Prophecies Will Fulfill like a Domino Effect - Part 2

Part 2 - Prophecies Will Fulfill

(from left to right: Gilad Sha'ar [16]; Naftali Frenkel [16]; Eyal YIfrah [19])

Many nations are involved concerning the news over the past week regarding the kidnapping of three teenagers who were kidnapped in Israel.  Very shortly after that event, there was the rounding up of thousands of Iraqi soldiers and civilians by ISIS, which was posted up on Youtube (1 min video), followed by the well-publicized execution of hundreds of Iraqi police and soldiers.
 

There is great speculation about the validity of the executions of so many, as government officials, as well as mainstream media shuffle around mumbling about propaganda, yet most hesitant to deny the possible reality of such an atrocious act. 

It is more the number of 1,700 executed soldiers that is in question, and not the fact that soldiers, government officials, police, citizens and even other Muslims (different sects) have been murdered.  It is well-established that ISIS has left great carnage behind as they continue their journeys. Serious investigation is being carried out by many governments. 

The New York Times (link below) posted a report that reveals speculation among many government officials.  The statements are carefully worded in that there is no outright denial of the executions, yet the words ‘unverified’ or ‘not validated’ crop up in various reports.  At the same time, officials admit that ISIS is fully capable of executions and has already slaughtered many.

Col. Suhail al-Samaraie, who is head of the Awakening Council in Samara (pro-government Sunni grouping) stated that officials were aware that “large-scale executions” had taken place, but did not know how many.  He stated, “They are targeting anyone working with the government side, anywhere, any place”. 

An official statement posted on the Ministry of Defense’s website denied the executions had taken place at all.

Still other officials and human rights representatives, while cautioning that they could not confirm the full 1,700 number being claimed, said that ISIS had shown no compunctions against hunting Shiites.  And they reiterated that such horrific claims would go to further the group’s intent to sow chaos.”

One Iraqi security official claimed that no more than 11 bodies of executed soldiers were recovered from the Tigris River downstream from the execution site, a group of six and a group of five, although he confirmed that 800 soldiers had been taken prisoner in the area. He also reported finding 17 bodies washed up against a dam near Samarra, another city the militants are fighting for. But he said, “There is no such superstitious number as 1,700 people executed.”  Source:  NYTimes

Youtube video uploader tattoot1009 calls execution pictures fake

There are those already who are insisting that the images of the executions by ISIS were photo-shopped.  Youtuber tatoott1009 questions the countless numbered soccer shirts, blue pants, a possible cardboard cut-out and more.   Perhaps the following excerpt from NYTimes (link above) might answer the Youtuber’s question about the soccer shirts and pants; however, according to NYTimes, those who were given clothes were sent home, not shot.

Admittedly, "tatoott1009" (link to his vid up above) most certainly does have a point about the figure standing on the truck looking like a cardboard cut-out. Also, in respect to the striped shirt missing a portion of a defining line between shirts on the bodies of the two men, as well as obvious color blurs, it could be an illusion caused by a combination of the angle the picture was taken at and/or light filtration in respect to no clean definitive line.  An experienced developer or professional photographer would know better, or a Photoshop expert, which the Youtuber may possibly be.

It is true that Photoshop is indeed a tool used to produce results similar to the magicians 'sleight of hand' (illusions), endeavoring to deceive or trick the people into believing something other than reality, in order to promote propaganda, instill fear or to accomplish hidden intents and/or motives.  Many country leaders, such as North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, have been known to use the tool to advance their agendas.

The 'man' standing on the truck's bumper most certainly does look like a cut-out as 'tatoott' states in his video, more easily seen when viewed as a larger picture (for readers on this blog, to enlarge any picture, simply click on the image, then X in top right-hand corner (not the browser X though or it will be "sayōnara" (Japanese for "see ya, blog" lol - it means "goodbye") - but rather, hit the lower, right-hand X) 

Don't mind the 'light' humor.  Some say one should never joke whilst speaking on a serious matter, if one wants to be taken seriously, but sometimes a quick laugh lightens the stress load ('especially' in an article of this length). 
Howbeit, that's just my way of thinking (on 'blogs'), ha! Guess that's what makes us all so, um ... unique.

However, returning to the serious mode, the pictures below are the ones that were posted online by ISIS or from official news sources.  You be the judge.

Is that blood on the man's pants as he walks towards his execution? How so? I ask...(Bonita)

Excerpt:  “Most of those captured were air force cadets, the employee said.  Those who were Sunni were given civilian clothes and sent home (emphasis mine); the Shiites were marched and trucked off to the grounds of Saddam Hussein’s old palace in Tikrit, where they reportedly were executed.  He added that the bodies had been dumped in the Tigris River, which runs by the palace compound.

The ISIS photographs appeared to have been taken at that location, the employee said.  However, he said he had not spoken to any witnesses who claimed to have seen the executions or the victims’ bodies.”

However, this extremely graphic video (viewer discretion strongly advised), posted to Youtube June 15, 2014 reveals horrific, brutal executions of soldiers and others.

The terrorist group ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham)  (Iraq and Syria – “al-Sham” being Arabic for the “Levant,” or Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Israel) or alternately called ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and Levant) group is indeed getting much attention, both in the MSM (mainstream media) and in the alternative news media, as they carry out barbarous, heinous acts as they overtake cities leaving massive destruction and carnage behind.

Terrorism, particularly Muslim extremists belonging to Islamic terrorist groups seem to be infiltrating nearly every country globally.  Not every country is said to have extremists and many Muslims claim a desire to live peaceably, but I post links to establish the fact that Muslims who follow the Qur’an and Mohammed their prophet are spread about globally. 

Part of my research (two days worth) was finding out the truth about the spread of the Muslim faith globally, as well as the severity of the threat of 'extremists', before making such statements as above.  Therefore, in order to give room for others to validate such statements for themselves, I felt it my duty to give some evidence to back up such claims; hence, the links below.

If your country is not mentioned, it is not out of disrespect or favoritism, but rather, lack of time and space. There are approximately 196 countries globally. It would be a major undertaking (project) to do.  I provided 32 examples. How many witnesses does it take to establish a fact or make a point?  The Islamic faith has spread and is spreading globally, but terrorism (from many beliefs) has escalated in quantum leaps.

We were forewarned that good would be called evil, and evil good.  What I mean by that is not pertaining only to one's religious belief (or lack thereof), for sin/evil is abounding in every arena, just as it is written in the Word of God.  Every country is overrun with sin and wickedness, just as the ancient prophets and Jesus Himself warned about, when they prophesied about the last (of the last) days.

Each country named below is linked to an article written about Muslims/Islam in the land.  The selected article may or may not mention extremists or terrorism, but perhaps merely write about Muslims.  

My point was to present or establish the fact that it would quite easy for 'extremists' or 'terrorists' to infiltrate 'any' country (including in high levels of government and other key positions in every arena of power and authority), given the fast-growing number of converts.  

With that being said, one can simply click on any country of interest to go to an article about that country/nation:

Belfast mural

 Britain, Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain, Denmark, Germany,  Palestine, Nigeria, South Africa, Libya, Syria, Sudan, India, Australia, New Zealand, Ukraine, Russia, Finland, Iceland, Greenland, China, Thailand, Philippines, United States, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean and South America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and on and on the list goes.

Russia

Africa

London

Spain

Scotland

Denmark (Danish in Syria to fight the 'cause')

Below I have provided excerpts from several news articles that report on the current events in the Middle East in the past week, up to today’s latest news (June 20, 2014 – had to keep changing this date, as another day ticked by).  

Many may have already read some of the reports; other reports may have been missed.  Clicking on the link provided with each excerpt will lead to the site where the original report was posted, if the reader would like to read the entire article. (I endeavor to honor my heavenly Father by doing my best to give credit where credit is due, for the hard work of finding sources and/or reporting that others have done, IF possible, whether that work is in photos/images or text (written) or oral.)

All nations of the world have become aware of the events surrounding the intense and senseless kidnapping of three teenagers in Israel, one of which is an American. 

Kidnapped Youth Called Police and Said: 'We've Been Abducted!'

One of the three youths abducted Thursday night called the police hotline immediately after the abduction - but was ignored as police thought the call was a prank, reports IDF Radio Sunday (June 14, 2014).

The call was received at 10:25 p.m. The youth whispered: "We've been abducted! We are being kidnapped."  The call lasted about two minutes and additional noises could be heard in it. It is being investigated by the Israel Security Agency (ISA, or Shin Bet).

This information was under a gag order, which was lifted Sunday.  A source in the Israel Police said that the hotline did not take the call seriously and thought it was one of the numerous calls it receives from hostile Arabs who seek to overload it with false alarms. It was only when a brother of one of the abducted boys arrived at the police station that they understood the call had been real. Read more at – Source:  Arutz Sheva (Israel National News)

Netanyahu speaks out against Hamas

Speaking to US Secretary of State John Kerry last night, Netanyahu had already hinted at Hamas's involvement in the kidnapping, laying blame for it at the feet of the Palestinian Authority "unity government".

"What is happening on the ground since Hamas was added to the government is a deterioration of the situation. This is the direct result of allowing a murderous and racist terrorist organization into the government," Netanyahu told Kerry, according to Channel 2 News. Binyamin Netanyahu (Youtube)

Sick: Fatah Posts Cartoon Mocking Kidnapped Teens as 'Rats'

by Ari Soffer (Arutz 7 Israel)

The official Facebook page Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party has posted a cartoon comparing the three kidnapped Israeli students to rats.  The post on the "Palestinian National Liberation Movement "Fatah" / Central Page" shows three rats with Stars of David dangling from a fishing rod; its implications are unmistakable.  Source:  Read more…

Cartoon posted on Fatah Facebook page (note by Bonita* - as of June 16, 2014, post has been REMOVED by Facebook). 

Israel Reportedly Asked Egypt to Help Return Abductees

Maan news says Egyptian president is trying to facilitate negotiations between Israel and kidnappers.  Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has given a green light to Egyptian negotiations teams to try and facilitate negotiations between Israel and the abductors of three yeshiva boys, according to a report in Bethlehem-based Maan news, cited by Maariv/NRG.

Maan quotes Egyptian sources who said that Israel is the one that asked Egypt to intervene and that following this request, Egyptian security elements have been in touch with unnamed Palestinian Arabs. Maariv/NRG adds, however, that the government's Coordinator of Activities in the Territories, Major General Poli Mordechai, denied yesterday an earlier report that Egypt is trying to help Israel secure the abductees' release.

Article continued:  Conflicting reports regarding Egypt’s involvement

Deputy Minister Ofir Akunis (Likud) called on the international community to withdraw support for the Hamas-Fatah unity government Monday, in remarks made after visiting the family of kidnapped 16-year-old NaftaliFrenkel in Nof Ayalon on Monday.

"It is the ultimate moral duty of the nations of the world to withdraw their recognition of the Palestinian terrorist government," Akunis stated. "We offer every foreign minister or ambassador from around the world to come here and see why they erred when they rushed to greet a Palestinian terrorist government."  Read more…

A Youtube video getting more attention recently is one posted of Eyal Yifrah, 19 (oldest of the three kidnapped), singing and playing guitar at his cousin’s wedding in April, 2014.

 

PM Netanyahu stated vehemently (June 15, 2014) that Hamas terrorists were behind the kidnapping, despite denials from the group. He also blasted Abbas for supporting the group in the first place.  Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas condemns the kidnapping.

UPDATE: (If you’re not confused yet, try this):  UN Declares There is No “Concrete Evidence” that 3 teens were kidnapped.

A spokesperson for United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said Tuesday night that the UN has no "concrete evidence" that Eyal Yifrah, 19, Naftali Frenkel, 16, and Gilad Sha'ar, 16, were "actually" kidnapped by Hamas terrorists last Thursday.

The spokesperson, Farhan Haq, was quoted by Voice of Israel public radio as saying the UN does not have an independent investigative unit that could confirm the kidnapping.  Making Haq's words more confusing is the fact that Ban already condemned the kidnapping on Saturday, noting particularly that two of the kidnapped Israeli students are minors.

Indeed, Ban took the opportunity to equate between the kidnapping and the IAF counter-terror air strike on Gaza terror targets on Saturday, after four rockets were fired from the Hamas-enclave into Israel.

How is it that training youth to become terrorists is acceptable? Beginning in 2013, camps for the purpose of military training (terrorism) of young children for Hamas – Source: Skeptikai

Updates  on Israel – June 16, 2014:

23:20 Rocket explodes in an open field adjacent to Ashkelon. No siren was sounded and no injuries have been reported.

23:19 Two fire-bombs thrown at Beit Orot YEshiva in East Jerusalem. No injuries reported.

23:15 Two Israelis, one an 18-month-old baby, have been lightly injured in rock-throwing near Kfar Azoun in the Shomron. 

6:40 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers an official televised statement:

"We are in the middle of a complex operation. We need to be prepared for the fact that it may take more time," he (Netanyahu) said. "It is a serious incident and will have grave consequences." He also urged members of the international community to speak out against the abduction: "I call on those in the international community that condemn us for building in Jerusalem to clearly condemn this kidnapping," he said."

With regard to the rockets fired from the Gaza Strip over the last few days, during the operation to find the missing teens, Netanyahu said: "We will retaliate forcefully against any rocket fire from Gaza. Anybody who attempts to attack Israeli citizens will be targeted."  Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon addressed the media following Netanyahu's statement, declaring: "This abduction will not pass without Hamas paying a big price."

Kerry stated that the United States views Hamas as a terrorist organization that carries out attacks against innocents, and that has employed kidnapping as a tactic in the past.  (note frm Bonita* see link below for CIA, Al-Qaeda connection.)  To read statements by Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird and Holland’s ambassador to Israel, Caper Veldkamp, go here.

It is being reported all over the mainstream media and alternative news media that Al-Qaeda ‘broke off’ or ‘separated from’ ISIS because they were ‘too violent’.  This means that indirectly (or not) ISIS was trained by the U.S. military and the CIA.

In November, 2013, Global Research posted an article on the matter.

In addition to the CIA, Western Special Forces are also operating along and within Syria’s borders. A June 2013 LA Times article titled: “U.S. has secretly provided arms training to Syria rebels since 2012,” admitted: “CIA agents and special operations troops have trained the rebels in anti-tank and anti-aircraft weaponry in Jordan and Turkey.”

The LA Times continued:

CIA operatives and U.S. special operations troops have been secretly training Syrian rebels with anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons since late last year, months before President Obama approved plans to begin directly arming them, according to U.S. officials and rebel commanders.

The American government became involved, the former American official said, in part because there was a sense that other states would arm the rebels anyhow. The C.I.A. role in facilitating the shipments, he said, gave the United States a degree of influence over the process, including trying to steer weapons away from Islamist groups and persuading donors to withhold portable anti-aircraft missiles that might be used in future terrorist attacks on civilian aircraft. 

Read full article at Global Research – 

(note* from Bonita – above emphasis added.  Also, anyone remember Benghazi? As I was proof-reading this article before posting it, I decided to do some quick digging about Benghazi and found this article on WND recently posted on July 16, 2014; an excerpt is below.)

However, he added, he knew of members of special operations forces, forced by the administration to sign nondisclosure agreements, who were just aching to be subpoenaed by the Gowdy committee so they could tell lawmakers what they know.

Gowdy has famously asked the media: If all the Benghazi questions have been answered, could any of them say why U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, who was killed by terrorists, was in the obscure diplomatic compound that night?

McInerney said his understanding was Stevens was helping facilitate a covert gun-running scheme, with the U.S. government supplying arms from Libya to rebels in Syria, via Turkey.

He believes the 30 CIA agents on the ground in Benghazi during the time of the attack, as well as special operations and State Department personnel, were sworn to secrecy, but the logjam of information will break once they are subpoenaed.

He predicts the truth will come out, and when it does the American people will be outraged that they were lied to.  Read more: WND

UPDATE from WND – June 18, 2014

JERUSALEM – Members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIS, were trained in 2012 by U.S. instructors working at a secret base in Jordan, according to informed Jordanian officials.

The officials said dozens of ISIS members were trained at the time as part of covert aid to the insurgents targeting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The officials said the training was not meant to be used for any future campaign in Iraq.

The Jordanian officials said all ISIS members who received U.S. training to fight in Syria were first vetted for any links to extremist groups like al-Qaida.

In February 2012, WND was first to report the U.S., Turkey and Jordan were running a training base for the Syrian rebels in the Jordanian town of Safawi in the country’s northern desert region.

That report has since been corroborated by numerous other media accounts.

Last March, the German weekly Der Spiegel reported Americans were training Syrian rebels in Jordan.

To read the full report: WND – US Officials trained ISIS-secret base in Jordan

As time ticks by, the outcry of leaders from many countries is heard.  Prayers of multitudes resound throughout the lands for the three teenage youths in Israel, just as they did for all who were aboard the ill-fated Malaysian plane. 

Meanwhile, reports have become very quiet regarding the kidnapping of 276 female students in Chibok, Nigeria in April, 2014 by Boko Haram, an Islamic Jihadist and Takfiri terrorist organization.   The countries that offered assistance in locating the girls and freeing them are: United Kingdom, United States, France, China, Iran, Israel and Canada. 

I truly hope that the young students are found and returned home soon.  It is believed that many would be sold into slavery aka human-trafficking.  Others are believed to have been raped and/or murdered, whilst many believe they are being held for the purpose of a trade for the release of more imprisoned terrorists.

The Black Flag is iconic in nations around the globe.  According to the United States Military Academy in West Point, “the Black Flag (al-raya) traces its roots to the very beginning of Islam.  It was the battle (jihad) flag of the prophet Muhammad, carried into battle by many of his companions, including his nephew, Ali ibn Abi Talib.”

It is a “declaration of war” and not just symbolic of the hatred and intolerance of non-Muslims/non-believers (“infidels”).   Anyone who does not submit to Islam (Allah) shall be shown no mercy.  Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jews or any other group that denies Islam’s Allah falls into the above category, including certain sects of Muslim believers.

Raymond Ibrahim, a Middle East specialist and author reveals extremely graphic images of persecuted Christians in the Middle East.  The pictures show the carnage after suicidal jihadists stormed into Our Lady of Salvation church (2010) in Iraq.

Do not proceed to Raymond Ibrahim’s site if you are sensitive to graphic images.  The purpose in sharing his site is to encourage all true believers to watch and pray, trusting and obeying God’s Word and our Savior, Christ Jesus/Y’shua. However, North America (and I believe, beginning in the United States) will soon hear of these very horrors, this type of persecution, happening in their land.

When the Union of Canada, Mexico and United States happens, Canada and Mexico can expect the same.  The NWO plans to take out all who oppose it, but also plan to depopulate the world to a ‘comfortable’, ‘controlled’ 500 million people. 

There are many who seek to debunk the so-called ‘conspiracy theory’, particularly the one surrounding the Georgia Guidestones, located in Elbert County, GA.

One such person is Canadian author and editor, Donovan D. Westhaver, who hypothesizes that the mysterious person behind the erection of the Guidestones, known only as R.C. Christian, is nothing more than an highly-educated, wealthy, talented, yet arrogant writer. 

According to a Wikipedia article, the ten guidelines are inscribed in eight languages. The article goes on to say that at the top of the structure, there is a shorter message inscribed in four ancient languages, which are:  Babylonian, Classical Greek, Sanskrit and Egyptian hieroglyphs. 

Westhaver’s article ‘debunks’ the NWO, as well as any sinister plans to depopulate the earth. We know what the Bible states about one-third of life upon earth being killed. 
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Do not fear; for we all know that these bodies in which we dwell are not our permanent homes. Look up, look up, look up – for our redemption draws nigh.
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Let us return to the events surrounding the Middle East.  

According to the EDL (English Defence League), the Black Flag is equivalent to the Swastika symbol.

Source: Tundra Tabloids

The kidnapping of the three teenage boys in Israel is being blamed on Hamas by Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Obama and many others.  The intensified conflict between Hamas and Israel over Gaza in 2012 ended with a ceasefire, yet has it truly ended?  Is the kidnapping to force Israel to make Palestine a sovereign state, with Jerusalem divided between Palestine and Israel?

A Wikipedia article, which was last modified June 6, 2014 (emboldened statement and underlining mine to draw reader’s attention) stated:

“On 23 April 2014, Fatah and Hamas announced a new reconciliation agreement which would see a unity government formed within five weeks, ahead of a presidential and parliamentary election within six months. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the reconciliation deal did not contradict their commitment to peace with Israel on the basis of a two-state solution.

On 2 June 2014, President Abbas swore in the new technocratic unity government, headed by the incumbent PM, Rami Hamdallah. The Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, said that world leaders should not rush to recognise the new government, calling Hamas a terrorist organisation that is committed to the destruction of Israel. The Palestinian PM's office issued a statement denouncing Netanyahu's words as intended to continue Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.”

The article goes on, which you can read by clicking on the above link, if you are interested.  Meanwhile, ten days after Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu made that public statement, the three youth were kidnapped in Israel, with many (including Netanyahu) pointing to Hamas as the alleged abductors. 

New York Times downplayed the notoriety (surprise, surprise!) of ISIS or alternately called ISIL, yet their presence in Palestine is well-known and accepted by Hamas. The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has a doctorate in Islamic studies. He follows the Qu’ran, which has a verse that states:

“Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth to cause corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment” (5:33). Qu’ran (Koran)

Two men were reportedly crucified in Raqqa on Tuesday, their bloody corpses displayed in the center of a town controlled by the most severe of Syria’s Islamist factions.  Two men crucified in Syria and a third, unknown.

Another city, Tal Afar has been taken by ISIS as of June 16, 2014, while the militants continue pushing toward Baghdad. 

Suspected Islamist militants have killed at least 48 people near a popular tourist resort in Kenya, officials said on Monday, the bloodiest attack in the country since the Westgate mall siege in Nairobi.

Kenya attack: Mpeketoni near Lamu hit by deadly raid (video)

North Korea - Footage on a 50- minute North Korean film boasts about having developed a Russian cruise missile (similar to Russia’s KH-35 missile, in service in 2003), but the film is being debunked as propaganda, something the North Korean leader is infamous for.

According to ZAK World Breaking News report, the “West believe Pyongyang is trying to develop a nuclear weapon.” -- “Cruise missiles are short-range weapons guided by on-board computers, used to attack specific targets.” -- “South Korean media has already speculated that the cruise missile could pose a potential new threat to the South’s army.” (Excerpts taken from WBN report – full report beneath video)  (link to short video)

Iraq: Sunni insurgents near Baghdad in heavy clashes – Iraqi government forces are engaged in heavy clashes with Sunni insurgents who have made major advances in the past week. Baquba, 37 miles (60 km) from Baghdad, had parts of the city taken over briefly by rebels. (see report below video - here)

Israel National News reports: “Kurdish Pershmerga militia fighters have taken control of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, in an attempt to stymie advances by the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), which took control of several towns and cities in northern Iraq in a lightening offensive this week.

"The whole of Kirkuk has fallen into the hands of peshmerga," Kurdish spokesman Jabbar Yawar told Reuters. "No Iraq army remains in Kirkuk now."

Iraq's US-trained military has received fierce criticism, after tens of thousands of troops simply fled without a fight in the face of a much smaller ISIS force, allowing the extremist group to take over the country's second city of Mosul without a fight.

Authorities in the nearby autonomous Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) area had promised to protect the hundreds of thousands of refugees who flocked there to escape the notoriously-brutal Al Qaeda offshoot, as well as to block its advance into Kurdish areas.”

Thousands of refugees are fleeing from the Sunni militants (ISIS) and are going to safe zones in the Kurdish area in northern Iraq.  It is reported that those who have money stay in hotels, rented apartments or have family living there.  The less fortunate, many who are arriving on foot with only the clothes are their backs are staying in camps set up by the Kurdish Regional Government.  Read more at source: NPR

The Gatestone Institute reports about ISIS terrorists who call for the execution of King Abdullah, whom they consider to be a tyrant. 

“Jordanian political analyst Oraib al-Rantawi sounded alarm bells by noting that the ISIS threat to move its fight to the kingdom was real and imminent. "We in Jordan cannot afford the luxury of just waiting and monitoring," he cautioned. 

"The danger is getting closer to our bedrooms. It has become a strategic danger; it is no longer a security threat from groups or cells. We must start thinking outside the box. The time has come to increase coordination and cooperation with the regimes in Baghdad and Damascus to contain the crawling of extremism and terrorism."

The ISIS terrorists see Jordan's Western-backed King Abdullah as an enemy of Islam and an infidel, and have publicly called for his execution. ISIS terrorists recently posted a video on YouTube in which they threatened to "slaughter" Abdullah, whom they denounced as a "tyrant." Some of the terrorists who appeared in the video were Jordanian citizens who tore up their passports in front of the camera and vowed to launch suicide attacks inside the kingdom.

Security sources in Amman expressed deep concern over ISIS's threats and plans to "invade" the kingdom. The sources said that King Abdullah has requested urgent military aid from the U.S. and other Western countries so that he could foil any attempt to turn Jordan into an Islamist-controlled state.”

ISIS or HAMAS - Are they linked?

When three Israeli teens were kidnapped, the article below came out, suggesting that ISIS was indirectly involved.  Yet, PM Netanyahu adamantly states that Hamas is responsible.  Is Hamas linked with ISIS?  If so, why is no one reporting that?  I happened to keep the link to the article and it came back to mind as I was writing this article.  Below is an excerpt from the news site, along with a link that will take you to the site to read the full article, if interested.

Picture credit - Daily Mail UK

*  ISIS linked organization takes responsibility for alleged kidnapping of three teenagers including one American in Israel

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*   *  The hitchhiking teenagers left their Yeshiva, or religious seminary, on Thursday night and had not been seen since Dawlat al-Islam, who have been linked to ISIS, distributed papers in Hebron claiming responsibility for the disappearances

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    *  Palestinian militants are also being looked at by Israel defense forces

·         The disappearances come after the formation of a Palestinian unity government following the collapse of U.S.-brokered peace talks

Read full article at Daily Mail UK

Did Obama Set ISIS Warlord Free?

Another report that I kept a copy of was the one that stated that the man behind ISIS was one of the men that Obama set free from prison five years ago (2009), shortly after being elected president.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

*  The U.S. once had Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi in custody at a detention facility in Iraq, it was revealed Friday

*  Al Baghdadi was among the prisoners released in 2009 from the U.S.'s now-closed Camp Bucca near Umm Qasr in Iraq

*  It is unclear why the U.S. let the merciless al Qaeda leader slip away

Al Baghadadi and his troops took the Iraqi cities of Fallujah and Ramadi earlier this year and conquered Tikrit and Mosul within the last several days

*  They are now bearing down on Baghdad, burning down everything that stands in their way and carrying out executions on Iraqi civilians, soldiers and police officers

*  ISIS posted an image today of an officer's decapitated head tweeted with sickening message: 'This is our ball. It's made of skin #WorldCup

Photo credit - Daily Mail UK

To read full article:  Daily Mail UK

Satanic salute by ISIS supporter –

On Monday, Syrian and Iraqi terrorist forces obtained significant numbers of tanks, trucks and U.S.-origin Humvees in recent military operations in Iraq and those arms are being shipped to al Qaeda rebels in Syria, according to U.S. officials.

Cmdr. Bill Speaks confirmed the reports, but denied the report that ISIS had captured advanced weaponry, such as Blackhawk helicopters.  He said the claims are false as Blackhawk helicopters have never been sold to Iraq.  News Brief: foxnews.com

One news report states that “Iraq’s terrorists are becoming a full-blown army. With the fall of Mosul on Tuesday, Iraq’s al Qaeda offshoot has not only seized the country’s second-largest city, it appears it also has come into possession of the heavy weapons and vehicles the U.S. military had provided Iraq’s military to fight them.

That’s terrible news for America’s few allies left in Iraq as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham (ISIS) morph from terrorist menace to a military force capable of over-running an army the U.S. military trained for nearly a decade. It also calls into question the American government’s decision to withdraw the last of its forces from Iraq in 2011. Three years later that withdrawal now appears premature.” Source: thedailybeast

Meanwhile, Russia made good on its threats and cut off the gas supply to Ukraine.  Then, a gas explosion occurred.  There is great speculation as to what or who caused the explosion.

Ukraine Embassy Attack aftermath

 MOSCOW (AP) — Russian gas giant Gazprom says Tuesday's explosion at a key pipeline in Ukraine has not disrupted the flow of gas to Europe. The blast, which occurred far from where government troops are fighting pro-Russia separatists, came a day after Russia cut gas supplies to Ukraine in a dispute over price and overdue payments.

According to the report, Ukrainian officials have not ruled out terrorism; however Vitaly Markelov, Gazprom’s deputy chief executive stated that gas flow has not been disrupted and European customers are receiving their gas.  News Brief:  USNews.com

In the news about Russia, on June 19, 2014:

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and President Vladimir Putin held talks about a potential ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, and about the deaths of two Russian state television journalists after clashes in Ukraine.  Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev publicly slammed Ukraine over the deaths of Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin, who died following shelling in Luhansk; Medvedev blamed authorities in Kiev, saying that they should have already put an end to the bloodshed.  

Following an explosion which destroyed a section of a main pipeline carrying Russian natural gas through Ukraine to Europe, Ukraine is blaming Russian terrorists, calling the blast ‘another attempt by Russia to ­discredit Ukraine as a partner in the gas sector‘.  But supplies reportedly have not been affected. Source: Robert Amsterdam

UPDATE - June 20, 2014

Pipeline Explosion Caused by Bomb

An explosion at a pipeline in Central Ukraine was caused by a bomb, according to the country's Interior Minister.  
The structure, in the central Poltava region, is used to deliver gas from Russia through Ukraine to the rest of Europe.  The incident comes one day (June 19, 2014)after Moscow cut supplies to Kiev in long-standing price fight.

Source: The Guardian

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