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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)
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Man who found MH370 flight part finds new item on Reunion-Associated Press By ELAINE GANLEY-mar 6,16-yahoonews
PARIS (AP) — The man who found a wing fragment of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared nearly two years ago on a beach in the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion has found more mysterious debris, a square-shaped gray item with blue border, in nearly the same spot.Johny Begue told The Associated Press on Sunday that he found the piece about 5:30 p.m. (1630 GMT) Thursday and turned it into the gendarmerie on Friday morning. A special gendarmerie air brigade in Saint Denis, the capital of Reunion, confirmed it received the item.Begue found a wing fragment known as a flaperon on July 29 that French investigators identified in September as part of the passenger jet that disappeared with 239 people aboard on March 8, 2014.Begue said that unlike the flaperon there were no barnacles on the latest item, which he said was square and estimated that it measured 40 by 40 centimeters (about 15.5 by 15.5 inches)."I was running. After, when I stopped to rest, that's when I found the piece" lying on the stony beach several meters from the water, Begue said by telephone. "The same beach and nearly the same place."He said the piece he found on the Saint-Andre beach was thinner and smaller than the flaperon, but the material had the same appearance, with a honeycombed interior."It looks like the other one, but I don't know if it's part of the plane or not. Experts will say," the 49-year-old Begue said.The gendarmerie's Territorial Air Brigade confirmed that Begue turned over the piece on Friday morning, but had no further comment.An official in prefecture, or French state body, Michael Masseaux, said an initial examination of the part would normally be handled by the gendarmerie before deciding whether the piece should be sent to mainland France for further investigation. The French accident investigation bureau spokeswoman, Martine Del bono, said Sunday she hadn't been informed of the find.The flaperon, which had a serial number, was sent to the French Accident Investigation Bureau's research laboratory near Toulouse where it was positively identified as a part corresponding to the missing Malaysian plane, a Boeing 777.Begue's latest discovery came just days after an American, Blaine Gibson, found an airplane part in Mozambique, also with a coastline on the Indian Ocean but west of Reunion.
Cruz, Trump split four states in setback for Republican establishment-Reuters By John Whitesides and Amanda Becker-MAR 6,16-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz split victories in four nominating contests with front-runner Donald Trump on Saturday, bolstering Cruz's argument that he represents the party's best chance to stop the brash New York billionaire.The results were a repudiation of a Republican establishment that has bristled at the prospect of either Cruz or Trump winning the party's nomination and has largely lined up behind U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who was shut out in all four contests."I think it's time that he dropped out of the race," Trump said of Rubio after the contests. "I want Ted one on one."Cruz won Kansas and Maine on Saturday, while Trump won the bigger states of Louisiana and Kentucky, holding onto his lead in the race for the Republican nomination for the Nov. 8 presidential election, even though Cruz captured more delegates on Saturday.The next big contest, and a crucial one, will be Tuesday's primary in the industrial state of Michigan. Republicans in three other states, Mississippi, Idaho and Hawaii, also will vote on Tuesday. Puerto Rico Republicans will vote on Sunday.In the Democratic race, front-runner Hillary Clinton won in Louisiana, and her rival Bernie Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, won in Kansas and Nebraska, in results that did not substantially change Clinton's big delegate lead.Mainstream Republicans have blanched at Trump's calls to build a wall on the border with Mexico, round up and deport 11 million undocumented immigrants and temporarily bar all Muslims from entering the United States.But the party's establishment has not been much happier with Cruz, who has alienated many party leaders in Washington."It looks like it will be the angry Trump voters against the purist conservative Cruz voters," said Washington-based Republican strategist Ron Bonjean. "The establishment is just being left out."A spokesman for Rubio, who spent the past week launching harsh personal attacks on Trump, said the senator would push on with an eye on the March 15 contest in Florida."After we win the Florida primary, the map, the momentum and the money is going to be on our side," spokesman Alex Conant said in a statement.Cruz, a first-term U.S. senator from Texas who has promoted himself as more of a true conservative than Trump, said the results showed he was gaining momentum in the race to catch the real estate mogul.Cruz, 45, has run as an outsider bent on shaking up the Republican establishment in Washington. A favorite of evangelicals, he has called for the United States to "carpet bomb" the Islamic State militant group and has pledged to eliminate the tax-collecting Internal Revenue Service and four cabinet agencies and to enact a balanced budget amendment.-"A HOWL FROM WASHINGTON"-"The scream you hear, the howl that comes from Washington, D.C., is utter terror at what 'We the People' are doing together," Cruz told supporters in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, after his early win in Kansas."What we're seeing is the public coming together, libertarians coming together, men and women who love the Constitution coming together and uniting and standing as one behind this campaign," Cruz said.Trump, 69, has a substantial lead in the delegates needed to secure the nomination at the Republican National Convention, but since winning seven of the 11 contests on Super Tuesday he has come under withering fire from a Republican establishment worried he will lead the party to defeat in November's election.But endorsements from establishment Republicans have failed to sway voters. Rubio won the backing of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback but still came in third there.The four Republican contests on Saturday together accounted for just 155 delegates. Cruz won 64 delegates on Saturday, while Trump took 49.The races on Saturday were open only to registered Republicans, excluding the independent and disaffected Democratic voters who have helped Trump's surge to the lead.The anti-Trump forces have a short window to stop the caustic businessman, who ahead of Saturday had accumulated 319 of the 1,237 delegates needed to win the nomination at July's Republican national convention, outpacing Cruz, who had 226 delegates.On March 15, the delegate-rich states of Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri and North Carolina will vote. Both Florida and Ohio use the winner-take-all method to allocate Republican delegates, making the stakes in those states particularly high. All of the Republican contests on Saturday, and through March 14, award delegates proportionate to the popular vote, although some states set minimum thresholds to qualify for any delegates.If Trump takes both Florida and Ohio he would be nearly impossible to stop. There are a total of 358 delegates at stake in the five states voting March 15, including 99 in Florida and 66 in Ohio.On the Democratic side, Clinton has opened up a big delegate lead and Sanders might have a tough time making up the difference. All states in the Democratic race award their delegates proportionally, meaning Clinton can keep piling up delegates even in states she loses.The three states holding Democratic contests on Saturday had a total of 109 delegates at stake. The early estimates were that Clinton, who appeared headed to a smashing nearly 50-point win in Louisiana, had won at least 48 delegates on Tuesday and Sanders 37.But Sanders made it clear he was not planning to end his White House quest anytime soon."We have the momentum. We have a path toward victory. Our campaign is just getting started," he said in a statement after his wins on Saturday.(Additional reporting by Emily Flitter, Jonathan Allen and Alana Wise; Editing by Richard Valdmanis and Leslie Adler)
Cruz gains steam against Trump, as Rubio fades in ‘Super Saturday’ voting-Holly Bailey-National Correspondent-March 6, 2016-yahoonews
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Republicans in Maine and Kansas breathed new life into Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign Saturday, handing him significant victories in GOP caucuses as he seeks to position himself as the chief alternative to frontrunner Donald Trump.But Trump didn’t come up completely empty in the four states that made up the so-called “Super Saturday” voting. The real estate mogul claimed narrow victories over Cruz in Louisiana and Kentucky — suggesting that his race to lock up the delegates that are needed to secure the nomination had been slowed, but not derailed, by party figures determined to block his campaign.In a press conference here Saturday night, Trump called on Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who finished well behind Trump and Cruz in Saturday’s contests, to leave the race. “It’s probably time,” he said, adding that he wanted to face Cruz “one-on-one.”Trump aides were quick to play down Cruz’s victories, pointing out that he had poured more energy and resources into winning the caucus states than their boss. (Speaking to supporters, Trump fancifully suggested another reason for Cruz’s win in Maine: its proximity to Canada, where the Texas senator was born.)-But Cruz’s strong showing on Saturday was a significant blow to Trump, who had been riding a wave of what seemed to be unstoppable momentum after Super Tuesday, when he won seven states and expanded his delegate lead over Cruz, Rubio and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio. Speaking to supporters, Trump appeared tired but undeterred as he talked up his “amazing” night and predicted he will become the GOP nominee.In recent days, Trump has come under increased scrutiny from his rivals, who have raised questions about his business record and temperament, and from party elders like Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, who have called Trump unfit for the presidency and launched efforts to derail his insurgent campaign.Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee, delivered a blistering speech on Thursday trashing Trump as a “phony” and calling on GOP voters to deny him the nomination. Romney, who sought and received Trump’s endorsement four years ago, has also suggested he might spend part of his personal fortune to further the so-called “Never Trump” cause, pushed by the party’s establishment and super-PACs aiming to bolster his rivals, who are looking to set up a convention fight over the nomination.While his campaign downplayed Saturday’s results, Trump had added last-minute stops in Maine and Kansas. On Saturday, he canceled a scheduled speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, D.C., to stump in Wichita, Kan., where he and Cruz nearly crossed paths at a caucus site. But Trump still came up short, raising questions as to whether the attacks on his campaign are working.After Saturday’s results came in, Trump called on the party to unite behind him, citing what he described as “millions” of new supporters he had brought into the party. He called on members of the establishment trying to block his path to the nomination to unite behind him.“As a party, we should come together and stop this foolishness,” Trump said.Saturday’s results also dealt another serious setback to Rubio, who faces the increasingly steep challenge of selling GOP voters on the idea that he, not Cruz, should be the alternative to Trump. In Kansas, he won the endorsements of several key Republican figures, including Gov. Sam Brownback and former Sen. Bob Dole. The Florida senator had canceled trips to Louisiana and Kentucky to make a last-minute play for the state — only to finish third in all three states, receiving only minimal numbers of delegates. In Maine, he finished fourth, narrowly missing the threshold for delegates.So far, Rubio has won just one state — Minnesota — and trails significantly behind Trump and Cruz in the delegate race. Still, Rubio spokesman Alex Conant, in an interview with Fox News that his campaign sent to reporters, refused to cede ground to Cruz, arguing somewhat implausibly that “the map moving forward” favors his boss.“Ted Cruz has shown that he can win his home state and neighboring state, Oklahoma and small rural caucuses, like Iowa and Alaska, and now Kansas,” Conant said. “Unfortunately, there are only two states left that have caucuses, Utah and Hawaii. After that, it is all primaries. Marco has done well in primaries so far.”On Saturday, Rubio traveled to Puerto Rico, which holds its GOP primary on Sunday. Aides believe a win there could help bolster his bid to win Florida’s March 15 primary, where the senator is counting on turnout from Hispanics to help put him over the top. But Florida, a winner-take-all delegate state, increasingly looks like a do-or-die contest for Rubio’s struggling campaign. Early polls suggest that Trump leads Rubio there, and the businessman’s campaign has signaled that he will campaign heavily there in the next week and a half. At the same time, Cruz announced this week that he’s opening 10 new campaign offices across the state and will also spend significant time in Florida, in what appears to be an attempt not necessarily to win but to deal a deathblow to Rubio’s campaign.Sen. Marco Rubio addresses the 43rd annual Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on Saturday. (Photo: Jim Lo Scalso/EPA)-But before the race turns to Florida, the GOP hopefuls face four other voting states this Tuesday, including Mississippi and Michigan, where an ARG poll of likely GOP voters released Saturday found Kasich surging into a statistical tie with Trump. Other polls, however, show Trump substantially ahead. A win there could potentially give Kasich a boost heading into his home state primary, also scheduled for March 15, where a Quinnipiac poll conducted in mid-February found him narrowly trailing Trump.Perhaps most significant on Saturday was Cruz’s win in Maine, a state where Republicans tend to be more moderate than other states he has won, like Kansas and Oklahoma. While there was no exit polling, the results suggest that the Texas senator, who has relied largely on backing from evangelicals and ultraconservative members of the party, might be expanding his coalition of support.“What we’re seeing is the public coming together, libertarians coming together, men and women who love the Constitution coming together and uniting and standing as one behind this campaign,” Cruz told supporters at a rally in Idaho, where he was campaigning Saturday ahead of the state’s primary on Tuesday.Like Trump, Cruz, citing his “breadth of support,” also pushed for Rubio to quit the race — and Kasich too.“We’ll continue to amass delegates, but what needs to happen is the field needs to continue to narrow,” Cruz said, according to the New York Times. “As long as the field remains divided, it gives Donald an advantage.”Thousands of miles away, standing before rows of friends at an election night gathering inside his golf club, Trump again and again said he was ready to take on Cruz head-to-head, describing him as someone who can be easily defeated.“That would be so much fun,” Trump said of facing Cruz. “Oh, do I just want to run against Ted! That would be so easy.”
DARPA’s crazy plane design could allow for vertical takeoffs-[BGR News]-Brad Reed-March 4, 2016-yahoonews
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has helped develop a lot of wondrous technology over the years, including most notably the Internet. This week, the U.S. government agency released a concept for a new kind of plane that would be a hybrid of a plane and a helicopter and could enable vertical takeoffs. DARPA’s new VTOL Experimental Plane has been designed to fly at speeds of up to 400 knots while also having the agility to hover and even fly backwards if it needed to.Essentially, the plane has a series of propellers embedded in its wings that are able to change direction. During takeoff, the propellers will face the ground to enable a vertical liftoff. During the actual flight, they’ll be positioned horizontally to propel the plane through the skies. They can also be reversed to enable the plane to fly in reverse.“This is an extremely novel approach,” said DARPA program manager Ashish Bagai. “It will be very challenging to demonstrate, but it has the potential to move the technology needle the farthest and provide some of the greatest spinoff opportunities for other vertical flight and aviation products.”This particular concept was created by Aurora Flight Sciences, which was awarded a DARPA contract for designing a plane capable of vertical takeoffs and landings. Check out a concept video showing what this plane would look like in action below.
Knife found at O.J. Simpson's former home not consistent with murders: NBC-Reuters-March 4, 2016 5:10 PM-YAHOONEWS
(Reuters) - A knife purportedly found on a Los Angeles property where O.J. Simpson once lived is a utility-style blade inconsistent with the murders of the former football star's wife and her friend, NBC News reported, citing unnamed law enforcement sources.The sources described the knife as a relatively inexpensive, smaller-bladed utility knife typically carried by construction workers, gardeners and other laborers, NBC reported.(Reporting by Timothy Ahmann; Editing by Eric Walsh)
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
UN criticises EU's anti-migrant rhetoric By Eszter Zalan-euobserver
BRUSSELS, 4. Mar, 15:10-A UN official said Friday (4 March) that the overwhelming majority of people coming to Europe are not economic migrants, but people seeking refuge from war. He also criticised EU leaders for telling migrants not to come to Europe.“The inconvenient truth is that people are still coming to Europe, because the wars are still ongoing,” Vincent Cochetel, the director of the Europe branch of the UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, told journalists.Syrians make up 48 percent of those arriving to Greece. 26 percent are Afghans and 17 percent are Iraqis. In total, 91 percent are refugees from three major conflicts, the latest UN data shows.“To call them illegal migrants is a short-cut by European leaders,” Cochetel added.On Thursday, EU Council chief Donald Tusk said "all potential illegal economic migrants, wherever you are from: Do not come to Europe."Earlier, European Commission vice president Frans Timmermans was quoted in Dutch media as saying some 60 percent of the arrivals last December are from countries where there is no conflict.-Greece arrivals-According to UN figures, 2,100 people arrived to Greece on Thursday, while in total 126,000 people arrived to Greece as of 2 March. 12,000 arrived in the same period last year.As the border between Macedonia and Greece is effectively closed, with just a few dozen people being let through daily, 30,000 people are stranded in Greece.Cochetel also said 30,000 people in an EU member state should not be a crisis.“It is a self-induced challenge by Europe,” Cochetel said, adding: “I don’t see why Europe can’t manage that”.Cochetel welcomed that the European Commission pledged €300 million this year for EU members overwhelmed by the refugee crisis, mainly aimed at Greece.He said Greek authorities will be in charge, with the military setting up camps, while the UN and other humanitarian organisations will get part of the funding to assist the Greeks in managing these sites.The UNHCR is also helping with recruiting staff embedded with Greek authorities, as ministries cannot hire more staff due to the conditions of the financial bailout for Greece by European partners.Cochetel said the 10,000 people stranded at the border between Macedonia and Greece still hope they can make it to Macedonia, which let through 300 people on Thursday.-Turkey deal-The UN official also warned that there needs to be assurances that people in need of international protection will get that protection in Turkey if the EU starts sending back asylum seekers in large numbers.On Thursday on a visit to Ankara, EU Council chief Donald Tusk suggested the EU is now focusing on sending back migrants to Turkey in an effort to sharply reduce the flow of people arriving in Europe.“The legal framework for that is there for Syrians, but non-Syrians don’t enjoy the same rights,” Cochetel warned.“Let’s see what the European courts will have to say on this,” he added.The UN official said Turkey has good laws on paper, but there are challenges in implementing them.He also said “just sending back everyone to Turkey will not work”.The UN official urged EU members to step up efforts in relocating refugees across the continent, as agreed last year.-Relocations-Only 603 people were relocated from Greece, which is less than 1 percent of the number pledged last September, UN data say.Cochetel said countries, particularly in central Europe, that are reluctant to participate in the relocation scheme should take in refugees based on European solidarity.“Solidarity worked for Hungarian refugees in 1956, worked for people fleeing Czechoslovakia in 1968 and for Polish who fled in 1981,” he said.Cochetel also said the UNHCR can start resettlement of 400,000 refugees from Turkey “within weeks” if EU countries pledged to take them. There are 2.6 million refugees in Turkey. Last year just 7,500 were resettled.
U.S. builds two air bases in Kurdish-controlled north Syria: Kurdish report-Reuters-mar 6,16-yahoonews
AMMAN (Reuters) - The United States has nearly finished setting up an air base in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria and was proceeding with the construction of a second base for dual military and civilian use, a Kurdish website said on Sunday.The Erbil-based news website BasNews, quoting a military source in the Kurdish-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), said most of the work on a runway in the oil town of Rmeilan in Hasaka was complete while a new air base southeast of Kobani, straddling the Turkish border, was being constructed.The source in the U.S.-backed alliance that also includes Arab armed groups told the news portal scores of U.S. experts and technicians were involved in the project.Syrian Kurdish officials had recently said the Rmeilan airstrip was being used by U.S. military helicopters for logistics and deliveries.The United States sent dozens of special operations troops to northern Syria last year to advise opposition forces in their fight against the militant group Islamic State. They have also dropped supply munitions to rebels in the province.Last month, U.S. advisors backed by coalition air strikes assisted Kurdish-led Syrian rebels in encircling and capturing the strategic Syrian town of Shadadi from Islamic State but were away from the frontlines, U.S. officials said.The Syrian Kurds have established control over wide areas of northern Syria since the country erupted into civil war in 2011, and their YPG militia has become a major partner in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State.U.S. military ties with the Syrian Kurds have grown deeper despite the concerns of NATO ally Turkey, which views the Syrian Kurdish PYD party as a terrorist group because of its links to the PKK, which is waging an insurgency in Turkey.The special U.S. presidential envoy to the coalition against Islamic State, Brett McGurk, visited Kurdish-controlled northern Syria several weeks ago in what appeared to be the first declared trip to Syrian territory by an Obama administration official in three years.McGurk said on Saturday in Baghdad the coalition was stepping up pressure on Islamic State and that the militants were losing ground in both Syria and Iraq.(Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi; Editing by Stephen Powell)
Turkish PM says no bargaining on new constitution: A Haber-Reuters-mar 6,16-yahoonews
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - There will be no bargaining over a new constitution for Turkey and the ruling AK Party will seek the 330 votes it needs in parliament to put the matter to a referendum, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was quoted as saying on Sunday.In an interview with broadcaster A Haber, Davutoglu said his AK Party would have the full support of all of its 317 deputies for a new charter and that it would seek additional opposition backing to win the 330 votes needed for a referendum.A cross-party commission charged with drafting a new constitution collapsed last month after the main opposition pulled out over attempts by the AKP to change Turkey from a parliamentary to a presidential system.Senior AKP officials told Reuters last week that the party was working on its own proposals despite the opposition resistance, plans which could hand President Tayyip Erdogan powers to draft legislation directly and pick ministers.The AKP has broad support for overhauling the constitution, which dates back to an era of military coups and has been repeatedly revised. But there are wide divergences over what a new charter should look like.Opposition parties want it to focus primarily on protecting minority rights and democratic freedoms, and fear an executive presidency would consolidate too much power in the hands of one man.(Reporting by Ayla Jean Yackley; Writing by Nick Tattersall)
Assad must go at start of Syria transition, says Saudi-AFP-March 5, 2016 11:18 AM-YAHOONEWS
Paris (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave office as soon as a transitional authority is set up, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Saturday, insisting there is no way he can retain power.Talks between the regime and Syrian opposition, due to resume next week in Geneva, aim to set up a political transition process to end the country's five-year-old war. A UN-brokered international roadmap foresees a transitional authority by the middle of this year and elections by mid-2017."Assad has to leave at the beginning of the process," the Saudi minister, whose country backs the Syrian opposition, told reporters in Paris. Referring to the sequence of events, he said: "There is a transitional body, power shifts from Assad to the transitional body, and then he goes."After that "the transitional body drafts a constitution, prepares for elections. Some are arguing that no, Bashar leaves at the elections in 18 months, that's not how we think."For us it is very clear, he leaves at the beginning of the process, not at the end."Syria peace talks set for March 9 will begin the following day with participants due to arrive in Geneva over several days, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said earlier Saturday.A first round of talks in early February was cut short amid intensifying Russian air strikes in Syria in support of Assad's forces.But a fragile ceasefire drawn up by Russia and the United States and backed by the UN Security Council that entered into force on February 27 is now in its second week, despite accusations of violations.The Saudi minister said there was no possibility that Assad could remain in power."The Syrian people have spoken when they took up arms against Bashar al-Assad and their message is very very clear: he is not going to be their president... they have already decided with their feet, with their guns," he said.Discussing Syrian opposition reluctance to travel to Geneva to resume peace talks, he admitted that "they can't go into talks empty-handed".Syria's main opposition leader Riad Hijab said Friday that conditions were not yet right for talks to resume, stressing shortfalls in humanitarian aid and breaches of the ceasefire implemented a week ago."Our position is to support them 200 percent," said al-Jubeir. "We don't question. We may advise, express our views to them, but we support them," he added.
2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL - THE ACTUAL START OF WW3
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)
China warns Hong Kong not to politicize issues-Reuters By James Pomfret-mar 6,16-yahoonews
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's third-ranked Communist Party leader Zhang Dejiang said Hong Kong shouldn't "politicize everything" and should instead focus on integrating its economy with China's, according to members of China's parliament who met with him on Sunday.A day after Premier Li Keqiang pledged greater economic support for Hong Kong at the opening of annual parliamentary sessions in Beijing, Zhang said that while a recent riot in Hong Kong was a concern, it was one the city's government could handle."He (Zhang) said one needed to take a broader perspective to look at it, and to not politicize everything," said Rita Fan, a standing committee member of China's parliament chaired by Zhang.Chinese media has blamed the riot in early February on "radical separatists" seeking to destabilize Hong Kong.Other delegates who met with Zhang said that while Zhang didn't single out anyone for blame, there remained concern among Beijing's top leaders towards an embittered cluster of youth groups in Hong Kong using increasingly radical or violent means to demand greater autonomy.China maintains Hong Kong is an inseparable part of China and as such resolutely opposes any moves towards independence.Reuters was not able to contact Zhang for comment. Calls to China's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office in Beijing after regular business hours went unanswered.-NATIONAL SECURITY-"They worry about the rise of separatism," said Lau Siu-kai, a former senior Hong Kong government adviser who met with Zhang on Friday with other members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a top parliamentary advisory body."If something big happens in Hong Kong that is seen as threatening national security, I don't expect China to wait, they may take the initiative to protect national security," Lau told Reuters.Hong Kong was returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" framework granting it broad freedoms and an independent judiciary, though with Beijing having ultimate authority.As for the disappearances of five Hong Kong booksellers who published gossipy books of China's leaders, the issue wasn't raised by Zhang despite lingering questions about the cases.All of the booksellers recently surfaced to give interviews on Chinese television saying they had traveled voluntarily to China. But the British government maintains one of the men, Lee Bo, had been "involuntarily removed" from Hong Kong.China's Foreign Ministry has said its law enforcement officials would never do anything illegal, especially not overseas, and called on foreign governments not to interfere in Hong Kong affairs."Even me, I still have some doubts ... most of the middle class actually have serious concerns," Ma Fung-kwok, a Chinese parliamentary delegate told Reuters in a Beijing hotel lobby."If someone broke the Basic Law and tried to do illegal enforcement in Hong Kong territory, this is something that shouldn't be allowed... Even if it's Chinese police."Still, Andrew Yao, a Hong Kong businessman and member of China's parliament, said such concerns were overplayed, with Beijing intent to maintain Hong Kong's prosperity and stability."I don't see a pivot to a police state where they can come arrest us," Yao said.Premier Li emphasized in his annual work report that Beijing would continue to "elevate" Hong Kong's role in China's economic development.China's updated draft five-year development blueprint also mentioned a so-called "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau big bay area" to boost economic synergies, as well as business and transport linkages between Hong Kong and southern China."He (Zhang) is saying 'look ... don't get politicized in all your social and economic issues, concentrate on developing your economy, ride with the tide of China rising'," said Maria Tam, a veteran Hong Kong delegate to China's parliamentary sessions.(Reporting by James Pomfret; Editing by Kim Coghill)
China's Xi says won't allow Taiwan to be 'split' off again-Reuters-mar 6,16-yahoonews
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will never allow the tragedy of Taiwan being "split" off from the rest of the country to happen again, state media on Sunday quoted President Xi Jinping as saying, offering a strong warning to the island against any moves towards independence.China considers self-ruled and democratic Taiwan a wayward province, to be brought under its control by force if necessary. Defeated Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan in 1949 after the Chinese civil war.Beijing has repeatedly warned against any moves towards independence since January's landslide win by Tsai Ing-wen and her Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan's presidential and parliamentary elections.Meeting with Shanghai delegates to the annual meeting of parliament, Xi made apparent reference to the Qing dynasty's loss of Taiwan to Japan in 1895, who then ruled the island as a colony until the end of World War Two."We will resolutely contain 'Taiwan independence' secessionist activities in any form, safeguard the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and never allow the historical tragedy of the nation being split to happen again," Xi said."This is the common wish and firm will of all Chinese people. It is also our solemn commitment and our responsibility to history and the people," he added.Tsai has said she would maintain peace with China, and Chinese state-run media have also noted her pledges to maintain the "status quo" with China.Without making direct mention of Tsai, who assumes office in May, Xi said Beijing's policy towards Taiwan was clear and consistent and "will not change along with the change in Taiwan's political situation"."Compatriots from both sides of the Taiwan Strait are expecting the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations, and we should not disappoint them," he added.Many in China are deeply suspicious of Tsai.Speaking on Sunday at a meeting on sidelines of parliament, Lin Xianshun, a Chinese military officer who defected from Taiwan in 1989, said she was a "schemer" who wanted to have the benefits of good economic ties with China at the same time as coveting Taiwan's independence.The past eight years have been marked by calm between China and Taiwan, after the election of the China-friendly Ma Ying-jeou as president in 2008 and his subsequent re-election.Ma signed a series of key economic deals with Beijing and held a landmark meeting with Xi in November in neutral Singapore.But a controversial trade pact has languished in the island's parliament after protests in 2014 over trade dealings with Beijing.Xi said both sides should deepen economic and social integration, and enhance the "sense of a community of common destiny."(Reporting by Ben Blanchard and Benjamin Kang Lim; Editing by Kim Coghill)
South Korea to announce new sanctions on North-AFP-mar 6,16-yahoonews
South Korea will soon announce its own tougher sanctions on North Korea, an official said Sunday, a move set to further heighten tensions as Seoul and Washington prepare to launch their largest joint military exercise.The new measures -- following Wednesday's decision by the UN Security Council to slap unprecedented sanctions on the North -- will be announced this week, a Seoul government official said on condition of anonymity.The Security Council announced its toughest sanctions yet to punish the North for its latest nuclear and missile tests in violation of UN resolutions.The North responded within hours by test-firing rockets into the sea. Its leader Kim Jong-Un ordered the nation's nuclear arsenal to be readied for pre-emptive use at "any moment".The Seoul official did not elaborate on the South's separate sanctions. Yonhap news agency said they would include banning any ships which have previously docked in the North from South Korean ports.A group of North Korean individuals and organisations believed to be involved in weapons development will also be added to a blacklist, it said, citing a government source.In February, in an unprecedentedly tough move, the South announced the total shutdown of a jointly-run industrial park in North Korea, saying Pyongyang had been using it to fund its nuclear weapons programmes.On Monday South Korea and its close ally the US will begin their annual Key Resolve/Foal Eagle military drill.This year's will be the largest-ever, with the US reportedly sending more than 15,000 troops -- four times as many as last year -- to the Key Resolve drill, which is largely a computer-simulated exercise.Foal Eagle -- a field exercise also involving US strategic assets including a naval fleet led by an aircraft carrier and nuclear-powered submarines -- is also expected to be far bigger than before.Seoul says the drills, which continue through April 30, are defensive in nature but Pyongyang has habitually slammed them as a preparation for war.Last month it warned it would attack the South and the US mainland in case of any armed provocation during the exercise.On Sunday the North said the US would be to blame if war broke out."The US is working hard to turn the Korean Peninsula into the theatre of a war, not content with slapping its unreasonable 'sanctions' against the DPRK (North Korea) over its self-defensive H-bomb test and satellite launch for peaceful purposes," according to a statement by a foreign ministry spokesman."No one can vouch that the do-or-die confrontation between the DPRK and the US will not spill over to a global thermonuclear war," said the statement quoted by the North's official news agency.In the first move to enforce the UN sanctions, a North Korean cargo ship is being detained by the Philippines, a close US ally.Its 21 North Korean crew members remain on board the ship at Subic Bay while officials await the expected arrival of a UN team to inspect it.The new UN sanctions requires states to inspect all cargo to and from North Korea.
North Korea Is Threatening Nuclear War Against the US (Again)-Mic By Anna Swartz-March 4, 2016 4:55 PM-yahoonews
Once again, North Korea's state-controlled media is reporting the power and capability of the country's nuclear program. "Under the extreme situation that the U.S. Imperialist is misusing its military influence and is pressuring other countries and people to start war and catastrophe, the only way for our people to protect sovereignty and rights to live is to strengthen the quality and quantity of nuclear power and realize the balance of power," North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, announced on Friday through KCNA, the country's news agency, reports CNN.The announcement may be a response to a decision made earlier this week by the United Nations Security Council to put new sanctions on North Korea after the country conducted a missile launch and nuclear test in violation of existing international sanctions. In September, North Korea made a similar threat toward the U.S., echoing the same rhetoric about American hostility. According to the state-run KCNA, Kim Jong Un announced that "nuclear warheads need to be ready for use at any time," reports CNN.The Pentagon issued a response to the news out of North Korea on Friday, saying, unsurprisingly, "We are aware of the reports. We are closely monitoring the situation on the Korean Peninsula in coordination with our regional allies. We urge North Korea to refrain from provocative actions that aggravate tensions and instead focus on fulfilling its international obligations and commitments."The threat here is, to me right now, it's a lot of bluster," Philip Yun, executive director of the Ploughshares Fund, a non-profit that focuses on preventing and reducing nuclear stockpiles worldwide, told CNN. "For them to deliver on a threat, they have to have intent and they have to have capability. And quite frankly, I don't think they have both."
PARIS (AP) — The man who found a wing fragment of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared nearly two years ago on a beach in the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion has found more mysterious debris, a square-shaped gray item with blue border, in nearly the same spot.Johny Begue told The Associated Press on Sunday that he found the piece about 5:30 p.m. (1630 GMT) Thursday and turned it into the gendarmerie on Friday morning. A special gendarmerie air brigade in Saint Denis, the capital of Reunion, confirmed it received the item.Begue found a wing fragment known as a flaperon on July 29 that French investigators identified in September as part of the passenger jet that disappeared with 239 people aboard on March 8, 2014.Begue said that unlike the flaperon there were no barnacles on the latest item, which he said was square and estimated that it measured 40 by 40 centimeters (about 15.5 by 15.5 inches)."I was running. After, when I stopped to rest, that's when I found the piece" lying on the stony beach several meters from the water, Begue said by telephone. "The same beach and nearly the same place."He said the piece he found on the Saint-Andre beach was thinner and smaller than the flaperon, but the material had the same appearance, with a honeycombed interior."It looks like the other one, but I don't know if it's part of the plane or not. Experts will say," the 49-year-old Begue said.The gendarmerie's Territorial Air Brigade confirmed that Begue turned over the piece on Friday morning, but had no further comment.An official in prefecture, or French state body, Michael Masseaux, said an initial examination of the part would normally be handled by the gendarmerie before deciding whether the piece should be sent to mainland France for further investigation. The French accident investigation bureau spokeswoman, Martine Del bono, said Sunday she hadn't been informed of the find.The flaperon, which had a serial number, was sent to the French Accident Investigation Bureau's research laboratory near Toulouse where it was positively identified as a part corresponding to the missing Malaysian plane, a Boeing 777.Begue's latest discovery came just days after an American, Blaine Gibson, found an airplane part in Mozambique, also with a coastline on the Indian Ocean but west of Reunion.
Cruz, Trump split four states in setback for Republican establishment-Reuters By John Whitesides and Amanda Becker-MAR 6,16-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz split victories in four nominating contests with front-runner Donald Trump on Saturday, bolstering Cruz's argument that he represents the party's best chance to stop the brash New York billionaire.The results were a repudiation of a Republican establishment that has bristled at the prospect of either Cruz or Trump winning the party's nomination and has largely lined up behind U.S. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who was shut out in all four contests."I think it's time that he dropped out of the race," Trump said of Rubio after the contests. "I want Ted one on one."Cruz won Kansas and Maine on Saturday, while Trump won the bigger states of Louisiana and Kentucky, holding onto his lead in the race for the Republican nomination for the Nov. 8 presidential election, even though Cruz captured more delegates on Saturday.The next big contest, and a crucial one, will be Tuesday's primary in the industrial state of Michigan. Republicans in three other states, Mississippi, Idaho and Hawaii, also will vote on Tuesday. Puerto Rico Republicans will vote on Sunday.In the Democratic race, front-runner Hillary Clinton won in Louisiana, and her rival Bernie Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, won in Kansas and Nebraska, in results that did not substantially change Clinton's big delegate lead.Mainstream Republicans have blanched at Trump's calls to build a wall on the border with Mexico, round up and deport 11 million undocumented immigrants and temporarily bar all Muslims from entering the United States.But the party's establishment has not been much happier with Cruz, who has alienated many party leaders in Washington."It looks like it will be the angry Trump voters against the purist conservative Cruz voters," said Washington-based Republican strategist Ron Bonjean. "The establishment is just being left out."A spokesman for Rubio, who spent the past week launching harsh personal attacks on Trump, said the senator would push on with an eye on the March 15 contest in Florida."After we win the Florida primary, the map, the momentum and the money is going to be on our side," spokesman Alex Conant said in a statement.Cruz, a first-term U.S. senator from Texas who has promoted himself as more of a true conservative than Trump, said the results showed he was gaining momentum in the race to catch the real estate mogul.Cruz, 45, has run as an outsider bent on shaking up the Republican establishment in Washington. A favorite of evangelicals, he has called for the United States to "carpet bomb" the Islamic State militant group and has pledged to eliminate the tax-collecting Internal Revenue Service and four cabinet agencies and to enact a balanced budget amendment.-"A HOWL FROM WASHINGTON"-"The scream you hear, the howl that comes from Washington, D.C., is utter terror at what 'We the People' are doing together," Cruz told supporters in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, after his early win in Kansas."What we're seeing is the public coming together, libertarians coming together, men and women who love the Constitution coming together and uniting and standing as one behind this campaign," Cruz said.Trump, 69, has a substantial lead in the delegates needed to secure the nomination at the Republican National Convention, but since winning seven of the 11 contests on Super Tuesday he has come under withering fire from a Republican establishment worried he will lead the party to defeat in November's election.But endorsements from establishment Republicans have failed to sway voters. Rubio won the backing of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback but still came in third there.The four Republican contests on Saturday together accounted for just 155 delegates. Cruz won 64 delegates on Saturday, while Trump took 49.The races on Saturday were open only to registered Republicans, excluding the independent and disaffected Democratic voters who have helped Trump's surge to the lead.The anti-Trump forces have a short window to stop the caustic businessman, who ahead of Saturday had accumulated 319 of the 1,237 delegates needed to win the nomination at July's Republican national convention, outpacing Cruz, who had 226 delegates.On March 15, the delegate-rich states of Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri and North Carolina will vote. Both Florida and Ohio use the winner-take-all method to allocate Republican delegates, making the stakes in those states particularly high. All of the Republican contests on Saturday, and through March 14, award delegates proportionate to the popular vote, although some states set minimum thresholds to qualify for any delegates.If Trump takes both Florida and Ohio he would be nearly impossible to stop. There are a total of 358 delegates at stake in the five states voting March 15, including 99 in Florida and 66 in Ohio.On the Democratic side, Clinton has opened up a big delegate lead and Sanders might have a tough time making up the difference. All states in the Democratic race award their delegates proportionally, meaning Clinton can keep piling up delegates even in states she loses.The three states holding Democratic contests on Saturday had a total of 109 delegates at stake. The early estimates were that Clinton, who appeared headed to a smashing nearly 50-point win in Louisiana, had won at least 48 delegates on Tuesday and Sanders 37.But Sanders made it clear he was not planning to end his White House quest anytime soon."We have the momentum. We have a path toward victory. Our campaign is just getting started," he said in a statement after his wins on Saturday.(Additional reporting by Emily Flitter, Jonathan Allen and Alana Wise; Editing by Richard Valdmanis and Leslie Adler)
Cruz gains steam against Trump, as Rubio fades in ‘Super Saturday’ voting-Holly Bailey-National Correspondent-March 6, 2016-yahoonews
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Republicans in Maine and Kansas breathed new life into Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign Saturday, handing him significant victories in GOP caucuses as he seeks to position himself as the chief alternative to frontrunner Donald Trump.But Trump didn’t come up completely empty in the four states that made up the so-called “Super Saturday” voting. The real estate mogul claimed narrow victories over Cruz in Louisiana and Kentucky — suggesting that his race to lock up the delegates that are needed to secure the nomination had been slowed, but not derailed, by party figures determined to block his campaign.In a press conference here Saturday night, Trump called on Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who finished well behind Trump and Cruz in Saturday’s contests, to leave the race. “It’s probably time,” he said, adding that he wanted to face Cruz “one-on-one.”Trump aides were quick to play down Cruz’s victories, pointing out that he had poured more energy and resources into winning the caucus states than their boss. (Speaking to supporters, Trump fancifully suggested another reason for Cruz’s win in Maine: its proximity to Canada, where the Texas senator was born.)-But Cruz’s strong showing on Saturday was a significant blow to Trump, who had been riding a wave of what seemed to be unstoppable momentum after Super Tuesday, when he won seven states and expanded his delegate lead over Cruz, Rubio and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio. Speaking to supporters, Trump appeared tired but undeterred as he talked up his “amazing” night and predicted he will become the GOP nominee.In recent days, Trump has come under increased scrutiny from his rivals, who have raised questions about his business record and temperament, and from party elders like Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, who have called Trump unfit for the presidency and launched efforts to derail his insurgent campaign.Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee, delivered a blistering speech on Thursday trashing Trump as a “phony” and calling on GOP voters to deny him the nomination. Romney, who sought and received Trump’s endorsement four years ago, has also suggested he might spend part of his personal fortune to further the so-called “Never Trump” cause, pushed by the party’s establishment and super-PACs aiming to bolster his rivals, who are looking to set up a convention fight over the nomination.While his campaign downplayed Saturday’s results, Trump had added last-minute stops in Maine and Kansas. On Saturday, he canceled a scheduled speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, D.C., to stump in Wichita, Kan., where he and Cruz nearly crossed paths at a caucus site. But Trump still came up short, raising questions as to whether the attacks on his campaign are working.After Saturday’s results came in, Trump called on the party to unite behind him, citing what he described as “millions” of new supporters he had brought into the party. He called on members of the establishment trying to block his path to the nomination to unite behind him.“As a party, we should come together and stop this foolishness,” Trump said.Saturday’s results also dealt another serious setback to Rubio, who faces the increasingly steep challenge of selling GOP voters on the idea that he, not Cruz, should be the alternative to Trump. In Kansas, he won the endorsements of several key Republican figures, including Gov. Sam Brownback and former Sen. Bob Dole. The Florida senator had canceled trips to Louisiana and Kentucky to make a last-minute play for the state — only to finish third in all three states, receiving only minimal numbers of delegates. In Maine, he finished fourth, narrowly missing the threshold for delegates.So far, Rubio has won just one state — Minnesota — and trails significantly behind Trump and Cruz in the delegate race. Still, Rubio spokesman Alex Conant, in an interview with Fox News that his campaign sent to reporters, refused to cede ground to Cruz, arguing somewhat implausibly that “the map moving forward” favors his boss.“Ted Cruz has shown that he can win his home state and neighboring state, Oklahoma and small rural caucuses, like Iowa and Alaska, and now Kansas,” Conant said. “Unfortunately, there are only two states left that have caucuses, Utah and Hawaii. After that, it is all primaries. Marco has done well in primaries so far.”On Saturday, Rubio traveled to Puerto Rico, which holds its GOP primary on Sunday. Aides believe a win there could help bolster his bid to win Florida’s March 15 primary, where the senator is counting on turnout from Hispanics to help put him over the top. But Florida, a winner-take-all delegate state, increasingly looks like a do-or-die contest for Rubio’s struggling campaign. Early polls suggest that Trump leads Rubio there, and the businessman’s campaign has signaled that he will campaign heavily there in the next week and a half. At the same time, Cruz announced this week that he’s opening 10 new campaign offices across the state and will also spend significant time in Florida, in what appears to be an attempt not necessarily to win but to deal a deathblow to Rubio’s campaign.Sen. Marco Rubio addresses the 43rd annual Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on Saturday. (Photo: Jim Lo Scalso/EPA)-But before the race turns to Florida, the GOP hopefuls face four other voting states this Tuesday, including Mississippi and Michigan, where an ARG poll of likely GOP voters released Saturday found Kasich surging into a statistical tie with Trump. Other polls, however, show Trump substantially ahead. A win there could potentially give Kasich a boost heading into his home state primary, also scheduled for March 15, where a Quinnipiac poll conducted in mid-February found him narrowly trailing Trump.Perhaps most significant on Saturday was Cruz’s win in Maine, a state where Republicans tend to be more moderate than other states he has won, like Kansas and Oklahoma. While there was no exit polling, the results suggest that the Texas senator, who has relied largely on backing from evangelicals and ultraconservative members of the party, might be expanding his coalition of support.“What we’re seeing is the public coming together, libertarians coming together, men and women who love the Constitution coming together and uniting and standing as one behind this campaign,” Cruz told supporters at a rally in Idaho, where he was campaigning Saturday ahead of the state’s primary on Tuesday.Like Trump, Cruz, citing his “breadth of support,” also pushed for Rubio to quit the race — and Kasich too.“We’ll continue to amass delegates, but what needs to happen is the field needs to continue to narrow,” Cruz said, according to the New York Times. “As long as the field remains divided, it gives Donald an advantage.”Thousands of miles away, standing before rows of friends at an election night gathering inside his golf club, Trump again and again said he was ready to take on Cruz head-to-head, describing him as someone who can be easily defeated.“That would be so much fun,” Trump said of facing Cruz. “Oh, do I just want to run against Ted! That would be so easy.”
DARPA’s crazy plane design could allow for vertical takeoffs-[BGR News]-Brad Reed-March 4, 2016-yahoonews
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has helped develop a lot of wondrous technology over the years, including most notably the Internet. This week, the U.S. government agency released a concept for a new kind of plane that would be a hybrid of a plane and a helicopter and could enable vertical takeoffs. DARPA’s new VTOL Experimental Plane has been designed to fly at speeds of up to 400 knots while also having the agility to hover and even fly backwards if it needed to.Essentially, the plane has a series of propellers embedded in its wings that are able to change direction. During takeoff, the propellers will face the ground to enable a vertical liftoff. During the actual flight, they’ll be positioned horizontally to propel the plane through the skies. They can also be reversed to enable the plane to fly in reverse.“This is an extremely novel approach,” said DARPA program manager Ashish Bagai. “It will be very challenging to demonstrate, but it has the potential to move the technology needle the farthest and provide some of the greatest spinoff opportunities for other vertical flight and aviation products.”This particular concept was created by Aurora Flight Sciences, which was awarded a DARPA contract for designing a plane capable of vertical takeoffs and landings. Check out a concept video showing what this plane would look like in action below.
Knife found at O.J. Simpson's former home not consistent with murders: NBC-Reuters-March 4, 2016 5:10 PM-YAHOONEWS
(Reuters) - A knife purportedly found on a Los Angeles property where O.J. Simpson once lived is a utility-style blade inconsistent with the murders of the former football star's wife and her friend, NBC News reported, citing unnamed law enforcement sources.The sources described the knife as a relatively inexpensive, smaller-bladed utility knife typically carried by construction workers, gardeners and other laborers, NBC reported.(Reporting by Timothy Ahmann; Editing by Eric Walsh)
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
UN criticises EU's anti-migrant rhetoric By Eszter Zalan-euobserver
BRUSSELS, 4. Mar, 15:10-A UN official said Friday (4 March) that the overwhelming majority of people coming to Europe are not economic migrants, but people seeking refuge from war. He also criticised EU leaders for telling migrants not to come to Europe.“The inconvenient truth is that people are still coming to Europe, because the wars are still ongoing,” Vincent Cochetel, the director of the Europe branch of the UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, told journalists.Syrians make up 48 percent of those arriving to Greece. 26 percent are Afghans and 17 percent are Iraqis. In total, 91 percent are refugees from three major conflicts, the latest UN data shows.“To call them illegal migrants is a short-cut by European leaders,” Cochetel added.On Thursday, EU Council chief Donald Tusk said "all potential illegal economic migrants, wherever you are from: Do not come to Europe."Earlier, European Commission vice president Frans Timmermans was quoted in Dutch media as saying some 60 percent of the arrivals last December are from countries where there is no conflict.-Greece arrivals-According to UN figures, 2,100 people arrived to Greece on Thursday, while in total 126,000 people arrived to Greece as of 2 March. 12,000 arrived in the same period last year.As the border between Macedonia and Greece is effectively closed, with just a few dozen people being let through daily, 30,000 people are stranded in Greece.Cochetel also said 30,000 people in an EU member state should not be a crisis.“It is a self-induced challenge by Europe,” Cochetel said, adding: “I don’t see why Europe can’t manage that”.Cochetel welcomed that the European Commission pledged €300 million this year for EU members overwhelmed by the refugee crisis, mainly aimed at Greece.He said Greek authorities will be in charge, with the military setting up camps, while the UN and other humanitarian organisations will get part of the funding to assist the Greeks in managing these sites.The UNHCR is also helping with recruiting staff embedded with Greek authorities, as ministries cannot hire more staff due to the conditions of the financial bailout for Greece by European partners.Cochetel said the 10,000 people stranded at the border between Macedonia and Greece still hope they can make it to Macedonia, which let through 300 people on Thursday.-Turkey deal-The UN official also warned that there needs to be assurances that people in need of international protection will get that protection in Turkey if the EU starts sending back asylum seekers in large numbers.On Thursday on a visit to Ankara, EU Council chief Donald Tusk suggested the EU is now focusing on sending back migrants to Turkey in an effort to sharply reduce the flow of people arriving in Europe.“The legal framework for that is there for Syrians, but non-Syrians don’t enjoy the same rights,” Cochetel warned.“Let’s see what the European courts will have to say on this,” he added.The UN official said Turkey has good laws on paper, but there are challenges in implementing them.He also said “just sending back everyone to Turkey will not work”.The UN official urged EU members to step up efforts in relocating refugees across the continent, as agreed last year.-Relocations-Only 603 people were relocated from Greece, which is less than 1 percent of the number pledged last September, UN data say.Cochetel said countries, particularly in central Europe, that are reluctant to participate in the relocation scheme should take in refugees based on European solidarity.“Solidarity worked for Hungarian refugees in 1956, worked for people fleeing Czechoslovakia in 1968 and for Polish who fled in 1981,” he said.Cochetel also said the UNHCR can start resettlement of 400,000 refugees from Turkey “within weeks” if EU countries pledged to take them. There are 2.6 million refugees in Turkey. Last year just 7,500 were resettled.
U.S. builds two air bases in Kurdish-controlled north Syria: Kurdish report-Reuters-mar 6,16-yahoonews
AMMAN (Reuters) - The United States has nearly finished setting up an air base in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria and was proceeding with the construction of a second base for dual military and civilian use, a Kurdish website said on Sunday.The Erbil-based news website BasNews, quoting a military source in the Kurdish-backed Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), said most of the work on a runway in the oil town of Rmeilan in Hasaka was complete while a new air base southeast of Kobani, straddling the Turkish border, was being constructed.The source in the U.S.-backed alliance that also includes Arab armed groups told the news portal scores of U.S. experts and technicians were involved in the project.Syrian Kurdish officials had recently said the Rmeilan airstrip was being used by U.S. military helicopters for logistics and deliveries.The United States sent dozens of special operations troops to northern Syria last year to advise opposition forces in their fight against the militant group Islamic State. They have also dropped supply munitions to rebels in the province.Last month, U.S. advisors backed by coalition air strikes assisted Kurdish-led Syrian rebels in encircling and capturing the strategic Syrian town of Shadadi from Islamic State but were away from the frontlines, U.S. officials said.The Syrian Kurds have established control over wide areas of northern Syria since the country erupted into civil war in 2011, and their YPG militia has become a major partner in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State.U.S. military ties with the Syrian Kurds have grown deeper despite the concerns of NATO ally Turkey, which views the Syrian Kurdish PYD party as a terrorist group because of its links to the PKK, which is waging an insurgency in Turkey.The special U.S. presidential envoy to the coalition against Islamic State, Brett McGurk, visited Kurdish-controlled northern Syria several weeks ago in what appeared to be the first declared trip to Syrian territory by an Obama administration official in three years.McGurk said on Saturday in Baghdad the coalition was stepping up pressure on Islamic State and that the militants were losing ground in both Syria and Iraq.(Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi; Editing by Stephen Powell)
Turkish PM says no bargaining on new constitution: A Haber-Reuters-mar 6,16-yahoonews
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - There will be no bargaining over a new constitution for Turkey and the ruling AK Party will seek the 330 votes it needs in parliament to put the matter to a referendum, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was quoted as saying on Sunday.In an interview with broadcaster A Haber, Davutoglu said his AK Party would have the full support of all of its 317 deputies for a new charter and that it would seek additional opposition backing to win the 330 votes needed for a referendum.A cross-party commission charged with drafting a new constitution collapsed last month after the main opposition pulled out over attempts by the AKP to change Turkey from a parliamentary to a presidential system.Senior AKP officials told Reuters last week that the party was working on its own proposals despite the opposition resistance, plans which could hand President Tayyip Erdogan powers to draft legislation directly and pick ministers.The AKP has broad support for overhauling the constitution, which dates back to an era of military coups and has been repeatedly revised. But there are wide divergences over what a new charter should look like.Opposition parties want it to focus primarily on protecting minority rights and democratic freedoms, and fear an executive presidency would consolidate too much power in the hands of one man.(Reporting by Ayla Jean Yackley; Writing by Nick Tattersall)
Assad must go at start of Syria transition, says Saudi-AFP-March 5, 2016 11:18 AM-YAHOONEWS
Paris (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave office as soon as a transitional authority is set up, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Saturday, insisting there is no way he can retain power.Talks between the regime and Syrian opposition, due to resume next week in Geneva, aim to set up a political transition process to end the country's five-year-old war. A UN-brokered international roadmap foresees a transitional authority by the middle of this year and elections by mid-2017."Assad has to leave at the beginning of the process," the Saudi minister, whose country backs the Syrian opposition, told reporters in Paris. Referring to the sequence of events, he said: "There is a transitional body, power shifts from Assad to the transitional body, and then he goes."After that "the transitional body drafts a constitution, prepares for elections. Some are arguing that no, Bashar leaves at the elections in 18 months, that's not how we think."For us it is very clear, he leaves at the beginning of the process, not at the end."Syria peace talks set for March 9 will begin the following day with participants due to arrive in Geneva over several days, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said earlier Saturday.A first round of talks in early February was cut short amid intensifying Russian air strikes in Syria in support of Assad's forces.But a fragile ceasefire drawn up by Russia and the United States and backed by the UN Security Council that entered into force on February 27 is now in its second week, despite accusations of violations.The Saudi minister said there was no possibility that Assad could remain in power."The Syrian people have spoken when they took up arms against Bashar al-Assad and their message is very very clear: he is not going to be their president... they have already decided with their feet, with their guns," he said.Discussing Syrian opposition reluctance to travel to Geneva to resume peace talks, he admitted that "they can't go into talks empty-handed".Syria's main opposition leader Riad Hijab said Friday that conditions were not yet right for talks to resume, stressing shortfalls in humanitarian aid and breaches of the ceasefire implemented a week ago."Our position is to support them 200 percent," said al-Jubeir. "We don't question. We may advise, express our views to them, but we support them," he added.
2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL - THE ACTUAL START OF WW3
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)
China warns Hong Kong not to politicize issues-Reuters By James Pomfret-mar 6,16-yahoonews
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's third-ranked Communist Party leader Zhang Dejiang said Hong Kong shouldn't "politicize everything" and should instead focus on integrating its economy with China's, according to members of China's parliament who met with him on Sunday.A day after Premier Li Keqiang pledged greater economic support for Hong Kong at the opening of annual parliamentary sessions in Beijing, Zhang said that while a recent riot in Hong Kong was a concern, it was one the city's government could handle."He (Zhang) said one needed to take a broader perspective to look at it, and to not politicize everything," said Rita Fan, a standing committee member of China's parliament chaired by Zhang.Chinese media has blamed the riot in early February on "radical separatists" seeking to destabilize Hong Kong.Other delegates who met with Zhang said that while Zhang didn't single out anyone for blame, there remained concern among Beijing's top leaders towards an embittered cluster of youth groups in Hong Kong using increasingly radical or violent means to demand greater autonomy.China maintains Hong Kong is an inseparable part of China and as such resolutely opposes any moves towards independence.Reuters was not able to contact Zhang for comment. Calls to China's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office in Beijing after regular business hours went unanswered.-NATIONAL SECURITY-"They worry about the rise of separatism," said Lau Siu-kai, a former senior Hong Kong government adviser who met with Zhang on Friday with other members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a top parliamentary advisory body."If something big happens in Hong Kong that is seen as threatening national security, I don't expect China to wait, they may take the initiative to protect national security," Lau told Reuters.Hong Kong was returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" framework granting it broad freedoms and an independent judiciary, though with Beijing having ultimate authority.As for the disappearances of five Hong Kong booksellers who published gossipy books of China's leaders, the issue wasn't raised by Zhang despite lingering questions about the cases.All of the booksellers recently surfaced to give interviews on Chinese television saying they had traveled voluntarily to China. But the British government maintains one of the men, Lee Bo, had been "involuntarily removed" from Hong Kong.China's Foreign Ministry has said its law enforcement officials would never do anything illegal, especially not overseas, and called on foreign governments not to interfere in Hong Kong affairs."Even me, I still have some doubts ... most of the middle class actually have serious concerns," Ma Fung-kwok, a Chinese parliamentary delegate told Reuters in a Beijing hotel lobby."If someone broke the Basic Law and tried to do illegal enforcement in Hong Kong territory, this is something that shouldn't be allowed... Even if it's Chinese police."Still, Andrew Yao, a Hong Kong businessman and member of China's parliament, said such concerns were overplayed, with Beijing intent to maintain Hong Kong's prosperity and stability."I don't see a pivot to a police state where they can come arrest us," Yao said.Premier Li emphasized in his annual work report that Beijing would continue to "elevate" Hong Kong's role in China's economic development.China's updated draft five-year development blueprint also mentioned a so-called "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau big bay area" to boost economic synergies, as well as business and transport linkages between Hong Kong and southern China."He (Zhang) is saying 'look ... don't get politicized in all your social and economic issues, concentrate on developing your economy, ride with the tide of China rising'," said Maria Tam, a veteran Hong Kong delegate to China's parliamentary sessions.(Reporting by James Pomfret; Editing by Kim Coghill)
China's Xi says won't allow Taiwan to be 'split' off again-Reuters-mar 6,16-yahoonews
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will never allow the tragedy of Taiwan being "split" off from the rest of the country to happen again, state media on Sunday quoted President Xi Jinping as saying, offering a strong warning to the island against any moves towards independence.China considers self-ruled and democratic Taiwan a wayward province, to be brought under its control by force if necessary. Defeated Nationalist forces fled to Taiwan in 1949 after the Chinese civil war.Beijing has repeatedly warned against any moves towards independence since January's landslide win by Tsai Ing-wen and her Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan's presidential and parliamentary elections.Meeting with Shanghai delegates to the annual meeting of parliament, Xi made apparent reference to the Qing dynasty's loss of Taiwan to Japan in 1895, who then ruled the island as a colony until the end of World War Two."We will resolutely contain 'Taiwan independence' secessionist activities in any form, safeguard the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and never allow the historical tragedy of the nation being split to happen again," Xi said."This is the common wish and firm will of all Chinese people. It is also our solemn commitment and our responsibility to history and the people," he added.Tsai has said she would maintain peace with China, and Chinese state-run media have also noted her pledges to maintain the "status quo" with China.Without making direct mention of Tsai, who assumes office in May, Xi said Beijing's policy towards Taiwan was clear and consistent and "will not change along with the change in Taiwan's political situation"."Compatriots from both sides of the Taiwan Strait are expecting the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations, and we should not disappoint them," he added.Many in China are deeply suspicious of Tsai.Speaking on Sunday at a meeting on sidelines of parliament, Lin Xianshun, a Chinese military officer who defected from Taiwan in 1989, said she was a "schemer" who wanted to have the benefits of good economic ties with China at the same time as coveting Taiwan's independence.The past eight years have been marked by calm between China and Taiwan, after the election of the China-friendly Ma Ying-jeou as president in 2008 and his subsequent re-election.Ma signed a series of key economic deals with Beijing and held a landmark meeting with Xi in November in neutral Singapore.But a controversial trade pact has languished in the island's parliament after protests in 2014 over trade dealings with Beijing.Xi said both sides should deepen economic and social integration, and enhance the "sense of a community of common destiny."(Reporting by Ben Blanchard and Benjamin Kang Lim; Editing by Kim Coghill)
South Korea to announce new sanctions on North-AFP-mar 6,16-yahoonews
South Korea will soon announce its own tougher sanctions on North Korea, an official said Sunday, a move set to further heighten tensions as Seoul and Washington prepare to launch their largest joint military exercise.The new measures -- following Wednesday's decision by the UN Security Council to slap unprecedented sanctions on the North -- will be announced this week, a Seoul government official said on condition of anonymity.The Security Council announced its toughest sanctions yet to punish the North for its latest nuclear and missile tests in violation of UN resolutions.The North responded within hours by test-firing rockets into the sea. Its leader Kim Jong-Un ordered the nation's nuclear arsenal to be readied for pre-emptive use at "any moment".The Seoul official did not elaborate on the South's separate sanctions. Yonhap news agency said they would include banning any ships which have previously docked in the North from South Korean ports.A group of North Korean individuals and organisations believed to be involved in weapons development will also be added to a blacklist, it said, citing a government source.In February, in an unprecedentedly tough move, the South announced the total shutdown of a jointly-run industrial park in North Korea, saying Pyongyang had been using it to fund its nuclear weapons programmes.On Monday South Korea and its close ally the US will begin their annual Key Resolve/Foal Eagle military drill.This year's will be the largest-ever, with the US reportedly sending more than 15,000 troops -- four times as many as last year -- to the Key Resolve drill, which is largely a computer-simulated exercise.Foal Eagle -- a field exercise also involving US strategic assets including a naval fleet led by an aircraft carrier and nuclear-powered submarines -- is also expected to be far bigger than before.Seoul says the drills, which continue through April 30, are defensive in nature but Pyongyang has habitually slammed them as a preparation for war.Last month it warned it would attack the South and the US mainland in case of any armed provocation during the exercise.On Sunday the North said the US would be to blame if war broke out."The US is working hard to turn the Korean Peninsula into the theatre of a war, not content with slapping its unreasonable 'sanctions' against the DPRK (North Korea) over its self-defensive H-bomb test and satellite launch for peaceful purposes," according to a statement by a foreign ministry spokesman."No one can vouch that the do-or-die confrontation between the DPRK and the US will not spill over to a global thermonuclear war," said the statement quoted by the North's official news agency.In the first move to enforce the UN sanctions, a North Korean cargo ship is being detained by the Philippines, a close US ally.Its 21 North Korean crew members remain on board the ship at Subic Bay while officials await the expected arrival of a UN team to inspect it.The new UN sanctions requires states to inspect all cargo to and from North Korea.
North Korea Is Threatening Nuclear War Against the US (Again)-Mic By Anna Swartz-March 4, 2016 4:55 PM-yahoonews
Once again, North Korea's state-controlled media is reporting the power and capability of the country's nuclear program. "Under the extreme situation that the U.S. Imperialist is misusing its military influence and is pressuring other countries and people to start war and catastrophe, the only way for our people to protect sovereignty and rights to live is to strengthen the quality and quantity of nuclear power and realize the balance of power," North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, announced on Friday through KCNA, the country's news agency, reports CNN.The announcement may be a response to a decision made earlier this week by the United Nations Security Council to put new sanctions on North Korea after the country conducted a missile launch and nuclear test in violation of existing international sanctions. In September, North Korea made a similar threat toward the U.S., echoing the same rhetoric about American hostility. According to the state-run KCNA, Kim Jong Un announced that "nuclear warheads need to be ready for use at any time," reports CNN.The Pentagon issued a response to the news out of North Korea on Friday, saying, unsurprisingly, "We are aware of the reports. We are closely monitoring the situation on the Korean Peninsula in coordination with our regional allies. We urge North Korea to refrain from provocative actions that aggravate tensions and instead focus on fulfilling its international obligations and commitments."The threat here is, to me right now, it's a lot of bluster," Philip Yun, executive director of the Ploughshares Fund, a non-profit that focuses on preventing and reducing nuclear stockpiles worldwide, told CNN. "For them to deliver on a threat, they have to have intent and they have to have capability. And quite frankly, I don't think they have both."
