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Yaalon: Lebanon Responsible for Rocket Attacks
Aug 23rd, 2013
Daily NewsINN - Maayana Miskin
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz met Friday morning to discuss the rocket attack on northern Israel on Thursday.

The IDF responded to the attack with an airstrike targeting a terror base south of Beirut.

Yaalon warned, “The state of Israel sees the government of Lebanon as responsible for what happens in its territory… We are taking the rocket fire toward Israel yesterday very seriously.”

“We will not allow anyone to disturb our citizens’ lives,” he added.

The terrorist group hit by Thursday night’s IDF strike vowed revenge on Friday morning. “Our response will come at the right time, in the right place, not how the Zionist enemy wants,” said spokesman Ramez Mustafa.

The Hezbollah television station Al Manar identified the targeted group as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a group that is also active in Judea and Samaria (Shomron) and in Gaza.

Sen. Coburn: Obama ‘Perilously Close’ to Impeachment
Aug 23rd, 2013
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Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

President Obama is moving “perilously close” to impeachment, Sen. Tom Coburn told a town hall crowd this week, two reports said Thursday.

The Oklahoma Republican noted he was “a personal friend” of the president during the Muskogee town hall event, but said the administration suffers from incompetence.

Coburn repeatedly called the president’s administration “lawless,” telling the crowd of 300 at the Muskogee Convention Center there should be a national constitutional convention to counter it – and to cut down an oversized federal government, the Tulsa World reported.

“I used to have a great fear of constitutional conventions,” he said. “I have a great fear now of not having one.”

On the issue of the president’s accountability, Roll Call reported Coburn told the crowd, “What you have to do is you have to establish the criteria that would qualify for proceedings against the president, and that’s called impeachment.”

“That’s not something you take lightly, and you have to use a historical precedent of what that means,” he said. “I think there’s some intended violation of the law in this administration, but I also think there’s a ton of incompetence, of people who are making decisions.

“I believe [an impeachment charge] needs to be evaluated and determined, but thank goodness it doesn’t have to happen in the Senate until they’ve brought charges in the House,” Coburn said. “Those are serious things, but we’re in a serious time. I don’t have the legal background to know if that rises to high crimes and misdemeanor, but I think they’re getting perilously close.”

Salvation
Aug 23rd, 2013
Daily NewsThe Bible
Categories: Bible Salvation

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely (Revelation 22:17).

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life (John 5:24.

Pat Buchanan: U.S. Has Been ‘de - Christianized’
Aug 23rd, 2013
Daily NewsThe Washigton Times
Categories: Today's Headlines

The United States has lost one of its core guiding lights — its Judeo-Christian focus — said one conservative pundit, reflecting on the tragic and senseless shooting death of an Australian man in Oklahoma on a baseball scholarship, whose life was allegedly snipped by three self-proclaimed bored teens.

He was speaking of the Christopher Lane, 22, who was shot in the back while jogging near his Oklahoma college. Three teens were arrested in his killing — ages 16, 16 and 17 — and as various media have reported, police say one of them said they had nothing better to do, so they shot him.

On Fox News on Wednesday evening, Mr. Buchanan expressed shock and sadness at the killing.

“I think it raises a question: Where did these kids come out of? Where did they come from to get the idea that this was sort of a good thing to do and a lot of fun? I think we’ve got to take a look at the culture that they grew up in,” he said.

Let the Headlines Speak
Aug 23rd, 2013
Daily NewsFrom the Internet
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

Russians Inspect Missile Defense Base in California
Russian officials this week carried out a secret inspection of the U.S. strategic missile defense base in California as part of the New START arms treaty, according to Obama administration officials. The inspection of five missile defense interceptors is the only one allowed under the 2010 arms accord. The treaty requires cuts of U.S. and Russian deployed strategic warheads to 1,550.  

NM Supreme Court Finds Refusing to Photograph Gay Wedding Illegal
The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that, by refusing to photograph a gay wedding, a photography studio violated the New Mexico Human Rights Act (NMHRA). The court found that Elane Photography’s refusal to serve Vanessa Willock violated the act, which “prohibits a public accommodation from refusing to offer its services to a person based on that person’s sexual orientation,” according to the ruling.  

Report: Syrian rebel forces trained by West are moving towards Damascus
Guerrilla fighters trained by the West began moving towards Damascus in mid-August, French newspaper Le Figaro reported on Thursday. Le Figaro reported that this is the reason behind the Assad regime's alleged chemical weapons attack in Damascus on Wednesday morning, as UN inspectors were allowed into the country to investigate allegations of WMD use.  

Lebanon: Two blasts rock city of Tripoli
Two explosions have rocked the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, with reports of casualties. At least one of the blasts happened near al-Taqwa Mosque, as Friday prayers were ending, initial reports say. Emergency services have rushed to the scenes of the blasts which have left thick plumes of black smoke over the area.  

Sudan deadly floods affect 300,000 people - WHO
More than 300,000 people across Sudan have been affected by floods that have killed nearly 50 people in August, the World Health Organization has said. It said the region around the capital Khartoum had been particularly badly hit and was experiencing the worst floods in 25 years. One of the major risks to health was the collapse of more than 53,000 latrines, the WHO added.  

Wildfire near Yosemite park sends tourists fleeing
A huge wildfire near Yosemite National Park in California has forced scores of tourists to flee during peak season and is threatening thousands of homes. The week-old Rim Fire more than tripled in size on Thursday and now spans at least 84 square miles (217 sq km). More than 1,300 firefighters have been tackling the blaze in difficult terrain but have contained only 1% of it.  

Putin warns Ukraine against EU pact
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Ukraine he will take "protective measures" if it signs an EU free trade pact. ...he said: "If our neighbours opt to significantly liberalise customs rules with the European Union, the Ukrainian market will inevitably be flooded with high quality goods … and Ukrainian goods will be forced out of the Ukrainian market."  

PM: Iran watching carefully how world responds to Syrian chemical weapons atrocities
Iran is using Syria as a testing ground and carefully watching how the world responds to Damascus’s use of chemical weapons against its own people, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. This was Netanyahu’s first public comment on reports of the massacre on Wednesday of hundreds of Syrian civilians by President Bashar Assad’s forces, using chemical weapons.

27 Killed, More Than 350 Injured in Twin Explosions in Tripoli
Aug 23rd, 2013
Daily Newsdebkafile
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

Two simultaneous explosions have rocked Friday the Lebanese city of Tripoli, killing up to 27 people and injuring 358.
One of the blasts is said to have rocked the area near the home of outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati, while the other hit the Salam Mosque in Mina.
The area was cordoned off and ambulances rushed to the sites of explosions. Local TV footage and pictures from the scene showed buildings with their fronts damaged and vehicles ablaze.