you( sudden) terror(ISM), consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
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 (DONKEY-JACKASS) 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)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
ISAIAH 33:1,18-19 Woe to thee that spoilest,(destroys) and thou wast not spoiled;(destroyed) and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,(destroy) thou shalt be spoiled;(destroyed) and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
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)
AL RASSOOLI SITE.
http://www.al-rassooli.com/
http://www.al-rassooli.com/blog/
AL ON LAURIE ROTH EVERY TUESDAY
http://therothshow.com/
http://therothshow.com/show-archives/january-2015/
FAITH GOLDY
https://twitter.com/faithgoldy
https://www.facebook.com/FaithGoldySun
http://www.faithgoldy.ca/
SUN NEWS NETWORK
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/
https://www.facebook.com/sunnewsnetwork
https://twitter.com/sunnewsnetwork
EZRA LEVANT
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https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ezra-Levant/131404586952777
http://www.ezralevant.com/
OTHER ISIS BEHEADINGS
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/6th-beheading-reported-1-of-2-japanese.html (6TH BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/11/isis-beheads-american-aid-worker-peter.html (5TH BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/10/its-now-reported-that-isis-has-beheaded.html (4TH BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/09/david-haines-44-british-hostage.html (3RD BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/09/sotloff-and-foley-only-two-of-thousands.html (2 BEH)
UPDATE-WED JAN 28,2015-02:00PM
WELL IT SEEMS ISIS AND OTHER SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAMISTS ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA.HAVE THREATENED THAT THERES BOMBS ON OVER 24 PLANES.AND THESE THREATS HAVE JUST OCCURED SINCE SATURDAY.THESE DEATH CULT WORSHIPPERS WHO ARE MAKING BOMB THREATS AGAINST PLANES ARE COMPLETELY NUTS.THIS IS BECAUSE THE RADICAL ISLAMIC CULT OF DEATH CULT MUSLIMS.WILL KILL ANY INFIDEL THAT WILL NOT CONVERT TO ISLAM.AND THE ISLAMIC DEATH CULT WANTS WORLD DOMINATION UNDER SHARIA LAW. UNDER A WORLD CALIPHATE.THANK GOD THAT ISRAEL WILL END THIS CULT WORLD DOMINATION BELIEF.AND STOP ISLAM IN THEIR TRACKS.PRAISE OUR GOD AND SAVIOUR JEWISH KING JESUS.THE ONLY WAY TO SALVATION-NO OTHER WAY.
AND IN OTHER NEWS MICHELLE OBAMA NEVER WORE THE ISLAMIC BLANKET AND HEAD SCARF TOWELS.AND THE SAUDIS ARE HOPPIN.AND ALSO OBAMA HAS SENT NON GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS OVER TO ISRAEL.TO TRY TO STOP BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FROM GETTING RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL.IT SEEMS OBAMA WANTS A NEW ISRAELI LIBERAL LEADER IN OFFICE.SO OBAMA CAN LOOK LIKE A HERO BISCUIT.AND DIVIDE JERUSALEM.AND GIVE THE ARABS HALF OF JERUSALEM.LITTLE DOES THAT SUNNI MUSLIM OBAMA KNOW THAT WHEN ISRAEL IS FORCED TO DIVIDE JERUSALEM.THIS CAUSES GOD TO BE SO ANGRY THAT JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED.AND WORLD WAR THREE WILL END UP KILLING HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION OR 4 BILLION ON EARTH.SO YES THE ARABS WILL GET THEIR WISH.BUT AT LEAST 3/4S OR 750 MILLION OR MORE MUSLIMS WILL BE KILLED FOR THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM.DURING THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED.AND GOD WILL USE ISRAEL TO ELIMINATE ISLAM AND ALL OF ISRAELS ENEMIES DURING THIS TIME.ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM WILL NEVER BE DESTROYED.GOD PROMISED ISRAEL THIS.AND IT IS DONE.THANK YOU JESUS FOR PROTECTING ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM. AND THANK YOU JESUS THAT YOU WILL BE RULING OVER YOUR PRECIOUS ISRAELIS FOREVER FROM JERUSALEM.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8,11-21
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I (GOD-JESUS) will set my glory among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and all the heathen (WORLD NATIONS) shall see my judgment that I have executed,(AGAINST ISRAELS ENEMIES) and my (GODS) hand that I have laid upon them.(ISRAELS HATER ENEMIES)
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
ISIS THREATENS 2 KILL 2 JAPANESE HOSTAGES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVy3WEc5uNM
ISIS 24 HR MESSAGE TO KILL LAST 2 HOSTAGES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6dJYGVazns
A video sample Kenji Goto holding a photograph of Jordanian pilot captured-New message demanding the release of failed suicide bomber held in Jordan-Voiceover "Go To" warns: "I have said this is my last post 'Japanese government says it is working with Jordan to secure his release-The Islamic State today threatened to hit a Japanese journalist and Jordanian driver within 24 hours unless a woman imprisoned terrorist is released.A video posted on jihadist web sites shows a picture of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto holding a photograph of the Jordanian pilot captured, first deputy Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh.A voiceover, allegedly by Goto, warns that Jordan is blocking the release of Japanese journalist to not release Sajida al-Rishawi, an aspiring suicide bomber since 2006.The statement said al-Kaseasbeh Goto and will be died in 24 hours if al-Rishawi is not released and urged the Japanese government to put pressure on Jordan.The voiceover warns: "Is there more delays by the Jordanian government is meant to be responsible for the death of the pilot which will then be followed by mine.'I have only 24 hours to live ... and the pilot has even less. Please do not let us die.Any delaying tactics over just watch both of us to kill us. The ball is now in the court of Jordan.
A video posted on jihadist web sites shows a picture of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto holding a photograph of the Jordanian pilot captured, first deputy Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh-pic-cbc.ca
UPDATE-WED JAN 28,2015-07:00AM
REPORTS SAY JORDAN-JAPAN AND ISIS HAVE COME TO A DEAL THAT SETS FREE THE WOMAN MURDERER TERRORIST.FOR THE JAPANESE HOSTAGE.AND JORDAN ALSO WANTS THEIR PILOT SET FREE IN THE DEAL ALSO.IT APPEARS THAT JORDAN AND JAPAN ARE SUCKING UP TO GIVING INTO THE TERRORIST RELEASE DEAL. THERES ONLY ABOUT 3 HOURS TILL THE DEADLINE ENDS FOR THE KILLINGS.
Mother of Japanese captive begs PM to save son held by Islamic State-Reuters-By Elaine Lies and Takashi Umekawa-JAN 28,15-YAHOONEWS
TOKYO (Reuters) - The mother of Islamic State captive Kenji Goto appealed for his life on Wednesday after a new video appeared to show the Japanese journalist saying he had 24 hours to live unless Jordan released a would-be suicide bomber.The voice on the video added that another hostage, Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh, had a shorter time to live. Japan confirmed the existence of the video at 11 p.m. (1400 GMT) on Tuesday.The voice said Goto would be killed unless Jordan freed death row inmate Sajida al-Rishawi, an Iraqi woman held by Jordan for her role in a 2005 suicide bombing that killed 60 people in Amman."Please save Kenji's life. I call on you to work with all your strength in negotiations with the Jordanian government," Goto's mother, Junko Ishido, said in a letter to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that she read out at a news conference."His remaining time is very short ... I beg you to do everything in your power," Ishido said, reiterating that her son was not an enemy of Islam.Abe said the latest video was "despicable". He called on Jordan to cooperate in working for Goto's quick release, but vowed Tokyo would not give in to terrorism.Reuters could not verify the authenticity of the video, but Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said it appeared to show Goto. The voice on the video resembled that of Goto in an earlier video over the weekend which the Japanese and U.S. governments believed was authentic.If verified, the video would be the third involving 47-year-old Goto, a veteran war reporter.The hostage issue is the deepest diplomatic crisis Abe - who must tread a fine line between appearing firm but not callous - has faced in just over two years in office."While making every effort to contribute proactively to world peace and stability without giving in to terrorism, we will exert all means to prevent terrorism in our country," Abe told parliament's upper house.
PRESSURE MOUNTS ON JORDAN GOVT
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida earlier told reporters that Tokyo was making every effort in close coordination with Jordan to secure the captives' release, but he declined comment on the content of those discussions.Bassam Al-Manaseer, chairman of the foreign affairs committee in Jordan’s lower house of parliament, said in an interview with Bloomberg news agency in Amman that Jordan was in indirect talks with Islamic State to secure the release of Goto and Kasaesbeh.He said the talks were taking place through religious and tribal leaders in Iraq."We hope to hear good news soon," Manaseer was quoted as saying.Amid a flurry of unconfirmed reports in Japanese media that a swap deal might be in the works, Japanese deputy foreign minister Yasuhide Nakayama told reporters in Amman, where he is anchoring Japan's on-the-ground response, that he had nothing new to say about Goto's status."We pray for him and we will never give up," Nakayama said.Several hundred people, including relatives of the Jordanian pilot, gathered in front of the office of Jordan's prime minister late on Tuesday, urging the authorities to meet the demands of Islamic State and release al–Rishawi to save the young pilot's life.Kasaesbeh was captured after his jet crashed in northeastern Syria in December during a bombing mission against the militants.Goto went to Syria in late October in order, according to friends and business associates, to seek the release of Haruna Yukawa, his friend and fellow Japanese citizen who was captured in August.In the first video released last week, a black-clad masked figure with a knife said Goto and Yukawa would be killed within 72 hours if Japan did not pay Islamic State $200 million.The captor resembled a figure from previous Islamic State videos whose threats have preceded beheadings.A video on Saturday appeared to show Goto with a picture of a beheaded Yukawa, saying his captors' demands had switched to the release of al-Rishawi."Time is now running very short," the latest video said, with an audio track over a still picture that appeared to show Goto holding a picture of the pilot.Officials involved in the crisis say Tokyo knew for months that Islamic State militants were holding two Japanese men captive, but appeared ill-prepared when the group set a ransom deadline and purportedly killed one of them.Opposition parties have largely refrained from criticising the government, but its response to the crisis is bound to figure in a coming debate over military policy that could in future allow Japan to offer logistical support for campaigns like the U.S.-led bombings in Syria.(Additional reporting by Kevin Krolicki, Nobuhiro Kubo and Kiyoshi Takenaka in Tokyo, Oliver Holmes in Beirut, Ali Abdelatty and Mostafa Hashem in Cairo, Suleiman Al-Khalidi in Amman; Writing by Linda Sieg; Editing by Jeremy Laurence and Mike Collett-White)
IS Threatens to kill Japan hostage, Jordan pilot within 24 hours-UPDATED: 28 Jan 2015 00:56-cna
BEIRUT: The Islamic State militant group threatened on Tuesday (Jan 27) to kill a Japanese journalist and a Jordanian pilot within 24 hours unless Amman frees a jailed female militant.A video released on militant websites shows a picture of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto holding a photograph of Jordanian pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh.A voiceover, purportedly by Goto, warns that Jordan is blocking the Japanese journalist's release by failing to free Sajida al-Rishawi, a would-be suicide bomber on death row since 2006.It follows a video released last week in which the group claimed to have beheaded another Japanese hostage, Haruna Yukawa, and said Goto would be killed next if Rishawi was not freed.Japan said following the new threat that it was seeking help from Jordan. "The government in this extremely difficult situation has been asking for assistance from the Jordanian government towards securing Goto's early release," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters.Moments after the new video appeared, Goto's mother Junko Ishido said: "I think the government should do whatever it can do". "Kenji does not hold any animosity toward the Islamic State. He went to the Islamic State out of his extreme concern for Mr Yukawa," she told Japanese media.Earlier, Tokyo said it was working with Jordan to free both Goto and Kassasbeh. "Both countries are closely cooperating towards the return of each of them to their countries," deputy foreign minister Yasuhide Nakayama told reporters in Amman.Jordan's King Abdullah pledged full cooperation with Japan during a meeting with Nakayama to ensure Goto's release, Tokyo said. The new video says Goto and Kassasbeh will be killed within 24 hours if Rishawi is not freed, and urges the Japanese government to put pressure on Jordan.There was no immediate comment from Jordan, a moderate Muslim nation that is one of Japan's closest diplomatic allies in the Middle East. Kassasbeh was captured by IS on Dec 24 after his F-16 jet crashed while on a mission against the jihadists over northern Syria.
DEADLY HOTEL BOMBINGS
Rishawi was sentenced to death by a Jordanian court in September 2006 in connection with triple hotel bomb attacks in Amman the previous year that killed 60 people. The 44-year-old was arrested four days after the attacks in which her husband Ali Hussein al-Shammari and two other Iraqis blew themselves up.The heaviest casualties came when Shammari detonated his explosives belt at the Radisson SAS hotel as a wedding was in full swing. Two other hotels were hit in the coordinated attacks and most of the dead were Jordanians.IS apparently beheaded Yukawa, a Japanese contractor, last week after a 72-hour deadline for a US$200 million ransom passed without payment. The ransom demand came as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged, during a trip to the Middle East, a US$200 million aid package to countries affected by the militant group's bloody expansion in Iraq and Syria. In response, Abe vowed to never "give in to terrorism".In a video released on Saturday, IS said its demand had now changed and it wanted Rishawi released from death row in Jordan in exchange for the life of Goto.Tokyo is likely to face resistance from Washington over any kind of swap. Asked about recent developments, US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said a prisoner exchange was "in the same category" as paying a ransom.IS has seized swathes of Syria and Iraq where it has declared a "caliphate". It has committed atrocities including the beheadings of two US reporters, an American aid worker and two British aid workers.- AFP/de
Obama in Saudi Arabia for talks with new king-POSTED: 28 Jan 2015 01:42-cna
RIYADH: US President Barack Obama flew in to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday (Jan 27), leading a heavyweight delegation to meet new King Salman and shore up ties that have suffered in recent years.The allies have longstanding ties and remain bound by shared interests in regional stability and oil. But analysts say Riyadh has grown dissatisfied with what it sees as a lack of US engagement with regional crises as Washington looks to Asia.Members of the US delegation, which crossed party lines and included former Bush-era officials, said they wanted to show support for the US-Saudi relationship."I believe it is important that we demonstrate to the Saudis the importance that they represent to us," said James Baker, secretary of state during the first Gulf War against Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein."This is an extraordinarily critical and sensitive time in the Middle East when everything seems to be falling apart. And the kingdom in some way is becoming an island of stability," said Baker.Obama and his 29-member delegation arrived for a four-hour stop from India where he cut short a state visit after the death of Salman's predecessor, King Abdullah, on Friday.Saudi television showed Salman, 79, welcoming Obama and his wife Michelle at the bottom of a red-carpeted ramp before a military band played the US and Saudi national anthems.In contrast to Saudi women, required to dress head-to-toe in black, Michelle Obama wore dark slacks and a blue top with her hair uncovered.Salman's heir Crown Prince Moqren and Mohammed bin Nayef, the powerful interior minister who is second in line to the throne, were among those who greeted the Americans.The US president then boarded a black limousine taking him for talks and dinner with Salman at central Riyadh's Erga Palace, the king's private residence where the smell of incense hung heavy in the air. Authorities deployed armoured vehicles, police cars and radar along streets in the city to secure Obama's visit, an AFP reporter observed. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said the trip was an "opportunity to both pay respects to the legacy of King Abdullah, who was a close partner with the United States and also to touch base on some of the issues where we're working together with the Saudis," which include the Islamic State group extremists, Yemen, and the Iranian nuclear negotiations.Obama last visited Saudi Arabia in March, when he held talks with Abdullah.
A 'MAJOR BULWARK'
Former national security adviser Brent Scowcroft and Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state under George W. Bush, were among the US contingent which included current Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan and General Lloyd Austin, head of US Central Command.They had all been with Obama in India but Secretary of State John Kerry and Senator John McCain joined the president especially for his Saudi trip. McCain, a Republican, chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, and had been in Saudi Arabia as part of a Middle East tour several days ago.During that trip he called for "additional US boots on the ground in Iraq and Syria" to defeat the Islamic State group which has seized territory there and been accused of widespread atrocities. Saudi Arabia is part of a US-led coalition conducting air strikes against the militants. The SITE Intelligence Group monitoring service said on Tuesday that IS released a video celebrating the death of the "tyrant Abdullah" and said that "Allah permitting" they will invade the Arabian Peninsula soon.McCain said the kingdom was emerging "as the major bulwark" against efforts by Iran to expand its influence in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen and Bahrain. Shiite-dominated Iran is the regional rival of Sunni-majority Saudi Arabia."There is no doubt that the Iranians are on the move," McCain said, adding it was appropriate to be part of this visit "given relations over here and the importance of Saudi Arabia."The royal court said Salman would hold talks with Obama on "regional and international issues of common interest, in addition to means of enhancing bilateral relations."Obama is the latest leader to visit Riyadh since Friday. His welcome was the most elaborate but sheikhs, presidents and prime ministers from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, all came to pay their respects.It is a recognition of the kingdom's power as the world's leading oil exporter, a political heavyweight in a region threatened by extremist violence, and as home to Islam's holiest sites. Australia's Governor General Peter Cosgrove also arrived on Tuesday.- AFP/de
OTHER STORIES
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/iranian-lunatic-nutcase-calls-for.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/muslim-bowe-bergdahl-to-be-charged-with.html
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
2 PETER 2:5
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
2 PETER 3:7
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men
LEVITICUS 26:16
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you( sudden) terror(ISM), consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
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 (DONKEY-JACKASS) 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)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
ISAIAH 33:1,18-19 Woe to thee that spoilest,(destroys) and thou wast not spoiled;(destroyed) and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,(destroy) thou shalt be spoiled;(destroyed) and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
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)
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OTHER ISIS BEHEADINGS
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/6th-beheading-reported-1-of-2-japanese.html (6TH BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/11/isis-beheads-american-aid-worker-peter.html (5TH BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/10/its-now-reported-that-isis-has-beheaded.html (4TH BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/09/david-haines-44-british-hostage.html (3RD BEH)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/09/sotloff-and-foley-only-two-of-thousands.html (2 BEH)
UPDATE-WED JAN 28,2015-02:00PM
WELL IT SEEMS ISIS AND OTHER SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAMISTS ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA.HAVE THREATENED THAT THERES BOMBS ON OVER 24 PLANES.AND THESE THREATS HAVE JUST OCCURED SINCE SATURDAY.THESE DEATH CULT WORSHIPPERS WHO ARE MAKING BOMB THREATS AGAINST PLANES ARE COMPLETELY NUTS.THIS IS BECAUSE THE RADICAL ISLAMIC CULT OF DEATH CULT MUSLIMS.WILL KILL ANY INFIDEL THAT WILL NOT CONVERT TO ISLAM.AND THE ISLAMIC DEATH CULT WANTS WORLD DOMINATION UNDER SHARIA LAW. UNDER A WORLD CALIPHATE.THANK GOD THAT ISRAEL WILL END THIS CULT WORLD DOMINATION BELIEF.AND STOP ISLAM IN THEIR TRACKS.PRAISE OUR GOD AND SAVIOUR JEWISH KING JESUS.THE ONLY WAY TO SALVATION-NO OTHER WAY.
AND IN OTHER NEWS MICHELLE OBAMA NEVER WORE THE ISLAMIC BLANKET AND HEAD SCARF TOWELS.AND THE SAUDIS ARE HOPPIN.AND ALSO OBAMA HAS SENT NON GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS OVER TO ISRAEL.TO TRY TO STOP BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FROM GETTING RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL.IT SEEMS OBAMA WANTS A NEW ISRAELI LIBERAL LEADER IN OFFICE.SO OBAMA CAN LOOK LIKE A HERO BISCUIT.AND DIVIDE JERUSALEM.AND GIVE THE ARABS HALF OF JERUSALEM.LITTLE DOES THAT SUNNI MUSLIM OBAMA KNOW THAT WHEN ISRAEL IS FORCED TO DIVIDE JERUSALEM.THIS CAUSES GOD TO BE SO ANGRY THAT JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED.AND WORLD WAR THREE WILL END UP KILLING HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION OR 4 BILLION ON EARTH.SO YES THE ARABS WILL GET THEIR WISH.BUT AT LEAST 3/4S OR 750 MILLION OR MORE MUSLIMS WILL BE KILLED FOR THE DIVISION OF JERUSALEM.DURING THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).
GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED.AND GOD WILL USE ISRAEL TO ELIMINATE ISLAM AND ALL OF ISRAELS ENEMIES DURING THIS TIME.ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM WILL NEVER BE DESTROYED.GOD PROMISED ISRAEL THIS.AND IT IS DONE.THANK YOU JESUS FOR PROTECTING ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM. AND THANK YOU JESUS THAT YOU WILL BE RULING OVER YOUR PRECIOUS ISRAELIS FOREVER FROM JERUSALEM.
EZEKIEL 39:1-8,11-21
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I (GOD-JESUS) will set my glory among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and all the heathen (WORLD NATIONS) shall see my judgment that I have executed,(AGAINST ISRAELS ENEMIES) and my (GODS) hand that I have laid upon them.(ISRAELS HATER ENEMIES)
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
ISIS THREATENS 2 KILL 2 JAPANESE HOSTAGES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVy3WEc5uNM
ISIS 24 HR MESSAGE TO KILL LAST 2 HOSTAGES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6dJYGVazns
A video sample Kenji Goto holding a photograph of Jordanian pilot captured-New message demanding the release of failed suicide bomber held in Jordan-Voiceover "Go To" warns: "I have said this is my last post 'Japanese government says it is working with Jordan to secure his release-The Islamic State today threatened to hit a Japanese journalist and Jordanian driver within 24 hours unless a woman imprisoned terrorist is released.A video posted on jihadist web sites shows a picture of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto holding a photograph of the Jordanian pilot captured, first deputy Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh.A voiceover, allegedly by Goto, warns that Jordan is blocking the release of Japanese journalist to not release Sajida al-Rishawi, an aspiring suicide bomber since 2006.The statement said al-Kaseasbeh Goto and will be died in 24 hours if al-Rishawi is not released and urged the Japanese government to put pressure on Jordan.The voiceover warns: "Is there more delays by the Jordanian government is meant to be responsible for the death of the pilot which will then be followed by mine.'I have only 24 hours to live ... and the pilot has even less. Please do not let us die.Any delaying tactics over just watch both of us to kill us. The ball is now in the court of Jordan.
A video posted on jihadist web sites shows a picture of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto holding a photograph of the Jordanian pilot captured, first deputy Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh-pic-cbc.ca
UPDATE-WED JAN 28,2015-07:00AM
REPORTS SAY JORDAN-JAPAN AND ISIS HAVE COME TO A DEAL THAT SETS FREE THE WOMAN MURDERER TERRORIST.FOR THE JAPANESE HOSTAGE.AND JORDAN ALSO WANTS THEIR PILOT SET FREE IN THE DEAL ALSO.IT APPEARS THAT JORDAN AND JAPAN ARE SUCKING UP TO GIVING INTO THE TERRORIST RELEASE DEAL. THERES ONLY ABOUT 3 HOURS TILL THE DEADLINE ENDS FOR THE KILLINGS.
Mother of Japanese captive begs PM to save son held by Islamic State-Reuters-By Elaine Lies and Takashi Umekawa-JAN 28,15-YAHOONEWS
TOKYO (Reuters) - The mother of Islamic State captive Kenji Goto appealed for his life on Wednesday after a new video appeared to show the Japanese journalist saying he had 24 hours to live unless Jordan released a would-be suicide bomber.The voice on the video added that another hostage, Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh, had a shorter time to live. Japan confirmed the existence of the video at 11 p.m. (1400 GMT) on Tuesday.The voice said Goto would be killed unless Jordan freed death row inmate Sajida al-Rishawi, an Iraqi woman held by Jordan for her role in a 2005 suicide bombing that killed 60 people in Amman."Please save Kenji's life. I call on you to work with all your strength in negotiations with the Jordanian government," Goto's mother, Junko Ishido, said in a letter to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that she read out at a news conference."His remaining time is very short ... I beg you to do everything in your power," Ishido said, reiterating that her son was not an enemy of Islam.Abe said the latest video was "despicable". He called on Jordan to cooperate in working for Goto's quick release, but vowed Tokyo would not give in to terrorism.Reuters could not verify the authenticity of the video, but Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said it appeared to show Goto. The voice on the video resembled that of Goto in an earlier video over the weekend which the Japanese and U.S. governments believed was authentic.If verified, the video would be the third involving 47-year-old Goto, a veteran war reporter.The hostage issue is the deepest diplomatic crisis Abe - who must tread a fine line between appearing firm but not callous - has faced in just over two years in office."While making every effort to contribute proactively to world peace and stability without giving in to terrorism, we will exert all means to prevent terrorism in our country," Abe told parliament's upper house.
PRESSURE MOUNTS ON JORDAN GOVT
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida earlier told reporters that Tokyo was making every effort in close coordination with Jordan to secure the captives' release, but he declined comment on the content of those discussions.Bassam Al-Manaseer, chairman of the foreign affairs committee in Jordan’s lower house of parliament, said in an interview with Bloomberg news agency in Amman that Jordan was in indirect talks with Islamic State to secure the release of Goto and Kasaesbeh.He said the talks were taking place through religious and tribal leaders in Iraq."We hope to hear good news soon," Manaseer was quoted as saying.Amid a flurry of unconfirmed reports in Japanese media that a swap deal might be in the works, Japanese deputy foreign minister Yasuhide Nakayama told reporters in Amman, where he is anchoring Japan's on-the-ground response, that he had nothing new to say about Goto's status."We pray for him and we will never give up," Nakayama said.Several hundred people, including relatives of the Jordanian pilot, gathered in front of the office of Jordan's prime minister late on Tuesday, urging the authorities to meet the demands of Islamic State and release al–Rishawi to save the young pilot's life.Kasaesbeh was captured after his jet crashed in northeastern Syria in December during a bombing mission against the militants.Goto went to Syria in late October in order, according to friends and business associates, to seek the release of Haruna Yukawa, his friend and fellow Japanese citizen who was captured in August.In the first video released last week, a black-clad masked figure with a knife said Goto and Yukawa would be killed within 72 hours if Japan did not pay Islamic State $200 million.The captor resembled a figure from previous Islamic State videos whose threats have preceded beheadings.A video on Saturday appeared to show Goto with a picture of a beheaded Yukawa, saying his captors' demands had switched to the release of al-Rishawi."Time is now running very short," the latest video said, with an audio track over a still picture that appeared to show Goto holding a picture of the pilot.Officials involved in the crisis say Tokyo knew for months that Islamic State militants were holding two Japanese men captive, but appeared ill-prepared when the group set a ransom deadline and purportedly killed one of them.Opposition parties have largely refrained from criticising the government, but its response to the crisis is bound to figure in a coming debate over military policy that could in future allow Japan to offer logistical support for campaigns like the U.S.-led bombings in Syria.(Additional reporting by Kevin Krolicki, Nobuhiro Kubo and Kiyoshi Takenaka in Tokyo, Oliver Holmes in Beirut, Ali Abdelatty and Mostafa Hashem in Cairo, Suleiman Al-Khalidi in Amman; Writing by Linda Sieg; Editing by Jeremy Laurence and Mike Collett-White)
IS Threatens to kill Japan hostage, Jordan pilot within 24 hours-UPDATED: 28 Jan 2015 00:56-cna
BEIRUT: The Islamic State militant group threatened on Tuesday (Jan 27) to kill a Japanese journalist and a Jordanian pilot within 24 hours unless Amman frees a jailed female militant.A video released on militant websites shows a picture of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto holding a photograph of Jordanian pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh.A voiceover, purportedly by Goto, warns that Jordan is blocking the Japanese journalist's release by failing to free Sajida al-Rishawi, a would-be suicide bomber on death row since 2006.It follows a video released last week in which the group claimed to have beheaded another Japanese hostage, Haruna Yukawa, and said Goto would be killed next if Rishawi was not freed.Japan said following the new threat that it was seeking help from Jordan. "The government in this extremely difficult situation has been asking for assistance from the Jordanian government towards securing Goto's early release," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters.Moments after the new video appeared, Goto's mother Junko Ishido said: "I think the government should do whatever it can do". "Kenji does not hold any animosity toward the Islamic State. He went to the Islamic State out of his extreme concern for Mr Yukawa," she told Japanese media.Earlier, Tokyo said it was working with Jordan to free both Goto and Kassasbeh. "Both countries are closely cooperating towards the return of each of them to their countries," deputy foreign minister Yasuhide Nakayama told reporters in Amman.Jordan's King Abdullah pledged full cooperation with Japan during a meeting with Nakayama to ensure Goto's release, Tokyo said. The new video says Goto and Kassasbeh will be killed within 24 hours if Rishawi is not freed, and urges the Japanese government to put pressure on Jordan.There was no immediate comment from Jordan, a moderate Muslim nation that is one of Japan's closest diplomatic allies in the Middle East. Kassasbeh was captured by IS on Dec 24 after his F-16 jet crashed while on a mission against the jihadists over northern Syria.
DEADLY HOTEL BOMBINGS
Rishawi was sentenced to death by a Jordanian court in September 2006 in connection with triple hotel bomb attacks in Amman the previous year that killed 60 people. The 44-year-old was arrested four days after the attacks in which her husband Ali Hussein al-Shammari and two other Iraqis blew themselves up.The heaviest casualties came when Shammari detonated his explosives belt at the Radisson SAS hotel as a wedding was in full swing. Two other hotels were hit in the coordinated attacks and most of the dead were Jordanians.IS apparently beheaded Yukawa, a Japanese contractor, last week after a 72-hour deadline for a US$200 million ransom passed without payment. The ransom demand came as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged, during a trip to the Middle East, a US$200 million aid package to countries affected by the militant group's bloody expansion in Iraq and Syria. In response, Abe vowed to never "give in to terrorism".In a video released on Saturday, IS said its demand had now changed and it wanted Rishawi released from death row in Jordan in exchange for the life of Goto.Tokyo is likely to face resistance from Washington over any kind of swap. Asked about recent developments, US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said a prisoner exchange was "in the same category" as paying a ransom.IS has seized swathes of Syria and Iraq where it has declared a "caliphate". It has committed atrocities including the beheadings of two US reporters, an American aid worker and two British aid workers.- AFP/de
Obama in Saudi Arabia for talks with new king-POSTED: 28 Jan 2015 01:42-cna
RIYADH: US President Barack Obama flew in to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday (Jan 27), leading a heavyweight delegation to meet new King Salman and shore up ties that have suffered in recent years.The allies have longstanding ties and remain bound by shared interests in regional stability and oil. But analysts say Riyadh has grown dissatisfied with what it sees as a lack of US engagement with regional crises as Washington looks to Asia.Members of the US delegation, which crossed party lines and included former Bush-era officials, said they wanted to show support for the US-Saudi relationship."I believe it is important that we demonstrate to the Saudis the importance that they represent to us," said James Baker, secretary of state during the first Gulf War against Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein."This is an extraordinarily critical and sensitive time in the Middle East when everything seems to be falling apart. And the kingdom in some way is becoming an island of stability," said Baker.Obama and his 29-member delegation arrived for a four-hour stop from India where he cut short a state visit after the death of Salman's predecessor, King Abdullah, on Friday.Saudi television showed Salman, 79, welcoming Obama and his wife Michelle at the bottom of a red-carpeted ramp before a military band played the US and Saudi national anthems.In contrast to Saudi women, required to dress head-to-toe in black, Michelle Obama wore dark slacks and a blue top with her hair uncovered.Salman's heir Crown Prince Moqren and Mohammed bin Nayef, the powerful interior minister who is second in line to the throne, were among those who greeted the Americans.The US president then boarded a black limousine taking him for talks and dinner with Salman at central Riyadh's Erga Palace, the king's private residence where the smell of incense hung heavy in the air. Authorities deployed armoured vehicles, police cars and radar along streets in the city to secure Obama's visit, an AFP reporter observed. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said the trip was an "opportunity to both pay respects to the legacy of King Abdullah, who was a close partner with the United States and also to touch base on some of the issues where we're working together with the Saudis," which include the Islamic State group extremists, Yemen, and the Iranian nuclear negotiations.Obama last visited Saudi Arabia in March, when he held talks with Abdullah.
A 'MAJOR BULWARK'
Former national security adviser Brent Scowcroft and Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state under George W. Bush, were among the US contingent which included current Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan and General Lloyd Austin, head of US Central Command.They had all been with Obama in India but Secretary of State John Kerry and Senator John McCain joined the president especially for his Saudi trip. McCain, a Republican, chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, and had been in Saudi Arabia as part of a Middle East tour several days ago.During that trip he called for "additional US boots on the ground in Iraq and Syria" to defeat the Islamic State group which has seized territory there and been accused of widespread atrocities. Saudi Arabia is part of a US-led coalition conducting air strikes against the militants. The SITE Intelligence Group monitoring service said on Tuesday that IS released a video celebrating the death of the "tyrant Abdullah" and said that "Allah permitting" they will invade the Arabian Peninsula soon.McCain said the kingdom was emerging "as the major bulwark" against efforts by Iran to expand its influence in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen and Bahrain. Shiite-dominated Iran is the regional rival of Sunni-majority Saudi Arabia."There is no doubt that the Iranians are on the move," McCain said, adding it was appropriate to be part of this visit "given relations over here and the importance of Saudi Arabia."The royal court said Salman would hold talks with Obama on "regional and international issues of common interest, in addition to means of enhancing bilateral relations."Obama is the latest leader to visit Riyadh since Friday. His welcome was the most elaborate but sheikhs, presidents and prime ministers from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, all came to pay their respects.It is a recognition of the kingdom's power as the world's leading oil exporter, a political heavyweight in a region threatened by extremist violence, and as home to Islam's holiest sites. Australia's Governor General Peter Cosgrove also arrived on Tuesday.- AFP/de
