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Russia, Iran, Damascus May Crank Up Border Tensions to Weaken Netanyahu’s Hand in America
Sep 29th, 2013
Daily Newsdebkafile
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel

Western military sources predict an upsurge of tension this week along Israel’s borders with Syria and Lebanon. Moscow, Tehran and Damascus may be planning to embarrass Binyamin Netanyahu when he sits down with President Barack Obama at the White house Monday, Sept. 30, and addresses the UN General Assembly the next day, Oct. 1.

They see an opportunity to push Israel further out in the cold after the Obama administration’s brush-off in his rush to pursue relations with Tehran. Israel is seen as hitting a weak streak as a result of Washington’s cold shoulder and its own lack of military impetus as Netanyahu arrives in America to present Israel’s case to the US President and the international community.
Those sources therefore predict that Russian, Iranian and Syrian strategists may be planning to goad Israel into an ill-judged and badly-timed military response at this moment. They can then fit the Netanyahu government into the frame of the neighborhood warmonger and disrupter of the hopeful US-Russian partnership for solving the Iranian and Syrian chemical weapons issues by diplomacy.
All that needs to be done is to place a shipment of advanced or chemical weapons on the road from Syria to Hizballah in Lebanon to draw forth an Israeli air strike and start a blaze in a highly explosive sector.

The world would then turn round and say that Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani was correct when he defamed Israel in New York last week as the sole cause of Middle East wars in the last 40 years – without encountering a single dissenting voice in America – and the only nation in possession of weapons of mass destruction.

debkafile’s sources report that, although President Obama stated last Friday, Sept. 27,  that he informed  America’s allies, including Israel, of his landmark phone call to Rouhani, the truth is that he has kept Jerusalem in the dark on the contacts he initiated on the Iranian and Syrian issues, although Israel is most vitally affected.
The US-Russian deal for the dismantling of Syria’s chemical arsenal was sprung on Jerusalem from Geneva on Sept. 14 without warning, as were the Washington-Tehran exchanges and understandings on Iran’s nuclear program.

Saturday, Sept. 28, US Secretary John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov repeated their Geneva duo performance by announcing that the UN Security Council had unanimously adopted Resolution 2118 requiring the elimination of Syria’s chemical stockpile.
All the 15 Council members present appreciated that the motion was toothless after the US and Russia had agreed to omit penalties for non-compliance.

The text said: “No party in Syria should use, develop, produce, acquire, stockpile, retain or transfer chemical weapons.” This wording strongly recalls Security Council Resolution 1701 which was enacted seven years ago and banned any transfer of weapons to Hizballah as the aggressor in the Second Lebanese war against Israel.
This ban was never upheld. In fact, the flow of Iranian and Syrian arms shipments to Hizballah increased from that day on, providing the Shiite terrorist organization with one of the most powerful advanced rocket arsenals in the Arab world.
Even before its enactment, Resolution 2112 was already heading for its first prevarications Friday with two separate steps by Washington and Moscow:

1.  Two weeks after Kerry’s thunderous rhetoric on the size and threat to the region of the Syrian chemical stockpile, considered the third largest in the world, US officials including the State Department told the media that since most of the stocks are “unweaponized” and exist in liquid precursors, the entire arsenal could be neutralized in a shorter period than thought, about nine months.
debkafile’s sources point out that this factoid has been known for months. It doesn’t address the real difficulties of locating the stocks Bashar Assad has hidden or transferred, or the difficulty of inspectors reaching them in areas under combat. At present, UN experts are not even free to move around Damascus without coming under fire.

2.  Lavrov reiterated Saturday that the new resolution absolutely rules out the use of force or any application of Chapter 7 of the UN Charter. Any possible use of force n the future under Chapter 7 would require a new resolution, he said.

Moscow has offered to provide troops to “guard workers and facilities.” The message is that if any foreign troops are to be allowed in Syria, they can only be Russian.
As for the “transfer of chemical weapons,” which is barred under the new resolution, suspicions by Western intelligence that Syrian plans to sneak part of its arsenal to Hizballah in Lebanon, or has done so already, apparently reached Beirut. Friday, President Michel Suleiman hastened to declare: “Syria’s chemical weapons have not been smuggled to Lebanon and there is no evidence of their presence in the country.”

Let the Headlines Speak
Sep 29th, 2013
Daily NewsFrom the Internet
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

Officials: Iranian-Linked Hackers Breached U.S. Navy Computer Network
U.S. officials say an unclassified Navy computer network was breached about two weeks ago by hackers believed to be linked to Iran. Officials say it appears the hackers may been working as proxies for the Iranian government. Cyberattacks originating in Iran have been a persistent issue for U.S. government and businesses, particularly energy companies.  

House delays Obamacare as shutdown nears
House Republicans forced through a short-term government funding bill that delays Obamacare and permanently repeals a tax on medical devices, setting up their most dramatic face-off ever with President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats. The vote to delay Obamacare was 231-192, with two Republicans voting against the bill, while two Democrats supported it.  

Iraq explosions target Kurdish city of Irbil
A series of explosions has rocked the Iraqi city of Irbil, the capital of the autonomous province of Kurdistan, killing two people and injuring 18. Three car bombs and a roadside bomb targeted the security forces HQ and the interior ministry. Irbil is a stable part of Iraq and the region has not witnessed such attacks in the past six years.  

India PM Singh in 'terror' warning to Pakistan ahead of talks
Indian PM Manmohan Singh has said Pakistan must stop being "the epicentre of terrorism", ahead of talks with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif. Mr Singh also stressed that he shared Mr Sharif's hopes for better relations between the two Asian rivals. Ahead of their meeting in New York, Mr Sharif called for a "new beginning" with Delhi.  

Shanghai free-trade zone launched
A free-trade zone in Shanghai, China's economic hub, has been launched as the world's second-biggest economy prepares to test long-awaited economic reforms. Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng attended the opening ceremony for the zone, which covers 29 sq km (11 sq miles). Mr Gao said the zone would help "implement a more active opening-up strategy".  

UN probes new alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria
UN inspectors are investigating seven alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syria - three of which happened after the 21 August Damascus incident that led to threats of US military action.  

Golden Dawn supporters rally following arrests
Supporters of the far-right Golden Dawn party have gathered outside police headquarters in Athens, after the party's leader, Nikolaos Michaloliakos, three more MPs and 13 others were detained.  

US shutdown looms amid political rifts over health law
The US government has less than 48 hours to avert a shutdown of government services amid political divisions over President Obama's healthcare law. On Sunday, the Republican-run House of Representatives voted to pull the law's funding, raising chances of a shutdown. The government needs to agree a new policy-wide spending bill before the US fiscal year ends at midnight on Monday.  

Pakistan explosion: Dozens killed in Peshawar market
An explosion has ripped through a market in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, leaving at least 31 dead and dozens wounded, officials say. Police said a bomb had exploded in the Kissa Khwani market, with shops and vehicles set alight. The blast comes a week after a double suicide bombing that killed at least 80 people at a church in the city.  

Egyptian FM urges Israel to sign non-nuclear treaty
Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said on Saturday called for a nuclear-free Middle East in his address to world leaders at the United Nations. According to Egytian newspaper Al-Youm Al-Sabe'a, Fahmy mentioned Israel and Syria in particular in his call for Mideast countries to declare their support for a region "free from weapons of mass destruction, as well as from nuclear, chemical and biological weapons."  

Pakistan quake toll reaches 515, big aftershock jolts region
The death toll from an earthquake in southwestern Pakistan has reached 515, a provincial official has said, as insurgent attacks threaten relief efforts and survivors complain of lack of shelter from the scorching sun.  

Report: NSA maps out a person's social connections
For almost three years the National Security Agency has been tapping the data it collects to map out some Americans' social connections, allowing the government to identify their associates, their locations at certain times, their traveling companions and other personal information, The New York Times reported.  

U.S. concerned about Turkey's choice of Chinese missile system
The United States said on Saturday it had expressed serious concerns to Turkey over its decision to co-produce a long-range air and missile defense system with a Chinese firm under U.S. sanctions.  

Israel now Isolated
Sep 29th, 2013
Weekly CommentaryArt Sadlier
Categories: Commentary;The Nation Of Israel

In early September it seemed that the US was about to bomb Syria and put limitations on the alliance of Syria, Iran and Hezbollah. It seemed the pressure on Israel would be greatly reduced.

In a dramatic and unexpected shift Obama has reversed his policy and is seeking reconciliation with Iran. This flip flop by Obama has caught Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States by surprise. Their first reaction has been to seek an alliance with Israel against Iran.

However, those who are closely associated with the Saudi’s believe that the Saudi’s and the Gulf States will seek an accommodation with Iran. The end result will be Israel standing absolutely alone in the Mideast and in the rest of the world.

To add to this new isolation we have the snowball that is rolling over Israel with regard to the negotiations with the Palestinians. The Americans have committed to the Palestinians that they will get everything they are asking Israel for. The handwriting is on the wall, if the Palestinians do not get everything they want they will return to the UN for an arbitrary endorsement of their demands. This will in all probability result in sanctions against Israel and possibly military action.

The Palestinians are demanding total control of the West Bank with the expulsion of all Jews. They are demanding East Jerusalem; they are also demanding the right of up to eight million Palestinian refugees to return to Israel proper. This would enable them to conquer Israel at the ballot box.

From the perspective of Obama, the UN, Europe, the Arabs and the rest of the world, the modern state of Israel is doomed.

One of the troubling factors is the seeming resignation of many of Israel’s leaders to submit to the pressure that is upon them.

Monumental changes are taking place in the Mideast. The US and Russia have come together to eliminate the chemical weapons in Syria. The move for reconciliation in Syria has begun. Hezbollah has begun to pull their forces out of Syria at Iran’s request in order to strengthen their position in Lebanon. Iran is celebrating their victory in Syria and in the consolidation of the axis of Syria, Lebanon and Iran. Iran has had the nod from Obama to obtain nuclear weapons.

I remind you that in all of this Israel is standing alone for the first time in her modern history

Let us remind ourselves that the last chapter in the story has not yet been revealed. You can read about it in the prophetic scriptures.

Islamist Boko Haram Gunmen Massacre 50 Nigerian Students
Sep 29th, 2013
Daily Newsdebkafile
Categories: Today's Headlines;Persecution

Molima Idi Mato of the Yobe state College of Agriculture in rural north-east Nigeria told AP that the gunmen had killed as many as 50 students in their sleep after midnight Saturday. They also torched classrooms. Security forces are still recovering bodies. Some 1,000 students fled. Similar school attacks in the region have kept it on a military state of emergency.

Every One Must Pray as if He Alone Could Pray
Sep 29th, 2013
Thought For The WeekA. W. Tozer
Categories: Commentary;Exhortation

And he spoke a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint. Luke 18:1

THOMAS Á KEMPIS WROTE that the man of God ought to be more at home in his prayer chamber than before the public. It is not too much to say that the preacher who loves to be before the public is hardly prepared spiritually to be before them. Right praying may easily make a man hesitant to appear before an audience.

The man who is really at home in the presence of God will find himself caught in a kind of inward contradiction. He is likely to feel his responsibility so keenly that he would rather do almost anything than face an audience; and yet the pressure upon his spirit may be so great that wild horses could not drag him away from his pulpit.

No man should stand before an audience who has not first stood before God. Many hours of communion should precede one hour in the pulpit. The prayer chamber should be more familiar than the public platform.

Schools teach everything about preaching except the important part, praying. The best any school can do is to recommend prayer and exhort to its practice. Praying itself must be the work of the individual. That it is the one religious work which gets done with the least enthusiasm cannot but be one of the tragedies of our times!

In true prayer, every man must be an original, for true prayer cannot be imitated nor can it be learned from someone else. Everyone must pray as if he alone could pray!