JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Hosting Italy’s deputy PM, Netanyahu urges stronger action against Hezbollah-Salvini doubles down on dubbing Lebanese group ‘terrorists,’ despite having been criticized at home for use of the term-By Raphael Ahren-TOI-DEC 13,18
Meeting with Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the international community to take a more aggressive stance toward Hezbollah, the Lebanese terror organization that has dug several attack tunnels across the border into Israel.“You had the opportunity to see the terror tunnels yourself directly. This is a clear act of aggression of Hezbollah against us and against the norms of the international community,” Netanyahu told Salvini at the beginning of their two-hour meeting in Jerusalem.Netanyahu noted that the commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Major General Stefano Del Col, is Italian. “We think UNIFIL has to do a stronger job, tougher job, but ultimately it’s the responsibility of the international community,” the prime minister said. “They should stop Hezbollah from taking these acts of aggression against Israel.”Salvini replied that he had met Del Col the night before, and went on to say that there is a “problem” with Italian media, which criticized him for calling Hezbollah a terrorist organization.“Hezbollah hides behind civilians, fires on civilians, murders civilians, but how can you possibly call them civilians?” Netanyahu said sarcastically.“If you have a problem with the Italian press, I cannot give you any advice, because I have no problems with the Israeli press at all, I wouldn’t know what to do with it,” he added ironically.“Terrorists are terrorists,” Salvini replied.The European Union recognizes the military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, but not its political wing, which is part of the Lebanese government.Salvini, the controversial head of the far-right Lega party, arrived in Israel on Tuesday for a two-day trip, which started with a security briefing at the northern border, including a visit at one of Hezbollah’s tunnels.UNIFIL has acknowledged the existence of two of the three tunnels the IDF has so far revealed, but did not state what their purpose is and who built them.During their meeting Wednesday, Netanyahu called Salvini “a great friend of Israel.”Salvini, who also serves as interior minister in Italy’s populist government, has expressed strong support for the Jewish state since he arrived.“The EU has in recent years been entirely unbalanced, it has condemned and sanctioned Israel left and right, for every step it took,” he said at a press conference Tuesday evening, referring to the union’s alleged pro-Palestinian bias.“Whoever wants peace needs to support Israel,” Salvini told reporters.Altre foto dal confine nord di Israele. #SalviniIsraele pic.twitter.com/31F6yuFaC7-— Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) December 11, 2018-During the press conference, Salvini did not explicitly endorse a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, rather saying that he supports any solution that “grows on the ground between the two parties.”Despite previous comments in praise of the US relocating its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Salvini indicated such a move was not currently on the table in Italy.“Currently I am very happy to be interior minister in our unity government; I am not foreign minister. I will deal with this issue if and when I will be foreign minister,” he said.He later visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, but refused to say that the holy site, which is situated in East Jerusalem, was part of Israel. It was not immediately clear if he was accompanied by Israeli officials during the visit.????Morti e feriti ai mercatini di Natale di #Strasburgo.Una preghiera per le vittime da Gerusalemme, dove mi trovo ora.Ma non basta. Totale il mio impegno, da uomo e da ministro, perché i terroristi siano bloccati e eliminati, in Europa e nel mondo, con ogni mezzo lecito. pic.twitter.com/1Qu1LY968G— Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) December 11, 2018-Salvini, seen by many as the de facto leader of Europe’s rising far right, is a controversial figure due to his hardline anti-immigration stance.Before arriving in Israel, his office requested a meeting with President Reuven Rivlin, which the president’s office declined due to “scheduling issues.”Rivlin has recently taken a strong stance against what he termed “fascist” parties in Europe, regardless of their position on Israel.Netanyahu, who also holds the position of foreign minister, on the other hand, has eagerly embraced some far-right governments and parties in Europe and elsewhere. Critics charge that he is wooing people who may profess to love Israel but are toxic in their hatred of immigrants and often are have close ties to anti-Semitic circles.Like many anti-immigration politicians in Europe, Salvini is outspokenly pro-Israel and has locked horns with the EU as he pushes a hard line on migration, introducing a controversial crackdown on migrants fleeing Libya aboard smugglers’ boats.Salvini also drew criticism and accusations of fascism earlier this year when he called for the compilation of a registry of Italy’s minority Roma community.In the afternoon, he met the Archbishop of Verbe Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who is also the Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem.Salvini took a “graffiti and nightlife tour” through Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market that late Tuesday night. On Wednesday morning, Salvini visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City and the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum.Later on Wednesday, he will meet Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, before returning to Italy.
Britain’s May to face no-confidence vote by her own lawmakers-Conservative party official says threshold of 48 letters from MPs needed to trigger a leadership poll has been reached amid concerns over Brexit deal-By AP and TOI staff-DEC 13,18
A British Conservative Party official said Wednesday that Prime Minister Theresa May will face a no-confidence vote from party lawmakers.Graham Brady said the threshold of 48 letters from lawmakers needed to trigger a leadership vote has been reached. Brady chairs the Conservative party committee that oversees leadership contests.Many lawmakers have been growing angry with May over her handling of Brexit.May responded to the development by vowing to fight to stay in power “with everything I’ve got” and appealing to party colleagues to support her leadership.May made the defiant statement outside her Downing Street office, arguing that stepping aside at a time of crisis would “put our country’s future at risk and create uncertainty when we can least afford it.”She said a change of national leader would result in Britain’s departure from the European Union being delayed or stopped-If she loses the vote of party legislators, which takes place on Wednesday evening, May must step down. If she wins, she can’t be challenged again for a year.BREAKING: Here is the letter from Sir Graham Brady MP triggering the Conservative party leadership contest pic.twitter.com/YR1XaoQN6x— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) December 12, 2018-On Monday May said she was postponing a Parliamentary vote scheduled for the following day that was to decide the fate of her divorce deal with the European Union amid predictions that she would lose.May’s Conservative government does not have a majority in the House of Commons, and opposition parties — as well as dozens of Conservative lawmakers — say they will not back the a deal that May and EU leaders agreed on last month.Pro-Brexit lawmakers say the deal keeps Britain bound too closely to the EU, while pro-EU politicians say it erects barriers between the UK and its biggest trading partner and leaves many details of the future relationship undecided.In another twist in the Brexit saga, the European Union’s top court ruled Monday that Britain can change its mind over Brexit, boosting the hopes of people who want to stay in the EU that the process can be reversed.The European Court of Justice ruled that when an EU member country has notified its intent to leave, “that member state is free to revoke unilaterally that notification.”Britain voted in 2016 to leave the 28-nation bloc, and invoked Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty in March 2017, triggering a two-year exit process.Article 50 contains few details, in part because the idea of any country leaving was considered unlikely.
Huawei CFO gets bail; Trump says he could intervene to free Chinese exec-US president hints he may undercut Justice Department case against Meng Wanzhou in order to help forge a trade deal with Beijing-By JIM MORRIS, Rob Gillies and PAUL WISEMAN-DEC 13,18-TOI
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian court granted bail on Tuesday to a top Chinese executive arrested at the United States’ request in a case that has set off a diplomatic furor among the three countries and complicated high-stakes US-China trade talks.Hours before the bail hearing in Vancouver, China detained a former Canadian diplomat in Beijing in apparent retaliation for the December 1 arrest of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei and daughter of the company’s founder.After three days of hearings, a British Columbia justice granted bail of $10 million Canadian (US$7.5 million) to Meng, but required her to wear an ankle bracelet, surrender her passports, stay in Vancouver and its suburbs and confine herself to one of her two Vancouver homes from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.The decision was met with applause in the packed courtroom, where members of Vancouver’s Chinese community had turned out to show support for Meng.Amid rising tension between China and Canada, Canadian Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale confirmed Tuesday that a former Canadian diplomat had been detained in Beijing. The detention came after China warned Canada of consequences for Meng’s arrest.“We’re deeply concerned,” Goodale said. “A Canadian is obviously in difficulty in China. … We are sparing no effort to do everything we possibly can to look after his safety.”Michael Kovrig, who previously worked as a diplomat in Beijing, Hong Kong and the United Nations, was taken into custody Monday night during one of his regular visits to Beijing, according to a spokesman for International Crisis Group, where Kovrig now works as North East Asia adviser based in Hong Kong.Canada had been bracing for retaliation for Meng’ arrest. The Canadian province of British Columbia canceled a trade mission to China amid fears China could detain Canadians to put pressure on Ottawa over Meng’s detention.“In China there is no coincidence,” Guy Saint-Jacques, a former Canadian ambassador to China, said of Kovrig’s detention. “Unfortunately Canada is caught in the middle of this dispute between the US and China. Because China cannot kick the US they turn to the next target.”Earlier in the day, China vowed to “spare no effort” to protect against “any bullying that infringes the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens.”Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi didn’t mention Meng by name. But ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Wang was referring to cases of all Chinese abroad, including Meng’s.Washington accuses Huawei of using a Hong Kong shell company to sell equipment to Iran in violation of US sanctions. It says Meng and Huawei misled banks about the company’s business dealings in Iran.On Tuesday, US State Department spokesman Robert Palladino told reporters in Washington “the charges against Meng pertain to alleged lies to United States financial institutions” about Huawei’s business dealings in Iran.“It is clear from the filings that were unsealed in Canada, Meng and others are alleged to have put financial institutions at risk of criminal and civil liability in the United States by deceiving those institutions as to the nature and extent of Huawei’s business in Iran,” Palladino said.Meng has denied the US allegations through her lawyer in court, promising to fight them if she is extradited to face charges in the United States.“We have every confidence that the Canadian and US legal systems will reach a just conclusion in the following proceedings,” Huawei said in a statement.“As we have stressed all along, Huawei complies with all applicable laws and regulations in the countries and regions where we operate, including export control and sanction laws of the UN, US, and EU. We look forward to a timely resolution to this matter.”Huawei, the biggest global supplier of network gear for phone and internet companies, is the target of US security concerns. Washington has pressured other countries to limit use of its technology, warning they could be opening themselves up to surveillance and theft of information.The US and China have tried to keep Meng’s case separate from their wider trade dispute and suggested Tuesday that talks to resolve their differences may resume.But US President Donald Trump undercut efforts to distinguish between trade talks and the Huawei case. In an interview with Reuters, he said Tuesday that he would consider intervening in the Justice Department’s case against Meng if it would be in the interest of US national security or help forge a trade deal with Beijing.The Chinese government said its economy czar had discussed plans with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer for talks aimed at settling the two countries’ differences. Lighthizer’s office confirmed he had spoken by phone with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He.The news that trade negotiations may resume lifted stock markets around the world.The United States has slapped tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese imports in response to complaints Beijing steals American technology and forces US companies to turn over trade secrets.Tariffs on $200 billion of those imports were scheduled to rise from 10 percent to 25 percent on January 1. But Trump agreed to postpone those by 90 days while the two sides negotiate.
Trump notes Strasbourg shooting to press for US border wall-[AFP]-YAHOONEWS-December 13, 2018
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump pointed Wednesday to the mass shooting at a Christmas market in France to bolster his demands for funding to build a US border wall with Mexico.Trump's tweet linking the issues came despite the fact that the suspect in Tuesday's attack in Strasbourg, France, is a native of the city with a criminal past and extremist views.A French prosecutor said the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar" -- Arabic for "God is greatest" -- before opening fire in a popular Christmas market in the city's medieval center, killing two people, leaving a third brain-dead and wounding 12 others.Trump mentioned the attack only glancingly, using his first public comment on the incident to buttress his arguments for funding a US-Mexico border wall."Another very bad terror attack in France. We are going to strengthen our borders even more. Chuck and Nancy must give us the votes to get additional Border Security!," he said.Trump clashed angrily with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi on funding for the wall Tuesday in an Oval Office meeting carried live on television.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also cited the Strasbourg attack to support a border wall, which was a signature promise of Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign."Every time we add to people here who have the risk of becoming radicalized, we increase the risk to American citizens," Pompeo told Fox News."We should build it out," he said of the wall. "We should do all the things we need to do to control the flow of people into our country in a way that is lawful only."But Pompeo did not answer on whether Mexico will pay for the wall -- a favorite line of Trump at his rallies -- and said he was working with Mexico to prevent emigration at its source in conflict-ridden El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras."Frankly, the most important thing we can do is turn off the flow from those three countries," he said.
Spanish PM compares 'lies' of Brexit and Catalan separatists-[Associated Press]-YAHOONEWS-ARITZ PARRA-December 13, 2018
MADRID (AP) — Spain's prime minister on Wednesday compared secession efforts in the northeastern region of Catalonia to Britain's tangled process of leaving the European Union, saying that both rely on confronting citizens with fake arguments.In an address to lawmakers, Pedro Sanchez said both campaigns "invent a story of grievances and force people to choose between two identities.""They want to achieve polarization, denying space to moderation and understanding," he added, listing a series of "lies" that, according to the Socialist leader, support the arguments of both Brexiteers and separatists.Sanchez also announced that his cabinet will meet next week in Barcelona and will raise the country's monthly minimum wage from 736 to 900 euros ($1,019).The 22-percent salary hike is part of the Socialists' deal to pass the country's 2019 budget with the support of an anti-austerity party. Sanchez, whose minority government controls only 84 of the 350 parliamentary seats, also hopes that the plan's social spending will make it difficult for separatist Catalan politicians to reject it in a vote scheduled for January."A rich country can't afford to have poor workers," Sanchez told lawmakers.Taking the Dec. 21 meeting to the Catalan capital was also meant to signal the thawing of relations with the pro-independence regional authorities, but separatists there have called for protests amid mounting political tension.Opposition leaders of the conservative Popular Party that was ousted from power earlier this year and the center-right Citizens party pushed for Sanchez to take a harder line on Catalonia. They want the prime minister to invoke a constitutional power that would allow central authorities to take over direct control of the restive region.The Socialists, PP and Citizens parties backed former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in a similar move last year, after Catalan separatist lawmakers passed a unilateral independence declaration but took no steps to implement it.Catalan separatist lawmakers urged Sanchez to remain on the path of dialogue, but urged him to allow a self-determination vote in the prosperous region."With your hard line, you are pushing us back to disobedience," said Joan Tarda, a lawmaker with the left-wing ERC, one of the Catalan parties that last year pushed ahead with a banned independence referendum.
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
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.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
NASA's Mars lander takes selfie from above with robotic arm-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-December 12, 2018
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's new Mars lander has taken a selfie from above, using a camera on its long robotic arm.The InSight lander snapped a series of pictures that NASA turned into a stunning mosaic, released Tuesday.InSight landed on Mars on Nov. 26. In the two weeks since, scientists are thrilled to find the area in front of the spacecraft pretty much free of rocks, hills and holes. That should make it a safe place for InSight's two geology experiments, which will be moved to the ground in the coming weeks.Lead scientist Bruce Banerdt of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory says the red sandy expanse might seem "pretty plain" — if it weren't on Mars. He notes, "We're glad to see that."Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press.
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
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
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)
5 detained in Christmas market attack in France-Hundreds of security personnel join search for suspected gunman Cherif Chekatt, who may have crossed into Germany-By Agencies-TOI-DEC 13,18
French authorities detained five people as they hunted Wednesday for a suspected extremist who sprayed gunfire at one of Europe’s most famous Christmas markets in the eastern city of Strasbourg.Meanwhile, medical officials lowered the death toll from Tuesday night’s attack from three to two, and then raised it back to three again. It was not immediately clear why the figures were changed. Thirteen people were wounded.The government raised the security alert level and sent police reinforcements to Strasbourg, where some 350 security forces are searching for the assailant. Police officials said he was wounded in a gunfight with soldiers after the shooting attack but escaped, and a top official said he might have escaped to neighboring Germany.The suspected attacker is Cherif Chekatt, 29, with a police record in France and Germany who had been flagged for extremism, police said. Police detained five people in overnight searches around the city, Laurent Nunez, secretary of state for the Interior Ministry, said on France-Inter radio.A terrorism investigation was opened, but the suspected motive for the attack was not officially announced. Nunez said eight of the injured are in serious condition, and the city mayor said some had head wounds.Police have named the suspect of the #strasbourgshooting Christmas terror attack as local Cherif Chekatt https://t.co/3xYHhATA78 pic.twitter.com/MfIr17EoKg— The European Post (@theEUpost) December 12, 2018-Witnesses described shots and screams after the gunman opened fire at the Christmas market in the city, which is home to the European Parliament and considers itself a capital of Europe — and promotes itself as the “capital of Christmas.” For several hours, swaths of the city were under lockdown.The attack is a new blow to France, after a wave of Islamic extremist killings in 2015 and 2016, and amid a month of protests against President Emmanuel Macron that have blocked roads around the country, led to rioting in the capital and put a heavy strain on police.While authorities urged people in the area to stay inside after the attack, Strasbourg Mayor Roland Ries told BFM television Wednesday that “life must go on” so that the city doesn’t cave to a “terrorist who is trying to disrupt our way of life.”The assailant got inside a security zone around the venue and opened fire from there, Mayor Roland Ries said.One possible reason for the attack: police tried and failed to arrest Chekatta earlier Tuesday for an attempted murder, Nunez said. The suspect had been identified as radicalized during past stays in prison, Nunez added.Police were out in force in Strasbourg on Wednesday morning, and the Christmas market was closed. The market, set up around the local cathedral, is a holiday tradition and was the target of an al-Qaeda-linked plot at the turn of the millennium.Many of Europe’s deadliest terror attacks in recent years have taken place in France. In response to Tuesday’s shooting, the government decided to take the country’s attack risk up a level on the official threat index and to send security reinforcements to Strasbourg, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said in Strasbourg.The hundreds of officers searching for the assailant after Tuesday’s attack, which involved shooting in multiple neighborhoods of Strasbourg, were being aided by two helicopters, authorities said. The assailant confronted law enforcement officers twice, exchanging fire, while he “sowed terror,” Castaner said.The shooter was shot and wounded by soldiers guarding the Christmas market, according to Stephane Morisse of police union FGP Police.“I heard two or three shots at around 7:55 p.m., then I heard screams. I got close to the window. I saw people running. After that I closed the shutters. Then I heard more shots, closer this time,” said Yoann Bazard, 27, who lives in central Strasbourg.“I thought maybe it’s firecrackers,” he said, speaking by phone. “And then, as it got close, it was really shocking. There were a lot of screams. … There were police or soldiers shouting ‘Get inside!’ and ‘Put your hands on your head.'”Another witness, Peter Fritz, told the BBC one of the people killed was a Thai tourist who was shot in the head and didn’t respond to lengthy attempts to revive him.
French police, troops hunt for gunman who killed 3 at Strasbourg market-Attacker, a 29-year-old suspected Islamist terrorist, was wounded in exchange of fire with soldiers patrolling the area, but managed to escape-By Herve ASQUIN-TOI-DEC 13,18
STRASBOURG, France (AFP) — Hundreds of security forces were deployed Wednesday in the hunt for a lone gunman who killed at least three people and wounded a dozen others at the famed Christmas market in Strasbourg, with the French government raising the security alert level and reinforcing border controls.Some 350 people, including police, troops and helicopters were on the heels of the attacker who had “sowed terror” in the city, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said.The killer opened fire at around 8 p.m. local time on one of the city’s busiest streets, sending crowds of evening shoppers fleeing for safety.Castaner said the gunman had killed three people and wounded 12.Soldiers patrolling the area as part of regular anti-terror operations exchanged fire with the suspect and wounded him, but could not stop him escaping, police sources said. A soldier was slightly injured by a ricochet from a shot by the gunman.Castaner also said France had raised its security alert level to “emergency attack” with “the implementation of reinforced border controls and tightened controls on all Christmas markets in France to avoid the risk of a copycat” attack.The gunman has been identified and was on a watchlist of suspected extremists, a statement from local security services said.France’s security forces, already on high alert after a series of terror attacks since 2015, are particularly stretched at the moment due to anti-government protests that have swept the country.“I heard shooting and then there was pandemonium,” one witness, who gave his name as Fatih, told AFP. “People were running everywhere.”He said he had seen three people injured on the ground only a few meters from the giant Christmas tree in the center of the city.Shortly after the shooting, lines of police vehicles and ambulances streamed into the market area, under festive lights declaring the city the “capital of Christmas.”“We heard several shots, three perhaps, and we saw people running,” one witness told AFP, asking not to be named.“One of them fell down, I don’t know whether it was because she was tripped up or if she was hit,” the witness said.French President Emmanuel Macron expressed on Twitter the solidarity of the whole nation after holding a crisis meeting with cabinet officials in Paris.-Known to police-Two separate security sources told AFP on condition of anonymity that the shooter was believed to be a 29-year-old from the city, whose name was given as Cherif, and who was set to be arrested on Tuesday morning.He was already under investigation over an attempted murder, one of the sources said.Several areas neighboring the Christmas market were sealed off on Tuesday night and residents were being told to stay indoors.Many people took refuge in local restaurants and bars which pulled down their shutters.“We let everyone inside, down into the wine cellar. They’re locked in there,” local restaurant owner Mouad, 33, told AFP.A police source, again speaking on condition of anonymity, said security forces had opened fire in an area of the city where the suspect was thought to be hiding.The source did not give the address and it was unclear if the shooter had been located.Specialist anti-terror prosecutors have opened an investigation into the incident in Strasbourg, which lies on the border with Germany.Several residents of the city have been detained in recent years for trying to reach jihadist groups in Syria, or have been arrested upon their return.“Shocked and saddened by the terrible attack in Strasbourg. My thoughts are with all of those affected and with the French people,” British Prime Minister Theresa May wrote on Twitter.-Tourist attraction-The Strasbourg-based European Parliament was also on lockdown after the shooting, with MEPs, staff and journalists unable to leave the building.In a parliament bar usually reserved for MEPs, EU commissioners, powerful legislators and staffers huddled in small groups waiting for developments.“Our first thought was for colleagues who had already made it to the center of town, who are safe,” Belgian MEP Kathleen Van Brempt told AFP. “Now we just wait.”The Christmas market in Strasbourg and the city’s illuminations are an annual attraction that draws hundreds of thousands of people.Security has been stepped up in recent years after a series of attacks in France by Islamist gunmen, and the Strasbourg market was long considered a possible target.In 2016, a 23-year-old Tunisian killed 12 and injured 48 others when he plowed a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.Special anti-terror army units have been deployed in Strasbourg, and soldiers and armed police are regularly seen patrolling among the 300 wooden Christmas market chalets.Three years after groups of jihadists gunned down and blew up 130 people in Paris on November 13, 2015, French counterterror officials say their focus has shifted.Rather than coordinated attacks, their main concern is attacks by “lone wolves” — self-radicalized individuals acting without links to terror groups such as Islamic State.Most recently a 20-year-old Chechnya-born man went on a knife rampage in central Paris last May, killing one man and injuring four other people on a Saturday night.A total of 246 people have been killed in terror attacks in France since 2015, according to an AFP toll.
Tunisia arrests two Bosnians in 2016 killing of Hamas drone expert-Gaza-based terror group has blamed Israel’s Mossad for the assassination of Mohammed al-Zoari, one of its top scientists-By TOI staff-DEC 13,18
Tunisia announced on Tuesday that it arrested two suspects over the 2016 assassination of Hamas drone expert Mohammed al-Zoari.It identified the two men as Bosnian nationals Albert Sarak and Alain Kamedi, the Walla news site reported.The December 15, 2016, assassination of al-Zoari was widely blamed on Israel’s Mossad, including by the Hamas terror group, which acknowledged after the killing that Zoari was a central figure in its weapons development apparatus and called him a pioneer in developing its unmanned drones.Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said this week the two suspects entered Tunisia via a sea port on December 8, 2016, a week before the killing. The men allegedly claimed to be representatives of tour companies, and toured the Djerba area and the south of the country.Officials allege that the two planned the killing for 18 months, and had used Tunisian citizens in the operation.The latest claims follow Tunisian authorities’ announcement in May that they had arrested a suspect in the assassination, whom Arab media outlets say was nabbed in Croatia on March 13.It’s not clear what the latest announcement means for the claim, voiced by numerous Arab outlets, that Israel was behind the killing. There was no immediate report of a connection between the Bosnian suspects and Israeli espionage bodies.Shortly after the assassination, a senior Hamas official, Mushir al-Masri, told a Tunisian radio station that “the Zionist enemy” was the only party likely to benefit from the assassination of Zoari, and that Mossad had a long history of killing experts with capability to develop military technology, especially those related to developing UAVs.Israel does not want such capabilities to reach Palestinian organizations in Gaza, Masri said.Hamas has also blamed Israel for the killing of its rocket scientist Fadi al-Batsh, 35, in Malaysia in April.Zoari, an aviation scientist and engineer with longstanding links to Hamas, was shot dead at point-blank range on December 15, 2016, in the Tunisian city of Sfax.Zoari was said to have helped Hamas develop unmanned drones.He was shot multiple times — some reports said as many as 20 bullets were fired at him — while sitting in his car near his home.A senior Tunisian journalist said at the time that the Mossad had been tracking Zoari for quite some time, and was responsible for his assassination.Israel’s Channel 2 news said Zoari was reported to have received death threats because of his Palestinian terror links. However, Channel 2 also quoted Tunisian security officials as saying that the investigation of the death did not immediately suggest an assassination by a foreign intelligence agency.There was no official Israeli response to the reports.
Turkey to launch operation against Syria Kurd militia within days-[AFP]-YAHOONEWS-Raziye Akkoc-December 13, 2018
Ankara (AFP) - Turkey on Wednesday warned it will launch a new operation in Syria within days against an American-backed Kurdish militia that Ankara considers a terrorist group, risking renewed tensions with NATO ally the United States.Washington's relationship with the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), seen as a key partner spearheading the fight against jihadists in Syria, is a major bone of contention between the US and Turkey.Ankara has repeatedly lambasted Washington for providing military support to the militia and threatened to attack areas held by the YPG.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the plans for a new offensive a day after the Pentagon said observation posts were in place on the Syria-Turkey border to prevent altercations between the Turkish army and the militia."We will start an operation to free the east of the Euphrates from the separatist terrorist organisation in the next few days," Erdogan said during a speech in Ankara, referring to territory held by the YPG.Turkey says the YPG is a "terrorist offshoot" of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has waged an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984.The PKK is blacklisted as a terror group by Ankara and its Western allies."The target is never American soldiers but terrorist organisation members active in the region," Erdogan told the audience at a defence industry summit.The Pentagon on Tuesday announced the posts' establishment on the northeast Syria border region despite calls from Ankara not to go ahead with the move.Erdogan claimed Turkey was not being protected from terrorists but "terrorists were being protected" from possible action by Turkey.In October, Turkey shelled YPG positions east of the Euphrates in the Kobane region.Youssef Hammoud, spokesman for a coalition of pro-Ankara rebels, said the aim of a new operation would be to remove the YPG from an area spanning Manbij to Tal Abyad.- 'Delaying tactic' in Manbij -American forces have worked closely with the YPG under the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance against the Islamic State (IS) group.US forces have joined the SDF east of the Euphrates as well as in the flashpoint city of Manbij, west of the river.In a bid to avoid any clash, the NATO allies agreed a "roadmap" for Manbij in June. In November, Turkish and American troops launched joint patrols in the northern city.Part of the agreement was that the YPG would leave Manbij and that the NATO allies would work together to establish a local security structure and decide who will govern.But Erdogan on Wednesday said Turkey "still not got the result it wanted" in Manbij."There has been a delaying tactic undeniably used in Manbij, and right now it is still being used," he said, adding that the threat from IS no longer existed in Syria.- Turkey training rebels -Hammoud said the different rebel groups "were informed a while ago" of a possible operation, adding that training supervised by Turkish officers had been underway.Ankara has previously launched two operations in northern Syria. The first offensive began in August 2016 with Turkish forces supporting Syrian opposition fighters against IS and was completed by March 2017.Then in January 2018, Turkish military forces backed Syrian rebels to clear the YPG from its northwestern enclave of Afrin.In March, the operation was completed with the capture of Afrin city.Erdogan has repeatedly warned Turkey would not allow "a terror corridor" to be formed on its border by the YPG.Ties between Washington and Ankara have been tense over several issues in recent years including the detention of an American pastor who was released in October and the failure to extradite a US-based Muslim preacher blamed for the July 2016 failed coup against Erdogan.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Hosting Italy’s deputy PM, Netanyahu urges stronger action against Hezbollah-Salvini doubles down on dubbing Lebanese group ‘terrorists,’ despite having been criticized at home for use of the term-By Raphael Ahren-TOI-DEC 13,18
Meeting with Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the international community to take a more aggressive stance toward Hezbollah, the Lebanese terror organization that has dug several attack tunnels across the border into Israel.“You had the opportunity to see the terror tunnels yourself directly. This is a clear act of aggression of Hezbollah against us and against the norms of the international community,” Netanyahu told Salvini at the beginning of their two-hour meeting in Jerusalem.Netanyahu noted that the commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Major General Stefano Del Col, is Italian. “We think UNIFIL has to do a stronger job, tougher job, but ultimately it’s the responsibility of the international community,” the prime minister said. “They should stop Hezbollah from taking these acts of aggression against Israel.”Salvini replied that he had met Del Col the night before, and went on to say that there is a “problem” with Italian media, which criticized him for calling Hezbollah a terrorist organization.“Hezbollah hides behind civilians, fires on civilians, murders civilians, but how can you possibly call them civilians?” Netanyahu said sarcastically.“If you have a problem with the Italian press, I cannot give you any advice, because I have no problems with the Israeli press at all, I wouldn’t know what to do with it,” he added ironically.“Terrorists are terrorists,” Salvini replied.The European Union recognizes the military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, but not its political wing, which is part of the Lebanese government.Salvini, the controversial head of the far-right Lega party, arrived in Israel on Tuesday for a two-day trip, which started with a security briefing at the northern border, including a visit at one of Hezbollah’s tunnels.UNIFIL has acknowledged the existence of two of the three tunnels the IDF has so far revealed, but did not state what their purpose is and who built them.During their meeting Wednesday, Netanyahu called Salvini “a great friend of Israel.”Salvini, who also serves as interior minister in Italy’s populist government, has expressed strong support for the Jewish state since he arrived.“The EU has in recent years been entirely unbalanced, it has condemned and sanctioned Israel left and right, for every step it took,” he said at a press conference Tuesday evening, referring to the union’s alleged pro-Palestinian bias.“Whoever wants peace needs to support Israel,” Salvini told reporters.Altre foto dal confine nord di Israele. #SalviniIsraele pic.twitter.com/31F6yuFaC7-— Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) December 11, 2018-During the press conference, Salvini did not explicitly endorse a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, rather saying that he supports any solution that “grows on the ground between the two parties.”Despite previous comments in praise of the US relocating its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Salvini indicated such a move was not currently on the table in Italy.“Currently I am very happy to be interior minister in our unity government; I am not foreign minister. I will deal with this issue if and when I will be foreign minister,” he said.He later visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, but refused to say that the holy site, which is situated in East Jerusalem, was part of Israel. It was not immediately clear if he was accompanied by Israeli officials during the visit.????Morti e feriti ai mercatini di Natale di #Strasburgo.Una preghiera per le vittime da Gerusalemme, dove mi trovo ora.Ma non basta. Totale il mio impegno, da uomo e da ministro, perché i terroristi siano bloccati e eliminati, in Europa e nel mondo, con ogni mezzo lecito. pic.twitter.com/1Qu1LY968G— Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) December 11, 2018-Salvini, seen by many as the de facto leader of Europe’s rising far right, is a controversial figure due to his hardline anti-immigration stance.Before arriving in Israel, his office requested a meeting with President Reuven Rivlin, which the president’s office declined due to “scheduling issues.”Rivlin has recently taken a strong stance against what he termed “fascist” parties in Europe, regardless of their position on Israel.Netanyahu, who also holds the position of foreign minister, on the other hand, has eagerly embraced some far-right governments and parties in Europe and elsewhere. Critics charge that he is wooing people who may profess to love Israel but are toxic in their hatred of immigrants and often are have close ties to anti-Semitic circles.Like many anti-immigration politicians in Europe, Salvini is outspokenly pro-Israel and has locked horns with the EU as he pushes a hard line on migration, introducing a controversial crackdown on migrants fleeing Libya aboard smugglers’ boats.Salvini also drew criticism and accusations of fascism earlier this year when he called for the compilation of a registry of Italy’s minority Roma community.In the afternoon, he met the Archbishop of Verbe Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who is also the Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem.Salvini took a “graffiti and nightlife tour” through Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market that late Tuesday night. On Wednesday morning, Salvini visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City and the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum.Later on Wednesday, he will meet Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, before returning to Italy.
Britain’s May to face no-confidence vote by her own lawmakers-Conservative party official says threshold of 48 letters from MPs needed to trigger a leadership poll has been reached amid concerns over Brexit deal-By AP and TOI staff-DEC 13,18
A British Conservative Party official said Wednesday that Prime Minister Theresa May will face a no-confidence vote from party lawmakers.Graham Brady said the threshold of 48 letters from lawmakers needed to trigger a leadership vote has been reached. Brady chairs the Conservative party committee that oversees leadership contests.Many lawmakers have been growing angry with May over her handling of Brexit.May responded to the development by vowing to fight to stay in power “with everything I’ve got” and appealing to party colleagues to support her leadership.May made the defiant statement outside her Downing Street office, arguing that stepping aside at a time of crisis would “put our country’s future at risk and create uncertainty when we can least afford it.”She said a change of national leader would result in Britain’s departure from the European Union being delayed or stopped-If she loses the vote of party legislators, which takes place on Wednesday evening, May must step down. If she wins, she can’t be challenged again for a year.BREAKING: Here is the letter from Sir Graham Brady MP triggering the Conservative party leadership contest pic.twitter.com/YR1XaoQN6x— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) December 12, 2018-On Monday May said she was postponing a Parliamentary vote scheduled for the following day that was to decide the fate of her divorce deal with the European Union amid predictions that she would lose.May’s Conservative government does not have a majority in the House of Commons, and opposition parties — as well as dozens of Conservative lawmakers — say they will not back the a deal that May and EU leaders agreed on last month.Pro-Brexit lawmakers say the deal keeps Britain bound too closely to the EU, while pro-EU politicians say it erects barriers between the UK and its biggest trading partner and leaves many details of the future relationship undecided.In another twist in the Brexit saga, the European Union’s top court ruled Monday that Britain can change its mind over Brexit, boosting the hopes of people who want to stay in the EU that the process can be reversed.The European Court of Justice ruled that when an EU member country has notified its intent to leave, “that member state is free to revoke unilaterally that notification.”Britain voted in 2016 to leave the 28-nation bloc, and invoked Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty in March 2017, triggering a two-year exit process.Article 50 contains few details, in part because the idea of any country leaving was considered unlikely.
Huawei CFO gets bail; Trump says he could intervene to free Chinese exec-US president hints he may undercut Justice Department case against Meng Wanzhou in order to help forge a trade deal with Beijing-By JIM MORRIS, Rob Gillies and PAUL WISEMAN-DEC 13,18-TOI
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian court granted bail on Tuesday to a top Chinese executive arrested at the United States’ request in a case that has set off a diplomatic furor among the three countries and complicated high-stakes US-China trade talks.Hours before the bail hearing in Vancouver, China detained a former Canadian diplomat in Beijing in apparent retaliation for the December 1 arrest of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei and daughter of the company’s founder.After three days of hearings, a British Columbia justice granted bail of $10 million Canadian (US$7.5 million) to Meng, but required her to wear an ankle bracelet, surrender her passports, stay in Vancouver and its suburbs and confine herself to one of her two Vancouver homes from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.The decision was met with applause in the packed courtroom, where members of Vancouver’s Chinese community had turned out to show support for Meng.Amid rising tension between China and Canada, Canadian Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale confirmed Tuesday that a former Canadian diplomat had been detained in Beijing. The detention came after China warned Canada of consequences for Meng’s arrest.“We’re deeply concerned,” Goodale said. “A Canadian is obviously in difficulty in China. … We are sparing no effort to do everything we possibly can to look after his safety.”Michael Kovrig, who previously worked as a diplomat in Beijing, Hong Kong and the United Nations, was taken into custody Monday night during one of his regular visits to Beijing, according to a spokesman for International Crisis Group, where Kovrig now works as North East Asia adviser based in Hong Kong.Canada had been bracing for retaliation for Meng’ arrest. The Canadian province of British Columbia canceled a trade mission to China amid fears China could detain Canadians to put pressure on Ottawa over Meng’s detention.“In China there is no coincidence,” Guy Saint-Jacques, a former Canadian ambassador to China, said of Kovrig’s detention. “Unfortunately Canada is caught in the middle of this dispute between the US and China. Because China cannot kick the US they turn to the next target.”Earlier in the day, China vowed to “spare no effort” to protect against “any bullying that infringes the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens.”Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi didn’t mention Meng by name. But ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Wang was referring to cases of all Chinese abroad, including Meng’s.Washington accuses Huawei of using a Hong Kong shell company to sell equipment to Iran in violation of US sanctions. It says Meng and Huawei misled banks about the company’s business dealings in Iran.On Tuesday, US State Department spokesman Robert Palladino told reporters in Washington “the charges against Meng pertain to alleged lies to United States financial institutions” about Huawei’s business dealings in Iran.“It is clear from the filings that were unsealed in Canada, Meng and others are alleged to have put financial institutions at risk of criminal and civil liability in the United States by deceiving those institutions as to the nature and extent of Huawei’s business in Iran,” Palladino said.Meng has denied the US allegations through her lawyer in court, promising to fight them if she is extradited to face charges in the United States.“We have every confidence that the Canadian and US legal systems will reach a just conclusion in the following proceedings,” Huawei said in a statement.“As we have stressed all along, Huawei complies with all applicable laws and regulations in the countries and regions where we operate, including export control and sanction laws of the UN, US, and EU. We look forward to a timely resolution to this matter.”Huawei, the biggest global supplier of network gear for phone and internet companies, is the target of US security concerns. Washington has pressured other countries to limit use of its technology, warning they could be opening themselves up to surveillance and theft of information.The US and China have tried to keep Meng’s case separate from their wider trade dispute and suggested Tuesday that talks to resolve their differences may resume.But US President Donald Trump undercut efforts to distinguish between trade talks and the Huawei case. In an interview with Reuters, he said Tuesday that he would consider intervening in the Justice Department’s case against Meng if it would be in the interest of US national security or help forge a trade deal with Beijing.The Chinese government said its economy czar had discussed plans with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trade Rep. Robert Lighthizer for talks aimed at settling the two countries’ differences. Lighthizer’s office confirmed he had spoken by phone with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He.The news that trade negotiations may resume lifted stock markets around the world.The United States has slapped tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese imports in response to complaints Beijing steals American technology and forces US companies to turn over trade secrets.Tariffs on $200 billion of those imports were scheduled to rise from 10 percent to 25 percent on January 1. But Trump agreed to postpone those by 90 days while the two sides negotiate.
Trump notes Strasbourg shooting to press for US border wall-[AFP]-YAHOONEWS-December 13, 2018
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump pointed Wednesday to the mass shooting at a Christmas market in France to bolster his demands for funding to build a US border wall with Mexico.Trump's tweet linking the issues came despite the fact that the suspect in Tuesday's attack in Strasbourg, France, is a native of the city with a criminal past and extremist views.A French prosecutor said the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar" -- Arabic for "God is greatest" -- before opening fire in a popular Christmas market in the city's medieval center, killing two people, leaving a third brain-dead and wounding 12 others.Trump mentioned the attack only glancingly, using his first public comment on the incident to buttress his arguments for funding a US-Mexico border wall."Another very bad terror attack in France. We are going to strengthen our borders even more. Chuck and Nancy must give us the votes to get additional Border Security!," he said.Trump clashed angrily with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi on funding for the wall Tuesday in an Oval Office meeting carried live on television.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also cited the Strasbourg attack to support a border wall, which was a signature promise of Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign."Every time we add to people here who have the risk of becoming radicalized, we increase the risk to American citizens," Pompeo told Fox News."We should build it out," he said of the wall. "We should do all the things we need to do to control the flow of people into our country in a way that is lawful only."But Pompeo did not answer on whether Mexico will pay for the wall -- a favorite line of Trump at his rallies -- and said he was working with Mexico to prevent emigration at its source in conflict-ridden El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras."Frankly, the most important thing we can do is turn off the flow from those three countries," he said.
Spanish PM compares 'lies' of Brexit and Catalan separatists-[Associated Press]-YAHOONEWS-ARITZ PARRA-December 13, 2018
MADRID (AP) — Spain's prime minister on Wednesday compared secession efforts in the northeastern region of Catalonia to Britain's tangled process of leaving the European Union, saying that both rely on confronting citizens with fake arguments.In an address to lawmakers, Pedro Sanchez said both campaigns "invent a story of grievances and force people to choose between two identities.""They want to achieve polarization, denying space to moderation and understanding," he added, listing a series of "lies" that, according to the Socialist leader, support the arguments of both Brexiteers and separatists.Sanchez also announced that his cabinet will meet next week in Barcelona and will raise the country's monthly minimum wage from 736 to 900 euros ($1,019).The 22-percent salary hike is part of the Socialists' deal to pass the country's 2019 budget with the support of an anti-austerity party. Sanchez, whose minority government controls only 84 of the 350 parliamentary seats, also hopes that the plan's social spending will make it difficult for separatist Catalan politicians to reject it in a vote scheduled for January."A rich country can't afford to have poor workers," Sanchez told lawmakers.Taking the Dec. 21 meeting to the Catalan capital was also meant to signal the thawing of relations with the pro-independence regional authorities, but separatists there have called for protests amid mounting political tension.Opposition leaders of the conservative Popular Party that was ousted from power earlier this year and the center-right Citizens party pushed for Sanchez to take a harder line on Catalonia. They want the prime minister to invoke a constitutional power that would allow central authorities to take over direct control of the restive region.The Socialists, PP and Citizens parties backed former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in a similar move last year, after Catalan separatist lawmakers passed a unilateral independence declaration but took no steps to implement it.Catalan separatist lawmakers urged Sanchez to remain on the path of dialogue, but urged him to allow a self-determination vote in the prosperous region."With your hard line, you are pushing us back to disobedience," said Joan Tarda, a lawmaker with the left-wing ERC, one of the Catalan parties that last year pushed ahead with a banned independence referendum.
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
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.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
NASA's Mars lander takes selfie from above with robotic arm-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-December 12, 2018
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA's new Mars lander has taken a selfie from above, using a camera on its long robotic arm.The InSight lander snapped a series of pictures that NASA turned into a stunning mosaic, released Tuesday.InSight landed on Mars on Nov. 26. In the two weeks since, scientists are thrilled to find the area in front of the spacecraft pretty much free of rocks, hills and holes. That should make it a safe place for InSight's two geology experiments, which will be moved to the ground in the coming weeks.Lead scientist Bruce Banerdt of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory says the red sandy expanse might seem "pretty plain" — if it weren't on Mars. He notes, "We're glad to see that."Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press.
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
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
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)
5 detained in Christmas market attack in France-Hundreds of security personnel join search for suspected gunman Cherif Chekatt, who may have crossed into Germany-By Agencies-TOI-DEC 13,18
French authorities detained five people as they hunted Wednesday for a suspected extremist who sprayed gunfire at one of Europe’s most famous Christmas markets in the eastern city of Strasbourg.Meanwhile, medical officials lowered the death toll from Tuesday night’s attack from three to two, and then raised it back to three again. It was not immediately clear why the figures were changed. Thirteen people were wounded.The government raised the security alert level and sent police reinforcements to Strasbourg, where some 350 security forces are searching for the assailant. Police officials said he was wounded in a gunfight with soldiers after the shooting attack but escaped, and a top official said he might have escaped to neighboring Germany.The suspected attacker is Cherif Chekatt, 29, with a police record in France and Germany who had been flagged for extremism, police said. Police detained five people in overnight searches around the city, Laurent Nunez, secretary of state for the Interior Ministry, said on France-Inter radio.A terrorism investigation was opened, but the suspected motive for the attack was not officially announced. Nunez said eight of the injured are in serious condition, and the city mayor said some had head wounds.Police have named the suspect of the #strasbourgshooting Christmas terror attack as local Cherif Chekatt https://t.co/3xYHhATA78 pic.twitter.com/MfIr17EoKg— The European Post (@theEUpost) December 12, 2018-Witnesses described shots and screams after the gunman opened fire at the Christmas market in the city, which is home to the European Parliament and considers itself a capital of Europe — and promotes itself as the “capital of Christmas.” For several hours, swaths of the city were under lockdown.The attack is a new blow to France, after a wave of Islamic extremist killings in 2015 and 2016, and amid a month of protests against President Emmanuel Macron that have blocked roads around the country, led to rioting in the capital and put a heavy strain on police.While authorities urged people in the area to stay inside after the attack, Strasbourg Mayor Roland Ries told BFM television Wednesday that “life must go on” so that the city doesn’t cave to a “terrorist who is trying to disrupt our way of life.”The assailant got inside a security zone around the venue and opened fire from there, Mayor Roland Ries said.One possible reason for the attack: police tried and failed to arrest Chekatta earlier Tuesday for an attempted murder, Nunez said. The suspect had been identified as radicalized during past stays in prison, Nunez added.Police were out in force in Strasbourg on Wednesday morning, and the Christmas market was closed. The market, set up around the local cathedral, is a holiday tradition and was the target of an al-Qaeda-linked plot at the turn of the millennium.Many of Europe’s deadliest terror attacks in recent years have taken place in France. In response to Tuesday’s shooting, the government decided to take the country’s attack risk up a level on the official threat index and to send security reinforcements to Strasbourg, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said in Strasbourg.The hundreds of officers searching for the assailant after Tuesday’s attack, which involved shooting in multiple neighborhoods of Strasbourg, were being aided by two helicopters, authorities said. The assailant confronted law enforcement officers twice, exchanging fire, while he “sowed terror,” Castaner said.The shooter was shot and wounded by soldiers guarding the Christmas market, according to Stephane Morisse of police union FGP Police.“I heard two or three shots at around 7:55 p.m., then I heard screams. I got close to the window. I saw people running. After that I closed the shutters. Then I heard more shots, closer this time,” said Yoann Bazard, 27, who lives in central Strasbourg.“I thought maybe it’s firecrackers,” he said, speaking by phone. “And then, as it got close, it was really shocking. There were a lot of screams. … There were police or soldiers shouting ‘Get inside!’ and ‘Put your hands on your head.'”Another witness, Peter Fritz, told the BBC one of the people killed was a Thai tourist who was shot in the head and didn’t respond to lengthy attempts to revive him.
French police, troops hunt for gunman who killed 3 at Strasbourg market-Attacker, a 29-year-old suspected Islamist terrorist, was wounded in exchange of fire with soldiers patrolling the area, but managed to escape-By Herve ASQUIN-TOI-DEC 13,18
STRASBOURG, France (AFP) — Hundreds of security forces were deployed Wednesday in the hunt for a lone gunman who killed at least three people and wounded a dozen others at the famed Christmas market in Strasbourg, with the French government raising the security alert level and reinforcing border controls.Some 350 people, including police, troops and helicopters were on the heels of the attacker who had “sowed terror” in the city, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said.The killer opened fire at around 8 p.m. local time on one of the city’s busiest streets, sending crowds of evening shoppers fleeing for safety.Castaner said the gunman had killed three people and wounded 12.Soldiers patrolling the area as part of regular anti-terror operations exchanged fire with the suspect and wounded him, but could not stop him escaping, police sources said. A soldier was slightly injured by a ricochet from a shot by the gunman.Castaner also said France had raised its security alert level to “emergency attack” with “the implementation of reinforced border controls and tightened controls on all Christmas markets in France to avoid the risk of a copycat” attack.The gunman has been identified and was on a watchlist of suspected extremists, a statement from local security services said.France’s security forces, already on high alert after a series of terror attacks since 2015, are particularly stretched at the moment due to anti-government protests that have swept the country.“I heard shooting and then there was pandemonium,” one witness, who gave his name as Fatih, told AFP. “People were running everywhere.”He said he had seen three people injured on the ground only a few meters from the giant Christmas tree in the center of the city.Shortly after the shooting, lines of police vehicles and ambulances streamed into the market area, under festive lights declaring the city the “capital of Christmas.”“We heard several shots, three perhaps, and we saw people running,” one witness told AFP, asking not to be named.“One of them fell down, I don’t know whether it was because she was tripped up or if she was hit,” the witness said.French President Emmanuel Macron expressed on Twitter the solidarity of the whole nation after holding a crisis meeting with cabinet officials in Paris.-Known to police-Two separate security sources told AFP on condition of anonymity that the shooter was believed to be a 29-year-old from the city, whose name was given as Cherif, and who was set to be arrested on Tuesday morning.He was already under investigation over an attempted murder, one of the sources said.Several areas neighboring the Christmas market were sealed off on Tuesday night and residents were being told to stay indoors.Many people took refuge in local restaurants and bars which pulled down their shutters.“We let everyone inside, down into the wine cellar. They’re locked in there,” local restaurant owner Mouad, 33, told AFP.A police source, again speaking on condition of anonymity, said security forces had opened fire in an area of the city where the suspect was thought to be hiding.The source did not give the address and it was unclear if the shooter had been located.Specialist anti-terror prosecutors have opened an investigation into the incident in Strasbourg, which lies on the border with Germany.Several residents of the city have been detained in recent years for trying to reach jihadist groups in Syria, or have been arrested upon their return.“Shocked and saddened by the terrible attack in Strasbourg. My thoughts are with all of those affected and with the French people,” British Prime Minister Theresa May wrote on Twitter.-Tourist attraction-The Strasbourg-based European Parliament was also on lockdown after the shooting, with MEPs, staff and journalists unable to leave the building.In a parliament bar usually reserved for MEPs, EU commissioners, powerful legislators and staffers huddled in small groups waiting for developments.“Our first thought was for colleagues who had already made it to the center of town, who are safe,” Belgian MEP Kathleen Van Brempt told AFP. “Now we just wait.”The Christmas market in Strasbourg and the city’s illuminations are an annual attraction that draws hundreds of thousands of people.Security has been stepped up in recent years after a series of attacks in France by Islamist gunmen, and the Strasbourg market was long considered a possible target.In 2016, a 23-year-old Tunisian killed 12 and injured 48 others when he plowed a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.Special anti-terror army units have been deployed in Strasbourg, and soldiers and armed police are regularly seen patrolling among the 300 wooden Christmas market chalets.Three years after groups of jihadists gunned down and blew up 130 people in Paris on November 13, 2015, French counterterror officials say their focus has shifted.Rather than coordinated attacks, their main concern is attacks by “lone wolves” — self-radicalized individuals acting without links to terror groups such as Islamic State.Most recently a 20-year-old Chechnya-born man went on a knife rampage in central Paris last May, killing one man and injuring four other people on a Saturday night.A total of 246 people have been killed in terror attacks in France since 2015, according to an AFP toll.
Tunisia arrests two Bosnians in 2016 killing of Hamas drone expert-Gaza-based terror group has blamed Israel’s Mossad for the assassination of Mohammed al-Zoari, one of its top scientists-By TOI staff-DEC 13,18
Tunisia announced on Tuesday that it arrested two suspects over the 2016 assassination of Hamas drone expert Mohammed al-Zoari.It identified the two men as Bosnian nationals Albert Sarak and Alain Kamedi, the Walla news site reported.The December 15, 2016, assassination of al-Zoari was widely blamed on Israel’s Mossad, including by the Hamas terror group, which acknowledged after the killing that Zoari was a central figure in its weapons development apparatus and called him a pioneer in developing its unmanned drones.Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said this week the two suspects entered Tunisia via a sea port on December 8, 2016, a week before the killing. The men allegedly claimed to be representatives of tour companies, and toured the Djerba area and the south of the country.Officials allege that the two planned the killing for 18 months, and had used Tunisian citizens in the operation.The latest claims follow Tunisian authorities’ announcement in May that they had arrested a suspect in the assassination, whom Arab media outlets say was nabbed in Croatia on March 13.It’s not clear what the latest announcement means for the claim, voiced by numerous Arab outlets, that Israel was behind the killing. There was no immediate report of a connection between the Bosnian suspects and Israeli espionage bodies.Shortly after the assassination, a senior Hamas official, Mushir al-Masri, told a Tunisian radio station that “the Zionist enemy” was the only party likely to benefit from the assassination of Zoari, and that Mossad had a long history of killing experts with capability to develop military technology, especially those related to developing UAVs.Israel does not want such capabilities to reach Palestinian organizations in Gaza, Masri said.Hamas has also blamed Israel for the killing of its rocket scientist Fadi al-Batsh, 35, in Malaysia in April.Zoari, an aviation scientist and engineer with longstanding links to Hamas, was shot dead at point-blank range on December 15, 2016, in the Tunisian city of Sfax.Zoari was said to have helped Hamas develop unmanned drones.He was shot multiple times — some reports said as many as 20 bullets were fired at him — while sitting in his car near his home.A senior Tunisian journalist said at the time that the Mossad had been tracking Zoari for quite some time, and was responsible for his assassination.Israel’s Channel 2 news said Zoari was reported to have received death threats because of his Palestinian terror links. However, Channel 2 also quoted Tunisian security officials as saying that the investigation of the death did not immediately suggest an assassination by a foreign intelligence agency.There was no official Israeli response to the reports.
Turkey to launch operation against Syria Kurd militia within days-[AFP]-YAHOONEWS-Raziye Akkoc-December 13, 2018
Ankara (AFP) - Turkey on Wednesday warned it will launch a new operation in Syria within days against an American-backed Kurdish militia that Ankara considers a terrorist group, risking renewed tensions with NATO ally the United States.Washington's relationship with the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), seen as a key partner spearheading the fight against jihadists in Syria, is a major bone of contention between the US and Turkey.Ankara has repeatedly lambasted Washington for providing military support to the militia and threatened to attack areas held by the YPG.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the plans for a new offensive a day after the Pentagon said observation posts were in place on the Syria-Turkey border to prevent altercations between the Turkish army and the militia."We will start an operation to free the east of the Euphrates from the separatist terrorist organisation in the next few days," Erdogan said during a speech in Ankara, referring to territory held by the YPG.Turkey says the YPG is a "terrorist offshoot" of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has waged an insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984.The PKK is blacklisted as a terror group by Ankara and its Western allies."The target is never American soldiers but terrorist organisation members active in the region," Erdogan told the audience at a defence industry summit.The Pentagon on Tuesday announced the posts' establishment on the northeast Syria border region despite calls from Ankara not to go ahead with the move.Erdogan claimed Turkey was not being protected from terrorists but "terrorists were being protected" from possible action by Turkey.In October, Turkey shelled YPG positions east of the Euphrates in the Kobane region.Youssef Hammoud, spokesman for a coalition of pro-Ankara rebels, said the aim of a new operation would be to remove the YPG from an area spanning Manbij to Tal Abyad.- 'Delaying tactic' in Manbij -American forces have worked closely with the YPG under the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance against the Islamic State (IS) group.US forces have joined the SDF east of the Euphrates as well as in the flashpoint city of Manbij, west of the river.In a bid to avoid any clash, the NATO allies agreed a "roadmap" for Manbij in June. In November, Turkish and American troops launched joint patrols in the northern city.Part of the agreement was that the YPG would leave Manbij and that the NATO allies would work together to establish a local security structure and decide who will govern.But Erdogan on Wednesday said Turkey "still not got the result it wanted" in Manbij."There has been a delaying tactic undeniably used in Manbij, and right now it is still being used," he said, adding that the threat from IS no longer existed in Syria.- Turkey training rebels -Hammoud said the different rebel groups "were informed a while ago" of a possible operation, adding that training supervised by Turkish officers had been underway.Ankara has previously launched two operations in northern Syria. The first offensive began in August 2016 with Turkish forces supporting Syrian opposition fighters against IS and was completed by March 2017.Then in January 2018, Turkish military forces backed Syrian rebels to clear the YPG from its northwestern enclave of Afrin.In March, the operation was completed with the capture of Afrin city.Erdogan has repeatedly warned Turkey would not allow "a terror corridor" to be formed on its border by the YPG.Ties between Washington and Ankara have been tense over several issues in recent years including the detention of an American pastor who was released in October and the failure to extradite a US-based Muslim preacher blamed for the July 2016 failed coup against Erdogan.
