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10 Horn Unions: Daniel 7:24 “The ten horns are ten kings Who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall rise after them; He shall be different from the first ones, And shall subdue three kings.”
Headline: France and Germany moving towards closer political union Last year Germany went out on a limb by calling for political union in Europe. The idea was met with little enthusiasm elsewhere in the eurozone, but particularly in France. After the election of French President Francois Hollande in May, it seemed that views of the EU's foremost political duo could not be further apart. But the mood has since changed and serious plans are underway to create – if not a full political union – then something close to it. Watching the evolution from the inside is Thomas Wieser, an Austrian economist who prepares the regular meetings of the eurozone finance ministers. "There will be consultations with the member states in the second half of September in Brussels and I think you will be surprised in the autumn by the degree of movement that will have taken place in some member states,” he tells this website. Comment: Please also see Daniel 2:41-43 Aug. 30, 2012 http://euobserver.com/economic/117367
Economic collapse Revelation 6:5-6 & James 5:1-3- Decline of the Euro “Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. 43 As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.”
Headline: Fitch downgrades seven mid-sized Italian banks (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Aug 28 - Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) of Banca Popolare di Sondrio (BPSondrio) and Banco di Desio e della Brianza (BDB) to 'BBB+' from 'A-', and the Long-term IDR of Banca Popolare di Milano (BPMilano) to 'BBB-' from 'BBB'. The agency has also downgraded the Long-term IDRs of Banca Carige, Banca Popolare di Vicenza (BPVicenza), Credito Valtellinese (CreVal) and Veneto Banca to 'BB+' from 'BBB'. Simultaneously, Fitch has affirmed the Long-term IDRs of Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna (BPER) at 'BBB' and of Credito Emiliano (Credem) at 'BBB+'. The Outlooks on all the banks' Long-term IDRs is Negative. A full list of rating actions is at the end of this rating action commentary. Aug. 29, 2012 http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/28/idINWNA421420120828
Headline: France: wide debt spreads may justify ECB action The wide sovereign debt spreads of some euro zone nations may justify a market intervention by the European Central Bank in the name of ensuring the smooth transmission of monetary policy, French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday. "The ECB's mandate include price stability and monetary policy. When you see such wide gaps in yields, that could be a justification for an intervention in the name of monetary policy," Hollande told a news conference after meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in Madrid. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/eurozone-spain-ecb-idUSP6E8I402Q20120830
Economic collapse Revelation 6:5-6 & James 5:1-3- Worldwide “ When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”
Headline: Jobless Claims in U.S. Unchanged Last Week at One-Month High More Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that progress in the labor market is faltering amid a slowing economy. Jobless claims were little changed at 374,000 in the week ended Aug. 25, matching the upwardly revised figure from the prior week, the Labor Department reported today in Washington. The median forecast of 50 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News called for 370,000. The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure, climbed to a six-week high. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-30/jobless-claims-in-u-s-unchanged-last-week-at-one-month- high.html
Headline: Food Supply Adequate to Forestall Price Crisis, World Bank Says Further weather disruptions or rising energy costs could increase grain costs already at a record, while current supplies may be ample enough to forestall unrest caused by high food prices, the World Bank said. The worst U.S. drought since the 1950s sparked a 10 percent gain in the World Bank’s Food Price Index in July, the organization said today in a monthly report. Corn and soybean prices last month exceeded records in 2008, when food riots erupted in African and Middle Eastern countries. While drought in the former Soviet Union and weak monsoon rains in India are contributing to crop concerns, stable rice prices argue against a crisis situation, the bank said. That could change should energy costs increase or bad weather persist. “World Bank experts do not currently foresee a repeat of 2008,” the multinational organization said in its report. Bans on exports, continued dry weather, poor harvests in South America or higher energy costs would worsen the situation, the bank said. “The jury is still out, for now.”
Comment: Please listen to the Lord and NOT the World Bank; the price of ground beef alone has gone up from $1.99lb last year to almost $4.lb this year Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-30/food-supply-adequate-to-forestall-price-crisis-world-bank- says.html
Wars & Rumors of Wars Matthew 24:6 , Revelation 6:3-4 & Revelation 6:8 “ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.”
Headline: The Guns of October’: Report forecasts Gulf war by late 2012 The United States could become involved in a major war in the Gulf in 2012, a report said. The Lexington Institute said Washington and other NATO states could be swept into a war with Iran over the next few months. The Washington-based institute said the military buildup throughout the Gulf lacked only a trigger for the eruption of fighting. “Teheran is expanding, dispersing and hardening its nuclear enrichment program and trying to find a way around sanctions before its domestic economy is crippled,” the report, titled “The Guns of October — in the Persian Gulf,” said. Dated Aug. 24, the report cited the eve of World War I in 1914 when the European powers undertook a massive military buildup. Lexington said Iran, determined to advance its nuclear program, and much of the Gulf, fueled by the high price of energy, were conducting similar activities in preparation of war. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.worldnewstribune.com/2012/08/29/the-guns-of-october-report-forecasts-gulf-war-by-late-2012/
Pestilence & Plagues Luke21:11 & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.”
Headline: CDC: West Nile cases rise 40 percent in 1 week Headline: CDC Says Worst Nile Outbreak in US Headline: West Nile Virus Cases Hit 1,590; Death Toll at 66 Federal health officials say that West Nile virus cases are up 40 percent since last week and are on pace to rival the record years of 2002 and 2003. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 1,590 cases of the mosquito-borne disease and 66 deaths so far this year. Half of the cases are in Texas. Health officials think that cases have peaked or are peaking now, but likely will continue through October. The disease first appeared in the United States in 1999, and health officials say this summer's hot, dry weather may have contributed to the current boom in cases. The CDC also says it does not expect Hurricane Isaac to have much of an impact on cases in Southern states. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/08/29/cdc-west-nile-cases-rise-40-percent-in-1-week/?test=latestnews http://www.voanews.com/content/cdc_says_worst_nile_outbreak_in_us/1498166.html http://news.yahoo.com/west-nile-virus-cases-hit-1-590-death-231215228--abc-news-health.html
Headline: Alarming levels of drug-resistant TB found worldwide Headline: ‘Virtually Untreatable’ tuberculosis threat rising, study finds Scientists have found an alarming number of cases of the lung disease tuberculosis in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America that are resistant to up to four powerful antibiotic drugs. In a large international study published in the Lancet medical journal on Thursday, researchers found rates of both multi drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR- TB) were higher than previously thought and were threatening global efforts to curb the spread of the disease. "Most international recommendations for TB control have been developed for MDR-TB prevalence of up to around 5 percent. Yet now we face prevalence up to 10 times higher in some places, where almost half of the patients ... are transmitting MDR strains," Sven Hoffner of the Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, said in a commentary on the study. TB is already a worldwide pandemic that infected 8.8 million people and killed 1.4 million in 2010. Drug-resistant TB is more difficult and costly than normal TB to treat, and is more often fatal. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.reuters.com/assets/print?aid=USBRE87S1F220120830 https://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/virtually-untreatable-tuberculosis-threat-rising-study- finds/
Scorching Sun Isaiah30:26 & Revelation 16:8-9 “Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. 9 And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.”
Headline: California Heatwaves to Move Toward Coastal Areas A new study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, suggests that the nature of California heatwaves is changing due to global warming. Climate researchers Alexander Gershunov and Kristen Guirguis detected a trend toward more humid heatwaves that are expressed very strongly in elevated nighttime temperatures, a trend consistent with climate change projections. Moreover, relative to local warming, the mid- summer heatwaves are getting stronger in generally cooler coastal areas. This carries implications for the millions of Californians living near the ocean whose everyday lives are acclimated to moderate temperatures. Aug. 29, 2012 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120829151243.htm
Persecution Matthew 24:9 & Revelation 6:9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.”
Headline: Christian Family Beheaded, Christians Attacked At Funeral in Syria A terrorist attack hit innocent Christian faithful and innocent Druzes in the area of Jaramana, a suburb of Damascus: yesterday, August 28, at 2 pm, a bomb in a car was detonated while a crowd of faithful, families, elderly people, women and children, were heading to the cemetery to bury two young people. The two had died the day before, on August 27, also victims of an IED. As the crowd, after the funeral, was accompanying the deceased to the burial, a taxi exploded causing 12 deaths (according to other sources 27), including 5 children, and injuring more than 50 people. In Jarmana about 600 thousand people live, mostly religious minorities: there are 250 thousand Christians (Assyrians, Armenians, Chaldeans, Melkites, Orthodox and other denominations), as well as Druzes and about 120 thousand Iraqi refugees, who fled to Syria in past years. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.aina.org/news/2012083094648.htm
Headline: Church asks Christians in fear to stay in Syria Syriac clerics call on Christians in Middle East, especially those in Syria, to avoid leaving their homelands amid harsh violence. Justice in Syria can only be achieved by meaningful dialogue between all belligerent elements, they say. The Syriac Orthodox Kadim Patriarchate Synod in Damascus called on Christians not to leave the Middle East after a meeting the on escalating tensions in the region ahead of Pope Benedict XVI’s critical visit to Lebanon. The Syriac Orthodox Kadim Patriarchate Synod met Aug. 24 to discuss current high tensions in the Middle East and the condition of Christian communities within the region. “We refuse all kind of immigration as a response to the recent crisis in the Middle East and strongly condemn all propagators, instigators and provocateurs who call to Middle Eastern Christians to migrate,” the second provision of a seven-provision declaration read. The declaration, which was issued with the signature of H.E. Mor Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, metropolitan of the Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo, will be presented to Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Lebanon in September. The Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic Churches in Turkey also backed the call for Christians to stay put. Comment: Oh yes PLEASE- let’s have our brothers & sisters DIAGLOGUE with Islamic radicals with machetes! Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/church-asks-christians-in-fear-to-stay-in- syria.aspx?pageID=238&nID=28966&NewsCatID=352
Apostasy & Alternative Lifestyles 1 Timothy 4:1-3, Amos 8:11 & Romans1:26-27 “For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due”
Headline: Australian state lower house passes same-sex marriage bill The Lower House of Tasmania on Thursday voted for a bill to allow same-sex marriage, leading the island state one step closer to become the first state in Australia that same-sex couples can get married. After more than four hours of debate, the bill was passed 13 votes to 11. Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings congratulated Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Labor and Green parties voted in favour of the bill. Speaker Michael Polley was the only Labor MP to vote against the legislation. All of the 10 Liberal MPs voted against the bill. As Australian Broadcast Company (ABC) reported, gay and lesbian couples had gathered in the public gallery to hear the bill debated. Premier Giddings said she had been flooded with letters of support from all over the world. Aug. 30, 2012 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-08/30/c_131818518.htm
EARTHQUAKES/WEATHER (Isaiah 24:19-20 , Matthew 24:7, Mark 13:8 , Luke 21:11 , Luke 21:25 - storms)
Headline: 6.6 earthquake off coast of Greenland A magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck today off the east coast of Greenland, the U.S. Geological Survey reports. The USGS, which initially reported the quake as a magnitude-7.0, says it was followed eight minutes later by a magnitude-5.2 quake in the region. The nearest community to the epicenter is Olonkinbyen, a small weather and radio station on the island of Jan Mayen in the Norwegian Sea about 58 miles to the southeast. The second quake was located 14 miles east of the island. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-08-30/magnitude-7-0-earthquake-off-coast-of-greenland/ http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/08/70-quake-strikes-off-greenlands-eastern- coast/1?csp=34#.UD-G8yKt27s
Headline: Major earthquakes strike near north and south poles A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake erupted in the Jan Mayen Island region of the Arctic Circle, north of Iceland. The earthquake had a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles) and was followed by a 5.2 magnitude aftershock. Seismic turbulence has been increasing in the Arctic Circle in the month of August, as seen from the map above. On August 14, a – 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck in the Sea of Okhotsk near NE Russia. Today’s 6.8 magnitude Arctic earthquake was preceded by double moderate tremors along the Western Indian-Antarctica Ridge in the 5.4 and 5.0 range. The seismic dynamism that has the planet reeling, from pole to pole, increases the potential for most seismic disturbances along the Nazca plate of South America, the Cocos plate, along Central America; and, or the SW region of the U.S. near the Gulf of California, where the Pacific and North American plate are experiencing increased agitation. Aug. 30, 2012 http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/major-earthquakes-strike-near-north-and-south-poles/
Headline: 4.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Los Angeles region The 4.1 earthquake that jolted Yorba Linda on Wednesday afternoon appears to be an aftershock of the cluster of quakes that hit the region earlier this month, seismologists said. The jolted area included southeastern Los Angeles County, Orange County and the Inland Empire. The quake occurred in about the same location of an earthquake doublet, two 4.5 quakes that occurred on Aug. 7 at 11:23 p.m. and Aug. 8 at 9:33 a.m. The area was also hit by a 4.0 quake on June 14. Wednesday’s quake, which hit at 1:31 p.m., was located near the center point of the magnitude-5.5 Chino Hills earthquake that reverberated through the Los Angeles Basin in the summer of 2008 Aug. 30, 2012 http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/4-1-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-los-angeles-region/
Headline: Southern California town declares emergency over quake swarm The southern California town of Brawley has taken the unusual step of declaring a state of emergency after a swarm of earthquakes rattled nearly 20 mobile homes off their blocks and forced a slaughterhouse to close, the mayor said on Wednesday. It is uncommon for quake- hardy California cities to declare emergencies due to tremors, but Brawley mayor George Nava said the earthquake swarm is a unique case because it has lasted for days and caused millions of dollars in damage. Aug. 30, 2012 http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/usa-earthquake-swarm-idINL2E8JTCP120120830
Headline: Igme’ exits Philippines, leaves 8 dead Tropical storm Igme (international name: Tembin) has left eight people dead as it exited the Philippines for good on Tuesday night, officials said Wednesday. Igme weakened into a tropical storm as it exited the Philippine area of responsibility after staging a brief return. At 10 p.m. Tuesday its eye was 550 kilometers north northeast of Basco, Batanes, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. There was no longer any tropical cyclone in the country, but a low pressure area was located some 325 kilometers east of Hinatuan City, as of 10 a.m. Wednesday, Pagasa said in a bulletin. “The LPA is expected to bring moderate to heavy rains (5.0 – 10.0 mm per hour) and thunderstorms in Mindanao particularly over the provinces of Agusan, Surigao, Davao, Compostela Valley and Zamboanga,” the bureau said. Aug. 29, 2012 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/259912/igme-exits-ph-leaves-8-dead
Headline: Typhoon Tembin hits S. Korea South Korea on Thursday was struck by a second typhoon after the powerful one, Typhoon Bolaven, left 27 people dead or missing. Typhoon Tembin was moving northeastward at a speed of 43 kilometers per hour across the southern region as of 6 p.m. (local time) and was forecast to arrive at the sea off the country's east coast late Thursday, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). The typhoon, which brought heavy downpours and strong winds to the country reeling from the damage caused by the first storm, killed two, injured three and left 48 people homeless, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). TV footage showed cars sitting half-submerged on flooded roads in some cities in southern areas. The typhoon cut power supply to hundreds of thousands of households, canceled flights and ferry services, and forced schools to close or adjust class hours, mainly in southern areas. Meanwhile, the death toll from the previous typhoon, Bolaven, stood at 20 people, including eight Chinese fishermen killed in wrecks off the country's southern island of Jeju. Aug. 30, 2012 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-08/30/c_131818349.htm
Headline: Louisiana Coast Under Curfew As Issac Makes Landfall Headline: Isaac leaves more than 700,000 without power, forces thousands to evacuate Despite the fact Isaac is a category one hurricane and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said the city had “dodged a bullet,” the Army National Guard has dispatched thousands of troops in Louisiana. Officials rushed to evacuate more than 100 nursing home residents from Plaquemines Parish, an area with a reputation for weathering storms and perhaps the hardest hit by Isaac. In this hardscrabble, mostly rural parish, even the sick and elderly are hardened storm veterans. "I don't think we had to evacuate to begin with," said Romaine Dahl, 59, as he sat in a wheelchair. "The weather was a hell of a lot worse last night than it is now. And I got an idea that after all this is said and done they're going to say everything is over with, go on back home." But Thursday officials warned the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the Tangipahoa Parish government that the dam at Lake Tangipahoa at Percy Quinn State Park is failing. Tangipahoa Parish President Gordon Burgess has called for a mandatory evacuation of all areas along the Tangipahoa Lake. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.infowars.com/louisiana-coast-under-curfew-as-issac-makes-landfall/ http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012/08/30/isaac-leaves-more-than-700000-without-power-forces- thousands-to-evacuate/
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ISRAEL (Zech.12:3 & 9 - The Burdensome Stone) Zechariah 12:3 “And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.”
Headline: Israel holds large-scale emergency exercises in Tel Aviv Israel has held a massive emergency exercise in the central Tel Aviv as part of the regime’s drills which simulate rocket attacks in case of a possible war with Iran. The drills started on Thursday morning at Tel Aviv’s Weizmann Center, which contains a shopping mall, medical clinics, restaurants and office buildings. The three-building complex is located near Israel's second-largest hospital, Sourasky Medical Center, and close to the Defense Ministry's Kirya headquarters, the Ayalon Highway and a train station. The operation practiced a large-scale evacuation after a simulated fire breakout on the 11th floor of a central office building, and involved all emergency services in Tel Aviv. The exercise was timed to coincide with the morning rush hour to fully simulate a possible attack at a busy time of the day. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/08/30/258998/israel-holds-emergency-drills-in-tel-aviv/
Headline: PA to defer September UN bid Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki said Thursday that the Palestinian Authority has decided not to file for a UN status upgrade during the UN General Assembly's September meeting. Al-Malki said that the bid will be submitted at a later date Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4274860,00.html
Headline: Report: Islamists laying groundwork for West Bank coup The Islamist opposition has been quietly preparing to seize power in the West Bank, a report said. The Gatestone Institute asserted that Hamas and other Islamic movements were rapidly expanding their presence in the Palestinian Authority as well as other areas of the West Bank. The institute, in a report by a leading Israeli analyst, said Hamas was operating under the cover of hundreds of Islamic charities and organizations. “An Israeli pullout from any part of the West Bank, under the current circumstances, will undermine the Palestinian Authority and most likely lead to its collapse, paving the way for radicals to seize control,” the report, titled “Will the West Bank Become the Next Islamic Emirate?” said. Aug. 29, 2012 http://www.worldnewstribune.com/2012/08/29/report-islamists-laying-groundwork-for-west-bank-coup/
Headline: Iranian Supreme Leader: Israelis are 'Ferocious Zionist Wolves' In yet another outrageously anti-Semitic speech, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaking Thursday at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit, called Israelis “ferocious Zionist wolves who digest the Palestinian people.” United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-Moon, who decided to attend the summit in Iran despite a wave of protests calling on him to boycott the event, remained seated throughout the duration of the speech, refraining from showing opposition to the outwardly hateful remarks. In comments made prior to the beginning of the summit, Ban said that he "strongly rejects threats by any member state to destroy another or outrageous attempts to deny historical facts such as the Holocaust," without explicitly mentioning Iran. “Claiming that Israel does not have the right to exist or describing it in racist terms is not only wrong but undermines the very principle we all have pledged to uphold,” Ban said. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/159463#.UD-KRyKt27s
Persia/Assyria & The Confederacy Against Israel Psalm 83 Psalm 83 Syria Damascus: Amos 1:3-5 Isaiah 17:1-14 Jeremiah 49:23-27 Iran: Jeremiah 49:34-39 “Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! 2 For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4 They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”
Jordan Headline: Jordan wants to deport Syrian refugees who rioted Jordanian Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh said Wednesday that Syrian refugees responsible for violence in a camp near the border will be deported. Tarawneh did not say how many refugees will be expelled. But a security official said there are 150 Syrian refugees in police custody, including an unspecified number of rioters as well as others who want to return home. "We will be firm in the face of those who break the law and we will send people arrested for attacking police officers back to where they came from," he told reporters. Aug. 29, 2012 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_JORDAN_SYRIAN_REFUGEES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TE MPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-08-29-15-41-01
Headline: Syrians in Jordan begin hunger strike appealing end to bloodshed Scores of Syrian refugees in Jordan on Thursday started a hunger strike, calling on the international community to intervene to end the bloodshed in Syria. During a sit-in Thursday near the UN headquarters in Amman, demonstrators called on the international community to exert utmost efforts to stop the killing of civilians in Syria and condemn massacres against the people. The demonstrators slammed the Arab world's silence over the killing of civilians in Syria during the unrest, which made hundreds of thousands of Syrians flee their country. Aug. 30, 2012 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-08/30/c_131818525.htm
Lebanon Headline: Lebanon army vows to maintain control Lebanese Army commander General Jean Kahwagi on Thursday said that the army would work to prevent the Lebanese-Syrian border into becoming a “corridor of sedition.” Kahwagi also warned that the Lebanese Army would not allow the presence of security areas or patches of land to fall outside the authority of the state. In a ceremony to honor retired army officers, Kahwagi said the army “is committed to the implementation of a military plan within Lebanon and on the border with Syria, and will strive against the border area becoming a corridor of sedition.” He added that the army would not allow the existence of “security areas or buffer zones beyond the power of the state which would make Lebanon appear partisan in the regional conflict.” Aug. 30, 2012 http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/lebanon-army-vows-maintain-control Egypt Headline: Egypt pulls back some Sinai tanks Egypt on Wednesday withdrew some of the tanks it deployed near the Israeli and Gaza borders as part of a military operation against militants in the Sinai Peninsula. The tank deployment earlier this month had brought complaints from Israel since the peace treaty between the two countries bans such heavy weapons from a zone along the border. Israel had quietly agreed to Egypt sending thousands of troops into the area - also barred under the treaty - to fight militants, but it had not consented to the tanks. Aug. 29, 2012 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_EGYPT_SINAI?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAU LT&CTIME=2012-08-29-16-23-15
Headline: Morsi: We must back Palestinian independence Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said Thursday that Egypt will continue to support the Palestinian cause "until we achieve a comprehensive solution that will support the right of the Palestinian people to decide their own future and to establish their free state on their own soil." Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4274922,00.html
Headline: Egyptian attack on 'oppressive' Syria sparks walkout Mohammed Mursi, making the first visit to Iran by an Egyptian leader since 1979, said the movement had an "ethical duty" to support the uprising. His comments sparked a walkout by the Syrian delegation. Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said Mr Mursi's speech "incites continued bloodshed in Syria". Egypt has been holding the rotating presidency of the Nam, and Mr Mursi was handing the duty over to Iran during his visit. He used his speech to tell delegates of the 120-member body: "Our solidarity with the struggle of the Syrian people against an oppressive regime that has lost its legitimacy is an ethical duty, as it is a political and strategic necessity. "We all have to announce our full solidarity with the struggle of those seeking freedom and justice in Syria, and translate this sympathy into a clear political vision that supports a peaceful transition to a democratic system of rule that reflects the demands of the Syrian people for freedom." Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19418556?print=true
Headline: Egypt, Iran to hold secret talks on strategic cooperation A delegation of Egyptian military officials and Muslim Brotherhood political leaders are set to quietly meet in Tehran with Iranian officials to discuss closer strategic collaboration between the two countries, according to an Egyptian military official who spoke to WND. The official said the Egyptian delegation will be in Tehran today as part of the 16th Non-Aligned Movement summit, which Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is slated to attend. The delegation consists of both Egyptian military leaders and senior Muslim Brotherhood strategists, said the official. The dialogue marks a major departure from the traditional Egyptian-Iranian relationship under ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s regime. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/egypt-iran-to-hold-secret-talks-on-strategic-cooperation/
Syria Headline: Syrian activsts say rebels shot down warplane Syrian activists say rebels have shot down a regime warplane over the northern province of Idlib. The government had no immediate comment, and the report couldn't be independently confirmed. The Local Coordination Committees, an activist group, and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights say the plane was seen crashing Thursday near the Abu Zuhour air base. Idlib-based activist Alaa al-Din says the warplane was shot down by heavy machine guns. Aug. 30, 2012 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_SYRIA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTI ME=2012-08-30-08-29-08
Headline: Syrian Opposition Targets Iranians In Syria, Threatens To Harm Iranian Regime Having long accused Iran of extending assistance, including military assistance, to the Assad regime, the Syrian rebels have begun to act against Iranians in Syria and to regard them and the Iranian regime as legitimate targets. The largest incident occurred on August 4, 2012, when militants from the Free Syrian Army (FSA), the largest organ of the armed Syrian opposition, kidnapped 48 Iranians outside Damascus. The FSA also claims to have assassinated an Iranian diplomat, though the Iranians deny this. In addition, the armed and political Syrian opposition has threatened to harm Iranians staying in Syria and to target the Iranian regime itself. So far, incidents and statements of this sort have been few, but they may represent the beginning of a growing trend. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6636.htm
Headline: New Syria mediator plans first visit to Damascus The new U.N.-Arab League envoy on the Syria conflict, Lakhdar Brahimi, wants to visit Damascus in the next three weeks, his spokesman said Wednesday. Brahimi will also have a handover meeting with outgoing mediator Kofi Annan in New York next week, spokesman Ahmad Fawzi told reporters after Brahimi's first meeting with the UN Security Council, at which he appealed for support from the divided body. Brahimi “intends to go to Syria. He has not finalized those plans yet, but it’s very possible that might happen before the next session of the General Assembly,” Fawzi said. The U.N. General Assembly debate starts at the U.N. headquarters on September 24. Brahimi has been in New York for the past week for talks with UN leaders and senior diplomats from U.N. Security Council nations and other countries. Aug. 30, 2012 http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/08/30/235044.html?PHPSESSID=k1ocecalf7oku51qsjd61ogpu4
Headline: UK dispatches 200 elite troops to Syria The British Army has dispatched nearly 200 elite troops from the Special Air Service (SAS) and the Special Boat Service (SBS) in and around Syria to collect information about the country’s alleged chemical weapons. A senior military expert, who asked to remain anonymous, said the elite SAS and SBS troops are in Syria to both gather information about and confiscate those chemical weapons that the government of President Bashar al- Assad decides to use or move, the Daily Star reported. The elite special troops are working alongside those that are dispatched by the British foreign spying apparatus (MI6) to the country in an attempt to gather intelligence about the movement of the Syrian army forces, the expert said. According to the report, American and French troops are also busy working along with MI6 and CIA agents to destabilize Syria and help the foreign-backed terrorists topple the popular government of President Bashar al Assad. Aug. 30, 2012 http://beforeitsnews.com/war-and-conflict/2012/08/uk-dispatches-200-elite-troops-to-syria-2443260.html
Iran/Iraq/Turkey Iran: Jeremiah 49:34-39 Headline: Khamenei: Time for new world order Headline: Khamenei denounces UN Security Council “dictatorship” As Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi visits Iran for first time since 1979, Tehran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes scathing speech against West. The world, Khamenei said "Is in transition towards a new international order and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) can and should play a new role." He further underlined the need for solidarity among all NAM member-states, saying it was an "obvious necessity" in the current era for establishing this new order. Khamenei stressed that Iran "will never pursue nuclear weapons but… will not give up right to nuclear energy," which he called the "given right of every country." Iran, he said, "regards the use of chemical weapons as an unforgivable sin, but it will not forego its right to use peaceful nuclear energy." The Ayatollah then accused the "Zionist regime's henchmen" of committing "any and all crimes" adding that it is aided by the West. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4274850,00.html http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=431792
Headline: Iraq PM to present Syria plan at Tehran summit Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was to submit a plan to end Syria's conflict on Thursday based on a halt to violence and formation of a unity government that could include President Bashar al-Assad, his spokesperson said. Maliki was to outline the initiative, under which a Syrian regime figure would negotiate with opposition groups and elections take place under international and Arab League supervision, in a speech to the Non-Aligned summit in Tehran. "This initiative is a developed version of a proposal that Iraq informally presented during the Arab League summit [in Baghdad in March] to some Arab leaders," Maliki's spokesperson Ali Mussawi told AFP by telephone from Tehran. The proposal includes an agreement by all parties in Syria to end violence and a call for all countries to "stop interfering in Syria's internal affairs." It also calls for roundtable talks under Arab League supervision and the formation of an interim unity government which "includes all components of the Syrian people, with all factions agreeing upon who heads the government," Mussawi said. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=431884
Headline: Turkey: Assad Gave Heavy Weapons to PKK Turkey's ruling AK (Justice and Development) Party has accused Syrian President Bashar al- Assad of “heaving heavy weapons” for Kurdish PKK terrorists in northern Syria. A senior party official was quoted by the Todays Zaman daily newspaper as saying that 'Ankara has reliable intelligence that the Syrian military intentionally left heavy weapons for the PKK when it abandoned areas in northern Syria.' “Bashar al-Assad is acting on the idea that 'my enemy's enemy is my friend.' It is crystal clear that he is taking the PKK under his wing and using it against Turkey,” AK Party deputy chairman Huseyin Celik said Wednesday. Turkish officials said the Syrian government has been aiding the PKK for months, in response to Turkey's criticism of the brutal crackdown on protesters that led to the current civil war. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/159461#.UD-KxyKt27s
The Arab Spring in Prophecy (Perilous Times Luke 21:9 & Nation against Nation, Kingdom against Kingdom Matt.24:7) (Revelation 6:3-4 Revelation 6:8)
Luke 21:9 and Matthew 24:7 speak of nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom in the end times. Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword. I like to call this “The Arab Spring in Prophecy” because for us it is easy to identify- that’s what the world calls it. Luke 21:9: wars & commotions; the Greek word here is Akatastasia, meaning instability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion (revolutions) Matthew 24:7: the Greek word for nation is Ethnos & refers to various ethnic groups fighting among themselves, where the next sentence in the verse refers to kingdoms (basileiva) fighting one another (not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom) I have tried to separate it into areas that sweep EAST from the point of North America.
United States- The New American Revolution Comment: I am still listing these stories here, but keep in mind to also check all headlines under One World Government; what we see them doing here is preparation for the coming insurrection
Headline: Is DOJ 'Community Organizing' Occupy Activists at the RNC? What are uniformed field representatives of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Community Relations Service (CRS) doing assisting Occupy/anarchist activists outside the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa? Exclusive video captured by Breitbart News during Occupy/anarchist demonstrations outside the RNC Tuesday shows CRS field representatives, wearing DOJ logo polo shirts and hats, conversing with Occupy protesters. Aug. 29, 2012 http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/08/29/Is-Holder-s-DOJ-Community-Organizing-Occupy- Activists-at-the-RNC
Headline: August 30: Protest in front of new Chick-Fil-A —Thousand Oaks All day protest in front of new Chick-Fil-A opening on Thousand Oaks Blvd. in Westlake Village. Aug. 30, 2012 http://occupyventura805.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/august-30-protest-in-front-of-new-chick-fil-a-thousand- oaks/
North/Central/South America
Headline: Clashes, arrests as over 30,000 students protest in Canada Eleven students have been arrested and are facing charges in Quebec following confrontations with police. The incident took place during an ongoing student-led strike against proposed tuition fee hikes, with over 31,000 participating in the protests. Aug. 29, 2012 http://rt.com/news/montreal-protests-students-tuition-805/comments/
Africa- ONLY COUNTRIES NOT IN PROPHECY
Headline: 4 Kenyan police wounded in grenade attack A grenade attack wounded four policemen in the latest outbreak of violence in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa, ending what had seemed to be a lull in violence stemming from the killing on Monday of a radical Islamist preacher, a police officer said late Wednesday. A hand grenade was hurled into a police van carrying several security officials who were patrolling the precincts of Mombasa Pentecostal Church, critically wounding three of them, police officer Kipkemboi Rop said. Aug. 29, 2012 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_KENYA_SLAIN_MUSLIM_CLERIC?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&T EMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-08-29-15-30-51
Headline: Police break up opposition demo in Togo Police forces in Togo have used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a demonstration organized by the opposition in the streets of the capital Lomé. The Togolese opposition tried to hold a demonstration in the Be-Chateau neighbourhood on Tuesday to call for reforms ahead of October's parliamentary elections. There have been similar demonstrations over the past week. Police clashed with the protesters during the previous gatherings. The opposition said more than 100 people were injured and 125 arrested during the protests last week. Aug. 29, 2012 http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/08/29/258725/police-break-up-demo-in-togo/
Headline: Mali civilians form militia to combat Islamic extremists Some barefoot, others wearing plastic shoes, a ragtag group of Malians shout “one, two, three!” as they throw up their knees high during a military drill. The motley crew of would-be fighters is made up of students, young jobless men and displaced civil servants who fled Mali’s north when Islamic extremists occupied the desert area five months ago. Now these men hope to return — fighting-fit and steeled for battle — to liberate the region they call home, which is in the grip of the jihadists who have enforced strict sharia law. At the makeshift military camp in the small town of Soufouroulaye, near Mopti in central Mali, there are 285 militia volunteers in all joining in the drills, about 30 of them teenagers. “I am a young volunteer,” says one of them, Oumar Toure. “I can’t see a part of my country under control of criminals and not go and fight.” Mopti is the last big town en route to the north, an area larger than France or Texas that was seized by armed Islamist groups allied with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in March and April. The extremists piggy-backed on a Tuareg separatist rebellion which started in January, fueled by former mercenaries from Libya. Together, the militants overwhelmed Mali’s poorly-equipped army, which then launched a coup in the southern capital Bamako that only heightened the chaos and sped up the rebel advance. The Islamists soon pushed out their erstwhile Tuareg allies and have since enforced strict Islamic law while sparking regional and international fears of a new center for radicalism in Africa. Aug. 30, 2012 http://arabnews.com/mali-civilians-form-militia-combat-islamic-extremists
Middle East- ONLY COUNTRIES NOT IN PROPHECY
Headline: 18 militants killed in army operation in NW Pakistan At least 18 militants were killed on Thursday during an operation conducted by security forces in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of Bajaur agency, local media reported. Local media quoted security forces as saying that two commanders of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were also killed on Thursday during the operation. These clashes between security forces and militants started a week ago when dozens of unknown militants from Afghanistan side attacked Pakistani security forces in the Bajaur Agency, Pakistan' s northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Local people told media that huge casualties on both sides were feared as heavy weapons were used in the clashes. Aug. 30, 2012 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-08/30/c_131818589.htm
Headline: Yemen must end intimidation of southern activists Security forces in Yemen must stop targeting students and other political activists engaged in peaceful protests in the south of the country, Amnesty International said today. There are fears in particular that Aden University student activist Abdul Raouf Hassan Zain al-Saqqaf – who has already been arrested twice this year – may be at risk of arbitrary detention and torture or other ill-treatment before he sits an exam at his university on 3 September. Peaceful political activists in Aden and other parts of southern Yemen face repression from the Yemeni authorities, including widespread intimidation and arbitrary arrests, as well as torture or other ill-treatment in some cases,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme Director. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/yemen-must-end-intimidation-southern-activists-2012-08-30
Europe
Headline: Italy: Striking miner slashes his wrists on TV The leader of a group of striking Sardinian miners has slashed his wrists in front of television cameras, shocking his work mates. Stefano Meletti was eventually taken to a nearby hospital where doctors said his condition was stable. Around 100 miners have barricaded themselves some 400 metres underground since Sunday in a bid to prevent the mine’s closure. One worker said: “In the last 10 years we have lost 7,000 jobs in Sardinia. We are not willing to loose one more.” The incident happened as journalists were shown where the miners are storing hundreds of kilos of explosives. On Friday, the government is to give its decision over whether to approve an eco-friendly plan to convert the mine, which could secure its future. Until then, the miners say they will remain underground. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.euronews.com/2012/08/30/italy-striking-miner-slashes-his-wrists-on-tv/
Headline: Greek municipal workers go on strike Municipal employees have taken to the streets in the Greek capital, Athens, to protest against the government’s latest austerity measures. Demonstrators began a 48-hour strike on Wednesday. Mayor of Athens Georgos Kaminis told Press TV, “All of us mayors are united because municipal operations are threatened. Municipal authorities support our society… It will be a heavy fault and a tragic mistake for some municipalities to face closure.” Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/08/30/258949/greek-municipal-workers-go-on-strike/
Headline: European Revolution All across Europe: SPAIN, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, C. REPUBLIC, DENMARK, FRANCE, GREECE, GERMANY, IRELAND, ITALY, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, SERBIA, SWEDEN, SWITZELAND, UK. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Europe/267662826590364 http://takethesquare.net/author/mcmillan-hunt/ http://www.occupyeurope.com/
Other Countries
Headline: Ex-Maldives president's supporters launch street protest Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed’s supporters mounted a street campaign on Thursday to topple the government after an inquiry found he and his ministers had not been ousted in a coup earlier this year but replaced in an orderly transfer of power. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/maldives/9509138/Ex-Maldives-presidents- supporters-launch-street-protest.html http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/us-maldives-president-idUSBRE87T0S220120830