The Ahmadinejad Plague Expands

Syria, Lebanon host Iranian troops, Qatar also willing

DEBKAfile Special Report

Iran further consolidated its anti-US coalition and honed its hard edge against Israel this week with two important defense treaties signed with Syria (covering Lebanon) and Qatar, home to the biggest US air base outside America. These treaties opened doors for Iranian troops to be stationed in all three countries.

According to debkafile's military sources, they are already present in Syria and Lebanon. On this high note, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Syrian president Bashar Assad and Hizballah chief Hassan Nasrallah, Thursday, Feb. 25, wound up their talks in Damascus - to which Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal was co-opted - on joint military preparations for a Middle East war. That day too, Israel completed a five-day command exercise against a possible four-front assault by the Tehran-led coalition.
Our sources reveal that after his talks, the Shiite Iranian president made the extraordinary gesture towards the Arab countries he is wooing by attending a two-hour prayer session with Assad at a Sunni mosque in Damascus. Asked about his Shiite sensitivities, Ahmad said, "We are all one Ummah."

Together with Nasrallah, the pair later appeared before the press to scoff at US policies, celebrate their friendship and predict Israel's early annihilation, the day after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a U.S. Senate subcommittee the United States had recently urged Syria to "begin to move away" from Iran following the appointment of its first ambassador to Damascus in five years. Ultimately, she said, the United States expects Assad to curb his ties with Iran and his support for militant groups like the Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Hamas, based in the Gaza Strip. Assad drew laughs when he told the correspondents that he and Ahmadinejad had just signed "a separation accord, but because of a bad translation "we ended up signing an accord scrapping visas.

(It doesn't sound to me like Hillary Clinton is taken seriously. I know I don't.)

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In Israeli Calls a Hard Look at Reality: War is Coming!

This Op-Ed piece from the Jerusalem Post speaks for itself. No commentary needed.

The Winds of Middle East War

By MICHAEL FREUND 24/02/2010 22:31
Israel needs to draw more attention to the saber-rattling of our neighbors, and highlight their more violent recent rhetoric.

Something is stirring in the Middle East. The winds of war are blowing, picking up speed with each passing day, and the threat to Israel is growing steadily more alarming.All around us, trouble - major trouble - appears to be brewing, and it is time we open our eyes and confront the dangers that may lie ahead.

From Beirut and Damascus in the north to Teheran in the east, and back to Gaza in the south, the "arc of hate" surrounding the Jewish state is speaking openly and brazenly of conflict and destruction.Israel's foes have launched increasingly fiery verbal volleys in recent weeks, in what appears to be a coordinated campaign to heighten tensions in the region.

With pressure mounting on Iran over its nuclear program, and the threat of stricter sanctions in the air, Israel needs to be on guard and alert.Consider the following. On February 3, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem brashly told reporters: "Don't test the determination of Syria, you Israelis. You know that war this time would move to your cities." Even among Israel's detractors in the Western media, Muallem's remarks caused a stir, with ABC News noting that, "The threatening language implied Syria would be willing and able to target Israeli population centers with long-range missiles in a conflict. It was the first time such a threat had been made."That very same day, Muallem's boss, Syrian President Bashar Assad, also turned up the heat, saying that Israel is "pushing the region toward war".

On February 16, Hizbullah thug-in-chief Hassan Nasrallah made similar threats, taking Muallem and Assad's rhetoric one step further by warning that Israel's infrastructure and cities would be targeted in the event of war."If you hit Dahiyeh, we will hit Tel Aviv. If you strike Martyr Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, we'll strike your Ben-Gurion airport in Tel Aviv," he said, adding that, " If you hit our ports, we will hit your ports. If you attack our refineries, we'll attack your refineries. If you bomb our factories, we'll bomb your factories." Two days later, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke with Nasrallah by telephone and reportedly encouraged him to make sure that Hizbullah is ready for a confrontation with Israel.

The tyrant of Teheran told Nasrallah that, "this readiness must be at a level that they [the Zionists] will be finished off and the region will be rid of them forever." And earlier this week, in an address broadcast live Tuesday on Iranian state television, Ahmadinejad again vowed to destroy Israel, saying that, "If these criminals make the mistake again, the regional countries need to eradicate them once and for all."

IT IS easy, and somewhat tempting, to dismiss all this as more of the same hate-filled harangues which our neighbors frequently like to hurl our way. But a report the other day in the Saudi newspaper Okaz would seem to belie such wishful thinking. According to the paper, Ahmadinejad will soon visit Damascus to meet with Assad, Nasrallah and Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal.

In light of the brazen threats being made against Israel by the participants, such a convocation starts to look more like a council of war, rather than just another routine gathering of terror chieftains. Indeed, on January 31, US National Security Adviser James Jones warned that Iran might very well choose to lash out at Israel in the coming months. Speaking to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Jones said, "When regimes are feeling pressure, as Iran is internally and will externally in the near future, it often lashes out through its surrogates, including, in Iran's case, Hizbullah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. As pressure on the regime in Teheran builds over its nuclear program," he said, "there is a heightened risk of further attacks against Israel." This turn of events should give us all pause.After all, back in 2006, Iran provoked the outbreak of war in Lebanon to send a message to Israel and the US and divert attention from its nuclear progress. They might very well now be planning Act 2, viewing this as their trump card in order to prevent an attack on their nuclear installations.

It is therefore essential that the Jewish state take steps to confront such a dire possibility. This means moving aggressively to impede weapons shipments to terrorists in places such as Gaza, shutting down their supply routes and maintaining the closure of the area.In the public sphere, Israel needs to draw more attention to the saber-rattling of our neighbors, and highlight their progressively more violent rhetoric. For if the threat of war continues to mount, and diplomacy fails to defuse it, then the government may end up with no choice but to consider preemptive measures. The Second Lebanon War showed us the perils inherent in indecisiveness and delay, and we dare not allow our foes once again to dictate the rules or timing of future conflicts.
It is therefore essential that international pressure be brought to bear on Damascus and Teheran to cease and desist from driving the region toward greater instability.Our enemies may leave us with no choice but to fight, and we should hope and pray this will not be the case. The last thing anyone wants or needs is another conflict in this part of the world.Either way, we had better awaken from our slumber now, and prepare ourselves for the challenges that may lie ahead.The way the winds are currently blowing, the storm might very well be just around the corner.

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It is More than Just Talk

An eagle was soaring over the church when I pulled up this morning. The sight was awe inspiring. "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles..." mmm What a pleasant thought that has an element of excitement at the same time. Have you ever thought of what it would feel like to fly? You know, to soar above the daily grind...to tuck your wings and dive toward the earth until your heart felt like it was beating in your ears...to swoop into a wind current and let it do all the work? I shiver at the thought, especially as I think about when, someday soon, the Lord will pull back the curtain that shrouds this dark world and our eyes will be fully opened. What a day that will be! Do you suppose we'll fly?

Thank the Lord we can soar spiritually right now. He restores us in flight----DAILY! This is a good thing, because thick, dark clouds are billowing on the horizon! The talk of war is heating up,and there doesn't seem to be any way out. As I have mentioned several times in these blogs, Lebanon will side with the terrorist group known as Hezbollah should war break out with Israel.
How do we know for sure? Read Psalm 83 and you will see the names of ancient people group (Gebal) that settled in what is today Lebanon. You will also see the ancient capital of the land, Tyre.

Hariri: We'll stand with Hizbullah

BY AP AND JPOST.COM STAFF 10/02/2010 05:52

Lebanese prime minister says Israel is escalating tensions on the border.
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Wednesday voiced concern about "escalating" Israeli war threats, and said his government will support the Hizbullah if a new war breaks out with the Jewish state."We hear a lot of Israeli threats day in and day out," Hariri said in an interview posted on the BBC's Web site Wednesday. "Every day we have Israeli warplanes entering Lebanese airspace. This is something that is escalating, and this is something that is really dangerous."Hariri, who leads a fragile national unity government that includes two Hizbullah ministers said that Lebanon would unite in the event of a fresh conflict with Israel."I think [the Israelis] are betting that there might be some division in Lebanon, if there is a war against us," Hariri said. "There won't be a division in Lebanon. We will stand against Israel. We will stand with our own people."Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman brushed aside the Lebanese leader's warning."As prime minister, he's simply a hostage of Hizbullah, which has veto power in his Cabinet," Lieberman told Army Radio.Asked whether there might be a new war involving Lebanon and Syria, Lieberman said: "I very much hope not.""We have no interest in heating up the fronts with any of our neighbors. At the same time, we won't be a punching bag. And we won't shrug off vitriol that's directed at Israel," he said.Lebanon's president warned Israel Tuesday that a war against Lebanon would be "no picnic."Last week, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem accused Israel of "spreading an atmosphere of war" in the region after Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned that the stalled peace process with Syria could result in an all-out regional war.Moallem warned Israelis that "a war at this time will be transferred to your cities."Lieberman said the Syrians "crossed a red line" and warned Syria its army would be defeated and its regime would collapse in a future conflict.

Let your spirit soar above the mess by going deep in the Word and being steadfast in prayer. While you are at it, pray for the Lord to call to both Jews and Arabs in these terrible days. He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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Preparing for War

The lull hanging over Southern Israeli Command is only temporary. Over the last week a new, though sporadic wave of Kassam rockets and mortars have been fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip. The response by the IDF was to send F-16 fighter aircraft into the Strip with the intent on destroying tunnels that move these weapons across the Egyptian border and into Gaza.

The question is how long will Israel wait before it launches a more concentrated attack? And when they do, how will they prevent a widening of the conflict? Lebanon and Hezbollah have rearmed. Syria has taken the opportunity to reposition its forces. And what about Iran, Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia? These nations are all listed in the Psalm 83 prophecy as being destroyed by Israel. Listen to the words of one of Israel's top commanders as he assesses the situation.

'Another War with Hamas is Inevitable'

By JPOST.COM STAFF

Just over a year after IDF Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip, former OC Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Yom Tov Samia on Sunday predicted that another war with Hamas was practically inevitable and would take place in the near future.


"We are before another round in Gaza," Samia told Army Radio in an interview. "I am very skeptical about the possibility that Hamas will suddenly surrender or change its ways without being hit much more seriously than it was during Cast Lead."
Israel must carry out "a more focused strike with long-lasting results" the former commander said, and advised that the in the next war, the army should take control of certain areas in Gaza so that Hamas understands its own actions have lead to this loss.
"We must create a situation in which Hamas runs out of oxygen," Samia told the radio station.
Samia went on to say that Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas the Fatah movement have virtually no supporters in the Gaza Strip. They are "certainly very weak or almost non existent in the Strip. For Abu Mazen (Abbas), the best chance at returning to power is taking a serious, significant and critical step that would drive Hamas out of power," Samia said.
Samia's remarks came days after OC Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Yoav Galant warned on Wednesday that the quiet in Israel's South may be temporary.

"It's true that we are after the first rains and the sun is shining - but one can see dark clouds in the distance," Galant said during a tour with heads of regional councils marking a year since Operation Cast Lead.
However, Galant stressed that the IDF was training and preparing to face the trouble ahead, and added that "civilians are rightly preparing themselves for another round of fighting."
In related news, Hamas on Friday boasted that it had managed to smuggle new types of weapons into the Gaza Strip despite the blockade, and published photographs of some of the arms it allegedly obtained.
Izz al-Din al- Kassam Brigades published photographs of newly acquired weapons including missiles with a double warhead, 107-mm caliber missiles designed to penetrate fortified structures, and a new type of armor-piercing RPG missile.

Once again, 2010 really stands to be an interesting, if not pivotal year in prophecy. Stay Tuned!

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