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World Army to Fight Terrorists?
Oct 22nd, 2014
Daily NewsProphecy New Watch
Categories: Today's Headlines;War;Commentary

Who is going to stop ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab and other terrorist groups? The United States and its allies are starting to have a go at it, but are limited by the desire to minimize western troop casualties and successfully evade the political booby traps along the way. Which is good news for terrorists: no major war can be fought and won using air-force and other remote type offensives alone. Some troops will have to walk the ground and use gunfire and artillery inside trenches, jungles, on building rooftops and in streets and corridors. Many of them will return home in body bags, or be left disabled and psychologically traumatized in the wake of it all.

The idea of a world anti-terrorism army that will spread out the casualties between many nations therefore sounds more palatable. It would minimize the numbers of individual country deaths, reducing the risks of political fallout, and centralize or spread out the financial costs of war. According to influential globalist Henry Kissinger who is also said to be a Bilderberger kingpin, this is just the solution the world needs to overcome the terrorist threat.

In a recent report carried in PrisonPlanet.com, Bill O’Reilly stated on ABC News that he had interviewed Kissinger and reportedly found that Kissinger heartily endorses the idea of a world mercenary army under the guise of fighting terrorism. According to the report, Kissinger is said to be a staunch globalist, intent on pushing for the dissolution of sovereign nations in favor of his vision of a New World Order: “Even at the age of 91, he’s still churning out books, openly calling for global government – see ‘World Order’ his latest globalist ‘diatribe’ in which he bemoans the fact that nation states still exist, suggesting that they are the root cause of modern upheaval in the world."

In the report, Kissinger is quoted stating that: “The clash between the international economy and the political institutions that ostensibly govern it also weakens the sense of common purpose necessary for world order. The economic system has become global, while the political structure of the world remains based on the nation-state. Economic globalization, in its essence, ignores national frontiers. Foreign policy affirms them, even as it seeks to reconcile conflicting national aims or ideals of world order.”

Perhaps part of Kissinger’s frustration is that a world army already exists in the form of a UN peace-keeping force; however it can hardly be described as a fully fledged global force. Its scope is generally limited to operating within strictly limited parameters and timeframes. Hardly what is required to stop bloodthirsty and well armed and trained terrorists who are conditioned to fight using different and advanced forms of warfare, especially on the ground. 

Thomas Axworthy, writing for the star.com summarizes this issue as follows: “Rarely has the case for the use of force been more compelling than the need to stop, and then roll back the recent advances of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). ISIS is not only a geo-strategic threat, but a group that openly advocates genocide. The case is so compelling for an international coalition to combat ISIS that Canada should press the United States to obtain a Security Council resolution authorizing the use of force against the Islamic State extremists. Canada should certainly be part of the anti-ISIS coalition, and that coalition, in turn, should have the sanction of international law…I cannot conceive of the UN Security Council turning down a motion to authorize military action against ISIS. But strangely, such a motion has not yet been brought to the Security Council. Instead, another ad hoc coalition of the “willing” has been assembled outside of the UN framework. Why not use the Security Council to give such a coalition the legitimacy of international law?”

The coalition against ISIS is currently constituted by about 40 nations, led by the United States. It isn’t entirely strange though that the United Nations framework is not coordinating the effort. However, taking into account the rate at which diseases such as Ebola are spreading, chances are that sooner rather than later, a global force will be required to enforce quarantine and general order. This will help to ensure that spread of disease and control of humanitarian relief efforts can be conducted safely and securely. This need has already been clearly evidenced in Ebola-ravaged countries such as Liberia and Sierra Leone, and the spread of Ebola to Western nations.

The Bible wanrs us that in the end times, no one will be able to escape from the control of the antichrist. This level of control could only be achieved if there was a centralized and co-ordinated law enforcement organization, capable of bypassing countries with corrupt police and inefficient monitoring and control mechanisms.

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name (Revelation 13:16,17).

In other words, a one-world army: not just for terrorists, but to physically control everybody on planet earth so that economic dependence can be fully enforced.

What the Two State Solution Has to Do With the Rise of Islamic Extremism: Exactly Nothing
Oct 22nd, 2014
Daily NewsProphecy New Watch
Categories: The Nation Of Israel;Commentary

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's claim that the lack of a "two-state solution" has fueled the rise of the Islamic State [IS] terrorist group reinforces how clueless the U.S. Administration is about what is happening in the Arab and Islamic countries.

Speaking at a State Department ceremony marking the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Kerry said that the resumption of peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians was vital in the fight against Islamic extremism, including Islamic State.

"There wasn't a leader I met with in the region who didn't raise with me spontaneously the need to try to get peace between Israel and the Palestinians, because it was a cause of recruitment and of street anger and agitation," Kerry said. "People need to understand the connection of that. And it has something to do with the humiliation and denial and absence of dignity."

The U.S. State Department later denied that Kerry had made the statement attributed to him.

Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf told reporters that Kerry's comments were distorted for political gains; she pointed a finger at Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett.

"What [Kerry] said was that during his travels to build a coalition against the Islamic State, he was told that should the Israeli-Palestinian conflict be resolved, the Middle East would be a better place," Harf explained.

The Islamic State is one of the by-products of the "Arab Spring," which began as a secular revolt against Arab dictatorships and degenerated into anarchy, lawlessness, terrorism and massacres that have claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Arabs and Muslims.

The "Arab Spring" did not erupt as a result of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Rather, it was the natural and inevitable outcome of decades of tyranny and corruption in the Arab world.

The Tunisians, Egyptians, Libyans and Yemenis who removed their dictators from power did not do so because of the lack of a "two-state solution."

Nor did the Arabs revolt because of the failure of the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. This is the last thing these Arabs had in mind when they took to the streets to protest against decades of dictatorship and bad government.

It is this "Arab Spring," and not the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, that brought the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Egypt. And it is the same "Arab Spring" that saw the emergence of Islamic terror groups such as the Al-Nusra Front, the Islamic Front, the Army of Mujahedeen, Jund al-Sham and, most recently, the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

The rise of the Islamic State is a direct result of the anarchy and extremism that have been sweeping the Arab and Islamic countries over the past few years.

The thousands of Muslims who are volunteering to join Islamic State are not doing so because they are frustrated with the lack of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. They are not knocking on the Islamic State's doors because they are disappointed that the two-state solution has not materialized.

Kerry is anyway naïve to think that the jihadis believe in something called a "two-state" solution. The only solution the Islamic State believes in is the one that would lead to the establishment of a radical Sunni Islamic Caliphate across the Middle East where the surviving non-Muslims who are not massacred would be subject to sharia law.

Not only is the Islamic State opposed to the "two-state solution," it is also opposed to the existence of both Israel and a Palestinian state. Under the new Islamic Caliphate, there is no room for Israel or Palestine or any of the Arab and Islamic countries.

Had Kerry studied the goals and ideology of the Islamic State, he would have discovered that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not even at the top of the group's list of priorities.

In fact, the "liberation of Bait al-Maqdis" [Jerusalem] is ranked sixth among Islamic State's objectives.

The group's first goal envisages stirring chaos in the Arab and Islamic countries.

Second, the group will move on to what it calls "management of savagery" in these countries.

Third, Islamic State will embark on the process of establishing an Islamic Caliphate.

Fourth, it will proceed with "liberating neighboring countries and expanding the size of the Islamic Caliphate.

Fifth, the group will start the process of "liberating the Islamic countries," including Bait al-Maqdis.

Obviously, Kerry must have missed the speech delivered by Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi last July.

Al-Baghdadi did not talk about the "two-state solution." Nor did he call on Muslims to join his group because of the lack of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Instead, al-Baghdadi told his followers that, "Allah likes us to kill his enemies, and make jihad for his sake. O Allah, give Islam victory over the disbelief and the disbelievers, and give victory to the mujahideen, in the East of this earth and its West."

What Kerry perhaps does not know is that the Islamic State is not interested in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at all. The terrorist group did not even bother to comment on the last military confrontation between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The failure of the Islamic State to express solidarity with the Palestinians or Hamas during the war drew strong condemnations from some of the Arab world's leading columnists.

"What is shocking and strange is that the Islamic State and other terrorist groups that claim to speak on behalf of Islam did not make a single move as Israeli planes were shelling civilians inside the Gaza Strip," remarked Egyptian columnist Jamil al-Afifi. "Nor did any of their wise men come out to condemn the ruthless killings (in the Gaza Strip).

Kerry did not reveal the identity of the "leaders" who told him that the absence of peace between Israel and the Palestinians was a "cause of recruitment and of street anger and agitation" in the Arab and Islamic countries.

What is clear, however, is that Sunni scholars do not seem to share Kerry's assessment.

Last month, over 120 Sunni scholars issued an open letter denouncing the Islamic State and its religious arguments. "You have misinterpreted Islam into a religion of harshness, brutality, torture and murder," the letter said. "This is a great wrong and an offence to Islam, to Muslims and to the entire world."

Needless to say, the scholars did not mention the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a cause for the rise of Islamic State.

That is because unlike Kerry, the Sunni scholars know that the Islamic State is completely unrelated to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And unlike Kerry, the Muslim scholars fully understand that Islamic State has more to do with Islam and terrorism than with any other conflict.

U.S. Weapons Airdrop Falls Into ISIS Hands
Oct 22nd, 2014
Daily NewsTruNews
Categories: Today's Headlines;War

 

America has been engaging in a series of weapons airdrops to Kurdish forces trying to fight off the brutal Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group as it presses to conquer Kobane, a strategic city in northern Syria.

That aid went horribly wrong on Monday, when the drop of hand grenades, ammunition and rocket-propelled grenade launchers (RPGs) and other goods fell right into the waiting hands of none other than ISIS. The group documented the drop in a video.

The Church and Pornography
Oct 22nd, 2014
Daily NewsProphecy New Watch
Categories: Today's Headlines;Moral Decline;Commentary

A new survey from Proven Men Ministries claims that 77 percent of Christian men between the ages of 18 and 30 look at pornography at least monthly.

Joel Hesch, founder of the biblically based Proven Men Ministries recently commissioned a survey that was conducted by the Barna Group and that sampled 388 self-identified Christian adult men. The shocking findings reveal that most Christian men are looking at pornography on a regular basis and that there is a high rate of use and addiction. Then there are also the inevitable negative effects on the marriage institution as many men are driven to infidelity, an increasing phenomenon which is also affecting men in Christian leadership on the global stage.

Unfortunately, pornography is another one of those issues that is rarely tackled comprehensively and systematically in the church, either on the pulpit or through other forums. "It's abundantly clear that pornography is one of the biggest unaddressed problems in the church," Hesch said. 

The statistics for Christian men between 18 and 30 years old are particularly striking:
• 77 percent look at pornography at least monthly.
• 36 percent view pornography on a daily basis.
• 32 percent admit being addicted to pornography (and another 12 percent think they may be).

The statistics for middle-aged Christian men (ages 31 to 49) are no less disturbing:
• 77 percent looked at pornography while at work in the past three months.
• 64 percent view pornography at least monthly.
• 18 percent admit being addicted to pornography (and another 8 percent think they may be).

For married men: 
• 55 percent look at pornography at least monthly.
• 35 percent had an extramarital sexual affair while married.

Hesch explained that the purpose of the survey is not to point fingers, but to get a better grasp on the scope of the problem in light of ready access to pornography in this Internet era. "It's abundantly clear that pornography is one of the biggest unaddressed problems in the church," Hesch said.

In fact, these alarming statistics are not limited to those who nominally consider themselves Christian. Those who identify themselves as born-again Christians have similar struggles with pornography and affairs:
• 95 percent admit that they have viewed pornography.
• 54 percent look at pornography at least once a month.
• 44 percent viewed pornography at work in the last 90 days.
• 31 percent had a sexual affair while married.
• 25 percent erase Internet browsing history to conceal pornography use.
• 18 percent admit being addicted to pornography (and another 9 percent think they may be).

What these statistics reveal is that there is a deep underlying problem that the Christian men surveyed were willing to “to talk about" in an anonymous survey. It is a cry for help that reveals the depth and magnitude of the problem, and the church needs to urgently step forward with solutions. It is clear the church can no longer bury its head in the sand over the issue.

The attack on the men is great, because of many reasons but mostly because of their spiritual office as the head and priest of the home. This makes men the gatekeepers of their homes and their role is to protect the nuclear family unit and preserve it in holiness, and yet many are succumbing to the vice and allowing access to unclean spirits into their homes as their gates fall.

Statistics from the 2014 annual report from Covenant Eyes, advocates strongly for internet accountability and filtering. Covenant Eyes defines Internet Accountability as a report of personal Internet activities, designed not to spy on someone but to start a conversation, helping everyone in the home make wiser choices about Internet use. The need to put these accountability systems in place is evidenced by the following statistics on the website:

• Currently, the number of searches for pornography since the start of 2014 is over 1,738,426,000.
• 1 in 5 mobile searches are for pornography.
• Men are more than 543% more likely to look at porn than women.

Because porn use thrives in secrecy, many church members are trapped in a cycle of sin and shame, thinking that they are the only ones facing this temptation. 
It is evident that the pornography industry is one of the most lethal satanic attacks on the spiritual life of individuals and the church as a whole, because it begins to destroy the Christian family from its foundations, and gradually works its way into the larger body of Christ. What matters is what sacrifices the church is willing to make to fight this war at this point, because it is one that has become a fight to the death.

Radical changes come by taking radical measures:

Matthew 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 
Matthew 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
1 Corinthians 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

Pastors have no choice but to create accountable communities in their churches. Because many of its victims keep it secret, it is a vice that is a more silent, stealthier and more deadly killer than cancer, and it is a vice that is spreading quickly inside the church.

How can pastors and church leaders help the men and women in their congregations who are struggling with these addictions? 

Proven Men has put together a powerful resource for churches to help Christian men regain their dignity and sexual integrity. After breaking free from his own 20-year sexual addiction, Hesch formed Proven Men Ministries and has devoted the past 15 years to helping men around the world find freedom from pornography or sexual addiction through a biblically based system he created, known as the Proven Path for Sexual Integrity.

The system includes a 12-week course of study, a leadership guide and a book on sexual integrity—all available on Amazon. There are also free resources available at www.provenmen.org.
"We are now taking the Proven Path directly to churches with the goal of helping 1 million Christian men experience freedom and victory from pornography and sexual addiction," Hesch explains.
Hesch puts out this call for action to pastors and all Christian men: "If these statistics break your heart like they break mine, then it's time to join with me and other Proven Men around the nation in taking a stand to reverse the tide and reclaim sexual integrity for yourself and for each man in your church or community. Together we can change the world one man, one family, and one church at a time."

Covenant Eyes also have many resources on their website, www.covenanteyse.com, including a guide on how church leaders can combat pornography and work towards a porn-free church. Through this information, leaders can learn how porn harms the church, what the Bible says about accountability, and what the church can do about it. 

There is also a guide for parents on how to protect their family online and how to have targeted conversations about the sites their children visit and the search terms they use, and for adults, it means the temptation to click on inappropriate and pornographic links is reduced.

It should be the prayer for every believer as they pray and intercede for the body of Christ in these perilous times, to ensure that these and other excellent resources are shared. Through networking, the church of Christ can stand together and fight. This fight begins with the individual. If pornography is not being addressed in your church, lobby for it to be done, and share resources and exercises that are working for other churches. 

Job 3-1-3 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

Syria Bombs Islamic State 'Air Force'
Oct 22nd, 2014
Daily NewsArutz Sheva
Categories: Today's Headlines;War

MiG fighter jet (illustration)

Flash 90

A senior minister in Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime acknowledged for the first time that Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists have seized Syrian fighter jets, and are training on how to maneuver the combat planes.

However, Syrian Minister of Information Omran al-Zoubi also claimed that two of the three captured jets that have recently been seen near the al-Jarrah airbase east of Aleppo were destroyed.

Rami Abdul Rahman, head of the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, revealed last Friday that defected Iraqi airforce pilots had been training ISIS fighters to fly the planes at the seized base. 

According to al-Zoubi, Syrian jets took down two of the planes as they returned to land at the base, and currently the third is being hunted for, reports Walla!.

"These are old planes, there's no reason to worry about them," claimed al-Zoubi.

Video footage last week surfaced, supposedly showing an Aero L-39 Albatros high-performance jet trainer taking off from the al-Jarrah base captured by ISIS. The model reportedly was the same as jets seen in early video footage documenting ISIS's seizure of the base.

However, Rahman reported that the three jets seen flown there were of the MiG 21 or 23 model; in August ISIS captured several of the Russian-made MiGs when it took Tabqa airbase in northern Syria.

The US apparently has been out of the loop regarding ISIS's new "air force".

A spokesperson of the US Army's Central Command was quoted responding to the recent reports as saying "we are not aware" of ISIS using fighter jets in Syria or elsewhere.

America has hit some setbacks with its aerial campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, despite succeeding in helping Kurds to drive them out of Kobane in northern Syria. A recent airdrop of weapons to Kurdish forces defending Kobane were documented in a video to have fallen into ISIS hands.

Sweden May Use Military Force Against Alleged Submarine: Armed Forces Chief
Oct 22nd, 2014
Daily NewsRia Novosti
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces Sverker Goranson

STOCKHOLM, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - Sweden may resort to the use of force against the alleged foreign submarine in the Stockholm archipelago, Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces Sverker Goranson said on Tuesday.

"If someone is in Swedish internal waters. . . I find it entirely appropriate to also use military force," Goranson is quoted as saying by the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper.

He noted, however, that if a watercraft is found, Swedish forces would try to move it up to the surface without causing damage.

Goranson again stated that it is "likely that there is or has been underwater activity in Stockholm's archipelago", but refrained from elaborating due to operational security reasons.

Swedish forces first launched a major operation off the coast of Stockholm on Friday after receiving information, reportedly from a civilian, about the presence of an unknown underwater object in the region, suspected to be a foreign submarine.

Saudis Sound Alarm on Obama 'Caving' to Iran
Oct 22nd, 2014
Daily NewsWND
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

One - Fifth of Incoming UN Security Council Has No Ties With Israel
Oct 22nd, 2014
Daily NewsProphecy New Watch
Categories: Today's Headlines;The Nation Of Israel;Commentary

The United Nations, in an annual exercise, voted in five countries last week to begin serving two-year stints on the Security Council, beginning on January 1. Although there was some good news for Israel in the results, most of it was bad.

The good news is that the Turkey of Israel-bashing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan failed in its bid for one of the five rotating, non-permanent seats, losing in balloting to Spain. The bad news is that of the five new members, two of them – Venezuela and Malaysia – do not even have diplomatic relations with Israel.

What that means is that when the members of the new council take their seats in January for a year in which Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is likely to make the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a major agenda item on the council’s schedule, fully 20 percent of the 15-member body are so hostile to Israel as to refuse to have diplomatic relations. (Venezuela and Malaysia will be joining Chad – which still has another year to serve on the council – in this dubious distinction.) In 2011, when the Palestinians tried unsuccessfully to secure the nine votes on the council needed to gain membership as a UN state, only one of the 15 countries – Lebanon – did not have ties with Israel.

Even if the Palestinians do get nine votes, the US can – and probably will – use its veto to quell the type of resolution that the Palestinians are now considering: calling for a strict timetable for a full Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 lines if an agreement is not reached within a year. But not only does Washington not want to have to use this veto – which would seemingly pit it against the opinion of the world – but Israel does not want to put the US in the position of having to do so.

The Palestinians are likely to wait until the new Security Council to push through their measure, because the incoming class is considerably more favorably inclined to them than the outgoing one.

In addition to the five permanent, veto-wielding members of the Security Council – the US, China, Russia, France and Britain – the outgoing, 2014 council includes Lithuania, Chile, Jordan, Chad, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Korea, Argentina, Australia and Luxembourg.

The last five countries will be replaced in January, with Rwanda being replaced by Angola, South Korea by Malaysia, Argentina by Venezuela, Australia by New Zealand, and Luxembourg by Spain.

Israel is losing a good friend on the council with the exit of Australia.

Australia under Prime Minister Tony Abbott is outspokenly supportive of Israel; New Zealand is not. Still, if the US, Australia and the EU are opposed to a Palestinian resolution – and apply pressure on Wellington – it is difficult to imagine New Zealand bucking the pressure and voting with the non-aligned and Muslim blocs. But, as one source in Jerusalem said, if Israel could rely on Australia with its eyes closed, it can rely on New Zealand only with its eyes open.

Rwanda, one of Israel’s strongest friends in Africa, is being replaced by Angola, a country with which Israel has strong business ties – Israeli firms are active in developing Angola’s vast infrastructure – but not nearly as close as a relationship as it enjoys with Rwanda. In 2011, the refusal of Gabon to back the Palestinian move in the Security Council helped sink it, a role Angola could play in 2014 – but a role it is not guaranteed to want to play.

Spain is replacing Luxembourg as Europe’s non-permanent member of the council, and there is unlikely to be any change of voting patterns with this development. Both countries are considered to be tough toward Israel inside the EU, with Luxembourg even worse than Spain when looking at – and ranking – Israel’s friends and critics inside the EU.

Spain’s government has been more understanding toward Israel in the last couple of years, even though Spanish public opinion is overwhelmingly negative. In any event, Spain – like Luxembourg – is unlikely to vote independently on high-profile Israeli-Palestinian issues, but rather follow the EU’s position. Luxembourg, one source said, is a self-righteous, moralizing, lecturing little country. Spain, he said, is a self-righteous, moralizing, lecturing big country.

Another incoming member, Venezuela, is a stridently anti-Israeli and anti-US country that is aligned with Iran and Cuba. It will replace Argentina. Truth be told, Argentina could not be counted on to support Israel in Security Council votes, so it is unlikely this is a swing vote. But there is a difference: While Argentina might have gone along with a pro-Palestinian campaign in the council, Venezuela will likely lead it.

The biggest change in terms of losing one friendly country that would give Israel a fair hearing in exchange for a hostile country that will not, is the replacement of South Korea with Malaysia.

Whereas Israel could expect South Korea to abstain in significant votes on its issues in the Security Council – partly because it does not want to follow China’s lead, and partly because it keeps an eye on how Washington votes – Malaysia will surely vote against Israel, and, like Venezuela, likely lead the campaign in the council against it.

While the Security Council will in 2015 be more tilted toward the Palestinians, this does not mean that the game is over and the Palestinians have their nine votes to force a US veto in the bag. It does mean, however, that they are closer to that goal. And one of ramifications of this is that Israel will be more reliant next year for Washington to “save” it in the Security Council than it was in 2014.

And that, obviously, is something that is lost neither on Washington, nor on Jerusalem.

Let the Headlines Speak
Oct 22nd, 2014
Daily NewsFrom the internet
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

100,000 Atheists Are 'Unbaptized'
The National Secular Society offers certificates to atheists who want to revoke their baptism. It estimates that 100,000 people have downloaded such documents from their website over the past five years.  

Jordanian Man Allegedly Fleeing ISIS Detained At Mexican Border
U.S. immigration officials in August apprehended a Jordanian national attempting to cross into the United States from Mexico who fled his home country in part because of the growing threat of ISIS terrorists operating in the region.  

Sweden ready to use force to surface foreign sub as search continues
Swedish Armed forces are ready to use force if they detect any foreign submarine in the waters of the Stockholm Archipelago, the supreme commander general said as the operation in search of the underwater threat entered its fifth day.  

Fourth Shark Attack In California This Month: Is The Same Great White Responsible?
A California woman managed to paddle herself to safety after a shark attacked her canoe, sending her flying into the water and marking the fourth attack this month in the area around Santa Barbara.  

Woman Who Scheduled Day to Die Over Cancer Diagnosis Has Not Changed Mind Despite Pleas
A woman whose scheduled day to die is less than two weeks away does not appear to be changing her mind despite pleas from numerous concerned citizens across the country—including those who are fighting terminal diseases themselves.  

Dominican Republic joins entry ban for Ebola-affected countries
The Dominican Republic joined other countries in banning entry to foreigners who have visited Ebola-affected countries in the last 30 days, the country's Ministry of Public Health announced on Tuesday.  

U.S. to funnel travelers from Ebola-hit region through five airports
The United States ratcheted up its safeguards against Ebola on Tuesday, requiring travelers from three countries at the center of an epidemic in West Africa to fly into one of five major airports conducting enhanced screening for the virus.  

NOAA employee charged with stealing U.S. dam information
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) employee in Ohio has been charged with stealing sensitive information from a federal database for the nation's dams and lying about the breach to federal agents, prosecutors said. Xiafen "Sherry" Chen, 59, was arrested on Monday at the NOAA office in Wilmington, Ohio...  

North Korea unexpectedly frees American Jeffrey Fowle
North Korea has freed Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans detained by the country, and he is being flown home to his family, Washington said on Tuesday, amid growing international pressure on Pyongyang over its human rights record.  

Syria's Assad taking advantage of US strikes on IS to launch fierce assault on rebels
Syrian President Bashar Assad is seizing an opportunity presented by the US-led coalition's war against the Islamic State group to pursue a withering air and ground campaign against more mainstream rebels elsewhere in the country, trying to recapture areas considered more crucial to the survival of his government.  

Jordan to Israel: You are inciting a religious conflict over Temple Mount
Jordan is warning that an Israeli plan to allow Jewish prayer at the sensitive Temple Mount area could have disastrous consequences for the region.  

Poll: Drop in faith in government on Ebola
Americans have become less confident in recent weeks in the federal government’s ability to fight Ebola in the United States, according to a new poll.  

At Least 11 Banks To Fail European Stress Tests: Report
The results of the stress tests on 130 banks by the European Central Bank are due to be unveiled on Sunday. Three banks in Greece, three Italian lenders and two Austrian ones are among those that preliminary data showed had failed the tests, Efe said.  

Brand-new call: No marriage licenses for anyone
Idaho state Sen. Steve Vick says one U.S. city’s efforts to force a Christian wedding chapel to perform homosexual marriages in his state is a blatant violation of the Constitution, and he is seriously considering legislation to get the state government out of marriage entirely because he fears churches will be the next target in the aggressive homosexual agenda.  

Saudis sound alarm on Obama 'caving' to Iran
The document,was presented by the Saudis this week to all members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, an umbrella made up of all Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq. The council consists of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.  

LOTS OF SOLAR FLARES
During the past 48 hours, monster sunspot AR2192 has unleashed seven M-class solar flares. The most powerful of the bunch (Oct 22nd at 0159 UT) was an M9-class eruption that almost crossed the threshold into X-territory. In addition, the explosion might have hurled a CME into space.  

Cerro Negro de Mayasquer volcano (Colombia): magnitude 5.8 earthquake, alert level raised
Orange alert has been declared for the volcanic complex at the Colombia-Ecuador border, after a magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurred under the volcano last Monday. This earthquake, located at shallow 10 km depth southwest of the Chiles cone, seems to be directly linked to the ongoing crisis at the volcano.  

Airstrikes "have failed to reduce imminent threat" to US of little known al-Qaeda off-shoot
The "imminent threat" posed by an al-Qaeda off-shoot in Syria has not been diminished by an American bombing campaign, according to the former head of US counterterrorism. ...Reports suggested it was developing clothing laced with undetectable explosives as a way of smuggling bombs on to aircraft. It is thought to comprise senior al-Qaeda figures, veterans of the war in Afghanistan  

Russia prepares militarization of Arctic
Russia has begun a large-scale militarization of the Arctic Ocean region, with a military command structure planned by 2017. It comes after recent discoveries of oil and natural gas reserves under the ocean floor, and the possibility a potential Northern Sea Route -- an alternative to the Suez Canal -- could soon be established as global climate change causes melting of Arctic ice.  

Turkey unveils stringent new anti-protest laws
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu unveiled sweeping new security laws branded as repressive by critics, saying those in possession of banned objects at protests would face up to four years in jail. The changes were first announced last week by the Islamic-rooted government following deadly protests in Istanbul and the Kurdish-majority southeast over Turkey's Syria policy.  

South Korea takes down 'Christmas tree' border tower
South Korea has taken down a tower at its border with North Korea which has in the past been decorated as a Christmas tree by Christian groups. The 60ft (18m) tower has previously been covered in colourful lights at Christmas and topped with a cross. The North, which is officially atheist, saw this as religious and political propaganda and threatened to shell it.  

Ebola: US restricts airport arrivals from West Africa
New US rules requiring air passengers from the three West African countries worst hit by Ebola to travel via one of five airports are coming into effect. Travellers from Sierra Leone, Liberia or Guinea must now arrive at O'Hare in Chicago, JFK, Newark, Washington's Dulles or Atlanta, where they will undergo enhanced screening. The World Health Organisation is due to convene an emergency meeting later.  

Still no Russia gas deal as Europe heads into winter
With temperatures already near freezing in eastern Europe, Ukraine will hold elections on Sunday (26 October) amid uncertainty on Russian gas supplies. The situation arises after EU, Russian, and Ukrainian negotiators failed to reach a deal in Brussels on Tuesday. They will meet again on 29 October, but big gaps remain between Kiev and Moscow.  

Israel mulling request to replace UN peacekeepers who fled Syria border with drones
The UN is considering replacing its peacekeepers who fled the Golan Heights in recent months with drones, Lebanon's Al-Manar reported Tuesday. According to the report, Argentina's envoy to the UN made the suggestion to Israel and Syria. Damascus reportedly accepted the request, but Israel has been slow to make a decision on the matter.  

Australian teenage jihadist Abdullah Elmir vows Isis will fight 'until black flag is on the top of Buckingham Palace'
A 17-year-old Australian boy has appeared in an Isis propaganda video, where he warns the UK and US that militants will keep fighting until “the black flag” is flying over Buckingham Palace. The video is believed to show Abdullah Elmir, who went missing from his home in Sydney at the end of June after telling his family he was going fishing.  

Canadian soldiers were run down by 'radicalized' man, officials say
The man suspected of crashing his car into two Canadian soldiers, killing one and injuring the other, was being actively investigated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and had had his passport taken away, officials said Tuesday. National police in Quebec identified the suspect, who died in a confrontation with police shortly after, as 25-year-old Martin Couture-Roulea.  

Palestinians attack new E.Jerusalem settler homes
Palestinians hurled Molotov cocktails at an apartment building in a flashpoint east Jerusalem neighbourhood just hours after it was taken over by Jewish settlers, police said Tuesday.  

North Korea unexpectedly frees American Jeffrey Fowle
North Korea has freed Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans detained by the country, and he is being flown home to his family in Ohio, the White house said on Tuesday.  

Assad pursues withering campaign against rebels
Syrian President Bashar Assad is taking advantage of the U.S.-led coalition's war against the Islamic State group to pursue a withering air and ground campaign against more mainstream rebels elsewhere in the country, trying to recapture areas considered more crucial to the survival of his government.  

NASA unveils fascinating images of Mars-buzzing comet
NASA just released an image that shows four vague blobs of light. Normally, such an image wouldn't create much excitement, but this particular image is pretty special. Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring buzzed Mars over the weekend, putting NASA's three Mars orbiter spacecraft on high alert.  

MONSTER SUNSPOT
The biggest sunspot of the current solar cycle is turning toward Earth. A few days ago, AR2192 unleashed an X1-class solar flare. Since then the sunspot has almost doubled in size and developed an increasingly unstable 'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field. It would seem to be just a matter of time before another strong explosion occurs.  

Detroit officials bristle at UN visit, scolding over water shut-offs
Detroit officials are fuming after two visiting United Nations lawyers scolded the city for cutting off water to delinquent customers and described the shut-offs as a “human rights” violation.  

Iran Says It Foiled Sabotage on Bushehr Nuclear Reactor
Oct 22nd, 2014
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Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

Bushehr nuclear reactor

Reuters

Iranian Intelligence Minister Seyed Mahmoud Alawi announced on Tuesday that the Islamic regime had arrested spies near its Bushehr nuclear reactor, as the country grows ever more paranoid about attempts to sabotage its nuclear program.

The announcement, made in the city of Bushehr, was reported by the Iranian semi-official Fars News Agency.

"Thanks to the vigilance of the Intelligence Ministry forces who monitor the moves of the foreign intelligence services, some agents who intended to carry out surveillance and intelligence gathering for the foreigners in Bushehr province have been identified and sent to justice," claimed Alawi.

The Iranian minister hailed the province as being "the economic, industrial, military, trade and nuclear hub of the country," and as holding "a special position at the national level."

Iran is getting more and more vigilant about its nuclear program, with Fars News Agency adding that last month Deputy Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Asqar Zarean said several similar plots had been foiled. In August, Ali-Akbar Salehi, head of the organization, claimed that the West including “the Zionist regime” sought to sabotage Iran’s nuclear industry.

Early last month another arrest occurred at Bushehr, when a Ukrainian national who worked as an "expert" together with Russian contractors at the site was apprehended for suspected sabotage plans.

A massive explosion rocked the secret Parchin nuclear facility early this month, in what was reportedly an act of sabotage. An in-depth report by Israel's Channel 2 indicated that a transport company may have been targeted by sabotaged as it brought hazardous materials into the facility.

Iran is currently ahead of a November 24 deadline in talks with world powers over its nuclear program; just last Wednesday Iranian parliament chairman Ali Larijani said the talks should not disrupted by the "trivial issue" of how many nuclear centrifuges Iran would retain in the deal.

Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz on Sunday warned the talks are moving in the wrong direction, particularly in terms of uranium enrichment that would allow Iran to keep the ability to create a nuclear bomb.

Hamas - Sponsor Qatar Eyeing UN Control
Oct 22nd, 2014
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Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al Thani

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Qatar, a key provider of funds to terrorist groups including Hamas, has its sights set on control of the United Nations (UN) as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon is poised to step down in 2016 after his second five-year term.

The gas-rich Gulf state's Emir said he would back former Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al Thani - known as HBJ - in running for the position, reported the British The Telegraph on Sunday.

HBJ was prime minister from 2007 until 2013, and simultaneously served as foreign minister during a period from 1992 until last year. He has been a key figure in Qatar's push to buy controlling stakes in major corporations worldwide.

A potentially Qatari-led UN poses a threatening figure, given the state's financial support of terror.

According to Fatah, Qatar pushed Hamas back into its terror war on Israel during Operation Protective Edge when it was unable to gain influence in the ceasefire talks. Qatar just last Sunday made a $1 billion pledge to Gaza, and is the largest foreign donor to Hamas.

Qatar has been using its fuel riches to buy influence worldwide; it still is set to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup despite international criticism of that move.

Likewise, the Gulf state terror sponsor was revealed last month to be the main funder of the Brookings Institution, a supposedly impartial think-tank which is the employer of former US Middle East Envoy Martin Indyk, US President Barack Obama's peace negotiator.

Israel's Ambassador to the UN Ron Prosor in August labeled the oil-state "a Club Med for terrorists," adding that the "hundreds of millions of dollars" Qatar gave Hamas meant "every one of Hamas's tunnels and rockets might as well have had a sign that said 'Made possible through a kind donation of the Emir of Qatar.'"

FBI Investigates Possibility That 3 Girls Tried to Join ISIS
Oct 22nd, 2014
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Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

The American Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) reported on Tuesday night that it is investigating the possibility that three adolescent girls from Denver, Colorado, attempted to join the “Islamic State” (ISIS) terrorist organization in Syria, after they stole money from their parents and flew to Germany.

The teens, two sisters and a friend aged 15-17, were reported missing last Friday. The three were located at a Frankfurt airport and were returned to the United States.

Devil Worshiper Hell - Bent on Controversy With Satanic Black Mass Ceremony
Oct 22nd, 2014
Daily NewsABC News
Categories: Today's Headlines;False Doctrine

 

Satanic Oklahoma Preacher Hell-Bent on Controversy

In a small, darkened room, Adam Daniels, the self-proclaimed head of his own satanic church, spat and stomped on the symbolic body of Christ in a ritual devoted to Satan.

The smells of incense and smoky dry ice vapors wafted over his small band of followers, who watched him and others perform the so-called “black mass” and destroy bread that was meant to symbolize the Eucharistic, which Catholics say is supposed to symbolize the body of Christ.

Only about 40 or so people attended Daniels’ demonic service, which was held in the basement of an Oklahoma City civic center in September, but it was enough to draw nearly 2,000 Christians from all over the region, some of which drove in from out of state, for a massive protest against it.

Daniels is the co-founder of Dakhma of Angra Mainyu, a dark religion that worships demons, he claims to have created himself. He has written his own “bible” and calls himself “the daster,” which he said was “the equivalent to a high priest,” even “pope.”

“I’ve been working on this for 10 years,” he said. “It’s been created by my creation.”

Daniels has a real day job -- he works as a restaurant cook -- but he insists he has supernatural powers that are so strong he claims he can give someone a death sentence.

“For example, we had an opponent whose mother was dying of cancer and when the destruction ritual was done on him, it put his mother out,” Daniels said.

He’s also a man with a dark past -- Daniels is a registered sex offender, but he doesn’t believe that conviction interferes with performing his duties as “daster” to his flock.

Daniels has 14 “believers” who worship regularly at his “church,” which is a converted storage room in his house.

Before Dakhma of Angra Mainyu’s black mass last month, the small group of Satanists had remained in the shadows of obscurity. They had sold tickets to satanic ceremonies before, only to have almost no one show up. In fact, they garnered almost no public notice at all until they threatened to desecrate the Holy Sacrament of the Catholic Church, the communion wafer, during a satanic ceremony.

The archbishop of Oklahoma City was outraged.

“There’s a real danger involved,” said Archbishop Paul Coakley. “Danger, because of the powers that they are invoking are real. This isn’t entertainment. This isn’t a horror movie. This is real. These people are serious. They are invoking satanic powers. They are conducting a satanic ritual.”

Coakley flat out denounced Daniels’ claim that he’s expressing freedom of religion, and instead called the Black Mass a demonstration of hate speech.

“In the way I view it, what they’re doing is taking something very sacred to two billion Roman Catholics around the world, desecrating it, mocking it and ridiculing it,” Coakley said. “This is a group whose only purpose is to mock ridicule and to tear down something sacred to another religion.”

The archbishop even went as far as to say the satanic mass was an assault on the soul of humanity.

“I’ve seen the effects of satanic influences in people lives, destroying families,” Coakley said. “’The Exorcist’ [the movie] is based upon a true story. Satanic influences are real.”

The news of these devil-worshipers’ ceremony spread quickly online, and 100,000 people signed a petition to block it. Many were angry, not just because a Holy Sacrament would be desecrated in the name of Satan, but also because it was rumored to be stolen from a Catholic church.

Defense Minister Airs Iran Nuclear Concerns At Pentagon
Oct 22nd, 2014
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Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

Moshe Ya’alon raises questions about all aspects of Islamic Republic’s program, including missile technologies

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (L) welcomes Israeli Defense Moshe Ya'alon (R) at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia October 21, 2014. (photo credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

Could An Implanted Tattoo be the Future of Wearable Technology?
Oct 22nd, 2014
Daily NewsProphecy New Watch
Categories: Today's Headlines;Commentary

Asked to speculate on the future of wearable tech, a US design company drafted ‘Project Underskin’ – a digital tattoo that would be implanted in your hand and allow you to trade data with a handshake, monitor your vital signs or even unlock a door, according to Fast Company.

NewDealDesign , who drafted the concept, are known for their work on the popular Fitbit activity trackers. "When we started working on it, everyone was a little squeamish about implanting something. But there's a lot of cultural precinct," says Jaeha Yoo, Director of Experience Design. "Obviously tattoos, piercings - people are implanting birth control. This stuff is going on now. It’s not a huge step forward to implant something like Underskin."

The team envisage the device running off the body’s own electro-chemical energy, staying on permanently and allowing the wearer to unlock their door by touching the handle, or activating a credit card by holding it.

Because the implanted tattoo would also recognise movement, the designers believe it would be able to distinguish between different social modes of interaction that are expressed via the hand. "If you high five someone that’s very different than hand-holding, or a closed fist, or an open palm," explains Mr Yoo. "The hand is where a lot of self expression happens."

As for your health stats, the information would be kept private via encoding and limited display. Project Underskin envisions a small, public display on the side of the hand but a larger screen that sits in the palm, to be consulted just by the user.

Although there are no plans in place to develop the implant, NewDealDesign say Underskin could become a reality within five years, given the current state of electronics research.

A Lamp in the Dark: Untold History of the Bible - Full Documentary
Oct 22nd, 2014
CommentaryYou Tube
Categories: One World Church;Warning

Editors Note.....This full length documentry is the final nail in the coffin of the modern translanslations of the Bible. It also reveals the preparation of the harlot church in the history of Rome. This is a must look and listen for every Christian, it is well worth three hours of your time.

Please wait ten seconds for the video to begin to play.

100,000 Atheists Become Unbaptized
Oct 22nd, 2014
Daily NewsProphecy New Watch
Categories: Today's Headlines;Apostasy;Commentary