Al-Qaeda calls for Iraq Sunnis to take up arms

The Daily Star, Lebanon
January 31, 2013 by Ammar Karim


Iraqi Sunni Muslims take part during an anti-government demonstration in Falluja, 50 km west of Baghdad, January 25, 2013 REUTERS/Mohannad Faisal

BAGHDAD: Al-Qaeda's front group called on Iraq's Sunni population on Thursday to take up arms against the Shiite-led authorities and dismissed the country's Sunni ministers as weak and corrupt.
An audio message, purportedly read by Islamic State of Iraq spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, encouraged the minority community to continue with weeks of demonstrations but said Sunnis would not gain dignity without bloodshed.
It came as the group issued statements claiming 82 attacks on security forces and government officials from October 17 to December 12 south and west of Baghdad.

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Will the Sunnis respond to the call by al-Qaeda? Will the demonstrations lead to the burning of the cities of the land of the Chaldeans Jeremiah foresaw 2,600 years ago? Will the fourth judgment be fulfilled in its turn, just as the judgments one, two and three -- invasion, capture and punishment of the Arrogant One -- were fulfilled in order before it?

Army kills 6 as Iraq demos call for PM to quit

The Daily Star, Lebanon
January 25, 2013 By Azhar Shallal


A protester throws rocks and shouts slogans in front of a burning vehicle, destroyed by protesters, during clashes with security forces in Falluja, 50 km west of Baghdad, January 25, 2013. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal 

FALLUJAH, Iraq: Six demonstrators were killed and 35 wounded when soldiers opened fire west of Baghdad as tens of thousands rallied in Sunni-majority areas calling for Iraq's Shiite leader to quit on Friday.

The deaths were the first at the hands of the security forces since massive protests began in mainly Sunni Arab areas of Iraq more than a month ago, railing against alleged targeting of their minority community by the Shiite-led authorities.

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Will these killings of protesters by the Iraqi army finally light the fires of the fourth judgment? Will the cities of the land of the Chaldeans now burn? Will the "high gates" -- a biblical euphemism for the 'city centers' -- now erupt in flames? Is Jeremiah's prophecy of doom on Babylon happening in our time?

Many dead in Iraq Shia mosque bombing

23 January 2013 BBC News Middle East

At least 35 people have been killed by a suicide bomber at a Shia mosque in the Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmato, with scores more wounded, police say.

The blast targeted worshippers attending a funeral at the mosque.

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Will these latest bombings ignite the fires of the fourth judgment prophesied by Jeremiah 2,600 years ago?

Wave of attacks in Iraq leaves 22 dead

By ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press
BAGHDAD January 22, 2013 (AP)

A string of attacks, including three car bombings in and around Baghdad, killed at least 22 people Tuesday, deepening fears of a surge in violence as sectarian tensions fester in Iraq.

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Iraq Sunni MP killed by suicide bomber

BBC News Middle East 15 January 2013

A Sunni member of parliament has been killed by a suicide bomber in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, officials have said. The bomber pretended he was greeting MP Eifan Saadoun al-Issawi and then blew himself up. Two bodyguards also died.

The attack come just days after the Sunni Finance Minister, Rafie al-Issawi, survived an assassination attempt as he travelled to the city.

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Will these attacks on Sunni officials spark the fires that burn the cities?

Thousands of Iraq Sunnis stage protests

Salam Faraj and Nafia Abduljabbar
AAP
January 12, 2013 3:23AM

THOUSANDS of Sunni Muslims have taken to the streets of Baghdad and other parts of Iraq to decry the alleged targeting of their minority, in rallies hardening opposition to the country's Shi'ite leader.

Friday's protests have worsened a political crisis, pitting Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki against his erstwhile government partners, with the premier facing accusations of authoritarianism and sectarianism ahead of key provincial polls.

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Nine judgments are to fall upon Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans: 1) Invasion, 2) Capture, 3) Punishment of the Arrogant One, 4) Burning of the cities, 5) Abandonment by the nations, 6) Civil War with and defeat by the Medes, 7) Plunder, 8) Flood, and 9) Drought, leading to complete desolation.

Jeremiah the hebrew prophet wrote that the cities of the land of Chaldea would be set on fire as the fourth judgment on Babylon -- "I shall set fire to (the arrogant one's) cities, and it will devour all his environs... (The land of the Chaldeans') high gates [i.e., city centers] will be set on fire; so the peoples will (have) toil(ed) for nothing, and the nations become exhausted (because of the) fire," (Jer 50:32, 51:58).

Will the present turmoil lead to the burning? the first three judgments have fallen upon the land of the Chaldeans, and have been accomplished in exact detail to the predictions of Jeremiah. Will the fourth also occur in literal fulfillment? Will these "rallies" ignite the flames of the fourth judgment?

Iraq could dissolve Parliament, leading to instability

Sectarian violence in the region could split the country

By PAUL D. SHINKMAN | U.S. News & World Report online

January 4, 2013

In a move that could draw Iraq back into the throws of religious infighting and potential civil war, the fledgling Baghdad government may be on the brink of dissolving parliament within days, a source tell U.S. News.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who leads the Shiite majority government, has used strong-arm tactics to marginalize opponents, mostly among minority Sunnis, says an official at private intelligence company Stratfor. These actions, along with some spill over from the civil war in Syria, have lead to violent protests in Iraq in recent days.

The Iraq government may dissolve the parliament in as soon as 48 hours, according to Iraqi sources and media reported by Stratfor.

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Jeremiah's prophecy of doom on Babylon predicts the cites of the land of Chaldea will be set on fire as the fourth judgment. Will this latest instability in the government of Iraq lead to the burning?

Thousands join Iraq protests

DailyStar.com
January 04, 2013 04:13 PM - AFP

Iraqis rally in the city of Samarra, on January 2, 2013, as protesters in mostly Sunni areas of Iraq's west and north have alleged that the Shiite-led authorities use anti-terror legislation to target their minority community. AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD AL-SAMARRAI

BAGHDAD: Thousands of Sunni Muslims demonstrated in Baghdad on Friday, in the latest of nearly two weeks of rallies criticising Iraq's premier and demanding the release of prisoners they say are wrongfully held.

Demonstrators gathered at the Abu Hanifa mosque in the mostly-Sunni neighbourhood of Adhamiyah, but were barred by security forces from leaving the compound to rally on the street, an AFP correspondent said.

The protesters held up banners calling for a mass prisoner release, stronger human rights provisions in Iraq's prisons, and a repeal of current anti-terror legislation.

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Car bomb kills Shia pilgrims

BBC News Middle East
3 January 2013
A car bomb has killed at least 20 Shia Muslim pilgrims and injured others in the Iraqi town of Musayyib, south of the capital Baghdad, officials say.

The device exploded in a car park at 17:00 (14:00 GMT) as pilgrims returned from the holy city of Karbala.

An eyewitness spoke of having seen dozens of bodies and cars on fire after the explosion.

Shia pilgrims, who have been frequently targeted in Iraq, have been observing the festival of Arbaeen.

The bomb went off close to a bus stop where coaches that carry pilgrims from Karbala to other Iraqi cities drop and collect them, police told BBC News.

Bombs killed seven people in Musayyib on Monday.

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