An Iraqi
Toe is Manifesting Itself on Daniel’s Statue
August 20, 2007
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SUPPLEMENT TO ARCHIVE PROPHECY UPDATE 176B
May 18, 2005
The article which follows from the New York Times by John F. Burnes was extracted from the DEBEKA Files.
In Archive Update 176B I gave the expectation that Iraq would indeed turn against Israel and the U.S. with renewed hatred. There is no question in my mind that Iraq will be one of the 10 toes that attack Israel in the not too distant future.
IRAQ WILL BE ONE OF THE 10 TOES OF DANIEL’S PROPHECY!
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BEGIN NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE
Registering New Influence, Iranian Foreign Minister Visits Iraq
John F. Burns (New York Times)
Iran sent its foreign minister, Kamal Kharrazi, to Baghdad on Tuesday. Almost 25 years after Iraq and Iran started an eight-year war that left a million people dead, the government in Baghdad is now led by officials with close personal, religious, and political ties to Iran’s ruling Shiite ayatollahs. Kharrazi appeared eager to put the U.S. on notice that Iran expects to wield influence in Iraq, especially in the long term: “The party that will leave Iraq is the United States, because it will eventually withdraw, but the party that will live with the Iraqis is Iran, because it is a neighbor to Iraq.”
Begin Asian Times Article
THE ASIAN TIMES
Maliki seeks a lifeline in Syria
By Sami Moubayed
DAMASCUS – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is scheduled to arrive in Damascus for a two-day visit on Monday. This will be his first visit to the Syrian capital – where he lived as a refugee in
the 1990s during the Saddam Hussein years – since becoming prime minister in April 2006.
Maliki is due to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Prime Minister Mohammad Naji Otari, Parliament Speaker Mahmud al-Abrash, Vice President Farouk al-Shara and Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem. They are to discuss security and the political situation in Iraq.
Syria, which was reluctant at first to welcome the Iraqi leader, finally approved his visit, stressing that talks must deal with reconciliation, fair and balanced political representation of the Sunnis, amending the de-Ba’athification laws and articles in the Iraqi constitution that deal with federalism – a concept that the Syrians curtly refuse.
These were not conditions, the Syrians stated, but points of discussion.
Moualem was quoted saying that his country “looks for finer political, security and economic relations with Iraq”. The US has not commented on the visit, but if it produces results, then this is good news for the Bush White House.
After visiting Tehran this month, Maliki was scrutinized by President George W Bush, who said: “My message to him is, when we catch you playing a non-constructive role [with the Iranians], there will be a price to pay.” This was in reference to Maliki’s statement that Iran is playing a “positive and constructive” role in “providing security and fighting terrorism in Iraq”.
Syria started to reconcile with the Maliki regime in late 2006.
This came shortly after British prime minister Tony Blair sent an envoy to Damascus, telling the Syrians that it was in the international community’s best interest that Syria recognizes – and supports – Maliki and the political system in Iraq.
Syria had tried before – during the era of prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (Maliki’s predecessor) – and invited him to Damascus, but the visit was vetoed by the US administration. The US, in 2003-06, had blamed the Syrians for all of the worries in Iraq, claiming that Syria was keeping lax security on the border and helping – or turning a blind eye to – insurgents crossing the border to fight the Americans. Syria repeatedly denied the charges.
By 2006, and after the Iraqi Study Group report in the US, it was clear to the US that the violence was not produced, nor supported by, the Syrians. Syria, how ever,
could help control it.
Blair’s envoy had been to Washington DC and met with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who seconded the British approach towards Syria. Syria responded promptly. It sent Moualem to Baghdad, where he received a red carpet welcome from Maliki, and opened up an embassy in Iraq.
Shortly afterwards, it received Iraqi President Jalal Talabani – another former resident of Syria – for one week of talks in Damascus. It then welcomed the Sunni leader Harith al-Dari, followed by Interior Minister Jawad al-Boulani to discuss security on the 605-kilometer Syrian-Iraqi border.
There are millions of Iraqis, mainly Sunnis, who do not trust either Maliki or the political system of the post-Saddam era. It is one thing for them when pro-American regimes recognize this government, but completely something else when this recognition comes from a credible neighbor like Syria; a country still seen in the eyes of millions as the only remaining champion of Arab nationalism and anti-Americanism.
Syria actually helped legitimize Maliki in the eyes of Iraqi skeptics. In March 2007, Syria attended a security meeting in Iraq, then followed up by attending the Sharm al-Sheikh summit in Egypt, which resulted in the much-publicized meeting between Moualem and Rice. The two officials discussed Iraq.
Syria then appointed two liaison officers, one for security, and the other for the Iraqi community in Syria (estimated at nearly 2 million), along with a “hot line” between Syria and Iraq. It also agreed to observation points on the Syrian-Iraqi border and held a security meeting on Iraq in the Syrian capital this August.
The Syrian position is clear – and greatly resembles that of the US. Both countries are opposed to the carving up of Iraq. Both are opposed to civil war (the Syrians more so even than the Americans because this violence could “spill over” into Syria). And both are opposed to sectarian violence, de-Ba’athification as it stands, and the rule of militias.
Syria preached realism, however, claiming that there are limits to what it can do with regard to the border. During the era of Saddam, the former Iraqi leader used to send car bombs to Syria in the 1980s and the Syrians were unable to prevent that – even when their own security was at stake. It takes two sides to patrol the border, the Syrians say, and as long as cooperation is minimal from the American side, there is only so much Syria can do to monitor the Iraqi border.
Maliki, who was a guest of the Syrian government for many years, is expected to pay back the Syrians. He is expected to show the same degree of friendliness, warmth and gratitude shown by Talabani, who since coming to power has refused to criticize Syria or let his country be used for anti-Syrian propaganda.
So far, Maliki has not done that.
He has repeatedly failed to deliver on any of the points raised by the Syrians – mainly reconciliation with the Sunnis, an end to militias and amendment of the controversial de-Ba’athification laws.
Recently, Maliki even “froze” Iraqi approval to restart the Kirkuk-Banias pipeline (obviously under orders from the Americans)
Special Prophecy Update Number 176B
June 16, 2004
Ten Toes Are Beginning to Wiggle
Daniel 2:42-44 – And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. [43] And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. [44] And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it
shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
This Kingdom and its Lamb King, who Daniel’s people rejected at his First Appearance, will soon return for his Second Appearance to bring in his Kingdom as its Lion King of Judah. I have always believed these ten toes would indeed arise out the territory once controlled by the two legs to which they were attached, namely, the southern flank of the old Roman Empire.
The two legs of Daniel’s statue, during the time of their existence as an empire, stretched their long toes into the nations now identified as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. Soon there will be a new state, which will emerge among the ten, namely the new Palestinian state that is likely to come out of Israel’s disengagement plan before 2009.
I believe these 11 nations will be directly involved in the coming Jihad against Israel. I believe the 10 toes found in chapter 2 of Daniel are 10 of the 11 horns found in chapter 7 of Daniel, and that the “little horn” of
Daniel 7 comes out of Syria or its immediate surrounding area.
Daniel 7:24-27 – And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. [25] And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. [26] But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. [27] And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
I believe one of the three kings that he initially plucks up, and replaces with subordinates who will do his bidding, will probably be Lebanon. He will bypass Jordan, then conquer Egypt, and leave Saudi Arabia alone, but it is inferred that the three he subdues are part of the original 10 toes, and I do not believe that Egypt, Jordan, or Saudi Arabia will be part of the original 10. If that is the case, Libya and Sudan make good candidates. (See Prophecy Update 46 in our Prophecy Archives)
For a fuller exposition of the 10 toes of Daniel 2:42-44 and the 11 horns of Daniel 7:24-27, please consult the following Updates in our Prophecy Archives: 54, 66, 71, 74B, and 78.
Turkey is now pulling away from very friendly relations established with Israel over the past several years. Iraq will be as anti-Israel as ever after American troops pull out. I believe the aforementioned 11 nations will attack Israel at some point in time between 2008 and 2013.
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