Israel conducts Airstrikes inside Syria hitting Hezbollah

Israel Prep for Next War with Hezbollah

Source Associated Press

Matthew 24:6 click here to read.

REVIVIM JUNCTION, Israel (AP) — On a dusty field in Israel's southern desert, the military is gearing up for the next battle against a familiar foe: Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

As the Syrian civil war intensifies, military planners are growing increasingly jittery that the fighting could spill over into Israel, potentially dragging the Islamic militant group that is allied with President Bashar Assad into the fray. After battling Hezbollah to a stalemate in 2006, the Israeli military says it has learned key lessons and is prepared to inflict heavy damage on the group if fighting begins again.

The Israel-Lebanon border has remained largely quiet since that last war. But Hezbollah has since replenished its arsenal and has waged a shadow war with Israel around the world. The fall of the Syrian leader or alternatively an Israel strike against Hezbollah's other main patron, Iran, could spark another full-fledged war.

"There is an increase in tension because of Syria," a senior commander in the military's northern command said about a possible battle with Hezbollah. The commander, who traveled south to observe Thursday's exercise here, spoke on condition of anonymity in line with military protocol.

In 2006, weeks of Israeli air raids killed more than 1,000 people, including hundreds of Hezbollah fighters, and key infrastructure was destroyed. But the heavy onslaught failed to prevent Hezbollah from firing some 4,000 rockets into Israel, and the fighting ended in a U.N.-brokered truce.

While the truce has largely held, Israel says Hezbollah has systematically restocked its arsenal with tens of thousands of even more powerful rockets and missiles capable of striking virtually anywhere in the Jewish state. Israeli military officials frequently say it is only a matter of time before the next war erupts.

In the meantime, Israel and Hezbollah have fought a covert war outside the borders of their countries. In 2008, Hezbollah's top military commander Imad Mughniyeh was killed in a car bombing in the Syrian capital of Damascus, an attack widely thought to be the work of Israeli agents.

Hezbollah, for its part, is thought to be responsible for a bus bombing in a Bulgarian resort town last July that killed five Israeli tourists and their Bulgarian driver, as well as failed attempts to bomb Israeli diplomats in Thailand, India and Georgia.

Israeli military officials believe that Hezbollah, which is preoccupied with its own domestic problems and the precarious position of its Syrian ally, has no desire to reignite hostilities. But they say the Syrian civil war, as well as Israel's tensions with Iran, could easily upset the fragile balance.

As Assad's grip on power weakens, Israeli military planners fear that Syria, backed by Hezbollah, might try to open a new front in order to deflect attention. Israel also fears that sophisticated Syrian weapons, including a chemical arsenal, could be transferred to Hezbollah. Israel has all but confirmed it carried out an airstrike in Syria in January that destroyed a shipment of anti-aircraft missiles allegedly bound to Hezbollah.

Likewise, an Israeli attack on Iran would almost certainly draw a Hezbollah reprisal. Israel has repeatedly hinted it is prepared to attack Iran's nuclear installations if it determines that international sanctions and diplomacy have failed to curb the Iranian nuclear program. Israel and much of the West believe Iran is developing a nuclear weapon, a charge Iran denies.

Earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of the potential link between Iran and Hezbollah.

"A nuclear-armed Iran would dramatically increase terrorism by giving terrorists a nuclear umbrella," he told members of the pro-Israel lobbying group American Israel Public Affairs Committee, known as AIPAC. "That means that Iran's terror proxies like Hezbollah ... will be emboldened to attack America, Israel and others because they will be backed by a power with atomic weapons."

Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has warned that anyone who thinks Hezbollah is vulnerable because of Syria's civil war is mistaken. He also said the group has all the weapons it needs in case war breaks out with Israel, and it would not need to import them from allies Syria and Iran.

"The resistance will not be silent regarding any aggression against Lebanon," Nasrallah said last month.

Israel is also taking a fiercer tone, saying it will act with far less restraint than it did in 2006, when it took out electric grids, roads and city blocks during the month long war that was sparked by a deadly cross-border raid by Hezbollah. Military officials say entire villages that host Hezbollah's arsenal would be considered fair targets.

During Thursday's exercise, near the Revivim collective farm, scores of Israeli reservists in full battle gear participated in a drill meant to simulate Israel's capture of a strategic hill overlooking a southern Lebanese village.

In the drill, three tanks kicked up dust as they charged forward and fired live rounds. In front of them, groups of soldiers lay flat on the ground and opened fire with propped-up guns as other soldiers stormed up the hill. Their targets were small cutout cartoon heads meant to represent Hezbollah fighters.

On a nearby Israeli army base, reservists have also been practicing urban warfare recently on a set made to resemble an Arab village, complete with concrete homes, narrow alleyways and mosque minarets.

Military officials say that while Hezbollah has upgraded its capabilities, Israel has also made important offensive and defensive changes since 2006, when it came under heavy criticism for its lack of preparedness and perceived sloppy performance.

They say the military now possesses sophisticated real-time intelligence and upgraded drones. For any potential land operation, it has fortified its armored personnel vehicles, activated a new tank defense that can shoot down anti-tank rockets and recently deployed "Iron Dome," a defense system that shot down hundreds of rockets during a recent round of fighting against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.

Despite its arsenal and political clout in Lebanon, Hezbollah's maneuvering space has been significantly reduced in recent years.

Hezbollah still suffers from the fallout of the 2006 war, which many in Lebanon accused Hezbollah of provoking by killing and kidnapping Israeli soldiers from the border area. Since then, the group has come under increasing pressure at home to disarm. Though Hezbollah has been accused of fighting alongside the military in Syria, the group has largely been cautious with regards to the Syria conflict, knowing that any action it takes could backfire.

In addition, the group's reputation has been tarnished because its leader has supported Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, but has backed the Assad regime in Syria.

Israel Bombs Syrian Convoy(Chemical Weapons Headed to Hezbollah or Not?)

Source Jewish Voice International Ministries

The bitter and brutal civil war that has been raging in Syria for months has left tens of thousands dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. The government of Israel has publicly expressed their concern over Syria’s ability to control the large stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons they are known to possess. Certainly having these in the hands of Hezbollah or some other terrorist group would pose a grave danger to the Jewish People.

In the last forty-eight hours news reports have begun to surface that Israel has been taking military action inside Syria. Although almost no details are being publicly confirmed, it appears that the Israeli air force has been carrying out airstrikes deep inside Syrian territory. The most informed speculation indicates that Israel struck a military arms convoy that was either near the Syrian border with Lebanon, or that had perhaps just crossed over into Lebanon. No credible reports have detailed what was being transported in the convoy.

It is known that Israel has been working closely with Western intelligence services to try to track the location of all of Syria’s weapons of mass destruction. There have been a number of reports from Syria that the Assad government has used chemical weapons against rebel targets, but due to the ongoing civil war, no outside observers have been able to evaluate these claims.

End of America?: Terrorism Arising Out of Mexico

This video is an update from the article we did back on September 21, 2011, called Islamic Terrorist Group Partner with Mexican Drug Cartel. A couple of weeks later on October 11, story broke that the United States Government foiled terrorist plot that Iran was attempting to make with the Zeta Mexican Drug Cartel. Fortunately the Iranian-American who was attempting to make a deal with what he thought was one of the leaders of the Zeta Drug Cartel, was actually a DEA informant. We must continue to intercede in prayer for our nation.  

Islamic Terrorist Group Partner with Mexican Drug Cartels

I was in Kingston, Jamacica on a ministry trip in September of 2002 when the Holy Spirit told me that   Islamic Terrorist groups would go to Mexico.  Their goal would be to pose a threat to the United State borders.  I did not hear from the Lord again regarding this matter until August of 2007 during an unlikely time.  Believe it not, I was on my honeymoon in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.  The Spirit of the Lord came to me strongly with the same word: an Islamic Terrorist group was coming to Mexico. 

Since that time, that prophetic word has been confirmed.  As it turns out, the Hezbollah Terrorist Group partnered with Mexican Drug cartels to form an alliance.  Hezbollah has established operations and a large stockpile of weapons in Mexico. Hezbollah's mission is to establish a strong terrorist network in regions of Mexico and South America. 

Needless to say, the relationship formed between Hezbollah and the various Mexican drug cartels is dangerous but predictably, mutually beneficial.   Hezbollah's goal is to bring terrorism and destruction to American soil.  The cartels weaken the boarders through their mayhem and lawlessness, allowing Hezbollah to do just that.   On the other hand, the cartels benefit because Hezbollah offers expertise in weapons and smuggling and cheaper access to heroin from Afghanistan and Iran. The following is a Fox News video report from July of 2011.  It describes a memo from theTuscon police department regarding Hezbollah partnering with Mexican Drug Cartels. 

    

Who is Hezbollah?

Hezbollah is a Lebanese miltitant Shiite Islamic group headquartered in Lebanon.  In the 1980's, it was partly founded and continues to be supported by Iran.  The very name Hezbollah means "Party of God ."  The Shiite group in Lebanon ia also a part of a bigger group referred to as "Twelvers."  Twelvers represent 85% of Shiites in Islam and believe that 12th Imam  ( or Islamic Messiah) will arise in the middle turmoil and chaos to revive Islam to it's former glory.  They also believe that the Mahdi/Imam will establish Islam as the global religion, and will reign for seven years before bringing about the end of the world.    

Before September 11, 2001, Hezbollah was responsible for more American deaths by acts of terrorism than any other terrorist organization...even al-Qaeda.  Hezbollah's main objective is to bring destruction to the nation of Isreal and anyone who gives them assistance.  The United States is one of Israel's allies and therefore one of Hezbollah's  four major enemies   .

Potential Future

Twelvers believe that Israel and America are "Little Satan" and "Great Satan" respectively and that both must be attacked in order for the Mahdi, otherwise known as the guided one or Islamic Messiah, to arrive on the world scene in order to fulfill Islamic prophecy.    

Hezbollah sitting right at the borders of American and allied with the Mexican drug cartels is a dangerous mix of potential horrific attacks of terrorism on American soil.  Not only does Hezbollah have a growing presence in Mexico, but throughout Latin America.  They are aided by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (here, here).  Although terrorism is sitting at America's back door, most Americans truly believe that terrorism could never happen in United States again because al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in May of this year.
Some believe that killing one of the most influential leaders of terrorism would make some believe that the war on terrorism is won.  But nothing has been won. You can't kill the spirit behind Islam and you can't kill the ideology of Islam.  Terrorism is not about Muslim extremists carrying out terrorist acts against their enemies, its all about Orthodox Muslims carrying out jihad against non-believers and enemies of Islam.  The ideology of Islam is solely based on executing violence to all the infidels/non-believers of Islam through jihad (here, here, here).

If the American government actually believes that they can negotiate with Islamic Shiite Twelvers, they have another thing coming.  Muslims exalt the Koran and its prophecies over everything. They believe that in  Quran 2:190  the Koran requires them to defend Islam to its fullest and this in turn justifies an attack on Israel and America.

In 2007 President Felipe Calderon met with former Iranian President Mohamed Khatami in Mexico City to discuss developing cultural bonds between the Islamic and the west (here). Since that meeting,  Iran has aggressively attempted to develop closer political and economic ties to Mexico.   In turn, Iran has already developed a presence within Latin America and close ties to Bolivia, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a close relationship with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who has a tremendous hatred of the United States of America.  If Mexico were to continue to grow economic, political and military ties with Iran, Iran would pose a great threat to the United States borders and national security.

Americas Future

As it stands now America needs to repent from all of its violence, witchcraft, sexual immorality, and gross sins and abomination.  It is just like previous great nations that entered into pride, tremendous amount of iniquity running wild. They were judged and therefore, lost their place in the earth.  Our nation is in the need of prayer and revival.   Many American church prophets prophesy prosperity and blessings.  They help you live a wonderful life now while feeding their followers lies and divinations.  They need to tell people to repent because judgement is coming to those that have align themselves against the Lord Jesus Christ. We are seeing Bible prophecy fulfilled right before our eyes.  We are living in the last days.  If you have been intoxicated by the world system, it is time to wake-up from spiritual sleep, and become sober and vigilant.  For this is not the hour not to be playing games with your soul's salvation.

Proverbs 14:34 says, "Righteousness exalts a nation: sin is a reproach to any people."

Psalm 9:17 says, "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God."

Matthew 24:6-8 says, " And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows."