Syrian President Bashar Assad is in greater danger from his Friends,
Than He Is From A Popular Uprising Within the Syrian Population!
I doubt he will still be the President when Syria attacks Israel!
March 18, 2011
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Syrian forces kill five pro-democracy protesters in southern city
By News Agencies Tags:
Israel News
March 18, 2011
Syrian security forces killed five demonstrators on Friday in the southern city of Deraa as they took part in a peaceful protest demanding political freedom and an end to corruption in Syria,witnesses said.
Several thousand protesters chanted “God, Syria, Freedom” and other anti-corruption slogans, accusing the family of the president of corruption, when they were shot dead by security forces who were reinforced with troops flown in by helicopters, a resident said.
Amateur video footage posted Friday on YouTube and Twitter shows large groups of protesters in several cities throughout Syria but its authenticity could not be immediately be independently confirmed.
State television says some infiltrators in the town of Deraa caused chaos and riots and smashed cars and some property before they were chased off by riot police.
It says a similar demonstration in the coastal town of Banyas was dispersed without incident.
One amateur video showed what appeared to be show Syrian government trucks spraying water on marchers. Two others purport to show several thousand men gathering in the cities of Homs and Baniyas.
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ANTICHRIST WILL ARISE IN SYRIA PRIOR TO 2015
“The Countries of the Region Are Coming Back to Damascus”
Please Consider the Excerpt from the Middle East Research Institute!
August 10, 2010
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I became convinced the 10 toes/horns of Daniel 2 and 7 would be Islamic before I retired as a member of the USAF Branch of the National Security Agency, and so stated in the first book I completed (Tectonic Chaos) in 1976. I was also certain the Antichrist would arise out of the Middle East, probably in Syria or greater Syria. I am now extremely confident he will come out of Syria,
and expect him to be Syria’s King of the North who counterattacks Israel, the King of the South, at some point in time prior to 2015. He is likely to be the man who replaces Bashar Assad.
Daniel 11:40,41 – And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. [41] He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
(SEE ARCHIVE PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBERS 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68 & 69)
Begin Blog Excerpt from August 9, 2010
Begin Excerpt from MEMRI
MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Syrian Press: Damascus Shaping the Region’s Future
August 9, 2010
Special Dispatch No. 3153
In the past year, Bashar Al-Assad’s Syria has succeeded in positioning itself as a regional power and as a key player in handling local and regional issues.[1] This is reflected in the extensive diplomatic activity that has been taking place in Damascus, including visits to Syria’s capital by senior officials from Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. This diplomatic activity has centered around three of the primary arenas currently concerning the Arab world: Lebanon, Iraq, and Palestine.
Reports indicate that the discussions in Syria focused mainly on the internal disputes within these arenas, with Syria serving as mediator, rather than on Syria’s bilateral relations with each of these countries. It should be noted that Turkey has also played a role in this mediation.
The Lebanese Arena: Lebanese Prime Minister Sa’d Al-Hariri visited Damascus on July 18-19, 2010, accompanied by a large delegation of ministers, for a meeting of the Syrian-Lebanese Follow-up and Coordination Commission, which culminated in the two countries signing 18 agreements and memoranda of understanding on various issues. The meeting’s importance lay in its being the first since Syrian-Lebanese relations fell into crisis following the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Al-Hariri. After this meeting, Assad and Al-Hariri met privately
to discuss the internal tension in Lebanon in anticipation of the indictment due to be published by the international tribunal investigating Al-Hariri’s murder, which is expected to indicate Hizbullah as responsible for the crime. It should be noted that the same issues were also the focus of meetings between Saudi King ‘Abdallah, who is Sa’d Al-Hariri’s patron, and President Assad, a Hizbullah ally, held in Damascus on July 29-30, 2010, before a trip by both leaders to Beirut, which was intended to restore calm in Lebanon.
The Iraqi Arena: Muqtada Al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist movement, and Ayyad ‘Allawi, head of the Al-‘Iraqiyya party and candidate for Iraqi prime minister, visited Damascus on July 17-20, 2010, to meet with President Assad and also with Turkish Fo reign
Minister Ahmet Davu
toglu as part of efforts toward forming a government in Iraq. The two Iraqi leaders also met privately.
The Palestinian Arena: Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu met in Damascus with Khaled Mash’al, head of Hamas’ political bureau, apparently to discuss the inter-Palestinian reconciliation.
Following are excerpts from recent articles in the Syrian press on Damascus’ diplomatic activity and pivotal role in the region:
The Countries of the Region Are Coming Back to Damascus
The Syrian and Arab press regarded the diplomatic activity in Damascus as signaling the success of President Assad’s strategic approach, according to which the resolution of regional problems is to be achieved not by external forces but
by local powers alone, with Syria at their head. In an article titled “The Solutions Lie with Us,” As’ad ‘Aboud, editor of the Syrian government daily Al-Thawra, wrote: “…The greatest step [made] today regarding the nations and countries of our region is the return to Damascus. If Damascus’s word had been taken into account from the start, things would not have reached a crisis throughout the region. What is important now is that hope has been restored, and the inclination is [to believe] that ‘solutions to the [region’s] problems will come from the region’s countries, not from abroad.’ This approach, which Syria and Turkey in particular have advocated for years now, provides the broadest access to all possible solutions. These issues are our own, and we can discuss [them] without limitations or restrictions, and reach an understanding without any confusion…”[2]
Columnist Ziad Haydar wrote in a similar vein in an article in the Syrian daily Al-Watan titled “The Region’s Future Is Being Determined in Damascus”: “The activity in Damascus [constitutes] a summit of the region’s leaders or their representatives, intended to shape the [region’s] future and advance its stability, especially in light of the special relationship that exists between Damascus and Ankara and the [relationship that has developed] recently between Damascus and Beirut.
Lebanese Prime Minister Al-Hariri’s successful two-day visit and his three meetings with President Assad made him a new partner in crystallizing the future of the region, far from the pressures exerted on him and on all the Lebanese.
“Davutoglu’s visit [to Damascus] was concurrent with that of Al-Sadr and ‘Allawi, and preceded by that of ‘Ammar Al-Hakim, chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council [of Iraq], who arrival last month. The main purpose of these visits was to discuss the formation of an Iraqi government in Baghdad…
“[These] recent developments must be linked to the [fact that] elements both inside and outside Iraq [attempted] to establish a government there which is [politically] uniform, but failed, and [now] it is expected that the next Iraqi government will be established in Baghdad, but its [makeup] will be determined in Damascus…”[3]
Elie Shalhoub, writing for the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, also pointed to the central role Damascus is playing in the establishment of a new Iraqi government: “In light of failures [to reach an agreement] in Baghdad, and after fissures appeared in the understandings reached in Tehran, it would seem that Assad is holding all the strings [for forming an Iraqi government]…”[4]
The West Will Be Forced to Take Syria’s Diplomatic Activity into Account
Reporting on the intensive diplomatic scene in Damascus, the Syrian press linked Syria’s recent activity to failed attempts by the U.S. and the West to resolve problems in the region. ‘Aboud wrote: “…American incompetence leaves the Iraqis one choice – to reach an internal understanding vis-à-vis their national unity and the [establishment of] a government which represents Iraq’s interests, and [at the same time] to] to turn to the countries of the region, so that improvement of the domestic situation in Iraq be accompanied by the development of [Iraq’s] foreign relations. Due to its incompetence, the U.S. has sent the Palestinians an old senator [i.e. George Mitchell] who has nothing to offer [but] cries of ‘Oh Palestinians, reconcile among yourselves!’
“Lebanon emerged from crisis only after it sought a solution within itself, and at the same time turned to the countries of the region [for assistance]. We are not the ones currently preventing
the outside elements from intervening in our domestic affairs. They [themselves] explicitly declare their inability to propose any solution… We hold our own cards and [have] the solutions to our own problems. We – Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey – all of us…”[5]
Wasim Al-Ahmar, a columnist for the Syrian daily Al-Watan, wrote: “While Paris and Washington are thinking over their initiatives and [considering] with whom to talk and whom to ostracize, this region is witnessing diplomatic activity whose main axis is Damascus and Ankara. The players on the outside will be forced to take this activity into account and maybe even depend on it, [instead of working] outside of it.”[6]
Endnotes:
[1] See MEMRI Inquiry & Analysis Series Report No.583, “Syria Regains Pivotal Regional, Int’l Role – The Triumph of the ‘Course of Resistance,'” January 29, 2010, http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/207/0/3940.htm.
[2] Al-Thawra (Syria), July 20, 2010.
[3] Al-Watan (Syria), July 20, 2010.
[4] Al-Akhbar (Lebanon), July 20, 2010.
[5] Al-Thawra (Syria), July 20, 2010.
[6] Al-Watan (Syria), July 21, 2010.
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Antichrist from the Conquered Lands of Ancient Assyrians
June 7, 2010
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During the time of the writings of Ezekiel, Daniel, Isaiah, and Micah (between 700 and 600 BC) the Assyrian Empire was active from northern Israel into Anatolia (Turkey). The Hittite Empire had slowly crumbled, pushed from the southeast by the Assyrians and from the west by the Phrygians, newly arrived from Thrace. The last Hittite capital at Carchemish fell to the Assyrians in 717 B.C.
I have always believed the Antichrist would come from the land north of Israel from the northern border of Israel to the Black Sea, which today includes Greater Syria (Syria & Lebanon) and Turkey. I have presented Turkey as one of Daniel’s 10 Toes for many years, and occasionally mentioned the possibility that the Antichrist might arise there, but have up until now presented Syria as the best choice for his sudden ascension to power as the little horn of Daniel 7:8. However, the events of the last three years have led me to believe he could arise in Turkey, which is more militarily powerful that any other Islamic country, in my opinion.
I have always believed he would come out of the area occupied by Assyria when Micah wrote his prophecies. The Assyrians drove as far south as Jerusalem before being defeated by God when Hezekiah was King of Judah. I do still believe Greater Syria is the most likely place for his sudden appearance, but I am now also focused on Turkey as well since her dramatic shift into the Islamic radical camp.
SEE WHOLE NUMBERED ARCHIVE PROPHECY UPDATES 62 TO 69
Daniel 7:8 – I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
ARCHIVE PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 66 ON MICAH 5
WHAT IS THE NATIONALITY OF THE ANTICHRIST
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Part 5
May 3, 2003
Micah 5:1-4 – Now gather thyself n troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they sh all smite the judge of Isr
ael with a rod upon the cheek. [2] But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. [3] Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. [4] And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
These verses, exposited in Parts 1 through 4, were written more than 700 years before the birth of Christ. And yet they present: Bethlehem as His birthplace, His rejection as ruler over Israel, His last Passover in the daughter of troops Jerusalem, His head beatings by the troops of Pontius Pilate, Herod, and the High Priest, His rejection as the judge of Israel, His Father’s siege against Israel because of their rejection of the Son (which has lasted some 2000 years), Christ’s temporary rejection of Israel, His Second Advent as Messiah after Israel’s travail of 1260 days in the Negev Wilderness, at which time His brethren will return with Him to the nation of Israel, and the first 1000 years of His eternal kingdom, which phases into the final heaven age when the present earth and heavens pass away.
Micah 5:5 – And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
Now, in verse 5, we find that “this man” will himself “be the peace” because He personally brings it in by Himself when he returns to be “great unto the ends of the earth” for 1000 years. “This man” who brings “the peace” of a thousand years is, of course, Jesus Christ. He is the primary contextual subject from verses 1 through 5. What happens to motivate His return to bring in the millennial reign is the movement of the Assyrian into the land of Israel. It is the final defeat and destruction of “the Assyrian” that will mark Christ’s Second Advent, and the beginning of His millennial reign.
When Micah wrote his prophecies the Assyrians had already driven into the northern Kingdom of Israel, and all that remained of Israel proper was its southern Kingdom of Judah. So what were the borders of the land of Assyria when Micah wrote the fifth chapter of his book? The borders of the Assyrian territory stretched northward from roughly where Ramallah is located in the West Bank to the present day southern border of Turkey, and eastward to the Mediterranean Sea to establish its western limits, then westward across the Euphrates River to the Tigris River north of modern Baghdad in Iraq. Technically, I suppose one might be able to say this future “Assyrian” might come out of southern Turkey, northern Iraq, or Lebanon, but since modern day Syria occupies some 85% of the area covered by the Assyrian empire at the time of Micah’s writings, I am persuaded the Assyrian antichrist will come out of Syria. The possible argument that Micah 5:5 was fulfilled during the old Assyrian invasion of Micah’s day, is thwarted by the context pattern of the four verses before it all still being unfulfilled at the time they were written, and then being linked contextually to verse 5 by “this man,” and “the peace.” Additionally, this argument is smashed by the verse that follows it.
Micah 5:6 – And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
From the time of Micah’s writings to the present day, Israel has never “wasted the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof.” I will exposit specifically on both these locations in Prophecy Update Number 67, Lord willing.
The “Assyrian” of Micah 5:5 is not a European, an American, a Russian, an Eskimo, an Aborigine, an Ethiopian, or a platypus. He is an Assyrian, who becomes chief prince of the land where the descendants of Meshech and Tubal were dwelling when Ezekiel wrote his prophecies.
I will elaborate on this in future updates, Lord willing. The expression involving “seven shepherds and eight principal men” is most assuredly an oft used Hebrew idiom. It was the Hebrew manner of expressing “more than enough.” Seven is the Hebrew word for “complete,” implying “enough,” and when “eight” is added to it, the expression means “more than enough.” When the Assyrian comes into Israel, and treads within its borders north of Beersheba for 1260 days, then Jesus will return to restore peace for 1000 years on this planet. Christ’s Second Advent is accompanied by some 5/6 of the Assyrian’s armies being destroyed by the brightness of His coming. His destruction of the Assyrian and his false prophet will make whatever force Israel is able to muster up in the Negev for the battle of Armageddon “more than enough.”
When the Assyrian sets on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, as the willful King of the North preparing to launch his final attack on Israel at the battle of Armageddon, he will be beyond all help by men and Satan.
I Thessalonians 5:3,4 – For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. [4] But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Ezekiel 38:14-16 – 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.
Zechariah 13:8,9 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. [9] And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
Revelation 12:6 –And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Daniel 11:45 – And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
II Thessalonians 2:8 – And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
Revelation 19:19-21 – And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. [20] And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. [21] And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
Ezekiel 38:22 to 39:2 – And I will plead against him with pestilence 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. [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. [1] Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: [2] And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
Micah 5:5,6 – And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. [6] And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
ASSASSINATION OF RULERS IN ARAB COUNTRIES IS QUITE COMMON AND A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY FOR THE WAY OF THE SUDDEN ARRIVAL OF ANTICHRIST PRIOR TO 2015.
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Iranian Guards general assassinated in Damascus – French sources
DEBKAfile Special Report
May 30, 2010, 8:37 PM (GMT+02:00)
The death of Khalil Sultan, a high-ranking general of the IRGC’s al Qods external terror branch, at his home in the exclusive Damascus district of Al Mezzeh Sunday, May 16 is now revealed by French intelligence and Syrian exile sources in Paris to have been assassination by an unknown hand.
The authorities in Damascus said at the time that the general, whom they described as a rich Syrian businessman, sales agent for the Iranian Kordo automobile manufacturers, was killed in the course of a robbery.
In fact, according to DEBKAfile’s intelligence sources, Sultan ran Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ covert operations in Damascus and Beirut under deep cover. The gang which burst into his luxury villa and gunned him down with automatic rifles removed only documents and laptops, but did not touch valuables, cash or gold.
As Tehran’s top operative for disposing of anti-Iranian elements in Syria and Lebanon, he worked in conjunction with Bashar Assad’s intelligence branches. Their most recent joint project was the roundup of Iranian-Arab exiles from Ahwaz who live in Syria.
Western sources disclose that his death caused deep shock in top Syrian and Iranian government and security circles. His assassins’ success in reaching this top secret agent in the most closely-guarded neighborhood of the capital, seat of Syrian government institutions and domicile of senior officials, has caused Syrian intelligence and the regime as a whole deep embarrassment – particularly after a long series of hits against high-profile Hizballah and Hamas operatives in the Syrian capital’s most secure districts – like the case of Hizballah commander Imad Mughniyeh.
The victim was close to the al Qods Brigades chief Gen. Qassem Suleimeni, who is entrusted with the Islamic Republic’s most hush-hush clandestine operations. French sources stress, on the other hand, that he was also a personal friend of the Iranian general who recently defected to the West. They name him as Gen. Reza Baba Hossein, the first time, DEBKAfile’s sources note, that this Iranian general has been publicly revealed to be a defector to the West.
Sultan’s duties and diverse connections suggest three possible parties may have wanted him dead:
1. More than one foreign element had an interest in sabotaging Iran’s covert activities in Syria and Lebanon and the intelligence partnership between Tehran and Damascus.
2. Syrian opposition exiles in Paris point the finger at their Sunni compatriots who are involved in activities for weakening Iranian and Shiite influence in their country.
3. Sultan’s friendship with the defecting general may have aroused Tehran’s suspicion that he abetted his friend’s escape – or even had contacts in Western intelligence himself – in which case, Iranian intelligence would have no qualms about signing his death warrant
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