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Revelation 6:8, “Then I saw a pale green horse. Its rider was named Death, and Death’s Kingdom followed behind. They were given power over one fourth of the earth, and they could kill its people …” (CEV)

Haven’t they read their Qur’an lately?  Doesn’t it say there is ‘no compulsion in religion’ (Sura 2:256)?  Oh, that has been abrogated, too?

“In one of the most significant attacks in Afghanistan in the past few years, insurgents have hit a landmark Kabul hotel where Afghan officials had gathered for a conference with as many as 6 suicide bombers and gunmen, according to police.

At least one suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to the Intercontinental Hotel, and the attack is still ongoing. At least four explosions have been heard and gunfire continues. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.

A police official says there are at least 3 attackers, but the number could be double that. An Afghan news agency is reporting that at least 10 people have died, but that figure has not been independently confirmed.

Afghan officials, including provincial governors, were staying at the Intercontinental because of a conference on transition that begins tomorrow. Afghan forces are scheduled to take charge of security in some areas of the country starting in July.

According to a State Dept. official, no American officials have been affected by the attack. It’s not yet known if any other Americans have been killed or injured.” Read more.

U.S., NATO Forces Join Gunbattles With Attackers Targeting Afghanistan Hotel – “The popular Intercontinental hotel in Kabul has come under attack by suicide bombers and gunmen Tuesday, a U.S. official told Fox News. U.S. forces have been called in to assist in ongoing gunbattles with assailants in the hotel, while NATO says its helicopters have already killed three of the attackers. Afghanistan news agency TOLOnews is reporting at least 10 people have been killed. That number has yet to be independently confirmed.” Read more.

“The Taliban has issued a chilling threat to carry out a series of attacks against 10 targets in Britain, American and France to avenge the death of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

‘Soon you will see attacks against America and Nato countries, and our first priorities in Europe will be France and Britain,’ deputy Pakistani Taliban leader Wali-ur-Rehman said in a videotape aired on Al Arabiya over the weekend.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP), or Taliban Movement of Pakistan, which swears allegiance to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, is blamed for many of the suicide bombings across the country and remains highly dangerous despite a series of army offensives against its strongholds in the north-west of the country, on the Afghan border.

It has not demonstrated an ability to stage sophisticated attacks in the West, however, and the TTP’s one apparent bid to inflict carnage in the U.S. failed.

The group claimed responsibility for the botched car bomb attack in New York’s Times Square last year.

But American intelligence agencies take it seriously. It was later added to the country’s list of foreign terrorist organisations.” Read more.