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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)
COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL AND THE ENEMIES OF 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?
PSALMS 83:3-7 (COUNTRIES AGAINST ISRAEL)(EXCEPT JORDAN)
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
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;
DANIEL 11:44 (CHINA WITH RUSSIA-MUSLIMS)
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)
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.
Russia envoy warns of reply to Nato build-up-By EUOBSERVER-FEB 9,16
Today, 09:14-Russia's Nato envoy warned Monday that Moscow would respond to a build-up of the alliance's forces near Russian borders. Alexander Grushko said that the deployment of NATO forces in eastern Europe "can't be left without a military-technical answer", but did not elaborate what specific steps the Kremlin could take.
Is Putin trying to topple Merkel? By Andrew Rettman-FEB 9,16-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:19-If Russian leader Vladimir Putin was trying to use refugees to topple German chancellor Angela Merkel, then Aleppo was a step too far, Norbert Roettgen, the head of the Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee, has told EUobserver.Merkel’s decision to welcome the huge numbers of people coming from Syria to Germany has drained her popularity over the past year.She'll have to fight for re-election at the latest in September 2017.When German pollster Insa-Consulere asked people last week if she should quit now, 40 percent said Yes.“A year ago nobody would have dared asked questions like we did,” Hermann Binkert, the Insa-Consulere director, told EUobserver on Monday (8 February).“But in the meantime, her approval ratings have dropped, mostly because of her position on refugees … Right now, there’s no discussion of an early election in Germany. But we can’t say how the situation will develop.”The situation escalated last weekend when the Syrian regime, backed by Russian air power, reached Aleppo in northern Syria, prompting tens of thousands of people to flee toward Europe.It had already escalated on New Year’s Eve, when migrant men carried out sex assaults against German women in Cologne.Pro-Kremlin media tried to make things worse by spreading a fake story that migrants also raped a 13-year old girl.The events have seen a rise in the popularity of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), a far-right party that faces allegations of secret Kremlin funding.They have ignited street protests, including some involving Russia-linked NGOs such as the Internationaler Kongress der Russlanddeutschen, a Russian expat group.They have also split Merkel’s ruling coalition, with Putin last week hosting at his Moscow palace the centre-right leader and Merkel critic Horst Seehofer.Russia denies any wrongdoing in Syria or Europe.But for some EU diplomats it’s beginning to look like a concerted campaign to unseat the German chancellor - the lynchpin of EU economic sanctions on Russia and of European unity more broadly speaking.“If you look at what’s going on in Syria, look at Aleppo, you’ll see that Russia is the only one who controls the timetable of the refugee crisis," one EU source said."Its actions are designed to create as many refugees as possible. The target is quite obvious.”The source said Russia’s decision on Monday to hold military drills on the Ukraine border could mean worse to come.“If heavy fighting restarts in Ukraine, it would create a new exodus of refugees. It would be the perfect moment [in terms of Russian interests],” the source said.“I don’t believe these are all coincidences,” another EU source said.-Far-fetched?-But for Norbert Roettgen, an MP from Merkel’s CDU party who chairs the Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee, the Putin-Merkel theory is “too far-fetched".Roettgen told EUobserver, also on Monday, that Russia’s main objective in Syria is geopolitical.“They want to maintain their position in the region [the Middle East], to strengthen their military bases and to be part of the international solution," he said.The increase in refugees and the trouble it causes in Europe was a "welcome side effect” for Russia because the refugee crisis has divided Europe, he said.“But the addressee of this problem is the EU as a whole, not a single state or person,” he said.The German MP noted that even if Putin’s bombs in Syria were designed to harm Merkel, then the Aleppo siege might have been a step too far.“The effect on Merkel’s standing is ambivalent. With so many new refugees on the Turkish-Syrian border, it’s more obvious than ever that this isn’t just a German problem. It strengthens Merkel’s case that it requires an international or, at the least, a European solution,” he said.Roettgen said Russian propaganda also went too far.German police debunked the story of the raped girl and prosecutors in Berlin have opened proceedings against Ivan Blagoy, the journalist from Russian broadcaster Channel 1 who reported the story.“The false claim of the 13-year old girl was overstated. It revealed, for the first time, the kind of policies the Russians are using,” Roettgen said.“It reached a new level when Lavrov openly engaged in the manipulation of [German] public opinion,” he added, referring to a claim made by Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on 26 January that German police had tried to cover up the crime.The MP also said German authorities had known “for a long time” that Russia was funding far-right and far-left groups in Europe.“It’s nothing new,” he said.Mark Galeotti, a US scholar of Russian affairs, agreed with Roettgen’s view.“I don't think Moscow is confident a new chancellor would be more sympathetic. Merkel is the person who can ultimately deliver partial relief from European … sanctions if some kind of deal is struck [on Ukraine],” he told this website.“Moscow wants to keep her under pressure, to make it worth her while being less confrontational, but not, I think, to see her fall.”Rotten herrings-Meanwhile, the story of the raped girl got wide coverage in German media and was repeated by pro-Kremlin outlets in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.An EU source said Russian media switched focus in the first weeks of January from Turkey, which shot down a Russian jet last year, to the refugee crisis.He said another Russian story had claimed that Merkel was infecting refugees with contagious diseases and deporting them to the Czech Republic in revenge for its refusal to join an EU migrant relocation scheme.“Even if the stories are debunked, they make a mark. It’s called the ‘rotten herring’ technique and it’s described in FSB textbooks,” the source said, referring to Russia’s intelligence service.The rotten herring technique is the idea that even if an allegation is disproved it stays in people’s minds because they talk about it.The herring analogy comes from the fact that no matter how you handle a rotten fish, the bad smell lingers.-Transparency-The EU source welcomed the fact that Germany is taking action against the Channel 1 journalist. He noted that Ofcom, the British media regulator, recently censured Russia Today, another pro-Kremlin broadcaster, for fake stories on Ukraine.“Free speech doesn’t mean you can frighten the public with fake stories,” the source said.Roettgen said there were other ways to react to Russian meddling.“It’s not more regulation that’s required, it’s more transparency. Transparency is the best shield of democracy,” he said.“We need to find out what’s being done and publish it so that the public has the full picture. There are some direct means to reveal what they [the Russians] are doing."
DANIEL 8:19-26
19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia:(GREECE) and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(NEW AGE HOGWASH) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
Greek PM strenghtens ties with Iran By Eric Maurice-FEB 9,16-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:30-Greece and Iran pledged on Monday (8 February) to strengthen the political and economic cooperation between their two countries in a series of meetings where Iran's geopolitical importance was emphasised.During a two-day visit to Ispahan and Tehran with business leaders, Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras said Greece wanted to become "an energy, economic and trade bridge between Iran and European Union”. He was the first EU leader to go to Iran since the lifting of UN sanctions last month.A few days before the visit, Hellenic Petroleum and the National Iranian Oil Company agreed on the first oil deal for Iran since the sanctions were lifted. In Tehran, the Iranian oil minister said Iran planned to sell 300,000 barrels per day to Europeans.Iran held discussions with the Greek delegation on more cooperation in fields such as the financial sector, medicine and health, culture and education, infrastructure, transport and the construction industry.The two countries signed a memorandum for political deliberations and a roadmap for the improvement of bilateral cooperation.“This visit can be a good start for increasing exchanges and long-term cooperation between the two countries," Iranian leader Ali Khamenei said in a meeting with Tsipras, praising Greece for its "independent policy and line".Tsipras, who has tried to develop ties with countries like Russia and China, for his part, praised the Iranian people's "determining role in history and also in defending their ideals and independence".Terrorism-Faced with a massive influx of refugees coming from Syria or Afghanistan through Turkey, the Greek PM also said in a meeting with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani that Iran could "play a role in stabilising the wider region from Afghanistan to the Mediterranean".The Iranian president, who is trying to give his country international respectability despite its support of Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad, said his country was ready to help in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group.“Iran is ready to expand its cooperation with the EU and Greece,” Rouhani said.Tsipras' visit to Iran comes ahead of a planned visit by EU experts to explore energy ties, and after a trip by Rouhani to Italy and France, where several commercial contracts, including on energy and one for more than 100 Airbus aircraft, were signed.
EU backs calls for Nato migrant help-By EUOBSERVER-FEB 9,16
Today, 14:18-The EU commission has given its backing to talks aimed at getting Nato's help to tackle people-smuggling gangs used by migrants in the Aegean between Turkey and Greece. Germany and Turkey on Monday asked for Nato's involvement. The idea will be discussed at a Nato meeting on Wednesday.
Cameron in Brexit refugee warning-By EUOBSERVER-FEB 9,16
Today, 09:27-Thousands of migrants living in camps in Calais could come to England if the UK leaves the EU, British PM David Cameron has warned. He said France could give up a deal whereby British border personnel operate in France. Critics accused him of "scaremongering".
Turkish PM in Brussels migration talks next week By Nikolaj Nielsen-FEB 9,16-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 19:08-Turkey's prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, is set to meet leaders from a handful of EU states ahead of an EU summit in Brussels next week.“The prime minister will be coming to attend the like-minded countries' group meeting,” a Turkish government contact told EUobserver on Tuesday (9 February).A similar pre-summit meeting was held last December with Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Finland, Sweden, Greece, France, Portugal, Slovenia and the Netherlands at the Austrian permanent representation in Brussels.The Turkish contact said Davutoglu would be in Brussels next Thursday (18 February) to discuss wider issues on migration at the margins of the EU summit.His arrival will follow a separate meeting on 17 February that will set the funding priorities for projects under a €3 billion deal between the EU and Ankara on improving the lives of Syrian refugees inside Turkey.The contact said a big chunk of the money may go towards financing education, given the some 700,000 school-aged Syrian children in Turkey.Turkey is hoping to get visa restrictions on its nationals lifted in October. The EU wants to start returning people this summer who transited through Turkey to claim asylum in the EU but are not entitled to international protection.Meanwhile, the European Commission will present on Wednesday (10 February) a broad overview of progress on EU migration policies in Greece, the Balkans and Turkey.Also on Wednesday, Nato will discuss possible support for patrolling the Aegean, after the idea was raised by Germany and Turkey on Monday.In a phone talk with German chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday, Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras said he agreed on the plan on the condition that it "will concern Turkish territorial waters, and should by no means affect Greece's sovereign rights".-Greece-A week before the next EU summit, member states are also mulling the next steps on Greece.EU states may adopt on Friday a report by the commission that criticises Greece's management of its frontiers.If adopted, Greece will have three months to sort out the problems. Failure may push the EU to extend the time-frame for internal border checks to two years.Greece said it would complete its five arrival screening centres known as hotspots by Monday (15 February). Greek media report some of the centres, located on the Aegean islands, are far behind schedule.The hotspots are key to getting the stalled EU relocation plan to distribute 160,000 asylum seekers among EU states up and running.But even then, outstanding political issues remain, with some member states, particularly in the east, reluctant to accept Muslims.
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?
PSALMS 83:3-7 (COUNTRIES AGAINST ISRAEL)(EXCEPT JORDAN)
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
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;
DANIEL 11:44 (CHINA WITH RUSSIA-MUSLIMS)
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)
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.
Russia envoy warns of reply to Nato build-up-By EUOBSERVER-FEB 9,16
Today, 09:14-Russia's Nato envoy warned Monday that Moscow would respond to a build-up of the alliance's forces near Russian borders. Alexander Grushko said that the deployment of NATO forces in eastern Europe "can't be left without a military-technical answer", but did not elaborate what specific steps the Kremlin could take.
Is Putin trying to topple Merkel? By Andrew Rettman-FEB 9,16-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:19-If Russian leader Vladimir Putin was trying to use refugees to topple German chancellor Angela Merkel, then Aleppo was a step too far, Norbert Roettgen, the head of the Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee, has told EUobserver.Merkel’s decision to welcome the huge numbers of people coming from Syria to Germany has drained her popularity over the past year.She'll have to fight for re-election at the latest in September 2017.When German pollster Insa-Consulere asked people last week if she should quit now, 40 percent said Yes.“A year ago nobody would have dared asked questions like we did,” Hermann Binkert, the Insa-Consulere director, told EUobserver on Monday (8 February).“But in the meantime, her approval ratings have dropped, mostly because of her position on refugees … Right now, there’s no discussion of an early election in Germany. But we can’t say how the situation will develop.”The situation escalated last weekend when the Syrian regime, backed by Russian air power, reached Aleppo in northern Syria, prompting tens of thousands of people to flee toward Europe.It had already escalated on New Year’s Eve, when migrant men carried out sex assaults against German women in Cologne.Pro-Kremlin media tried to make things worse by spreading a fake story that migrants also raped a 13-year old girl.The events have seen a rise in the popularity of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), a far-right party that faces allegations of secret Kremlin funding.They have ignited street protests, including some involving Russia-linked NGOs such as the Internationaler Kongress der Russlanddeutschen, a Russian expat group.They have also split Merkel’s ruling coalition, with Putin last week hosting at his Moscow palace the centre-right leader and Merkel critic Horst Seehofer.Russia denies any wrongdoing in Syria or Europe.But for some EU diplomats it’s beginning to look like a concerted campaign to unseat the German chancellor - the lynchpin of EU economic sanctions on Russia and of European unity more broadly speaking.“If you look at what’s going on in Syria, look at Aleppo, you’ll see that Russia is the only one who controls the timetable of the refugee crisis," one EU source said."Its actions are designed to create as many refugees as possible. The target is quite obvious.”The source said Russia’s decision on Monday to hold military drills on the Ukraine border could mean worse to come.“If heavy fighting restarts in Ukraine, it would create a new exodus of refugees. It would be the perfect moment [in terms of Russian interests],” the source said.“I don’t believe these are all coincidences,” another EU source said.-Far-fetched?-But for Norbert Roettgen, an MP from Merkel’s CDU party who chairs the Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee, the Putin-Merkel theory is “too far-fetched".Roettgen told EUobserver, also on Monday, that Russia’s main objective in Syria is geopolitical.“They want to maintain their position in the region [the Middle East], to strengthen their military bases and to be part of the international solution," he said.The increase in refugees and the trouble it causes in Europe was a "welcome side effect” for Russia because the refugee crisis has divided Europe, he said.“But the addressee of this problem is the EU as a whole, not a single state or person,” he said.The German MP noted that even if Putin’s bombs in Syria were designed to harm Merkel, then the Aleppo siege might have been a step too far.“The effect on Merkel’s standing is ambivalent. With so many new refugees on the Turkish-Syrian border, it’s more obvious than ever that this isn’t just a German problem. It strengthens Merkel’s case that it requires an international or, at the least, a European solution,” he said.Roettgen said Russian propaganda also went too far.German police debunked the story of the raped girl and prosecutors in Berlin have opened proceedings against Ivan Blagoy, the journalist from Russian broadcaster Channel 1 who reported the story.“The false claim of the 13-year old girl was overstated. It revealed, for the first time, the kind of policies the Russians are using,” Roettgen said.“It reached a new level when Lavrov openly engaged in the manipulation of [German] public opinion,” he added, referring to a claim made by Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on 26 January that German police had tried to cover up the crime.The MP also said German authorities had known “for a long time” that Russia was funding far-right and far-left groups in Europe.“It’s nothing new,” he said.Mark Galeotti, a US scholar of Russian affairs, agreed with Roettgen’s view.“I don't think Moscow is confident a new chancellor would be more sympathetic. Merkel is the person who can ultimately deliver partial relief from European … sanctions if some kind of deal is struck [on Ukraine],” he told this website.“Moscow wants to keep her under pressure, to make it worth her while being less confrontational, but not, I think, to see her fall.”Rotten herrings-Meanwhile, the story of the raped girl got wide coverage in German media and was repeated by pro-Kremlin outlets in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.An EU source said Russian media switched focus in the first weeks of January from Turkey, which shot down a Russian jet last year, to the refugee crisis.He said another Russian story had claimed that Merkel was infecting refugees with contagious diseases and deporting them to the Czech Republic in revenge for its refusal to join an EU migrant relocation scheme.“Even if the stories are debunked, they make a mark. It’s called the ‘rotten herring’ technique and it’s described in FSB textbooks,” the source said, referring to Russia’s intelligence service.The rotten herring technique is the idea that even if an allegation is disproved it stays in people’s minds because they talk about it.The herring analogy comes from the fact that no matter how you handle a rotten fish, the bad smell lingers.-Transparency-The EU source welcomed the fact that Germany is taking action against the Channel 1 journalist. He noted that Ofcom, the British media regulator, recently censured Russia Today, another pro-Kremlin broadcaster, for fake stories on Ukraine.“Free speech doesn’t mean you can frighten the public with fake stories,” the source said.Roettgen said there were other ways to react to Russian meddling.“It’s not more regulation that’s required, it’s more transparency. Transparency is the best shield of democracy,” he said.“We need to find out what’s being done and publish it so that the public has the full picture. There are some direct means to reveal what they [the Russians] are doing."
DANIEL 8:19-26
19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia:(GREECE) and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(NEW AGE HOGWASH) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
Greek PM strenghtens ties with Iran By Eric Maurice-FEB 9,16-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:30-Greece and Iran pledged on Monday (8 February) to strengthen the political and economic cooperation between their two countries in a series of meetings where Iran's geopolitical importance was emphasised.During a two-day visit to Ispahan and Tehran with business leaders, Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras said Greece wanted to become "an energy, economic and trade bridge between Iran and European Union”. He was the first EU leader to go to Iran since the lifting of UN sanctions last month.A few days before the visit, Hellenic Petroleum and the National Iranian Oil Company agreed on the first oil deal for Iran since the sanctions were lifted. In Tehran, the Iranian oil minister said Iran planned to sell 300,000 barrels per day to Europeans.Iran held discussions with the Greek delegation on more cooperation in fields such as the financial sector, medicine and health, culture and education, infrastructure, transport and the construction industry.The two countries signed a memorandum for political deliberations and a roadmap for the improvement of bilateral cooperation.“This visit can be a good start for increasing exchanges and long-term cooperation between the two countries," Iranian leader Ali Khamenei said in a meeting with Tsipras, praising Greece for its "independent policy and line".Tsipras, who has tried to develop ties with countries like Russia and China, for his part, praised the Iranian people's "determining role in history and also in defending their ideals and independence".Terrorism-Faced with a massive influx of refugees coming from Syria or Afghanistan through Turkey, the Greek PM also said in a meeting with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani that Iran could "play a role in stabilising the wider region from Afghanistan to the Mediterranean".The Iranian president, who is trying to give his country international respectability despite its support of Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad, said his country was ready to help in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group.“Iran is ready to expand its cooperation with the EU and Greece,” Rouhani said.Tsipras' visit to Iran comes ahead of a planned visit by EU experts to explore energy ties, and after a trip by Rouhani to Italy and France, where several commercial contracts, including on energy and one for more than 100 Airbus aircraft, were signed.
EU backs calls for Nato migrant help-By EUOBSERVER-FEB 9,16
Today, 14:18-The EU commission has given its backing to talks aimed at getting Nato's help to tackle people-smuggling gangs used by migrants in the Aegean between Turkey and Greece. Germany and Turkey on Monday asked for Nato's involvement. The idea will be discussed at a Nato meeting on Wednesday.
Cameron in Brexit refugee warning-By EUOBSERVER-FEB 9,16
Today, 09:27-Thousands of migrants living in camps in Calais could come to England if the UK leaves the EU, British PM David Cameron has warned. He said France could give up a deal whereby British border personnel operate in France. Critics accused him of "scaremongering".
Turkish PM in Brussels migration talks next week By Nikolaj Nielsen-FEB 9,16-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 19:08-Turkey's prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, is set to meet leaders from a handful of EU states ahead of an EU summit in Brussels next week.“The prime minister will be coming to attend the like-minded countries' group meeting,” a Turkish government contact told EUobserver on Tuesday (9 February).A similar pre-summit meeting was held last December with Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Finland, Sweden, Greece, France, Portugal, Slovenia and the Netherlands at the Austrian permanent representation in Brussels.The Turkish contact said Davutoglu would be in Brussels next Thursday (18 February) to discuss wider issues on migration at the margins of the EU summit.His arrival will follow a separate meeting on 17 February that will set the funding priorities for projects under a €3 billion deal between the EU and Ankara on improving the lives of Syrian refugees inside Turkey.The contact said a big chunk of the money may go towards financing education, given the some 700,000 school-aged Syrian children in Turkey.Turkey is hoping to get visa restrictions on its nationals lifted in October. The EU wants to start returning people this summer who transited through Turkey to claim asylum in the EU but are not entitled to international protection.Meanwhile, the European Commission will present on Wednesday (10 February) a broad overview of progress on EU migration policies in Greece, the Balkans and Turkey.Also on Wednesday, Nato will discuss possible support for patrolling the Aegean, after the idea was raised by Germany and Turkey on Monday.In a phone talk with German chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday, Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras said he agreed on the plan on the condition that it "will concern Turkish territorial waters, and should by no means affect Greece's sovereign rights".-Greece-A week before the next EU summit, member states are also mulling the next steps on Greece.EU states may adopt on Friday a report by the commission that criticises Greece's management of its frontiers.If adopted, Greece will have three months to sort out the problems. Failure may push the EU to extend the time-frame for internal border checks to two years.Greece said it would complete its five arrival screening centres known as hotspots by Monday (15 February). Greek media report some of the centres, located on the Aegean islands, are far behind schedule.The hotspots are key to getting the stalled EU relocation plan to distribute 160,000 asylum seekers among EU states up and running.But even then, outstanding political issues remain, with some member states, particularly in the east, reluctant to accept Muslims.
