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1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(THE EU (EUROPEAN UNION) TAKES OVER IRAQ WHICH HAS SPLIT INTO 3-SUNNI-KURD-SHIA PARTS-AND THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE IS BROUGHT BACK TOGETHER-THE TWO LEGS OF DANIEL WESTERN LEG AND THE ISLAMIC LEG COMBINED AS 1)
LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
EU bank resolution board to start 1 January-By EUOBSERVER
30. Nov, 19:36-Seventeen member states out of the 26 signatories (Sweden and the UK didn't sign) have ratified the agreement setting up a Single Resolution Board (SRB) for EU banks, the EU Commission announced Monday. The SRB will be in charge of failing banks through a fund financed by the banking sector.
Poland supports UK demands to reform the EU-By EUOBSERVER
30. Nov, 09:08-British PM David Cameron expects "substantive discussion" on EU reforms to be discussed at 17-18 December summit, Reuters reports. "Poland has a major interest in preventing any British EU exit," Poland's new Europe minister Konrad Szymanski said, pledging to support British demands including changes to the European Union's treaty architecture.
British Labour launches pro-EU campaign, uses security line-By EUOBSERVER-DEC 1,15
Today, 18:29-Former Labour minister Alan Johnson launched his party's campaign to keep UK in the EU Tuesday. Referring to the Paris terrorist attack, he said "leaving the EU would leave our country less secure." Speaking to party activists in Birmingham, he said "there is no progressive case for leaving" the EU.
Russia criticises EU 'commando force' on propaganda-By EUOBSERVER-DEC 1,15
Today, 09:30-The EU is setting up an ideological commando force to fight Russian propaganda, Russia's EU ambassador Vladimir Chizhov said on Monday with reference to EU's new weekly Disinformation Review, Tass reports. Someone is apparently trying "to build a wall of alienation and mistrust between our peoples," Chizhow said.
AirAsia Indonesia says upgrades training, enhances safety after crash-Reuters-DEC 1,15-YAHOONEWS
JAKARTA (Reuters) - AirAsia Indonesia said on Tuesday the firm has upgraded pilot training and enhanced safety standards following the crash of its plane last year, killing all 162 onboard.Earlier on Tuesday, Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) released the first public report on the disaster of the Airbus A320 that crashed into the Java Sea on Dec. 28."KNKT's final report on QZ8501 highlights that a combination of several factors contributed to the tragedy," AirAsia Indonesia said in a statement."There are many lessons to be learned for the entire aviation industry."(Reporting by Fergus Jensen; Writing by Randy Fabi; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)
AirAsia crash due to faulty component, crew response: probe-AFP By Olivia Rondonuwu-DEC 1,15-YAHOONEWS
A faulty component and the crew's inadequate response caused an AirAsia A320 to crash into the Java Sea last year, killing all 162 people on board, an Indonesian report said Tuesday.Flight QZ8501 plunged into the ocean in stormy weather on December 28, during what was supposed to be a routine flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.The crash of the Airbus A320-200 triggered a huge international search, with ships and aircraft from several nations involved in a lengthy hunt that was hampered by strong currents and bad weather.The bodies of 56 of those who died have never been found.In their final report into the accident released Tuesday, Indonesia's official National Transportation Safety Committee said poor maintenance and a fault with the system that helps control the rudder's movement was a major contributing factor to the crash.Cracked soldering in the component caused it to malfunction and send repeated warning messages to the pilots, it said.In response, they tried to reset a computer system but in the process turned off the plane's autopilot, sending it into a sharp roll from which they were unable to recover."Subsequent flight crew action resulted in inability to control the aircraft," said the report. The plane went into a "prolonged stall condition that was beyond the capability of the crew to recover", it said.Investigators said there was miscommunication between the pilots as the plane plunged towards the sea, with the men at one point pushing their control sticks in opposite directions.-- 'Find those responsible' -Investigator Nurcahyo Utomo said that AirAsia pilots flying Airbus aircraft had not received adequate training for when their planes became severely destabilised, as it was not recommended by the manufacturer.The report said the faulty component, the Rudder Travel Limiter, had suffered 23 problems in the past 12 months, citing maintenance records."The investigation found some inadequacy in the maintenance system, leading to the unresolved, repeated problem" with the rudder system, said Utomo.Before crashing, the plane climbed fast and went into an aerodynamic stall, losing lift. The French co-pilot, Remi Plesel, was at the controls in the moments before the crash, rather than the more experienced pilot.Family members of those killed in the accident had been waiting anxiously for the report, and Eka Santoso -- whose brother, sister-in-law and their two children died in the crash -- urged AirAsia to take action following its recommendations."AirAsia must find the people who were responsible for this problem," he told AFP, referring to the faulty competent, and adding those who failed to fix it should be prosecuted. "It has been proven there was a weakness."The crash was the first major setback for Malaysia-based AirAsia, which has enjoyed a spectacular 13-year run of success, and the group's flamboyant boss Tony Fernandes thanked the transport committee for their work."These are scars that are left on me forever but I remain committed to make AirAsia the very best," he said.An Airbus spokesman said the company was studying the report.Rescuers faced difficulties in the choppy waters of the Java Sea, but the main body of the plane was eventually located on the seabed by a Singapore navy ship and both black box data recorders were recovered.Search efforts were finally called off in March after almost three months.The crash was one of several aviation disasters in the sprawling archipelago in the past year.In August, a turbo-prop plane operated by Indonesian domestic carrier Trigana crashed in the remote eastern region of Papua during a short flight in bad weather, killing all 54 people on board.And in June an Indonesian military plane went down into a residential neighbourhood in the city of Medan, exploding in a fireball and killing 142 people.Indonesian airlines are expanding rapidly after years of strong economic growth and the emergence of a new middle class, but carriers are struggling to find enough well-trained personnel to keep up with the boom, experts say.
Israel steps up retaliation to EU retail code By Andrew Rettman-DEC 1,15-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:27-Israeli has said it might block EU aid for Palestinian projects in the West Bank in retaliation against Europe’s retail code on settler products.Emmanuel Nahshon, a foreign ministry spokesman, said on Tuesday (1 December), according to the Reuters news agency: “The European Union wants to be involved in a variety of projects, some of them ... regarding Palestinian welfare.”"With all those projects, we will need to re-examine whether it is feasible to consider the European Union as a partner while it is using measures of discrimination and boycott against the state of Israel.”The announcement follows an earlier statement, on Sunday, that Israel will no longer invite representatives of EU institutions to talks on the Middle East peace process.“Until completion of the reassessment [of EU relations], the prime minister has ordered a suspension of diplomatic contacts with the EU and its representatives in this matter,” the foreign ministry said.-Cancelled meetingsIt has, since the EU Commission published the code on 11 November, already cancelled two EU meetings: on human rights and on international organisations.It's also refusing to set a date for a follow-up meeting on EU projects in the Israeli-administered part of the West Bank, Area C, after initial talks in September.But Nahshon noted that, EU institutions aside, Israel will keep talking to leading EU countries - citing France, Germany, and the UK - on peace initiatives.France is a leading proponent of the EU code.The UK was the first EU member, in 2009, to unilaterally impose labels."This decision is almost completely devoid of any real significance," an Israeli official told Israeli daily Haaretz on the diplomatic freeze.“It's like the EU saying it's cutting communications with Israel but continuing to hold talks with each of its ministers independently.”The EU foreign service is also downplaying the dispute.It noted that EU foreign relations chief Federica Mogherini met with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the Paris climate summit on Monday.“EU-Israel relations are good, broad, and deep and this will continue,” Maja Kocijancic, Mogherini's spokeswoman said.“When it comes to the Middle East peace process, the EU does and will continue to work on this in the Quartet [a UN group], with our Arab partners, and with both parties [Israel and Palestine].”She added that there’s “EU unity on this [the code].”Greece told Israel in a letter that it won’t apply the measures, however, Israeli media report.Hungary, and the CDU party of German chancellor Angela Merkel, have also criticised the EU guidelines, with Hungary calling them “inefficient.” Fraction of trade-The code instructs retailers to say “product from … Israeli settlement” or equivalent on wine, farm produce, or cosmetics from the occupied territories.It says it's meant to help consumers “take an informed transactional decision.”It's non-binding.In theory, member states could face “infringement proceedings” if they don’t apply the EU consumer laws which underpin the guidelines. But officials indicate legal action is unlikely.The EU imports between €100 million and €300 million a year of settler products, less than 1 percent of bilateral trade.The previous actions by the UK, but also Belgium and Denmark, prompted some shops to pull settler items, but didn't result in a mass boycott.A Belgian official told EUobserver its code amounts to little in reality.“I don’t know about you, but I simply don’t bother to read all the labels on products I buy. Too much info (calories, salt content - who cares?) and the print is too small anyway,” he said.
REVELATION 9:16-18 RUSSIA-CHINA-BOTH FLAGS HAVE 2 OF THESE COLORS IN THEIR FLAGS
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION ARMY FROM CHINA TO KILL 2 BILLION PEOPLE) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire,(FIRERY RED) and of jacinth,(DEEP BLUE) and brimstone:(PALE YELLOW) and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
EZEKIEL 38:1-23
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I (GOD) will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages;(ISRAEL) I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil,(OIL IS IN SPOIL) and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?(OIL IS IN SPOIL-I BELIEVE THATS WHY RUSSIA,ARAB/MUSLIMS MARCH TO ISRAEL)
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire (atomic bomb) of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence (biological,chemical,nuclear) and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.(NUKED,THEN MIGRATING BIRDS EAT RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS FLESH)
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
EZEKIEL 39:1-29
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I (GOD-JESUS) will set my glory among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and all the heathen (WORLD NATIONS) shall see my judgment that I have executed,(AGAINST ISRAELS ENEMIES) and my (GODS) hand that I have laid upon them.(ISRAELS HATER ENEMIES)
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
JEREMEIAH 49:35-37 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITE SOME BELIEVE)
35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRAN/BUSHEHR NUCLEAR SITE) the chief of their might.(MOST DANGEROUS NUKE SITE IN IRAN)
36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven,(IRANIANS SCATTERED OR MASS IMIGARATION) and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(WORLD IMMIGRATION)
37 For I will cause Elam (IRAN-BUSHEHR NUKE SITE) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(ISRAELS NUKES POSSIBLY) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:(IRAN AND ITS NUKE SITES DESTROYED)
ISAIAH 17:1,11-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14 And behold at evening tide trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD KILLED IN OVERNIGHT RAID) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.
AMOS 1:5
5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden:(IRAQ) and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir,(JORDAN) saith the LORD.(I belive ISIS-DAMASCUS GET NUKED BY ISRAEL)
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
JEREMIAH 47:1-7
1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN/ARABS) before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north,(NORTHERN TSUNAMI POSSIBLY) and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses,(ISRAELS ARMY) at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;(ISRAEL POSSIBLY NUKES GAZA)
4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN FAKE ARABS) and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
5 Baldness is come upon Gaza;(NUKED POSSIBLY) Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? (MEDITTERANEAN SEA) there hath he appointed it.
Israel PM admits forces operating in war-hit Syria-AFP-DEC 1,15-YAHOONEWS
Jerusalem (AFP) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted for the first time Tuesday that Israeli forces have been operating in Syria, where the Iran-backed regime is battling rebels including the jihadist Islamic State."We occasionally carry out operations in Syria to prevent that country from becoming a front against us," Netanyahu told reporters during a visit to northern Israel."We also do everything to prevent weapons, particularly lethal ones, being moved from Syria to Lebanon," he added.Netanyahu did not provide further details and his comments were the first public recognition that Israel has been active in conflict-riddled Syria.Several purported strikes have occurred in recent months, targeting alleged Iranian arms transfers from Syria to Lebanon and destined for Israel's arch-foe, the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah.But these strikes were not officially acknowledged by Israeli authorities.Israel opposes the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which has been battling an armed rebellion since March 2011, but has sought to avoid being dragged into the war in neighbouring Syria.Russia, an ally of the Assad regime along with Iran, launched an air campaign against his opponents in late September.On Sunday, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said a Russian warplane had recently entered Israeli-controlled airspace from Syria but the intrusion was resolved without incident."It was apparently an error by the pilot who was flying near the Golan," Yaalon said.Israel seized most of the Golan Heights from Syria in 1967 and later annexed the territory in a move never recognised by the international community.Yaalon said Israel and Russia had made arrangements to avoid clashes over Syria, with the agreement said to include a "hotline" and information sharing.Netanyahu echoed his comments on Tuesday, saying the Israeli and Russian military forces "are in close coordination to avoid such incidents".Their remarks came in the aftermath of the downing by Turkey over a Russian warplane which Ankara said had entered Turkish airspace -- a claim denied by Moscow.
Pope says fundamentalism is 'disease of all religions'-AFP-DEC 1,15-YAHOONEWS
Aboard the papal plane (AFP) - Pope Francis said fundamentalism is "a disease of all religions", including the Roman Catholic Church, as he returned from a three-nation tour of Africa in which he preached reconciliation and hope."Fundamentalism is always a tragedy. It is not religious, it lacks God, it is idolatrous," the Argentine pontiff told journalists on the plane back from the Central African Republic.There, on the final leg of his first trip to Africa, the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics called on Christian and Muslim "brothers and sisters" to end the sectarian conflict that has torn the country apart.He was given a rapturous welcome by thousands of people as he visited a mosque in the flashpoint Muslim PK5 neighbourhood of the capital Bangui, on what was the most dangerous part of his 24-hour visit to the country."Together, we must say no to hatred, to revenge and to violence, particularly that violence which is perpetrated in the name of a religion or of God himself," he said.Speaking later in the day as he flew back to Rome, Francis said Islam was not the only religion to suffer from violent extremists, such as the ones behind the deadly attacks in Paris which were claimed by the Islamic State."We Catholics, we have a few, even many fundamentalists. They believe they know absolute truth and corrupt others," he said, adding: "I can say this because this is my Church."Francis also visited Kenya on his trip, where he denounced the radicalisation of young people, citing "barbarous attacks" by Islamic extremists in Nairobi, Garissa and Mandera.The country has been hit by numerous deadly attacks since sending its army into neighbouring Somalia in 2011 after a string of kidnappings it blamed on Al-Qaeda's east Africa branch, the Shebab.In Uganda, huge crowds celebrated as he honoured Christians martyred for the faith and hailed Africa as "the continent of hope".But it was in Central African Republic, torn apart by brutal violence between mostly Muslim rebels and Christian militias for more than two years, that his visit appeared to have made the most powerful impression.In extraordinary scenes before he held a papal mass at the capital's Barthelemy Boganda stadium, a group of Muslim rebels from the PK5 area leapt out of two pickup trucks, all wearing T-shirts bearing the pope's image.As they pushed through the crowd in an area where Muslims usually do not dare to venture, people cheered and shouted: "It's over"."We thought the whole world had abandoned us, but not him. He loves us Muslims too," said Idi Bohari, an elderly man.The landlocked Central African Republic descended into bloodshed after longtime Christian leader Francois Bozize was ousted by rebels from the mainly Muslim Seleka force in March 2013.The coup plunged the former French colony into its worst crisis since independence in 1960, and more than 100 people have been killed in the capital since late September alone.
Opinion-A Syrian legion for the Levant By Jaroslav Kurfurst-DEC 1,15-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 18:16-The country known from books of politology as a hero of a some difficult 20th centurty moments, Czechoslovakia, might offer inspiration for the present situation with Iraq and Syria.Its freedom was at stake in both World Wars, but it was overwhelmed by a more powerful neighbourhood. This is why the brightest chapter of its military tradition comes from the armed units of Czechoslovak emigres fighting for the freedom of their country from abroad.Czechoslovak legions were instrumental for gaining independence in 1918, fighting on the Russian, French, and Italian fronts.Their sons and daughters then fought Nazism in the colours of the British Royal Air Force or Army, American, or Soviet troops.-To win peace will take a battle-But where is the connection with Syria and Iraq? In the history of Europe you can hardly find a more massive wave of immigration than the current flow of people, mainly from Syria and Iraq.Many of them, young men, saying their dream is to return home, currently languish in establishments for asylum seekers, in fact, in former military barracks in European countries.They came yesterday; they don’t have plans for tomorrow, waiting offers of integration.After Paris we’re all asking ourselves: How do we address the core of the crisis? How do we stop and defeat Daesh [another name for Islamic State], while avoiding the accusation, especially by Western neo-Marxist intellectuals, Muslim brotherhoods, or the Arab street of “Western hegemonic war”? How do we end the medieval, barbarian terror and avoid the scenarios of Afghanistan and Iraq? There, gaining hearts and minds of the local population was hard, and was often destroyed by the populism of local leaders and the disunity of the international community.One thing is clear. To win peace in Syria and Iraq will take a battle. But who has the biggest credibility and the motivation fight it? The answer is, in my opinion, two-fold.We have an international coalition against Daesh, which must continue. But we have to do more. A credible peace can be brought only by Syrians and Iraqis themselves. So far this year, close to 1 million people have come to Europe, mainly from Syria and Iraq. Just two percent of that is almost 20,000.If there are 20,000 eager to liberate their homeland, aspiring to build a better future for their children, this would already be a substantial force.If they were well trained, motivated, payed, equipped, deployed, and supported, they can succeed better than anyone else. Their main support should come from the coalition against Daesh and from the brave Kurdish forces.Not the geographic and cultural “West”, but peace loving forces joining against evil without a hidden agenda.Many Europeans do not trust refugees. For an important part of the European population, the migrants (at least part of them), face an image problem.People ask, perhaps, politically incorrect questions: Are they really fleeing evil or just seeking better jobs? What will happen to Syria if it’s left empty? A joint campaign by the international coalition and the emigre compatriots would certainly change this.Yes, there is a complex political theatre and an even more difficult battlefield.But this new force should go into a field made ready by diplomacy. With clear, negotiated rules of engagement and a sound democratic mission statement, such a force can work miracles.-'Freedom is not free'-It won’t be easy to put together. But it’s not the first time in history we’ve managed to work wonders.The late Czech president, Vaclav Havel, was the kind of patriot who wanted to change things in his homeland despite the high costs at that time.Later he gave us more insight into his motivation, when he said: “I don't think it hurts occasionally to remind people who live in totalitarian states, subtly perhaps, that they might also do something about their own domestic totalitarianism, instead of just running away from it. If I demand that Westerners not think merely of their own particular interests and that they behave as all of us should behave - that is, as though we were immediately responsible for the fate of the whole of society - then I see no reason why I shouldn't demand the same of people living in totalitarian countries.”The next page of Syrian and Iraqi history deserves to be more positive.It needs to be written by Syrians and Iraqis themselves – regardless of their religion or ethnicity. It won’t be easy. It probably won’t be popular. But it can bring peace and dignity.Czechoslovak soldiers abroad understood what US air force colonel Walter Hitchcock later formulated in four magical words: “Freedom is not free.”Jaroslav Kurfurst is the Czech ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium, writing in his personal capacity
Germany to send 1,200 military to Middle East By Eric Maurice-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, 30. Nov, 09:28-France and Germany have opened the door to a cooperation with the Syrian army in the fight against Islamic State (IS), while Germany is to send 1,200 military in the Middle East in a move away from its usual non-intervention stance."There will be no future with [Syrian leader] Assad, this is clear," German defense minister Ursula Ursula von der Leyen said on German ZDF television on Sunday (29 November). "But there as parts of the Syrian troops that we can take.""Maybe it is right to talk about the Syrian troops, when it is clear, once the transitional phase has begun, what is happening with Assad," she added. "That must be reevaluated."Von der Leyen spoke two days after French foreign affairs minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday that "regime forces" could be used against IS."There must be two measures: bombings ... and ground troops who cannot be ours, but who should be of the Free Syrian Army [opposed to Assad], Sunni Arab forces, and why not regime forces too," ho told French RTL radio.-Air support-The French presidency later specified that cooperating with "regime forces" would only be possible once an "inclusive" government of national unity has been put in place in Syria. But it is the first time the French diplomacy chief has floated the idea.After the 13 November Paris attacks, France has stepped up its military operations in Syria against IS bases, and president Francois Hollande has been trying to build an anti-IS international coalition with the US, Russia and the EU countries willing to help.Over the weekend, Germany announced it would send 1,200 men in the Middle East by the end of the year.A German frigate will be sent to the eastern Mediterranean, to support France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier.Four to six Tornado reconnaissance planes and refuelling aircraft will also be deployed and eill be stationed in Jordan and Turkey, the German army chief of staff said on Sunday.He also said the German airforce will not directly participate in strikes against IS.Foreign military involvements are often controversial in Germany and a vote by the Parliament will be necessary to approve the deployment.-'Special purpose'-Earlier last week, Germany already said it would send up to 650 more soldiers to Mali to help the French and send more experts in northern Iraq to train Kurdish peshmerga fighters.In the popular Bild tabloid on Monday, Von der Leyen details explained her policy to the public in a "Six-point plan against IS".She called for a "special purpose" alliance to defeat the jihadist organisation."Not everyone in the alliance against IS must do everything but all must be aiming at the same goal," she writes.Participating countries must act "to weaken IS, limit its freedom for maneuver, destroy its training camps, win back city by city, destroy its oil revenue and break the aura of invincibility," she wrote.
We can do more than deliver two per cent of airstrikes on ISIL, Dion tells NATO-By Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press | The Canadian Press – DEC 1,15-YAHOONEWS
BRUSSELS - Stephane Dion walked through NATO's doors Tuesday suggesting he won't have to do much of a sales job over the impending withdrawal of Canada's jets from the U.S.-led bombing campaign against militants in Iraq and Syria.Other countries, including North Atlantic allies, understand the warplanes have played only a small part in the effort, and that Canada will be more effective in a training role, Dion said on his way into a meeting of foreign ministers."There are a lot of things where Canada may be a great supporter, instead of delivering two per cent of the airstrikes," the global affairs minister said.Dion also indicated the signals he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have received at other international conferences indicate that Canada's new policy is "well understood."As of Nov. 19, Canada had carried out 199 airstrikes out of a total of 8,289 coalition raids — or 2.4 per cent.It remains unclear when the jets will be coming home — or what a beefed-up training commitment would look like — but Dion could see a menu of opportunities before him during the two-day ministerial meeting which began Tuesday.The war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIL or ISIS, is not a NATO mission, but almost all members contribute in one form or another to the U.S. coalition.The alliance announced last summer it was embarking on a "capacity-building" training program for the Iraqi military, but gave no timelines for the training at sites in Turkey and Jordan. It was looking at a wide series of measures, including countering improvised explosive devices, bomb disposal, de-mining, civil-military planning, cyberdefence, military medicine and medical assistance.A NATO official, speaking on background, said the mission is still in the planning stages and member nations have yet to be asked for troop contributions. But what is clear is that the Trudeau government is more prepared to embrace alliance initiatives than the Harper government had been in recent years.Under the Conservatives, Canada was pulled more tightly into a U.S. orbit with a series of policy changes and agreements, and was more willing to act in ad-hoc coalitions, like the one bombing ISIL." Canada will be a positive partner," Dion said. "We want to re-engage Canada in multilateralism and NATO is at the core of that."The alliance conducted a military training mission in Iraq, but it was shut down when the U.S. withdrew its forces in 2011.The reconstituted undertaking bears a passing resemblance to what NATO has been doing in Afghanistan with some success — a mission that included nearly 900 Canadians for three years. Afghan forces, despite taking a pounding from a renewed insurgency, have largely held their ground, whereas Iraqi forces melted away in the face of last year's ISIL onslaught.NATO's future role in Afghanistan and how to fund the country's fledgling security forces was a topic of debate Tuesday among foreign ministers."Afghan forces have faced great challenges, but they have shown tremendous courage and determination," said NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg."This has been a year of challenges, but it also been a year of progress.... Supporting a stable Afghanistan is in the interest of our own security."The ministers will approve a continued deployment of roughly 12,000 trainers and advisers to mirror a recent U.S. decision to extend its presence in the war-torn country past 2016. Canada no longer has training troops in Afghanistan.They were also asked to approve a plan to raise $4 billion per year from the international community to fund Afghan security forces up to 2020. Stoltenberg said the matter will be discussed when leaders meet in Warsaw next year, and he declined to provide a provide a specific figure after the meeting.Donor countries began paying the bills for Afghan troops and police following the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago. The Harper government made a $330-million commitment up to 2017.Despite a nearly decade-long NATO combat mission in Afghanistan, which included the deaths of 158 Canadian soldiers, the Taliban and other extremist groups remain a persistent and lethal threat — something that was evident a few weeks ago when the northern city of Kunduz fell to insurgents.It was eventually recaptured by Afghan forces with the help of U.S. air support, but it raised fresh questions about the readiness of local forces to carry on the fight without western help.The Obama administration recently reversed a plan to entirely withdraw American forces. On Monday, Doug Lute, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, underlined that Washington expects allies to match the commitment to keep 10,000 troops in the country through next year.A senior NATO official, also speaking on background, said the alliance's mission in Afghanistan is strictly an advisory and training commitment and that no one anticipates a return to a combat mission.The official described the effort to secure the initial round of commitments as "a demanding ask" for western countries that were still limping out of the global financial collapse.The upcoming request could also be challenging, said the official, who wasn't authorized to discuss the matter publicly."I hesitate to say whether in 2011 the global financial situation was more or less difficult than now, but we will again have to make the case for the connection between the security of Afghanistan and our own security."We will be making that argument in the coming months."Dion also said NATO needs to do more to reassure Turkey in light of tensions with Moscow over last week's downing of a Russian fighter that purportedly crossed into Syrian airspace.Foreign ministers will likely agree to send more military hardware to Turkey, but Stoltenberg says a decision on precisely what equipment and who will contribute to the package isn't expected until later this winter.Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version misspelled the secretary general's first name.
US Special Operations Forces Expanding in Iraq to Battle ISIS-ABC News By LUIS MARTINEZ- DEC 1,15-YAHOONEWS
Defense Secretary Ash Carter told Congress on Tuesday that the U.S. would establish a special operations "targeting force" in Iraq as part of the intensified military effort to fight ISIS.The special operations force would conduct raids, could free hostages held by ISIS, gather intelligence and capture ISIS leaders in both Iraq and Syria.It is part of the broader role for U.S. special operations forces that Carter said would occur in the wake of the raid in late October where U.S. special operations forces helped free 70 ISIS hostages in northern Iraq. That same raid resulted in the death of Master Sergeant Joshua L. Wheeler, the first American fatality from combat in Iraq since the return of U.S. forces to that country in mid-2014.Some U.S. Special Operations forces currently operate inside Iraq in an advise and assist role with Iraqi and Kurdish forces, but have not engaged in unilateral raids. The American forces that participated in the October rescue raid in Hawija, Iraq were accompanying Kurdish forces when they became involved in the fight.What US Troops in Syria Will and Won't Do-Carter: US Shifting Anti-ISIS Strategy to 'Gather Battlefield Momentum'-Inside the ISIS Prison Raid That Left US Service Member Dead-Carter told the House Armed Services Committee today that "we're deploying a specialized expeditionary targeting force to assist Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces and to put even more pressure on ISIL."He said their operations in Iraq would create "a virtuous cycle of better intelligence, which generates more targets, more raids, and more momentum."A U.S. official told ABC News that initial planning for the new special operations task called for roughly 200 personnel in Iraq. The official also said it was unclear if that number of personnel would fall under the current authorized cap of 3,550 U.S. troops in Iraq or might lead the White House to authorize a larger number of troops to serve in a training and advise and assist role in Iraq.General Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the committee today any military recommendations in the war on ISIS are not limited by that troop cap."I can assure you that I don't feel at all inhibited about making recommendations that would cause us to grow greater than 3,500, or would I were to believe that would help us to defeat ISIL,” said Dunford. Much as special operations forces operated against al Qaeda in Iraq during the previous U.S. military in Iraq, “our operations will be intel driven,” said Dunford. "Our assessment is that this force and the operations this force will conduct will provide us additional intelligence that'll make our operations much more effective," And I think that's what the secretary refers to when he talks about the virtuous cycle.”“The enemy doesn't respect boundaries; neither do we. We are fighting a campaign across Iraq and Syria. So we're going to go where the enemy is and we're going to conduct operations where they most effectually degrade the capabilities of the enemy.”Carter said the force would "also be in a position to conduct unilateral operations into Syria." Over the past year, U.S. special operations forces have already conducted two targeted raids into Syria.The force's operations in Syria would be separate from the scheduled deployment of up to 50 special operations forces that will soon be deployed to northeastern Syria. In October, the Pentagon announced that it would send up to 50 special operations forces there to work with the Syrian Arab Coalition, a force of 5,000 Arab rebels that has been fighting ISIS.Carter said the special operations task force had been established with the cooperation of the Iraqi government. "The raids in Iraq will be done at the invitation of the Iraqi government and focused on defending its borders and building the ISF's (Iraqi Security Forces) own capacity," he said.In an appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee in October, Carter had included "raids" as one of the "Three R's" that would guide the intensified effort against ISIS. The other two R's described putting military pressure on Raqqa, ISIS's de facto capital in Syria, and Ramadi, the western Iraqi city seized by ISIS earlier this year.Editor’s Note: ABC News initially reported that the raid that resulted in the death of Master Sergeant Joshua L. Wheeler occurred in September 2015. It occurred in October 2015.
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(THE EU (EUROPEAN UNION) TAKES OVER IRAQ WHICH HAS SPLIT INTO 3-SUNNI-KURD-SHIA PARTS-AND THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE IS BROUGHT BACK TOGETHER-THE TWO LEGS OF DANIEL WESTERN LEG AND THE ISLAMIC LEG COMBINED AS 1)
LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
EU bank resolution board to start 1 January-By EUOBSERVER
30. Nov, 19:36-Seventeen member states out of the 26 signatories (Sweden and the UK didn't sign) have ratified the agreement setting up a Single Resolution Board (SRB) for EU banks, the EU Commission announced Monday. The SRB will be in charge of failing banks through a fund financed by the banking sector.
Poland supports UK demands to reform the EU-By EUOBSERVER
30. Nov, 09:08-British PM David Cameron expects "substantive discussion" on EU reforms to be discussed at 17-18 December summit, Reuters reports. "Poland has a major interest in preventing any British EU exit," Poland's new Europe minister Konrad Szymanski said, pledging to support British demands including changes to the European Union's treaty architecture.
British Labour launches pro-EU campaign, uses security line-By EUOBSERVER-DEC 1,15
Today, 18:29-Former Labour minister Alan Johnson launched his party's campaign to keep UK in the EU Tuesday. Referring to the Paris terrorist attack, he said "leaving the EU would leave our country less secure." Speaking to party activists in Birmingham, he said "there is no progressive case for leaving" the EU.
Russia criticises EU 'commando force' on propaganda-By EUOBSERVER-DEC 1,15
Today, 09:30-The EU is setting up an ideological commando force to fight Russian propaganda, Russia's EU ambassador Vladimir Chizhov said on Monday with reference to EU's new weekly Disinformation Review, Tass reports. Someone is apparently trying "to build a wall of alienation and mistrust between our peoples," Chizhow said.
AirAsia Indonesia says upgrades training, enhances safety after crash-Reuters-DEC 1,15-YAHOONEWS
JAKARTA (Reuters) - AirAsia Indonesia said on Tuesday the firm has upgraded pilot training and enhanced safety standards following the crash of its plane last year, killing all 162 onboard.Earlier on Tuesday, Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) released the first public report on the disaster of the Airbus A320 that crashed into the Java Sea on Dec. 28."KNKT's final report on QZ8501 highlights that a combination of several factors contributed to the tragedy," AirAsia Indonesia said in a statement."There are many lessons to be learned for the entire aviation industry."(Reporting by Fergus Jensen; Writing by Randy Fabi; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)
AirAsia crash due to faulty component, crew response: probe-AFP By Olivia Rondonuwu-DEC 1,15-YAHOONEWS
A faulty component and the crew's inadequate response caused an AirAsia A320 to crash into the Java Sea last year, killing all 162 people on board, an Indonesian report said Tuesday.Flight QZ8501 plunged into the ocean in stormy weather on December 28, during what was supposed to be a routine flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.The crash of the Airbus A320-200 triggered a huge international search, with ships and aircraft from several nations involved in a lengthy hunt that was hampered by strong currents and bad weather.The bodies of 56 of those who died have never been found.In their final report into the accident released Tuesday, Indonesia's official National Transportation Safety Committee said poor maintenance and a fault with the system that helps control the rudder's movement was a major contributing factor to the crash.Cracked soldering in the component caused it to malfunction and send repeated warning messages to the pilots, it said.In response, they tried to reset a computer system but in the process turned off the plane's autopilot, sending it into a sharp roll from which they were unable to recover."Subsequent flight crew action resulted in inability to control the aircraft," said the report. The plane went into a "prolonged stall condition that was beyond the capability of the crew to recover", it said.Investigators said there was miscommunication between the pilots as the plane plunged towards the sea, with the men at one point pushing their control sticks in opposite directions.-- 'Find those responsible' -Investigator Nurcahyo Utomo said that AirAsia pilots flying Airbus aircraft had not received adequate training for when their planes became severely destabilised, as it was not recommended by the manufacturer.The report said the faulty component, the Rudder Travel Limiter, had suffered 23 problems in the past 12 months, citing maintenance records."The investigation found some inadequacy in the maintenance system, leading to the unresolved, repeated problem" with the rudder system, said Utomo.Before crashing, the plane climbed fast and went into an aerodynamic stall, losing lift. The French co-pilot, Remi Plesel, was at the controls in the moments before the crash, rather than the more experienced pilot.Family members of those killed in the accident had been waiting anxiously for the report, and Eka Santoso -- whose brother, sister-in-law and their two children died in the crash -- urged AirAsia to take action following its recommendations."AirAsia must find the people who were responsible for this problem," he told AFP, referring to the faulty competent, and adding those who failed to fix it should be prosecuted. "It has been proven there was a weakness."The crash was the first major setback for Malaysia-based AirAsia, which has enjoyed a spectacular 13-year run of success, and the group's flamboyant boss Tony Fernandes thanked the transport committee for their work."These are scars that are left on me forever but I remain committed to make AirAsia the very best," he said.An Airbus spokesman said the company was studying the report.Rescuers faced difficulties in the choppy waters of the Java Sea, but the main body of the plane was eventually located on the seabed by a Singapore navy ship and both black box data recorders were recovered.Search efforts were finally called off in March after almost three months.The crash was one of several aviation disasters in the sprawling archipelago in the past year.In August, a turbo-prop plane operated by Indonesian domestic carrier Trigana crashed in the remote eastern region of Papua during a short flight in bad weather, killing all 54 people on board.And in June an Indonesian military plane went down into a residential neighbourhood in the city of Medan, exploding in a fireball and killing 142 people.Indonesian airlines are expanding rapidly after years of strong economic growth and the emergence of a new middle class, but carriers are struggling to find enough well-trained personnel to keep up with the boom, experts say.
Israel steps up retaliation to EU retail code By Andrew Rettman-DEC 1,15-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 09:27-Israeli has said it might block EU aid for Palestinian projects in the West Bank in retaliation against Europe’s retail code on settler products.Emmanuel Nahshon, a foreign ministry spokesman, said on Tuesday (1 December), according to the Reuters news agency: “The European Union wants to be involved in a variety of projects, some of them ... regarding Palestinian welfare.”"With all those projects, we will need to re-examine whether it is feasible to consider the European Union as a partner while it is using measures of discrimination and boycott against the state of Israel.”The announcement follows an earlier statement, on Sunday, that Israel will no longer invite representatives of EU institutions to talks on the Middle East peace process.“Until completion of the reassessment [of EU relations], the prime minister has ordered a suspension of diplomatic contacts with the EU and its representatives in this matter,” the foreign ministry said.-Cancelled meetingsIt has, since the EU Commission published the code on 11 November, already cancelled two EU meetings: on human rights and on international organisations.It's also refusing to set a date for a follow-up meeting on EU projects in the Israeli-administered part of the West Bank, Area C, after initial talks in September.But Nahshon noted that, EU institutions aside, Israel will keep talking to leading EU countries - citing France, Germany, and the UK - on peace initiatives.France is a leading proponent of the EU code.The UK was the first EU member, in 2009, to unilaterally impose labels."This decision is almost completely devoid of any real significance," an Israeli official told Israeli daily Haaretz on the diplomatic freeze.“It's like the EU saying it's cutting communications with Israel but continuing to hold talks with each of its ministers independently.”The EU foreign service is also downplaying the dispute.It noted that EU foreign relations chief Federica Mogherini met with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the Paris climate summit on Monday.“EU-Israel relations are good, broad, and deep and this will continue,” Maja Kocijancic, Mogherini's spokeswoman said.“When it comes to the Middle East peace process, the EU does and will continue to work on this in the Quartet [a UN group], with our Arab partners, and with both parties [Israel and Palestine].”She added that there’s “EU unity on this [the code].”Greece told Israel in a letter that it won’t apply the measures, however, Israeli media report.Hungary, and the CDU party of German chancellor Angela Merkel, have also criticised the EU guidelines, with Hungary calling them “inefficient.” Fraction of trade-The code instructs retailers to say “product from … Israeli settlement” or equivalent on wine, farm produce, or cosmetics from the occupied territories.It says it's meant to help consumers “take an informed transactional decision.”It's non-binding.In theory, member states could face “infringement proceedings” if they don’t apply the EU consumer laws which underpin the guidelines. But officials indicate legal action is unlikely.The EU imports between €100 million and €300 million a year of settler products, less than 1 percent of bilateral trade.The previous actions by the UK, but also Belgium and Denmark, prompted some shops to pull settler items, but didn't result in a mass boycott.A Belgian official told EUobserver its code amounts to little in reality.“I don’t know about you, but I simply don’t bother to read all the labels on products I buy. Too much info (calories, salt content - who cares?) and the print is too small anyway,” he said.
REVELATION 9:16-18 RUSSIA-CHINA-BOTH FLAGS HAVE 2 OF THESE COLORS IN THEIR FLAGS
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION ARMY FROM CHINA TO KILL 2 BILLION PEOPLE) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire,(FIRERY RED) and of jacinth,(DEEP BLUE) and brimstone:(PALE YELLOW) and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
EZEKIEL 38:1-23
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I (GOD) will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages;(ISRAEL) I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil,(OIL IS IN SPOIL) and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?(OIL IS IN SPOIL-I BELIEVE THATS WHY RUSSIA,ARAB/MUSLIMS MARCH TO ISRAEL)
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire (atomic bomb) of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence (biological,chemical,nuclear) and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.(NUKED,THEN MIGRATING BIRDS EAT RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS FLESH)
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
EZEKIEL 39:1-29
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I (GOD-JESUS) will set my glory among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and all the heathen (WORLD NATIONS) shall see my judgment that I have executed,(AGAINST ISRAELS ENEMIES) and my (GODS) hand that I have laid upon them.(ISRAELS HATER ENEMIES)
22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
JEREMEIAH 49:35-37 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITE SOME BELIEVE)
35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRAN/BUSHEHR NUCLEAR SITE) the chief of their might.(MOST DANGEROUS NUKE SITE IN IRAN)
36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven,(IRANIANS SCATTERED OR MASS IMIGARATION) and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(WORLD IMMIGRATION)
37 For I will cause Elam (IRAN-BUSHEHR NUKE SITE) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(ISRAELS NUKES POSSIBLY) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:(IRAN AND ITS NUKE SITES DESTROYED)
ISAIAH 17:1,11-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14 And behold at evening tide trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD KILLED IN OVERNIGHT RAID) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.
AMOS 1:5
5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden:(IRAQ) and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir,(JORDAN) saith the LORD.(I belive ISIS-DAMASCUS GET NUKED BY ISRAEL)
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
JEREMIAH 47:1-7
1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN/ARABS) before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north,(NORTHERN TSUNAMI POSSIBLY) and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses,(ISRAELS ARMY) at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;(ISRAEL POSSIBLY NUKES GAZA)
4 Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN FAKE ARABS) and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
5 Baldness is come upon Gaza;(NUKED POSSIBLY) Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
7 How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? (MEDITTERANEAN SEA) there hath he appointed it.
Israel PM admits forces operating in war-hit Syria-AFP-DEC 1,15-YAHOONEWS
Jerusalem (AFP) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted for the first time Tuesday that Israeli forces have been operating in Syria, where the Iran-backed regime is battling rebels including the jihadist Islamic State."We occasionally carry out operations in Syria to prevent that country from becoming a front against us," Netanyahu told reporters during a visit to northern Israel."We also do everything to prevent weapons, particularly lethal ones, being moved from Syria to Lebanon," he added.Netanyahu did not provide further details and his comments were the first public recognition that Israel has been active in conflict-riddled Syria.Several purported strikes have occurred in recent months, targeting alleged Iranian arms transfers from Syria to Lebanon and destined for Israel's arch-foe, the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah.But these strikes were not officially acknowledged by Israeli authorities.Israel opposes the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which has been battling an armed rebellion since March 2011, but has sought to avoid being dragged into the war in neighbouring Syria.Russia, an ally of the Assad regime along with Iran, launched an air campaign against his opponents in late September.On Sunday, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said a Russian warplane had recently entered Israeli-controlled airspace from Syria but the intrusion was resolved without incident."It was apparently an error by the pilot who was flying near the Golan," Yaalon said.Israel seized most of the Golan Heights from Syria in 1967 and later annexed the territory in a move never recognised by the international community.Yaalon said Israel and Russia had made arrangements to avoid clashes over Syria, with the agreement said to include a "hotline" and information sharing.Netanyahu echoed his comments on Tuesday, saying the Israeli and Russian military forces "are in close coordination to avoid such incidents".Their remarks came in the aftermath of the downing by Turkey over a Russian warplane which Ankara said had entered Turkish airspace -- a claim denied by Moscow.
Pope says fundamentalism is 'disease of all religions'-AFP-DEC 1,15-YAHOONEWS
Aboard the papal plane (AFP) - Pope Francis said fundamentalism is "a disease of all religions", including the Roman Catholic Church, as he returned from a three-nation tour of Africa in which he preached reconciliation and hope."Fundamentalism is always a tragedy. It is not religious, it lacks God, it is idolatrous," the Argentine pontiff told journalists on the plane back from the Central African Republic.There, on the final leg of his first trip to Africa, the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics called on Christian and Muslim "brothers and sisters" to end the sectarian conflict that has torn the country apart.He was given a rapturous welcome by thousands of people as he visited a mosque in the flashpoint Muslim PK5 neighbourhood of the capital Bangui, on what was the most dangerous part of his 24-hour visit to the country."Together, we must say no to hatred, to revenge and to violence, particularly that violence which is perpetrated in the name of a religion or of God himself," he said.Speaking later in the day as he flew back to Rome, Francis said Islam was not the only religion to suffer from violent extremists, such as the ones behind the deadly attacks in Paris which were claimed by the Islamic State."We Catholics, we have a few, even many fundamentalists. They believe they know absolute truth and corrupt others," he said, adding: "I can say this because this is my Church."Francis also visited Kenya on his trip, where he denounced the radicalisation of young people, citing "barbarous attacks" by Islamic extremists in Nairobi, Garissa and Mandera.The country has been hit by numerous deadly attacks since sending its army into neighbouring Somalia in 2011 after a string of kidnappings it blamed on Al-Qaeda's east Africa branch, the Shebab.In Uganda, huge crowds celebrated as he honoured Christians martyred for the faith and hailed Africa as "the continent of hope".But it was in Central African Republic, torn apart by brutal violence between mostly Muslim rebels and Christian militias for more than two years, that his visit appeared to have made the most powerful impression.In extraordinary scenes before he held a papal mass at the capital's Barthelemy Boganda stadium, a group of Muslim rebels from the PK5 area leapt out of two pickup trucks, all wearing T-shirts bearing the pope's image.As they pushed through the crowd in an area where Muslims usually do not dare to venture, people cheered and shouted: "It's over"."We thought the whole world had abandoned us, but not him. He loves us Muslims too," said Idi Bohari, an elderly man.The landlocked Central African Republic descended into bloodshed after longtime Christian leader Francois Bozize was ousted by rebels from the mainly Muslim Seleka force in March 2013.The coup plunged the former French colony into its worst crisis since independence in 1960, and more than 100 people have been killed in the capital since late September alone.
Opinion-A Syrian legion for the Levant By Jaroslav Kurfurst-DEC 1,15-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, Today, 18:16-The country known from books of politology as a hero of a some difficult 20th centurty moments, Czechoslovakia, might offer inspiration for the present situation with Iraq and Syria.Its freedom was at stake in both World Wars, but it was overwhelmed by a more powerful neighbourhood. This is why the brightest chapter of its military tradition comes from the armed units of Czechoslovak emigres fighting for the freedom of their country from abroad.Czechoslovak legions were instrumental for gaining independence in 1918, fighting on the Russian, French, and Italian fronts.Their sons and daughters then fought Nazism in the colours of the British Royal Air Force or Army, American, or Soviet troops.-To win peace will take a battle-But where is the connection with Syria and Iraq? In the history of Europe you can hardly find a more massive wave of immigration than the current flow of people, mainly from Syria and Iraq.Many of them, young men, saying their dream is to return home, currently languish in establishments for asylum seekers, in fact, in former military barracks in European countries.They came yesterday; they don’t have plans for tomorrow, waiting offers of integration.After Paris we’re all asking ourselves: How do we address the core of the crisis? How do we stop and defeat Daesh [another name for Islamic State], while avoiding the accusation, especially by Western neo-Marxist intellectuals, Muslim brotherhoods, or the Arab street of “Western hegemonic war”? How do we end the medieval, barbarian terror and avoid the scenarios of Afghanistan and Iraq? There, gaining hearts and minds of the local population was hard, and was often destroyed by the populism of local leaders and the disunity of the international community.One thing is clear. To win peace in Syria and Iraq will take a battle. But who has the biggest credibility and the motivation fight it? The answer is, in my opinion, two-fold.We have an international coalition against Daesh, which must continue. But we have to do more. A credible peace can be brought only by Syrians and Iraqis themselves. So far this year, close to 1 million people have come to Europe, mainly from Syria and Iraq. Just two percent of that is almost 20,000.If there are 20,000 eager to liberate their homeland, aspiring to build a better future for their children, this would already be a substantial force.If they were well trained, motivated, payed, equipped, deployed, and supported, they can succeed better than anyone else. Their main support should come from the coalition against Daesh and from the brave Kurdish forces.Not the geographic and cultural “West”, but peace loving forces joining against evil without a hidden agenda.Many Europeans do not trust refugees. For an important part of the European population, the migrants (at least part of them), face an image problem.People ask, perhaps, politically incorrect questions: Are they really fleeing evil or just seeking better jobs? What will happen to Syria if it’s left empty? A joint campaign by the international coalition and the emigre compatriots would certainly change this.Yes, there is a complex political theatre and an even more difficult battlefield.But this new force should go into a field made ready by diplomacy. With clear, negotiated rules of engagement and a sound democratic mission statement, such a force can work miracles.-'Freedom is not free'-It won’t be easy to put together. But it’s not the first time in history we’ve managed to work wonders.The late Czech president, Vaclav Havel, was the kind of patriot who wanted to change things in his homeland despite the high costs at that time.Later he gave us more insight into his motivation, when he said: “I don't think it hurts occasionally to remind people who live in totalitarian states, subtly perhaps, that they might also do something about their own domestic totalitarianism, instead of just running away from it. If I demand that Westerners not think merely of their own particular interests and that they behave as all of us should behave - that is, as though we were immediately responsible for the fate of the whole of society - then I see no reason why I shouldn't demand the same of people living in totalitarian countries.”The next page of Syrian and Iraqi history deserves to be more positive.It needs to be written by Syrians and Iraqis themselves – regardless of their religion or ethnicity. It won’t be easy. It probably won’t be popular. But it can bring peace and dignity.Czechoslovak soldiers abroad understood what US air force colonel Walter Hitchcock later formulated in four magical words: “Freedom is not free.”Jaroslav Kurfurst is the Czech ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium, writing in his personal capacity
Germany to send 1,200 military to Middle East By Eric Maurice-EUOBSERVER
BRUSSELS, 30. Nov, 09:28-France and Germany have opened the door to a cooperation with the Syrian army in the fight against Islamic State (IS), while Germany is to send 1,200 military in the Middle East in a move away from its usual non-intervention stance."There will be no future with [Syrian leader] Assad, this is clear," German defense minister Ursula Ursula von der Leyen said on German ZDF television on Sunday (29 November). "But there as parts of the Syrian troops that we can take.""Maybe it is right to talk about the Syrian troops, when it is clear, once the transitional phase has begun, what is happening with Assad," she added. "That must be reevaluated."Von der Leyen spoke two days after French foreign affairs minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday that "regime forces" could be used against IS."There must be two measures: bombings ... and ground troops who cannot be ours, but who should be of the Free Syrian Army [opposed to Assad], Sunni Arab forces, and why not regime forces too," ho told French RTL radio.-Air support-The French presidency later specified that cooperating with "regime forces" would only be possible once an "inclusive" government of national unity has been put in place in Syria. But it is the first time the French diplomacy chief has floated the idea.After the 13 November Paris attacks, France has stepped up its military operations in Syria against IS bases, and president Francois Hollande has been trying to build an anti-IS international coalition with the US, Russia and the EU countries willing to help.Over the weekend, Germany announced it would send 1,200 men in the Middle East by the end of the year.A German frigate will be sent to the eastern Mediterranean, to support France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier.Four to six Tornado reconnaissance planes and refuelling aircraft will also be deployed and eill be stationed in Jordan and Turkey, the German army chief of staff said on Sunday.He also said the German airforce will not directly participate in strikes against IS.Foreign military involvements are often controversial in Germany and a vote by the Parliament will be necessary to approve the deployment.-'Special purpose'-Earlier last week, Germany already said it would send up to 650 more soldiers to Mali to help the French and send more experts in northern Iraq to train Kurdish peshmerga fighters.In the popular Bild tabloid on Monday, Von der Leyen details explained her policy to the public in a "Six-point plan against IS".She called for a "special purpose" alliance to defeat the jihadist organisation."Not everyone in the alliance against IS must do everything but all must be aiming at the same goal," she writes.Participating countries must act "to weaken IS, limit its freedom for maneuver, destroy its training camps, win back city by city, destroy its oil revenue and break the aura of invincibility," she wrote.
We can do more than deliver two per cent of airstrikes on ISIL, Dion tells NATO-By Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press | The Canadian Press – DEC 1,15-YAHOONEWS
BRUSSELS - Stephane Dion walked through NATO's doors Tuesday suggesting he won't have to do much of a sales job over the impending withdrawal of Canada's jets from the U.S.-led bombing campaign against militants in Iraq and Syria.Other countries, including North Atlantic allies, understand the warplanes have played only a small part in the effort, and that Canada will be more effective in a training role, Dion said on his way into a meeting of foreign ministers."There are a lot of things where Canada may be a great supporter, instead of delivering two per cent of the airstrikes," the global affairs minister said.Dion also indicated the signals he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have received at other international conferences indicate that Canada's new policy is "well understood."As of Nov. 19, Canada had carried out 199 airstrikes out of a total of 8,289 coalition raids — or 2.4 per cent.It remains unclear when the jets will be coming home — or what a beefed-up training commitment would look like — but Dion could see a menu of opportunities before him during the two-day ministerial meeting which began Tuesday.The war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIL or ISIS, is not a NATO mission, but almost all members contribute in one form or another to the U.S. coalition.The alliance announced last summer it was embarking on a "capacity-building" training program for the Iraqi military, but gave no timelines for the training at sites in Turkey and Jordan. It was looking at a wide series of measures, including countering improvised explosive devices, bomb disposal, de-mining, civil-military planning, cyberdefence, military medicine and medical assistance.A NATO official, speaking on background, said the mission is still in the planning stages and member nations have yet to be asked for troop contributions. But what is clear is that the Trudeau government is more prepared to embrace alliance initiatives than the Harper government had been in recent years.Under the Conservatives, Canada was pulled more tightly into a U.S. orbit with a series of policy changes and agreements, and was more willing to act in ad-hoc coalitions, like the one bombing ISIL." Canada will be a positive partner," Dion said. "We want to re-engage Canada in multilateralism and NATO is at the core of that."The alliance conducted a military training mission in Iraq, but it was shut down when the U.S. withdrew its forces in 2011.The reconstituted undertaking bears a passing resemblance to what NATO has been doing in Afghanistan with some success — a mission that included nearly 900 Canadians for three years. Afghan forces, despite taking a pounding from a renewed insurgency, have largely held their ground, whereas Iraqi forces melted away in the face of last year's ISIL onslaught.NATO's future role in Afghanistan and how to fund the country's fledgling security forces was a topic of debate Tuesday among foreign ministers."Afghan forces have faced great challenges, but they have shown tremendous courage and determination," said NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg."This has been a year of challenges, but it also been a year of progress.... Supporting a stable Afghanistan is in the interest of our own security."The ministers will approve a continued deployment of roughly 12,000 trainers and advisers to mirror a recent U.S. decision to extend its presence in the war-torn country past 2016. Canada no longer has training troops in Afghanistan.They were also asked to approve a plan to raise $4 billion per year from the international community to fund Afghan security forces up to 2020. Stoltenberg said the matter will be discussed when leaders meet in Warsaw next year, and he declined to provide a provide a specific figure after the meeting.Donor countries began paying the bills for Afghan troops and police following the 2012 NATO summit in Chicago. The Harper government made a $330-million commitment up to 2017.Despite a nearly decade-long NATO combat mission in Afghanistan, which included the deaths of 158 Canadian soldiers, the Taliban and other extremist groups remain a persistent and lethal threat — something that was evident a few weeks ago when the northern city of Kunduz fell to insurgents.It was eventually recaptured by Afghan forces with the help of U.S. air support, but it raised fresh questions about the readiness of local forces to carry on the fight without western help.The Obama administration recently reversed a plan to entirely withdraw American forces. On Monday, Doug Lute, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, underlined that Washington expects allies to match the commitment to keep 10,000 troops in the country through next year.A senior NATO official, also speaking on background, said the alliance's mission in Afghanistan is strictly an advisory and training commitment and that no one anticipates a return to a combat mission.The official described the effort to secure the initial round of commitments as "a demanding ask" for western countries that were still limping out of the global financial collapse.The upcoming request could also be challenging, said the official, who wasn't authorized to discuss the matter publicly."I hesitate to say whether in 2011 the global financial situation was more or less difficult than now, but we will again have to make the case for the connection between the security of Afghanistan and our own security."We will be making that argument in the coming months."Dion also said NATO needs to do more to reassure Turkey in light of tensions with Moscow over last week's downing of a Russian fighter that purportedly crossed into Syrian airspace.Foreign ministers will likely agree to send more military hardware to Turkey, but Stoltenberg says a decision on precisely what equipment and who will contribute to the package isn't expected until later this winter.Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version misspelled the secretary general's first name.
US Special Operations Forces Expanding in Iraq to Battle ISIS-ABC News By LUIS MARTINEZ- DEC 1,15-YAHOONEWS
Defense Secretary Ash Carter told Congress on Tuesday that the U.S. would establish a special operations "targeting force" in Iraq as part of the intensified military effort to fight ISIS.The special operations force would conduct raids, could free hostages held by ISIS, gather intelligence and capture ISIS leaders in both Iraq and Syria.It is part of the broader role for U.S. special operations forces that Carter said would occur in the wake of the raid in late October where U.S. special operations forces helped free 70 ISIS hostages in northern Iraq. That same raid resulted in the death of Master Sergeant Joshua L. Wheeler, the first American fatality from combat in Iraq since the return of U.S. forces to that country in mid-2014.Some U.S. Special Operations forces currently operate inside Iraq in an advise and assist role with Iraqi and Kurdish forces, but have not engaged in unilateral raids. The American forces that participated in the October rescue raid in Hawija, Iraq were accompanying Kurdish forces when they became involved in the fight.What US Troops in Syria Will and Won't Do-Carter: US Shifting Anti-ISIS Strategy to 'Gather Battlefield Momentum'-Inside the ISIS Prison Raid That Left US Service Member Dead-Carter told the House Armed Services Committee today that "we're deploying a specialized expeditionary targeting force to assist Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces and to put even more pressure on ISIL."He said their operations in Iraq would create "a virtuous cycle of better intelligence, which generates more targets, more raids, and more momentum."A U.S. official told ABC News that initial planning for the new special operations task called for roughly 200 personnel in Iraq. The official also said it was unclear if that number of personnel would fall under the current authorized cap of 3,550 U.S. troops in Iraq or might lead the White House to authorize a larger number of troops to serve in a training and advise and assist role in Iraq.General Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the committee today any military recommendations in the war on ISIS are not limited by that troop cap."I can assure you that I don't feel at all inhibited about making recommendations that would cause us to grow greater than 3,500, or would I were to believe that would help us to defeat ISIL,” said Dunford. Much as special operations forces operated against al Qaeda in Iraq during the previous U.S. military in Iraq, “our operations will be intel driven,” said Dunford. "Our assessment is that this force and the operations this force will conduct will provide us additional intelligence that'll make our operations much more effective," And I think that's what the secretary refers to when he talks about the virtuous cycle.”“The enemy doesn't respect boundaries; neither do we. We are fighting a campaign across Iraq and Syria. So we're going to go where the enemy is and we're going to conduct operations where they most effectually degrade the capabilities of the enemy.”Carter said the force would "also be in a position to conduct unilateral operations into Syria." Over the past year, U.S. special operations forces have already conducted two targeted raids into Syria.The force's operations in Syria would be separate from the scheduled deployment of up to 50 special operations forces that will soon be deployed to northeastern Syria. In October, the Pentagon announced that it would send up to 50 special operations forces there to work with the Syrian Arab Coalition, a force of 5,000 Arab rebels that has been fighting ISIS.Carter said the special operations task force had been established with the cooperation of the Iraqi government. "The raids in Iraq will be done at the invitation of the Iraqi government and focused on defending its borders and building the ISF's (Iraqi Security Forces) own capacity," he said.In an appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee in October, Carter had included "raids" as one of the "Three R's" that would guide the intensified effort against ISIS. The other two R's described putting military pressure on Raqqa, ISIS's de facto capital in Syria, and Ramadi, the western Iraqi city seized by ISIS earlier this year.Editor’s Note: ABC News initially reported that the raid that resulted in the death of Master Sergeant Joshua L. Wheeler occurred in September 2015. It occurred in October 2015.
