Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Reconfirming the prophecy of the exiles

According to an AP article by Omar Sinan posted today at Yahoo! News, some "2 million Iraqis have fled to neighboring countries in the past three years and up to 3,000 more go abroad every day." The report goes on to cite nearly 85,000 Iraqi Arabs have "sought refuge in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq."

This reconfirms the prophecy of Jeremiah 50:28 -- "There is a sound of fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon..."

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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

U.S. soldier on patrol sees the "writing on the wall"

In a washingtonpost.com article titled "U.S. unit walks 'a fine line' in Iraqi Capital", a U.S. soldier states the obvious:

After [a] patrol on Thursday, Sgt. Michael Hiler, 26, stepped down from his Humvee and described the day's effort as "stupid."

"We should have pulled out a long time ago," Hiler said. "It's going to take the hand of God to change anything about what we do here, which is nothing. This country's going to fall apart sooner or later, and at this point I say, 'Good riddance.' "

Just as Jeremiah foresaw. Up next: the burning of the cities. Then the abandonment. Then the defeat by the Kurds. Then the flood. Then the drought. Then the total desolation -- a haunt of jackals.

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Sunday, February 04, 2007

Insurgency resurgence following executions escalates with 1,000 estimated killed in past week

A cnn.com report posted today relays the Iraqi Interior Ministry estimate of 1,000 people killed throughout Iraq in the past week due to gunbattles, drive-by shootings and bomb attacks.

The report comes just a day after a bloody bomb attack on a crowded market in central Baghdad killed 128 people and wounded 343 others. It is the deadliest attack in Iraq since November 23, when Shiites were targeted by coordinated car bomb attacks in Sadr City. At least 200 were killed in those attacks.

The blast yesterday contained a ton of explosives. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki blamed the attack on Saddam Hussein loyalists and Sunni extremists.

The burning of the cities is coming up next in the prophecy...

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