LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Mayor of Adam terrorist’s village condemns attack, pleads to spare family’s home-Kobar Mayor Izzat Badwan says he was surprised to learn 17-year-old Mohammed Yousef carried out lethal settlement stabbing, says he was a 'shy' boy-By Adam Rasgon-TOI-JUL 30,18
In a rare move, the leader of a West Bank village on Friday condemned the acts of 17-year-old resident Mohammed Yousef, who carried out a deadly terror attack in a Jewish settlement the previous day.On Thursday evening Yousef stabbed three residents of the Adam settlement, killing 31-year-old Yotam Ovadia and wounding two others, before he was shot dead, according to the IDF.Ezzat Badwan, the mayor of Kobar near Ramallah, where Yousef lived with his family, said: “I believe that these [actions] are not correct nor humane. I will never support killing civilians. It is unacceptable and against international, religious and human customs.”He also urged the IDF not to demolish Yousef’s home, as is common practice by Israel in response to attacks.“His parents and siblings had nothing to do with what he did. They do not deserve to pay the price for the actions of one of their family members,” he said. He added that the family was relatively poor and would likely struggle to find funds to rebuild its home if it is demolished.Early Friday morning the IDF took measurements of the Yousef family’s home, a military spokeswoman said. The army generally carries out measurements of homes in advance of demolishing them, she said, without clarifying if a decision had been made to knock down the family’s residence.Local groups or factions sometimes collect funds to assist Palestinian families whose homes were demolished, to help them rebuild, but according to Jeff Halper, the head of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions, this is a rare occurrence, and most families are left to fend for themselves.Badwan added that he was surprised to learn that Yousef had carried out the stabbing attack.“I would often see him walking around Kobar,” he said. “I would say hello to him and he would be too shy to respond. It is hard to understand how someone so shy would do what he did.”Kobar was also the hometown of Omar al-Abed, the terrorist who in July 2017 murdered three Israelis during a home invasion and stabbing attack in the settlement of Halamish. Abed was shot during the attack and arrested. His family’s home was razed in the aftermath.Israeli authorities are looking into a possible connection between the two terrorists.
Settlement in shock after father-of-two Yotam Ovadia killed in terror attack-Ahead of Friday afternoon funeral, Ovadia's uncle recalls how his nephew would stop by his parents' home every day after work before entering his own house down the street-By Jacob Magid-TOI-JUL 30,18
ADAM, West Bank — The father of Yotam Ovadia, who was killed in a stabbing attack in the central West Bank settlement of Adam, sat on a stoop outside of his home Friday morning in a daze.Friends stopped by to console 66-year-old Avraham Ovadia, but he didn’t seem focused enough to respond to any of them. The lit cigarette wedged between his fingers burn down, unsmoked.“He’s in complete shock,” said Avraham’s brother Yaakov. “His only son. He lost his only son.”Yaakov said that his brother had lost both his parents and three siblings in recent years.“After he got the terrible news last night that his son didn’t make it, he told me, ‘I thought it was supposed to be me who was next.'”Yotam’s uncle recalled how his nephew would stop by his parents’ home every day after work before entering his own house down the street.The 31-year-old had been on his way to their house when he was attacked.“Yotam was supposed to pick up ingredients for a romantic dinner he had prepared for his wife in honor of Tu B’av,” his uncle said, referring to the Jewish Valentine’s Day.The deadly incident took place at approximately 9 p.m. Thursday evening.According to authorities, Mohammad Tareq Yousef, 17, from the village of Kobar near Ramallah further north in the West Bank, climbed over the settlement’s security fence and walked deeper into the settlement, crossing a playground area. Reaching a quiet residential street on the edge of the community, Yousef saw 31-year-old Yotam Ovadia and stabbed him repeatedly in the upper torso.Daniel Nadav, an across the street neighbor, heard the screams and left his house to find the source of the commotion. Coming down from the steps of his home, he saw Ovadia covered in blood, collapsing to the ground.As he recalled the experience for The Times of Israel, Nadav pointed to the blood-stained spot on the street where his neighbor had fallen.“At this point, the terrorist saw that he had a new target and started moving toward me,” Nadav recalled.The Adam resident said he gave Yousef a kick to the chest that threw the attacker several feet backward.“The terrorist did the math and realized he’d have better luck with someone else,” Nadav said.As Yousef turned around and spotted another resident half a block away, Nadav’s daughter called the police hysterically to report what she had seen from the family’s window.During that time, Yousef stabbed a second victim in the upper body. The 58-year-old was rushed to a hospital in serious condition. He was upgraded to moderate after doctors managed to stabilize him later that evening.Neighbor Asaf Reviv had left his house to put a number of belongings inside of his car when he heard the shouts of the first two stabbings as well as Yousef’s skirmish with Nadav.“At first I thought it was some sort of fight that had broken out,” the 41-year-old father-of-three said Friday.“Then a teenager started approaching me. I asked him what had happened, but he didn’t respond,” Reviv said. “When I saw all the blood all over his shirt, I understood.”But before he could react, Yousef had already drawn the knife back out from under his clothes and stabbed Reviv once in the soldier.“Luckily I had a gun in my bag with me at the time. I cocked my weapon and fired once at his upper body,” the 41-year-old recalled.The bullet pierced the terrorist’s shoulder from roughly ten feet away, but Yousef continued to advance toward Reviv. The Adam resident responded with three more bullets that killed the 17-year-old assailant.Reviv was transferred to the hospital for treatment of his shoulder wound, and was released later Thursday night.The father of three said that even before Thursday’s incident, he did not let his children play in the street as is common in many smaller communities throughout Israel and even the West Bank.Asked how he was explaining what had happened to his kids, Reviv said that he kept the details relatively vague as his oldest son is just 7 years old.Babar Vanunu, chairman of the Adam secretariat, said the entire community is in utter shock from the incident.“Despite all the stigmas, this is a quiet community. The attack unfolded on the quietest of streets as well,” he said.While there was an attempted car-ramming attack outside the community of roughly 7,000 last year, this was the first time a resident had been killed inside the settlement.Vanunu said a team of psychiatrists convened Friday morning and they will be meeting with each child in the community.The secretariat chairman said that the settlement has an approved master plan to expand the community by 1,000 homes.“We expect the government to advance this project. That is the true Zionist response to this barbaric act,” he said.Outside Avraham Ovadia’s home, neighbors were helping set up a mourning tent that will be used to host consoling guests over the next week.As the Adam residents rushed in and out of the home, lugging dozens of chairs and prayer books, the father remained sitting on the stoop in front with the same blank look on his face.A group of young boys walked by, hoping to console Ovadia ahead of his son’s funeral, but his vanquished look appeared to have scared them off.While saying that none of them knew the bereaved father personally, “we still wanted to tell him that we’re sorry and that we’re here for him,” said one of them.
Report: US asked Israel to free terror suspect in deal for pastor held in Turkey-Trump threatens sanctions after Erdogan releases Andrew Brunson to house arrest after reneging on reported deal; Turkish citizen was held on suspicion of smuggling for Hamas-By TOI staff-JUL 30,18
Israel released a Turkish citizen held for smuggling funds to Hamas as part of a deal between Washington and Istanbul to free an American pastor detained in Turkey for the past 18 months, according to a Thursday report.US President Donald Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to release Ebru Ozkan as part of a deal he had agreed with Turkey to gain the release of Andrew Brunson, reported the Washington Post.Hebrew-language media reported on Friday that Israel officials confirmed Trump called Netanyahu asking him to release Ozkan.The Post said the deal with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was personally sealed by Trump and that in exchange for Ozkan’s release, Turkey would free Brunson.However, on Wednesday, rather than free the jailed pastor, a Turkish court ordered him released to house arrest. On Thursday, after a phone call with Erdogan which the Post described as “rancorous,” Trump threatened to impose sanctions on the NATO ally.According to the report, Trump phoned Netanyahu from Scotland on July 14 to discuss “security and diplomatic issues arising from regional developments, chiefmost among them, of course, Syria and Iran.”However, during the conversation he also asked the prime minister to free Ozkan, held by Israel for allegedly transferring money to Hamas operatives last month.On July 15 Ozkan was released and sent back to Turkey.Following her release Ozkan was met by reporters as she landed in Istanbul, and specifically thanked Erdogan for securing her freedom, according to the Turkish outlet Daily Sabah. After thanking the president she added, “He was kind enough to be very interested in my case.”The indictment against Ozkan accused her of smuggling objects, including perfume and a phone charger, as well as $500 into Israel and then the West Bank in the service of members of the Hamas terror group. She was charged on four separate counts.Brunson served as pastor of Izmir Resurrection Church, a small Protestant congregation, and has lived in Turkey for 23 years. He was detained by Turkish forces in the aftermath of the failed July 2016 coup, The indictment against him contends he worked to convert Kurds to Christianity in order to sow discord in Turkey.On July 18 a Turkish court rejected appeals to free Brunson, setting the next hearing for October.Trump lambasted the move on Twitter, saying Brunson was “being persecuted in Turkey for no reason.”Pastor Andrew Brunson, a fine gentleman and Christian leader in the United States, is on trial and being persecuted in Turkey for no reason. They call him a Spy, but I am more a Spy than he is. Hopefully he will be allowed to come home to his beautiful family where he belongs!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 18, 2018-Then on Wednesday the court decided to release the pastor to house arrest. The decision was welcomed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, though he warned it wasn’t enough.We welcome long overdue news that Pastor Brunson has been moved from prison to house arrest in #Turkey, but it is not enough. We have seen no credible evidence against Mr. Brunson, and call on Turkish authorities to resolve his case immediately in a transparent and fair manner. pic.twitter.com/So2A4hfinZ— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) July 25, 2018-But shortly afterwards, first Vice President Mike Pence, and then Trump, threatened sanctions against Turkey if Brunson wasn’t freed, an apparent response to what they saw as a violation of the deal.The United States will impose large sanctions on Turkey for their long time detainment of Pastor Andrew Brunson, a great Christian, family man and wonderful human being. He is suffering greatly. This innocent man of faith should be released immediately!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2018-Trump prides himself on being a deal-maker, and often speaks of his skills as a negotiator.There was no further comment from Jerusalem and no official word from Washington.Erdogan had previously linked Brunson’s return to the US to the extradition of cleric Fethullah Gulen, the cleric Turkey’s government holds responsible for a failed military coup.Gulen, who denies orchestrating the coup attempt, lives in Pennsylvania. Turkish requests for his arrest and extradition have not been granted.More than 77,000 people were arrested across Turkey after the government declared a state of emergency following the failed coup. The crackdown has targeted journalists, activists, and opposition figures.Brunson rejected evidence against him during a recent hearing, according to Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency.“I believe in and support Turkey’s territorial integrity,” he told the court. “I forgive those who lie and bear false witness against me.”
Trump readying to strike Iran, Australian government sources reported to say-Prime Minister Turnbull rejects claim, says 'no reason' to believe attack, which sources said would use Australian and UK intelligence, is imminent-By TOI staff-JUL 30,18
US President Donald Trump may have plans to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities as early as next month, senior Australian government sources said, according to a Thursday report, though Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he had “no reason” to believe a strike was imminent.Sources said that Australian and British intelligence services would be involved in identifying targets for a strike, Australia’s ABC news reported.However, the sources told the paper that Australia would not actively participate in an attack on Iran.“Developing a picture is very different to actually participating in a strike,” a source told ABC.“Providing intelligence and understanding as to what is happening on the ground so that the Government and allied governments are fully informed to make decisions is different to active targeting,” he said.Turnbull appeared to reject the report, saying it was “speculation” and he had “no reason” to believe a strike was imminent.“I saw a story today claiming that on the ABC, and citing senior Australian government sources,” he said. “It’s speculation, it is citing anonymous sources.”He said that the ABC report information did not come from any of the relevant senior government officials.“President Trump has made his views very clear to the whole world, but this story … has not benefited from any consultation with me, the Foreign Minister, the Defense Minister or the Chief of the Defense Force,” he said.Australia and the UK partner with the US in the “Five Eyes” intelligence program, along with Canada and New Zealand, though the latter are unlikely to play any role in an attack on Iran, the sources told ABC.On Sunday Trump issued an intense warning against Tehran, threatening that it would “suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever seen before.”To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2018-The response came after Rouhani earlier Sunday issued his own warning to the US leader not to “play with the lion’s tail,” saying that conflict with Iran would be the “mother of all wars.”However, Trump tempered the threat Tuesday, saying “we’re ready to make a real deal” with Iran.The back-and-forth came after the Trump administration withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal forged under former President Barack Obama.The move sets in motion a renewal of sanctions against the Islamic Republic that were removed once the landmark accord was implemented in January 2016.Those sanctions are now set to be reimposed in November, causing more than 50 international firms to exit the Iranian market, according to State Department policy and planning director Brian Hook.Eric Cortellessa and Associated Press contributed to this report.
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
West Nile-carrying mosquitoes present in Ottawa, OPH says-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-July 30, 2018
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is asking residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites while outdoors, after the agency found the West Nile virus in local mosquitoes.West Nile is a mosquito-transmitted virus that can be transferred to humans through a bite from an infected insect. In a small number of cases, the infection can cause serious illness.There has been no reported, confirmed or probable human cases of the virus in Ottawa in 2018, OPH said in a news release issued Thursday. In Ontario, as of July 21, there have been two reported human cases this year.Last year, there were 20 confirmed or probable human cases reported in Ottawa, and 147 confirmed or probable human cases in Ontario.How to protect yourself If stung, most people will not develop symptoms, but about 20 per cent may experience flu-like symptoms, including fever, headache, muscle aches and possibly a rash, the agency said.The more serious illnesses, which occur in less than one per cent of infections, invade the central nervous system. People with weakened immune systems and the elderly face a higher risk of developing a severe illness.Ottawa Public Health is asking residents to protect themselves and their families by applying mosquito repellent containing DEET or icaridin to exposed skin and clothing, and wearing light-coloured, tightly woven, loose-fitting clothing, including long pants, a long-sleeved shirt, shoes and socks, to protect exposed skin.Residents should also be cautious about leaving objects outside homes that can hold water, which mosquitoes can lay their eggs in, the agency said.
We suspect arson, Greek minister says of wildfire-[Reuters]-By Michele Kambas and Karolina Tagaris-YAHOONEWS-July 30, 2018
MATI, Greece (Reuters) - Greece said on Thursday it suspected arson was behind a devastating forest fire which killed at least 83 people and turned the small town of Mati east of Athens into a wasteland of death and destruction.In one of the worst Greek disasters in living memory, Monday night's blaze trapped dozens of people in their cars trying to flee a barreling wall of flames."We have serious indications and significant signs suggesting the criminal actions of arson," Civil Protection Minister Nikos Toskas told a news conference. He said police had testimonies to that effect, but did not elaborate.Reuters reported on Wednesday that police were investigating how the fire started from three different locations at the same time, on a day when a second major fire was raging west of the Greek capital.With the toll from Greece's deadliest wildfire in decades expected to rise further, about 300 firemen and volunteers were still combing the area on Thursday for dozens still missing.In a nation numbed by the scale of devastation, desperate relatives appeared on television to plead for information on those missing, while questions mounted on how people got trapped, and why no evacuation order was issued."This shouldn't have happened, people perished for no reason," a tearful woman shouted at Defense Minister Panos Kammenos as he visited the town and nearby fire-ravaged areas. "You left us at God's mercy!"One woman was still looking for her sister. "Nothing happened to her car, the house was not burned, so where is she?" Maria Sarieva said. "I believe she is alive. Where are they? They went somewhere. Where could they be?"BLOCKED EXITS-Haphazard and unlicensed building - a known feature of many areas across Greece - was also blamed. Many routes to the beach were walled off."How is it possible to have so many lives lost and not investigate who is responsible for such town planning chaos?" said Infrastructure Minister Christos Spirtzis.Adding to the misery, an area of Athens was hit by flash floods on Thursday, damaging scores of cars.Outside the coroner's service in Athens, the mood was grim as relatives of victims arrived to submit information and blood samples which could assist identifications."This is a difficult process, more difficult than other mass disasters we have dealt with," said coroner Nikolaos Kalogrias, adding that the bodies of most of the victims were completely charred.About 500 homes were destroyed, and the fire brigade said there were closed-up homes that had not yet been checked.The left-led government announced a long list of relief measures including a one-off 10,000 euro payment and a job in the public sector for victims' spouses and near relatives. But for many, that was not enough to ease the pain."A drop in the ocean," read the front page of newspaper Ta Nea.The fire broke out on Monday at 4:57 p.m. and spread rapidly through Mati, which lies less than 30 km (17 miles) east of Athens and was popular with local tourists.Firefighters described a rapid change in the direction of the wind, which also picked up speed, and some suggested the thick covering of pine trees and a mood of panic was a deadly combination that would have been hard to combat.(Additional reporting by Alkis Konstantinidis and Renee Maltezou; Writing by Michele Kambas; editing by David Evans)
Expulsion order carried out for group of Hasidic Jews north of Montreal-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-July 30, 2018
MONTREAL — Most of the young, Hasidic Jewish men who were court-ordered out of homes they were renting in Quebec's Laurentian Mountains had left as of Thursday night, said the town's mayor.Denis Chalifoux of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts said he had little choice but to obtain a court injunction ordering the roughly 50 young men from the homes after consecutive summers of complaints by residents claiming they were making noise late into the night."They sing songs and play drums — it's a party," Chalifoux said in an interview. "And it's already two summers that it's happening. They don't respect the rules."He said the court order stipulated the young men had until Thursday at 5 p.m. to leave.The group was renting a couple of homes belonging to members of a Hasidic sect called Lev Tahor, said Alex Werzberger, a member of a Hasidic community in Montreal whose grandson works in Sainte-Agathe.Members of Lev Tahor had become the subject of a youth-protection investigation in Quebec over allegations of neglect and child abuse before the community fled to Chatham, Ont., in 2013. The sect, totalling about 200 members, left shortly before some of them were due to appear in front of a Quebec judge for a hearing to ensure child welfare officials had regular access to their children.Werzberger said the Lev Tahor-owned homes were rented and being used as a dormitory and as a private, all-boys school for the summer.The boys — from different parts of Canada and the U.S. — may have been a little "rambunctious," Werzberger said, but he added he doesn't believe they made enough noise to warrant an expulsion order."Boys will be boys," he said.Chalifoux said the Lev Tahor sect left behind about 20 buildings in the community when it moved to Ontario in 2013. Some of the homes were sold by the city to recoup back-taxes, while others were seized by financial institutions.A small number of the homes were still owned by members of the sect — two of which were being used by the newer residents in violation of zoning regulations, Chalifoux explained.Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts and several villages in the Laurentians are home to various Jewish communities, some of whom have been the victims of hate crimes over the years.In 2012, vandals broke into about 15 of 50 homes owned by Jewish people in the neighbouring town of Val-Morin. The vandals damaged houses and spray-painted swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti on the Jewish-owned properties."I know that a member of the community has accused the city of anti-Semitism but that's absolutely not true," said Chalifoux. "The Jewish community has been in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts for 100 years," he said.In general, relations are friendly between the region's Jewish communities and non-Jewish residents, Chalifoux said.The mayor said most of the young men had already left as of Thursday afternoon, and a city employee would pass by Friday morning to make sure the court order had been respected.Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press.
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Imran Khan wins Pakistan vote but no majority, official figures show-Rival party vows to contest results in court, claiming military manipulated the campaign in former cricket star's favor-By Sajjad TARAKZAI-JUL 30,18
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) — Cricket hero Imran Khan has swept to an emphatic victory in a disputed Pakistan election, official figures showed Friday, but without a majority he will need to enter a coalition to take power in the nuclear-armed country.The pivotal election has been branded “Pakistan’s dirtiest,” after widespread claims in the months leading up to the vote that the powerful military was trying to fix the playing field in Khan’s favor.Rival parties, including the outgoing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), have alleged “blatant” rigging over the vote count. The PML-N, which claims it was the target of the military manipulation, has vowed to fight the results in court.But for now Khan’s victory represents an end to decades of rotating leadership between the PML-N and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) that was punctuated by periods of military rule.The Election Commission (ECP) said Friday that with only a handful of seats left to count, Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) enjoys a strong lead with 115 seats, and will be the biggest party in parliament.The count indicates PTI will not achieve the 137 seats needed in the National Assembly to form a majority government in its own right.Analysts had long predicted that if Khan took power it would have to be via coalition — but the size of his lead still took many by surprise, and helped fuel suspicion over vote rigging.But analyst Ayesha Siddiqa said observers may have underestimated the depth of feeling among Pakistan’s growing middle class.“This is a middle class revolution,” Siddiqa told AFP.“Remember they grew up on this narrative of a corrupt Pakistan being damaged and needing a new leadership… In all this hue and cry, we didn’t notice there is another Pakistan there that wanted this change.”Khan campaigned on promises to end widespread graft while building an “Islamic welfare state.”Now the former World Cup cricket champion will have to try to form a coalition government with independents and smaller parties, a task analysts said should be straightforward.“That will not be a problem… The independents know that the establishment is inclined toward Imran Khan,” retired general and analyst Talat Masood told AFP, using a word widely understood in Pakistan to mean the military.The vote was meant to be a rare democratic transition in the Muslim country, which has been ruled by the powerful army for roughly half its history, but was marred by violence and allegations of military interference.The ECP issued the results after being under fire for delays in vote-counting after polls closed. They dismissed the hold-up as a technical glitch.The “scale of procedural irregularities during the voting process was relatively low,” a Pakistani election observer group, the Free And Fair Election Network (FAFEN), said in its preliminary assessment Friday.The group, which said it observed 37,001 of the more than 85,000 polling stations across the country, noted there were irregularities that need to be addressed, but that it expected the ECP to “allay the concerns of major political parties over the integrity of results.”International observers from the European Union and the Commonwealth are due to give their preliminary assessments of the vote later Friday.Khan claimed victory in a wide-ranging address to the nation Thursday.“We were successful and we were given a mandate,” he said from his home in the capital Islamabad.He vowed to tackle corruption that was “eating our country like a cancer” and touched on promises to balance relations with the US that would be “beneficial” for both countries.Khan also said he was open to a sit-down with arch-rival India to discuss ongoing disputes in the divided Himalayan territory of Kashmir, which is claimed in full by both nations.Khan will face myriad challenges including militant extremism, an economic crisis with speculation that Pakistan will have to seek a bailout from the International Monetary Fund, water shortages, and a booming population negating growth in the developing country, among others.He will also have to contend with the same issue as many of his predecessors: maintaining civil-military relations.“The civil government has to generally improve its performance,” said Masood, suggesting that could help reverse the army’s long-held enmity towards corrupt governments.In the West, Khan is typically seen through the prism of his celebrity and high-profile romances, but at home he cuts a more conservative persona as a devout Muslim who believes feminism has degraded motherhood.Known in Pakistan as “Taliban Khan” for his calls to hold talks with insurgents, he increasingly catered to religious hardliners during the campaign — particularly over the hugely inflammatory charge of blasphemy — spurring fears his leadership could embolden extremists.
Chemical weapons attack simulation at CFB Suffield underway-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-JUL 30, 2018
It's about being better prepared to respond to horrific events like a chemical weapons attack in a war zone, and a lot more, says a Canadian Forces spokesperson at CFB Suffield."Sadly, we have seen stuff that happens in Syria, in other countries," Maj. Christian Lepage told reporters."We are prepared for a broad variety of scenarios: Afghanistan, the G7 summit, the flooding in the West, the fires in British Columbia."The 15th annual NATO chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training exercise gives close to 400 military and medical personnel from 10 member countries the skills needed to respond to a range of incidents, including stabilizing patients who have been contaminated."They don't know what they are facing," Lepage said of those being trained."They are going to use the detection equipment and all their knowledge in order to be able to detect, to try to have an idea what is going on. They are going to take samples, send them to labs and they are going to get a more precise idea of what the substance is doing. A physician needs to identify what is going on, look at the patient, the symptoms, before making a judgment."CFB Suffield in southeast Alberta is perfect for training like this. In fact, it's the only area approved for it by the federal government."For security reasons, we need vast space to be able to do business. This centre is the only place in Canada that has been mandated by the government to be able to host live-agent training and do that type of research. We don't want to create a threat that is transmittable and difficult to treat. All the substances are used under really strict rules in order to protect everyone."But no one is actually exposed to chemicals. It's about preparation."We are not contaminating people for real," Lepage said. "We are trying to be all encompassing, all potential threats."The training has been offered to about 4,000 NATO personnel over the past 15 years.This year's three weeks of training ends Friday.
While Toronto mass shooter was ending lives, this doctor was saving them-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-July 30, 2018
Dr. Najma Ahmed was getting ready for bed on Sunday evening when a text message lit up her phone.She wouldn't really sleep for another three days.Ahmed, the acting medical director at St. Michael's Hospital, was quickly thrust into the aftermath of one of the worst mass shootings Toronto has ever seen.Five patients who were wounded in Faisal Hussain's deadly rampage on the Danforth were rushed to St. Michael's that night, including three who underwent "immediate life-saving surgery."In the coming hours, Ahmed would operate on all three. Much of the focus has been on the victims who lost their lives, and rightfully so, she says — but those who survived the shooting will endure months of painful rehabilitation, too."It changes your life, and you're never the same," she told CBC News from an operating room at the hospital, a place she calls "a home."At the outset, details about the incident were hazy. Police say the crack of bullets started echoing in Greektown at around 10 p.m.Ahmed was the hospital's on-call backup surgeon at the time. All she knew was this was a "code orange" — some sort of mass casualty event.But as she neared the hospital and saw the lines of police cars and ambulances, it quickly became clear that this was something bigger than the usual car crash or stabbing."I had the sense it was going to be a tough night, and something catastrophic had happened in the city," she said.Injuries pile up-It had. The 29-year-old shooter had wandered down the Danforth, indiscriminately firing. Witnesses described sheer chaos, as bloodied victims ran for their lives.Reese Fallon, 18, and Julianna Kozis, 10, were both killed. Thirteen others were hurt.A police source told CBC News that Hussain killed himself following an exchange of gunfire with officers.In the aftermath, Sunnybrook and Michael Garron Hospital were similarly swamped with patients. Dr. Dan Cass, Sunnybrook's executive vice president and chief medical executive, said there was a scramble to clear the emergency room and make space for new patients.But Ahmed didn't understand the sheer scope of what had happened when she arrived at the hospital. She just immediately started triaging patients.While tending to the wounded on stretchers, she realized one person needed emergency surgery, and rushed him into the operating room.It wasn't until 4 a.m. on Monday that she fully understood the entire city was in mourning.The mood at the hospital that night was incredibly serious, she said. Everyone was on the same sort of unspoken wavelength — pull together and save as many lives as possible."Every single person I saw that night, I saw that in their eyes," she said.'It's kind of soul crushing'-St. Michael's is no stranger to trauma patients. The hospital routinely sees people involved in shootings, stabbings, and catastrophic car wrecks.But this incident was different, Ahmed said."Because it was in the heart of the city, and the loss of life was so tragic … it's kind of soul crushing."Hussain's motives are still largely unclear. ISIS used an online post on Wednesday to claim responsibility for Sunday's attack, but police say they have "no evidence" to corroborate that link. ISIS did not provide any evidence to support its claim.It's not lost on Ahmed that she is a doctor who happens to be Muslim, treating victims of an attack that has sparked much anti-Muslim rhetoric. Though she appreciates people commending her work, she's downplaying her importance."Lots of people on Earth, regardless of their faith or their religion — or even if they don't have faith in a god — get up every day and go about their business and try to make the world a better place. I'm just one of those billions of people. I just happen to be in the business of saving lives."Shooting survivor Danielle Kane was treated by Ahmed. Family spokesperson Byron Abalos told CBC News that Ahmed saved Kane's life."I know that she is a Muslim woman and I know that there is sometimes backlash against the Muslim community because of the shooter, and I think it's important personally that we all recognize that one person does not represent the entire community," Abalos said.In spite of Sunday's tragedy, Ahmed is convinced that the city's spirit will endure."Toronto is a city with heart and soul, as we've demonstrated. Its citizens rise whenever there is a challenge."adam.carter@cbc.ca
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Mayor of Adam terrorist’s village condemns attack, pleads to spare family’s home-Kobar Mayor Izzat Badwan says he was surprised to learn 17-year-old Mohammed Yousef carried out lethal settlement stabbing, says he was a 'shy' boy-By Adam Rasgon-TOI-JUL 30,18
In a rare move, the leader of a West Bank village on Friday condemned the acts of 17-year-old resident Mohammed Yousef, who carried out a deadly terror attack in a Jewish settlement the previous day.On Thursday evening Yousef stabbed three residents of the Adam settlement, killing 31-year-old Yotam Ovadia and wounding two others, before he was shot dead, according to the IDF.Ezzat Badwan, the mayor of Kobar near Ramallah, where Yousef lived with his family, said: “I believe that these [actions] are not correct nor humane. I will never support killing civilians. It is unacceptable and against international, religious and human customs.”He also urged the IDF not to demolish Yousef’s home, as is common practice by Israel in response to attacks.“His parents and siblings had nothing to do with what he did. They do not deserve to pay the price for the actions of one of their family members,” he said. He added that the family was relatively poor and would likely struggle to find funds to rebuild its home if it is demolished.Early Friday morning the IDF took measurements of the Yousef family’s home, a military spokeswoman said. The army generally carries out measurements of homes in advance of demolishing them, she said, without clarifying if a decision had been made to knock down the family’s residence.Local groups or factions sometimes collect funds to assist Palestinian families whose homes were demolished, to help them rebuild, but according to Jeff Halper, the head of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions, this is a rare occurrence, and most families are left to fend for themselves.Badwan added that he was surprised to learn that Yousef had carried out the stabbing attack.“I would often see him walking around Kobar,” he said. “I would say hello to him and he would be too shy to respond. It is hard to understand how someone so shy would do what he did.”Kobar was also the hometown of Omar al-Abed, the terrorist who in July 2017 murdered three Israelis during a home invasion and stabbing attack in the settlement of Halamish. Abed was shot during the attack and arrested. His family’s home was razed in the aftermath.Israeli authorities are looking into a possible connection between the two terrorists.
Settlement in shock after father-of-two Yotam Ovadia killed in terror attack-Ahead of Friday afternoon funeral, Ovadia's uncle recalls how his nephew would stop by his parents' home every day after work before entering his own house down the street-By Jacob Magid-TOI-JUL 30,18
ADAM, West Bank — The father of Yotam Ovadia, who was killed in a stabbing attack in the central West Bank settlement of Adam, sat on a stoop outside of his home Friday morning in a daze.Friends stopped by to console 66-year-old Avraham Ovadia, but he didn’t seem focused enough to respond to any of them. The lit cigarette wedged between his fingers burn down, unsmoked.“He’s in complete shock,” said Avraham’s brother Yaakov. “His only son. He lost his only son.”Yaakov said that his brother had lost both his parents and three siblings in recent years.“After he got the terrible news last night that his son didn’t make it, he told me, ‘I thought it was supposed to be me who was next.'”Yotam’s uncle recalled how his nephew would stop by his parents’ home every day after work before entering his own house down the street.The 31-year-old had been on his way to their house when he was attacked.“Yotam was supposed to pick up ingredients for a romantic dinner he had prepared for his wife in honor of Tu B’av,” his uncle said, referring to the Jewish Valentine’s Day.The deadly incident took place at approximately 9 p.m. Thursday evening.According to authorities, Mohammad Tareq Yousef, 17, from the village of Kobar near Ramallah further north in the West Bank, climbed over the settlement’s security fence and walked deeper into the settlement, crossing a playground area. Reaching a quiet residential street on the edge of the community, Yousef saw 31-year-old Yotam Ovadia and stabbed him repeatedly in the upper torso.Daniel Nadav, an across the street neighbor, heard the screams and left his house to find the source of the commotion. Coming down from the steps of his home, he saw Ovadia covered in blood, collapsing to the ground.As he recalled the experience for The Times of Israel, Nadav pointed to the blood-stained spot on the street where his neighbor had fallen.“At this point, the terrorist saw that he had a new target and started moving toward me,” Nadav recalled.The Adam resident said he gave Yousef a kick to the chest that threw the attacker several feet backward.“The terrorist did the math and realized he’d have better luck with someone else,” Nadav said.As Yousef turned around and spotted another resident half a block away, Nadav’s daughter called the police hysterically to report what she had seen from the family’s window.During that time, Yousef stabbed a second victim in the upper body. The 58-year-old was rushed to a hospital in serious condition. He was upgraded to moderate after doctors managed to stabilize him later that evening.Neighbor Asaf Reviv had left his house to put a number of belongings inside of his car when he heard the shouts of the first two stabbings as well as Yousef’s skirmish with Nadav.“At first I thought it was some sort of fight that had broken out,” the 41-year-old father-of-three said Friday.“Then a teenager started approaching me. I asked him what had happened, but he didn’t respond,” Reviv said. “When I saw all the blood all over his shirt, I understood.”But before he could react, Yousef had already drawn the knife back out from under his clothes and stabbed Reviv once in the soldier.“Luckily I had a gun in my bag with me at the time. I cocked my weapon and fired once at his upper body,” the 41-year-old recalled.The bullet pierced the terrorist’s shoulder from roughly ten feet away, but Yousef continued to advance toward Reviv. The Adam resident responded with three more bullets that killed the 17-year-old assailant.Reviv was transferred to the hospital for treatment of his shoulder wound, and was released later Thursday night.The father of three said that even before Thursday’s incident, he did not let his children play in the street as is common in many smaller communities throughout Israel and even the West Bank.Asked how he was explaining what had happened to his kids, Reviv said that he kept the details relatively vague as his oldest son is just 7 years old.Babar Vanunu, chairman of the Adam secretariat, said the entire community is in utter shock from the incident.“Despite all the stigmas, this is a quiet community. The attack unfolded on the quietest of streets as well,” he said.While there was an attempted car-ramming attack outside the community of roughly 7,000 last year, this was the first time a resident had been killed inside the settlement.Vanunu said a team of psychiatrists convened Friday morning and they will be meeting with each child in the community.The secretariat chairman said that the settlement has an approved master plan to expand the community by 1,000 homes.“We expect the government to advance this project. That is the true Zionist response to this barbaric act,” he said.Outside Avraham Ovadia’s home, neighbors were helping set up a mourning tent that will be used to host consoling guests over the next week.As the Adam residents rushed in and out of the home, lugging dozens of chairs and prayer books, the father remained sitting on the stoop in front with the same blank look on his face.A group of young boys walked by, hoping to console Ovadia ahead of his son’s funeral, but his vanquished look appeared to have scared them off.While saying that none of them knew the bereaved father personally, “we still wanted to tell him that we’re sorry and that we’re here for him,” said one of them.
Report: US asked Israel to free terror suspect in deal for pastor held in Turkey-Trump threatens sanctions after Erdogan releases Andrew Brunson to house arrest after reneging on reported deal; Turkish citizen was held on suspicion of smuggling for Hamas-By TOI staff-JUL 30,18
Israel released a Turkish citizen held for smuggling funds to Hamas as part of a deal between Washington and Istanbul to free an American pastor detained in Turkey for the past 18 months, according to a Thursday report.US President Donald Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to release Ebru Ozkan as part of a deal he had agreed with Turkey to gain the release of Andrew Brunson, reported the Washington Post.Hebrew-language media reported on Friday that Israel officials confirmed Trump called Netanyahu asking him to release Ozkan.The Post said the deal with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was personally sealed by Trump and that in exchange for Ozkan’s release, Turkey would free Brunson.However, on Wednesday, rather than free the jailed pastor, a Turkish court ordered him released to house arrest. On Thursday, after a phone call with Erdogan which the Post described as “rancorous,” Trump threatened to impose sanctions on the NATO ally.According to the report, Trump phoned Netanyahu from Scotland on July 14 to discuss “security and diplomatic issues arising from regional developments, chiefmost among them, of course, Syria and Iran.”However, during the conversation he also asked the prime minister to free Ozkan, held by Israel for allegedly transferring money to Hamas operatives last month.On July 15 Ozkan was released and sent back to Turkey.Following her release Ozkan was met by reporters as she landed in Istanbul, and specifically thanked Erdogan for securing her freedom, according to the Turkish outlet Daily Sabah. After thanking the president she added, “He was kind enough to be very interested in my case.”The indictment against Ozkan accused her of smuggling objects, including perfume and a phone charger, as well as $500 into Israel and then the West Bank in the service of members of the Hamas terror group. She was charged on four separate counts.Brunson served as pastor of Izmir Resurrection Church, a small Protestant congregation, and has lived in Turkey for 23 years. He was detained by Turkish forces in the aftermath of the failed July 2016 coup, The indictment against him contends he worked to convert Kurds to Christianity in order to sow discord in Turkey.On July 18 a Turkish court rejected appeals to free Brunson, setting the next hearing for October.Trump lambasted the move on Twitter, saying Brunson was “being persecuted in Turkey for no reason.”Pastor Andrew Brunson, a fine gentleman and Christian leader in the United States, is on trial and being persecuted in Turkey for no reason. They call him a Spy, but I am more a Spy than he is. Hopefully he will be allowed to come home to his beautiful family where he belongs!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 18, 2018-Then on Wednesday the court decided to release the pastor to house arrest. The decision was welcomed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, though he warned it wasn’t enough.We welcome long overdue news that Pastor Brunson has been moved from prison to house arrest in #Turkey, but it is not enough. We have seen no credible evidence against Mr. Brunson, and call on Turkish authorities to resolve his case immediately in a transparent and fair manner. pic.twitter.com/So2A4hfinZ— Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) July 25, 2018-But shortly afterwards, first Vice President Mike Pence, and then Trump, threatened sanctions against Turkey if Brunson wasn’t freed, an apparent response to what they saw as a violation of the deal.The United States will impose large sanctions on Turkey for their long time detainment of Pastor Andrew Brunson, a great Christian, family man and wonderful human being. He is suffering greatly. This innocent man of faith should be released immediately!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2018-Trump prides himself on being a deal-maker, and often speaks of his skills as a negotiator.There was no further comment from Jerusalem and no official word from Washington.Erdogan had previously linked Brunson’s return to the US to the extradition of cleric Fethullah Gulen, the cleric Turkey’s government holds responsible for a failed military coup.Gulen, who denies orchestrating the coup attempt, lives in Pennsylvania. Turkish requests for his arrest and extradition have not been granted.More than 77,000 people were arrested across Turkey after the government declared a state of emergency following the failed coup. The crackdown has targeted journalists, activists, and opposition figures.Brunson rejected evidence against him during a recent hearing, according to Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency.“I believe in and support Turkey’s territorial integrity,” he told the court. “I forgive those who lie and bear false witness against me.”
Trump readying to strike Iran, Australian government sources reported to say-Prime Minister Turnbull rejects claim, says 'no reason' to believe attack, which sources said would use Australian and UK intelligence, is imminent-By TOI staff-JUL 30,18
US President Donald Trump may have plans to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities as early as next month, senior Australian government sources said, according to a Thursday report, though Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he had “no reason” to believe a strike was imminent.Sources said that Australian and British intelligence services would be involved in identifying targets for a strike, Australia’s ABC news reported.However, the sources told the paper that Australia would not actively participate in an attack on Iran.“Developing a picture is very different to actually participating in a strike,” a source told ABC.“Providing intelligence and understanding as to what is happening on the ground so that the Government and allied governments are fully informed to make decisions is different to active targeting,” he said.Turnbull appeared to reject the report, saying it was “speculation” and he had “no reason” to believe a strike was imminent.“I saw a story today claiming that on the ABC, and citing senior Australian government sources,” he said. “It’s speculation, it is citing anonymous sources.”He said that the ABC report information did not come from any of the relevant senior government officials.“President Trump has made his views very clear to the whole world, but this story … has not benefited from any consultation with me, the Foreign Minister, the Defense Minister or the Chief of the Defense Force,” he said.Australia and the UK partner with the US in the “Five Eyes” intelligence program, along with Canada and New Zealand, though the latter are unlikely to play any role in an attack on Iran, the sources told ABC.On Sunday Trump issued an intense warning against Tehran, threatening that it would “suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever seen before.”To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2018-The response came after Rouhani earlier Sunday issued his own warning to the US leader not to “play with the lion’s tail,” saying that conflict with Iran would be the “mother of all wars.”However, Trump tempered the threat Tuesday, saying “we’re ready to make a real deal” with Iran.The back-and-forth came after the Trump administration withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal forged under former President Barack Obama.The move sets in motion a renewal of sanctions against the Islamic Republic that were removed once the landmark accord was implemented in January 2016.Those sanctions are now set to be reimposed in November, causing more than 50 international firms to exit the Iranian market, according to State Department policy and planning director Brian Hook.Eric Cortellessa and Associated Press contributed to this report.
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
West Nile-carrying mosquitoes present in Ottawa, OPH says-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-July 30, 2018
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is asking residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites while outdoors, after the agency found the West Nile virus in local mosquitoes.West Nile is a mosquito-transmitted virus that can be transferred to humans through a bite from an infected insect. In a small number of cases, the infection can cause serious illness.There has been no reported, confirmed or probable human cases of the virus in Ottawa in 2018, OPH said in a news release issued Thursday. In Ontario, as of July 21, there have been two reported human cases this year.Last year, there were 20 confirmed or probable human cases reported in Ottawa, and 147 confirmed or probable human cases in Ontario.How to protect yourself If stung, most people will not develop symptoms, but about 20 per cent may experience flu-like symptoms, including fever, headache, muscle aches and possibly a rash, the agency said.The more serious illnesses, which occur in less than one per cent of infections, invade the central nervous system. People with weakened immune systems and the elderly face a higher risk of developing a severe illness.Ottawa Public Health is asking residents to protect themselves and their families by applying mosquito repellent containing DEET or icaridin to exposed skin and clothing, and wearing light-coloured, tightly woven, loose-fitting clothing, including long pants, a long-sleeved shirt, shoes and socks, to protect exposed skin.Residents should also be cautious about leaving objects outside homes that can hold water, which mosquitoes can lay their eggs in, the agency said.
We suspect arson, Greek minister says of wildfire-[Reuters]-By Michele Kambas and Karolina Tagaris-YAHOONEWS-July 30, 2018
MATI, Greece (Reuters) - Greece said on Thursday it suspected arson was behind a devastating forest fire which killed at least 83 people and turned the small town of Mati east of Athens into a wasteland of death and destruction.In one of the worst Greek disasters in living memory, Monday night's blaze trapped dozens of people in their cars trying to flee a barreling wall of flames."We have serious indications and significant signs suggesting the criminal actions of arson," Civil Protection Minister Nikos Toskas told a news conference. He said police had testimonies to that effect, but did not elaborate.Reuters reported on Wednesday that police were investigating how the fire started from three different locations at the same time, on a day when a second major fire was raging west of the Greek capital.With the toll from Greece's deadliest wildfire in decades expected to rise further, about 300 firemen and volunteers were still combing the area on Thursday for dozens still missing.In a nation numbed by the scale of devastation, desperate relatives appeared on television to plead for information on those missing, while questions mounted on how people got trapped, and why no evacuation order was issued."This shouldn't have happened, people perished for no reason," a tearful woman shouted at Defense Minister Panos Kammenos as he visited the town and nearby fire-ravaged areas. "You left us at God's mercy!"One woman was still looking for her sister. "Nothing happened to her car, the house was not burned, so where is she?" Maria Sarieva said. "I believe she is alive. Where are they? They went somewhere. Where could they be?"BLOCKED EXITS-Haphazard and unlicensed building - a known feature of many areas across Greece - was also blamed. Many routes to the beach were walled off."How is it possible to have so many lives lost and not investigate who is responsible for such town planning chaos?" said Infrastructure Minister Christos Spirtzis.Adding to the misery, an area of Athens was hit by flash floods on Thursday, damaging scores of cars.Outside the coroner's service in Athens, the mood was grim as relatives of victims arrived to submit information and blood samples which could assist identifications."This is a difficult process, more difficult than other mass disasters we have dealt with," said coroner Nikolaos Kalogrias, adding that the bodies of most of the victims were completely charred.About 500 homes were destroyed, and the fire brigade said there were closed-up homes that had not yet been checked.The left-led government announced a long list of relief measures including a one-off 10,000 euro payment and a job in the public sector for victims' spouses and near relatives. But for many, that was not enough to ease the pain."A drop in the ocean," read the front page of newspaper Ta Nea.The fire broke out on Monday at 4:57 p.m. and spread rapidly through Mati, which lies less than 30 km (17 miles) east of Athens and was popular with local tourists.Firefighters described a rapid change in the direction of the wind, which also picked up speed, and some suggested the thick covering of pine trees and a mood of panic was a deadly combination that would have been hard to combat.(Additional reporting by Alkis Konstantinidis and Renee Maltezou; Writing by Michele Kambas; editing by David Evans)
Expulsion order carried out for group of Hasidic Jews north of Montreal-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-July 30, 2018
MONTREAL — Most of the young, Hasidic Jewish men who were court-ordered out of homes they were renting in Quebec's Laurentian Mountains had left as of Thursday night, said the town's mayor.Denis Chalifoux of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts said he had little choice but to obtain a court injunction ordering the roughly 50 young men from the homes after consecutive summers of complaints by residents claiming they were making noise late into the night."They sing songs and play drums — it's a party," Chalifoux said in an interview. "And it's already two summers that it's happening. They don't respect the rules."He said the court order stipulated the young men had until Thursday at 5 p.m. to leave.The group was renting a couple of homes belonging to members of a Hasidic sect called Lev Tahor, said Alex Werzberger, a member of a Hasidic community in Montreal whose grandson works in Sainte-Agathe.Members of Lev Tahor had become the subject of a youth-protection investigation in Quebec over allegations of neglect and child abuse before the community fled to Chatham, Ont., in 2013. The sect, totalling about 200 members, left shortly before some of them were due to appear in front of a Quebec judge for a hearing to ensure child welfare officials had regular access to their children.Werzberger said the Lev Tahor-owned homes were rented and being used as a dormitory and as a private, all-boys school for the summer.The boys — from different parts of Canada and the U.S. — may have been a little "rambunctious," Werzberger said, but he added he doesn't believe they made enough noise to warrant an expulsion order."Boys will be boys," he said.Chalifoux said the Lev Tahor sect left behind about 20 buildings in the community when it moved to Ontario in 2013. Some of the homes were sold by the city to recoup back-taxes, while others were seized by financial institutions.A small number of the homes were still owned by members of the sect — two of which were being used by the newer residents in violation of zoning regulations, Chalifoux explained.Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts and several villages in the Laurentians are home to various Jewish communities, some of whom have been the victims of hate crimes over the years.In 2012, vandals broke into about 15 of 50 homes owned by Jewish people in the neighbouring town of Val-Morin. The vandals damaged houses and spray-painted swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti on the Jewish-owned properties."I know that a member of the community has accused the city of anti-Semitism but that's absolutely not true," said Chalifoux. "The Jewish community has been in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts for 100 years," he said.In general, relations are friendly between the region's Jewish communities and non-Jewish residents, Chalifoux said.The mayor said most of the young men had already left as of Thursday afternoon, and a city employee would pass by Friday morning to make sure the court order had been respected.Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press.
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Imran Khan wins Pakistan vote but no majority, official figures show-Rival party vows to contest results in court, claiming military manipulated the campaign in former cricket star's favor-By Sajjad TARAKZAI-JUL 30,18
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) — Cricket hero Imran Khan has swept to an emphatic victory in a disputed Pakistan election, official figures showed Friday, but without a majority he will need to enter a coalition to take power in the nuclear-armed country.The pivotal election has been branded “Pakistan’s dirtiest,” after widespread claims in the months leading up to the vote that the powerful military was trying to fix the playing field in Khan’s favor.Rival parties, including the outgoing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), have alleged “blatant” rigging over the vote count. The PML-N, which claims it was the target of the military manipulation, has vowed to fight the results in court.But for now Khan’s victory represents an end to decades of rotating leadership between the PML-N and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) that was punctuated by periods of military rule.The Election Commission (ECP) said Friday that with only a handful of seats left to count, Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) enjoys a strong lead with 115 seats, and will be the biggest party in parliament.The count indicates PTI will not achieve the 137 seats needed in the National Assembly to form a majority government in its own right.Analysts had long predicted that if Khan took power it would have to be via coalition — but the size of his lead still took many by surprise, and helped fuel suspicion over vote rigging.But analyst Ayesha Siddiqa said observers may have underestimated the depth of feeling among Pakistan’s growing middle class.“This is a middle class revolution,” Siddiqa told AFP.“Remember they grew up on this narrative of a corrupt Pakistan being damaged and needing a new leadership… In all this hue and cry, we didn’t notice there is another Pakistan there that wanted this change.”Khan campaigned on promises to end widespread graft while building an “Islamic welfare state.”Now the former World Cup cricket champion will have to try to form a coalition government with independents and smaller parties, a task analysts said should be straightforward.“That will not be a problem… The independents know that the establishment is inclined toward Imran Khan,” retired general and analyst Talat Masood told AFP, using a word widely understood in Pakistan to mean the military.The vote was meant to be a rare democratic transition in the Muslim country, which has been ruled by the powerful army for roughly half its history, but was marred by violence and allegations of military interference.The ECP issued the results after being under fire for delays in vote-counting after polls closed. They dismissed the hold-up as a technical glitch.The “scale of procedural irregularities during the voting process was relatively low,” a Pakistani election observer group, the Free And Fair Election Network (FAFEN), said in its preliminary assessment Friday.The group, which said it observed 37,001 of the more than 85,000 polling stations across the country, noted there were irregularities that need to be addressed, but that it expected the ECP to “allay the concerns of major political parties over the integrity of results.”International observers from the European Union and the Commonwealth are due to give their preliminary assessments of the vote later Friday.Khan claimed victory in a wide-ranging address to the nation Thursday.“We were successful and we were given a mandate,” he said from his home in the capital Islamabad.He vowed to tackle corruption that was “eating our country like a cancer” and touched on promises to balance relations with the US that would be “beneficial” for both countries.Khan also said he was open to a sit-down with arch-rival India to discuss ongoing disputes in the divided Himalayan territory of Kashmir, which is claimed in full by both nations.Khan will face myriad challenges including militant extremism, an economic crisis with speculation that Pakistan will have to seek a bailout from the International Monetary Fund, water shortages, and a booming population negating growth in the developing country, among others.He will also have to contend with the same issue as many of his predecessors: maintaining civil-military relations.“The civil government has to generally improve its performance,” said Masood, suggesting that could help reverse the army’s long-held enmity towards corrupt governments.In the West, Khan is typically seen through the prism of his celebrity and high-profile romances, but at home he cuts a more conservative persona as a devout Muslim who believes feminism has degraded motherhood.Known in Pakistan as “Taliban Khan” for his calls to hold talks with insurgents, he increasingly catered to religious hardliners during the campaign — particularly over the hugely inflammatory charge of blasphemy — spurring fears his leadership could embolden extremists.
Chemical weapons attack simulation at CFB Suffield underway-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-JUL 30, 2018
It's about being better prepared to respond to horrific events like a chemical weapons attack in a war zone, and a lot more, says a Canadian Forces spokesperson at CFB Suffield."Sadly, we have seen stuff that happens in Syria, in other countries," Maj. Christian Lepage told reporters."We are prepared for a broad variety of scenarios: Afghanistan, the G7 summit, the flooding in the West, the fires in British Columbia."The 15th annual NATO chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training exercise gives close to 400 military and medical personnel from 10 member countries the skills needed to respond to a range of incidents, including stabilizing patients who have been contaminated."They don't know what they are facing," Lepage said of those being trained."They are going to use the detection equipment and all their knowledge in order to be able to detect, to try to have an idea what is going on. They are going to take samples, send them to labs and they are going to get a more precise idea of what the substance is doing. A physician needs to identify what is going on, look at the patient, the symptoms, before making a judgment."CFB Suffield in southeast Alberta is perfect for training like this. In fact, it's the only area approved for it by the federal government."For security reasons, we need vast space to be able to do business. This centre is the only place in Canada that has been mandated by the government to be able to host live-agent training and do that type of research. We don't want to create a threat that is transmittable and difficult to treat. All the substances are used under really strict rules in order to protect everyone."But no one is actually exposed to chemicals. It's about preparation."We are not contaminating people for real," Lepage said. "We are trying to be all encompassing, all potential threats."The training has been offered to about 4,000 NATO personnel over the past 15 years.This year's three weeks of training ends Friday.
While Toronto mass shooter was ending lives, this doctor was saving them-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-July 30, 2018
Dr. Najma Ahmed was getting ready for bed on Sunday evening when a text message lit up her phone.She wouldn't really sleep for another three days.Ahmed, the acting medical director at St. Michael's Hospital, was quickly thrust into the aftermath of one of the worst mass shootings Toronto has ever seen.Five patients who were wounded in Faisal Hussain's deadly rampage on the Danforth were rushed to St. Michael's that night, including three who underwent "immediate life-saving surgery."In the coming hours, Ahmed would operate on all three. Much of the focus has been on the victims who lost their lives, and rightfully so, she says — but those who survived the shooting will endure months of painful rehabilitation, too."It changes your life, and you're never the same," she told CBC News from an operating room at the hospital, a place she calls "a home."At the outset, details about the incident were hazy. Police say the crack of bullets started echoing in Greektown at around 10 p.m.Ahmed was the hospital's on-call backup surgeon at the time. All she knew was this was a "code orange" — some sort of mass casualty event.But as she neared the hospital and saw the lines of police cars and ambulances, it quickly became clear that this was something bigger than the usual car crash or stabbing."I had the sense it was going to be a tough night, and something catastrophic had happened in the city," she said.Injuries pile up-It had. The 29-year-old shooter had wandered down the Danforth, indiscriminately firing. Witnesses described sheer chaos, as bloodied victims ran for their lives.Reese Fallon, 18, and Julianna Kozis, 10, were both killed. Thirteen others were hurt.A police source told CBC News that Hussain killed himself following an exchange of gunfire with officers.In the aftermath, Sunnybrook and Michael Garron Hospital were similarly swamped with patients. Dr. Dan Cass, Sunnybrook's executive vice president and chief medical executive, said there was a scramble to clear the emergency room and make space for new patients.But Ahmed didn't understand the sheer scope of what had happened when she arrived at the hospital. She just immediately started triaging patients.While tending to the wounded on stretchers, she realized one person needed emergency surgery, and rushed him into the operating room.It wasn't until 4 a.m. on Monday that she fully understood the entire city was in mourning.The mood at the hospital that night was incredibly serious, she said. Everyone was on the same sort of unspoken wavelength — pull together and save as many lives as possible."Every single person I saw that night, I saw that in their eyes," she said.'It's kind of soul crushing'-St. Michael's is no stranger to trauma patients. The hospital routinely sees people involved in shootings, stabbings, and catastrophic car wrecks.But this incident was different, Ahmed said."Because it was in the heart of the city, and the loss of life was so tragic … it's kind of soul crushing."Hussain's motives are still largely unclear. ISIS used an online post on Wednesday to claim responsibility for Sunday's attack, but police say they have "no evidence" to corroborate that link. ISIS did not provide any evidence to support its claim.It's not lost on Ahmed that she is a doctor who happens to be Muslim, treating victims of an attack that has sparked much anti-Muslim rhetoric. Though she appreciates people commending her work, she's downplaying her importance."Lots of people on Earth, regardless of their faith or their religion — or even if they don't have faith in a god — get up every day and go about their business and try to make the world a better place. I'm just one of those billions of people. I just happen to be in the business of saving lives."Shooting survivor Danielle Kane was treated by Ahmed. Family spokesperson Byron Abalos told CBC News that Ahmed saved Kane's life."I know that she is a Muslim woman and I know that there is sometimes backlash against the Muslim community because of the shooter, and I think it's important personally that we all recognize that one person does not represent the entire community," Abalos said.In spite of Sunday's tragedy, Ahmed is convinced that the city's spirit will endure."Toronto is a city with heart and soul, as we've demonstrated. Its citizens rise whenever there is a challenge."adam.carter@cbc.ca
