My Way News - Palestinian kills 4 Israelis on eve of peace talks
My Way News reports: "Palestinian gunmen opened fire Tuesday on an Israeli car in the West Bank and killed four passengers on the eve of a new round of Mideast peace talks in Washington. The Islamic militant group Hamas claimed responsibility."
Comment: Do I think that the coming peace talks represent the "covenant with many" prophecy in the Book of Daniel? No, not at all, and the above report explains why. Israel is negotiating with half of the Palestinians. The other half already voted for war. Hamas, as a political party and as an armed militia, will do everything possible to undermine the peace talks and that is why this round of peace talks is yet another exercise in futility. I share the opinion that many now have that peace will only come after the Psalm 83 war in which Israel defeats the enemies that surround them. Peace will follow victory over Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
My Way News - Dutch: 2 Yemenis from US suspected of terror plot
My Way News reports: "Dutch prosecutors say two Yemeni citizens who arrived in Amsterdam on a flight from the United States are suspects in a conspiracy to commit a terrorist act. Prosecutors said the two men flew in from Chicago on Monday and were bound for Sana'a, the Yemeni capital. They were detained due to information provided by U.S. authorities."
My Way News reports: "Dutch prosecutors say two Yemeni citizens who arrived in Amsterdam on a flight from the United States are suspects in a conspiracy to commit a terrorist act. Prosecutors said the two men flew in from Chicago on Monday and were bound for Sana'a, the Yemeni capital. They were detained due to information provided by U.S. authorities."
My Way News - Petraeus: Afghan concern about Pakistan is legit
My Way News reports: "Earlier, in an interview with NATO TV in Brussels, Petraeus said that Taliban guerrillas still retain the initiative in some parts of Afghanistan despite recent successes by coalition forces. Petraeus said NATO forces had reversed some of the gains the Taliban had made in recent years in the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar and around Kabul."
My Way News reports: "Earlier, in an interview with NATO TV in Brussels, Petraeus said that Taliban guerrillas still retain the initiative in some parts of Afghanistan despite recent successes by coalition forces. Petraeus said NATO forces had reversed some of the gains the Taliban had made in recent years in the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar and around Kabul."
Monday, August 30, 2010
My Way News - Mideast talks reopen under tough conditions
My Way News reports: "The U.S. relaunches Israeli-Palestinian talks this week, its third push over the past decade to solve one of the world's most intractable conflicts - and this time under some of the most difficult conditions yet."
Haaretz - U.S. anticipates 'vigorous process' between Israel, Palestinians
Haaretz reports: "The United States does not expect to achieve a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians in one meeting, but it is looking forward to a 'vigorous process,' State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley said on Monday [...] The Obama administration believes that an agreement can be reached within a one-year time frame. 'That is what our goal is,' Crowley reiterated on Monday."
My Way News reports: "The U.S. relaunches Israeli-Palestinian talks this week, its third push over the past decade to solve one of the world's most intractable conflicts - and this time under some of the most difficult conditions yet."
Haaretz - U.S. anticipates 'vigorous process' between Israel, Palestinians
Haaretz reports: "The United States does not expect to achieve a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians in one meeting, but it is looking forward to a 'vigorous process,' State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley said on Monday [...] The Obama administration believes that an agreement can be reached within a one-year time frame. 'That is what our goal is,' Crowley reiterated on Monday."
My Way News - Iran says it will make fuel for research reactor
My Way News reports: "Iran claimed Monday that it will produce fuel for a research reactor that makes medical isotopes within a year, a project likely to add to Western concerns about the country's nuclear ambitions."
My Way News reports: "Iran claimed Monday that it will produce fuel for a research reactor that makes medical isotopes within a year, a project likely to add to Western concerns about the country's nuclear ambitions."
Haaretz- Despite Israeli protests, Russia won't halt arms sale to Syria
Haaretz reports: "Israel is concerned the projectiles could significantly improve the Syrian military's ability to target its naval ships [...] Jerusalem also fears the more advanced missiles could fall into the hands of Hezbollah, the Syrian- and Iranian-supported Lebanese militia, which would create a significant threat to naval ships in Israeli ports and the Mediterranean Sea."
Haaretz reports: "Israel is concerned the projectiles could significantly improve the Syrian military's ability to target its naval ships [...] Jerusalem also fears the more advanced missiles could fall into the hands of Hezbollah, the Syrian- and Iranian-supported Lebanese militia, which would create a significant threat to naval ships in Israeli ports and the Mediterranean Sea."
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Washington Post - As nationalism rises, will the European Union fall?
According to this Washington Post op-ed: "The European Union is dying -- not a dramatic or sudden death, but one so slow and steady that we may look across the Atlantic one day soon and realize that the project of European integration that we've taken for granted over the past half-century is no more."
Comment: Has the devolution of Europe begun? Many BP commentators follow the traditional interpretation that an expanding E.U. represents an end-time Rome while others believe that the E.U. will fracture into a strong inner-core (perhaps comprised of the ten countries - or kings - that prophecy scholars have been expecting) and a loosely confederated outer-core that will only rejoin later, once the ten demonstrate their success in rebuilding the European dream. I subscribe to the latter interpretation. The E.U. has been very successful at building a community defined by free trade and open borders and that community will survive the coming political changes, providing the underlying base from which a new political structure can emerge after a period of fragmentation. So, while the editorialist can write their epitaph, I would not be so quick to write them off.
According to this Washington Post op-ed: "The European Union is dying -- not a dramatic or sudden death, but one so slow and steady that we may look across the Atlantic one day soon and realize that the project of European integration that we've taken for granted over the past half-century is no more."
Comment: Has the devolution of Europe begun? Many BP commentators follow the traditional interpretation that an expanding E.U. represents an end-time Rome while others believe that the E.U. will fracture into a strong inner-core (perhaps comprised of the ten countries - or kings - that prophecy scholars have been expecting) and a loosely confederated outer-core that will only rejoin later, once the ten demonstrate their success in rebuilding the European dream. I subscribe to the latter interpretation. The E.U. has been very successful at building a community defined by free trade and open borders and that community will survive the coming political changes, providing the underlying base from which a new political structure can emerge after a period of fragmentation. So, while the editorialist can write their epitaph, I would not be so quick to write them off.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
My Way News - Iraq on highest alert for terror attacks
My Way News reports: "Iraq's prime minister put his nation on its highest level of alert for terror attacks, warning of plots to sow fear and chaos as the U.S. combat mission in the country formally ends on Tuesday."
My Way News reports: "Iraq's prime minister put his nation on its highest level of alert for terror attacks, warning of plots to sow fear and chaos as the U.S. combat mission in the country formally ends on Tuesday."
My Way News - Moderate quake kills 3 in Iran's remote northeast
My Way News reports: "Iranian state TV is reporting that three people died in the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that shook the country's remote northeast overnight. Forty others were injured. The quake struck at 11:53 p.m. local time (1923GMT) on Saturday in Semnan province."
My Way News reports: "Iranian state TV is reporting that three people died in the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that shook the country's remote northeast overnight. Forty others were injured. The quake struck at 11:53 p.m. local time (1923GMT) on Saturday in Semnan province."
My Way News - Egyptian police find weapons bound for Gaza
My Way News reports: "An Egyptian security official says police in the Sinai desert have discovered two large caches of weapons that were to be smuggled to Gaza. The find included anti-aircraft weaponry, the official said, but he did not know what type."
My Way News - Thousands rally for release of Israeli soldier
My Way News reports: "Thousands of people rallied outside the Israeli prime minister's residence Saturday, demanding he conclude a deal to secure the release of an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants more than four years ago. The show of support for Staff Sgt. Gilad Schalit, who was seized by Hamas-allied militants inside Israel in a 2006 cross-border raid, comes on the soldier's 24th birthday."
My Way News reports: "An Egyptian security official says police in the Sinai desert have discovered two large caches of weapons that were to be smuggled to Gaza. The find included anti-aircraft weaponry, the official said, but he did not know what type."
My Way News - Thousands rally for release of Israeli soldier
My Way News reports: "Thousands of people rallied outside the Israeli prime minister's residence Saturday, demanding he conclude a deal to secure the release of an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants more than four years ago. The show of support for Staff Sgt. Gilad Schalit, who was seized by Hamas-allied militants inside Israel in a 2006 cross-border raid, comes on the soldier's 24th birthday."
My Way News - EU's Ashton to skip restarted Mideast peace talks
My Way News reports: "The European Union says it will not participate in the U.S.-backed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority due to start on Thursday in Washington. A spokesman for the bloc's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says she will be in Beijing meeting with Chinese leaders at that time. Spokesman Darren Ennis also said 'for the EU as a whole, the focus is on a successful outcome of the talks (and not) on the choreography or who goes to Washington.'"
My Way News reports: "The European Union says it will not participate in the U.S.-backed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority due to start on Thursday in Washington. A spokesman for the bloc's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says she will be in Beijing meeting with Chinese leaders at that time. Spokesman Darren Ennis also said 'for the EU as a whole, the focus is on a successful outcome of the talks (and not) on the choreography or who goes to Washington.'"
My Way News - NKorean leader Kim appears headed home from China
My Way News reports: "North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il apparently headed home after a secretive and surprise trip that reportedly included a meeting with China's top leader to appeal for diplomatic and financial support for a succession plan involving his youngest son."
My Way News - Chinese navy to hold drills in Yellow Sea
My Way News reports: "China said Sunday its navy will stage live-ammunition drills in the Yellow Sea this week, after Beijing condemned recent and planned U.S.-South Korean joint naval exercises there and vowed to respond in kind."
My Way News reports: "North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il apparently headed home after a secretive and surprise trip that reportedly included a meeting with China's top leader to appeal for diplomatic and financial support for a succession plan involving his youngest son."
My Way News - Chinese navy to hold drills in Yellow Sea
My Way News reports: "China said Sunday its navy will stage live-ammunition drills in the Yellow Sea this week, after Beijing condemned recent and planned U.S.-South Korean joint naval exercises there and vowed to respond in kind."
My Way News - Austria reports 2 cases of superbug gene
My Way News reports: "Austria's health ministry is reporting two cases of a new gene that allows bacteria to become a superbug [...] in two people, both of whom are believed to have been infected in hospitals abroad [...] Researchers say the gene - which appears to be circulating widely in India - alters bacteria, making them resistant to nearly all known antibiotics."
My Way News reports: "Austria's health ministry is reporting two cases of a new gene that allows bacteria to become a superbug [...] in two people, both of whom are believed to have been infected in hospitals abroad [...] Researchers say the gene - which appears to be circulating widely in India - alters bacteria, making them resistant to nearly all known antibiotics."
My Way News - Afghan militants in US uniforms storm 2 NATO bases
My Way News reports: "U.S. and Afghan troops repelled attackers wearing American uniforms and suicide vests in a pair of simultaneous assaults before dawn Saturday on NATO bases near the Pakistani border, including one where seven CIA employees died in a suicide attack last year."
My Way News reports: "U.S. and Afghan troops repelled attackers wearing American uniforms and suicide vests in a pair of simultaneous assaults before dawn Saturday on NATO bases near the Pakistani border, including one where seven CIA employees died in a suicide attack last year."
Reuters - Turkey industry min says Iran projects continue
Reuters reports: "Turkey's Industry and Trade Minister Nihat Ergun told NTV broadcaster that joint projects with Iran were continuing and that these would not be affected by United Nations and United States' sanctions on Iran."
Reuters reports: "Turkey's Industry and Trade Minister Nihat Ergun told NTV broadcaster that joint projects with Iran were continuing and that these would not be affected by United Nations and United States' sanctions on Iran."
Friday, August 27, 2010
JPost - France wants EU seat at Mideast peace talks
The Jerusalem Post reports: "France wants the European Union to have a seat at the table during next week's start of US-backed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in Washington. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said it would be 'too bad' if the EU were locked out — noting the bloc's political involvement in the region and its role as a top contributor of financial aid to the Palestinians."
The Jerusalem Post reports: "France wants the European Union to have a seat at the table during next week's start of US-backed peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in Washington. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said it would be 'too bad' if the EU were locked out — noting the bloc's political involvement in the region and its role as a top contributor of financial aid to the Palestinians."
JPost - Israel ready to destroy LAF in 4 hours
The Jerusalem Post reports: "The US warned Lebanon that if it did not prevent any recurrence of the border-fire incident that occurred earlier this month, the IDF would destroy the Lebanese Armed Forces within four hours, Israel Radio cited a report by Lebanese newspaper A-Liwaa on Friday."
The Jerusalem Post reports: "The US warned Lebanon that if it did not prevent any recurrence of the border-fire incident that occurred earlier this month, the IDF would destroy the Lebanese Armed Forces within four hours, Israel Radio cited a report by Lebanese newspaper A-Liwaa on Friday."
My Way News - Iran sentences opposition leader's aide to 5 years
My Way News reports: "Iran has sentenced more than 80 opposition figures from among over a 100 who were put on a mass trial following the disputed 2009 vote, which the opposition says Ahmadinejad won through massive vote fraud. Ten death sentences have been handed down so far. Other sentences range from six months to 15 years in prison."
My Way News reports: "Iran has sentenced more than 80 opposition figures from among over a 100 who were put on a mass trial following the disputed 2009 vote, which the opposition says Ahmadinejad won through massive vote fraud. Ten death sentences have been handed down so far. Other sentences range from six months to 15 years in prison."
My Way News - Looking at lessons that can be learned from Iraq
My Way News reports: "They are different wars in different regions, with different challenges. But as the war in Iraq winds down, there is a lot the U.S. military can learn and apply to Afghanistan, from how to deal with contractors to when to draw down troops."
My Way News reports: "They are different wars in different regions, with different challenges. But as the war in Iraq winds down, there is a lot the U.S. military can learn and apply to Afghanistan, from how to deal with contractors to when to draw down troops."
My Way News - UN: 1 million more displaced by Pakistan floods
My Way News reports: "Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis fled floodwaters Friday after the surging River Indus smashed through levees in two places [...] More than 8 million people are in need of emergency assistance across the country."
My Way News reports: "Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis fled floodwaters Friday after the surging River Indus smashed through levees in two places [...] More than 8 million people are in need of emergency assistance across the country."
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