LoisFaith2000

Dec 9 2011, 03:45 AM

Hanukkah menorah lightings around the globe. Hu Jintao tells China navy: Prepare for warfareWorld War III guaranteed http://www.thetotalcollapse.com/chinas-hu-urges-navy-to-prepare-for-war/
http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-hu-urges-navy-prepare-combat-160509787.html China's Hu urges navy to prepare for combat Billionaire Jim Rogers: Euro collapse will lead to end of world as we know it
“Jim, economic collapse with the euro: will that lead to a recession?” asks Glenn Beck. “That will lead to the end of the world as we know it,” answers Jim Rogers, founder of Rogers International Commodities Index. “That will certainly lead to the end of the world as Washington D.C. knows it. There’s no question about that.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/investor-jim-rodgers-gives-dire-warning-on-gbtv-that-will-lead-to-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/
http://news.yahoo.com/us-bank-war...reakup-pandemonium-172633943.html
US bank warns of eurozone breakup 'pandemonium' Meanwhile, Every day rockets hit Israel from Gaza. Israel needs to go in and clean it out to protect its people.
The Palestinian devils keep their wives and children with them when they fire rockets at Israel, so when Israel defends itself, they use their own children for propaganda.
To use one's family as human shields is inhuman.
They hide weapons in their homes. I dont mean 'a gun' .. I mean grenades, rockets, etc. heavy weapons.

LoisFaith2000

Dec 9 2011, 04:20 AM

No, I don't agree with everything this article says, but it's a good read nonetheless...

http://www.christianpost.com/news...-crisis-and-the-apocalypse-64263/

12/7/11

The Euro Crisis and the Apocalypse

“A crisis of apocalyptic proportions” is the way Radoslaw Sikorski, Poland’s foreign minister, recently described the economic morass into which the Eurozone is sinking.

Sikorksi may be more accurate than he realizes. The whole world seems to be moving inevitably toward the apocalyptic reality described in Revelation 18:17, where the collapse of “Babylon’s” entire economic system occurs in “one hour."

“Babylon,” in the Bible’s prophetic symbolism, is the world system organized without and even in defiance of God. It is comprised of the interweaving and networking of all the civilizational and national components of the globe’s geopolitical infrastructure.

For the first time in history, a “one hour” crash of the whole is possible. This is because of the increasing irrelevance of borders. Economic boundaries have been demolished through the electronic linkage of the global economy, the multinational marketplace, and regional alliances like the Eurozone.

The European dilemma is showing that such economic arrangements cannot be merely regional in scope. The whole world invests in and trades with them. When they collapse, the global economy slides with them.

And because of the “wired world” it can happen in “one hour."

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11 Dec 11

Durban climate change: last minute talks produce 'historic deal to save the planet'
The United Nations (UN) climate change summit in Durban, South Africa looked certain to fail after India threatened to walk out. ...But in a highly unusual form of on-the-hoof diplomacy, the warring female ministers were forced to go into a public ‘huddle’ to find a resolution. The so called “10 minutes to save the world” resulted in a form of words both parties could live with and relieved applause from the other 190 countries present.

Israeli aircraft strike Gaza, as cross-border violence continues
Israeli aircraft struck the Gaza Strip early Sunday, wounding a 12-year-old girl and her father, according to a Palestinian health official. The Israeli Defense Forces said in a statement that it targeted a weapons factory in response to rockets fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza into southern Israel.

New Israel ambassador to arrive in Egypt this week, sources say
Israel's new ambassador to Egypt is set to arrive in Cairo this week after his predecessor was pulled out when the embassy was attacked by protesters in September, Egyptian and Israeli sources said on Sunday. Yaakov Amitai, the new envoy, replaces Yitzhak Levanon, who was ambassador when the embassy was stormed during protests over the killing in August of Egyptian guards by Israeli troops pursuing militants who had killed eight Israelis on the border.

N Korea furious at South's Christmas lights plan
North Korea has warned South Korea of "unexpected consequences" if it lights up a Christmas tree-shaped tower near their tense border. The North's state-run Uriminjokkiri website said it would amount to a form of "psychological warfare". Seoul's annual tradition of lighting up a Christmas tree tower was suspended in 2003 following a warming of ties.

Mexico earthquake kills two in Guerrero state
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake has struck Mexico, shaking buildings and sending people rushing out on to the street. The quake, which struck the western state of Guerrero at 19:47 local time (01:47 GMT), was strongly felt in Mexico City. At least two people have died in the state, but reports suggest the country has escaped major damage.

Netanyahu re-establishes PM Bible class
Taking a page out of David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin’s playbook, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will begin hosting a regular Bible study group in his official residence for researchers, public officials and invited guests. Netanyahu announced the establishment of the study circle on Friday at a ceremony marking 30 days since the passing of his father-in-law, Shmuel Ben-Artzi. The study group will be named after Ben-Artzi, a noted poet and Bible teacher.

Defectors fight loyalist forces in southern Syria
Hundreds of army defectors in southern Syria fought loyalist forces backed by tanks on Sunday in one of the biggest armed confrontations in a nine-month uprising against President Bashar Assad, residents and activists said. Troops, mainly from the 12th Armoured Brigade, based in Isra, 40-km from the border with Jordan, stormed the nearby town of Busra al-Harir.


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10 Dec 11

Satellite Images Suggest Something Happened at Iranian Nuclear Facility -- But Was It an Explosion?
The first clear pictures of Iran’s nuclear site near Isfahan have been published and analyzed following an explosion at or near the site on Nov. 28, and they provide another piece of the puzzle. But what happened there remains a mystery. Iran’s uranium conversion facility sits outside Isfahan.

UN Calls For Eco-Fascist World Government At Durban Summit
Bureaucrats at the UN Climate Summit in Durban have outlined plans for the most draconian, harebrained and madcap climate change treaty ever produced, under which the west would be mandated to respect “the rights of Mother Earth” by paying a “climate debt” which would act as a slush fund for bankrolling an all-powerful world government.

Syrian protests trigger new deadly clashes
At least 24 people have been killed in renewed anti-government protests across Syria, activists say. Eleven of the deaths were in and around the city of Homs, while five were in the suburbs of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Another activist group, the Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC), put Friday's death toll at 35.

Euro crisis: US General Martin Dempsey warns of unrest
The top US military commander, Gen Martin Dempsey, says he is concerned about "the potential for civil unrest" as Europe's financial crisis unfolds. Gen Dempsey said it was unclear the latest steps taken by EU leaders would be enough to hold the eurozone together, adding that a break-up could have consequences for the Pentagon. Twenty-six of the 27 EU countries have agreed to forge a tighter fiscal union.

Skywatchers enjoy lunar eclipse
Skywatchers have begun enjoying the last total lunar eclipse until 2014. The spectacle, which occurs when the earth casts its shadow over the moon, will be visible from Australia, Asia and North America. But indirect sunlight can still illuminate the Moon, turning it a dramatic shade of red.

Turkey: We won't allow Syria to threaten security of region
Turkey cannot stand by and watch if Syria's crackdown on a popular uprising puts security in the region at risk, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday. While Turkey has no desire to interfere in Syria's internal affairs, it has a duty to tell Syria "Enough!" if it puts Turkey's security at risk by fighting its own people and forcing people to flee the country, he said.

Newt Gingrich: Palestinians are an 'invented' people
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich thrust himself into controversy on Friday by declaring that the Palestinians are an "invented" people who want to destroy Israel. The former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives predictably sided with Israel in its decades-old dispute with the Palestinians but took it a step further in an interview with the Jewish Channel.

IAF strikes Gaza targets; 2 more rockets fired at Israel
Two rockets were fired into the Eshkol Regional Council area from the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning, bringing the total number of rockets fired in the past 24 hours to 15, Army Radio reported. No injuries or damages were reported. Responding to a series of rockets fired into Israel on Friday, the Israel Air Force struck targets associated with terrorist activity in the Gaza Strip earlier Saturday morning, the IDF Spokesman's Office said in a statement.

Euro crisis: US General Martin Dempsey warns of unrest
The top US military commander, Gen Martin Dempsey, says he is concerned about "the potential for civil unrest" as Europe's financial crisis unfolds. Gen Dempsey said it was unclear the latest steps taken by EU leaders would be enough to hold the eurozone together, adding that a break-up could have consequences for the Pentagon.

Russian election: Moscow braced for fresh protests
Moscow is braced for what the opposition claims will be the biggest demonstration in Russia for 20 years. Tens of thousands are expected to gather in a square south of the Kremlin, in the latest show of anger over disputed parliamentary polls.

Drone crash unmasks U.S. spying effort in Iran
The crash of a CIA drone in Iran has brought into the open what U.S. intelligence agencies would prefer kept secret: intense spying efforts in a country where the United States has no official presence.

Radioactive water leaks inside Japan plant
Radioactive water leaked inside a nuclear power plant in southwestern Japan but did not escape into the environment, the government said Saturday, the latest problem for the country's nuclear industry amid an ongoing crisis at another plant.


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09 Dec 11

Obama Has Found Jesus!
Just in time for the "holiday season," Barack Hussein Obama has apparently found Jesus. More likely, he read the most recent presidential approval poll, which indicated that his weakest demographic is composed of those who attend church regularly and, conversely, that his strongest is composed of those who don't.

Failure of EU treaty deal brings a new ‘two-speed Europe’
The amendments to the EU treaty would have meant closer fiscal integration aimed at saving the euro, but now the eurozone countries, plus possibly another six EU members, will have to go it alone.

Megaquake warning for the high Himalayas
Take a hotspot of potential conflict and add a magnitude 9 earthquake. It sounds like a nightmare scenario, but it could play out in the troubled Kashmir region of the Indian subcontinent, according to Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Earthquake reported near Alaska's HAARP array
The quake's epicenter was about 14 miles from the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP), which has been linked by many a conspiracy theorist to other calamitous events, particularly big temblors. HAARP spokesmen claim scientists out there are learning how to create aurora borealis and lightning. Others hold the program responsible for the March 2011 Japan earthquake as well as the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Putin Blames Clinton for Unrest
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday of instigating the public protests against the State Duma elections as tens of thousands signed up to rally over the weekend.

Holder: "Lying" To Congress Depends On "State Of Mind
Eric Holder attempts to avoid question about lying to congress. Saying that lying depends on one's state of mind.

Texas Macy’s Employee Fired for Allegedly Violating Store’s LGBT Policy
Johnson, 27, was employed at the River Center Macy’s in San Antonio until last week. She said a teenager caught her attention because the teen was shopping for women’s clothing, but Johnson was convinced the shopper was male. “I had to just be straightforward and tell him, ‘You’re a man,’ and of course that … really got him steamed,” Johnson told KSAT.

New Perry TV ad cites 'liberal attacks' on religion
The Texas governor says in the 30-second TV spot: “You don’t need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there’s something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school.

EU Banks 'Need Billions More To Survive Crisis'
European banks need an extra 114.7bn euros (£97.7bn) to survive the eurozone debt crisis, the region's banking authority has said. The European Banking Authority said the overall shortfall, including an emergency capital buffer, is 13.1bn euros (£11.1bn) for German banks and 7.3bn euros (£6.2bn) for French banks.

Economist warns global slowdown will be of Biblical scale
"Akin to Pharaoh's dream for Egypt, the global economy could well be in the midst of seven lean years, as the debt-financed bounty of the prior expansion left a growth famine in its wake," Avery Shenfeld said in his year-end economic outlook.

Syrian army masses outside Homs amid reports of imminent assault
Homs has been a centre of unrest since the onset of protests against President Bashar al-Assad in February. The Free Syrian Army, a nascent rebel movement comprised largely of defectors from the security forces, has units operating inside the city. ..."The regime is paving the way to commit a massacre in order to extinguish the revolution in Homs," said a statement from the SNC. With 1.6m people, Homs is divided between Syria's main religious groups.

LoisFaith2000

Dec 10 2011, 02:58 AM

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IRAN, ISRAEL PREPARE for WAR December 9, 2011
Israel’s Home Front Command on Thursday held a nationwide drill simulating missile attacks on the Jewish state, just days after a report indicated that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were preparing for war.

Air raid sirens blared in Jerusalem and across northern Israel Thursday morning in a test of the warning system. Meanwhile, soldiers with the Home Front Command continued a week-long exercise in southern Israel simulating long-range missile attacks on hospitals, schools and other public buildings where mass casualties would be expected.
Last month, the Home Front Command held a drill simulating a massive unconventional missile strike on Tel Aviv.

Fears of a regional war have been driven by Israel’s public debate over whether or not to launch a preemptive attack on Iran’s nuclear program, which the IAEA recently confirmed is working toward the goal of nuclear weapons.

According to the British Telegraph, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards is certain Israel will attack, and is preparing to retaliate. Western intelligence officials told the newspaper this week that Guards commander Gen. Mohammed Ali Jaafari recently ordered all of Iran’s long-range missiles to be moved to more secure locations in preparation for a retaliatory launch against Israel.

While such an exchange would certainly lead to wider hostilities with Syria, Lebanon and possibly the new regime in Egypt, it is unlikely that the entire Arab League would join in an attack on Israel. In fact, many Arab states would be pleased to have Israel solve the Iran nuclear problem.
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Israel and Syria brace for imminent war

December 6, 2011
Israel and Syria brace for regional war between mid-Dec. 2011 and mid-Jan 2012
Netanyahu and Assad are poised for a regional war, including an attack on Iran.
Syria staged a military exercise testing its missiles.
Bibi said, There are times when a decision may carry a heavy price, but the price for not deciding would be heavier.
Then he announced his Likud party would hold elections in January, 2 years early.
US Secretary of State of Hellary Clinton is clearly aiming to undermine the Netanyahu government.
http://debka.com/article/21543/

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http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-pres...es-barbara-walters-185600663.html

12/8/11

..Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad Lies to Barbara Walters

Wed, Dec 7, 2011


COMMENTARY | Syrian President Bashar al-Assad claims he hasn't killed anyone and denounces the United Nations' report claiming crimes against his own people. What reality is he living in?

ABC News correspondent Barbara Walters had an exclusive interview with Assad -- the first by a Western reporter since violence erupted on the streets earlier this year. Walters didn't back down in her questioning either, and the highly educated Assad stated true to form with equally mild-mannered denials. So, what's the true story here?

According to Walters, life is a contrast inside Damascus. There are riots in the streets, but just a couple blocks away, people are peacefully enjoying coffee at sidewalk cafes. But NPR reported 25 civilians were killed Saturday. Assad claimed to still have the support of his people and denied the validity of child torture claims. He even challenged the respected journalist to prove her allegations.

Wake up Assad, the press is full of reports of child rape, torture and executions at the hands of the Syrian military. The Arab League has suspended relations because of a litany of crimes by Assad's forces against the Syrian people. And the United Nations issued a damaging report that corroborated the Arab Leagues allegations. Assad is attempting to draw a distinction between being a head of government and allegations of being brutal dictator. In the case of Syria, they are one and the same.







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Massacre feared brewing in Syrian city
(CNN) -- Syria's leading opposition movement warned Friday of an impending government "massacre" designed to crush activists in the city of Homs, which has emerged as a center of anti-regime unrest.
The Syrian National Council said military troops and vehicles had surrounded the western city and thousands of troops were manning more than 60 checkpoints just inside the city.
"These are all signs of a security crackdown operation that may reach the level of a total invasion of the city," the council said in a news release. It said that a "massive number of casualties" could occur.
"Evidence received from reports, videos and information obtained by activists on the ground in Homs indicate that the regime is paving the way to commit a massacre in order to extinguish the revolution in Homs and to discipline, by example, other Syrian cities that have joined the revolution," the council said.
At least 17 people were killed Friday in Homs and at least 29 were killed elsewhere across Syria, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, an opposition group. It said women, children and dissident soldiers were among the dead.
Syrian exile: Bashar al-Assad in denial Violence continues to engulf Syria Activist: Video refutes Assad Syria's Assad denies death orders
The United Nations said last week that more than 4,000 people have died in Syria since a government crackdown against protesters erupted in mid-March. The regime's actions have outraged world powers and sparked sanctions by the Arab League, Turkey, the United States and the European Union.
The council said the Bashar al-Assad regime is "driving violent sectarian incidents to justify this potential murder." More than 30 corpses -- all thought to be victims of sectarian violence -- were found Monday in Homs.
The city of Homs is in a province of the same name. The Local Coordination Committees of Syria says it is the "amalgamation of the national Syria identity combined: urban, country, and Bedouin."
It says "Muslims in Homs are Sunni, Alawite, Ismaelis and Druze. Christian in Homs are Orthodox and Catholic." The city also includes Kurds, Armenians and Turkmens, the LCC says.
Sunnis make up the majority of the country and Alawites hold sway in the military and government.
"The regime has tried hard to ignite the sectarian conflict using many dirty methods, which have included bombing and burning mosques, torturing and killing young men, and kidnapping women and children," the Syrian National Council said in its news release. "The regime also took a significant step today ... in burning oil pipelines in the neighborhood of Baba Amr to blame what the regime calls 'armed gangs' in an attempt to crush the peaceful uprising on the pretext of a war on terrorism." A strike on a pipeline was reported on Thursday.
The council likens what the regime may be planning to the 1982 government assault on the city of Hama, an operation that left thousands dead. Syria was led at the time by then-president Hafez al-Assad, Bashar's father.
"We hold accountable the regime, and behind it the Arab League and the international community, (for) what could happen to innocent civilians in the next few hours or days, and the implications for the region as a whole in the near future," the council said.
The LCC says Homs has been suffering "from a suffocating siege and heavy, continuous security campaigns that are resulting with tens of casualties and wounded every day. This is why it deserves to be declared as a crisis zone."
The LCC said the regime is trying to foment sectarian feuds. It said the anti-government Free Syrian Army, made up of army defectors, has been standing up to the regime's army and pro-regime shabiha, whom they call "thugs."
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland expressed concern about developments Friday.
"It is extremely concerning that in places like Homs we have a huge number of reports that they are preparing something large scale," she told reporters. "It's a perfect example for them to prove that they are not the propagators of this violence. And obviously they've chosen not to do so. And they are not going to be able to hide who's responsible if there is a major assault on the weekend."
She added that U.S. officials hold al-Assad responsible for the violence. "We think he needs to go; that that is how peace is going to come to Syria."
British minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt said his government "is deeply concerned by reports of a build-up of Syrian security forces and armored vehicles in the besieged city of Homs," also the "scene of disturbing crackdowns in recent months."
Human Rights Watch last month issued a report detailing "the systematic nature of abuses against civilians in Homs by Syrian government forces."
The International Crisis Group issued a report on Syria in July, saying "Homs had become a miniature Syria, a microcosm of its numerous problems."
"Its economic dynamism benefited only a narrow circle of people," the report said. The swelling number of migrants who lived on the city's outskirts suffered from declining services and living standards, it said. The security services, predominantly controlled by and staffed with Alawites, earned a particularly bad reputation.
"If the picture appeared reasonably positive to one who visited the center of the city, for most of its underprivileged residents it was appalling," the report said.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/09/world/...html?hpt=hp_t1