GOOD MORNING WORLD! WAKE UP FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA! HAPPY NEW YEAR ISRAEL!
FOLLOW UP TO PREVIOUS BLOGS! A TENSE NEW YEAR BEGINNING FOR ISRAELIS! TROUBLE IN THE NORTH!
TROUBLE IN THE SOUTH! TROUBLE FROM AFAR! HAPPY NEW YEAR ISRAEL!
September 12, 2007
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NOW THAT SOCIETY HAS FINALLY BEEN ABLE TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE ANTIQUATED BELIEF OF JOHN 3:16 BY CASING OFF THE BANDS AND CORDS OF GOD’S WORD THAT PARTIALLY RESTRAINED THEIR GODLESS CARNALITY, THEY HAVE BEEN SET FREE TO LIVE BY THEIR OWN RULES, AND BY THEIR OWN OPINIONS OF RIGHT AND WRONG!
John 3:16 – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 14:15 – If ye love me, keep my commandments.
I WONDER WHAT THE LORD THINKS OF ALL THIS, AND IF HE PLANS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
I HAVE A STRONG SUSPICION WE WILL SOON FIND OUT!
Psalm 2:1-12 – Why do the hea
then rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? [2] The kings of the earth
set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, [3] Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. [4] He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. [5] Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. [6] Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. [7] I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
[8] Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. [9] Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. [10] Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. [11] Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. [12] Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Matthew 24:21-22 – For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
[22] And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
Begin Guardian Excerpt
Quake Triggers Tsunami in Indonesia
Wednesday September 12, 2007 3:46 PM
By ROBIN McDOWELL
Associated Press Writer
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – A massive earthquake shook Indonesia on Wednesday, killing one person, injuring dozens and triggering a tsunami that hit one city on the island of Sumatra, authorities said. Tsunami warnings were issued for much of the Indian Ocean region.
A wave of up to 9 feet was reported to have struck the city of Padang about 20 minutes after the magnitude-8.2 quake, said Suhardjono, an official with Indonesia’s meteorological agency, who goes by only one name.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center also reported that a small tsunami hit Padang.
At least one person was killed and dozens injured in Bengkulu, the town closest
to the epicenter, local government official Salamun Harius told El Shinta radio.
Several buildings along the coastline were damaged or collapsed, residents said, and phone lines and electricity also were cut. Most of the damage appeared to be from the quake.
Residents in Bengkulu, where at least one building was demolished, said the quake triggered panic and that people ran inland.
“Everyone is running out of their houses in every direction,” said Wati Said, who spoke by cell phone standing outside her house.
“We think our neighborhood is high enough.
God willing, if the water comes, it will not touch us here.”
“Communic ation
is cut, we can’t call out,” she added. “I don’t know how you contacted us.
Everyone is afraid.”
Several buildings in Padang were damaged and at least one car showroom collapsed, according to the news Web site detik.com, which said people were searching to see if anyone was inside. It did not say whether the quake or wave caused the damage. Suhardjono said communication with the area was difficult.
The quake could be felt in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, 375 miles away, where office workers streamed down the stairwells of tall, swaying buildings. It also caused tall buildings to sway in neighboring Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
The undersea quake hit at about 6:10 p.m. (7:10 a.m. EDT), the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was centered 80 miles southwest of Sumatra island at a depth of 18.6 miles.
“Earthquakes of this size have the potential to generate a widespread destructive tsunami that can affect coastlines across the entire Indian Ocean Basin,” the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said, warning that waves could hit Indonesia and Australia within an hour, and Sri Lanka and India within three hours.
It lifted the alert for Indonesia about two hours later.
Begin Jerusalem Post Excert
‘Advisors to Assad pressuring him to respond with force’
Begin Jerusalem Post Article
JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST
September 12, 2007
Advisors to Syrian President Bashar Assad are pressuring him to respond to the alleged IAF attack by “landing a blow to an Israeli target,” the Kuwait-based Al-Jareeda reported Wednesday. According to the report, Israel targeted long-range missile batteries that were brought to Syria from Iran. The report said five IAF fighter jets carried out the attack.
Israel Radio quoted the Kuwaiti paper to the effect that the group advocating a military response is being spearheaded by Assad’s brother in law, who has met in recent days with senior Hizbullah and Hamas officials in an effort to draw up an operation plan.
The Kuwaiti paper also reported that the Syrian army has begun drafting reservists from the armed corps, missile corps and anti-aircraft units, and quoted “sources in the know” who said the draft was a response to Israel raising its level of readiness in the north.
According to a report by The Nazareth-based al-Sinara newspaper Wednesday, the IAF targeted a joint Syrian-Iranian missile base in northern Syria.
Begin DEBKAfile Article
Sixty-nine Israeli soldiers injured when three missiles launched from Gaza hit their boot camp early Tuesday. Ministers demand serious military action
September 11, 2007, 12:21 AM (GMT+02:00)
Four of the new recruits were seriously injured, two critically, from shrapnel and blast.
One of the Qassams exploded in an empty tent in the Zikkim facility north of Gaza; a second outside the mess tent full of soldiers on their last day of basic training. Jihad Islami and the Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility. Israel is pondering a large-scale military response to stamp out the seven-year Palestinian missile campaign once and for all and the cutoff of supplies and services to the Gaza Strip. Israeli air and ground forces meanwhile executed pinpoint strikes at missile sites in N. Gaza. Palestinians fired celebratory shots in the mosques.
Begin Jerusalem Post Article
Analysis: Israel’s tense holiday season
Yaakov Katz, THE JERUSALEM POST
September 12, 2007
It was only a matter of time. For months now, the defense establishment has been waiting for a major Kassam attack – one that would cause enough casualties and destruction – which would finally leave Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with no choice but to embark on a large-scale operation in the Gaza Strip.
In the IDF’s Southern Command – which has been pushing for a massive operation for a year now – the understanding that only a “strategic Kassam attack” would change government policy was internalized months ago. Israel was living on luck.
Last week’s Kassam barrage on Sderot as children arrived for the second day of the school year was not considered such an attack. Apparently, the rocket that hit inside the IDF’s Zikim base on Tuesday morning is not one either.
There are several reasons for this. Firstly, the peace summit scheduled for November in Washington. If Israel launches a large operation in Gaza – it would almost certainly cause heavy causalities on both sides – Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas might be forced to cancel his participation, alongside a number of moderate Arab states. Israel’s aggressive actions would be blamed.
The second reason is the tension along the northern border. While defense officials have claimed in recent days that the tension – escalated by the alleged IAF strike in Syria last week – has begun to subside, there is a fear that the deployment of large forces in Gaza would create a “window of opportunity” for Damascus.
The third consideration against a Gaza operation is that Sderot, as well as the other Gaza-belt communities, are not yet reinforced to the point that the defense establishment would like. A better level of protection is expected to be in place by the end of the year.
There is also the civilian vs soldier factor. If Israel initiates an operation following the Zikim attack, there will most likely be a public outcry against what would appear as government policy biased toward soldiers and uncaring of the daily attacks against civilians. How can the government, people will ask, launch an operation after an army base is targeted and not after a Sderot kindergarten is hit
?
So what are Israel’s options? In place of a large operation, the IDF could expand its limited operations already ongoing in Gaza. At the moment, the army has permission to operate two kilometers from the Gaza security fence. These operations are mostly of a defensive nature, meant to uncover terror tunnels being dug into Israel and to prevent Hamas and Islamic Jihad from establishing border positions, like the ones Hizbullah had until last summer’s war.
These operations, a senior officer explained Tuesday, are not, however, effective in stopping the rocket attacks. The Kassam Tuesday has nearly a 15 kilometer range and operating two kilometers inside the Strip is not enough to discover the launchers or even to push the rocket squads out of range. Operations deeper inside Gaza might bear real fruit and could have a deterrent effect on terror groups.
Alternatively, Israel can implement a long list of sanctions against the Palestinian civilian population with the hope that Hamas would cave in under pressure from the people and stop its terror activity. Some cabinet ministers have suggested cutting off electricity, water and fuel supplies to Gaza. On Tuesday alone, several hundred calves were transferred into the Strip via the Sufa crossing ahead of Ramadan.
The defense establishment is split on the question of cutting off supplies. Defense Minister Ehud Barak has ordered his office to look into the legal ramifications while Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilna’i, along with a large number of IDF officers, believe such a move would have the opposite effect and turn Gazans toward Hamas.
The understanding in the defense establishment is that a large-scale operation is just a matter of time. But the timing is not yet right. While all this might change with just one on-target Kassam attack, what is certain is that on Wednesday evening, Israel will be starting a very tense holiday season.
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