I'm starting Volume 14 with recent discoveries related to Jesus and also to Muhammad.
Archeologists have found an inscription archeological evidence in a community near the Sea of Galilee that coincides with an account from the Bible's New Testament where it was described that Jesus drove demons out of a possessed man. The evidence is from 1500-1600 years ago in the exact location described in the Bible.
http://www.businessinsider.com/ancient-inscription-found-in-israel-2015-12
And in Birmingham, England they have leaves from what is thought to be from a Quran written by one of the companions of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. It seems likely the fragments in Birmingham, at least 1,370 years old, were once held in Egypt's oldest mosque, the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As in Fustat. This is because academics are increasingly confident the Birmingham manuscript has an exact match in the National Library of France, the Bibliotheque Nationale de France.
The French part of this manuscript was brought to Europe by Asselin de Cherville, who served as a vice consul in Egypt when the country was under the control of Napoleon's armies in the early 19th Century
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35151643
It is important because while he was alive, he told his followers, companions to accept recitations from five of his followers/companions and Abu Bakr was one of them. The Quran was written 11 years after Muhammad died. To have the actual recitations from one of the Sahabah is a very big deal.
Every year on December 25th we are told this was the birthday of Jesus, though there is Biblical evidence that suggests otherwise. The evidence is as follows:
Exodus 12 - tells you that the Exodus occurs in the first month of the year, and that Passover is in this month, which we know to be April. So April is the first month of the year.
Luke 1:26 - we are told that this event occurred in the sixth month, which means it happened in September. Mary was told that she was favored and would be with child and also that Elizabeth is already with child.
Luke 1:36 - it is said that Elizabeth is in her sixth month of pregnancy. This month as previously noted is September.
Luke 1:56 - it is written that Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months, October, November and December. John the Baptist is born in December and Mary returns home to Joseph in January.
JANUARY to SEPTEMBER the next year is nine months, the time for a normal pregnancy, which is why it is reasonable to think Jesus was born in September. If he were born in December that would be a twelve month pregnancy.
Luke 2:8 When Jesus was born the shepherds were keeping watch over their sheep who were out in the fields at night.
The rainy season in those lands is October 15 - thru December, nobody leaves their flocks outside then, so the flocks could not have been outside in December when most people think he was born. There is proof from the Bible on when the rainy season is.
Ezra 10:9 It tells you about the 20th day of the ninth month, well we know that April is the first month, so the ninth month is December. It specifically tells you it was the rainy season at that time. December was the rainy season, the flocks would not have been outside then, and the flocks were outside when Jesus was born.
Whose birthday is December 25th?
The Roman God Sol, Brumalia
Nimrod, the Baal of Babylon [modern day Iraq]
Isis the female God from Egypt.
The fourth century Egyptians brought the date into the church and it stayed there ever since. The deviated religions then say it was the birthday of Jesus. he was more likely born near the Jewish New Year known as Roshashanna.
If you remember him during this December holiday season and be thankful he was here, remembering what he tried to bring to the world, that is okay. Just be aware how religions deceive you because they themselves were deceived and changed thoughout history.
BORDER ENTRANCE
Yes I am trying to take some time off, but this is important and those who feel that nothing is being done can get an understanding that things are being done regarding people crossing the borders. Refugees are vetted for twenty four months before being able to come into the US, the problem as a Senator from Maine pointed out is with the Visa Waiver program that admits people with far less scrutiny, till now. Changes that took place on Friday.
People who have traveled to Iran, Syria, Iraq or Sudan, in the past five years, or who have a second citizenship from those countries, will no longer be able to travel to the US visa-free.
It will affect nationals of countries on the US visa waiver list
Citizens of 38 countries do not need to apply for a visa before traveling to the US, but instead must fill out an online form called an ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Administration). Once the form is filled in and approved, it remains valid for two years.
With the new law in place, those who would normally be allowed to travel visa free with an ESTA will have to apply for a visa if they have visited Iran, Syria, Iraq or Sudan in the past five years. Citizens of the 38 nations who also hold citizenship from any of the four aforementioned countries will have to apply for a visa as well.
http://www.albawaba.com/loop/us-visa-changes-three-key-points-785296
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) may have stolen “tens of thousands” of blank passports that it could use to smuggle its fighters into Europe as refugees, a German newspaper reported Sunday. 12.20.15
I'm on vacation, but I am hoping NYC gets thru New Years Eve without that awful warning/promise Isis sent (the suicide bomber who also launched a pineapple hand grenade) in that video they issued over the last month.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3324658/ISIS-threatens-attack-New-Y ork-City-new-slick-video-showing-suicide-bombers-walking-Times-Square.html
They do not honor our holidays, so our holidays have no meaning for them, they do their attacks anytime, they don't choose specific holidays to do them on. So New Year's should be just fine for everybody Bob.
[Edited on 12/30/2015 by gina]
Maybe we'll invade Iran while you're gone.
I'm on vacation, but I am hoping NYC gets thru New Years Eve without that awful warning/promise Isis sent (the suicide bomber who also launched a pineapple hand grenade) in that video they issued over the last month.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3324658/ISIS-threatens-attack-New-Y ork-City-new-slick-video-showing-suicide-bombers-walking-Times-Square.html
They do not honor our holidays, so our holidays have no meaning for them, they do their attacks anytime, they don't choose specific holidays to do them on. So New Year's should be just fine for everybody Bob.
[Edited on 12/30/2015 by gina]
"just fine for everybody". watched "Frontline" last night on PBS. What ISIS does to their own kind, to women and children...women and children, is absolutely despicable, abhorrent and beyond barbaric. Holiday's? They're animals. Have you ever known of an animal observing a holiday? Stoning young women to death, repeatedly raping young women. Those dudes got some serious issues.
I'm still on vacation but Piacere I too have seen first hand reports of things that certain Isis members have done, and so have many of the other groups (Paki Talibs, Afghan Talibs) who refuse to go along with them, even Ayman Al Zawahiri does not go along with them; but I am waiting to see how the prophecies play out.
Ron, if we do end up in a war with Iran, it would probably be covertly started by Saudi sending Blackwater troops with our clandestine consent and assistance to destabilize the entire Middle East. If/When that happens things will get very bad here very quickly. Some of the Islamic prophecies describe conditions that occur in nuclear war, that some of the good Muslim fighters will develop sores in their armpits from a breeze from the south (nuclear fallout). A red wind has been described also. Jihad on India has been foretold, Isis is making incursions into Kashmir. The prophecy was jihad would be waged on India and those waging it would be successful. If anyone gets control over that nuclear arsenal, where will they aim it at?
SYRIA, SAUDI ARABIA
While the politicians point fingers and tell you that they have the answers to the crisis in Syria, few if any mention that people are dieing from starvation. Right now 40,000 are at risk of dieing outside Damascus in Madaya. They have no food, no electric, no fuel, some are eating grass to survive. The situation is so bad "The UN's Syria mediator aims to convene peace talks in Geneva on January 25 in the latest effort to end nearly five years of conflict in which more than 250,000 people have died."
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/weakened-cold-starving-death-syrian-town-160107055547145.html
The UN has received approval to do some food drops.
“The U.N. welcomes today’s approval from the government of Syria to access Madaya, Al-Foua and Kufreya and is preparing to deliver humanitarian assistance in the coming days,” the statement said.
In terms of war updates:
http://www.albawaba.com/news/confirmed-ahrar-al-sham-rebel-leader-killed-syria-789926
The problem in Syria is we are fighting too many groups. We are fighting Assad, we are fighting Isis, we are fighting other groups as well. No one is going to win in this war. If we eliminate Isis AND Assad, other groups will move into the territory or we have to stay there maintaining an occupational presence, I won't compare it to Afghanistan, but in the aspect that we would have to stay there to keep any future coalition government in power that part of it is the same. How many places in the world can we keep our troops in?
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Officials will be meeting with Pakistani officials.
" Saudi Arabian Forieng Minister Adil Al-Jubair will be reaching Pakistan today (Thursday). The Saudi Minister will be meeting with the top leadership of the country including Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz.
The Saudi Foreign Minister will discuss bilateral relations along with regional and international situation. Al-Jubair’s visit will also include taking Pakistani leadership into confidence for the inclusion into united army of 34 Islamic countries and the situation of the Middle East. "
Saudi officials have said that they will not enter into any war with Iran. Despite what has gone on in their country in the last few days and the Houthi rebels being subsidized in Yemen by the Iranian regime.
"It is something that we do not foresee at all, and whoever is pushing towards that is somebody who is not in their right mind," it quoted him as saying in an interview. “It will reflect very strongly on the rest of the world. For sure we will not allow any such thing.”
http://www.dawn.com/news/1231382/anger-grows-in-saudi-arabias-shia-areas-after-executions
[Edited on 1/8/2016 by gina]
ISIS Update
The former executioner for Isis, commonly known as Jihadi John who appeared in videos where prisoners of the Islamic State were beheaded now has a successor. His name is Sid.
"Siddhartha Dhar - who left Britain for Syria while on police bail after his arrest on suspicion of belonging to a banned group and encouraging terrorism - has been identified by UK media as the spokesman in ISIL's latest death film.
The video also featured a young boy wearing a black bandanna around his head and camouflage clothing, threatening in English to "kill the kaffir [unbelievers] over there".
Sunday Dare, a Londoner of Nigerian origin, identified the child as his four-year-old grandson, Isa. Dare told British media his daughter - who grew up a devout Christian named Grace before converting to Islam and changing her name to Khadijah - had taken London-born Isa to Syria with her to join ISIL."
"A convert from Hinduism who lived in east London, Dhar regularly attended protests staged by the now-banned organisation al-Muhajiroun, and had often spoken to the media in support of radical causes."
[al muhajiroun is an Al Qaida offshoot and has been in existence since back in the days when Osama was the head of the organization. It goes back to even the Soviet Afghan war when he organized fighters in Peshawar. This is not a new group that Isis created, if Osama has succeeded in all those groups merging and the result being the Islamic state, then they are fully invested in the Holy War that will lead up to Resurrection Day]. It may be naïve to think that the Islamic State is just one group of warriors that everybody dislikes.
ISIS and the UK
Fox news and others reported that Isis has sent them videos to tell them about upcoming attacks for Europe, London specifically.
The video also contains threats against the United Kingdom, showing images of London landmarks Tower Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral and claiming extremists are ready to strike "anytime, anywhere." At one point, the image of British Prime Minister David Cameron is shown with a crosshair over his face.
A narrator describes the terrorists as "nine lions of the caliphate who were mobilised from their lairs to make a whole country, France, get down on its knees."
"You destroy our homes and kill our fathers, our brothers, our sisters, our mothers, our children," Hadfi says in a message directed at the members of the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS.
A new video released by the ISIS terror group late Sunday shows nine of the extremists who carried out the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris beheading and shooting captives, as well as training with weapons while plotting the carnage that left 130 dead in the French capital. The 17-minute video shows the extent of the planning that went into the multiple attacks in Paris, which French authorities have said from the beginning was planned in Syria.
Remarks: They had some of those who planned and participated in the attacks on France tell you what they thought, their last words. The level of detail is a serious warning for the UK. They always warn before they attack, that is required in Islam. They have to give you a chance to stop the actions you are doing that are offending them, they cannot just react with anger. They are saying that coalition forces and partners in this case the UK are attacking them and this is true. Airstrikes are going on in Syria in their strongholds, which are their homes. It is a holy war. They want to live according to Shariah law, they established their cities and towns and enforced it there. The difference between them and other previous Sunni fundamentalist groups is they do not plan to just live in their lairs as the Pakistani Talibs were peacefully doing in Waziristan prior to our campaigns against them. isis wants worldwide conversion and will not accept other religions.
This war will not be solved with drones or bunker buster bombs. Intellect is required, scholarly involvement is required. You would need to unify Islam, bring all the groups together to show Isis where they are in error and that no other groups agree with their tactics. The thing is some of the other groups agree with them on some points. Sadly scholars are not consulted by the defense departments from ANY country.
There needs to be a worldwide royal council of Islamic scholars who consult with government officials and educate them as well as provide dialogue with Isis. That is the only way there might be some peace. And yes I know, most people believe Isis will not negotiate. They have not negotiated up till now because they were not offered anything they could accept. The worldwide answer to them has been, be quiet, go away, they laugh and say no. The world responds okay we will bomb you out of existence. They say, we will bomb you also. There is no winning with a strategy like this.
The real issue is secular law versus Abrahamic law (which is not Shariah law per se). That will not be resolved till Jesus himself comes back, at which time we will still be fighting in the Middle East.
LIBYA, SYRIA, AFGHANISTAN, YEMEN
Libya: The US is considering military intervention in Libya. Germany is considering sending troops., per Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook on Thursday. "We're looking at military options, a range of other options as... the situation in Libya unfolds."
http://presstv.ir/Detail/2016/01/27/447624/Libya-Daesh-military-options/
Syria: Al Nusra and Hezbollah are negotiating prisoner swaps inside of Syria. Abou Malek al-Talleh, the emir of Nusra Front in Qalamun, with carrying out the negotiations.
http://www.albawaba.com/news/hezbollah-nusra-front-prisoner-negotiations-796060
Afghanistan: Yes THE Afghan Taliban have been in talks in their political office in Doha, Qatar, they would like to be removed from the UN blacklist before considering peace talks. And China would like that also.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/28/world/asia/china-afghanistan-taliban-talks.html?ref=world
Additionally, it has been reported by the Washington Post that troops may stay in Afghanistan dor Decades. Decades. That would not be good for peace.
"Top U.S. military commanders, who only a few months ago were planning to pull the last American troops out of Afghanistan by year’s end, are now quietly talking about an American commitment that could keep thousands of troops in the country for decades, The Washington Post reports".
Yemen: Statement Of The Yemeni Anti-Intervention Political Parties’ Coalition About US Secretary Of State’s Remarks About The Intervention In Yemen
the name of Allah the Merciful
The executive commission of the Yemeni anti-intervention political parties’ coalition follow with great interest the developments at the Yemeni political arena and its repercussions locally, regionally and internationally including remarks those issued by the US Secretary of State (John Kerry) during a meeting with his counterparts in Gulf countries in Riyadh. According to those remakes, beyond any doubt the United States is the primary sponsor of the intervention on our beloved country, and this is what contained our political speeches over the days of intervention.
We in the leadership of the Executive commission of the Yemeni anti-intervention political parties’ coalition condemn these statements, which establishes through which to commit more crimes against the Yemeni people and represent a continuation of the systematic killing, destruction, displacement and disrupt the political track, which is sponsored by the United Nations, emphasize the following:
First:
The United States hold all the legal, humanitarian and ethical consequences as a result of those statements and the adoption of a formal participation in the intervention against our beloved Yemen.
Second:
We call upon the international institution (the United Nations) and all liberals of the world, individuals and groups, to sensing their responsibilities towards the continuation of the intervention against Yemen and its repercussions at all levels.
Third:
We call on the Arabic and Islamic nation and governments that condemned the intervention on Yemen to understand the risk of what is practiced by the forces of US-led global arrogance for our nation, which became evident through Zio-American agendas in the region and the involvement of many of the region’s countries in this hostile agendas –that are against our values, principles and issues, most notably the Palestinian issue-.
Fourth
We call on the great Yemeni people for more cohesion, unity and rally around our brave heroes in the army and security forces and the popular committees and the continuation of the diverse supports by men, money and food convoys which represents a continuation of our people stance that impeded and frustrated the criminal schemes that targeted our country continuously for a period of more than ten months of intervention.
Fifth
We call on all anti-intervention political forces and components, revolutionary organizations, various media and users of social media by focusing on the importance of using the “Saudi American intervention in Yemen” term, in political speeches and media messages in line with the current stage and future stages of intervention.
Mercy on our righteous martyrs and a quick recovery to the wounded,
Victory and empowerment for our military, security forces and popular committees,
Shame and humiliation on the arrogant wicked invaders,
God’s mercy and blessings be upon you.
Issued by the executive commission of the Yemeni anti-intervention political parties’ coalition
Sana’a
Sunday, January 24th, 2016
[Edited on 1/28/2016 by gina]
Isis issued a new video Saturday.
He vows that IS will carry out acts that will make the West forget the 2001 September 11 attacks against the United States that killed nearly 3,000 people, or the Paris carnage.
He also vows that the West, particularly Spain, will "pay dearly" for having crushed Muslim rule in ancient Andalusia, in southern Spain where the Moors ruled from 711 AD to 1492.
He speaks of Cordoba and Toledo and says the ancient land of Andalusia is Muslim and has not been forgotten. At the end of the almost eight-minute video, the French-speaker and other IS fighters shoot dead five kneeling men in orange jumpsuits.
The "execution" appears to take place in the ruins of a building which was destroyed in an air strike.
Remarks: It is most unnerving for them to say they will launch attacks that will make the world forget the 9.11.01 attacks or the Paris attacks but after having seen the prophecies from a woman who is under govt. harassment and how horrific they are, I will not be surprised when they start to come to fruition, all with as she was told, the knowledge and cooperation of elements of people/agencies from within our government.
Interesting interview with an Arab Investor.
http://www.businessinsider.com/interview-with-arab-investors-in-davos-2016-1
Of course there are other things.
NORTH KOREA. MOGADISHU, YEMEN
"SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has moved up the window of its planned long-range rocket launch to Feb. 7-14, South Korea's Defense Ministry said Saturday. The launch, which the North says is an effort to send a satellite into orbit, would be in defiance of repeated warnings by outside governments who suspect it is a banned test of ballistic missile technology."
They say it is a satellite, others fear it could be a test for launching ICBM's that could eventually someday reach the West coast of the US.
MOGADISHU
Officials believe Al Shabaab ( An Al Qaida affiliate from the days when Osama was running it) is responsible for the explosion on a plane in Mogadishu. Officials believe the explosion occurred due to a bomb in a laptop computer. Though others think it might have been concealed in a wheel chair. What is known is that traces of TNT were found in the plane, so there was a bomb there.
Additional investigations conducted by Somali and international experts have confirmed the explosion that occurred inside the Daallo Airlines jet was not a technical problem but was a bomb that was intended to destroy the plane and kill all passengers onboard," Somali Transport and Aviation Minister Ali Ahmed Jama told a press conference in Mogadishu.
"The security forces have detained people suspected of having involved the bomb that exploded inside that plane."
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-airlines-idUSKCN0VC102
YEMEN
A US drone strike killed a senior Al Qaida Commander, Jaleel Baleedi. Fighters belonging to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) were preparing to receive the body of Jalal Baleedi, also known as Hamza al-Marqashi, after he was killed overnight with two of his guards near the town of Azzan, the source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Thursday.
Reuters news agency also reported another US drone attack that killed six alleged al-Qaeda fighters in their car travelling in Yemen's southern Shabwa province. Al-Qaeda fighters took over Azzan on Monday, and it has become the group's stronghold in Shabwa.
Originally from Yemen's mountainous Abyan province, Baleedi was identified in 2004 by the Yemen Times as being the field commander of AQAP in the southern governorates of Abyan, Shabwa, Lahj, Hadramout, and al-Beidha.
Recent reports suggested Baleedi pledged allegiance to and joined the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group with several other AQAP fighters, becoming the leader of ISIL in Yemen. Though confirmation of Jaleel giving a bayat (oath of allegiance) to the Islamic State has not been obtained by the media, nor disclosed by Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula or the Islamic State.
Remarks: People here in the US do not understand why there are terror attacks against the US or it's allies. The US launches drone strikes against others in others countries. Killing top level Al Qaida commanders has consequences. While most of the presidential hopeful Republican nominees mostly say that the US has to continue to maintain the relationships with their allied Arab partner states, there was one politician, it was either Gov. Christie (New Jersey) or Lindsey Graham that said it to destroy ISIS would require Arab boots on the ground, because it is THEIR war against the rulers in THEIR states in THEIR lands. Ultimately it will be a Muslim vs. Muslim war because the ideologies are different. For the US and others like the UK to keep sending drones and assassinating people is not the way to stop terrorism. It creates justification for retaliatory jihad. Why does no one understand this?
MOGADISHU, SYRIA
MOGADISHU
Al Shabaab claims responsibility for blowing a hole in that airliner.
MOGADISHU — Somalia's al Shabaab insurgents said on Saturday they were responsible for a blast that punched a hole in the fuselage of a plane last week that the government said was caused by a bomb meant to kill everyone on board.
The suspected suicide bomber was sucked out of the Daallo Airlines plane through a one-meter (one-yard) wide hole when the blast ripped open the pressurized cabin in flight, officials said last week.
"Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen carried out the airborne operation as a retribution for the crimes committed by the coalition of Western crusaders and their intelligence agencies against the Muslims of Somalia," al Shabaab said in an emailed statement.
Remarks: So it was not Isis, it was STILL Al Qaida.
SYRIA
Russia is sending a new warship with cruise missiles to the Mediterranean as part of a permanent task force. “The goals of the ship are not public but considering that it is carrying long-range cruise missiles, its participation in the military operation should not be excluded,” the source said.
The report comes as on Saturday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned against any ground intervention in Syria by countries in the US-led coalition allegedly fighting Daesh Takfiri group, saying it would unleash another war.
http://presstv.ir/Detail/2016/02/13/450151/Russia-Zeleny-Dol-Syria-Trukhachev-Medvedev
The Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, warned Saudi Arabia that any ground troops sent to Syria would result in a world war. "The Americans and our Arabic partners must think hard about this: do they want a permanent war?" Medvedev asked.
http://presstv.ir/Detail/2016/02/11/449829/Russia-Syria-Dmitry-Medvedev-Handelsblatt-Saudi-Arabia
The Saudis said they will deploy special forces IF the US sends ground forces. It is always the US that has to fight he wars of all these other countries. WHY? Because they are coalition partners. And which presidential candidate hopefuls want to continue this dangerous course of foreign policy? I KNOW which ones do, if you do not, you better find out where they stand on foreign policy, because they WILL bring us into the next World War where we are fighting Russia.
http://presstv.ir/Detail/2016/02/10/449629/Saudi-Arabia-Syria-Adel-al-Jubeir-US-Daesh
They just ask NATO give them the thumbs up, that makes it all okay. And if NATO will not give the go ahead, they do what they did with the Iraqi war, under George W. Bush's administration, they just don't take the vote.
When do the people of the US get a chance to say anything, or do we? We can be led into a world war and we have no choice in the matter. It's time to stop the war mongering. We also plan to send 500 more troops to Helman province in Afghanistan, and we plan to keep forces in that country INDEFINITELY. That country belongs to the Afghans, if they are too stupid or uninspired to fight for their own country, why should we do it? There was peace under the Taliban rule, but they did not want to sell the resources of the country to foreign (our coalition partners) countries businesses and have their people enslaved as lowly paid workers.
It is time to get out of other countries, fix our own problems, and let them determine their own path and governance.
[Edited on 2/13/2016 by gina]
SOLUTION FOR SYRIA
We get out, we take our troops. Assad and his coalition partner, Russia can handle Isis. It is NOT our war. They can take out Isis we do not have to be there to do that.
Russia backs Assad, if we keep trying to take him out, ultimately we fight with Russia, is this what we want?
IF we were able to take out Assad, ISIS would take our whatever coalition govt. we put in. Neverending war.
We believe that we can take out Assad and Isis, we just work with Russia to take out Isis first, then we would still have to fight against Russia who backs Assad.
Do we want a war with Russia?
THIS IS NOT OUR WAR. WE NEED TO LEAVE SYRIA, LET ASSAD AND RUSSIA TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROBLEM.
Update on the Paris attacks
Videos obtained in Belgium connected with the Paris attacks performed by Isis members show that they planned to obtain nuclear material.
The existence of the footage, which the police in Belgium seized on Nov. 30, was confirmed by Thierry Werts, a spokesman for Belgium’s federal prosecutor, after being reported in the Belgian daily newspaper La Dernière Heure.
REMARKS: If Isis fighters are successful in obtaining nuclear material and use it while fighting in Syria, would we still consider putting ground troops in the country up against such a threat?
[ FYI Al Qaida already has nuclear weapons, per Ayman Al Zawahiri. He said they obtained them from Tashkent for 1 million US dollars, and he said it in January 2002 during an interview in the Independent, London, UK. Now he is not aligned with or supporting Isis and he will not go and attack someone because he wants a global caliphate.
Under what conditions would he use his? Probably if we nuked them because then retaliation would be in line with Islamic precepts of jihad which include fight back when attacked. Being that they have had them for quite awhile and not used them, that should show you how seriously they regard fighting which must be in accordance with their religious beliefs.
Isis is different. They want victory and they want it now - maybe we should have left Osama in charge. If we had, Isis would not exist and be threatening the world at large. Osama had all the groups in allegiance to him and he had things under control. Afghanistan is another failed state. We will have to leave troops there forever and even that will not be long enough to claim victory.
Once again, we need to mind our own borders, build our own country and get out of foreign lands. That is the only way to lasting peace. If we want to help defend Saudi Arabia because of our oil relationship fine, but why are we fighting in Syria?
[Edited on 2/20/2016 by gina]
ICELAND/US/RUSSIA/NKOREA
The US is reopening a military base there.
The US has planned to reopen a Cold War-era naval base in Iceland, amid deteriorating relations between Washington and Moscow over the crises in Ukraine and Syria. According to sources, the base, known as Keflavik Air Base was originally built during World War II and is located near Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik. It will be renovated to house a new generation of surveillance planes.
The US plans to spend an initial $22 million to retrofit hangar facilities and restore infrastructure at Keflavik as part of a project to keep P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft for maritime patrol operations in the North Atlantic.
The US tested an ICBM from California recently.
The US Air Force has launched a Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from a California launch site in order to test the nuclear-capable missile system. The unarmed missile blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base northwest of Los Angeles on Saturday. The latest version, Minuteman III, with an operational range of 13,000 km entered service in 1970. Each unit can carry up to three nuclear warheads and is estimated to cost $7 million.
http://presstv.ir/Detail/2016/02/21/451564/Minuteman-USAF-Nuclear-missile
Russia wants to fly surveillance drones over the US. Seriously.
"Russia is about to formally request permission from the US to fly surveillance planes with highly advanced cameras over the country, a move that has already alarmed American intelligence and military officials. Russian and the US are both signatories to the 34-member Open Skies Treaty, which allows member countries to fly unarmed surveillance planes equipped with high resolution digital cameras over one another’s territory and foster transparency about military activities.
Moscow will submit its request to the Vienna-based Open Skies Consultative Commission on Monday, formally asking to be allowed to fly an aircraft with advanced sensors over the US, according to a congressional staffer said on condition of anonymity."
http://presstv.ir/Detail/2016/02/22/451721/Russia-Surveillance-US-Open-Skies-Treaty
And North Korea is still threatening the US and others over their wargames.
"North Korea has strongly slammed the upcoming joint US-South Korean military exercises, vowing to take “a thousand-fold revenge” against them in case of any armed provocation. “All the powerful strategic and tactical strike means of our revolutionary armed forces will go into preemptive and just operation to beat back the enemy forces to the last man if there is a slight sign of their special operation forces and equipment moving to carry out the so-called 'beheading operation' and 'high-density strike’,” the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army said in a statement on Tuesday carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
It threatened that the first target would be South Korea's presidential Blue House, while the "US imperialist aggressor forces' bases for invading the DPRK (North Korea) in the Asia-Pacific region and the US mainland" would be its secondary targets. Some 15,000 US and 90,000 South Korean troops are expected to take part in the two-phased joint exercises, known as Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, which are slated to begin in early March."
http://presstv.ir/Detail/2016/02/23/451966/North-Korea-US-UN-South-Korea-war
Remarks: I think the govt. should be responsible to the people (us) to let us know of actions they are taking that could precipitate nuclear war, and if we do not agree with those actions, they should not be allowed to do them. We could be on the verge of nuclear war and nobody even seems aware of it.
[Edited on 2/23/2016 by gina]
More later but the US is going to send B-52"s to use on ISIS, we also sent warships to the south China Sea, a senior ISIS military commander was killed Friday, probably by Russian airstrikes.
[Yeah I know some people cannot wait to know who was it and where]:
Amru al-Abbasi, ISIL's top commander in Homs, was killed in the airstrikes on Friday afternoon.Al-Abbasi was appointed as ISIL's Homs commander in 2014
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13941215001302
Lebanon is almost a failed state, with Saudi withholding 4 BILLION dollars in aide, and Gulf Cooperation council declaring Hezbollah a terrorist state.
AND our NSA is worried terrorists could take down our power grid like they did in the Ukraine.
NSA Ukraine Power Grid Concerns
U.S. National Security Agency chief Michael Rogers warned Tuesday that hackers will try to mount a cyber attack against U.S. infrastructure, similar to the power failure in western Ukraine last year. On December 23, parts of western Ukraine were plunged into darkness after a computer virus affected the networks of several regional electricity companies.
“An actor penetrated the Ukrainian power grid and brought large segments of it offline in a very well-crafted attack that both focused on knocking the system down but also focused on how was the provider likely to respond to that outage,” Rogers said.
“Seven weeks ago it was Ukraine. That isn’t the last we are going to see of this, and that worries me,” he added.
No that's not all. Turkey is trying to do a news blackout. (Whippin Post updates over there!)
[Edited on 3/5/2016 by gina]
Update 3.11.15
IRAQ, IRAN, LEBAON, SYRIA
Isis has chemical weapons and is using them.
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/03/11/455156/Iraq-girl-Daesh-chemical-attack
[Remark: The lives of those taken in these chemical attacks have not gone unnoticed in their lands. Use of these agents is a War Crime, how did Isis get those weapons and from whom? See below].
http://tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=253714
Iraqi protestors want a new cabinet.
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/03/11/455143/Iraq-Baghdad-Sadr-Abadi-cabinet
Iran test fired two ballistic missiles.
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/03/09/454681/iran-irgc-ballistic-missile-
TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said Iran’s ballistic missiles can fly 400km above the ground to hit targets at 2,000km within 12 to 13 minutes.
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13941220000474
LEBANON
The Arab League has banned Hezbollah. This is rather problematic, since they hold political and governmental positions in Lebanon. Is the Arab League announcing they would like to be at war with Lebanon and it’s Shiite majority population? It might be easier for the US to let the Saudis and other Gulf Cooperation Council countries lead the way to create instability in Lebanon, but you know (or you should know by now) it is ALWAYS the US that gets pulled into these wars, and is expected to come up with the bulk of fighters, weapons and money for these wars. In addition, Lebanon is backed by Iran, and Iran is backed by Russia. Do we really want to be in another with Russia, wasn’t the first Afghan war enough? This time it would become nuclear.
SYRIA
Elections in 18 months? The UN envoy thinks so. And John Kerry arrived in Syria so he should be able to do something right? I am holding back the sarcasm as much as I can. We are bringing all kinds of good things to the Middle East, even an Arabic Saturday Night Live. Yes.
http://yalibnan.com/2016/02/20/arabic-version-of-saturday-night-live-is-airing-across-the-arab-world/
Interview with Staffan de Mistura
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/webtv/programs/special-interview/2016/03/11/De-Mistura-Plan-A-go-to-talks-Plan-B-return-to-the-war-.html
The U.N.-brokered talks, which coincide with the fifth anniversary of the conflict, will take place on March 14 in Geneva two weeks after the start of a cessation of hostilities agreement.
Federalism, to break up Syria so that elections can be held at the UN’s behest?
SYRIA/RUSSIA/NORTH KOREA
SYRIA/RUSSIA
The recent Russian decision to withdraw from it's combat missions in Syria seemed to baffle many, since Isis still has control in Aleppo and other areas. There was a video with one of the Russians speaking in Russian, and one thing he said "podstava ni", meaning "set up". As though they believed if they continued their bombing campaign, they would be set up for something else, and they were not going to be used by the US or anyone else.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35824486
NORTH KOREA
The US continues increasing sanctions on the country as well as preparing to plan for war games this month. North Korea has said that they have miniaturized nukes that can fit on ICBM's and they can reach long range targets. They also mentioned wanting to attack NYC and Washington, DC as retribution to what they perceive as provacation and threats to their lands.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-21710644
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-11813699
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-161041/Japans-war-threat-North-Korea.html
With North Korea warning it could strike US targets anywhere in the world, Japan's defence minister Shigeru Ishiba said it was ready to carry out a pre-emptive strike with ballistic missiles.
The war of words came a day after US intelligence chiefs said North Korea probably had missiles capable of attacking America's west coast as well as one or two nuclear missiles.
REMARK: So we know they can reach the west coast of the US, and that is acceptable to keep creating situations they feel are provocative and require them using "pre-emptive" strikes? Does anyone in Washington understand the people of the US do not consent to offer up millions of people on the west coast to die?
Russia is not accepting that. Maybe that is why they pulled out of Syria, to prepare for anything else they may have to respond to.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/08/russia-warns-north-korea-nuclear-strike
Artificial earthquake detected. [from their testing their weapons! We think this because it also happened last January when they were testing their weapons]
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35818731
NORTH KOREA
One of the things North Korea has said was that it could use an H bomb on NYC and/or Washington DC. They say a lot of things, so it is hard to know if they are just boasting or seriously considering such things.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35240193
This was from January. We KNOW they did test one, so we KNOW they have them.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35240509
This is some of what they have said about the US.
http://www.rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?strPageID=SF01_02_01&newsID=2016-03-09-0018
[Edited on 3/17/2016 by gina]
RUSSIA
"Reuters and the newspaper L’Obs reported last week that the French navy in January detected a Russian ballistic missile submarine off the French Atlantic coast in the Bay of Biscay. There was no military reason for that submarine to be there. The Russian submarine that the French detected reportedly was a Delta-class boat. It carries sixteen SS-N-23 SLBMs, each of which can deliver multiple warheads to targets 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) away. It did not have to sail near France The Russian submarine that the French detected reportedly was a Delta-class boat. It carries sixteen SS-N-23 SLBMs, each of which can deliver multiple warheads to targets 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) away. From the open waters of the Norwegian Sea midway between Norway and Greenland, a Delta's SS N23 can reach not only France and all of Europe, but most of the Continental United States.
http://www.newsweek.com/putin-reckless-nuclear-saber-rattling-just-show-biscay-437200
PAKISTAN
The news media is reporting on the recent attack by Jamaat Arar in Lahore. They say that the Pakistani Taliban has split or splintered. I think of it more as there are divisions. They have always been more hardline/fundamentalist than the Afghan Taliban with regards to what they believe is permissible in their jihad. Omar would never order attacks on civilians and certainly not women or children. Children were not allowed on the battlefield or to perform suicide bombings. The Pakistani Taliban believe differently.
In September 2014, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Mullah Fazlullah ousted Mohmand Agency chief Omar Khalid Khorasani (former leader of Ahrar-ul-Hind). Omar Khalid Khorasani and his associates in Mohmand Agency had accused the TTP leadership of deviating from the TTP ideology, leading to the formation of splinter group TTP Jamaat-ul-Ahrar.
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan was effectively divided into two factions. The original TTP is headed by Maulana Fazlullah, who was elected in November 2013 following the killing of ex-chief Hakimullah Mehsud in a U.S. drone strike. In February 2014, Ahrar-ul-Hind, headed by Maulana Umar Qasmi (former leader in the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi) was formed after TTP opened peace talks with the Pakistani government. Lashkar e Jhangvi as steeped in the Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaida Ideology and later merged into Jamaat-ul-Ahrar,means Assembly of the Free, a second splinter group that broke away from Tehreek-i-Taliban in Pakistan on 4 September 2014, and named Omar Khalid Khorasani as its commander. Ehsanullah Ehsan is the official spokesman. He was one of Hakimullah Mehsud's official spokesmen.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had this to say about the recent attack in Lahore where
“This is my resolve, my government’s resolve, as well as the resolve of 200 million people. Insha Allah, no terrorist can breach the wall of our determination,†the prime minister said in a televised address to the nation.
The prime minister said he was addressing the nation at a time when the heart of every Pakistani was broken and the whole nation was in the state of grief and sorrow due to the tragic Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park terror incident.
“I know well what the message terrorists want to give by hitting soft targets. I know that after losing their sanctuaries, training camps and infrastructure, why some remnants are heading towards educational institutions, recreational points and public places to hide their failure and despondence,†he remarked.
“I am here to renew this pledge that we are keeping count of every drop of blood of our martyrs; this account is being settled; and we will not rest till it is paid,†the prime minister stressed.
There are differing reports on the casualties but at least 60 were killed with 280 wounded in the blasts.
What the news has not reported is there is something else going on over in Pakistan, a covert attempt to destabilize Balochistan (where there is a lot of oil).
"QUETTA (Monitoring Desk) : Interrogation of the arrested Indian intelligence operative Kulbhushan Yadav revealed he had been imparting Naval fighting training to Baloch separatists in an attempt to target Pakistani ports, a security official who declined to be named said on Sunday.
Yadav, who was arrested in Balochistan, is believed to be a member of Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). The Indian Foreign Ministry earlier confirmed the arrested man was a former Indian Navy officer, but the Pakistani government claimed to have recovered travel documents and multiple fake identities of Yadav, establishing him as an Indian spy who entered into Balochistan through Iran — holding a valid Iranian visa.
After his arrest, Yadav was shifted to Islamabad for interrogation, during which it was revealed that he had purchased boats at the Iranian port in Chabahar in order to target Karachi and Gwadar ports in a terrorist plot, the official said, adding that the 'RAW agent' is believed to be expert at Naval fighting techniques. Yadav was also transporting 'anti-state elements' from Pakistan to New Delhi for training by RAW, he said. "
[Edited on 3/28/2016 by gina]
[Edited on 3/28/2016 by gina]
NORTH KOREA
North Korea has threatened to nuke Washington, DC.
http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/03/27/457742/US-Norht-Korea-nuclear-strike
The missile shown in the video, which is what North Korea recently claimed it had successfully tested, ends with the American flag in flames. In 2013, the North released another video showing Lower Manhattan being bombed, and another one later showing President Obama and American troops in flames.
REMARKS: We keep ignoring them, but you never know.
IDOLATRY/EVIL/NYC
END OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.COM: I am about to share with you some absolutely astounding information. It turns out that the exact day when reproductions of the arch that stood in front of the Temple of Baal are going to be erected in Times Square in New York City and in Trafalgar Square in London is also the exact day when a very important occult festival related to the worship of Baal begins. April 19th is the first day of a 13 day period of time known as “the Blood Sacrifice to the Beast†that culminates on the high occult holy day of Beltane on May 1st. In some parts of the world, Beltane is much better known as “May Dayâ€, and it has been described as the “Illuminati’s second most sacred holidayâ€. As you will see below, we have indeed witnessed a disturbing series of “blood sacrifices†during the second half of April in recent years, and many people wonder if there is a connection.
April 19th is also known as “the Feast of Molochâ€. If you are not familiar with “Moloch†or “Molechâ€, it is an ancient Canaanite god that is repeatedly denounced in the Old Testament. Child sacrifice was a key feature of the worship of Moloch, and a giant statue of this pagan deity is set up at the Bohemian Grove in northern California every year.
Is it just a coincidence that reproductions of the arch that stood in front of the Temple of Baal in Palmyra, Syria are going up in New York and London on the precise day when the Feast of Moloch is celebrated and when “the Blood Sacrifice to the Beast†begins? The organization in charge of this “cultural project†is the Institute for Digital Archaeology. The following comes directly from their website…
The following list of events that have happened on or around April 19th comes from Vigilant Citizen…
•April 19, 1993 – Waco Massacre: An FBI assault lead to the burning down of the compound of a sect named Branch Davidians, killing 76 men, women and children.
•April 19, 1995 – Oklahoma City bombing – 168 people killed.
•April 20, 1999 – Columbine High School Massacre – 13 people murdered, 21 injured.
•April 16, 2007 – Virginia Tech Massacre – 32 killed; 17 injured.
•April 16, 2013 – Boston Marathon Explosions – 3 killed; 107 injured.
In addition, let’s not forget that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot to death on April 19th, and the explosion and fire on the Deepwater Horizon took place on April 20th.
REMARKS: Well that Arab (OBL) told you we were in a Holy War. He's right, we are. We can argue who out of the fighters in the Middle East is trying to institute correct practices according to God, but the other things still remain. The evildoers promoting their causes, and others following along, legislating their right to erect statues (idolatry) to Baal (a pagan God), even the Church of Satan has a protected right to open churches all over the world. We ARE in a Holy War. Many just have not realized it yet. On top of all this, April 19 is the NY Primary Day, oh whippin' post!
P.S. There is a report that April 19, 2016 is the day that the Chinese (through the Shanghai Gold Exchange) will begin fixing (setting) the price of gold in Yuan (Renminbi). The beginning of the end of the dollar as the world's reserve currency? For those who have not been keeping up, the most recent estimations are that the dollar goes down no later than January 2017, and if that is true, the other prophecy that we would not have another President seems likely, because once people lose all their money, savings, retirement etc. revolution will come to this country.
China and Hong Kong are already getting their deals together.
http://www.en.sge.com.cn/news-announcement/news/536284.shtml
Mr. Jiao Jinpu, Chairman of Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) and Mr. Charles Li, Chief Executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on March 23 in Hong Kong. SGE and HKEX agreed to pursue the further cooperate opportunity in various areas, including product development of precious metals and cross-market connectivity. This will strengthen the connection between Mainland China and Hong Kong market, providing investors with more diversified and convenient financial service.
“As an essential player in China and global gold community, SGE is committed to innovation and the opening-up of China’s gold market,†said SGE Chairman Jiao Jinpu. “Since the launch of the International Board in September 2014, SGE has promoted the international business, by recruiting 63 international members participating the RMB-dominated gold trades. The signing of MOU with HKEX represents a start for our future cooperation. We look forward to working closely with HKEXto develop more diversified investment products and see how we can facilitate ties between our markets. â€
HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li said, “Our MOU with Shanghai Gold Exchange gives us a good foundation for strategic dialogue and closer cooperation with the aim of introducing more attractive products and investment opportunities.â€
[Edited on 4/12/2016 by gina]
YEMEN
Just so you know why the conflict continues there.
The reality of the kingdom’s ambitions in this regard are laid bare in a secret 2008 State Department cable obtained by Wikileaks, from the US embassy in Yemen to the Secretary of State:
“A British diplomat based in Yemen told PolOff [US embassy political officer] that Saudi Arabia had an interest to build a pipeline, wholly owned, operated and protected by Saudi Arabia, through Hadramawt to a port on the Gulf of Aden, thereby bypassing the Arabian Gulf/Persian Gulf and the straits of Hormuz.
“Saleh has always opposed this. The diplomat contended that Saudi Arabia, through supporting Yemeni military leadership, paying for the loyalty of sheikhs and other means, was positioning itself to ensure it would, for the right price, obtain the rights for this pipeline from Saleh’s successor.â€
Indeed, Yemen’s eastern governorate of Hadramaut has remained curiously free from Saudi bombardment. The province, Yemen’s largest, contains the bulk of Yemen’s remaining oil and gas resources.
“The kingdom’s primary interest in the governorate is the possible construction of an oil pipeline. Such a pipeline has long been a dream of the government of Saudi Arabia,†observes Michael Horton, a senior analyst on Yemen at the Jamestown Foundation. “A pipeline through the Hadramawt would give Saudi Arabia and its Gulf State allies direct access to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean; it would allow them to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic chokepoint that could be, at least temporarily, blocked by Iran in a future conflict. The prospect of securing a route for a future pipeline through the Hadramawt likely figures in Saudi Arabia’s broader long-term strategy in Yemen.â€
Fear of an Iranian blockade of the Hormuz Strait, and the possibly disastrous results for the global economy, has existed for years,†she wrote in the article, titled “Divide and Rule: Saudi Arabia, Oil and Yemen.†“The US therefore pressured the Gulf States to develop alternatives. In 2007 Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Oman and Yemen jointly launched the Trans-Arabia Oil Pipeline project. New pipelines were to be constructed from the Saudi Ras Tannurah on the Persian Gulf and the UAE to the Gulf of Oman (one to the Emirate of Fujairah and two lines to Oman) and the Gulf of Aden (two lines to Yemen).â€
In 2012, the connection between Abu Dhabi and Fujairah, within the UAE, became operational. Meanwhile, Iran and Oman moved to sign their own pipeline deal. “Distrust about the intentions of Oman increased the attractiveness of the Hadramawt option in Yemen, a longstanding wish of Saudi Arabia,†wrote Buringa.
President Saleh, however, was a major obstacle to Saudi ambitions. According to Buringa, he “opposed the construction of a pipeline under Saudi control over Yemeni territory. For many years the Saudis invested in tribal leaders in the hope to execute this project under Saleh’s successor. The 2011 popular uprisings by demonstrators calling for democracy upset these plans.â€
While trumpeting the war on IS in Iraq and Syria, the West is paving the way for the resurgence of both al-Qaeda and IS in Yemen.
“Saudi Arabia does not want a strong, democratic country on the other side of the more than 1,500 kilometre-long border that separates both countries [Saudi Arabia and Yemen],†Dutch foreign ministry official Joke Buringa had remarked in her now-censored article. Neither, it seems, do the US and UK. She added: “Those pipelines to Mukalla will probably get there eventually.â€
They probably won’t – but there’ll still be blowback.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44362.htm
Remarks: Yep, there are reasons for the wars on that side of the world, and sadly oil is still one of them.
RUSSIA
Russia says it will engage in retaliatory measures if NATO continues its plans to deploy four extra battalions in Poland and the Baltic states. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Tuesday that the alliance would deploy "battalion-sized" multinational units throughout eastern member states.
“This would be a very dangerous build-up of armed forces pretty close to our borders,†said senior Russian Foreign Ministry official Andrei Kelin on Wednesday. Kelin added, “I am afraid this would require certain retaliatory measures, which the Russian Defense Ministry is already talking about.â€
The proposal was initially made by US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Monday amidst rising tension between the US and Russia in the Baltic region.
Meanwhile, speaking at a news conference with NATO's new Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), General Curtis Scaparrotti, Stoltenberg said NATO will continue its “defensive†and “proportionate" military build-up close to Russia's borders in "reaction to the Russian behavior in Ukraine."
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu says Russia is set to deploy three new military divisions to its borders to counter the eastward expansion of the NATO military alliance, local media report.
"The Ministry of Defense has adopted a series of measures to counter the growing capacity of NATO forces in close proximity to the Russian borders," Shoigu was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying on Wednesday.
http://presstv.ir/Detail/2016/05/04/464015/russia-nato-baltic-states-retaliatory-action/
http://presstv.ir/Detail/2016/05/04/463932/Russia-NATO-Lavrov-Shoigu-Moscow-US-Crimea/
Remarks: just keepin' ya in the loop. I don't know why NATO thinks they have authority over any part of Russia or territory near it's border, but I am not really knowledgable on all of that since some states of the former USSR are now supposed to be independent.
IS BREACHES PESHMERGA LINES
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36193142
A US Navy Seal who was advising Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq has been killed by Islamic State (IS) militants, US defence officials say. The special warfare operator was named as Charlie Keating, aged 31, from the state of Arizona. Peshmerga officials said the militants breached the frontline north of the IS-held city of Mosul on Tuesday morning.
http://en.alalam.ir/news/1814977
[Edited on 5/19/2016 by gina]
