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)
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
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)
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).
Palestinians could raise flag at UN before pope visit-Associated Press By CARA ANNA-aug 26,15-yahoonews
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In a move likely to upset Israel's government, the Palestinians are seeking to raise their flag, along with the Vatican flag, at U.N. headquarters — just in time for Pope Francis' visit next month.Supporters of the idea hope the U.N. General Assembly will adopt a resolution on the flag-raising shortly before the pope arrives. They're betting that the United States or other allies of Israel will not block the plan and risk offending the Holy See on Francis' first U.S. visit.The Palestinians' proposal has been tabled, and a draft of the resolution has been seen by The Associated Press. It would allow non-member observer states — there are only two — to display their flags with the 193 member states.While the Vatican's mission to the U.N. earlier expressed support for the idea, it circulated a letter this week distancing itself from the draft. The mission did not comment Wednesday.The United States and Israel oppose recognizing the Palestinian state, arguing that it undermines efforts to negotiate a peace agreement. That process, however, has largely been at a standstill since the deadly conflict in Gaza a year ago. Israel's U.N. mission did not respond to a request for comment.Many states have shown support for the Palestinians' pursuit of statehood, including the Holy See.In May, the Vatican officially recognized the state of Palestine in their first formal, bilateral treaty. Israel's foreign ministry said it was "disappointed." During Francis' 2014 visit to the Holy Land, the Vatican's official program referred to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as the president of the "state of Palestine."In 2012, the Vatican welcomed an overwhelming vote in the General Assembly to upgrade the Palestinians' status to a U.N. non-member observer state. Their delegation promptly unfurled the flag in the chamber.The pope has not been shy about ambitious diplomacy. He helped bring the United States and Cuba together for their historic reestablishment of diplomatic ties. Last year, he invited the Israeli and Palestinian presidents for a day of peace prayers at the Vatican.Most countries in Western Europe have held off on recognizing a Palestinian state, but some have hinted that their position could change if peace efforts remain deadlocked. Most countries in Africa, Asia and South America have recognized Palestine.Francis is scheduled to address the General Assembly on Sept. 25, opening a gathering of world leaders to launch a set of development goals aimed at ending both poverty and hunger over the next 15 years.More than 100 heads of state and government are expected at the gathering, which leads into the annual U.N. General Assembly of world leaders the following week. President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani are scheduled to speak on the first morning.___This story has been corrected to reflect that the Vatican's mission to the U.N. this week sent a letter distancing itself from the draft.
Israel starts freeing hundreds more African migrants-AFP-aug 26,15-yahoonews
Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel began releasing a second group of around 600 African migrants from a desert detention centre on Wednesday after a court order, the prison authorities said.The supreme court this month ordered Israel to free illegal migrants held for more than a year at the Holot Detention Centre in the Negev desert, in a ruling that affected 1,178 asylum seekers.A first batch of hundreds was freed on Tuesday but barred from entering the cities of Tel Aviv and Eilat in the face of hostility from many residents.Official figures show 45,000 illegal immigrants are in Israel, almost all from Eritrea and Sudan.Most of those who have not been detained live in poor areas of southern Tel Aviv, where there have been several protests over their presence.Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai strongly criticised the government, saying: "Each minister advocates a different policy and engages in populist and racist declarations."He proposed granting work permits to migrants so that they can disperse throughout Israel and not be concentrated in Tel Aviv, where he said there were 30,000-35,000 African migrants."You have to treat them as human beings and not to forget that our parents and grandparents were also refugees," he said, speaking on army radio.Israel's supreme court two weeks ago overturned a provision of a law that would have allowed illegal immigrants to be held for up to 20 months without trial.It ruled that illegal migrants held for more than a year should be released within two weeks.Rightwing Israeli politicians have called for action to limit illegal migration, and rights groups say thousands of African asylum seekers have been coerced into "voluntary" departures.After Wednesday's releases there will be 550 people remaining in the Holot Detention Centre, according to the prison authorities.
In Jerusalem's culture war, secular residents make gains-Associated Press By MIRIAM BERGER-aug 26,15-yahoonews
JERUSALEM (AP) — Crowds of angry ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, wearing long beards, black and white garb and large black hats, protested in the streets of Jerusalem earlier this month against a new cinema opening its doors on the Sabbath.The demonstration was meant to be a show of strength in a long-running dispute over the role of strict Jewish law in the cultural life of Jerusalem. But in many ways, it was also a sign of desperation after a series of gains by the city's secular community in recent years."No one's saying we're giving up," said Shmuel Poppenheim, an unofficial spokesman for the ultra-Orthodox community. But, he conceded, "We know it's a lost cause. ... We know that we can't stage a war" over every new establishment open on the Sabbath.Despite Jerusalem's image as a city that grinds to a halt on the Sabbath, which runs from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday, more than 200 cafes, restaurants, bars, cinemas, museums, cultural institutions and other entertainment centers now stay open in non-religious Jewish areas of the city.That is a major shift over the last 30 years from a time when only a handful of establishments stayed open and a law forbade cinemas from operating on the Sabbath. The "Yes Planet" cinema that drew the recent protests was the second major destination to open with Sabbath hours in the past two years, after a former train station reopened as a commercial center in 2013.These initiatives have contributed to the most notable shift in secular-religious relations since the early 1990s, said Shahar Ilan of Hiddush, a group that advocates for religious equality.For decades ultra-Orthodox communities have flexed their political muscle, sometimes violently, to keep workplaces, businesses and government institutions in Jerusalem's Jewish neighborhoods shut down for the Sabbath.While most Jewish Israelis are secular, Israel's founding fathers gave Judaism a formal place in the country's affairs, and Orthodox rabbis strictly govern religious events such as weddings, divorces and burials for the Jewish population. The ultra-Orthodox also are perennial kingmakers in Israeli coalition politics, though they make up only about 10 percent of the country's population.Their influence is especially pronounced in Jerusalem, where their numbers are proportionally much larger than the national average. Jerusalem is split almost evenly into thirds between secular and modern Orthodox residents, Muslim Palestinians and ultra-Orthodox Jews who live in insular enclaves.Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox communities also traditionally have held significant power in the municipal government. They are bolstered by laws and unwritten agreements that grant them certain protections, such as barriers to prevent cars from driving through religious areas on the Sabbath, said Menachem Friedman, a professor of Judaism at Bar Ilan University.Attempts to change Jerusalem's delicate balance have prompted violent backlashes from the ultra-Orthodox, who have blocked roads, clashed with police and sent tens of thousands of activists into the streets on their rabbis' orders.But Friedman said that contrary to the popular perception, the traditional power of the ultra-Orthodox is waning in areas where they are not a demographic majority due to changing geographic and economic pressures.Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox communities are often poor and depend on government handouts because men traditionally study in religious seminaries rather than work. With the cost of living in Jerusalem on the rise, younger members of the communities are increasingly moving out, while public support for their substantial financial aid is waning, Friedman said.This month's protests over the Yes Planet cinema complex were therefore more "symbolic" opposition rather than a real concerted fight, Friedman said. The cinema is located in Abu Tor, a mixed Jewish-Arab neighborhood far from the city's ultra-Orthodox areas.On the first night of protests on Aug. 14, several thousand ultra-Orthodox rioted in West Jerusalem, breaking windows and prompting police arrests. But the following evening, just a few hundred demonstrators bothered to show up.It was a vivid contrast to weekly riots that rocked the city in 2009 when City Hall allowed a parking lot near Jerusalem's Old City to open on the Sabbath to serve tourists.The train station-turned-mall known as "First Station," meanwhile, has remained open on the Sabbath without any protests for more than two years now.The battle is far from over. A week after Yes Planet opened, the municipality ordered eight minimarkets in Jerusalem's city center that now operate on weekends to close.City councilman Ofer Berkovitz, a vocal secular activist, accused Mayor Nir Barkat of making the move to compensate for the new cinema — a charge the mayor denies.In another recent case, political pressure prevented a popular cafe chain from opening a new branch in Jerusalem's Independence Park, which is government property.Since a restaurant cannot receive a kosher license if it is open on the Sabbath, Israel's official licensing body threatened to revoke Landwer Cafe's certificate nationwide if the new branch opened on the Sabbath, Berkovitz said. The same owner opened a coffee shop under a different name that operates on the Sabbath.The municipality also has refused to allow another cinema complex, Cinema City, to open on the Sabbath because it is built on property leased by the city. Berkovitz and other city council members appealed to the Supreme Court but lost.Barkat said in an email statement that "there is no change in the law or the status quo which has been accepted throughout the years in Jerusalem according to which cinemas, places of entertainment and restaurants operate on the Sabbath and there is no trade or public transportation."Rabbi Uri Regev of Hiddush said the city has an "inconsistent" policy when it comes to regulating Sabbath activities. "There is no status quo," Regev said, saying these policies remain in flux and are "not divinely inspired."
COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL AND THE WEST
EZEKIEL 38:10-19
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say,(RUSSIA,ARAB,MUSLIMS) I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA)(JORDAN) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLAND,ENGLISH SPEAKING shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
ISRAEL-WEST ENEMIES EZEK 38:4-6,15-19
4 And I (GOD) will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts,(RUSSIA-ARAB/MUSLIMS) thou, and many people with thee,(AFRICAN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES) all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
EZEKIEL 39:1-6 ISRAELS ENEMIES DESTROYED
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.
EU-Russia ties at new low ahead of Ukraine talks-AFP By Alix Rijckaert-aug 26,15-yahoonews
Brussels (AFP) - Ties between the EU and Russia remain at their lowest ebb over the conflict in Ukraine, ahead of a series of key talks including a visit by President Petro Poroshenko to Brussels on Thursday.Renewed fighting in eastern Ukraine between pro-Moscow rebels and Kiev's government forces has made a mockery of a February ceasefire, while the European Union has renewed tough sanctions against Russia.Poroshenko is set to call for renewed support from the European Union when he travels to Brussels, days after meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande in Berlin.Poroshenko will meet European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk for talks centering on the "implementation of the Minsk agreement" that led to the ceasefire, the Commission said last week.At the same time, the EU is due to restart stalled three-way talks with Kiev and Moscow on Russian gas supplies to Ukraine, and on a landmark EU-Ukraine free-trade deal accord that Moscow says will harm its economy."These are the only two dossiers that the Russians agree to discuss with the EU," said Pierre Vimont, former secretary-general of the EU diplomatic service and now researcher for the Carnegie Institute."These talks are never easy. The Russians are difficult, and for their part the Ukrainians stick to their ground too."The EU's condemnation on Tuesday of a jail sentence handed down by a Russian court to Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov for "terrorism" added to the bad blood ahead of the meetings.- Gas war? -The EU wants at all costs to avoid a "gas war" with Russia as winter looms, with any stand-off threatening supplies to Europe, around half of which pass through Ukraine.Experts say a deal is needed by October to avoid shortages.Maros Sefcovic, the EU's Vice President in charge of Energy Union, will on the sidelines of a western Balkans summit in Vienna on Thursday relaunch talks with the Ukrainian side, which has not been supplied by Russian giant Gazprom for several months.A meeting with Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak is also scheduled for the start of September.The trade talks are less urgent but cover highly sensitive ground, as the trade deal was originally the key part of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement that then-president Viktor Yanukovych backed out of signing in November 2013.That led to the pro-EU Maidan movement which toppled him, and which was followed by Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and the fighting in eastern Ukraine which has claimed 6,800 lives.EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem is due to bring the relevant parties in the trade talks together in Brussels on September 7."But trade negotiations are difficult, the Russians have taken a stand on principle, and we have never been able to go into the details and negotiate on concrete matters," Vimont said.Some Kiev politicians accuse Moscow of planning a new rebel offensive that could rattle the Ukrainian leadership enough to reverse its plans to implement the landmark trade treaty with the European Union at the start of next year.Russia has already threatened to expand its list of banned Ukrainian food imports should the agreement go into effect.Yet Poroshenko has said that he and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker have agreed by telephone that the "free trade zone should be strengthened as of January 1."The sanctions that the EU imposed after Crimea were renewed in July, and still poison relations with Moscow.Putin -- who persistently denies any Kremlin involvement in the crisis and calls Russian soldiers discovered in the war zone "volunteers" -- was notably omitted from the round of meetings between Poroshenko, Hollande and Merkel, despite having been instrumental in arranging the Minsk ceasefire.
Egypt turns to Russia to combat terrorism-Associated Press-aug 26,15-yahoonews
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Wednesday called for a coalition to combat terrorism in the Middle East.Opening a meeting with Putin in Moscow, el-Sissi said "the Egyptian people" are hoping for broader ties with Russia in all areas, particularly in fighting terrorism in the Middle East.El-Sissi's Russian visit, his second in the past three months, highlights Moscow's attempts to expand its influence in Egypt at a time when Egyptian-U.S. relations have soured in the aftermath of the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.Putin told reporters after the talks that regional powers should join their efforts to combat the Islamic State group."(We) have underscored the vital importance of setting a counter-terrorism front to include key international players of the region including Syria," he said.Putin and el-Sissi were also expected to hammer out the details of a joint project to build Egypt's first nuclear power station but Putin told reporters on Wednesday that experts from both countries are still working on it.
Mideast leaders flood to Moscow for Syrian talks, aerospace salon-AFP By Karim Talbi-August 24, 2015 10:56 PM-yahoonews
Moscow (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is to host the Jordanian King and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss the Syrian crisis and take part in a showcase of Russia's military industry.Jordanian King Abdullah II and the strongman of the United Arab Emirates, Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, will visit Moscow one day before Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrives in the Russian capital to attend the Maks-2015 military salon.Despite foreign interest in the Russian space and defence industries, no international contracts are expected to be signed during the salon, a spokesman for Russia's state defence import-export company Rosoboronexport, Vyacheslav Davydenko, told AFP last week.Middle Eastern government delegations have been flooding into Moscow in recent weeks and days, with a Syrian opposition delegation tolerated by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad arriving on Sunday for talks on the crisis in their war-torn country.Iranian officials are also expected in Moscow this week to finalise negotiations for Tehran's purchase of S-300 air defence systems from Russia, much to the dismay of the United States and Israel.The visits come as Russia, one of the few remaining allies of the Assad regime in Syria, has renewed diplomatic efforts to find a resolution to the four-year civil war that has claimed some 240,000 lives.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently hosted his Saudi and Iranian counterparts in an effort to push a plan for a broader grouping than the current US-led coalition to fight the Islamic State group, which would include Syria's government and its allies.Assad's opponents have rejected the idea.The Russian president and the head of Jordan's Hashemite kingdom are also expected to discuss the prospect of jointly building Jordan's first nuclear station, according to the Kremlin.King Abdullah II, who has made 13 visits to Russia since acceding to the throne in 1999, and President Vladimir Putin are expected to discuss the "fight against the Islamic State terrorist group, the resolution of the Syrian conflict and the peace process in the Middle East".Some 600,000 Syrians are registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in neighbouring Jordan. Amman claims it is hosting some 1.5 million Syrian refugees.Putin's talks with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi will be focused on energy, as well as "stability and security" in the Middle East and Northern Africa, the Kremlin said.- Modernising the Russian army -Putin and his foreign guests will attend the opening on the biennial Maks salon, where more than 700 Russian and foreign companies from 30 countries will be represented.The salon opens as Russia is grappling with a crippling economic crisis on the back of Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis and lower oil prices.Russia has nonetheless been spending billions of dollars to modernise its army and conduct snap combat readiness checks from the Arctic to the Far East.Russia earned $15.5 billion from arms sales last year in spite of Western sanctions imposed against its defence sector, making Moscow the world's second largest arms exporter after Washington, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.Domestic arms orders, including the Russian army's purchase of some 50 Sukhoi-35 fighter jets, are expected to be made at the salon, business daily Vedomosti reported.The Sukhoi T-50, a 5th generation fighter jet conceived jointly with India, is expected to be introduced to the Russian army next year.
Wreckage of Soviet WWII plane recovered from riverbed in Poland-Reuters-aug 26,15-yahoonews
(Reuters) - The wreckage of a World War II Soviet plane and the remains of two crew members, believed to have been shot down by German forces in 1945, have been retrieved from a riverbed in central Poland, local media reported.The plane was pulled out from the mud of the Bzura river, some 70 kms (43.5 miles) west of Warsaw, after draught caused the water level to fall to a record low.Polish media said the remains of two crew members were also found. The plane has been taken to a museum in the nearby town of Wyszogrod, where it will be examined."It was a Soviet plane. All inscriptions on it were written in Cyrillic script," museum director Zdzislaw Leszczynski told Polish television. "The pilots were dressed in furry shoes and sheepskin coat suggesting (the plane was shot down in) January 1945."Footage of the excavation on Sunday showed explorers using a metal detector and examining the wreckage's depth with metal pins in the muddy riverbed as local residents looked on."People knew (about the plane)," one resident said. "The wreckage has even been examined by touch several times. However, it hasn't been excavated due to the water level, which is usually two meters higher at least."(Writing by Reuters Television and Marie-Louise Gumuchian in London, editing by Larry King)
CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3 (200 MILLION MAN ARMY)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE-2 billion)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
U.S. plans more Asia-Pacific drills to counter China reclamation-Reuters-aug 26,15-yahoonews
MANILA (Reuters) - The United States plans to increase the number of military and humanitarian drills it conducts in the Asia-Pacific as part of a new strategy to counter China's rapid expansion in the South China Sea, the Philippine military said on Wednesday.Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, highlighted key aspects of the Pentagon's freshly drafted Asia Pacific Maritime Security Strategy during talks with his Filipino counterpart, General Hernando Iriberri, during a visit to Manila.Colonel Restituto Padilla, a military spokesman, told journalists that the report outlined Washington's set of actions in the disputed South China Sea and East China Sea, focusing on the protection of "freedom of seas", deterring conflict and coercion, and promoting adherence to international law.China claims most of the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei also have overlapping claims.A military source, who was in the meeting between Harris and Iriberri, told Reuters the U.S. and the Philippines are expected to increase the size, frequency and sophistication of exercises in the region.Since China's land reclamation efforts began in December 2013, it has reclaimed more than 2,900 acres (1,170 hectares) of land as of June 2015, the Pentagon said last week in a report on its Asia-Pacific Maritime Security Strategy.The reclamation campaign significantly outweighed efforts by other claimants in size, pace and nature, the Pentagon report said.China says the outposts will have undefined military purposes, as well as help with maritime search and rescue, disaster relief and navigation.(Reporting By Manuel Mogato; Editing By Jeremy Laurence)
India, UN appeal for peace after 11 die in Nepal violence-Associated Press By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA-August 25, 2015 9:09 AM-yahoonews
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — India and the United Nations appealed for all parties to seek peace in Nepal, where hundreds of security forces on Tuesday were patrolling a western town after ethnic protesters demanding statehood attacked police a day earlier, leaving 11 people dead and many injured.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Nepalese counterpart Sushil Koirala to express the concern that political and social instability would seriously compound the tragedy caused by the earthquake that devastated Nepal earlier this year. Modi appealed to the government, all political parties and the people of Nepal to eschew violence and maintain social harmony, the Indian Embassy said in a statement.Police officers and soldiers were rushed to Tikapur, 400 kilometers (250 miles) west of Kathmandu, after Monday's clashes. Government administrator Raj Kumar Shrestha said authorities were in control of the town and surrounding areas and there were no protests or reports of curfew violations.At least 20 police officers hurt in the clashes were being treated in hospitals. Seven police officers, the 2-year-old son of a police officer, and three protesters were killed. Many protesters fled into the jungle and nearby villages after troops were called into the town, and it was not clear if other protesters were killed.The embassy statement said Modi told Koirala that the political leadership of Nepal should resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue between all political parties and through the widest possible consultations, including with the public, to strengthen trust and arrive at solutions that reflect the will of all citizens in a united, peaceful Nepal.Giant neighbor India surrounds Nepal from three sides and has major influence over the Himalayan nation.Home Minister Bam Dev Gautam told Nepal's Constituent Assembly that the protesters surrounded police who were enforcing a curfew and attacked them with stones, knives and spears.The protesters from the Tharu ethnic group are demanding a separate state in the new constitution, which is being finalized in the Constituent Assembly. They say a separate state would give them a stronger say in local affairs. They have organized strikes and street demonstrations, but the protests turned violent Monday.In a separate clash Tuesday, police shot a protester in Gaur, a town 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Kathmandu, official said.Nepal has been governed by an interim constitution for years. The earthquake that killed thousands in April created new urgency for politicians to agree on a draft of a new charter.The main political parties have agreed on seven federal states, but smaller political parties and ethnic groups oppose either the number or makeup of the states.New York-based Human Rights Watch called on the government to order an independent investigation into the deaths and said the security forces must respect basic rights."The violence ... and the deployment of the army threatens to further increase tensions in an already charged situation," the statement quoted Brad Adams, the group's Asia director, as saying.The United Nations also urged political leaders and protesters to sit together to find a peaceful solution before violence spirals out of control.The spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville in Geneva urged Nepal "to create a climate where minority or dissenting views or beliefs are respected, and security forces only employ force as a last resort and in full accordance with the standards laid out under international law for maintaining public order."
MATTHEW CH 24:1-2
1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
In Islamic State war, like others, heritage always a target-Associated Press By LEE KEATH-aug 26,15-yahoonews
CAIRO (AP) — A nearly 2,000-year-old temple in the Syrian city of Palmyra this week was the latest victim in the Islamic State group's campaign of destruction of historic sites across the territory it controls in Iraq and Syria.The group has destroyed ancient buildings and artifacts, as well as shrines to Shiite and Sunni Muslim saints — looting some sites for profit — all in the name of purging what it considers symbols of idolatry to create a society dedicated solely to its extreme and violent interpretation of Islam. The IS campaign has horrified many around the world with a scope of destruction that hasn't been seen for decades.Still, it isn't unprecedented.Throughout the centuries, invaders, religious fanatics and colonizers have targeted works of art, houses of worship and other pieces of heritage. The goal is often to uproot, eliminate, replace or impose control over the culture and heritage of their opponents. Nearly every ethnic or religious conflict across history has seen at least some cultural destruction, along with genocides like the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews.Below is a look at some examples:WAHHABISM-The Islamic State group's rabid ideology against shrines and historical sites is rooted in Wahhabism, the ultraconservative Sunni Muslim interpretation preached by Sheikh Mohammed Abdul-Wahhab, who lived in the 1700s in what is now Saudi Arabia. Allied with the powerful Saud family, Abdul-Wahhab's followers destroyed anything they saw as promoting idolatry or polytheism, including shrines of Shiite and Sufi saints, and the destruction of a major Shiite shrine at Karbala in what is now Iraq. Today, the alliance with Wahhabism remains one of the foundations of rule by the Al Saud royal family.-PROTESTANT REFORMATION-During the Reformation in 16th century Europe, Protestant preachers railed in sermons against Catholic statues of saints and other religious relics as forms of idolatry. Mobs of Protestants attacked hundreds of Catholic churches, particularly in France, Germany and the Netherlands, destroying statues and images — and in England under King Henry VIII, churches were stripped of their relics and riches. The result erased from Europe's cultural landscape untold numbers of works of art.-SPAIN-During the Muslim invasion of Spain in the 8th century, churches were often destroyed or turned into mosques. Conversely, when Christians took back the peninsula in the centuries-long Reconquista, completed in the 15th century, they destroyed mosques or turned them into churches. Also, after King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella ordered the expulsion of Jews from the peninsula in 1492, synagogues were turned into churches.-SECOND JEWISH TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM-Roman armies destroyed the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A.D. after a revolt against Roman rule. The temple, built 500 years earlier to replace the first temple destroyed by the Babylonians, was the heart of Judaism. The first temple had held the Ark of the Covenant, which vanished after the Babylonian conquest. All that remains of the second temple is its Western Wall, which is today the holiest site in Judaism, located at the base of Jerusalem's Temple Mount.-THE AZTECS' TEMPLO MAYOR-Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, in 1521, bringing to an end the empire that ruled over much of what is now Mexico. To root out the local religion, Cortes ordered temples destroyed, including the Templo Mayor, the giant step pyramid at the center of Aztec spiritual culture — and site of their human sacrifices. The temple was leveled, and a Catholic church built on its remains. Parts of the temple were uncovered in the 1970s during the digging of a metro in Mexico City.-BENIN-From the 15th to 17th centuries, Benin — in modern-day Nigeria — was one of the grandest capitals in Africa. In the late 19th century, negotiations with the British trying to dominate the area and its trade turned bloody, with Benin's troops killing a British expeditionary force. In retaliation, British troops captured the city and burned it to the ground, destroying its palaces and religious sites. They also carted off some 2,500 works of art, including bronze and ivory sculptures and plaques and the palace's carved wooden gate.-BEIJING'S OLD SUMMER PALACE-During the Second Opium War, waged by Britain and France against China to force it to open up markets and legalize the opium trade, British troops in 1860 destroyed the sprawling Old Summer Palace in retaliation after the Chinese tortured and executed members of a British diplomatic mission. Built some 100 years earlier, the palace was a sprawling complex of palaces, pavilions and gardens filled with works of art. After orders came from Britain's High Commissioner in China, Lord Elgin — notorious for his looting of marbles from Greece's Parthenon — it took 3,500 troops three days to burn down and tear apart the palace.-BABRI MOSQUE-Hindu extremists tore down the 16th-century Babri Mosque in northern India in 1992, sparking riots across the country that left at least 2,000 people dead. Hindu groups claim the mosque was built after a temple dedicated to the Hindu god King Rama was destroyed by Muslim invaders, though that claim is disputed by some historians. Still, it's undisputed that over the centuries, Muslim invaders of South Asia did destroy Hindu holy sites. For example, the Somnath Temple in western India was destroyed multiple times by Muslim rulers, the first time in the 11th century.-MODERN- DAY ISLAMIC MILITANTS-For decades in the 20th century, Islamic militant groups in the Middle East, including al-Qaida, put little emphasis on destroying shrines or historical sites. But al-Qaida's ally the Taliban brought back the tactic in dramatic fashion in 2001 when they blew up the two towering 1,500-year-old statues of Buddha carved into a mountain in the Afghan region of Bamiyan, stunning the world.Since then, the tactic has gained prominence among Islamic extremists as a way to tout their claim to "purify" society and create their vision of an Islamic state. Sunni hard-liners have increasingly attacked shrines across the Middle East.In the West African nation of Mali, Islamic radicals in 2012 overran Timbuktu, the historic city of Islamic culture. The militants destroyed 14 of the city's 16 tombs of prominent figures and thinkers and also targeted the library of camel-skin-bound manuscripts dating back to the 13th century that included ancient learning in astronomy, law, history and philosophy. They set fire to the institute where many of the manuscripts were stored, destroying an estimated 4,000 — though the majority were successfully spirited out of the city by the library's custodians.
KNOWLEGE AND WORLD TRAVEL (IMMIGRATION) INCREASED
DANIEL 12:4
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 FROM FLEEING WARS) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS MICROCHIPS ETC)
Hungary scrambles to confront record migrant influx-Reuters By Marton Dunai-aug 26,15-yahoonews
ROSZKE, Hungary (Reuters) - Hungary made plans on Wednesday to reinforce its southern border with helicopters, mounted police and dogs, and was also considering using the army as record numbers of migrants, many of them Syrian refugees, passed through coils of razor-wire into Europe.Over 2,500 mainly Syrians, Afghans and Pakistanis crossed from Serbia into the European Union on Tuesday, over, under or around a razor-wire barrier into the hands of an over-stretched police force that struggled to fingerprint and process them.Unrest flared briefly at a crowded reception center in the border region of Roszke, with tear gas fired.Another 1,300 were detained by 9.30 a.m. (0730 GMT) on Wednesday.More will have passed unnoticed, walking through gaps in a border fence being built by Hungary into a Europe groping for answers to its worst refugee crisis since World War Two.In Germany, which expects to receive 800,000 asylum-seekers this year, Chancellor Angela Merkel was due in the eastern town of Heidenau, near Dresden, the scene of violent clashes over the weekend involving far-right militants protesting against the arrival of around 250 refugees, underscoring the social tensions unleashed by the influx.With frequent attacks on refugee shelters and warnings of rising xenophobia, Merkel's cabinet agreed to double the funding this year to help towns cope with the record number of arrivals.Hungary, which is part of Europe’s Schengen passport-free travel zone, is building a 3.5-metre high fence along its 175-km (110-mile) border with Serbia in a bid to keep them out, taking a hard line on what right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban says is a threat to European security, prosperity and identity.FINGERPRINTS-Government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs said parliament would debate next week whether to employ the army in the border effort.“Hungary's government and national security cabinet ... has discussed the question of how the army could be used to help protect Hungary's border and the EU's border,” Kovacs said.Authorities said over 140,000 migrants had entered Hungary from Serbia to far this year. The numbers traveling through the Balkans have soared in recent weeks, with 3,000 crossing into Macedonia daily from Greece then whisked by train and bus north to Serbia and beyond.The chief commissioner of Hungarian police, Karoly Papp, said police were readying six special border patrol units of an initial 2,106 officers, equipped with helicopters, horses and dogs, to be sent in depending on the situation on the Serbian border.“They don’t have and will not get an order to shoot,” Papp told a news conference.In Roszke, the police spokesman said some 200 migrants at the reception center where unrest flared had refused to be fingerprinted.Almost all hope to reach the more affluent countries of northern and western Europe such as Germany and Sweden, but being fingerprinted in Hungary means that, under EU rules, they risk being returned to Budapest as their official point of entry into the 28-nation EU.EXHAUSTED CHILDREN-“My brother is in Sweden,” said one migrant, who declined to be named. “He told me to chop my hands off rather than give my fingerprints to the Hungarians. So we’re trying to find a way to Austria without meeting the Hungarian police.”Some spent the night in the open on the border, warming themselves around open fires and roasting corn plucked from the fields. In the morning, parents tried to rouse exhausted children.Rabie Hajouk, a 29-year-old IT engineer who said he was from the devastated Syrian city of Homs, told Reuters: "I want a country to be part of, I want a country to belong to, I want a culture, a civilization,""It's not for money or for food, it's for freedom, freedom of mind, for education. To be part of the civilized world."Embroiled in a debilitating economic crisis, Greece has taken to ferrying mainly Syrian migrants from its overwhelmed islands to Athens. Some 50,000 hit Greek shores by boat from Turkey in July alone.Some European leaders have complained that Greece fails to register its arrivals, meaning their first recognized point of entry is often elsewhere and Athens does not risk them being sent back.Serbia said around 10,000 migrants were passing through the country at any time, their stay lengthening as Hungary nears completion of its border fence.“The situation will get worse, when winter arrives. We’re getting ready to look after double that number,” Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.(Additional reporting by Krisztina Than in BUDAPEST, Matt Robinson in BELGRADE and Tina Bellon in BERLIN; Writing by Matt Robinson; Editing by Giles Elgood)
NATO troops killed in Afghanistan's Helmand, Taliban grab district-Reuters By Mohammad Stanekzai-aug 26,15-yahoonews
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The Taliban seized a district headquarters in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday despite U.S. air strikes to repel them, and two NATO soldiers were shot dead by uniformed men on an army base in the area, a stronghold for militants and opium.The district of Musa Qala fell after the Taliban over-ran police and army posts in an offensive that lasted several days. Three U.S. air strikes on Saturday killed up to 40 militants, but they regrouped and chased government officials out of town.Elsewhere in Helmand, two men in military uniforms opened fire in the former British base of Camp Bastion, killing two NATO soldiers.In the first summer fighting season since foreign troops formally stepped back from combat roles in the Afghan war, the Taliban have pushed into a number of districts but have struggled to hold them when the Afghan army counter-attacks.Musa Qala and neighboring Nawzad, which recently fell to the Taliban, saw some of the most lethal battles between Taliban insurgents and British and U.S. forces following toppling of the hardline Islamists' five-year rule in 2001.Nearly 14 years later, the Taliban is still fighting a guerilla war aimed at returning to power."We left the district early in the morning because the Taliban were attacking from all sides," district governor Mohammad Sharif told Reuters by telephone."We had asked for reinforcements for days but none arrived and this was what happened," he said.Strong through much of Helmand province, which is the largest producer of Afghanistan's lucrative opium crop, the Taliban killed more than 400 British soldiers, who led the counterinsurgency there until pulling out last year.Violence has increased sharply across Afghanistan since foreign forces mostly withdrew in December, leaving a small contingent of about 12,000 NATO troops to train Afghan forces.The U.S.-led Resolute Support mission issued a statement confirming that two of its soldiers were killed in Helmand."Two Resolute Support service members died early this morning, when two individuals wearing Afghan National Defence and Security Forces uniforms opened fire on their vehicle," the alliance said in a statement. The attackers were shot dead.It was the second incident this year involving Afghan troops, or people wearing Afghan uniforms, shooting at foreign soldiers. No group has claimed the attack.The statement did not give further information on the exact location of the incident and nationalities of those killed, but most foreign forces operating in Helmand now are American.A regional official said the incident involved two apparent Afghan special forces firing on their allies at the former Camp Bastion, a major base handed over to Afghan forces last year.(Additional reporting by Hamid Shalizi; Writing by Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by Alex Richardson)
08/24/2015 -Community of Sant’ Egidio: “Peace is always possible”-The logo of the meeting organised by the Community of Sant'Egidio-This is the title of the meeting that will draw thousands of people to Tirana between 6 and 8 September to discuss the environment and social inequality with religious leaders and experts from international development institutions and launch concrete proposals to put an end to conflicts. #peaceispossible is the hashtag for the event-vatican insider-vatican insider staff
Rome-For years we have been witnessing wars that no one seems to have the strength or will to stop, like the conflict in Syria which everyday generates new victims, increasing the desperation of the civilian population and pitting ethnic and religious groups one against the other, which until recently lived in a context of coexistence.If the international community is unable to impose a mere humanitarian truce it will be necessary to organize a grass-roots mobilization which can give voice to the many people who view emigration as their only way out, at the cost of perilous crossings into Europe.Upon the proposal of the Community of Sant’Egidio, together with the Catholic and Orthodox Churches of Albania, the major religions of the world took the initiative of holding an international conference “PEACE IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE – Religions and Culture in dialogue”, scheduled to take place in Tirana from September 6th to 8th. A major event in the “spirit of Assisi” - the first international Prayer for Peace summoned by Pope John Paul II in 1986 in St. Francis’ city – which will have special meaning this year, not only because of the current scene of wars and conflicts, but also because of the growth of a new subject represented by the pacifist force of religions opposed to violence with concrete and viable proposals.An important message from Pope Francis is expected at the inaugural assembly. For three days thereafter tens of panel discussions will be held with the most important religious leaders of Europe and the Mediterranean, Asia and Africa together with major cultural figures and representatives of institutions: the latter will receive a forceful appeal for the immediate achievement of a humanitarian truce and for the complex but urgent job of peace-building. All international organizations will be consulted, particularly Europe, which finds itself at a cross-roads: close its borders and become sadly obsolete or accept the new challenges it faces which, like that of peace, involve acceptance and integration.The event will also have a grass-roots nature: everyday a growing number of people - coming from every part of Europe and elsewhere – will arrive as pilgrims in the Albanian capital to attend the meetings.Why Albania? Because the construction of peace must start at the outskirts. Last year Pope Francis started visiting Europe from here. This little country, which has the largest Muslim population on the continent, has today become a model of co-existence between religions and cultures, an interesting laboratory where topics regarding peace will be discussed for three days, topics like sustainable development, environmental emergencies (which regard the entire planet as well as the livability of areas surrounding the metropolises of the world) and social inequality.There will also be a lot of testimony from the countries in conflict, like Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, Mindanao (Philippines) and Libya so that their voices may be heard and contribute to the achievement of peace.Follow us on the web:
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08/21/2015-vatican insider-ISIS bulldozes monastery of Mar Elian, aiming to fuel a clash of civilizations-The church and the religious structure as a whole dated back to the 5th century. The destructive rage of the Caliphate’s men is part of a wider strategy: the destruction of Christian symbols forms part of a sort of pornography of violence, which the world is subjected to. The demolition comes after the kidnapping of Fr. Mourad, the monastery’s prior last May-francesco peloso
vatican city-ISIS has carried out yet another act of vandalism and destruction in Syria. Aside from representing the umpteenth act of brutal violence in the never-ending Syrian crisis, the gesture is also laden with ideological, religious and military significance. The Catholic monastery of Mar Elian which was located near the town of Quaryatain was raised to the ground and images of the destruction and profanation of the 5th century church were immediately published, circulating round the world.But behind the iconoclastic rage unleashed by the Caliphate is a carefully thought-out strategy: that of showing blind contempt for the symbols of the Christian faith in an attempt to fuel the clash between civilizations and religions across the Mediterranean. Should such a scenario definitively take hold, ISIS could receive increased support and boost its strength by taking advantage of the desperation and frustration of populations ravaged by conflicts across the entire Middle East.The bulldozers that demolished the ancient monastery of Mar Elian form part of a violent landscape – a pornography of horror – that features beheadings, the destruction of the country’s historical remains and extends to the introduction of an Islamic law (the Sharia) which – as many representatives of the Muslim faith across the world have revealed and denounced – represents a violation and a heresy within Islam itself. ISIS certainly needs this: to threaten and kidnap Christians, to dream of the conquest of Rome and St. Peter’s as the capital of Catholicism, to make it seem like this is a conflict between religions and not a ferocious fight for control of the country and the region, with numerous geopolitical interests both inside and outside Syria.Indeed, all around, the conflict continues and as the Apostolic Nuncio to Damascus, Mgr. Mario Zenari, has denounced on a number of occasions, we are currently faced with an unprecedented humanitarian crisis , with 12 million internally displaced people and refugees, around 300,000 dead, hundreds of thousands of wounded, hospitals bursting at the seams, an infinite number of civilian victims and the spread of poverty after years of war. Just a few days ago regime aircraft bombed the market in Douma, a town about 10 kilometres from Damascus. This context boosts fundamentalism.The monastery of Mar Elian was located in an oasis near the town of Qaryatain in the region of Homs and was a filiation of the Deir Mar Musa community founded by the Italian Jesuit priest Fr. Paolo Dall’Oglio who was kidnapped on 29 July 2013 in Raqqa and has not been seen since. Other religious met with a similar fate, and it is estimated that about 20,000 people have disappeared after being captured by the various conflicting parties in Syria. At the start of August, the town of Qaryatain fell into the hands of ISIS, right after an extremist group kidnapped 230 civilians, including at least 60 Christians, women and children among them. 48 people from the group were released, while 110 were transferred to the province of Raqqa, the heart of the Islamic State. The whereabouts of the others are unknown. It was in this very area that Fr. Jacques Mourad, prior of the monastery of Mar Elian, was kidnapped last May. The community was busy concretely advocating dialogue and peaceful co-existence between Christians and Muslims and even in these difficult times of war, it was an important pilgrimage destination. It should also be recalled that the city of Qaryatain is located on the route that connects the country’s north and south, between Palmyra and Homs. This area is crucial in the context of the current conflict (partly because of its proximity to Lebanon) and is also important in terms of its gas reserves.
Serbia and Kosovo hail 'landmark' agreements-AFP-aug 26,15-yahoonews
Belgrade (AFP) - Serbia and Kosovo voiced satisfaction Wednesday with an EU-brokered deal on several key areas that represents a major step forward in normalising ties between the former foes."We have gained more than we hoped for," Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told national broadcaster RTS of Tuesday's agreement."I have no bad news, I am not dissatisfied with what has been accomplished," he said, adding that he would visit Kosovo in September to present the deal to ethnic Serbs.Vucic and his Kosovo counterpart Isa Mustafa reached the agreement brokered in Brussels by EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on four areas including energy and telecoms."We are bringing good agreements that not only guarantee security but also keep the jobs" of Kosovo Serbs, Vucic said.In Pristina, Kosovo leaders hailed the accord."We consider this agreement to be a great success, a success that will allow full sovereignty over the territory of Kosovo, including the north" where ethnic Serbs make up the majority, Mustafa told reporters.In a separate statement, Kosovo Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci said: "Serbia agreed to sign documents where our country will be treated as the Republic of Kosovo.""It's a form of acceptance," Thaci said.Serbia and its ally Russia have persistently refused to recognise Kosovo's 2008 unilateral declaration of independence, recognised by more than 100 countries, including 23 out of 28 EU member states and the United States.The agreement "represents landmark achievements in the normalisation process," Mogherini said in a statement Tuesday.The agreement comes two days before a major summit grouping leaders of western Balkan nations and Mogherini, amid concerns over a huge flow of migrants and refugees through the region and over Russian influence.Serbia and Kosovo have had difficult relations ever since the 1998-1999 war that ended after Serbian forces withdrew from the territory following an 11-week NATO bombing campaign.In 2013 Pristina and Belgrade signed an EU-brokered agreement to normalise ties which enabled Belgrade to start EU accession talks a year later.Some 120,000 ethnic Serbs live in Kosovo, where 90 percent of the 1.8 million population are ethnic Albanians.Two third of them live in enclaves scattered throughout the breakaway territory, while some 40,000 make up the majority in the northern area that borders Serbia.
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
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)
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).
Palestinians could raise flag at UN before pope visit-Associated Press By CARA ANNA-aug 26,15-yahoonews
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In a move likely to upset Israel's government, the Palestinians are seeking to raise their flag, along with the Vatican flag, at U.N. headquarters — just in time for Pope Francis' visit next month.Supporters of the idea hope the U.N. General Assembly will adopt a resolution on the flag-raising shortly before the pope arrives. They're betting that the United States or other allies of Israel will not block the plan and risk offending the Holy See on Francis' first U.S. visit.The Palestinians' proposal has been tabled, and a draft of the resolution has been seen by The Associated Press. It would allow non-member observer states — there are only two — to display their flags with the 193 member states.While the Vatican's mission to the U.N. earlier expressed support for the idea, it circulated a letter this week distancing itself from the draft. The mission did not comment Wednesday.The United States and Israel oppose recognizing the Palestinian state, arguing that it undermines efforts to negotiate a peace agreement. That process, however, has largely been at a standstill since the deadly conflict in Gaza a year ago. Israel's U.N. mission did not respond to a request for comment.Many states have shown support for the Palestinians' pursuit of statehood, including the Holy See.In May, the Vatican officially recognized the state of Palestine in their first formal, bilateral treaty. Israel's foreign ministry said it was "disappointed." During Francis' 2014 visit to the Holy Land, the Vatican's official program referred to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as the president of the "state of Palestine."In 2012, the Vatican welcomed an overwhelming vote in the General Assembly to upgrade the Palestinians' status to a U.N. non-member observer state. Their delegation promptly unfurled the flag in the chamber.The pope has not been shy about ambitious diplomacy. He helped bring the United States and Cuba together for their historic reestablishment of diplomatic ties. Last year, he invited the Israeli and Palestinian presidents for a day of peace prayers at the Vatican.Most countries in Western Europe have held off on recognizing a Palestinian state, but some have hinted that their position could change if peace efforts remain deadlocked. Most countries in Africa, Asia and South America have recognized Palestine.Francis is scheduled to address the General Assembly on Sept. 25, opening a gathering of world leaders to launch a set of development goals aimed at ending both poverty and hunger over the next 15 years.More than 100 heads of state and government are expected at the gathering, which leads into the annual U.N. General Assembly of world leaders the following week. President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani are scheduled to speak on the first morning.___This story has been corrected to reflect that the Vatican's mission to the U.N. this week sent a letter distancing itself from the draft.
Israel starts freeing hundreds more African migrants-AFP-aug 26,15-yahoonews
Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel began releasing a second group of around 600 African migrants from a desert detention centre on Wednesday after a court order, the prison authorities said.The supreme court this month ordered Israel to free illegal migrants held for more than a year at the Holot Detention Centre in the Negev desert, in a ruling that affected 1,178 asylum seekers.A first batch of hundreds was freed on Tuesday but barred from entering the cities of Tel Aviv and Eilat in the face of hostility from many residents.Official figures show 45,000 illegal immigrants are in Israel, almost all from Eritrea and Sudan.Most of those who have not been detained live in poor areas of southern Tel Aviv, where there have been several protests over their presence.Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai strongly criticised the government, saying: "Each minister advocates a different policy and engages in populist and racist declarations."He proposed granting work permits to migrants so that they can disperse throughout Israel and not be concentrated in Tel Aviv, where he said there were 30,000-35,000 African migrants."You have to treat them as human beings and not to forget that our parents and grandparents were also refugees," he said, speaking on army radio.Israel's supreme court two weeks ago overturned a provision of a law that would have allowed illegal immigrants to be held for up to 20 months without trial.It ruled that illegal migrants held for more than a year should be released within two weeks.Rightwing Israeli politicians have called for action to limit illegal migration, and rights groups say thousands of African asylum seekers have been coerced into "voluntary" departures.After Wednesday's releases there will be 550 people remaining in the Holot Detention Centre, according to the prison authorities.
In Jerusalem's culture war, secular residents make gains-Associated Press By MIRIAM BERGER-aug 26,15-yahoonews
JERUSALEM (AP) — Crowds of angry ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, wearing long beards, black and white garb and large black hats, protested in the streets of Jerusalem earlier this month against a new cinema opening its doors on the Sabbath.The demonstration was meant to be a show of strength in a long-running dispute over the role of strict Jewish law in the cultural life of Jerusalem. But in many ways, it was also a sign of desperation after a series of gains by the city's secular community in recent years."No one's saying we're giving up," said Shmuel Poppenheim, an unofficial spokesman for the ultra-Orthodox community. But, he conceded, "We know it's a lost cause. ... We know that we can't stage a war" over every new establishment open on the Sabbath.Despite Jerusalem's image as a city that grinds to a halt on the Sabbath, which runs from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday, more than 200 cafes, restaurants, bars, cinemas, museums, cultural institutions and other entertainment centers now stay open in non-religious Jewish areas of the city.That is a major shift over the last 30 years from a time when only a handful of establishments stayed open and a law forbade cinemas from operating on the Sabbath. The "Yes Planet" cinema that drew the recent protests was the second major destination to open with Sabbath hours in the past two years, after a former train station reopened as a commercial center in 2013.These initiatives have contributed to the most notable shift in secular-religious relations since the early 1990s, said Shahar Ilan of Hiddush, a group that advocates for religious equality.For decades ultra-Orthodox communities have flexed their political muscle, sometimes violently, to keep workplaces, businesses and government institutions in Jerusalem's Jewish neighborhoods shut down for the Sabbath.While most Jewish Israelis are secular, Israel's founding fathers gave Judaism a formal place in the country's affairs, and Orthodox rabbis strictly govern religious events such as weddings, divorces and burials for the Jewish population. The ultra-Orthodox also are perennial kingmakers in Israeli coalition politics, though they make up only about 10 percent of the country's population.Their influence is especially pronounced in Jerusalem, where their numbers are proportionally much larger than the national average. Jerusalem is split almost evenly into thirds between secular and modern Orthodox residents, Muslim Palestinians and ultra-Orthodox Jews who live in insular enclaves.Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox communities also traditionally have held significant power in the municipal government. They are bolstered by laws and unwritten agreements that grant them certain protections, such as barriers to prevent cars from driving through religious areas on the Sabbath, said Menachem Friedman, a professor of Judaism at Bar Ilan University.Attempts to change Jerusalem's delicate balance have prompted violent backlashes from the ultra-Orthodox, who have blocked roads, clashed with police and sent tens of thousands of activists into the streets on their rabbis' orders.But Friedman said that contrary to the popular perception, the traditional power of the ultra-Orthodox is waning in areas where they are not a demographic majority due to changing geographic and economic pressures.Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox communities are often poor and depend on government handouts because men traditionally study in religious seminaries rather than work. With the cost of living in Jerusalem on the rise, younger members of the communities are increasingly moving out, while public support for their substantial financial aid is waning, Friedman said.This month's protests over the Yes Planet cinema complex were therefore more "symbolic" opposition rather than a real concerted fight, Friedman said. The cinema is located in Abu Tor, a mixed Jewish-Arab neighborhood far from the city's ultra-Orthodox areas.On the first night of protests on Aug. 14, several thousand ultra-Orthodox rioted in West Jerusalem, breaking windows and prompting police arrests. But the following evening, just a few hundred demonstrators bothered to show up.It was a vivid contrast to weekly riots that rocked the city in 2009 when City Hall allowed a parking lot near Jerusalem's Old City to open on the Sabbath to serve tourists.The train station-turned-mall known as "First Station," meanwhile, has remained open on the Sabbath without any protests for more than two years now.The battle is far from over. A week after Yes Planet opened, the municipality ordered eight minimarkets in Jerusalem's city center that now operate on weekends to close.City councilman Ofer Berkovitz, a vocal secular activist, accused Mayor Nir Barkat of making the move to compensate for the new cinema — a charge the mayor denies.In another recent case, political pressure prevented a popular cafe chain from opening a new branch in Jerusalem's Independence Park, which is government property.Since a restaurant cannot receive a kosher license if it is open on the Sabbath, Israel's official licensing body threatened to revoke Landwer Cafe's certificate nationwide if the new branch opened on the Sabbath, Berkovitz said. The same owner opened a coffee shop under a different name that operates on the Sabbath.The municipality also has refused to allow another cinema complex, Cinema City, to open on the Sabbath because it is built on property leased by the city. Berkovitz and other city council members appealed to the Supreme Court but lost.Barkat said in an email statement that "there is no change in the law or the status quo which has been accepted throughout the years in Jerusalem according to which cinemas, places of entertainment and restaurants operate on the Sabbath and there is no trade or public transportation."Rabbi Uri Regev of Hiddush said the city has an "inconsistent" policy when it comes to regulating Sabbath activities. "There is no status quo," Regev said, saying these policies remain in flux and are "not divinely inspired."
COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL AND THE WEST
EZEKIEL 38:10-19
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say,(RUSSIA,ARAB,MUSLIMS) I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA)(JORDAN) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLAND,ENGLISH SPEAKING shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
ISRAEL-WEST ENEMIES EZEK 38:4-6,15-19
4 And I (GOD) will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts,(RUSSIA-ARAB/MUSLIMS) thou, and many people with thee,(AFRICAN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES) all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
EZEKIEL 39:1-6 ISRAELS ENEMIES DESTROYED
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.
EU-Russia ties at new low ahead of Ukraine talks-AFP By Alix Rijckaert-aug 26,15-yahoonews
Brussels (AFP) - Ties between the EU and Russia remain at their lowest ebb over the conflict in Ukraine, ahead of a series of key talks including a visit by President Petro Poroshenko to Brussels on Thursday.Renewed fighting in eastern Ukraine between pro-Moscow rebels and Kiev's government forces has made a mockery of a February ceasefire, while the European Union has renewed tough sanctions against Russia.Poroshenko is set to call for renewed support from the European Union when he travels to Brussels, days after meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande in Berlin.Poroshenko will meet European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk for talks centering on the "implementation of the Minsk agreement" that led to the ceasefire, the Commission said last week.At the same time, the EU is due to restart stalled three-way talks with Kiev and Moscow on Russian gas supplies to Ukraine, and on a landmark EU-Ukraine free-trade deal accord that Moscow says will harm its economy."These are the only two dossiers that the Russians agree to discuss with the EU," said Pierre Vimont, former secretary-general of the EU diplomatic service and now researcher for the Carnegie Institute."These talks are never easy. The Russians are difficult, and for their part the Ukrainians stick to their ground too."The EU's condemnation on Tuesday of a jail sentence handed down by a Russian court to Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov for "terrorism" added to the bad blood ahead of the meetings.- Gas war? -The EU wants at all costs to avoid a "gas war" with Russia as winter looms, with any stand-off threatening supplies to Europe, around half of which pass through Ukraine.Experts say a deal is needed by October to avoid shortages.Maros Sefcovic, the EU's Vice President in charge of Energy Union, will on the sidelines of a western Balkans summit in Vienna on Thursday relaunch talks with the Ukrainian side, which has not been supplied by Russian giant Gazprom for several months.A meeting with Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak is also scheduled for the start of September.The trade talks are less urgent but cover highly sensitive ground, as the trade deal was originally the key part of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement that then-president Viktor Yanukovych backed out of signing in November 2013.That led to the pro-EU Maidan movement which toppled him, and which was followed by Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and the fighting in eastern Ukraine which has claimed 6,800 lives.EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem is due to bring the relevant parties in the trade talks together in Brussels on September 7."But trade negotiations are difficult, the Russians have taken a stand on principle, and we have never been able to go into the details and negotiate on concrete matters," Vimont said.Some Kiev politicians accuse Moscow of planning a new rebel offensive that could rattle the Ukrainian leadership enough to reverse its plans to implement the landmark trade treaty with the European Union at the start of next year.Russia has already threatened to expand its list of banned Ukrainian food imports should the agreement go into effect.Yet Poroshenko has said that he and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker have agreed by telephone that the "free trade zone should be strengthened as of January 1."The sanctions that the EU imposed after Crimea were renewed in July, and still poison relations with Moscow.Putin -- who persistently denies any Kremlin involvement in the crisis and calls Russian soldiers discovered in the war zone "volunteers" -- was notably omitted from the round of meetings between Poroshenko, Hollande and Merkel, despite having been instrumental in arranging the Minsk ceasefire.
Egypt turns to Russia to combat terrorism-Associated Press-aug 26,15-yahoonews
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Wednesday called for a coalition to combat terrorism in the Middle East.Opening a meeting with Putin in Moscow, el-Sissi said "the Egyptian people" are hoping for broader ties with Russia in all areas, particularly in fighting terrorism in the Middle East.El-Sissi's Russian visit, his second in the past three months, highlights Moscow's attempts to expand its influence in Egypt at a time when Egyptian-U.S. relations have soured in the aftermath of the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.Putin told reporters after the talks that regional powers should join their efforts to combat the Islamic State group."(We) have underscored the vital importance of setting a counter-terrorism front to include key international players of the region including Syria," he said.Putin and el-Sissi were also expected to hammer out the details of a joint project to build Egypt's first nuclear power station but Putin told reporters on Wednesday that experts from both countries are still working on it.
Mideast leaders flood to Moscow for Syrian talks, aerospace salon-AFP By Karim Talbi-August 24, 2015 10:56 PM-yahoonews
Moscow (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is to host the Jordanian King and the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss the Syrian crisis and take part in a showcase of Russia's military industry.Jordanian King Abdullah II and the strongman of the United Arab Emirates, Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, will visit Moscow one day before Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrives in the Russian capital to attend the Maks-2015 military salon.Despite foreign interest in the Russian space and defence industries, no international contracts are expected to be signed during the salon, a spokesman for Russia's state defence import-export company Rosoboronexport, Vyacheslav Davydenko, told AFP last week.Middle Eastern government delegations have been flooding into Moscow in recent weeks and days, with a Syrian opposition delegation tolerated by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad arriving on Sunday for talks on the crisis in their war-torn country.Iranian officials are also expected in Moscow this week to finalise negotiations for Tehran's purchase of S-300 air defence systems from Russia, much to the dismay of the United States and Israel.The visits come as Russia, one of the few remaining allies of the Assad regime in Syria, has renewed diplomatic efforts to find a resolution to the four-year civil war that has claimed some 240,000 lives.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently hosted his Saudi and Iranian counterparts in an effort to push a plan for a broader grouping than the current US-led coalition to fight the Islamic State group, which would include Syria's government and its allies.Assad's opponents have rejected the idea.The Russian president and the head of Jordan's Hashemite kingdom are also expected to discuss the prospect of jointly building Jordan's first nuclear station, according to the Kremlin.King Abdullah II, who has made 13 visits to Russia since acceding to the throne in 1999, and President Vladimir Putin are expected to discuss the "fight against the Islamic State terrorist group, the resolution of the Syrian conflict and the peace process in the Middle East".Some 600,000 Syrians are registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in neighbouring Jordan. Amman claims it is hosting some 1.5 million Syrian refugees.Putin's talks with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi will be focused on energy, as well as "stability and security" in the Middle East and Northern Africa, the Kremlin said.- Modernising the Russian army -Putin and his foreign guests will attend the opening on the biennial Maks salon, where more than 700 Russian and foreign companies from 30 countries will be represented.The salon opens as Russia is grappling with a crippling economic crisis on the back of Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis and lower oil prices.Russia has nonetheless been spending billions of dollars to modernise its army and conduct snap combat readiness checks from the Arctic to the Far East.Russia earned $15.5 billion from arms sales last year in spite of Western sanctions imposed against its defence sector, making Moscow the world's second largest arms exporter after Washington, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.Domestic arms orders, including the Russian army's purchase of some 50 Sukhoi-35 fighter jets, are expected to be made at the salon, business daily Vedomosti reported.The Sukhoi T-50, a 5th generation fighter jet conceived jointly with India, is expected to be introduced to the Russian army next year.
Wreckage of Soviet WWII plane recovered from riverbed in Poland-Reuters-aug 26,15-yahoonews
(Reuters) - The wreckage of a World War II Soviet plane and the remains of two crew members, believed to have been shot down by German forces in 1945, have been retrieved from a riverbed in central Poland, local media reported.The plane was pulled out from the mud of the Bzura river, some 70 kms (43.5 miles) west of Warsaw, after draught caused the water level to fall to a record low.Polish media said the remains of two crew members were also found. The plane has been taken to a museum in the nearby town of Wyszogrod, where it will be examined."It was a Soviet plane. All inscriptions on it were written in Cyrillic script," museum director Zdzislaw Leszczynski told Polish television. "The pilots were dressed in furry shoes and sheepskin coat suggesting (the plane was shot down in) January 1945."Footage of the excavation on Sunday showed explorers using a metal detector and examining the wreckage's depth with metal pins in the muddy riverbed as local residents looked on."People knew (about the plane)," one resident said. "The wreckage has even been examined by touch several times. However, it hasn't been excavated due to the water level, which is usually two meters higher at least."(Writing by Reuters Television and Marie-Louise Gumuchian in London, editing by Larry King)
CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3 (200 MILLION MAN ARMY)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE-2 billion)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
U.S. plans more Asia-Pacific drills to counter China reclamation-Reuters-aug 26,15-yahoonews
MANILA (Reuters) - The United States plans to increase the number of military and humanitarian drills it conducts in the Asia-Pacific as part of a new strategy to counter China's rapid expansion in the South China Sea, the Philippine military said on Wednesday.Admiral Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, highlighted key aspects of the Pentagon's freshly drafted Asia Pacific Maritime Security Strategy during talks with his Filipino counterpart, General Hernando Iriberri, during a visit to Manila.Colonel Restituto Padilla, a military spokesman, told journalists that the report outlined Washington's set of actions in the disputed South China Sea and East China Sea, focusing on the protection of "freedom of seas", deterring conflict and coercion, and promoting adherence to international law.China claims most of the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei also have overlapping claims.A military source, who was in the meeting between Harris and Iriberri, told Reuters the U.S. and the Philippines are expected to increase the size, frequency and sophistication of exercises in the region.Since China's land reclamation efforts began in December 2013, it has reclaimed more than 2,900 acres (1,170 hectares) of land as of June 2015, the Pentagon said last week in a report on its Asia-Pacific Maritime Security Strategy.The reclamation campaign significantly outweighed efforts by other claimants in size, pace and nature, the Pentagon report said.China says the outposts will have undefined military purposes, as well as help with maritime search and rescue, disaster relief and navigation.(Reporting By Manuel Mogato; Editing By Jeremy Laurence)
India, UN appeal for peace after 11 die in Nepal violence-Associated Press By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA-August 25, 2015 9:09 AM-yahoonews
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — India and the United Nations appealed for all parties to seek peace in Nepal, where hundreds of security forces on Tuesday were patrolling a western town after ethnic protesters demanding statehood attacked police a day earlier, leaving 11 people dead and many injured.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Nepalese counterpart Sushil Koirala to express the concern that political and social instability would seriously compound the tragedy caused by the earthquake that devastated Nepal earlier this year. Modi appealed to the government, all political parties and the people of Nepal to eschew violence and maintain social harmony, the Indian Embassy said in a statement.Police officers and soldiers were rushed to Tikapur, 400 kilometers (250 miles) west of Kathmandu, after Monday's clashes. Government administrator Raj Kumar Shrestha said authorities were in control of the town and surrounding areas and there were no protests or reports of curfew violations.At least 20 police officers hurt in the clashes were being treated in hospitals. Seven police officers, the 2-year-old son of a police officer, and three protesters were killed. Many protesters fled into the jungle and nearby villages after troops were called into the town, and it was not clear if other protesters were killed.The embassy statement said Modi told Koirala that the political leadership of Nepal should resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue between all political parties and through the widest possible consultations, including with the public, to strengthen trust and arrive at solutions that reflect the will of all citizens in a united, peaceful Nepal.Giant neighbor India surrounds Nepal from three sides and has major influence over the Himalayan nation.Home Minister Bam Dev Gautam told Nepal's Constituent Assembly that the protesters surrounded police who were enforcing a curfew and attacked them with stones, knives and spears.The protesters from the Tharu ethnic group are demanding a separate state in the new constitution, which is being finalized in the Constituent Assembly. They say a separate state would give them a stronger say in local affairs. They have organized strikes and street demonstrations, but the protests turned violent Monday.In a separate clash Tuesday, police shot a protester in Gaur, a town 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Kathmandu, official said.Nepal has been governed by an interim constitution for years. The earthquake that killed thousands in April created new urgency for politicians to agree on a draft of a new charter.The main political parties have agreed on seven federal states, but smaller political parties and ethnic groups oppose either the number or makeup of the states.New York-based Human Rights Watch called on the government to order an independent investigation into the deaths and said the security forces must respect basic rights."The violence ... and the deployment of the army threatens to further increase tensions in an already charged situation," the statement quoted Brad Adams, the group's Asia director, as saying.The United Nations also urged political leaders and protesters to sit together to find a peaceful solution before violence spirals out of control.The spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville in Geneva urged Nepal "to create a climate where minority or dissenting views or beliefs are respected, and security forces only employ force as a last resort and in full accordance with the standards laid out under international law for maintaining public order."
MATTHEW CH 24:1-2
1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
In Islamic State war, like others, heritage always a target-Associated Press By LEE KEATH-aug 26,15-yahoonews
CAIRO (AP) — A nearly 2,000-year-old temple in the Syrian city of Palmyra this week was the latest victim in the Islamic State group's campaign of destruction of historic sites across the territory it controls in Iraq and Syria.The group has destroyed ancient buildings and artifacts, as well as shrines to Shiite and Sunni Muslim saints — looting some sites for profit — all in the name of purging what it considers symbols of idolatry to create a society dedicated solely to its extreme and violent interpretation of Islam. The IS campaign has horrified many around the world with a scope of destruction that hasn't been seen for decades.Still, it isn't unprecedented.Throughout the centuries, invaders, religious fanatics and colonizers have targeted works of art, houses of worship and other pieces of heritage. The goal is often to uproot, eliminate, replace or impose control over the culture and heritage of their opponents. Nearly every ethnic or religious conflict across history has seen at least some cultural destruction, along with genocides like the Nazi Holocaust against the Jews.Below is a look at some examples:WAHHABISM-The Islamic State group's rabid ideology against shrines and historical sites is rooted in Wahhabism, the ultraconservative Sunni Muslim interpretation preached by Sheikh Mohammed Abdul-Wahhab, who lived in the 1700s in what is now Saudi Arabia. Allied with the powerful Saud family, Abdul-Wahhab's followers destroyed anything they saw as promoting idolatry or polytheism, including shrines of Shiite and Sufi saints, and the destruction of a major Shiite shrine at Karbala in what is now Iraq. Today, the alliance with Wahhabism remains one of the foundations of rule by the Al Saud royal family.-PROTESTANT REFORMATION-During the Reformation in 16th century Europe, Protestant preachers railed in sermons against Catholic statues of saints and other religious relics as forms of idolatry. Mobs of Protestants attacked hundreds of Catholic churches, particularly in France, Germany and the Netherlands, destroying statues and images — and in England under King Henry VIII, churches were stripped of their relics and riches. The result erased from Europe's cultural landscape untold numbers of works of art.-SPAIN-During the Muslim invasion of Spain in the 8th century, churches were often destroyed or turned into mosques. Conversely, when Christians took back the peninsula in the centuries-long Reconquista, completed in the 15th century, they destroyed mosques or turned them into churches. Also, after King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella ordered the expulsion of Jews from the peninsula in 1492, synagogues were turned into churches.-SECOND JEWISH TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM-Roman armies destroyed the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem in 70 A.D. after a revolt against Roman rule. The temple, built 500 years earlier to replace the first temple destroyed by the Babylonians, was the heart of Judaism. The first temple had held the Ark of the Covenant, which vanished after the Babylonian conquest. All that remains of the second temple is its Western Wall, which is today the holiest site in Judaism, located at the base of Jerusalem's Temple Mount.-THE AZTECS' TEMPLO MAYOR-Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, in 1521, bringing to an end the empire that ruled over much of what is now Mexico. To root out the local religion, Cortes ordered temples destroyed, including the Templo Mayor, the giant step pyramid at the center of Aztec spiritual culture — and site of their human sacrifices. The temple was leveled, and a Catholic church built on its remains. Parts of the temple were uncovered in the 1970s during the digging of a metro in Mexico City.-BENIN-From the 15th to 17th centuries, Benin — in modern-day Nigeria — was one of the grandest capitals in Africa. In the late 19th century, negotiations with the British trying to dominate the area and its trade turned bloody, with Benin's troops killing a British expeditionary force. In retaliation, British troops captured the city and burned it to the ground, destroying its palaces and religious sites. They also carted off some 2,500 works of art, including bronze and ivory sculptures and plaques and the palace's carved wooden gate.-BEIJING'S OLD SUMMER PALACE-During the Second Opium War, waged by Britain and France against China to force it to open up markets and legalize the opium trade, British troops in 1860 destroyed the sprawling Old Summer Palace in retaliation after the Chinese tortured and executed members of a British diplomatic mission. Built some 100 years earlier, the palace was a sprawling complex of palaces, pavilions and gardens filled with works of art. After orders came from Britain's High Commissioner in China, Lord Elgin — notorious for his looting of marbles from Greece's Parthenon — it took 3,500 troops three days to burn down and tear apart the palace.-BABRI MOSQUE-Hindu extremists tore down the 16th-century Babri Mosque in northern India in 1992, sparking riots across the country that left at least 2,000 people dead. Hindu groups claim the mosque was built after a temple dedicated to the Hindu god King Rama was destroyed by Muslim invaders, though that claim is disputed by some historians. Still, it's undisputed that over the centuries, Muslim invaders of South Asia did destroy Hindu holy sites. For example, the Somnath Temple in western India was destroyed multiple times by Muslim rulers, the first time in the 11th century.-MODERN- DAY ISLAMIC MILITANTS-For decades in the 20th century, Islamic militant groups in the Middle East, including al-Qaida, put little emphasis on destroying shrines or historical sites. But al-Qaida's ally the Taliban brought back the tactic in dramatic fashion in 2001 when they blew up the two towering 1,500-year-old statues of Buddha carved into a mountain in the Afghan region of Bamiyan, stunning the world.Since then, the tactic has gained prominence among Islamic extremists as a way to tout their claim to "purify" society and create their vision of an Islamic state. Sunni hard-liners have increasingly attacked shrines across the Middle East.In the West African nation of Mali, Islamic radicals in 2012 overran Timbuktu, the historic city of Islamic culture. The militants destroyed 14 of the city's 16 tombs of prominent figures and thinkers and also targeted the library of camel-skin-bound manuscripts dating back to the 13th century that included ancient learning in astronomy, law, history and philosophy. They set fire to the institute where many of the manuscripts were stored, destroying an estimated 4,000 — though the majority were successfully spirited out of the city by the library's custodians.
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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 FROM FLEEING WARS) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS MICROCHIPS ETC)
Hungary scrambles to confront record migrant influx-Reuters By Marton Dunai-aug 26,15-yahoonews
ROSZKE, Hungary (Reuters) - Hungary made plans on Wednesday to reinforce its southern border with helicopters, mounted police and dogs, and was also considering using the army as record numbers of migrants, many of them Syrian refugees, passed through coils of razor-wire into Europe.Over 2,500 mainly Syrians, Afghans and Pakistanis crossed from Serbia into the European Union on Tuesday, over, under or around a razor-wire barrier into the hands of an over-stretched police force that struggled to fingerprint and process them.Unrest flared briefly at a crowded reception center in the border region of Roszke, with tear gas fired.Another 1,300 were detained by 9.30 a.m. (0730 GMT) on Wednesday.More will have passed unnoticed, walking through gaps in a border fence being built by Hungary into a Europe groping for answers to its worst refugee crisis since World War Two.In Germany, which expects to receive 800,000 asylum-seekers this year, Chancellor Angela Merkel was due in the eastern town of Heidenau, near Dresden, the scene of violent clashes over the weekend involving far-right militants protesting against the arrival of around 250 refugees, underscoring the social tensions unleashed by the influx.With frequent attacks on refugee shelters and warnings of rising xenophobia, Merkel's cabinet agreed to double the funding this year to help towns cope with the record number of arrivals.Hungary, which is part of Europe’s Schengen passport-free travel zone, is building a 3.5-metre high fence along its 175-km (110-mile) border with Serbia in a bid to keep them out, taking a hard line on what right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban says is a threat to European security, prosperity and identity.FINGERPRINTS-Government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs said parliament would debate next week whether to employ the army in the border effort.“Hungary's government and national security cabinet ... has discussed the question of how the army could be used to help protect Hungary's border and the EU's border,” Kovacs said.Authorities said over 140,000 migrants had entered Hungary from Serbia to far this year. The numbers traveling through the Balkans have soared in recent weeks, with 3,000 crossing into Macedonia daily from Greece then whisked by train and bus north to Serbia and beyond.The chief commissioner of Hungarian police, Karoly Papp, said police were readying six special border patrol units of an initial 2,106 officers, equipped with helicopters, horses and dogs, to be sent in depending on the situation on the Serbian border.“They don’t have and will not get an order to shoot,” Papp told a news conference.In Roszke, the police spokesman said some 200 migrants at the reception center where unrest flared had refused to be fingerprinted.Almost all hope to reach the more affluent countries of northern and western Europe such as Germany and Sweden, but being fingerprinted in Hungary means that, under EU rules, they risk being returned to Budapest as their official point of entry into the 28-nation EU.EXHAUSTED CHILDREN-“My brother is in Sweden,” said one migrant, who declined to be named. “He told me to chop my hands off rather than give my fingerprints to the Hungarians. So we’re trying to find a way to Austria without meeting the Hungarian police.”Some spent the night in the open on the border, warming themselves around open fires and roasting corn plucked from the fields. In the morning, parents tried to rouse exhausted children.Rabie Hajouk, a 29-year-old IT engineer who said he was from the devastated Syrian city of Homs, told Reuters: "I want a country to be part of, I want a country to belong to, I want a culture, a civilization,""It's not for money or for food, it's for freedom, freedom of mind, for education. To be part of the civilized world."Embroiled in a debilitating economic crisis, Greece has taken to ferrying mainly Syrian migrants from its overwhelmed islands to Athens. Some 50,000 hit Greek shores by boat from Turkey in July alone.Some European leaders have complained that Greece fails to register its arrivals, meaning their first recognized point of entry is often elsewhere and Athens does not risk them being sent back.Serbia said around 10,000 migrants were passing through the country at any time, their stay lengthening as Hungary nears completion of its border fence.“The situation will get worse, when winter arrives. We’re getting ready to look after double that number,” Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.(Additional reporting by Krisztina Than in BUDAPEST, Matt Robinson in BELGRADE and Tina Bellon in BERLIN; Writing by Matt Robinson; Editing by Giles Elgood)
NATO troops killed in Afghanistan's Helmand, Taliban grab district-Reuters By Mohammad Stanekzai-aug 26,15-yahoonews
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The Taliban seized a district headquarters in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday despite U.S. air strikes to repel them, and two NATO soldiers were shot dead by uniformed men on an army base in the area, a stronghold for militants and opium.The district of Musa Qala fell after the Taliban over-ran police and army posts in an offensive that lasted several days. Three U.S. air strikes on Saturday killed up to 40 militants, but they regrouped and chased government officials out of town.Elsewhere in Helmand, two men in military uniforms opened fire in the former British base of Camp Bastion, killing two NATO soldiers.In the first summer fighting season since foreign troops formally stepped back from combat roles in the Afghan war, the Taliban have pushed into a number of districts but have struggled to hold them when the Afghan army counter-attacks.Musa Qala and neighboring Nawzad, which recently fell to the Taliban, saw some of the most lethal battles between Taliban insurgents and British and U.S. forces following toppling of the hardline Islamists' five-year rule in 2001.Nearly 14 years later, the Taliban is still fighting a guerilla war aimed at returning to power."We left the district early in the morning because the Taliban were attacking from all sides," district governor Mohammad Sharif told Reuters by telephone."We had asked for reinforcements for days but none arrived and this was what happened," he said.Strong through much of Helmand province, which is the largest producer of Afghanistan's lucrative opium crop, the Taliban killed more than 400 British soldiers, who led the counterinsurgency there until pulling out last year.Violence has increased sharply across Afghanistan since foreign forces mostly withdrew in December, leaving a small contingent of about 12,000 NATO troops to train Afghan forces.The U.S.-led Resolute Support mission issued a statement confirming that two of its soldiers were killed in Helmand."Two Resolute Support service members died early this morning, when two individuals wearing Afghan National Defence and Security Forces uniforms opened fire on their vehicle," the alliance said in a statement. The attackers were shot dead.It was the second incident this year involving Afghan troops, or people wearing Afghan uniforms, shooting at foreign soldiers. No group has claimed the attack.The statement did not give further information on the exact location of the incident and nationalities of those killed, but most foreign forces operating in Helmand now are American.A regional official said the incident involved two apparent Afghan special forces firing on their allies at the former Camp Bastion, a major base handed over to Afghan forces last year.(Additional reporting by Hamid Shalizi; Writing by Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by Alex Richardson)
08/24/2015 -Community of Sant’ Egidio: “Peace is always possible”-The logo of the meeting organised by the Community of Sant'Egidio-This is the title of the meeting that will draw thousands of people to Tirana between 6 and 8 September to discuss the environment and social inequality with religious leaders and experts from international development institutions and launch concrete proposals to put an end to conflicts. #peaceispossible is the hashtag for the event-vatican insider-vatican insider staff
Rome-For years we have been witnessing wars that no one seems to have the strength or will to stop, like the conflict in Syria which everyday generates new victims, increasing the desperation of the civilian population and pitting ethnic and religious groups one against the other, which until recently lived in a context of coexistence.If the international community is unable to impose a mere humanitarian truce it will be necessary to organize a grass-roots mobilization which can give voice to the many people who view emigration as their only way out, at the cost of perilous crossings into Europe.Upon the proposal of the Community of Sant’Egidio, together with the Catholic and Orthodox Churches of Albania, the major religions of the world took the initiative of holding an international conference “PEACE IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE – Religions and Culture in dialogue”, scheduled to take place in Tirana from September 6th to 8th. A major event in the “spirit of Assisi” - the first international Prayer for Peace summoned by Pope John Paul II in 1986 in St. Francis’ city – which will have special meaning this year, not only because of the current scene of wars and conflicts, but also because of the growth of a new subject represented by the pacifist force of religions opposed to violence with concrete and viable proposals.An important message from Pope Francis is expected at the inaugural assembly. For three days thereafter tens of panel discussions will be held with the most important religious leaders of Europe and the Mediterranean, Asia and Africa together with major cultural figures and representatives of institutions: the latter will receive a forceful appeal for the immediate achievement of a humanitarian truce and for the complex but urgent job of peace-building. All international organizations will be consulted, particularly Europe, which finds itself at a cross-roads: close its borders and become sadly obsolete or accept the new challenges it faces which, like that of peace, involve acceptance and integration.The event will also have a grass-roots nature: everyday a growing number of people - coming from every part of Europe and elsewhere – will arrive as pilgrims in the Albanian capital to attend the meetings.Why Albania? Because the construction of peace must start at the outskirts. Last year Pope Francis started visiting Europe from here. This little country, which has the largest Muslim population on the continent, has today become a model of co-existence between religions and cultures, an interesting laboratory where topics regarding peace will be discussed for three days, topics like sustainable development, environmental emergencies (which regard the entire planet as well as the livability of areas surrounding the metropolises of the world) and social inequality.There will also be a lot of testimony from the countries in conflict, like Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, Mindanao (Philippines) and Libya so that their voices may be heard and contribute to the achievement of peace.Follow us on the web:
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08/21/2015-vatican insider-ISIS bulldozes monastery of Mar Elian, aiming to fuel a clash of civilizations-The church and the religious structure as a whole dated back to the 5th century. The destructive rage of the Caliphate’s men is part of a wider strategy: the destruction of Christian symbols forms part of a sort of pornography of violence, which the world is subjected to. The demolition comes after the kidnapping of Fr. Mourad, the monastery’s prior last May-francesco peloso
vatican city-ISIS has carried out yet another act of vandalism and destruction in Syria. Aside from representing the umpteenth act of brutal violence in the never-ending Syrian crisis, the gesture is also laden with ideological, religious and military significance. The Catholic monastery of Mar Elian which was located near the town of Quaryatain was raised to the ground and images of the destruction and profanation of the 5th century church were immediately published, circulating round the world.But behind the iconoclastic rage unleashed by the Caliphate is a carefully thought-out strategy: that of showing blind contempt for the symbols of the Christian faith in an attempt to fuel the clash between civilizations and religions across the Mediterranean. Should such a scenario definitively take hold, ISIS could receive increased support and boost its strength by taking advantage of the desperation and frustration of populations ravaged by conflicts across the entire Middle East.The bulldozers that demolished the ancient monastery of Mar Elian form part of a violent landscape – a pornography of horror – that features beheadings, the destruction of the country’s historical remains and extends to the introduction of an Islamic law (the Sharia) which – as many representatives of the Muslim faith across the world have revealed and denounced – represents a violation and a heresy within Islam itself. ISIS certainly needs this: to threaten and kidnap Christians, to dream of the conquest of Rome and St. Peter’s as the capital of Catholicism, to make it seem like this is a conflict between religions and not a ferocious fight for control of the country and the region, with numerous geopolitical interests both inside and outside Syria.Indeed, all around, the conflict continues and as the Apostolic Nuncio to Damascus, Mgr. Mario Zenari, has denounced on a number of occasions, we are currently faced with an unprecedented humanitarian crisis , with 12 million internally displaced people and refugees, around 300,000 dead, hundreds of thousands of wounded, hospitals bursting at the seams, an infinite number of civilian victims and the spread of poverty after years of war. Just a few days ago regime aircraft bombed the market in Douma, a town about 10 kilometres from Damascus. This context boosts fundamentalism.The monastery of Mar Elian was located in an oasis near the town of Qaryatain in the region of Homs and was a filiation of the Deir Mar Musa community founded by the Italian Jesuit priest Fr. Paolo Dall’Oglio who was kidnapped on 29 July 2013 in Raqqa and has not been seen since. Other religious met with a similar fate, and it is estimated that about 20,000 people have disappeared after being captured by the various conflicting parties in Syria. At the start of August, the town of Qaryatain fell into the hands of ISIS, right after an extremist group kidnapped 230 civilians, including at least 60 Christians, women and children among them. 48 people from the group were released, while 110 were transferred to the province of Raqqa, the heart of the Islamic State. The whereabouts of the others are unknown. It was in this very area that Fr. Jacques Mourad, prior of the monastery of Mar Elian, was kidnapped last May. The community was busy concretely advocating dialogue and peaceful co-existence between Christians and Muslims and even in these difficult times of war, it was an important pilgrimage destination. It should also be recalled that the city of Qaryatain is located on the route that connects the country’s north and south, between Palmyra and Homs. This area is crucial in the context of the current conflict (partly because of its proximity to Lebanon) and is also important in terms of its gas reserves.
Serbia and Kosovo hail 'landmark' agreements-AFP-aug 26,15-yahoonews
Belgrade (AFP) - Serbia and Kosovo voiced satisfaction Wednesday with an EU-brokered deal on several key areas that represents a major step forward in normalising ties between the former foes."We have gained more than we hoped for," Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told national broadcaster RTS of Tuesday's agreement."I have no bad news, I am not dissatisfied with what has been accomplished," he said, adding that he would visit Kosovo in September to present the deal to ethnic Serbs.Vucic and his Kosovo counterpart Isa Mustafa reached the agreement brokered in Brussels by EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on four areas including energy and telecoms."We are bringing good agreements that not only guarantee security but also keep the jobs" of Kosovo Serbs, Vucic said.In Pristina, Kosovo leaders hailed the accord."We consider this agreement to be a great success, a success that will allow full sovereignty over the territory of Kosovo, including the north" where ethnic Serbs make up the majority, Mustafa told reporters.In a separate statement, Kosovo Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci said: "Serbia agreed to sign documents where our country will be treated as the Republic of Kosovo.""It's a form of acceptance," Thaci said.Serbia and its ally Russia have persistently refused to recognise Kosovo's 2008 unilateral declaration of independence, recognised by more than 100 countries, including 23 out of 28 EU member states and the United States.The agreement "represents landmark achievements in the normalisation process," Mogherini said in a statement Tuesday.The agreement comes two days before a major summit grouping leaders of western Balkan nations and Mogherini, amid concerns over a huge flow of migrants and refugees through the region and over Russian influence.Serbia and Kosovo have had difficult relations ever since the 1998-1999 war that ended after Serbian forces withdrew from the territory following an 11-week NATO bombing campaign.In 2013 Pristina and Belgrade signed an EU-brokered agreement to normalise ties which enabled Belgrade to start EU accession talks a year later.Some 120,000 ethnic Serbs live in Kosovo, where 90 percent of the 1.8 million population are ethnic Albanians.Two third of them live in enclaves scattered throughout the breakaway territory, while some 40,000 make up the majority in the northern area that borders Serbia.
