Senior Mexican public safety officer assassinated

On February 2, Mexico’s director for citizen security, Manuel Farfan Carriola, was assassinated on his way home from work. Also killed were four bodyguards and numerous police officers were also shot and wounded.

mexico drug war — Lawlessness is not a theory in Mexico, where no one is safe from drug related violence, and there's little the police can do about it.

Intelligence indicates that the most likely perpetrator of this attack was the Zeta organization.

As we’ve seen with previous attacks by the Zetas, their operations are very complex and very violent and, in essence, they have absolutely no problem targeting senior public safety officials and police chiefs.

The symbolism of attacking and killing a very senior public safety official resonates not only through the Mexican government, but U.S. law enforcement and inside the beltway in Washington, D.C. It raises serious protective security concerns on the ability of the Mexican government to be able to adequately protect public officials.

Source; STRATFOR Intelligence Services

My comments;

While Mexico is not a superpower, it is an upper tier country, with highly sophisticated institutions.

That it’s public officials, including senior government security people with bodyguards and police protection are helpless in the face of even more sophisticated criminals is a very sad state of affairs.

Matthew 24:12 says;

Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold.

When law and order break down to this degree, you can expect a concurrent reduction in the compassion and love that people have for each other. When people are afraid they start looking out for themselves and growing indifferent to the problems of others.

But Yeshua (Jesus) warned in Matthew 5: 13-15;

You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men. You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

If you call yourself a “Christian” than growing indifferent to other people’s problems is not an option. The world is getting darker by the day, and that means we must let our lights shine brighter to give hope to those who are seeking it.

Matthew 5:16;

Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Written by Aaron

February 7, 2011 0

Moslem Brotherhood will delete peace treaty with Israel

Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood movement has unveiled its plans to scrap a peace treaty with Israel if it comes to power.

islamic_rage — The Moslem Brotherhood claims to be peaceful and moderate, but their words and actions say otherwise.

Rashad al-Bayoumi appeared on an Egyptian TV station Thursday and said the peace treaty with Israel will be abolished after a provisional government is formed by the movement and other Egypt’s opposition parties.

“After President Mubarak steps down and a provisional government is formed, there is a need to dissolve the peace treaty with Israel,” al-Bayoumi said.

Egypt was the first Arab country to officially recognize Israel and sign a peace agreement with the Israeli government in 1979. It is also a major mediator of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Muslim Brotherhood has recently come to light amid mass anti-government protests in Egypt. Some media voiced concerns that the banned Islamic movement could eventually take power in the riot-hit Arab country.

Source; Russian Newspaper Ria Novosti

Initial Obama Administration reactions indicate that it does not rule out Muslim Brotherhood participation in a future Egyptian coalition government.

mosbro — President Obama thinks he can do business with the Moslem Brotherhood. He is either inexcusably foolish, or he is compromised.

Since January 28, the Muslim Brotherhood’s involvement has become more prominent, with its support of Mohamed ElBaradei to lead the opposition forces against the government. In the streets of Cairo, Muslim Brotherhood demonstrators disdainfully call people like ElBaradei “donkeys of the revolution” (hamir al-thawra) – to be used and then pushed away – a scenario that sees the Muslim Brotherhood exploit ElBaradei in order to hijack the Egyptian revolution at a later stage.

Former Brotherhood Supreme Guide Muhammad Akef declared in 2004 his “complete faith that Islam will invade Europe and America.” In 2001, the Muslim Brotherhood’s publication in London, Risalat al-Ikhwan, featured at the top of its cover page the slogan: “Our Mission: World Domination.” This header was changed after 9/11.

The current Supreme Guide, Muhammad Badi’, gave a sermon in September 2010 stating that “the improvement and change that the [Muslim] nation seeks can only be attained through jihad and sacrifice and by raising a jihadi generation that pursues death, just as the enemies pursue life.”

Source; Think Tank, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

My comments;

US President Barak Obama has shown himself to be pitifully naïve in relation to the Moslem world in the first two years in office. His naiveté is shared by many on the political Left in the Western World, where I sometimes think there is a competition to see who can be the most militaristically suicidal.

But even amongst looney Leftists, it is undeniable that the Moslem Brotherhood’s intentions are not peaceful, when one of their own senior leaders plainly and openly says his organization will tear up the 1978 Camp David Accords if they gain political power in Egypt.

Egypt, as many commentators have said, is the center of gravity in the Arab world. The reason there has not been a large war in the Middle East for the last 40 years is that Egypt decided after the 1973 Yom Kippur War not to start any more fights with the Jewish State, and the other Arab countries know they are too small and weak to take on Israel without Egypt.

Now, the Moslem Brotherhood is about to become the dominant force in Egypt, which will lead to Moslem Brotherhood franchises in other Arab countries becoming emboldened to overthrow their pragmatic/secular governments.

These Islamic fundamentalists will not be deterred from attacking Israel by the military firepower of the Israeli military or the economic power of the United States, which anyway is fading.

We must all be praying for the nation of Israel as well as the Believing church in Egypt and other Arab countries. The Moslem Brotherhood’s rise to political power will be very dangerous for both of them.

And pray for the membership of the Moslem Brotherhood. Yeshua Ha’Mashiach (Jesus Christ) died for them too, and the only hope for them, in this world or in the next world, is to come to know His love and saving Grace.

Written by Aaron

February 4, 2011 2

Oil prices soar amid chaos in Egypt

As the crowds of protesters in Cairo grew from thousands, to tens of thousands, to hundreds of thousands, the price of oil shot upward.

rig_getty — Oil is the lifeblood of the world's economy, and unrest anywhere in the Middle East causes panic.

The price of benchmark Brent crude oil this week surged to $100, up 5 percent since the beginning of last week, when violence spread from Tunisia to Egypt. It’s the first time oil has gone that high in two years.

But Egypt itself is not an oil exporter. So why has oil risen in price?

One answer is simply Egypt’s position on the map. As Simon Henderson of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy tells Voice of America:

“It’s in a strategic position. The Suez Canal flows through Egypt and there is also a significant oil pipeline which stretches from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea,” Henderson said. “So the oil markets are apprehensive of disruption here. So far there hasn’t been any, but oil markets tweak up the price because of what they see as sensitivity.”

For now, the canal — which offers the most direct shipping route between Asia and Europe — remains open. Britain’s “Financial Times” reported today that a special Egyptian military authority has taken charge of the Canal Zone to guarantee the safety of shipping.

But Egypt’s risky geographic location is not the only thing driving up oil prices. More importantly, there is fear that the unrest in Egypt could spread to the other Arab countries which are major oil exporters, such as the Gulf states.

Friday is expected to see the biggest protests yet in Cairo as it marks the start of the weekend in Egypt. The protests are scheduled to begin as mosques let out after Friday Prayers.

Source; Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

My comments;

When the price of oil goes up, the price of everything else goes up along with it, because the energy provided by oil is the foundation for everything else in the global economy.

Most people have no idea how fragile their lives are. Westerners in particular are often clueless about the fact that the high quality of life they enjoy is not something they should take for granted. It all depends on a lot of things that are interconnected and any shock to the system can send the entire edifice crashing to the ground faster than anyone can imagine.

If you think there has been hard economic times in the last couple of years, you should prepare yourself for the fact that things are about to get a lot worse.

The situation in the world is bad and it’s not going to get any better.

The economy is not going to recover, the wars are not going to end, the earthquakes, hurricanes, forest fires and floods are not going to stop happening. These things are going to continue and intensify and feed into each other.

As Yeshua (Jesus) said in Mark 13: 7-8;

When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be frightened; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end. For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

The good news is, there is hope, and His name is Yeshua Ha’Mashiach (Jesus Christ)

He will return, and He will put an end to the devastation and the suffering

Mark 13: 24-27;

But in those days, after that tribulation, THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL BE FALLING from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see THE SON OF MAN COMING IN CLOUDS with great power and glory. And then He will send forth the angels, and will gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven.

When He has returned, or when you’re dead, it’s too late to accept His free gift of Grace which is the only thing which can save us from the wrath to come. Accept it now, and enter into the promise of His Salvation.

As Yeshua said in Matthew 11:28;

Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.

Written by Aaron

February 4, 2011 3

Turkish Government releases radical Moslems

There is a political storm raging in Turkey over the release of the leaders of a radical Islamic Kurdish group from prison.

prisoners_getty — Turkey has no problem releasing radical Islamist terrorists from prison because they share the same ultimate agenda.

Called Kurdish Hizbullah, the group is blamed for the torture and killing more than 100 people in its battle with the Kurdish separatist organization the PKK.

Kurdish Hizbullah, unrelated to the Lebanese Hezbollah, came to prominence in the late 1980s in southeastern Turkey. Some experts say its aim is to destroy the secular order and spread “true Islam” throughout the country, by force if necessary. However, strong claims have surfaced over the years that it was the state itself that established the organization to fight the PKK through illegal means, such as summary executions.

Lately, Kurdish Hizbullah began moving away from violence and set up numerous organizations providing charity for the Kurdish poor. At the same time, members began advocating its radical Islamic agenda.

The group now is believed to be one of the most powerful organizations in the predominately Kurdish southeast.

“Why is the prime minister not calling Hizbullah a terrorist organization? Could it be because of their partnership in the Southeast?” asked opposition politician Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

But Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismisses those accusations.

“To connect AKP with Hizbullah or any other terror organization is tactlessness and cowardice,” he said. “Where is the evidence?

Source; Voice of America Radio

My comments;

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) is the political wing of the Turkish franchise of the Moslem Brotherhood, the mother organization founded in Egypt in 1928 which has the franchise of Hamas among the Palestinians and the Islamic Action Front in Jordan, as well as others.

That Erdogan and the AKP would be interested in releasing Islamic radicals who have carried out terrorist acts should not be a surprise to anyone. It is a nice coincidence for the AKP that these particular Islamic radical terrorists are enemies of the secular Kurdish parties like the PKK.

The Turkish government has been fighting the PKK in the southeast of the country for decades. If Erdogan can help the Islamic radicals among the Kurds gain dominance over the secular nationalist camp he can make peace with them and successfully end one of Turkey’s longest running internal conflicts.

This will make him a hero in Turkey, raise his stature in the Moslem world and gain him a powerful new ally all in one move. It would also remove the last distraction he has from focusing his full attention on his biggest ambition, leading the Islamic world in its great war against the Jewish State of Israel.

Israel’s enemies are gathering for the great effort which will bring all of her neighbors against her for the Gog Magog war prophesied about in Ezekial 38-39.

We must all pray for Israel’s leaders to be aware of the danger, and pray for the Believers in Turkey who will soon have to make a choice between standing with Israel and suffering greater persecution.

Zechariah 2:8;

For thus says the LORD of hosts, “After glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.

Written by Aaron

February 4, 2011 0