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)
DISEASES-ANIMAL TO HUMAN
REVELATION 6:7-8 (500 MILLION DEAD EACH FROM THE 4 JUDGEMENTS)(2 BILLION TOT DEAD HERE)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8
And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that
sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given
unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 billion) of (8 billion)
to kill with sword,(WEAPONS)(500 million) and with hunger,(FAMINE)(500
million) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES)(500 million) and with the
beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE)(500 million).
THE COVID-19 TOTALS.
WORLD
OVER ALL CASES 225,369,183 - DEAD 4,642,354 - AS OF SUN SEP 12,2021
(PROBABLY IN THE LAST 200,000 DEAD-150,000 STILL GOT COVID AND DIED
AFTER GETTING BOTH VACCINE SHOTS)
BUSHES AND THE ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT CROWD. SETUP UP 911 TO CONTROL PEOPLE AS THE PATRIOT ACT WAS ENFORCED AFTER THE ATTACK.
HOW
DID THE BUSH FAMILY AND NWO DECIEVE PEOPLE TO BELIEVE THE BUILDINGS
WERE COMING DOWN. WHEN IN REALITY THE BUILDING JUST DISINTIGRATED IN
PLAIN SITE. AND SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE HURRICANE NEAR NY AT THE TIME
ON SEP 11,01
JUDY WOOD-911 TOWERS DISSOLVED
4
KIDS FROM THE CLASSROOM THAT WERE TOLD BY THE TEACHER WHILE GEORGE W
BUSH WAS IN THEIR CLASS ROOM. TO RECITE AND PRONOUNCE THESE 5 WORDS AS
THE 2ND PLANE WAS GOING INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. WORD 1-KITE, WORD
2-HIT, WORD 3-STEELE, WORD 4-PLANE, WORD 5-MUST. PAPER F 911 PLAIN SITE NOW
IF THAT WAS NOT A BRAGGING OUT OF CLOSET MOMENT BY THE ONE WORLD DEMON
POSSESSED NEW WORLD ORDER CROWD. I DON T KNOW WHAT COULD BE MORE
OBVIOUS. IN PLAIN SITE THESE NUTCASES SAID THAT BUSH AND THE NWO BROUGHT
THE BUILDINGS DOWN. ON SEPT 11,2001.
BUSH MEETS WITH KIDS AT SCHOOL (23
SECONDS IN - LOOK ON THE SHEET BETWEEN THE TEACHER AND BUSH AND CLEARLY
THESE 5 WORDS ON THAT SHEET ARE VISIBLE THAT WERE RECITED BY THE KIDS
IN THAT ROOM THAT DAY- KITE, HIT, STEELE, PLANE, MUST.
THE
7 WORLD TRADE CENTERS BUILDINGS THAT CAME DOWN THAT DAY ON SEP 11,2001.
NEVER FELL DOWN AT ALL. THE STEELE AND EVERYTHING JUST DISINTIGRATED
INTO ASH. NO RUBBLE AT ALL ONLY 15 FEET OF POISINOUS ASH FROM THE BUSH
911 SETUP. HERE IS THE KIDS ACTUALLY SAYING THE 5 WORDS IN THE CLASS
ROOM WHILE BUSH IS LISTENING-KIDS ACTUAL RECITING OF THE 5 911 WORDS -THE
TEACHER TELLS THE KIDS TO GET READY TO DISSOLVE THE 5 WORDS. MEANWHILE
THE BUILDING WAS DISSOLVING BEFORE EVERY ONES EYES IN PLAIN SITE. NOW
BUSH THAT PEACE OF DUNG AND HIS FAMILY. AND THE NWO NUTCASES, HAVE 3,000
PEOPLES BLOOD ON THEIR HEADS AS A RESULT OF THEM DISSOLVING THE 7 WTC
BUILDINGS. BY A DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPON. OR SOME KIND OF ELCTROMAGNETIC PULSE BOMB THAT ONLY DISINTIGRATED THE WTC BUILDINGS AND EVERY THING INSIDE OF THEM.
DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS
ENERGY WEAPONS
ENERGY WEAPONS
ENERGY WEAPONS
ENERGY WEAPONS
ENEREGY WEAPONS
ENERGY WEAPONS
ENERGY WEAPONS
RCMP USES CONDUCTED ENERGY WEAPONS
Dissolving weapons and other small elements
Hello!
For the past couple of weeks, we have been showing you the dissolve
feature we have implemented in The Riftbreaker. We use it to remove
objects from the scene, change them from one to another, or, like in the
case of buildings, to gradually introduce them into the game world.
Today we will show you the smaller elements that undergo dissolution in
the game.The regular texture of Mr. Riggs' energy blade.This is what
makes all the magic happen. In order to make the dissolve effect happen,
we need two textures. First - the regular texture of the object we want
to apply the effect to, and second - a special dissolve texture. It
resembles a cloud of smoke, as it is irregular and grey. However, those
things exactly are its key properties. The pixels on this map represent
values, from 0 to 1. Once projected onto the regular texture of the
object, we can start removing parts of it. We set up a threshold that
changes over time. All the elements that fall below this threshold are
removed by the shader. The weapon is automatically hidden at the start
of the mining process. Also, you can see the shadow of something being
built nearby! In The Riftbreaker you will often see this while gathering
resources. The drill is not an equipable item. We want the player to
always have access to it, but without taking up an inventory slot.
Drilling is a context action. When you approach a resource that you can
mine, pressing a button will automatically change what you’re holding in
your right hand to the drill. We employ the dissolve effect here to
avoid a sudden change of the item. We also apply an additional emissive
light to make it feel more ‘magic’.The gibs don't dissolve all at
once.We also dissolve the parts that spawn from destroyed enemies and
elements of the environment, also known as ‘gibs’. Instead of making
them transparent using the alpha channel, we decided to also dissolve
them. Since there are so many of them they do not get any emissive
lights, that would only distract the player. The effect is very subtle
but makes for much nicer visuals. U.S. investigates suspected energy
attack near White House-evening-news-By Jeff Pegues, Sara Cook-Updated
on: May 1, 2021 / 11:55 AM / CBS News.Law enforcement agencies are
investigating two possible directed energy attacks on government
employees on U.S. soil. One of the suspected energy attacks occurred on
the south side of the White House in November, and is believed to have
sickened a White House aide. That incident followed a similar one in
2019 in a Virginia suburb which reportedly injured an aide walking her
dog. The alleged victims' conditions are not known, but the White House
confirmed that President Biden has been briefed on one of the incidents.
Senators are demanding answers on the mystery attacks. "There are
personnel who have been harmed. We need to make sure they get the care
and benefits they need," New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen said.
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said leaders are focused
on the "critically important" issue. But officials say it's too early to
tell what happened. In the past, the National Security Agency has
described an energy attack as a "high-powered microwave system weapon"
that can "bathe a target's living quarters in microwaves" and "kill an
enemy over time and without leaving evidence." Energy attacks were
suspected in Cuba and China in the past few years as U.S. personnel
reported symptoms of ear popping, pounding headaches and nausea. The
symptoms have been referred to as the "Havana Syndrome." Sources tell
CBS News there have been energy-directed attacks on U.S. personnel on
multiple continents. While Russia is considered a main suspect, U.S.
officials are currently skeptical that Moscow would have carried out an
attack just steps from the White House. Catherine Werner, who worked for
the Department of Commerce in China, told "60 Minutes" about her
experience. "I woke up in the middle of the night," Werner said. "I
could feel this sound in my head. It was intense pressure on both of my
temples. At the same time, I heard this low humming sound, and it was
oscillating. And I remember looking around for where this sound was
coming from, because it was painful." Olivia Gazis contributed to this
report.
Winning the hypersonic race is a national imperative-By Tom Bussing- Jan 10, 2020
Raytheon
and Northrop Grumman teamed to accelerate air-breathing hypersonic
vehicle development. (Raytheon)-Hypersonic weapons have grabbed the
attention of the defense industry, with Pentagon Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering Michael Griffin calling hypersonic
capabilities “the highest technical priority.”With Russia recently
announcing its Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle operational, we
understand the challenge as the U.S. races to field these advanced
hypersonic missile systems. Russia claims Avangard can travel at 27
times the speed of sound and strike “like a fireball,” while China
contends its Starry Sky-2 hypersonic glide vehicle can evade existing
U.S. missile defense systems.And it’s not just Russia and China.
Technology can proliferate. In the past, other countries have
demonstrated their ability to acquire technology and reverse engineer
it. Hypersonic weapons are one of the most prolific emerging threats,
and the United States must remain ahead of the game in advanced
hypersonic weapons development.During my time at the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency and most recently at Raytheon, I witnessed some
of the great things that can happen when government and industry
partner to develop advanced weapons for the good of our country — and
we’re doing it again with hypersonics. U.S. lawmakers last year passed a
law requiring that hypersonic weapons be operational by 2020; the
Department of Defense’s proposed budget through fiscal 2024 calls for
upward of $10.5 billion in hypersonic weapons development. Industry
leaders are joining forces to tackle the technological challenges
involved with hypersonic flight head on.As to our involvement, Raytheon
recently won a contract to develop the tactical boost glide weapon for
DARPA and the U.S. Air Force. We signed a teaming agreement with
Northrop Grumman to co-develop scramjet-powered hypersonic missiles,
which is on track for its first test flight next year. We’re also
involved in counter-hypersonics.
While American companies have
developed warheads, glide bodies and other components, there is no
industrial base equipped to manufacture hypersonic weapons.By Jen Judson
In
the world of hypersonic weapons, speed and agility are everything.
While flying a vehicle at speeds above Mach 5 isn’t new, designing
systems to sustain flight and maneuver at those speeds creates unique
challenges that need to be solved to ensure success.There are two main
design options: tactical boost glide and scramjet systems. In a boost
glide system, a rocket accelerates its payload to high speeds. The
payload then separates from the rocket and glides unpowered to its
destination.Scramjet technology uses a booster to reach cruising speeds.
The scramjet engine is designed to compress the high-velocity, incoming
air before combustion. This technology, also called “air breathing,”
renders a highly efficient engine at hypersonic speeds.The speed and
altitude at which these vehicles fly significantly challenge an
adversary’s ability to detect, track, target and engage. This not only
increases the effectiveness of the weapons themselves, but it acts as a
force multiplier across the battlespace. Additionally, the range of
these weapons allows our fourth-generation platforms and surface Navy to
operate at safe distances.Russian officials oversee the test launch of
the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle on Dec. 26, 2018. (Mikhail
Klimentyev/Sputnik via AP)Leaders in the defense industry have overcome
many of the technical challenges associated with hypersonic flight.
We’ve figured out how to manage extreme heat to ensure electronics and
payloads are protected. We’re developing new materials and manufacturing
processes to withstand the extreme environment of such high-speed
velocities. We’re creating new, aerodynamic shapes for these highly
technical vehicles — shapes never before conceived in the hypersonics
realm. We’re also tackling the kill chain by leveraging existing
capabilities. Because hypersonic vehicles will travel farther, faster
and with more agility, they will require new approaches for targeting
and mission execution.I’m confident the U.S. will retake our preeminent
role in leading advanced capabilities. I believe we will solve the
challenges associated with hypersonic flight by leveraging the knowledge
and abilities of the thousands of engineers and scientists that form
the backbone of the U.S. defense industry.More still needs to be done.
More sustained investment and transition opportunities are needed.
Congress, thought leaders and the public need to get behind the funding
and infrastructure required to make this happen. Industry must continue
to work together. Hypersonic systems are one of the next evolutions in
warfare, and we have to find a way to counter these advanced systems,
and it must be done quickly. As stated by DoD leaders, it’s a national
imperative.Tom Bussing is the vice president of advanced missile systems
at Raytheon Missile Systems.
Bennett says Israel to
genetically scan all arrivals for the coronavirus-No details of program
immediately available; PM says patience running out for the
unvaccinated; cabinet backs proposal for classmates of infected kids to
avoid automatic quarantine-By Stuart Winer-SEPT 12,21-Today, 7:02 pm
Israel
is working on a system to conduct genetic scanning for all those who
arrive in the country in order to better identify travelers infected
with the coronavirus, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said at a cabinet
meeting Sunday.Bennett told ministers that the system will eventually be
deployed at Ben Gurion Airport, the country’s main international
terminus.“We are working on a scanning system for everyone who comes
into Israel,” Bennett said, according to comments from the meeting
leaked to Hebrew media. “Israel will thus become the radar for the
virus.”No further details about the system or how it would work were
reported by Hebrew media.Bennett expressed support for Social Equality
Minister Meirav Cohen, who had warned that “the next variant will come
to Israel through Ben Gurion,” saying the proposed genetic testing would
help prevent that from happening.The development came as the cabinet
reviewed various aspects of the campaign to confront a recent wave of
virus infections fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant, which
has largely been attributed to infected travelers who did not properly
quarantine after arriving in Israel.The government has made vaccination
against COVID-19 a central strategy to curb the spread, including
offering third booster shots to all those over the age of 12. At the
meeting, Bennett said: “We have run out of patience for people who are
not vaccinated.”“The coronavirus has become a matter for those who are
not vaccinated,” Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said. “Refraining from
vaccination simply causes death.”So far, 6,039,846 of Israel’s 9.3
million citizens have had a least one dose of the vaccine, 5,542,582
have had two, and 2,841,383 have had three, according to Health Ministry
figures.Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai called during the
meeting for all civil servants, which would include school teachers, to
be required to get vaccinated. Currently, teachers who are not
vaccinated can continue to work if they take virus tests every few days,
which they are required to pay for themselves.Ministers gave their
backing for a plan under which only infected schoolchildren are required
to enter quarantine, while their classmates can simply take a virus
test. Those who are negative would then be able to immediately return to
class.Currently, all students in a class must isolate for a week if a
case is discovered. Less than two weeks after the start of the school
year, there are already over 150,000 students in quarantine due to
infection or being exposed to an infected person. Over half the recent
new cases each day in the country have been schoolkids.“We need to find a
solution to quarantines,” Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton said.
“Over 90 percent of those who go into quarantine are in the end found to
be negative.”“Therefore in risk management, it may be that the right
thing to do is to isolate only those who are diagnosed,” she
said.Shasha-Biton said that a pilot of the so-called “Green Classes”
idea that would only quarantine infected students will first be tried in
Arab schools.Horowitz supported Shasha-Biton, saying that from October
it will be possible to only require only those students confirmed to be
infected to enter isolation while their classmates can just take virus
tests.Bennett said the idea will be adopted.“There is a tremendous
desire that the entire class not go into quarantine,” he said.Bennett
said that after the ongoing holiday period that ends later this month,
there will be a “massive” round of self-testing among students in an
effort to catch infections that happened during the holidays.The prime
minister said the distribution of the self-test kits will not be via the
schools themselves, as was the case for a similar testing campaign
ahead of the school year’s start that ran into logistic problems in some
areas. Millions of students used the kits to test at home and then
bring a signed note from their parents confirming they were negative
when they started school.Bennett said that in another change, a method
of using barcodes to track the self-testing was being worked on to seal
“holes” in the signed note system, namely that some parents were lying
about their kids getting the negative result.“It seems we will tighten
up the method so that everyone will be equipped with a barcode,” he
said. “We are working on this and will notify ahead of time.”Ministers
also discussed the long lines that formed at some rapid testing centers
last week, with some people waiting hours to get themselves and their
families tested. Social Equality Minister Cohen, who said she herself
had experienced waiting in line with her children for tests, urged that
steps be taken to improve the process.“There are difficulties and
overloads and there are lines because we are in the midst of an
outbreak,” Horowitz said.Health Ministry figures published Sunday showed
that there are 154,000 students in quarantine along with 3,750 members
of staff. On Saturday, 5,853 students and staff were diagnosed with the
coronavirus. There are over two million students in the Israeli school
system.There were 10,168 new COVID-19 cases diagnosed on Saturday,
according to the ministry.Of the 78,659 active cases, 697 are in serious
condition. Since the start of the pandemic last year, 7,383 people have
died of COVID-19 in Israel.
Pope Francis arrives for 4-day visit
to Slovakia, will meet Holocaust survivors-Trip to come after brief
visit to Hungary, in which pontiff warned of ‘the threat of antisemitism
still lurking in Europe and elsewhere’-By AFP-SEP 12,21-Today, 9:03 pm
BRATISLAVA,
Slovakia — Pope Francis arrived in Slovakia on Sunday for a four-day
visit, where he will meet with Holocaust survivors and members of the
Roma community.Francis, who briefly visited Hungary and called for
believers to be “grounded and open” after meeting Prime Minister Viktor
Orban, was greeted by President Zuzana Caputova in Bratislava.To mark
his arrival, bells tolled in all of Slovakia’s 2,627 Catholic churches
at the exact time his plane landed.Francis is due to deliver an address
later on Sunday at the Vatican embassy in Slovakia — a predominantly
Catholic country with a population of 5.4 million people.Meeting
Christian and Jewish leaders in Hungary on Sunday, Pope Francis warned
of “the threat of antisemitism still lurking in Europe and elsewhere.”On
Monday, he is due to meet Slovakia’s Jewish community, which was
decimated by the Holocaust.The pope will then travel to the country’s
poorer eastern regions on Tuesday for a meeting with the Roma community
before returning to Bratislava on Wednesday and holding an open-air Mass
in Sastin, a town north of the capital.The government had initially
ordered that only vaccinated people should be allowed to attend public
events with the pope, but reversed the policy last week after low
numbers of registrations.Unvaccinated people can now attend — as long as
they test negative for COVID-19 or can prove they previously had
COVID.Only around half the population of Slovakia is fully vaccinated
against COVID-19 — one of the lowest rates in the European Union.
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8
And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that
sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given
unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with
sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE
DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18
By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the
fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their
mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE
17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS
KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE
BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND
DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in
that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN
WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4
billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto
them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered
together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against
Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten
by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE
SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE
CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH
IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3
JUDGEMENT) and the other left.41 Two women shall be grinding at the
mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
AMERICA (POLITICAL BABYLON)(NUKED BY SNEAK ATTACK FROM RUSSIA)
IN
REVELATION 17 & 18 IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RELIGIOUS AND
POLITICAL BABYLONS.IF YOU CAN NOT DECERN BETWEEN THE 2 BABYLONS IN REV
17 & 18.YOU WILL JUST THINK THEIR BOTH THE SAME.BUT NO-THERES A
RELIGIOUS BABYLON (THE VATICAN IN REV 17)(AND THE POLITICAL BABYLON IN
REV 18 (AMERICA OR NEW YORK TO BE EXACT)
ISAIAH 34:10
10 It
(AMERICA-POLITICAL BABYLON) shall not be quenched night nor day; the
smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it
shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
JEREMIAH 51:29-32 (CYBER ATTACK 1ST)
29
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD
shall be performed against Babylon,(AMERICA-NEW YORK) to make the land
of Babylon (AMERICA) a desolation without an inhabitant.
30 The
mighty men of Babylon (AMERICA) have forborn to fight, they have
remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women:
they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
031 One
post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to
shew the king of Babylon (NEW YORK) that his city is taken at one end,
32
And that the passages are stopped,(THE WAR COMPUTERS HACKED OR EMP'D)
and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are
affrighted.(DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO)
COMPLETE SILENCE AFTER AN EMP GOES OFF
REVELATION 8:1
1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
JEREMIAH 50:3,24
3
For out of the north (RUSSIA) there cometh up a nation against her,
which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they
shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a
snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,(AMERICA) and thou
wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast
striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK CYBER,EMP ATTACK,THEN NUKE
ATTACK ON AM
EZEKIEL 39:11-22
11 And it shall come to pass in
that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there
of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA
IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of
the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his
multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of
Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13
Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it
shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified,
saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual
employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to
bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth,
to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15
And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s
bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the
buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of
Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN
THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17
And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every
feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY
SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and
come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do
sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel,
that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM
ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood
of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of
bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21
And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall
see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon
them.
THE TERRORISTS THAT
MUSLIM OBAMA FREED FROM GITMO. AT LEAST 5 OF THEM WILL BE IN THE NEW
ISRAEL LITTLE SATAN-AMERICA THE BIG SATAN GOVERNMMENT IN AFGHANISTAN.
BIDEN AND HIS DEMOLIBNUTS WILL PAY THE PRICE FOR FLEEING LEAVING
BILLIONS OF WEAPONS IN AFGHANISTAN. THE TERROR ATTACKS WILL BE A REGULAR
OCCURANCE IN AMERICA. FROM NOW ON. AND BESIDES THAT. NOBODY CAN TRUST
FORGET ME EVERYTHING BIDEN. WITH HIS ALZHEIMERS. AND AMERICA IS DONE
WITH AS A WORLD POWER. WATCH FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION TO STEP IN NOW. AND
BECOME THE WORLD LEADER. ESPECIALLY THE ECONOMY AND COVID. NO SHOT. YOU
GET A MICROCHIP INSERTED IN YOU. SO IT CAN BE SHUT OFF IF YOU REFUSE TO
GET THE VACCINES-BOOSTERS-AND WHATEVER ELSE THE NWO CROWD CALLS THE
FUTURE SHOTS.
CIA veteran: Al-Qaeda will rebuild
within Afghanistan, seek to attack US again-Intelligence agent who
worked with Bush and Obama says terror group will rearm with the help of
Taliban-By Matthew Barakat-7 September 2021, 11:49 pm
FALLS
CHURCH, Virginia (AP) — The CIA man who briefed former US president
George W. Bush on Sept. 11, 2001, and later Barack Obama on the
intelligence that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden said Tuesday
that he’s convinced the Taliban will invite al-Qaeda to rebuild in
Afghanistan.“There is no doubt in my mind,” said Michael Morell, who
twice served as acting CIA director. “I believe that the Taliban will
give safe haven to al-Qaeda, and I believe it will be al-Qaeda’s
intention to again build its capability so that they can attack us here
at home.”Morell spoke at an online forum sponsored by the US Attorney’s
Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, which is holding multiple
panels this week to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11
attacks.Counterterrorism efforts fall into a pattern, Morell said, in
which their capabilities can be easily degraded by a focused effort, but
easily rebuilt when that focus fades. He pointed to the time in 2002
and 2003 when the US shifted its focus to Iraq, which he said led to a
resurgent al-Qaeda prompting attacks in Madrid in 2004, London in 2005
and elsewhere.“When our focus got shifted to Iraq al-Qaeda started
bouncing back,” Morell said.He said that if al-Qaeda establishes a safe
haven in Afghanistan, it can be hard to develop the kind of tactical
intelligence that makes it possible to take action against them. He said
the US will have to apply the lessons it learned over the last 20
years.Equally important, he said, is that the US uphold its values as it
hunts terrorists. He acknowledged that the years immediately after the
Sept. 11 attacks were a controversial period for the CIA, when it ran
secret prisons and allowed interrogations that many people say crossed
the line into torture.He said those are missions the CIA never should
have accepted.“Contrary to conventional wisdom, we were not experienced
at interrogations,” he said. “Interviewing somebody who is willing to
tell you everything, you know, we’re really good at that. But getting
somebody to talk who doesn’t want to talk to you, no experience in that
whatsoever.”On Thursday, a panel is planned to discuss the 2006 trial of
Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person convicted in a US court for a role
in the Sept. 11 attacks. The judge who presided over the trial, Leonie
Brinkema, is scheduled to participate, as are a prosecutor and defense
lawyer from the trial.
Key players in Taliban government: A
US-designated terrorist; Mullah Omar’s son-Leaders of new hardline
Islamist regime in Afghanistan includes numerous figures under UN
sanctions, and a co-founder of group who led withdrawal agreement talks
with US-By AFP-8 September 2021, 8:26 am
KABUL, Afghanistan —
Afghanistan’s Taliban on Tuesday announced key posts for their new
government, after the hardline Islamists seized control of the country
and ousted the previous regime last month.Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund,
who is on a UN sanctions list, was named as the acting prime
minister.Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar will be one deputy, as
well as Abdul Salam Hanafi, who was most recently part of peace talks in
Doha.The Taliban’s inner workings and leadership have long been
shrouded in secrecy — even when they ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to
2001.Several cabinet posts are yet to be announced. Here is a rundown of
what is known:Mohammad Hassan Akhund, acting PM-Mullah Mohammed Hassan
Akhund is a Taliban veteran who was a close associate and political
advisor to Mullah Omar, the founder of the movement and its first
supreme leader.A member of the group’s Supreme Council, he served as
deputy foreign minister in their previous regime, and was placed on a UN
Security Council sanctions list connected to the “acts and activities”
of the Taliban.From Kandahar, he also served as the Taliban governor of
the key province.The United Nations said he had a reputation of having
been “one of the most effective Taliban commanders.”Mullah Baradar, the
co-founder.Abdul Ghani Baradar, named as deputy to Hassan, was raised in
Kandahar — the birthplace of the Taliban movement.Like most Afghans,
Baradar’s life was forever altered by the Soviet invasion of the country
in the late 1970s, transforming him into an insurgent.He was believed
to have fought side-by-side with the one-eyed cleric Mullah Omar.The two
would go on to found the Taliban movement in the early 1990s during the
chaos and corruption of the civil war that followed the Soviet
withdrawal.After the Taliban regime was toppled in 2001 by US-led
forces, Baradar is believed to have been among a small group of
insurgents who approached interim leader Hamid Karzai with a potential
deal that would have seen the militants recognize the new
administration.Arrested in Pakistan in 2010, Baradar was kept in custody
until pressure from the United States saw him freed in 2018 and
relocated to Qatar.This is where he was appointed head of the Taliban’s
political office, and oversaw the signing of the troop withdrawal
agreement with the United States.-Abdul Salam Hanafi, deputy-Abdul Salam
Hanafi, who is also on a UN blacklist, was a deputy education minister
when the Taliban were last in power, when they effectively blocked girls
from school.Hanafi was named as another deputy to Hassan.A UN travel
ban on Hanafi was lifted to allow him to take part in talks as part of
the Taliban’s political negotiating team in Doha.After the Islamists
were ousted from Kabul in 2001, he was placed in charge of the
Taliban-controlled northern Jawzjan province, bordering Uzbekistan.The
UN Security Council have also accused him of potential involvement in
drug trafficking.Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Haqqani networkThe son of a
famed commander from the anti-Soviet jihad, Sirajuddin Haqqani has
doubled as the deputy leader of the Taliban and head of the powerful
al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network.He will be interior minister in the new
regime.The US State Department’s Rewards For Justice Program offers a
multi-million dollar reward for information leading to his arrest.The
Haqqani network is a US-designated terror group long viewed as one of
the most dangerous militant factions in Afghanistan.It is infamous for
its use of suicide bombers and is believed to have orchestrated some of
the most high-profile attacks in Kabul over the years.The network is
also accused of assassinating top Afghan officials and holding kidnapped
Western citizens for ransom — including US soldier Bowe Bergdahl,
released in 2014.Known for their independence, fighting acumen, and
savvy business dealings, the Haqqanis are mainly based in eastern
Afghanistan and hold considerable sway over the Taliban’s leadership
council.-Mullah Yaqoob, the scion-The son of Taliban co-founder Mullah
Omar, Mullah Yaqoob heads the group’s powerful military commission,
which oversaw the vast network of field commanders charged with
executing the insurgency.On Tuesday, he was named as defense
minister.Yaqoob’s father enjoyed cult-like status as the Taliban leader,
and that potent lineage makes him a unifying figure in the movement.
Taliban
supreme leader tells new government to uphold sharia law-In 1st message
since Islamist insurgency’s takeover of Afghanistan, Haibatullah
Akhundzada warns ‘people should not try to leave the country’By AFP-8
September 2021, 7:37 am
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban’s
secretive supreme leader on Tuesday told the newly appointed government
to uphold sharia law, in his first message since the hardline movement
swept to power.“I assure all the countrymen that the figures will work
hard towards upholding Islamic rules and sharia law in the country,”
Haibatullah Akhundzada, who has never been seen in public, said in a
statement released in English.Akhundzada told Afghans that the new
leadership would ensure “lasting peace, prosperity and development,”
adding that “people should not try to leave the country.”“The Islamic
Emirate has no problem with anyone,” he said.“All will take part in
strengthening the system and Afghanistan and in this way, we will
rebuild our war-torn country.”Akhundzada’s public profile has largely
been limited to the release of messages during Islamic holidays, but the
group has shed some light on his whereabouts following its takeover of
Afghanistan.“He is present in Kandahar,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah
Mujahid said after they seized power.Another spokesman had said
Akhundzada was due to make a public appearance “soon.”
Rocket
fired from Gaza intercepted by Iron Dome, in third such attack in 3
days-3 injured running to bomb shelter; uptick in violence comes amid
high tensions, after Israel captured 4 of 6 Palestinian fugitives and
Gaza ceasefire deal breaks down-By Aaron Boxerman-SEP 12,21-Today, 10:51
pm
Palestinians fired a rocket from the Gaza Strip into Israel
on Sunday night, the Israeli military said, marking the third
consecutive night of rocket fire in southern Israel.Rocket attack sirens
wailed throughout Israeli communities near the Gaza border as well as
in Sderot, sending thousands running for bomb shelters. Three Israelis
were lightly injured as they scrambled for shelter, according to
medics.The rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense
system, the Israeli army said.As in the previous two nights, no
Palestinian group publicly took responsibility for the rockets. Israel
conducted airstrikes against Hamas targets on Friday and Saturday
following the rocket attacks, since it holds the terror group
responsible for all rocket fire from Gaza.A spokesperson for the Sha’ar
Hanegev Regional Council said the area had sustained no casualties or
material damage from the rockets.Another two Israelis were treated by
medics for acute anxiety attacks, according to the Magen David Adom
ambulance service.In an apparently unrelated incident in northern
Israel, an unknown individual approached the northern border fence that
divides Israel from Lebanon, near Metula.Israeli troops rushed to the
scene and the suspect fled back into Lebanese territory immediately upon
their arrival, the military said. Earlier, residents of Metula were
asked to avoid the area, as the military scanned the fence and launched
flares.Sunday’s rocket fire was the fourth such attack against southern
Israel since the May battle between Israel and Palestinian terror groups
led by Hamas. Tensions between Israel and Hamas have risen again over
the past few weeks.Hamas has ruled Gaza since 2007, when the Islamist
party conquered the territory from its Fatah rivals in a brutal civil
war. Israel and Egypt have been imposing a tight blockade on the enclave
ever since, in an attempt to weaken Hamas.Since the 11-day May
escalation, Israel has imposed heightened restrictions on the
already-blockaded enclave. Israel also blocked the flow of Qatari cash
subsidies to the Gaza Strip, which it had previously allowed in exchange
for quiet along its southern border.Israel has gradually loosened some
of those restrictions on Gaza, but others have remained in place.
Indirect talks between Israel and Hamas on reaching a full deal to
rebuild the Gaza Strip following the May escalation have also shown few
signs of progress.The flames were fanned by the escape of six
Palestinian security prisoners, most of whom are Islamic Jihad members
serving life sentences for terrorism, from Gilboa Prison. Four were
recaptured over the weekend, with Islamic Jihad vowing to avenge any
harm done to them or the remaining fugitives.In a speech on Sunday
afternoon, Israeli army Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi warned Hamas not to
escalate the situation.“The Israel Defense Force defends the Gaza border
and will not accept any violation of sovereignty. We vigorously respond
to every violation and we shall continue to do so. If the situation
escalates, Hamas and the Gaza Strip will pay a heavy price,” Kohavi
said.Tensions have also risen due to the collapse of an agreement to
bring Qatari cash into the Gaza Strip for Hamas’s employees.Hamas sees
the millions in Qatari-funded monthly salaries for its civil servants as
a key demand. Qatar, Israel, and the United Nations have agreed to
transfer other subsidies Qatar provides, including $100 cash payments
for 100,000 poor Gazan families. Those subsidies are set to begin to
enter Gaza on Monday.Israel had been allowing millions in Qatari cash to
flow through Israeli crossings into Gaza on a monthly basis since 2018,
in order to maintain a fragile ceasefire with Hamas. As of early 2021,
some $30 million in cash was being delivered in suitcases to Gaza each
month through an Israeli-controlled crossing.The parties have yet to
agree on a new mechanism for transferring Qatari funds to Hamas
employees. Israel’s new government has said it does not intend to allow
Qatar to channel cash directly to Hamas, as was policy under former
prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.On Friday, Qatar’s Gaza envoy,
Mohammad al-Emadi, announced that the Palestinian Authority had
withdrawn from an agreement to transfer the salaries through its banks.
IAEA
chief says agreement with Iran ‘gives time for diplomacy’Head of UN
nuclear watchdog speaks, after reaching a deal with Tehran to allow
inspectors access to nuclear sites’ surveillance equipment-By Agencies
and TOI staff-SEP 12,21-Today, 11:03 pm
VIENNA, Austria — The
head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog hailed an agreement struck
with Iran on Sunday over access to surveillance equipment at Iranian
nuclear facilities, saying it allowed space for diplomatic talks.“This
has always been seen, for me at least, as a stopgap, as a measure to
allow time for diplomacy,” International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Director-General Rafael Grossi told reporters at the Vienna airport,
after returning from talks in Iran.Iran and the IAEA had announced
previously that they had agreed to allow inspectors to service the
agency’s surveillance equipment, as Tehran has restricted access since
earlier this year.Grossi traveled to Iran on Saturday for talks, days
after the IAEA had criticized Tehran in a report for a lack of
cooperation.He said the agreement on servicing the agency’s equipment
would be put into practice “within a few days, very soon.”Grossi added
that, thanks to the agreement, the agency would “be able to keep the
information needed to maintain continuity of knowledge” of Iran’s
program.However, access to the information recorded by the equipment
will have to wait for agreement at talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear
deal, also known as the JCPOA.“The reconstruction, the coming together
of the jigsaw puzzle will come when there is an agreement at the JCPOA
level,” Grossi said.Talks between Iran and world powers, over limiting
Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, have been idle
since June. Raisi took office in August.Earlier this month, the IAEA
said in a report that Iran had quadrupled its stockpile of 60-percent
enriched uranium since May. It also said that verification and
monitoring activities have been “seriously undermined” since February,
after Iran refused to let inspectors access IAEA monitoring
equipment.Major powers are losing patience, more than two months after
the suspension of negotiations that had begun in April in Vienna, under
the aegis of the European Union, to try to resurrect the international
agreement of 2015.The US is close to abandoning its efforts, US
Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned on Wednesday.The Islamic
Republic has been gradually freeing itself from its nuclear obligations
since 2019, in response to Donald Trump’s reinstatement of US
sanctions.Israel has repeatedly warned that Iran is seeking nuclear
weapons. Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu openly opposed the
2015 deal, which it said would pave the way to an Iranian nuclear
arsenal, and publicly urged US President Joe Biden to steer clear of
attempts to reenter the deal.Meeting with Biden at the White House last
month, current Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned of the “nightmare”
of a radical Islamic regime attaining nuclear weapons, and Biden
publicly vowed that the US would “never” allow Iran to attain the
bomb.Israel has “greatly accelerated” preparations for action against
Iran’s nuclear program, military chief Aviv Kohavi said in an interview
published last Monday.
Lapid proposes ‘new vision’ for Gaza,
promises economic steps for Hamas quiet-While ruling out negotiations
with Hamas terror group, foreign minister says Jewish state must
implement ‘economy in return for security’ system, strengthen
Palestinian Authority-By Aaron Boxerman-SEP 12,21-Today, 9:34 pm
Foreign
Minister Yair Lapid presented on Sunday what he called a “new vision”
for Israel’s relations with the Gaza Strip, saying that Israel “must
move toward a multi-year process in Gaza of economy in return for
security.”Speaking at a conference at the Institute for
Counter-Terrorism Policy of Reichman University (until recently known as
IDC Herzliya), Lapid said that the aim of such a move is “to create
stability on both sides of the border.”“This is not a proposal for
negotiations with Hamas. Israel will not award prizes to a terrorist
organization and weaken the [Palestinian] Authority that works with us
on a regular basis,” Lapid said.However, shortly after his speech, a
rocket was fired by Gazan terrorists toward Israeli communities for the
third straight night. It was intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense
system.In his speech, Lapid outlined a two-stage plan for changing the
economic reality on the ground in Gaza. A combination of international
investment, Israel-Palestinian cooperation, and a quiescent Hamas could
change life on the ground for ordinary Gazans, Lapid said.“The political
conditions – in Israel and in the Palestinian Authority – don’t allow
for diplomatic progress at the moment, but in Gaza we can, and we
should, act now,” Lapid said.Israel officials have called for similar
Gaza infrastructure overhauls before, although none have come fully to
fruition. And many of the projects Lapid mentioned — connecting Gaza to
natural gas, building desalination plant, and allowing Gaza to have a
ports — have long been on the table.Palestinians have often been
critical of similar economic plans, saying that there can be no true
solution without a political settlement. Some on the Israeli right have
opposed such initiatives in the past as a boon to Gaza’s Hamas terrorist
rulers.Lapid acknowledged that his plan did not deal with any of the
so-called outstanding “final status issues” between Israelis and
Palestinians. But, he said, beginning a diplomatic process in Gaza could
create more favorable conditions for talks, should they emerge.“In a
wider context, the kickstarting of a wider process in Gaza will create
better conditions for future negotiations if and when the situation
allows for it. We have seen in the past that rounds of fighting in Gaza
hurt the chances of returning to the negotiating table,” Lapid
said.Hamas has ruled the Gaza Strip since taking over by force in 2007,
two years after Israel withdrew from the enclave in a unilateral
disengagement. Israel and Egypt have both imposed crippling sanctions
for years on Gaza, in an effort to weaken the terror group, which
avowedly seeks Israel’s destruction.The enclave has posed a thorny
policy dilemma for Israel ever since. Hamas and Israel have fought
successive wars that left thousands dead, mostly Palestinians. Hamas
rockets have rained down on Israeli cities, and Israel has tightened its
closure on the enclave, but neither side has been capable of
substantially shifting the status quo.Meanwhile, the tightened blockade —
which Israel says is necessary for security — helped create a
humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Unemployment soared to nearly 50 percent,
while poverty jumped from 40 to 56% between 2007 and 2017, according to
the United Nations. The Strip’s corroded, crumbling infrastructure has
left it with an ongoing water and electricity crisis as well.“The policy
Israel has pursued up until now hasn’t substantially changed the
situation. The closures haven’t stopped the smuggling and production of
weapons. Last night, we once again struck Gaza after yet another rocket
was fired, and residents ran to their shelters. We need to change
direction,” Lapid said.In its place, Lapid proposed a multi-stage plan
for developing Gaza’s economy. The first stage would entail
rehabilitating Gaza’s infrastructure in exchange for tight international
oversight — as well as quiet from Hamas.“The rehabilitation process
will be defined by a series of pre-set benchmarks, with each one given a
specific timeframe. Any breach by Hamas will stop the process or set it
back,” Lapid said.Lapid also vowed that both Egypt and the Palestinian
Authority would play a role in the process. The PA, which is dominated
by Hamas’s Fatah rivals, has almost no footprint in the Gaza Strip.In
the second stage of Lapid’s plan, the two sides would see more ambitious
projects. An artificial island would be built off the coast of the
enclave — a long-proposed plan to see a port built in Gaza — and the
West Bank and Gaza would be linked by infrastructure projects, Lapid
said.The Palestinian Authority would take over civil and economic
affairs in the Gaza Strip as part of this step, Lapid said. He did not
explain how or why Hamas would consent to allow their PA rivals to take
charge of aspects of life inside Gaza. Israel and the international
community’s insistence on this step — along with Hamas’s refusal to do
so — has torpedoed similar efforts before.“The solution presented here
doesn’t address the two-state solution, but my opinion on the matter is
well known: Israel needs to act to strengthen the Palestinian Authority
and to negotiate with it with an aim of achieving a two-state solution,”
Lapid said.Lapid vowed that if Hamas maintained quiet along its border
with Israel, “the reality in Gaza will change dramatically.” But Israel
would not hesitate to take action should Hamas violate the unwritten
contract, Lapid said.“If Sinwar and Haniyeh continue to act against
Israel, we will know and the international community will know, and
mostly the people of Gaza will know, that Hamas refuses to improve life
in Gaza because the only thing they care about is killing Jews,” Lapid
said.Lapid said he hopes to bring the plan to the cabinet for approval,
adding that he had already discussed it with leaders from the European
Union, Egypt, the Gulf States, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Palestinians said to
shoot at IDF troops searching for fugitives in West Bank-IDF denies
incident near Jenin, where at least one of the last two escapees likely
fled; forces search town near Nazareth where two of the prisoners were
rearrested-By Emanuel Fabian-SEP 12,21-Today, 8:19 pm
Heavy
gunfire was heard in the Jenin region on Sunday, as Israeli security
forces reportedly came under fire during a manhunt for two escaped
Palestinian prisoners who remain on the run following the capture of
four other escapees.Palestinian media reports claimed militants had
opened fire toward Israeli troops near the town of Araqah, west of the
city of Jenin in the northern West Bank.But a spokesperson for the
Israel Defense Forces told the Times of Israel that the army was unaware
of the incident.In recent days, especially near Jenin, Palestinians
have reportedly opened fire toward Israeli troops in a number of
incidents amid the intense manhunt for the fugitives who fled from
Gilboa Prison last Monday.Separately, an explosive device was detonated
near the town of Mughayir, northeast of Ramallah, according to
Palestinian media reports. There were no reports of damage or injuries
in either incident.Authorities believe that at least one of the
remaining fugitives fled to the northern West Bank, where all six of the
prisoners hail from.At the same time, security forces reportedly
conducted searches near the town of Tel Adashim, south of Nazareth,
where two of the escapees were arrested on Friday. Yaqoub Qadiri and
Mahmoud al-Arida, the latter reported to be the mastermind of the
jailbreak, were arrested in the northern town of Nazareth on Friday
night.Al-Arida, considered a senior Islamic Jihad member, was jailed for
life for terrorist activity, including attacks in which soldiers were
killed. Qadiri, also an Islamic Jihad member, was also serving life
terms for acts of terrorism including the murder of an Israeli in 2004.
Both men were reportedly involved in a 2014 attempt to break out of
Gilboa.Zakaria Zubeidi and Mohammed al-Arida, the younger brother of the
reported mastermind of the jailbreak, were then recaptured by Israeli
counterterror police officers near the northern town of Shibli–Umm
al-Ghanam at around 5 a.m. on Saturday.Zubeidi, a notorious commander in
Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade terror group, was in prison while on
trial for two dozen crimes, including attempted murder.The younger
al-Arida, also an Islamic Jihad member, was arrested in 2002 on terror
offenses and sentenced to life in prison.Meanwhile, Iham Kamamji and
Munadil Nafiyat, both of whom are members of the Islamic Jihad terror
group, are still on the run since Monday’s jailbreak.“The estimation is
that one has succeeded to get to the West Bank. The other one could be
on either side of the Green Line,” Public Security Minister Omer Barlev
said in an interview on Channel 12 news on Saturday.“We will catch
them,” he added.Kamamji was serving a life sentence at the time of
Monday’s escape, for killing an 18-year-old Israeli in 2006, a murder he
reportedly expressed pride in.Nafayat has not been charged with a crime
other than being a member of the Islamic Jihad, and was being held
under Israel’s practice of administrative detention, which allows it to
imprison suspects without filing charges.Separately on Sunday, amid the
tensions over the prison escape, a Jewish man was attacked by suspects
who hurled stones toward his vehicle in East Jerusalem’s A-Tur
neighborhood.The man, who lost control of his car, hit a pedestrian.
Both were listed in light condition and required medical attention.For
Palestinians, the fugitives have been widely regarded as “heroes” who
succeeded in freeing themselves from multiple life sentences.Violent
protests broke out at a number of locations in the West Bank after the
announcement of the first two arrests on Friday evening. Small-scale
clashes were reported on Saturday night as well.The six escaped from
Gilboa Prison in the pre-dawn hours of last Monday morning, making their
way out through their cell’s drainage system and an empty space
underneath the prison.The escape exposed a series of failures at the
prison, and Public Security Minister Omer Barlev said on Thursday that
he had decided to form a government commission to probe the
incident.Among the apparent lapses were failure to learn lessons from
previous escape attempts and several operational blunders, including
unmanned watchtowers and sleeping guards.Times of Israel staff
contributed to this report.
Iraqi PM becomes 1st foreign leader
to meet new Iranian hardline president-Mustafa al-Kadhimi and Ebrahim
Raisi sit down to discuss economic ties between neighbors-By AFP-SEP
12,21-Today, 7:30 pm
TEHRAN, Iran — Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa
al-Kadhimi met Iran’s recently-elected President Ebrahim Raisi on
Sunday to discuss the neighbors’ economic relations.Kadhimi is the first
foreign leader to visit the ultra-conservative Raisi, and he brought
along a “high level political and economic delegation,” Iran’s official
IRNA news agency said.Kadhimi told a joint news conference that the pair
“discussed certain joint economic questions and strategic projects,” as
well as “increasing trade in the interests of both nations.”Raisi, who
took office last month, said that “financial and monetary relations”
were also discussed.As Iran’s neighbor to the west, Iraq has sought a
mediating role between Tehran and Arab nations.It has tried to broker
Iran-Saudi talks to soothe tensions between the regional rivals.Iranian
and Saudi officials met in Baghdad in April, their first high-level
meeting since Riyadh cut diplomatic ties with Tehran in 2016.An Iraqi
source said Friday that Kadhimi would raise energy cooperation and
Iranian-Saudi relations in Tehran.Other hot topics include Iraq’s
six-billion-dollar debt to Iran, after shortages pushed it to turn to
its neighbor to cover one-third of its gas and electricity needs.This
summer, Iran suspended exports for several days over the outstanding
amount.Meanwhile, “the Iraqi prime minister gave us good news about visa
exemptions” for Iranians, Raisi said.Baghdad would “increase as much as
possible” the number able to participate in the Arbaeen pilgrimage in
the Shiite shrine city of Karbala later this month, the Iranian leader
added.Kadhimi’s office had announced last week that up to 60,000
Iranians would be able to come.Arbaeen marks the end of the 40-day
mourning period for the killing of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet
Mohammed, by the forces of the caliph Yazid in 680 AD.The number of
visas issued to foreign pilgrims permitted has dropped sharply in the
past two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.Iran and Iraq fought a
devastating 1980-1988 war, but the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled
Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein led to massive Iranian influence in Iraqi
politics.
Minister admits officials were ‘very surprised’ by Arab
Israeli violence in May-Public Security Minister Barlev warns that
crime families are crossing line into nationalist actions that threaten
national sovereignty-By Stuart Winer and TOI staff-13 September 2021,
12:21 am
Rioting by Arab Israelis in May that led to deadly
ethnic violence between Jews and Arabs took authorities by surprise and
was fueled, in part, by organized crime families that are crossing the
line between criminal and nationalist crime, Public Security Minister
Omer Barlev said Sunday.May saw massive riots break out in many
so-called mixed Israeli cities, home to large numbers of both Arabs and
Jews, during an 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Though
not unprecedented, the internecine violence was some of the worst in
Israel’s history, bringing to the surface long-simmering conflicts
between Arab and Jewish Israelis.The outbreak of violence by the Arab
population “very much surprised the country, we weren’t prepared for
that,” Barlev told a conference on anti-terror policy hosted at the
Reichman University in Herzliya (until recently known as IDC
Herzliya).However, he applauded the police response to the violence, in
which at least two people were killed and hundreds injured. For days,
Jewish and Arab mobs had attacked people and property in communities
across the country.“Israel Police acted correctly, despite all the
criticism,” said Barlev, who at the time of the unrest was still an
opposition lawmaker. He took over the Public Security Ministry, which is
responsible for the police, when the new government was sworn in in
June.Comparing events to similar rioting that happened in 2000, Barlev
said that police were able to contain the violence in a reasonable
manner, “but that doesn’t mean there aren’t coals sizzling under the
surface today that can seriously harm the delicate fabric of Israel.”In
October 2000, 13 Arab Israelis were killed by police during violent
clashes at the dawn of the Second Intifada.Barlev said that crime
families played a role in the May violence and the existence of such
organizations “harms the very sovereignty of the country.”The unrest, he
said, revealed “a justifiable crisis in trust between Arab Israeli
citizens and state institutes” that has been caused by years of
disregard for the hardships of the community.“The inequality and neglect
of the Arab sector constituted a space for the intensification of crime
in a disproportionate manner and led to the mixing and crossing of
criminal crime into the realm of national crime,” Barlev said.Shots
fired last week at the home of police Deputy Commissioner Jamal Hakrush,
who is overseeing the fight against rising crime in Arab cities and
towns, is a further indication of the intensification of the battle with
organized crime, he said.“If until now it was clear that there was a
behind-the-scenes war between the crime families and Israel,” Barlev
said, then the shooting incident is “a declaration of public war on
police, but, in practice, also on the entire country and on Israeli
sovereignty.”Last month, President Isaac Herzog said that organized
crime is a national emergency in the form of “civilian terrorism.”Israel
fought an 11-day war in May against the Hamas terror group in the Gaza
Strip. In response to thousands of rockets fired by the Palestinian
terror group at Israeli cities, the IDF carried out hundreds of bombing
raids on Hamas targets in the coastal enclave.Alongside the escalation
in violence between Israel and Hamas, the mass unrest in mixed
Arab-Jewish locales in Israel was also fueled by anger over clashes in
Jerusalem’s Old City and protests over the pending evictions of
Palestinian families in East Jerusalem.
Planned closure of
Guantanamo prison, a legacy of 9/11, remains unresolved-Unclear what US
will do with infamous detention center or with the inmates it isn’t
ready to release; Biden administration says it has no timeline for the
ongoing process-By Ben Fox-13 September 2021, 12:28 am
NAVAL
STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (AP) — US President Joe Biden turned the
page on one legacy of 9/11 by ending the war in Afghanistan. But he has
yet to do much about another: the Guantanamo Bay detention center.The
White House says it intends to shutter the prison on the US base in
Cuba, which opened in January 2002. How or when the administration will
carry out that plan remains unclear, though early moves to free one
prisoner and place five others on a list of those eligible for release
have generated optimism among some eager to see it close, including
prisoners. Most of the 39 men still being held there have never been
charged with a crime.“The fact that Biden, at least, is saying the right
things has given people hope,” said Clive Stafford Smith, a lawyer who
was recently making his 40th trip to Guantanamo Bay, seeing prisoners he
had not been able to visit since the start of the pandemic. “Hope is a
dangerous thing because it’s easily crushed. But at the same time, at
least, they have hope and that’s good.”As he did with Afghanistan, Biden
faces a complex task in closing Guantanamo. It was a pledge that
President Barack Obama famously made, and then failed to carry out. The
closure was abandoned as a goal altogether under President Donald Trump,
who vowed once to “load it up with some bad dudes,” but mostly just
ignored the place.The challenge now, as then, remains: What should the
US government do with the men at Guantanamo it isn’t ready to
release?Among them is Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, a onetime senior al-Qaeda
figure considered the architect of the 9/11 attacks. He faces a trial by
military commission with four co-defendants that — amid legal and
logistical challenges, personnel issues, and the pandemic — has been
bogged down in the pretrial stage at a specially built high-security
courtroom for more than nine years. There is no start date in
sight.Mohammad and his co-defendants were in court this week, for the
first time since the start of the pandemic, for a hearing on the
qualifications of a new judge, Air Force Col. Matthew McCall, to preside
over the sprawling death penalty case. It was the 42nd round of
pretrial hearings since the arraignment in May 2012.With the passage of
time comes new problems. The oldest prisoner, a Pakistani cleared for
release in May but who remains at Guantanamo, is 74 and has heart
disease and other ailments. A number of other men have significant
physical and mental health issues as well that will need to be addressed
if “indefinite” detention goes on much longer. Since Guantanamo opened,
nine prisoners have died — two from natural causes, and seven in
apparent suicides.“People are getting older, sicker, more and more
desperate,” said Pardiss Kebriaei, an attorney with the Center for
Constitutional Rights who represents a Yemeni prisoner who was recently
cleared, but remains held.It is not surprising, really, that no one made
long-term plans for the detention center. It was a makeshift project
from the start.Following the invasion of Afghanistan, in reaction to the
September 11, 2001, attacks, the US wanted a place to hold the hundreds
of prisoners from dozens of countries swept up by American forces, many
handed over, as it turned out later, in exchange for bounties
regardless of whether they had a connection to al-Qaeda or the
Taliban.The administration of then-president George W. Bush declared
they were the “worst of the worst,” and asserted it could hold the men
overseas, without charge as unlawful enemy combatants, not entitled to
the full protections of prisoners of war at the sleepy Navy outpost on
the jagged southeastern coast of Cuba.A photo released by the Pentagon
showed the first detainees, clad in orange jumpsuits, and kneeling in
outdoor cages under the tropical sun. It was intended to show a message
that “we are doing what we need to do,” in a defiant message to the
world, said Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security
at Fordham Law.“They regretted that decision very soon afterwards,
within days if not weeks,” said Greenberg, author of “The Least Worst
Place: Guantanamo’s First 100 Days.”As reports emerged of brutal
treatment, Guantanamo became a source of international outrage,
undercutting the sympathy and support the US drew after the 9/11
attacks.The US would end up holding 779 prisoners at Guantanamo and
spend hundreds of millions constructing and operating what today looks
more or less like a small state prison, surrounded by razor wire and
guard posts at the edge of the shimmering Caribbean Sea.Bush would
ultimately let 532 prisoners out. Obama released 197. Trump released a
single detainee, a Saudi who went back to his homeland after striking a
plea deal in the problem-plagued military commissions.Few of those held
could be charged with a crime because no evidence was collected when
they were captured, or there was none, or it was tainted beyond use when
the detainees were subjected to what the CIA euphemistically called
“enhanced interrogation.” Of those who remain, 10 are facing trial by
military commission, with all still in the pretrial stage.Over the
years, the population has steadily shrunk, as the US decided some men no
longer posed a threat and were not worth holding, amid legal
challenges. It has also at times been roiled by hunger strikes and
rocked by clashes between prisoners and guards, sparked largely by
frustration at being held indefinitely without charge under what the US
asserted was its right under the international laws of war.Guantanamo is
smaller and quieter now. But Stafford Smith, a founder of the human
rights organization Reprieve, says it is still oppressive. “It’s not so
much the physical conditions, it’s the psychological conditions,” he
said. “Being told that you’re in Hotel California and you can check out
but you can never leave, that psychologically is immensely damaging to
people.”Obama, who issued an executive order shortly after taking office
directing that Guantanamo be closed within a year, ran into political
opposition when his administration announced it would move the military
trials to federal courts. Congress eventually added language to the
annual Pentagon authorization bill prohibiting the government from
moving Guantanamo prisoners into the United States for any reason.In a
sign that the political winds might be shifting, Congress recently
stripped the prohibition on transferring Guantanamo Bay prisoners from
the Pentagon authorization and eliminated funding for the detention
center from next year’s budget. It remains to be seen whether that will
change, particularly after several former prisoners, released under both
Bush and Obama, emerged as Taliban leaders in Afghanistan.The Biden
administration, which did not respond to requests for comment for this
article, has not said much about its plans.“I don’t have a timeline for
you,” press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters when asked in July about
closing Guantanamo. “As you know, there’s a process. There are different
layers of the process. But that remains our goal, and we are
considering all available avenues to responsibly transfer detainees and,
of course, close Guantanamo Bay.”Those who support closure are
encouraged by the fact that the new administration has revived a review
board process and has cleared five for release. (None was cleared under
Trump). But they are concerned that the Biden team has yet to name
anyone at the State Department to lead an effort to secure agreements
with other countries for the resettlement of prisoners, as was done
under Obama.Many argue that the simplest solution would be to move the
cases of the 10 detainees facing trial by military commission to federal
court in the US and find a way to transfer or release the rest.
Kebriaei, the attorney whose Yemeni client is awaiting release, said the
administration just needs to focus on the issue.“There’s a sense that
it has to be done and, very practically, more of a possibility that it
can be done,” she said.
As world remembers 9/11, Taliban raises
flag over Afghan presidential palace-Ceremony marks the official start
of the work of the new interim government, weeks after shock takeover-By
KATHY GANNON-SEP 12,21-Today, 5:01 am
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) —
The Taliban raised their flag over the Afghan presidential palace
Saturday, a spokesman said, as the US and the world marked the 20th
anniversary of the September 11 attacks.The white banner, emblazoned
with a Quranic verse, was hoisted by Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the
prime minister of the Taliban interim government, in a low-key ceremony,
said Ahmadullah Muttaqi, multimedia branch chief of the Taliban’s
cultural commission.The flag-raising marked the official start of the
work of the new government, he said. The composition of the all-male,
all-Taliban government was announced earlier this week and was met with
disappointment by the international community which had hoped the
Taliban would make good on an earlier promise of an inclusive lineup.Two
decades ago, the Taliban ruled Afghanistan with a heavy hand.
Television was banned, and on September 11, 2001, the day of the
horrific attacks on America, the news spread from crackling radios
across the darkened streets of the Afghan capital of Kabul.The city
rarely had electricity and barely a million people lived in Kabul at the
time. It took the US-led coalition just two months to drive the Taliban
from the capital and by December 7, 2001, they were defeated, driven
from their last holdout in southern Kandahar, their spiritual
heartland.Twenty years later, the Taliban are back in Kabul. America has
departed, ending its ‘forever war’ two weeks before the 20th
anniversary of 9/11 and two weeks after the Taliban returned to the
Afghan capital on August 15.Some things have changed since the first
period of Taliban rule in the 1990s.This time, the gun-toting fighters
don’t race through the city streets in their pickups. Instead, they inch
through chaotic, clogged traffic in the city of more than 5 million. In
Taliban-controlled Kabul in the 1990s, barber shops were banned. Now
Taliban fighters get the latest haircuts, even if their beards remain
untouched in line with their religious beliefs.But the Taliban have
begun issuing harsh edits that have hit women hardest, such as banning
women’s sports. They have also used violence to stop women demanding
equal rights from protesting.Inside a high-end women’s store in the
city’s Karte Se neighborhood Saturday, Marzia Hamidi, a Taekwondo
competitor with ambitions of being a national champion, said the return
of the Taliban has crushed her dreams.She was among the women attacked
by the Taliban and called “agents of the West” during one of the recent
protests. She said she’s not surprised about America’s withdrawal.“This
year or next year, they had to leave eventually,” she said. “They came
for their own interest and they left for their interest.”Hamidi is
hoping the Taliban will relent and ease their restrictions, but with a
glance toward the store owner, Faisal Naziri, she said “most men in
Afghanistan agree with what the Taliban say about women and their rules
against them.”Naziri nodded, saying preserving the rights of women is
not a cause that will bring Afghan men on the streets.On Saturday, the
Taliban even orchestrated a women’s march of their own. This one
involved dozens of women obscured from head to toe, hidden behind layers
of black veils. They filled an auditorium at Kabul University’s
education center in a well-choreographed snub to the past 20 years of
Western efforts to empower women.Speakers read from scripted speeches
celebrating the Taliban victory over a West they charged was anti-Islam.
The women marched briefly outside the center grounds, waving placards
saying “the women who left don’t represent us,” referring to the many
thousands who fled in fear of a Taliban crackdown on women’s rights. “We
don’t want co-education,” read another banner.Outside the hall, the
Taliban director of higher education, Maulvi Mohammad Daoud Haqqani,
said 9/11 was the day “the world started their propaganda against us
calling us terrorists and blaming us” for the attacks in the United
States.At a dusty book store in Kabul’s Karte Sangi neighborhood, Atta
Zakiri, a self-declared civil society activist said America was wrong to
attack Afghanistan after 9/11.He blamed the invasion that followed the
9/11 attacks for creating another generation of hardline Taliban
fighters.“The Taliban should have been allowed to stay. Why didn’t we
work with them? Instead they went to fight,” he said.” And now we are
back to where we were 20 years ago.”
