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Report: Western Troops, Firepower Being Moved to Persian Gulf

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:16:44 +0000

War is coming to the Middle East, that much is certain. It may start as early as April or may begin sometime this summer. Be prepared as our troops may be involved. Food and gas prices will go up! Our blessed hope is close! Keep looking up! According to Azerbaijani Trend News Agency, Interfax has …

Israel: Iran’s nuclear arms program is complete, its missiles can reach US

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:36:54 +0000

Iran is so close to a nuclear weapon and the US government is in denial. If we stand by and let Israel be attacked, the Lord will not look on the US with favor. Go back to one of God’s eternal promises to Abraham in Genesis chapter 16 that He will bless those who bless …

Assad may start regional war if UN tells him to step down – Gulf sources

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:43:51 +0000

In confidential conversations with his advisers, Syrian President Bashar Assad is reported by Persian Gulf sources Tuesday, Jan. 31 to have threatened to start up armed hostilities in the region if the UN Security Council Tuesday night endorses the Arab League proposal for him to step down and hand power to his deputy. Those sources …

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Vows to Never Speak or Meet With Israeli Officials

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:22:20 +0000

“The Muslim Brotherhood will not speak or meet with Israeli officials and its stance on Israel is not up for discussion, group spokesperson Mahmoud Ghezlan told London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. ‘It’s illogical to have dialogue, any dialogue, in light of the Israeli practices against the Arab peoples,’ the paper quoted him as saying in an …

IS NETANYAHU’S PATIENCE WITH IRAN RUNNING OUT? New speech worth noting as tensions in Mideast rise.

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:08:28 +0000

Analysis from Joel Rosenberg: Does Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu think the West is taking decisive action to stop Iran from getting the Bomb, or does he think the West is fiddling while Tel Aviv runs the rising risk of burning? That’s the Big Question as tensions continue to mount in the epicenter this week. Iran …

Russian Exercises In Caucasus Prepping For Iranian War with Israel?

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:03:05 +0000

If we consider Gog-Magog and the “known world” from Ezekiel’s time and perspective, however, the far north would likely bring us all the way up to the Black Sea and the northern shores of modern day Turkey to areas northeast of Turkey, even to northern Iran and Afghanistan and beyond where we find other former …

Netanyahu: Iran has decided to build a nuke – Action needed before it is too late

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:24:42 +0000

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Thursday night, Jan. 19 that Iran had reached the decision to become a nuclear power and complete the construction of a nuclear weapon. He said action was needed to stop Iran before it is too late. His statement at the end of a visit to Holland gave Gen Martin Dempsey, …

Obama: US, Jordan to consult closely on Middle East peace

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:22:56 +0000

All I will say without being dogmatic is keep your eye on Abdullah of Jordan. Keep looking up! The U.S. and Jordan pledge to push Israel and the Palestinians to negotiate a peace accord in a “serious fashion” • Jordan’s King Abdullah II has hosted three meetings of Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, but talks have …

Joint US-Israel drill called off by Netanyahu, to Washington’s surprise

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:39:15 +0000

debkafile‘s sources disclose exclusively that, contrary to recent reports published in Washington, Jerusalem – and this site too – it was Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, not the Obama administration, who decided to call off the biggest ever joint US-Israeli military exercise Austere Challenge 12 scheduled for April 2012. Washington was taken aback by the decision. …

Russian naval force arrives at Syria port in ‘show of solidarity’

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:31:22 +0000

A large Russian naval force arrived at the Syrian port city of Tartus, the French AFP news agency reported on Sunday, in what the regime of President Bashar Assad is calling a show of “friendship.” Last November, a Syrian news agency reported that Russian warships were planned to arrive at Syrian territorial waters, indicating that …