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ISIS Captures Key Iraqi City

In a stunning reversal of recent fortune, the Islamic terrorist group ISIS has finally captured the Iraqi city of Ramadi.

Ramadi, only 70 miles from the country’s capital city of Baghdad, is the largest city in Western Iraq.  It is also the regional capital for the Anbar province and is a major area for Sunni muslims.

The takeover of the town was confirmed by Ramadi Mayor Dalaf al-Kubaisy. He said that anti-terrorist forces were driven out to the east of the city.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged the advance by the terrorists but said that the battle for the city was far from over.

“It is possible to see the kind of attack we have in Ramadi, but I am absolutely confident in the days ahead that will be reversed,” Kerry said on Monday during a visit to Seoul, CNN reported. “Large numbers of Daesh were killed in the last few days, and will be in the next days because that seems to be the only thing they understand.”

Local officials say the terrorists have been carrying out mass murders and burning bodies in the streets.  At least 250 civilians have been murdered by the terrorists in two days.  Many of those executed are supporters of the current government and leadership.

The United Nations says that in the last month over 110,000 residents have fled the city in advance of the terrorists.

Nepal Quake Death Toll Highest In Nation’s History

The death toll from the massive earthquakes and aftershocks in Nepal has become the largest in the country’s history.

Officials confirmed the death toll has passed 8,500.

The official count of 8,583 passed the previous record of 8,519 set in 1934.  The 1934 quake also led to the deaths of thousands in neighboring India which was spared the same level of devastation in the dual quakes.

Officials also reported over 250,000 homes confirmed destroyed by the quake or resulting landslides.

Hundreds are still missing including 112 foreigners, although officials said those foreigners could have simply left the country without informing officials they were survivors of the quake.

United Nations officials say the death toll in the region could go higher in the coming months as refugees who lost their homes and belongings have to face disease, starvation and the upcoming monsoon season.  The UN reports impassable roads and the country’s looming monsoon season are hampering relief efforts.

The UN is attempting to raise $423 million from countries around the world for relief in Nepal but only 16% of that goal has been raised.

The rescue efforts have also been hampered by ongoing aftershocks.  A 5.7 magnitude aftershock struck the region Saturday.

Nepal “On War Footing”

The prime minister of Nepal is telling reporters that his country is “on war footing” as they work to recover victims of the weekend earthquake and aftershocks.

Sushii Koirala told Reuters was “doing all it can for rescue and relief” in a “difficult hour.”  He said that he was making requests to every nation around the globe for help in rescuing citizens trapped in rural areas.

Koirala said that many of the requests from rural areas are having to be denied because they do not have the heavy equipment necessary to reach the victims.  The lack of available resources likely means an increase in the death toll.

The death toll from the quake has officially passed 5,000 and over 10,000 have been confirmed to have suffered injuries.

Nepal’s home ministry reports at leave 500,000 people have been displaced by the quake.  However, the United Nations puts the estimates significantly higher.

“Eight million people in 39 districts have been affected, of which over two million people live in the 11 severely affected districts,” said the most recent report from the UN Office of the Resident Co-ordinator in Nepal.

Relief workers in Gortha, which was located next to the epicenter, say that 90% of the town has been leveled.  Most residents do not have access to clean water or food.

Aftershocks are continuing to hit the region causing minor landslides that are hampering relief efforts.  The government has declared three days of mourning for the dead.

Rabbi Jonathan Cahn Addresses United Nations About Christian ‘Holocaust’

Rabbi Jonathan Cahn, The New York Times best-selling author of The Harbinger and The Mystery of the Shemitah, addressed the United Nations on Friday about the worsening persecution of Christians in the Middle East and other parts of the world.

Cahn, the senior rabbi at the Beth Israel Worship Center in Wayne, New Jersey, was invited along with other Jewish and Christian leaders, businessmen and high-ranking military officials, to speak at the conference entitled, “The Persecution of Christians Globally: A Threat to International Peace and Security.”

Source: Charisma News – Rabbi Jonathan Cahn Addresses United Nations About Christian ‘Holocaust’

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ISIS Destroys Biblical City of Calah

The Biblical city of Calah has been wiped from the face of the Earth by Islamic terrorists.

ISIS has released a video showing their destruction of the town of Calah, also called the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud.

The 7-minute video shows ISIS using sledgehammers, drills and other heavy equipment to destroy ancient artifacts before setting off three barrel bombs that completely destroy the historical site.

The town is 22 miles south of Mosul and was believed to date back to the 13th century B.C.

The town is mentioned in Genesis 10:11 as being built by Nimrod, who the Bible says is the first “mighty man” on Earth.

“Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.” The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.”  (Genesis 10:8-12 ESV)

The United Nations has called the action a war crime.

In a new crime in their series of reckless offenses, they assaulted the ancient city of Nimrud and bulldozed it with heavy machinery, appropriating archaeological attractions dating back 13 centuries B.C.,” a statement from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization reads.

“This is yet another attack against the Iraqi people, reminding us that nothing is safe from the cultural cleansing under way in the country: it targets human lives, minorities, and is marked by the systematic destruction of humanity’s ancient heritage,”UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova said.

UN Human Rights Council May Take Up Abedini’s Case

Officials with the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) say the U.N. Human Rights Council is taking a hard look at the case of Pastor Saeed Abedini and his wrongful imprisonment in Iran.

“The Human Rights Council Working Group looked at the facts, they looked at the evidence and they came to the independent conclusion, as we have, that his detention is arbitrary, that it is in violation of international law and that he should be freed,” Associate Counsel Matthew Clark said to One News Now.

“So the U.N. is taking steps to put out there exactly what is happening and what action needs to be taken by the Iranian government to free him.”

The move by the U.N. is seen as significant to put pressure on Iran in the wake of Abedini’s home country doing nothing to help obtain his release from an Iran prison.

“It’s been nearly two and a half years now since Jacob’s dad, Saeed Abedini, has been imprisoned in Iran because of his Christian faith,” Jay Sekulow of the ACLJ wrote in an article for Fox News.

“And, on this day, the day Jacob turns 7, his dad is still languishing in prison — separated from his son, his daughter and his wife — still in need of medical care, still facing an uncertain fate.”

ISIS Killing Doctors For Not Harvesting Body Parts

Iraq’s ambassador to the United Nations is calling for the world body to investigate reports that ISIS is killing doctors who will not harvest organs for sale on the black market.

Ambassador Mohamed Alhakim said that dozens of bodies have been found in shallow graves with surgical incisions.  Examinations of the bodies show that organs like the kidneys, livers and hearts missing.

“Surgeries take place within a hospital and organs are quickly transported through networks specialized in trafficking human organs. Mosuli said that the organs come from fallen fighters who were quickly transported to the hospital, injured people who were abandoned or individuals who were kidnapped,” a report printed by the London Daily Mail read.

Alhakim said they have confirmed reports of a dozen doctors being killed in Mosul for refusing to take organs from dying people.  He said that the group is using the tactic more to offset losses in exports of oil from seized drilling rigs.

The UN’s envoy to Iraq, Nikolay Miadenov, confirmed some of the ambassador’s claim sand said that 790 people have been confirmed dead from terrorism at the hands of ISIS.

Boko Haram Launches First Attack On Chad Village

Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has launched their first attack on the nation of Chad.

Militants attacked a village on the shore of Lake Chad early Friday morning.  The village of Ngouboua was raided leaving many residents dead although local officials could not say the total number of the dead.

“The assailants have scattered and the army is now pursuing them,” army Col. Azem Bermandoa told The Associated Press by telephone.

Chad has been the largest supporter of Nigerian troops in their battle against the Islamists.  Boko Haram leaders had been warning they were going to be launching attacks on those who had been supporting their opposition.

Chad is also working with Niger, Cameroon and Benin to start a multi-national force to fight the terrorists.  The official launch of the unit is expected in the next few weeks.

Boko Haram likely chose the city because it was a refuge for Nigerians who had fled the terrorists.  The U.N. says at least 3,300 refugees were in the village.

Islamic Leader Says Muhammad Drawings Will Lead To World War III

An Islamic leader is calling on western countries to limit freedom of speech because unless they stop people from drawing pictures of Muhammad, they will be inciting World War III.

Sirajul Haq, the leader of the Islamic extremist Jamaat-e-Islami Party in Pakistan, told a crowd during a protest celebrating the attack on French newspaper Charlie Hebdo that the United Nations and western leaders need to make sure religious personalities are not mocked.

“The path that the West has chosen will take the world to a third world war,” Haq told the crowd.

Haq also demanded that France issue a formal apology for allowing Charlie Hebdo to exist and for offending “billions of Muslims across the world.”

Jamaat-e-Islami is calling for a worldwide boycott of French products by Muslims as a way to show their anger toward France for allowing anyone to mock Muhammad.  The group also is part of a circle of Muslim extremist groups that have offered a $1.6 million bounty for the heads of Charlie Hebdo cartoonists.