I WRITE NEWS ABOUT AND PUT NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM PERTAINING TO BIBLE PROPHESY HAPPENINGS.JOEL 3:20 But Judah (ISRAEL) shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.(THATS ISRAEL-JERUSALEM WILL NEVER BE DESTROYED AGAIN)-WE CHRISTIANS ARE ALL WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE TO OCCUR.SO WE CAN GO TO JESUS AND GET OUR NEVER DYING BODIES.SO WE CAN RULE OVER CITIES OURSELVES.WHILE JESUS RULES FROM DAVIDS THRONE FOREVER IN JERUSALEM.
Spain king's scandal-hit daughter puts mansion up for sale
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Infanta Cristina of Spain attends
an art exhibition preview in Washington on September 13, 2011. King Juan
Carlos's scandal-hit daughter and her husband have put their seven-room
mansion in Barcelona up for sale for 9.8 million euros ($12.9 million).
(AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
Spanish King Juan Carlos's scandal-hit daughter Cristina and
her husband have put their seven-room mansion in Barcelona up for sale
for 9.8 million euros ($12.9 million), Spanish media reported Friday.
The three-floor home in the exclusive Pedralbes area of the Catalan
capital is listed with real estate firm Barcelonarent.info, which
specialises in selling to wealthy Russians, daily newspaper El Mundo and
other media reported.Spanish media published several photos of the inside of the house and
gardens taken from the firm's website, which was inaccessible on Friday
due to Internet traffic congestion.The agency described the property as a "luxury villa in the most
prestigious zone of Barcelona" in a "quiet and exclusive" area that
allows for "maximum confidentiality", El Mundo reported.The 1,000-square-metre (10,700-square-foot) mansion has seven
bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, a large living room with a fireplace, and an
elevator, along with a 1,300-square-metre garden and salt water swimming
pool.Cristina and her husband, the former Olympic handball player Inaki
Urdangarin, bought the home in 2004 for 5.8 million euros and spent
around 3,000,000 euros upgrading the property, according to Spanish
media reports.King Juan Carlos lent Cristina 1.2 million euros to help her buy the
house, the royal palace said Monday after Spanish media reported that
the loan was mentioned in an analysis of her finances carried out by the
Spanish tax office.The analysis was requested by an investigating judge, Jose Castro,
who in May ordered an investigation into Cristina's tax affairs as part
of a tax and money-laundering case against her husband.Castro is investigating accusations that Urdangarin and his former
business partner Diego Torres embezzled six million euros in public
funds meant for sports events.The money was allegedly placed in the non-profit Noos Institute,
which Urdangarin chaired from 2004 to 2006 and of which Cristina was a
board member.Neither she nor Urdangarin has been formally charged with any crime.The scandal has plunged Juan Carlos's family into its worst popularity crisis in his nearly four-decade reign.Cristina, 48, a manager in the social programmes foundation of the
Catalan finance group CaixaBank, moved to Geneva last month with her
four children, where she will work on the firm's joint projects with UN
institutions. Her husband will remain in Barcelona.
ISAIAH 17:1,11-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14 And behold at evening tide trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.
AMOS 1:5
5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden:(IRAQ) and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir,(JORDAN) saith the LORD.
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)
BRUSSELS - EU countries have said Syria
used chemical weapons against its own people, but want the US and
France to give the UN more time.The bloc's foreign ministers noted in a statement on Saturday (7
September) that: "Information from a wide variety of sources … seems to
indicate strong evidence that the Syrian regime is responsible for these
attacks."They called the gas attack, which killed hundreds of civilians on the
outskirts of Damascus on 21 August, "a war crime and a crime against
humanity."They also said the "international community" should give a "clear and strong response" to stop Syria from doing it again.
The statement was published after ministers met US secretary of state John Kerry in Vilnius.The US, France, Australia and Turkey say they are ready to strike
Syria with or without a UN mandate because Syria's ally, Russia, is
vetoing UN action.Britain and Denmark back their position. But Greece and the
Netherlands have said UN authority is needed, while Germany and Italy
have flip-flopped on the issue.The EU statement "underscores" the "to move forward with addressing the Syrian crisis through the UN process."It also "notes" that UN weapons inspectors in Syria will shortly file
a report and it "welcomes" France's pledge not to act before the report
is in.EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton indicated the US might not be as patient as France, however.Asked by press in Vilnius if Kerry had also promised to wait for the
UN report, she said no one had asked him for such a pledge, adding
"that's for them [the US]" to decide.An EU diplomat told EUobserver the Union remains divided on the UN question.But he said a majority of member states want there to be a UN vote before military action, even if Russia vetoes it again."People are coming to this line that the UN should at least be seized
on the matter. But what happens if the UN continues to be blocked
remains to be seen," he said.Meanwhile, Kerry urged the EU to put on ice its new guidelines for Israeli settler firms.
The European Commission on 19 July published rules which forbid funding for Israeli activity on Palestinian land.Kerry said the move risks harming Arab-Israeli peace talks. "There
was strong support for his efforts and an openness to considering his
requests," a US official told Reuters.Some EU countries, such as Ireland, are firmly opposed to a u-turn, however.Ashton told press the EU will implement the rules "sensitively." An
EU diplomat told this website: "There was no conclusion about this at
the meeting. It's still an open discussion."In an insight on how the rules work, the commission on 5 July agreed
to invest €6.2 million in an Israeli project, called Superflex, to
develop skincare for old people.The project is run by cosmetics firm Ahava, which is based in Israel
proper, but which has a factory and a laboratory in the Mitzpe Shalem
settlement.The project lasts until mid-2017 and might use Mitzpe Shalem facilities.But if Ahava had applied after 19 July, it would have had to declare
that no EU-funded work would be done in the settlement and the EU would
have the power to take back money if Ahava lied.
The Pentagon is readying more intense and longer attacks on
Syria than originally planned, set to last three days, the Los Angeles
Times reported on Sunday.War planners now aim to unleash a heavy barrage of missile strikes to
be followed swiftly by additional attacks on targets that may have been
missed or remain standing after the initial launch, the Times cited
officials as saying.Two US officers told the newspaper that the White House has asked for
an expanded target list to include "many more" than the initial list of
around 50 targets.The move is part of an effort to obtain additional firepower to damage Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's dispersed forces.Pentagon planners are now considering using Air Force bombers, as
well as five US missile destroyers currently patrolling the eastern
Mediterranean Sea, to launch cruise missiles and air-to-surface missiles
from far out of range of Syrian air defenses, according to the report.The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group with one cruiser and
three destroyers positioned in the Read Sea can also fire cruise
missiles at Syria."There will be several volleys and an assessment after each volley,
but all within 72 hours and a clear indication when we are done," an
officer familiar with the planning told the Times.The intensified military planning comes as President Barack Obama
prepares to personally make his case to the American people and further
press reluctant lawmakers on the need for action after Assad allegedly
used chemical weapons on his own people last month.Obama is scheduled to tape interviews on Monday with anchors of the
three major broadcast networks, as well as with PBS, CNN and Fox News.The interviews, to air that night, will precede Obama's address to the nation on Tuesday ahead of an expected full Senate vote.
The president favors a limited attack with only a reduced number of warplanes to drop bombs over Syria, according to the Times.Amid doubts that a limited US offensive would sufficiently hamper
Assad's military capabilities, one officer told the newspaper that the
planned operation would amount to a "show of force" over several days
that would not fundamentally change the situation on the ground.The planned US strike "will not strategically impact the current
situation in the war, which the Syrians have well in hand, though
fighting could go on for another two years," another US officer said.
Lingering doubts over Syria gas attack evidence
ZEINA KARAM and KIMBERLY DOZIER
45 minutes ago-sept 9,13-yahoonews
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. government insists it has the
intelligence to prove it, but the American public has yet to see a
single piece of concrete evidence — no satellite imagery, no transcripts
of Syrian military communications — connecting the government of
President Bashar Assad to the alleged chemical weapons attack last month
that killed hundreds of people.In the absence of such evidence,
Damascus and its ally Russia have aggressively pushed another scenario:
that rebels carried out the Aug. 21 chemical attack. Neither has
produced evidence for that case, either. That's left more questions than
answers as the U.S. threatens a possible military strike.The
early morning assault in a rebel-held Damascus suburb known as Ghouta
was said to be the deadliest chemical weapons attack in Syria's 2½-year
civil war. Survivors' accounts, photographs of many of the dead wrapped
peacefully in white sheets and dozens of videos showing victims in
spasms and gasping for breath shocked the world and moved President
Barack Obama to call for action because the use of chemical weapons
crossed the red line he had drawn a year earlier.
Yet one week
after Secretary of State John Kerry outlined the case against Assad,
Americans — at least those without access to classified reports —
haven't seen a shred of his proof.There is open-source evidence
that provides clues about the attack, including videos of the rockets
that analysts believe were likely used. U.S. officials on Saturday
released a compilation of videos showing victims, including children,
exhibiting what appear to be symptoms of nerve gas poisoning. Some
experts think the size of the strike, and the amount of toxic chemicals
that appear to have been delivered, make it doubtful that the rebels
could have carried it out.What's missing from the public record is direct proof, rather than circumstantial evidence, tying this to the regime.The
Obama administration, searching for support from a divided Congress and
skeptical world leaders, says its own assessment is based mainly on
satellite and signal intelligence, including indications in the three
days prior to the attack that the regime was preparing to use poisonous
gas.
But multiple requests to view that satellite imagery have
been denied, though the administration produced copious amounts of
satellite imagery earlier in the war to show the results of the Syrian
regime's military onslaught. When asked Friday whether such imagery
would be made available showing the Aug. 21 incident, a spokesman
referred The Associated Press to a map produced by the White House last
week that shows what officials say are the unconfirmed areas that were
attacked.The
Obama administration maintains it intercepted communications from a
senior Syrian official on the use of chemical weapons, but requests to
see that transcript have been denied. So has a request by the AP to see a
transcript of communications allegedly ordering Syrian military
personnel to prepare for a chemical weapons attack by readying gas
masks.
The U.S. administration says its evidence is classified and
is only sharing details in closed-door briefings with members of
Congress and key allies.The assessment, also based on accounts by
Syrian activists and hundreds of YouTube videos of the attack's
aftermath, has confounded many experts who cannot fathom what might have
motivated Assad to unleash weapons of mass destruction on his own
people — especially while U.N. experts were nearby and at a time when
his troops had the upper hand on the ground.
Rebels who accuse
Assad of the attack have suggested he had learned of fighters' plans to
advance on Damascus, his seat of power, and ordered the gassing to
prevent that."We can't get our heads around this — why would any
commander agree to rocketing a suburb of Damascus with chemical weapons
for only a very short-term tactical gain for what is a long-term
disaster," said Charles Heyman, a former British military officer who
edits The Armed Forces of the U.K., an authoritative bi-annual review of
British forces.
Inconsistencies over the death toll and other details related to the attack also have fueled doubts among skeptics.The
Obama administration says 1,429 people died in 12 locations mostly east
of the capital, an estimate close to the one put out by the
Western-backed Syrian National Coalition. When asked for victims' names,
however, the group provided a list of 395. On that list, some of the
victims were identified by a first name only or said to be members of a
certain family. There was no explanation for the hundreds of missing
names.In Ghouta, Majed Abu Ali, a spokesman for 17 clinics and
field hospitals near Damascus, produced the same list, saying the
hospitals were unable to identify all the dead.
Casualty
estimates by other groups are far lower: The Britain-based Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights says it only counts victims identified by
name, and that its current total stands at 502. It has questioned the
U.S. number and urged the Obama administration to release the
information its figure is based on. The AP also has repeatedly asked for
clarification on those numbers.The humanitarian group Doctors
Without Borders says it has not been able to update its initial Aug. 24
estimate of 355 killed because communication with those on the ground
around Damascus is difficult. That estimate was based on reports from
three hospitals in the area supported by the group.Moreover, the
group, whose initial report was cited in U.S. and British intelligence
assessments, has rejected the use of it "as a justification for military
action," adding in a disclaimer published on its website that the group
does not have the capacity to identify the cause of the neurotoxic
symptoms of patients nor the ability to determine responsibility for the
attack.French and Israeli intelligence assessments back the
U.S., as does reportedly Germany's spy agency, on its conclusion the
Syrian regime was responsible. However, none have backed those claims
with publicly presented evidence.
Some have suggested the
possibility, at least in theory, that the attack may have been ordered
by a "rogue commander" in Assad's military or fighters seeking to frame
the regime.Testifying Wednesday before the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel rebuffed a congressman's bid to
declassify one of the key pieces of intelligence Kerry publicly cited
last week: intercepted communications telling Syrian military units to
prepare for the chemical strikes.Still, there was very little
pushback from members of Congress on the government's conclusion that
the Syrian regime was responsible.Sen. Dianne Feinstein,
D-Calif., said the intelligence was "very compelling" and that senators
have had more access to classified information on Syria than they've had
on anything in her two decades in the Senate.Asked
if that was enough to merit a U.S. military reaction, she said: "Yes,
it's enough for me. I think the prohibition on chemical weapons is
well-founded."Hisham Jaber, a retired Lebanese army general who
closely follows Syria's war, said it would be "political suicide" for
the regime to commit such an act given Obama's warning. He also
questioned U.S. assertions that the Syrian rebel fighters could not have
launched sophisticated chemical weapons. He said that some among the
estimated 70,000 defectors from the Syrian military, many of them now
fighting for the opposition, could have been trained to use them."It
is conceivable that one or more know how to fit a rocket or artillery
shell with a chemical agent," said Jaber, who also heads the
Beirut-based Middle East Center for Studies and Political Research. He
claimed Syrian insurgents have acquired chemical weapons, bought from
tribes in Libya after the fall of dictator Moammar Gadhafi, through
Saudi interlocutors. Other weapons from Libya have been used in the
conflict, though Jaber did not offer evidence to support his chemical
weapon claim.Saudi Arabia has been a chief supporter of the
opposition. Prince Bandar bin Sultan, head of Saudi intelligence,
recently flew to Moscow, reportedly on a mission to get Russia to drop
its support for Assad.Syrian government officials and Assad
accused foreign fighters of carrying out the attacks with the help of
countries like Saudi Arabia and Turkey in the hopes of prompting an
international military intervention.Syria says some of its own
soldiers were badly contaminated in Jobar, on the edge of Damascus, as
they went into tunnels cleared by the rebels. U.N. experts, who had been
collecting tissue and other samples from victims in Ghouta, also
visited the Mazzeh military hospital in Damascus, taking samples from
injured soldier there.Two days after the Ghouta attack, state
television broadcast images of plastic jugs, gas masks, medicine vials,
explosives and other items that it said were seized from rebel hideouts.
One barrel had "made in Saudi Arabia" stamped on it.In the U.S.,
the case for military action has evoked comparisons to false data used
by the Bush administration about weapons of mass destruction to justify
the 2003 invasion of Iraq.Multiple
U.S. officials have told AP that the intelligence pictures on the Aug.
21 attack was "not a slam dunk" — a reference to then-CIA Director
George Tenet's insistence in 2002 that U.S. intelligence showed Iraq had
weapons of mass destruction — intelligence that turned out to be wrong.
They cite the lack of a direct link between Assad and the chemical
assault — a question the administration discounts by arguing Assad's
responsibility as Syria's commander in chief. A second issue is that
U.S. intelligence has lost track of some chemical weaponry, leaving a
slim possibility that rebels acquired some of the deadly substances.Russian
President Vladimir Putin — a staunch ally of Assad — said if there is
evidence that chemical weapons have been used, specifically by the
regular army, it should be submitted to the U.N. Security Council."And
it ought to be convincing. It shouldn't be based on some rumors and
information obtained by intelligence agencies through some kind of
eavesdropping, some conversations and things like that," he told The
Associated Press in an interview late Tuesday.David M. Crane, an
international law professor at Syracuse University in New York, said the
scale of the attack makes it very unlikely that anyone other than the
regime was behind it."I think it was a calculated risk by the
Assad regime to push to see how far he can go while causing a great deal
of political disruption," he said. "It's a huge gamble, but he's in a
very risky situation."___AP Intelligence Writer Kimberly Dozier reported from Washington.___Associated Press writers Greg Katz in London and Richard Lardner and Bradley Klapper in Washington contributed to this report.
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(THE FALSE POPE WHO DEFECTED FROM THE CHRISTIAN FAITH) causeth all,(IN THE WORLD ) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(MICROCHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,(MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the name of the beast,(WORLD DICTATORS NAME INGRAVED ON YOUR SKIN OR TATTOOED ON YOU OR IN THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the number of his name.(THE NUMBERS OF HIS NAME INGRAVED IN THE MICROCHIP IMLPLANT)-(ALL THESE WILL TELL THE WORLD DICTATOR THAT YOUR WITH HIM AND AGAINST KING JESUS-GOD)
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:(WORLD LEADER) for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM (6006006)OR(60020202006)(SOME KIND OF NUMBER IMPLANTED IN THE MICROCHIP THAT TELLS THE WORLD DICTATOR AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER THAT YOU GIVE YOUR TOTAL ALLIGIENCE TO HIM AND NOT JESUS)(ITS AN ETERNAL DECISION YOU MAKE)(YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN DESTINY)(YOU TAKE THE DICTATORS NAME OR NUMBER UNDER YOUR SKIN,YOUR DOOMED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND TORMENTS FOREVER,NEVER ENDING MEANT ONLY FOR SATAN AND HIS ANGELS,NOT HUMAN BEINGS).OR YOU REFUSE THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT AND GO ON THE SIDE OF KING JESUS AND RULE FOREVER WITH HIM ON EARTH.YOU CHOOSE,ITS YOUR DECISION.
Internet experts want security revamp after NSA revelations
Joseph Menn
8 hours ago-sept 9,13-yahoonews
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A general view of the large former monitoring base of the U.S. intelligence organization National Security …
By Joseph Menn-SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Internet security experts are calling for a
campaign to rewrite Web security in the wake of disclosures that the
U.S. National Security Agency has developed the capability to break
encryption protecting millions of sites.But they acknowledged the task won't be easy, in part because
internet security has relied heavily on brilliant government scientists
who now appear suspect to many.Leading technologists said they felt betrayed that the NSA, which
has contributed to some important security standards, was trying to
ensure they stayed weak enough that the agency could break them. Some
said they were stunned that the government would value its monitoring
ability so much that it was willing to reduce everyone's security."We had the assumption that they could use their capacity to make
weak standards, but that would make everyone in the U.S. insecure," said
Johns Hopkins cryptography professor Matthew Green. "We thought they
would never be crazy enough to shoot out the ground they were standing
on, and now we're not so sure."The head of the volunteer group in charge of the Internet's
fundamental technology rules told Reuters on Saturday that the panel
will intensify its work to add encryption to basic Web traffic and to
strengthen the so-called secure sockets layer, which guards banking,
email and other pages beginning with Https."This is one instance of the dangers that we face in the networked
age," said Jari Arkko, an Ericsson scientist who chairs the Internet
Engineering Task Force. "We have to respond to the new threats."Other experts likewise responded sharply to media reports based on
documents from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden showing the NSA has
manipulated standards.Documents provided to The Guardian, the New York Times and others by
Snowden and published on Thursday show that the agency worked to insert
vulnerabilities in commercial encryption gear, covertly influence other
designs to allow for future entry, and weaken industry-wide standards
to the agency's benefit.In combination with other techniques, those efforts led the NSA to
claim internally that it had the ability to access many forms of
internet traffic that had been widely believed to be secure, including
at least some virtual private networks, which set up secure tunnels on
the Internet, and the broad security level of the secure sockets layer
Web, used for online banking and the like.The office of the Director of National Intelligence said Friday that
the NSA "would not be doing its job" if it did not try to counter the
use of encryption by such adversaries as "terrorists, cybercriminals,
human traffickers and others."Green and others said a great number of security protocols needed to be written "from scratch" without government help.Vint Cerf, author of the some of the core internet protocols, said
that he didn't know whether the NSA had truly wreaked much damage,
underscoring the uncertainty in the new reports about what use the NSA
has made of its abilities.
"There has long been a tension between the mission to conduct
surveillance and the mission to protect communication, and that tension
resolved some time ago in favor of protection at least for American
communications," Cerf said.Yet Cerf's employer Google Inc confirmed it is racing to encrypt
data flowing between its data centers, a process that was ramped up
after Snowden's documents began coming to light in June.Author Bruce Schneier, one of the most admired figures in modern
cryptography, wrote in a Guardian column that the NSA "has undermined a
fundamental social contract" and that engineers elsewhere had a "moral
duty" to take back the Internet.
RELYING ON NSA FOR HELP
But all those interviewed warned that rewriting Web security would be extremely difficult.Mike Belshe, a former Google engineer who has spearheaded the IETF
drive to encrypt regular Web traffic, said that his plan had been
"watered down" in the committee process during the past few years as
some companies looked after their own interests more than users.Another problem is the relatively small number of mathematical experts working outside the NSA."A lot of our foundational technologies for securing the Net have
come through the government," said researcher Dan Kaminsky, famed for
finding a critical flaw in the way users are steered to the website they
seek. "They have the best minds in the country, but their advice is now
suspect."Finally, governments around the world, including democracies, are
asserting more authority over the Internet, in some cases forbidding the
use of virtual private networks."As much as I want to say this is a technology problem we can
address, if the nation states decide security isn't something we're
allowed to have, then we're in trouble," Kaminsky said. "If security is
outlawed, only outlaws will have security."
(Editing by Peter Henderson and Eric Walsh)
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.
Scientists assess damage from Yosemite-area fire
TRACIE CONE
1 hour ago-sept 9,13-yahoonews
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Scientists are assessing the damage
from a massive wildfire burning around Yosemite National Park, laying
plans to protect habitat and waterways as the fall rainy season
approaches.
Members of the federal Burned Area Emergency Response
team were hiking the rugged Sierra Nevada terrain Saturday even as
thousands of firefighters still were battling the four-week-old blaze,
now the third-largest wildfire in modern California history.Federal
officials have amassed a team of 50 scientists, more than twice what is
usually deployed to assess wildfire damage. With so many people
assigned to the job, they hope to have a preliminary report ready in two
weeks so remediation can start before the first storms, Alex Janicki,
the Stanislaus National Forest BAER response coordinator, said.Team
members are working to identify areas at the highest risk for erosion
into streams, the Tuolumne River and the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, San
Francisco's famously pure water supply.The wildfire started in
the Stanislaus National Forest on Aug. 17 when a hunter's illegal fire
swept out of control and has burned 394 square miles of timber, meadows
and sensitive wildlife habitat.It has cost more than $89 million
to fight, and officials say it will cost tens of millions of dollars
more to repair the environmental damage alone.About 5 square
miles of the burned area is in the watershed of the municipal reservoir
serving 2.8 million people - the only one in a national park.
"That's
5 square miles of watershed with very steep slopes," Janicki said "We
are going to need some engineering to protect them."So
far the water remains clear despite falling ash, and the city water
utility has a six month supply in reservoirs closer to the Bay Area.The
BAER team will be made up of hydrologists, botanists, archeologists,
biologists, geologists and soil scientists from the U.S. Forest Service,
Yosemite National Park, the Natural Resource Conservation and the U.S.
Geological Survey.The team also will look at potential for
erosion and mudslides across the burn area, assess what's in the path
and determine what most needs protecting."We're looking to
evaluate what the potential is for flooding across the burned area,"
said Alan Gallegos, a team member and geologist with the Sierra National
Forest. "We evaluate the potential for hazard and look at what's at
risk -- life, property, cultural resources, species habitat. Then we
come up with a list of treatments."In key areas with a high
potential for erosion ecologists can dig ditches to divert water, plant
native trees and grasses, and spray costly hydro-mulch across steep
canyon walls in the most critical places.Fire officials still
have not released the name of the hunter responsible for starting the
blaze. On Friday Kent Delbon, the lead investigator, would not
characterize what kind of fire the hunter had set or how they had
identified the suspect."I can say some really good detective work out there made this thing happen," he told the Associated Press.Delbon
said the Forest Service announced the cause of the fire before being
able to release details in order to end rumors started by a local fire
chief that the blaze ignited in an illegal marijuana garden.
REVELATION 13:11-18
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
REVELATION 17:1-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
09/ 7/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
Christians and Muslims pray together during Francis’ “miraculous” peace vigil
At today's peace vigil in St. Peter's Square many prayed in the
words of their own religion, a "miracle" of Pope Francis' ecumenical
appeal
vatican insider staffromeMuslims and Christians came together in St.
Peter’s Square today and prayed using words from their own religions.
Many described this as “the miracle” of Pope Francis’ ecumenical appeal
during today’s fast and four-hour long vigil of prayer which broke the
barriers of faith in an attempt to stop the war in Syria. 100,000 came
to St. Peter’s Square in the late afternoon to join the Pope in his
appeal for peace.A silent ceremony, with flags from countries all
over the world lining the sides of the square: from the Syrian flag to
the Chinese and Argentinean one and the one depicting the rainbow of
peace. The atmosphere was meditative and almost surreal given the
presence of Syrians and Muslims in the square: according to Italy’s Arab
community there were several hundred who attended. Some of them
recited verses from the Koran as the sound of the Ave Maria rose from
the lips of Catholics standing just metres away. A fusion of faiths and
prayers in the spirit of peace.But a wind of division blew across the Syrian
community attending the vigil in St. Peter’s Square. A group which
supports the ideology of the “rebels” moved away from the so-called
“pro-Syrian people” group, and went to the other side of the square. “We
fear infiltrators from the Syrian embassy, it’s best if we keep away,”
they said. But for many others it was simply a moment of peace. Many
Catholics called it “a sort of miracle performed by St. Francis.”
09/ 7/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
“Diplomacy should have the good of humanity as its aim,” Parolin says
Pietro Parolin
“Vatican Insider” publishes Venezuelan newspaper “Diario
Cattolico’s” exclusive interview with the new Vatican Secretary of
State, Pietro Parolin
Carlos ZapataCaracasIn the interview, the recently appointed Vatican
Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, outlines what he hopes to achieve in
his new diplomatic role. From the Apostolic Nunciature in Caracas,
where he is still working as the Holy See’s “ambassador” to Venezuela,
Parolin talks about his view of the geopolitical situation in light of
Pope Francis’ efforts to bring peace to Syria. The Pope’s call for a day of prayer and fasting
to promote peace in Syria is striking from a diplomatic point of view. A
truce was declared during World War One when Benedict XV was Pope. Is
Francis a new Benedict XV? Benedict XV didn’t really succeed in his attempts
because as you know he tried his best to stop the war but failed.
Unfortunately Benedict XV’s appeals fell on deaf ears as the great
powers didn’t pay much attention to what he had to say. “The war is a
useless massacre,” he said. This phrase became famous and was widely
quoted but it didn’t achieve much. It worked better on Woodrow Wilson
who adopted the Pope’s proposals and came up with the famous 14 points
that led to the armistice and then peace. But this peace was shaky
because it led to the Second World War. But he sought peace like other Popes did…
Certainly. Peace has always been one the Popes’ main concerns. On that
occasion it was Benedict XV’s turn. But just think back to what Pope
Pius XII did during the Second World War to bring people a little closer
together and achieve peace! I witnessed this first hand and I also witnessed
Pope John Paul II’s efforts to bring peace when the Gulf War and then
the Iraq War broke out. And what a diplomat! He didn’t just contact the
various Chancelleries, he sent two envoys, one to (the President of the
United States George) Bush and another to Saddam Hussein (Iraq’s
President), to see if it was possible to reach some kind of peaceful
compromise and find a solution to that situation. It seems to me
Francis’ style is the same. He is projecting the Holy See’s great desire
for the peace in the world.
Is this the aim of diplomacy? I would also say that the reason why the Holy See
has a diplomatic body is in order to strive for peace. Holy See
diplomacy has been so important and has enjoyed so much consensus across
the world in the past and at present, because it transcends national
interests, which are sometimes very unusual. Vatican diplomacy is
concerned with the common good of humanity.
Thinking back to what you said about John Paul
II and his alliance with Lech Walesa, what would you say are the new
Berlin Walls the Church needs to knock down? Obviously, I think that the main aim today is to
strive for peace in the midst of the diversity that exists in this
multipolar world. There are no Blocs as there were before. There are
various different powers; different powers have risen, with all the
problems inherent in this. We thought about our hopes for peace and
happiness and we thought that the fall of traditional walls like the
Berlin Wall, the wall which separated countries into Blocs, the
communist Bloc and the Western Bloc, would bring peace and happiness
into the world. But this was not the case. The terrorist problem then
presented itself.So I think the wall that needs to be knocked down,
involves trying to get all these entities to reach an agreement and
work together for the good of everyone. Bringing everyone’s differences
together to make them strong points for the whole of humanity instead of
causes for division.
What is the Secretariat of State’s role in all of this? The Vatican Secretariat of State needs to review
the kind of a presence it has, because contexts have changed. There was
the historical work Cardinal Agostino Casaroli did back in the days of
the Blocs and Ostpolitik; not to mention the defence of human rights.
But now things are far more complex.
The style has changed … have objectives changed as well? No. What I mean is that the way in which the
Secretariat of State is present needs to be rethought, but objectives
change. And speaking of big challenges, we need to come out of this
relativism which is plaguing the world! The objective is to resolve
differences.If there is no common ground, if there is no
objective truth we can all relate to, it will be far harder to find
things we have in common. This common ground is a person’s dignity in
all its dimensions, including the transcendental one; it is not just the
personal, social, political economic dimension but also the
transcendental dimension, in which humans see themselves as persons
created in the image and likeness of God, and God as their source. Does the Holy Father see it this way too? Pope Francis has stressed this on many occasions:
this is the most solid source of respect for human rights, the respect
and dignity of humans and peaceful co-existence.
Can we hope for a firmer global diplomatic offensive for peace with you as the new Vatican Secretary of State? This is a complex question. I have noticed that
the Pope’s initiatives have given impetus to the Secretariat of State’s
work and a diplomatic movement has been created. I hope we will continue
this work because we have the advantage over other Churches and
religions, of having an international diplomatic presence in the
institutions. We need to make the most of this!
Take advantage of it in what sense?
Making use of these tools instead of letting them sit there. We need
to put them to good use, as Vatican diplomacy always has. Especially
when there is an emergency. Diplomacy should have the good of humanity
as its aim. I would also like to underline, however, that I am
completely at the Pope’s disposal.
Are we hoping that the Church will play a more central role in order to achieve this?
To achieve the good of humanity, yes and to make the most of the
instruments we have: our network of Nuncios, the contacts we have with
international organisations…
Some Vatican correspondents have been pointing out that Vatican geopolitics will not be making headlines. What do you think?
You know very well that I personally do not want a diplomacy that
makes headlines; I want diplomacy to be more efficient. We are not
trying to gain popularity I don’t think. I honestly don’t think any of
us wants this, unless there is an impact. We should bear in mind what
the Gospel says: “Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is
doing.”
Mgr. Parolin, are you working on the Syria
initiative directly or are you observing the work being done, as some
have claimed you are? No, no, I have not started my role yet. Absolutely
not. I will take up my post on 15 October and until then I will carry
on my current duties, with God’s help. I have a lot of work to do here
in Venezuela. But beyond the details and concrete issues that need to be
addressed, I believe it is important we make the most of the
instruments the Catholic Church has at its disposal. These are precious
instruments that are there to help the world.
09/ 7/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
The world prays for peace
Praying for peace
Francis’ day of prayer and peace for Syria has come to an end.
Today’s vigil was a prayer to Heaven to change the course of history
Andrea Torniellivatican cityToday was a day of silence. To call for peace.
The Pope hopes the whole world will join in this call. No big
demonstrations, no resounding initiatives. Just a silent cry, a cry that
is above all a prayer, because peace is a gift from God.A day of fasting and therefore of sacrifice and a
chance to stand back, because peace also depends on each person’s heart,
on each person changing and on the efforts made by each person. This is
why during today’s vigil for peace in Syria, in St. Peter’s Square,
Francis stressed that this peace-building invitation is being extended
not just to Catholics and Christians, not just to faithful of other
religions, but also to non-believers.So many different people joined the Pope in his
distressed and dramatic appeal last Sunday. The feeling is that public
opinion in many countries across the world is more perplexed by the
West’s proposed military intervention in Syria than it was by the 2003
invasion of Iraq. At the same time, there is a growing awareness that
something needs to be done to stop the massacre that has been going on
over the past two years and met with almost complete indifference.Given the options presented, one is tempted think
that everything depends on the decisions taken by the top dogs, on the
strategies of the world’s top leaders and the prevailing mood
among the superpowers’ heads of State. What can a day of penitential
fasting and prayer realistically achieve? How much change can really be
achieved by that long silent human chain that stretched across the world
today – from the heart of Christianity to the tiniest and most remote
village church – to pray for peace, pray the Rosary and celebrate the
Eucharist? Journalists describe the reality of the events and
historians analyse these in retrospect and make judgements. But in the
history of the Church, the things cannot be seen or evaluated, that are
not written about in books and that cannot be presented on television
are more important that they appear to be. In this world we will never
know what influence the prayers and sacrifices of so many anonymous men
and women had; what impact they had; how many lives they saved. The
Popes believe in the weaponless and silent but nevertheless powerful
force of prayer. They know prayer can change history.Yesterday, the Vatican’s “foreign affairs minister”, Dominique Mamberti, told Vatican Radio
that peace is above all a gift from God which humans are required to
ask for and receive with a humble and open heart. Diplomats will do
their work and deal their cards. The Holy See’s diplomacy will continue
to repeat its appeal to the relevant parties to put an end to violence
and follow the path of negotiation and dialogue with courage. He
stressed that “there is no military solution to the Syrian conflict.” If the violence continues, there will be no winners, only losers.But Francis’ appeal today was addressed to each
and every one of us, not just heads of State, prime ministers, the G20
members and diplomats. Today was a day of silence, to make the sound of
peace echo as loudly and as far as possible.
09/ 7/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
Pope calls for the silencing of the guns in Syria, not more war and violence
The peace vigil for Syria
“We have perfected our weapons, our conscience has fallen asleep,
and we have sharpened our ideas to justify ourselves. As if it were
normal, we continue to sow destruction, pain, death!”, Pope said as he
called for peace
gerard o'connellvatican city“May the noise of weapons cease!” Pope Francis said on September 7 at a prayer vigil in St Peter’s Square for peace in Syria. “Violence and war are never the path to peace”, he
stated with firmness in a homily during the four-hour long vigil of
prayer, hymns and readings from the Scriptures and recent popes, and
Eucharistic adoration. More than 100,000 people attended the vigil in
which Francis insisted that mankind “can change direction”, turn away
from violence and choose the path of peace.He issued his pressing call for the silencing of
the guns in Syria and the opening of peace negotiations, even as a
military attack was being planned by the USA, an attack that the Vatican
believes risks expanding the conflict in the Middle East.Diplomatically, he did not mention any country by
name in his homily but his message was crystal clear given the context
in which on September 1 he called for this worldwide day of prayer and
fasting for peace in Syria. That context was one in which
violence was dramatically increasing in this country of 23 million
people, and the USA was preparing to launch further violence with a
planned military attack on Syria as punishment for its alleged use of
chemical weapons on August 21.France, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are among
the minority of countries openly supporting the USA, but the Pope knows
well that the majority of the people in the world are against such an
intervention in this war-torn land where over 100,000 have already been
killed in this conflict over the past two years, 2 million have become
refugees and 4 million more have been displaced from their homes. “Violence and war lead only to death, they speak of death! Violence
and war are the language of death”, the Pope said, drawing much
applause from the crowd that included people – laity and religious, as
well as bishops and cardinals - from many countries including China,
Indonesia, East Timor, Syria, Italy, the UK, USA, Australia, Canada,
Nigeria and other parts of Africa, though the majority were Italian.He reminded his global audience that God made a
harmonious world where people were to care for each other as brothers
and sisters. To be human means to care for one another!”, but
following in the footsteps of Cain who killed his brother Abel, mankind
has broken that harmony, and “a metamorphosis occurs: the brother who is
to be cared for and loved becomes an adversary to fight, to kill.”The Pope recalled the many conflicts of the past
and present and said, “We continue this history of conflict between
brothers; even today we raise our hands against our brother. Even today,
we let ourselves be guided by idols, by selfishness, by our own
interests, and this attitude persists.”In a strong denunciation of the push to military
intervention, Pope Francis said, “We have perfected our weapons, our
conscience has fallen asleep, and we have sharpened our ideas to justify
ourselves. As if it were normal, we continue to sow destruction, pain,
death!”He then asked the key question: “Is it possible to
change direction? Can we get out of this spiral of sorrow and death?
Can we learn once again to walk and live in the ways of peace?”His answer was a resounding “Yes!” With
the help of God, and the help of Mary Queen of Peace, he said: “Yes, it
is possible for everyone!” He said he would like “each one of us,
from the least to the greatest, including those called to govern
nations” would respond: “Yes, we want it!”He told his global audience that his Christian
faith, based on the message of the Cross, tells mankind that “violence
is not answered with violence; death is not answered with the language
of death. In the silence of the Cross, the uproar of weapons ceases and
the language of reconciliation, forgiveness, dialogue and peace is
spoken."He called on all Christians worldwide, as well as
“our brothers and sisters of other religions, and every man and woman of
good will” to “cry out forcefully: violence and war are never the way
to peace!”He called on everyone, and especially those in
positions of power and responsibility, “to look into the depths of his
or her conscience and listen to that word which says: Leave behind the
self-interest that hardens your heart, overcome the indifference that
makes your heart insensitive towards others, conquer your deadly
reasoning, and open yourself to dialogue and reconciliation.”He urged them to “look upon your brother’s sorrow
and do not add to it, stay your hand, rebuild the harmony that has been
shattered; and all this achieved not by conflict but by encounter!”“May the noise of weapons cease!”, he said. He
reminded everyone that “war always marks the failure of peace, it is
always a defeat for humanity”. He repeated the words of Pope Paul VI at
the United Nations in 1965, during the Vietnam war, “No more one against
the other, no more, never! ... War never again, never again war!”Forgiveness, dialogue, reconciliation” are “the
words of peace, in beloved Syria, in the Middle East, in all the
world!”, the Pope said, and urged everyone to pray for “reconciliation
and peace” in Syria and worldwide.
KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
EARTHQUAKES
ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
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4.10km ENE of Vathylakkos, Greece 2013-09-08 06:33:02 UTC-04:0010.2 km
5.02km WSW of Tandag, Philippines 2013-09-08 05:27:19 UTC-04:0096.1 km
2.640km W of Raton, New Mexico 2013-09-08 05:04:48 UTC-04:004.6 km
2.737km WSW of Trinidad, Colorado 2013-09-08 04:25:59 UTC-04:004.3 km
3.839km WSW of Trinidad, Colorado 2013-09-08 04:15:31 UTC-04:004.6 km
2.739km ESE of Whittier, Alaska 2013-09-08 03:01:33 UTC-04:000.2 km
2.515km SE of Y, Alaska 2013-09-08 02:29:32 UTC-04:008.5 km
5.031km S of Pirgos, Greece 2013-09-08 00:59:29 UTC-04:004.9 km
2.68km S of Volcano, Hawaii 2013-09-08 00:25:50 UTC-04:001.8 km
2.65km S of Volcano, Hawaii 2013-09-08 00:25:49 UTC-04:001.6 km
3.410km E of La Romana, Dominican Republic 2013-09-08 00:05:15 UTC-04:0044.0 km
4.3Northern East Pacific Rise 2013-09-07 23:11:41 UTC-04:0010.0 km
2.711km SSE of La Parguera, Puerto Rico 2013-09-07 15:32:20 UTC-04:0014.0 km
5.0154km ENE of Iquique, Chile 2013-09-07 15:13:30 UTC-04:0091.2 km
2.65km S of Volcano, Hawaii 2013-09-07 14:48:22 UTC-04:001.1 km
2.63km W of Glennallen, Alaska 2013-09-07 14:08:16 UTC-04:0024.2 km
5.085km NNE of Hihifo, Tonga 2013-09-07 12:39:50 UTC-04:0010.0 km
4.873km S of Atka, Alaska 2013-09-07 11:51:43 UTC-04:0038.1 km
4.761km ENE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2013-09-07 11:22:29 UTC-04:00516.1 km
4.5172km SE of Shizunai, Japan 2013-09-07 10:19:09 UTC-04:0044.9 km
5.5200km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia 2013-09-07 09:55:49 UTC-04:00118.2 km
2.798km S of Atka, Alaska 2013-09-07 09:28:17 UTC-04:0041.4 km
2.796km S of Atka, Alaska 2013-09-07 09:15:55 UTC-04:007.9 km
4.995km S of Atka, Alaska 2013-09-07 09:12:19 UTC-04:0023.2 km
4.693km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2013-09-07 08:59:59 UTC-04:00507.1 km
4.399km S of Atka, Alaska 2013-09-07 08:12:03 UTC-04:0024.6 km
4.533km E of Muara Siberut, Indonesia 2013-09-07 08:06:52 UTC-04:0035.0 km
4.0102km S of Atka, Alaska 2013-09-07 07:45:21 UTC-04:0025.4 km
4.586km ESE of Nago, Japan 2013-09-07 07:35:49 UTC-04:0022.1 km
3.142km NNE of Otra Banda, Dominican Republic 2013-09-07 07:34:05 UTC-04:0035.0 km
KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
BREAKING NEWS ATTENTION ALERT. WE KNOW BY THE BIBLE THIS WILL NOT BE WW3.SO WE HAVE TO BE
WORRIED,ABOUT ISRAELS SAFETY-BUT NOT ABOUT BEING FULL BLOWN WW3.SO PRAY
FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM-ALL. WE KNOW WW3 DOES NOT HAPPEN TILL
JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED BY THE BIBLE.THIS OBAMA LIMITED STRIKE.MIGHT STIR
UP SOME ARAB-MUSLIMS AGAINST ISRAEL.BUT IF THEY DO GO AGAINST ISRAEL-I
PREDICT-ISRAEL WILL GET SOME OF THEIR PROMISED LAND BY GOD GIVIN TO
THEM.BY DEFEATING THOSE ARAB-MUSLIMS THAT COME AGAINST ISRAEL.IN THIS
LIMITED WAR.THIS MIGHT BE THE TIME THAT ISA 17:1 IS FULFILLED
-THOUGH.THAT DAMASCUS WHICH IS ALMOST A HEAP OF RUBBLE ALREADY.MIGHT BE
FINISHED OFF.AND NO MORE WILL ANYBODY EVER LIVE IN DAMASCUS AGAIN.BUT AS
I SAY THIS WILL NOT BE WW3 YET BY THE BIBLE.
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
JOEL 3:2 (WW3 OCCURS WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED-NOT BEFORE)
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the
valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people
(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the
nations, and parted my land.(JERUSALEM)(WW3 STARTS BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS
DIVIDED AND ISRAELIS UPROOTED FROM THEIR GOD GIVIN LAND BRINGS 3 DEAD
BILLION IN WW3)
REVELATION 9:13-18 (HERES THE BEGGINIG OF WW3 IN THE FUTURE)
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.(4
WINDS OF THE WORLD-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,(COULD ALSO MEAN THE 4
CORNERS OF THE EARTH OR 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)
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)
REVELATION 16:12-16 (HERES WW3 SETUP AGAIN)
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 ALSO)
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
AMOS 1:5
5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant
from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house
of Eden:(IRAQ) and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto
Kir,(JORDAN) saith the LORD.
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for
they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on
the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath
seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in
travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men
of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus,
and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN
DAMASCUS)
COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL (THE WEST)(SAUDIA ARABIA WITH WEST)
EZEKIEL 38:10-19
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same
time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil
thought:
11 And thou shalt say,(RUSSIA,ARAB,MUSLIMS) I will go up to the land of
unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell
safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor
gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the
desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are
gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that
dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA) and the merchants of
Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions
thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLAND,ENGLISH SPEAKING
shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered
thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away
cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord
GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou
not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and
many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company,
and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to
cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee
against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be
sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old
time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those
days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come
against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come
up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely
in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
(COUNTRIES AGAINST THE WEST)(NOTICE GERMANY-TURKEY IN THE AGAINST)
EZEKIEL 38:1-7
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of
Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK)
and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O
Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and
Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE
RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine
army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour,
even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling
swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of
the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people
with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company
that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
Pope Francis takes on Obama
Head of Syrian Catholics says U.S. strike would be 'criminal'
NEW
YORK – Pope Francis and the head of the Catholic Church in Syria have
decided to take on President Obama, with both issuing direct appeals for
the United States not to launch a military strike on Syria.Pope Francis has sent a Twitter message to his nearly 3 million
followers declaring: “With utmost firmness I condemn the use of chemical
weapons. But he also wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir
Putin, the host of the G-20 Summit attended by Obama, appealing to the
leaders to “lay aside the futile pursuit of a military solution.”
Pope Francis wrote Wednesday:
The leaders of the G20 cannot remain indifferent to the
dramatic situation of the beloved Syrian people which has lasted far too
long, and even risks bringing greater suffering to a region bitterly
tested by strife and needful of peace. To the leaders present, to each
and every one, I make a heartfelt appeal for them to help find ways to
overcome the conflicting positions and to lay aside the futile pursuit
of a military solution.Rather, let there be a renewed commitment to seek, with courage and
determination, a peaceful solution through dialogue and negotiation of
the parties, unanimously supported by the international community.
Moreover, all governments have the moral duty to do everything possible
to ensure humanitarian assistance to those suffering because of the
conflict, both within and beyond the country’s borders.
On Sunday, Pope Francis abandoned the traditional religious theme in
his Angelus prayer appearance from the window in the papal residence
above St. Peter’s Square, calling instead for a worldwide day of fasting and prayer for peace on Sept. 7.To thousands of the faithful assembled below, he said: “My heart is
deeply wounded by what is happening in Syria and anguished by the
dramatic developments” on the horizon, an apparent reference to the
reports that the U.S. and France were considering a military strike to
punish the Syrian regime for a chemical weapons attack.He urged all sides in the Syrian civil war to lay down arms and
“listen to the voice of their conscience and with courage take up the
way of negotiations.”Francis was joined by Gregory III, the head of the Greek Catholic Church, who said the U.S. launching a military strike on Syria would constitute “a criminal act”
that would “reap more victims” as Islamic jihadists continue to flow
into Syria.Gregory III, the patriarch of Antioch, who oversees the
Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Syria and Lebanon, said:
We must listen to the pope’s appeal for peace in Syria.
If Western countries want to create true democracy then they must build
it on reconciliation, through dialogue between Christians and Muslims,
not with weapons. This attack being planned by the United States is a
criminal act, which will only reap more victims, in addition to the tens
of thousands of these two years of war. This will destroy the Arab
world’s trust in the West.What or who have led Syria to this thin red line, this point of no
return? Who created this hell in which our people have been living for
months? Every day, Islamic extremists from all over the world are
pouring into Syria with the sole intent to kill and not one country has
done anything to stop them; even the U.S. has decided to send in more
weapons. We renew our rejection of any foreign military intervention in
the Syrian crisis.
On Friday, Pope Francis tweeted: “All men and women of good will are
bound by the task of pursuing peace. #prayforpeace.”Following Francis’
lead, Cardinal Dolan of New York and leaders of
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, or USCCB, wrote to
every member of Congress on Thursday, urging them to vote against
military intervention in Syria, Time magazine reported.On Wednesday, the USCCB wrote a letter to President Obama
condemning the use of chemical weapons in Syria while insisting Obama
should not resort to military intervention, urging him instead to work
for a political solution.
“Our focus is on the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Syria and on saying lives by ending the conflict, not fueling it,” the Catholic bishops told Obama.“We have heard the urgent calls of the Successor of Saint Peter, Pope
Francis, and our suffering brother bishops of the venerable and ancient
Christian communities of the Middle East. As one, they beg the
international community not to resort to military intervention in Syria.
They have made it clear that a military attack will be
counterproductive, will exacerbate an already deadly situation, and will
have unintended negative consequences. Their concerns find a strong
resonance in American public opinion that questions the wisdom of
intervention and in the lack of international consensus.”
The Catholic bishops stressed their longstanding position that the Syrian people need a political solution.
“We ask the United States to work urgently and tirelessly with other
governments to obtain a cease-fire, initiate serious negotiations,
provide impartial humanitarian assistance, and encourage efforts to
build an inclusive society in Syria that protects the rights of all its
citizens, including Christians and other minorities,” the bishops wrote.
Europe urges US to delay action in Syria
EU foreign ministers will insist to Kerry that America hold off at least until UN inspectors’ report published
VILNIUS, Lithuania — European
foreign ministers meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry are
expected to urge the United States to hold off any military action in
Syria until UN inspectors report on the alleged use of chemical weapons.Kerry is in Europe courting international support for a possible strike on the Syrian regime
for its reported use of chemical weapons on August 21. European
officials have been skeptical about whether any military action against
Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime can be effective.On Saturday, Kerry and about 15 European
foreign ministers attended an informal meeting of the European Union in
Vilnius, Lithuania.Britain’s Parliament has already voted against
military action. And French President Francois Hollande displayed
sudden caution on Friday, saying he would wait for a UN report before
deciding whether to intervene militarily.France, which firmly backs the Syrian rebels
and has strategic and historic interest in the region, had been ready to
act last week but held off when President Barack Obama declared last
weekend that he would seek the backing of Congress first.Hollande’s announcement appeared to catch
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius off guard. Earlier on Friday, he
told EU foreign ministers meeting in Vilnius that there was no need to
wait for the UN report because it would simply confirm what was already
known — that the chemical weapons attack had occurred — but would not
say who was responsible.The UN report is expected later this month,
although some European officials are asking the UN to speed up the probe
or issue an interim report.Also on Friday, EU defense ministers said that
all evidence points to the Assad regime using chemical weapons in the
August 21 attack.The ministers met Friday in Lithuania which
holds the rotating presidency. Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas
said that although the ministers condemned the use of chemical weapons,
there were “a variety of opinions” on what should be done.While in Europe, Kerry also is discussing ongoing talks between Israel and the Palestinians.He is scheduled to meet on Sunday in Paris
with representatives of Arab nations and then later in the day hold
talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in London, his last stop
before returning to Washington.
Obama has been working for several weeks to
gain international and domestic support for a US-led strike in Syria in
response to the August 21 attack. He’s already secured the support of a
Senate panel that authorized the order to strike, provided that any
operation last no more than 90 days and that no American troops set foot
in Syria. He’s now lobbying for congressional approval, as Congress
reconvenes next week.
President
Barack Obama listens as Samantha Power, his nominee to be the next UN
Ambassador, speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington,
Wednesday, June 5, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Charles Dharapak)
On Friday, US Ambassador to the UN Samantha
Power argued that a limited strike was the only option left to respond
to the use of chemical weapons.“Some have asked, given our collective
war-weariness, why we cannot use non-military tools to achieve the same
end? My answer to this question is: we have exhausted the alternatives,”
Power said at the Center for American Progress.Late Thursday, Power blamed Russia for the lack of progress at the UN and for holding the Security Council “hostage.”
“Russia continues to hold the Council hostage and shirks its international responsibilities,” she said.
Syria, Iran, Hezbollah set up situation room’
Lebanese
terror group mobilizes ‘tens of thousands’ of fighters while Tehran,
Damascus prepare for ‘various scenarios’ in case of US strike
Iran, Syria and Hezbollah have
set up a joint situation room in preparation for a potential US-led
strike in Syria, with Hezbollah mobilizing “tens of thousands” of
fighters for the occasion.The
military operations coordination between the three is meant to plan for
the monitoring of targets and organizing of retaliation, the Lebanese Daily Star reported Friday, citing senior Lebanese political and diplomatic sources.“Iran, Syria and Hezbollah don’t have a clear
picture about what Americans have planned,” said one diplomat,“but
[they] too are prepared for various scenarios.”Political sources said Hezbollah put “tens of thousands” of fighters and reservists on alert in anticipation of a US strike.“Everyone in Hezbollah who has been trained to
use weapons has been put on high alert,” one political source told the
Lebanese daily. “The party is ready for all eventualities.”Iran and Hezbollah have repeatedly indicated
that they would back Syria’s Bashar Assad regime in the event of a
strike in response to the reported use of chemical weapons in a Damascus
suburb on August 21, which the US says killed 1,429 people.Hezbollah has already been heavily involved in
the Syrian battlefield for several months now on the Assad side, which
has cost the Lebanese group some political capital at home, not to
mention the spillover from Syria it has brought with it. Lebanon has
been the scene of several incidents that are perceived as retaliatory
attacks for Hezbollah’s involvement Syria. Just last month, a car bombing killed 22 people in a Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut. In early July, a similar attack took place but did not cause any deaths.Lebanese officials cited in the Daily Star
report warned that Iran and Hezbollah see the targeting of Syrian army
posts, airfields and weapons depots as a strategic threat to their
interests and of course to Assad, which would give them a reason to
intervene. But the officials indicated that they were likely to do so
only if the US strike seriously threatened the regime’s rule.On Friday, a report in the Wall Street Journal indicated that the US
had intercepted orders from the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds
Force, Kassem Sulemenai, in Iran to to Iranian-supported Shi’ite militia
groups in Iraq to attack American sites should a strike on Syria take place.The targeted sites could include the US
embassy in Baghdad and other American interest sites in the Iraqi
capital, as well as the US embassy in Beirut and other sites in Lebanon
via Hezbollah, officials said.On Friday, the US State Department ordered
non-essential diplomatic staff out of Lebanon and strongly urged private
US citizens to leave as well, citing security concerns.Iran has also threatened to hit Israel should
the US carry out a strike, with the commander of the Revolutionary
Guards’ General Mohammad Ali Jafari saying late last month that a possible war in Syria “will result in the imminent destruction of the Zionist regime of Israel.”But Syria too has a bank of targets, according
to the Lebanese report, having already threatened to strike Israel,
Turkey and Jordan in retaliation for any attack.Meanwhile, the US is also preparing for an
expansion of targets should the decision to carry out an attack come
through. On Friday, it was reported that US President Barack Obama instructed the Pentagon to add Syrian sites to its target list,
with the order coming in response to intelligence indications that the
Syrian government has moved troops and equipment used to employ chemical
weapons.The US is considering employing Air Force bombers in addition to ship-launched cruise missiles.Obama is now seeking congressional approval
for a US-led strike, having gained authorization from a Senate panel
Wednesday to order an attack, the limits of which include a time frame
of 90 days and the exclusion of American boots on the ground.The Syrian regime has denied using chemical weapons, calling US claims “blatant lies,” and blaming any WMD attacks on rebels and “al-Qaeda.”
In south Egypt, Islamists take over a town
Local Copts live in ‘horror, humiliation’ after radical Morsi supporters drive police out of area, strip ancient chapel bare
DALGA, Egypt (AP) — The Coptic
Orthodox priest would only talk to his visitor after hiding from the
watchful eyes of the bearded Muslim outside, who sported a pistol
bulging from under his robe.So
Father Yoannis moved behind a wall in the charred skeleton of an
ancient monastery to describe how it was torched by Islamists and then
looted when they took over this southern Egyptian town following the
ouster of the country’s president.“The fire in the monastery burned
intermittently for three days. The looting continued for a week. At the
end, not a wire or an electric switch is left,” Yoannis told The
Associated Press. The monastery’s 1,600-year-old underground chapel was
stripped of ancient icons and the ground was dug up on the belief that a
treasure was buried there.“Even the remains of ancient and revered saints were disturbed and thrown around,” he said.A town of some 120,000 — including 20,000
Christians — Dalga has been outside government control since hard-line
supporters of the Islamist Mohammed Morsi drove out police and occupied
their station on July 3, the day Egypt’s military chief removed the
president in a popularly supported coup. It was part of a wave of
attacks in the southern Minya province that targeted Christians, their
homes and businesses.Since then, the radicals have imposed their
grip on Dalga, twice driving off attempts by the army to send in armored
personnel carriers by showering them with gunfire.Their hold points to the power of hard-line
Islamists in southern Egypt even after Morsi’s removal — and their
determination to defy the military-backed leadership that has replaced
him.With the army and police already fighting a
burgeoning militant insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula, there are growing
signs that a second insurgency could erupt in the south — particularly
in Minya and Assiut provinces, both Islamist strongholds and both home
to Egypt’s two largest Christian communities.The takeover of Dalga has been disastrous for
the Christian community in the town, located 270 kilometers (160 miles)
south of Cairo in Minya, on the edge of the Nile Valley near the cliffs
that mark the start of the desert.In the initial burst of violence, the town’s
only Catholic church was ransacked and set ablaze, like the Monastery of
the Virgin Mary and St. Abraam. The Anglican church was looted.Some 40 Christian families have fled Dalga
since, Yoannis said. Nearly 40 Christian-owned homes and stores have
been attacked by Islamists, according to local Minya activists. Bandits
from the nearby deserts joined the looting and burning, they said. To
ensure the spread of fear, the attackers torched houses in all Christian
neighborhoods, not just in one or two.Among the homes torched was that of Father
Angelos, an 80-year-old Orthodox priest who lives close to the
monastery. Yoannis’ home was spared a similar fate by his Muslim
neighbors. A 60-year-old Christian who fired from his roof to ward off a
mob was dragged down and killed, the activists said.“Even if we had firearms, we would be
reluctant to use them,” said Yoannis. “We cannot take a life. Firing in
the air may be our limit.”Those who remain pay armed Muslim neighbors to
protect them. Yoannis said his brother paid with a cow and a water
buffalo. Most Christian businesses have been closed for weeks.Armed men can be seen in the streets, and
nearly every day Islamists hold rallies at a stage outside the police
station, demanding Morsi’s reinstatement.
Most Christians remain indoors as much as
possible, particularly during the rallies. They say they are routinely
insulted on the streets by Muslims, including children. Christian women
stay home at all times, fearing harassment by the Islamists, according
to multiple Christians who spoke to the AP. Most requested that their
names not be published for fear of reprisals.“The Copts in Dalga live in utter
humiliation,” said local rights activist Ezzat Ibrahim. “They live in
horror and cannot lead normal lives.”None of the town’s churches held Mass for a
month, until Wednesday, when one was held in one of the monastery’s two
churches. About 25 attended, down from the usual 500 or more.“They don’t want to see any Christian with any
power, no matter how modest,” Yoannis said of the hard-liners now
running Dalga. “They only want to see us poor without money, a trade or a
business to be proud of.”Like other Christians in town, he said police and authorities were helpless to intervene.“Everyone keeps telling me that I should alert the police and the army,” he said. “As if I hadn’t done that already.”At intervals, the 33-year-old father of three
would stop talking, move carefully to the edge of a wall, stick his head
out to check if someone was coming.His big worry was the bearded Muslim at the gate, Saber Sarhan Askar.Skinny with hawk-like hazelnut eyes, Askar is
said by Dalga’s Christians to have taken part in the torching and
looting of the monastery. Outside the monastery that day, Askar was
telling priests he was there to protect it. But the orders he yelled to
other priests left no doubt who was in charge.“Bring us tea!” he barked at one priest. “I need something cold to drink!” he screamed at another soon after.School teacher and part-time entrepreneur
Kromer Ishaq fled Dalga a day after the Islamists took over. The
Islamists already were accusing his father in a family blood feud — a
charge that could prompt the killing of Ishaq. Then on the night of the
takeover, Ishaq’s gold shop was broken into and looted.The son of a wealthy family, Ishaq fled with
his extended family all the way to the Nile Delta north of Cairo, where
he is now looking for work.“I used to employ people and now I’m looking
for work. I once lived in a house I own and now I live in a rented
apartment. You ask me what life is like? It’s like black tar,” Ishaq
said by telephone.Dalga is the most extreme example of Islamist
power in Minya — no other towns are known to be under such extreme
lockdown. But the province in general has seen a surge in Islamist
violence since the coup against Morsi.In the province, 35 churches have been
attacked, including 19 completely gutted by fire. At least six Christian
schools and five orphanages have been destroyed, along with five
courthouses, seven police stations and six city council buildings. A
museum in the city of Malawi was looted and ransacked.On Aug. 11, policemen suspected of loyalty to
Morsi stormed the provincial police headquarters in Minya city. They
dragged out the province’s security chief and his top aide from their
offices and ordered them both to leave the province. They did.Minya was the epicenter of an Islamic militant
insurgency against the rule of autocrat Hosni Mubarak in the 1980s and
1990s. It remains a stronghold of Islamists, including the extremist
Gamaa Islamiya group. It also has the largest Christian community of any
of Egypt’s 29 provinces — at 35 percent of Minya’s 4 million people,
compared to around 10 percent nationwide.Over Egypt’s past 2 ½ years of turmoil,
Islamist strength has grown. Hundreds of jailed radicals who purportedly
forswore violence — though not their hard-line ideology — were freed
after Mubarak’s 2011 fall and given the freedom to recruit. The south
has seen a flood of heavy weapons smuggled across the desert from
neighboring Libya.A top Interior Ministry official in Cairo said
the Minya police force suffered large-scale infiltration by pro-Morsi
Islamists. The local force is now under investigation by the ministry.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the probe was still
undergoing.The Minya security chief who fled the
province, as well as two top aides, were replaced on Wednesday for what
the Interior Ministry called the failure to maintain law and order.In the security vacuum, it has been Christians largely paying the price.Christian businessman Talaat Bassili recounted
how on Aug. 15, dozens of men, some armed, stormed his home in the city
of Malawi, not far from Dalga. For three hours, with no police or army
in sight, the attackers made off with TV sets, washing machines, mobile
phones, jewelry and cash.The attackers descended on the house from the
scaffoldings of a mosque next door. In footage from Bassili’s security
camera, shown to AP, men in robes and boys in sandals try to force their
way into the house, then finally blast away the lock with Kalashnikov
assault rifles. Some loaded their loot into a donkey cart.Later, the footage shows Bassili, his wife
Nahed Samaan — in a nightgown and a house robe — and son Fady leaving to
take refuge with a neighbor.A week later, Bassili said a man called him on his mobile phone to ask whether he wanted to buy some of his stuff back.“I said no.”