As many as eight Americans dead in Afghan attack
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 | Post a comment
At least eight Americans died Wednesday in a suicide bombing at a military base in eastern Afghanistan, US officials said.
UN patrol finds explosives near Lebanon-Israel border
Monday, December 28th, 2009 | Post a comment
BEIRUT — A UN peacekeeping patrol has found large quantities of explosives in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced on Sunday.
Posted by John under: Lebanon,Moving Towards Ezekiel 38-39,Syria and Damascus
Passengers help foil attack on Detroit-bound plane
Saturday, December 26th, 2009 | Post a comment
ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) – An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke – sending passengers scrambling to subdue a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on orders from al-Qaida to blow up the airliner, officials and travelers said.
Posted by John under: Ishmael,Perilous Times
There’s Only One Way to Stop Iran
Thursday, December 24th, 2009 | One comment
PRESIDENT OBAMA should not lament but sigh in relief that Iran has rejected his nuclear deal, which was ill conceived from the start. Under the deal, which was formally offered through the United Nations, Iran was to surrender some 2,600 pounds of lightly enriched uranium (some three-quarters of its known stockpile) to Russia, and the next year get back a supply of uranium fuel sufficient to run its Tehran research reactor for three decades. The proposal did not require Iran to halt its enrichment program, despite several United Nations Security Council resolutions demanding such a moratorium.
Posted by John under: Ishmael,Perplexity
Bethlehem’s exodus
Thursday, December 24th, 2009 | Post a comment
Arab Christians lighting candles at the Church of the Nativity.
Christians flee Muslim pressure
Posted by John under: Hated for His Name's Sake,Ishmael
Israel warns nationals of Al-Qaida abduction threat in Africa
Thursday, December 24th, 2009 | Post a comment
The government’s counterterrorism unit warned Israelis on Wednesday against traveling to a swathe of African countries in which it said Al-Qaida planned to abduct Israeli nationals.
Posted by John under: Israel in the Last Days
Iran’s Ahmadinejad mocks Obama, “TV series” nuke talks
Thursday, December 24th, 2009 | Post a comment
LONDON – Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday mocked U.S. President Barack Obama’s “extended hand” offer made earlier this year and said his country’s cooperation on its nuclear program had been spurned.
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Ahmadinejad dismisses US deadline for nuclear deal
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 | One comment
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s president on Tuesday dismissed a year-end deadline set by the Obama administration and the West for Tehran to accept a U.N.-drafted deal to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel, and claimed his government is now “10 times stronger” than a year ago.
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Police expect Mumbai-style terror attack on City of London
Monday, December 21st, 2009 | 2 comments
Scotland Yard has warned businesses in London to expect a Mumbai-style attack on the capital.
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Iran raises nuclear tension with missile test launch
Thursday, December 17th, 2009 | Post a comment
Iran said today that it had successfully tested an upgraded, long-range missile capable of hitting Israel and US targets in the Gulf, further stoking tensions in the Middle East and prompting a call from Gordon Brown for stricter sanctions.