MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

Daniel 11:43, “He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and all the riches of Egypt, with the Libyans and Nubians in submission.”

We’re all watching the situation in Egypt deteriorate as the “man of lawlessness” steps in, but here’s an interesting update on this story about the recent grave desecrations in Benghazi. Apparently the new government of recently “liberated” Libya has succumbed to the belief that they now have no other choice than to submit to the even more radical Islamists in their midst. The Nubians (modern day northern Sudan) have already been taken over …

“Police in Libya captured three members of an armed mob that desecrated British war graves in Benghazi – but released them after a few hours because they were ‘too dangerous’.

The extremists, who admitted smashing the gravestones with sledgehammers, belong to an Islamist militia with links to Al Qaeda.

During questioning, police were so nervous they made the men wear blindfolds so they would not be able to identify their interrogators.

‘We had no option but to release them, even though they admitted criminal damage,’ a senior officer told The Mail on Sunday.

‘We have no control over these men, they are too dangerous, they have more weapons. We have arrested members of this brigade in the past and their fellow fighters raided the police station to get them out.’

To worldwide outrage, this newspaper revealed two weeks ago that 150 memorials were systematically overturned, many of them shattered, while a sandstone cross was smashed.

It happened at a cemetery outside Benghazi, the headquarters of anti-Gaddafi forces during last year’s revolution.” Read more.

Flashback: Al-Qaeda Plants Its Flag in Benghazi, Libya – ‘Whomever Speaks Ill of This Flag, We Will Cut Off His Tongue’ – “Earlier this week, I went to the Benghazi courthouse and confirmed the rumors: an al Qaeda flag was clearly visible; its Arabic script declaring that ‘there is no God but Allah’ and a full moon underneath. When I tried to take pictures, a Salafi-looking guard, wearing a green camouflage outfit, rushed towards me and demanded to know what I was doing. My response was straightforward: I was taking a picture of the flag. He gave me an intimidating look and hissed, ‘Whomever speaks ill of this flag, we will cut off his tongue. I recommend that you don’t publish these. You will bring trouble to yourself.’” Read more.

Don’t worry. President Obama seems to believe that the window of diplomacy still remains open somehow, as if to suggest there is still a chance that dialogue with the Ayatollahs can somehow, someway, somewhere, still convince Iran to turn from the error of its ways. So let’s not question him. Because the President was gifted with superior judgment skills. While we’re at it, let’s also not question the nearly imperceptible draft coming in through the military’s own window of opportunity …

By Reza Kahlili – “The head of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force says his country has no choice but to destroy America in order to build an ideal society.

In a video broadcast to Basij members on Feb. 26, Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Naqdi said the Islamic regime’s ‘independence and unhindered advance toward perfection is subject to removing the despotic powers and the Zionists,’ referring to America and Israel.

‘In every field in which the Islamic Republic of Iran tries to advance,’ Naqdi said, ‘America is there to create obstacles for us. … When we want progress in science, they enforce sanctions and kill our scientists.’

The Basij force is a militia unit, established in 1979 by revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini, best known as a security force responsible for reacting to protests and other assemblies of dissident groups. It is a subset of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

Naqdi, who was born in Iraq, was a member of the Iranian Quds Force — another Guards subgroup — and involved in international terrorism before Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed him to command the Basij in 2009. He has previously threatened to assassinate American generals in retaliation for the killings of Iranian nuclear scientists.

Last year, the U.S. Treasury slapped sanctions on Naqdi for human rights abuses during the country’s 2009 pro-democracy uprising.

‘As long as America exists, we will not rest,’ Naqdi said. ‘In revealing the truth about America and the Zionists, we must raise public hate against the despotic powers and create the environment for the destruction of America.’

One week after Naqdi’s speech, during an event at the University of Tehran called ‘Quds [Jerusalem] Is Calling Us,’ Iranian ideologue Hassan Rahimpour Azghodi said the Saudi monarchy also must be destroyed, since it would result in the destruction of Israel. Read more…

There’s that “first enemy” moniker again. Iran, Egypt, Syria. I wonder what other surrounding nations feel the same way? …

By Robert Spencer – “How is it that this Assad adviser got the crazy idea that ‘the true Islam’ would manifest itself in ‘hostility to Israel’? Doesn’t he know that Islam is a Religion of Tolerance that shows love for all, hatred for none? Or has he read that passage in the Qur’an that says that the Jews will be the worst enemies of the Muslims (5:82)? Yet surely it doesn’t really mean that, does it? Maybe some of the enlightened Muslims in the U.S. can explain this puzzler for us. Honest Ibe Hooper? Boy Reza Aslan? Man of Peace Rauf? Anyone? Anyone? ‘Assad emails: ‘Suggestions for the president’s speech’ – translation,’ from the Guardian, March 14:

From: Hadeel Subject: this is from hussam Date: 31 December 2011 14:55:14 GMT To: sam@alshahba.comSee the original Arabic version

Attachment:

Suggestions for the president’s speech

After consultations with a good number of people, in addition to the media and the political attache to the Iranian ambassador, I have gathered some points that I think it is important should be mentioned in the speech:

Islam:

Since the majority of our people are from the Sunni sect and are also religious, I would suggest that the speech must carry an Islamic identity, since much of the opposition raise the flag of Islam it is therefore necessary for the president to snatch this identity from them, but in his own way, by using verses from the Holy Qur’an in the speech.

Confirming that the Islam of the Syrian people is the true Islam by connecting Islam with Syria’s principles,

1. Resistance

2. Hostility to Israel, the first enemy of the Muslims,

3. Protection of Read more…

“(ANSA) – Milan, March 15 – Police arrested a suspected terrorist in the northern city of Brescia early on Thursday who they believe may have been planning an attack on Milan’s synagogue.

Jarmoune Mohamed, a 20-year-old Moroccan national who has lived in Italy since he was six, is also suspected of setting up secret Facebook pages providing training on making bombs and using weapons for budding terrorists.

Correlated investigations are being carried out in the United States and Britain and London police have arrested a woman suspected of being an accomplice of Mohamed in the synagogue plot.

Police said they found evidence in the man’s home and on his computer that he has conducted a thorough inspection of Milan’s synagogue, with information on the security measures used and the police who guard the building. They showed some of material they seized from his home to reporters.

Investigators added that they had intercepted messages in which the man talked about a ‘jihad mission’.” Read more.

As I stated here four days ago, only one conclusion could be drawn if there were no mass riots within a few days of the “rogue soldier” incident: For Muslims, the unintentional burning of Qur’ans is much worse than the intentional killing of innocent men, women and children. Now The New York Times is coming to the same realization and attempts to delve into why, at least so far, this has proven to be the case …

By ROD NORDLAND – “KABUL, Afghanistan — The mullah was astounded and a little angered to be asked why the accidental burning of Korans last month could provoke violence nationwide, while an intentional mass murder that included nine children last Sunday did not.

‘How can you compare the dishonoring of the Holy Koran with the martyrdom of innocent civilians?’ said an incredulous Mullah Khaliq Dad, a member of the council of religious leaders who investigated the Koran burnings. ‘The whole goal of our life is religion.’

That many Americans are just as surprised that what appears to be the massacre of 16 people at the hands of an American soldier has not led to mass protests or revenge killings speaks volumes about a fundamental disconnect with their Afghan partners, one that has undermined a longstanding objective to win the hearts and minds of the population. After more than 10 years, many deaths and billions of dollars invested, Americans still fail to grasp the Afghans’ basic values. Faith is paramount and a death can be compensated with blood money.

‘To Muslims, and especially to Afghans, religion is much higher a concern than civilian or human casualties,’ said Hafez Abdul Qayoom, a member of Afghanistan’s highest clerical body, the Ulema Council. ‘When something happens to their religion, they are much more sensitive and have much stronger reaction to it.’

The attack by a still unidentified United States Army soldier near his base in the Panjwai district, in southern Kandahar Province, has certainly infuriated Afghans and added to already strained relations. But the anger has been more polemical than violent — at least so far.

‘We have to hold our breath here — people are jumping too fast on this idea that Afghans don’t care about 16 people being killed, compared to, say, the Koran-burning episode,’ said Haseeb Humayoon, who has studied the phenomenon of mass protests.

There have been delayed reactions to past foreign offenses, like when a Florida evangelist deliberately destroyed a Koran last year. And Friday Prayers, which often touch off mass protests, have yet to take place this week. Still, the contrast with the reaction to the Feb. 20 Koran burnings is striking. Within a day of the burnings, violent protests outside NATO bases broke out, and apologies from top officials did little to stem two weeks of violence that took at least 29 lives.” Read more.