Final Block to Middle East War
Hangs on America-Iraqi Security Deal
As to when U.S. Troops will fully depart Iraq
September 5, 2008
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The final block, prohibiting an attack by the Daniel 11:36 ‘Little Horn’ King of the North and the Ten Horns of Daniel 7:24-26, will be removed when American troops are withdrawn from Iraq. Iran and Syria are not so crazy as to start a war when fully equipped, logistically supported supply lines, and combat ready U.S. forces are on both their borders.
It fact, that
was the major premise in the equati on leading to my oft stated c
onclusion in my many blogs, stating there would be no attack made on Israel before 2010, but one would occur at some point in time between 2010 and 2015. A few years ago, I came to the conclusion U.S. forces would be withdrawn from Iraq at some point in time between 2010 and 2012, and then added three years on to the end of it to allow time for Iraq and the other seven horns to jockey into their horn sockets with Syria and Iran for the attack against Israel.
Daniel 11:36 – And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
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.
Begin Excerpt from THE DAILY STAR
Maliki says security pact with Washington will go to Parliament ‘within 10 days’
By Agence France Presse
September 3, 2008
BAGHDAD: A draft security deal between Washington and Baghdad on the future of US forces in Iraq is to be submitted to Parliament within 10 days, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted as saying Tuesday.
“The SOFA [Status of Forces Agreement] will be sent to Parliament within 10 days,” he said in the Badr newspaper, run by the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, a key Shiite political party which is closely allied to Maliki.
“The government is waiting for an answer from the US on the Iraqi suggestion to keep the sovereignty of Iraq and the interests of its people.
The members of Parliament will accept or reject the agreement,” Maliki said.
But Badr Brigade party chief Hadi al-Ameri, told AFP he was unaware of any deal. “There is no final draft until now,” he said.
The paper also quoted Parliament Speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani as saying the two sides differed on seven issues, although he did not reveal them.
“These issues need to be amended for a positive result that benefits the country,” he said.
On Monday, a copy of the agreement was published by Al-Iraq newspaper which said the issue of immunity for US troops was the main sticking point in the 27-point deal.
US President George W.
Bush and Maliki agreed last November to sign the SOFA in Iraq by the end of July, but it has been delayed.
The proposed pact will decide the future presence of US forces in Iraq after the December 31 expiry of the UN mandate, which currently acts as the legal basis for their presence in the country.
American troops are expected to withdraw from Iraqi cities in June 2009, but the draft gives no final date for the complete withdrawal of US troops, which Iraqi negotiators have told AFP will be by the end of 2011.
Iyad Samarraie, leader of key Sunni party the National Accordance Front, told AFP that immunity was indeed the most contentious issue.
“The Iraqis want Iraqi laws to be applicable to the Americans in Iraq but the Americans are not agreeing to it. The two sides need to reach an agreement on this,” Samarraie said.
He said that when US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was in Baghdad for meetings with the Iraqi leadership on August 21, Maliki had spoken to her about the problematic issues.
“I understand that the Americans have to get back to the government on those issues. Maliki is doing his best.
He has taken a tough and strong stand especially on issues concerning Iraqi sovereignty,” he added.
According to the Arabic-language text of the deal, Iraq has proposed that “the US has jurisdiction over its civilians and soldiers inside their bases and in areas used by them exclusively.”
The Iraqi proposal also provides for US jurisdiction over its citizens both civilian and military when they are on assignment “unless they commit grave and deliberate mistakes.”
But the US side has been demanding “jurisdiction everywhere over their citizens, both civilians and military who work for the armed forces,” it said.
Iraq wants its courts, backed by a joint Iraqi-US committee, to look into “deliberate crimes or grave mistakes,” a proposal that the United States would examine, according to Al-Iraq.
Other prickly issues are detentions of Iraqis and who would command military operations in Iraq, the paper said.
– AFP
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