MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

Let me guess: Because Turkish Muslims might get hurt in the process? Maybe Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan would prefer that Iran keep its focus on annihilating Israel first. Killing all Jews worldwide can come later. So let’s not make it any more obvious than it already is …

Prophet Mohammed, “Judgment Day will come only when the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them, until the Jew hides behind the tree and the stone, and the tree and the stone say: ‘Oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him’”

The Jerusalem Post – “Turkey warned Iran on Wednesday not to engage in acts of terrorism against Israelis or Jewish targets in Turkish territory, Army Radio reported according to Turkish newspaper Zaman, a day after Israel warned its citizens not to travel to Turkey over a terror threat in the country.

The Jerusalem Post was unable to verify this report.

The National Security Council’s counterterrorism bureau … said Tuesday that terrorists elements were planning an attack against ‘Israeli/Jewish targets in Turkey in the coming days.’

While the National Security Council did not mention Iran as the likely culprit, a report surfaced last week in Turkish media that the Mosssad had warned Ankara of a plot by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force to attack Israeli targets in Turkey.” Source – The Jerusalem Post.

Turkish Prime Minister Accuses Israel of ‘Massacre’ in Gaza – “Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan took advantage on Tuesday of the escalation in southern Israel to once again attack Israel, as he has done on a regular basis in recent months. Speaking at the headquarters of his Justice and Development Party, Erdogan accused Israel of committing a ‘massacre’ in Gaza and called Israel’s citizens to speak out against the government. ‘A slow but methodical massacre has been taking place in Palestine since the early 20th century,’ said Erdogan, according to a report on Channel 10 News.” Read more.

Flashback: Turkey: Israel No Longer A ‘Friend’, ‘It’s Time For Israel To Pay The Price’, Israeli Ambassador and Diplomats Expelled – “Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu announced on Friday that following Jerusalem’s adamant refusal to apologize over the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid, Ankara will be downgrading its diplomatic relations with Israel and suspending key military agreements. In a dramatic turn of events, Turkey announced that it was expelling Israeli Ambassador Gabby Levy from Ankara. Davutoglu said Turkey’s diplomatic representation in Israel would be further reduced to second-secretary level. In accordance, all lower Israeli diplomatic personnel above the second-secretary level have also been expelled.” Read more.

These type of punishments would only be applicable to “mentally stable wrongdoers.” Whew! Had me worried there for a second. Maybe that’s why “Ground Zero Mosque” Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf believes that “90% of Sharia Law is fully … consistent or compatible with American constitution law and American laws. The areas of difference are small and minor” …

By Al-Masry Al-Youm – “The People’s Assembly Proposals and Complaints Committee discussed in a meeting Tuesday a bill proposed by MP Adel Azzazy from the Salafi-oriented Nour Party that would apply Islamic law for certain crimes.

The proposed law calls for the application of ‘Heraba,’ an Islamic penalty for criminal actions that include overt robbery, murder, forcible taking of property with a weapon and vandalizing public facilities.

The penalties according to Azzazy’s bill are execution in the case of murder, or cutting one arm and one leg from opposite sides of the culprit’s body in the cases of robbery and forcible taking of property. If the taking of possessions is accompanied by murder, the penalty would be death or crucifixion, to be determined by the judge.

The bill also stipulates imprisonment for intimidating citizens, and that the prison sentence will end when the felon repents.

These penalties would only be imposed on adult, mentally stable wrongdoers who either commit the crimes or assist in carrying them out, according to the bill.” Read more.

The visit was unannounced, so the explosion may likely be coincidental …

Update: Apparently not. “A military source tells Fox News the strange incident on the tarmac Wednesday at Camp Bastion that occurred moments before Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived via C-17 was an attempted attack.” Read more.

“A suspected car bomb attack has taken place at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, Sky Sources have revealed.

The explosion came as US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta flew into Camp Bastion. It is believed that Mr Panetta was still landing or had landed at the time of the alleged attack, but it is not clear if he was a target.

Sky’s Stuart Ramsay said the explosion was caused when a vehicle drove on to the runway either during or after the landing.

Sky Sources have been told the explosion was caused by the driver of the vehicle. An investigation has now been launched into the driver’s identity.

The driver, who appears to have survived the attack, has been taken into custody and is being treated for burns.It was not clear whether Mr Panetta was a specific target or not. Sky Sources said the explosion did appear to be an “attack of some description”.

The base was put on immediate lockdown after the explosion this morning – but Mr Panetta is understood to be in Kabul this afternoon and in talks with the government.

The attack comes just days after a lone US soldier went on a rampage and murdered 16 Afghan civilians.

Tensions between the US and Afghanistan are running high in the wake of the shootings.

Extra security measures in place for Mr Panetta’s visit showed how nerves were on edge.

He landed at Camp Bastion so that he could visit troops at the US Camp Leatherneck, part of the same complex.” Read more.

US Defense Secretary visit to Afghanistan was unannounced – “Defence Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit on Wednesday, as the United States tried to contain fallout from a massacre of 16 Afghan civilians by an American soldier. A motorcycle bomb went off in Kandahar city in southern Afghanistan, killing an Afghan intelligence soldier and wounding two, as well as a civilian, while a roadside bomb killed 8 civilians in neighboring Helmand province, officials said, as Panetta kicked off a two-day trip by visiting troops. Panetta told them the weekend killings by what U.S. and Afghan officials have said was a lone rogue soldier would not undermine relations with Afghanistan.” Read more.

“Thousands of people took to the streets in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday to protest the killing of 16 civilians by a U.S. soldier, burning an effigy of Barack Obama and calling for the killer to be tried in Afghanistan.

Demonstrators in the city of Jalalabad chanted ‘Death to America — Death to Obama’ and blocked the main highway to Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, Britain’s Daily Telegraph reported.

‘Jihad (holy war) is the only way to get the invading Americans out of Afghanistan,’ one banner read, according to the newspaper.

The demonstrators also demanded that President Hamid Karzai reject plans to sign a strategic pact with Washington that would allow U.S. advisers and possibly special forces to remain beyond a 2014 deadline for foreign combat troops to leave Afghanistan.” Read more.

One dead after militants attack Afghan delegation at site of killing spree, Taliban vows to behead those responsible – “Taliban militants opened fire Tuesday on an Afghan government delegation visiting one of the two villages in southern Afghanistan where a U.S. soldier is suspected of killing 16 civilians. The gunfire killed an Afghan soldier who was providing security for the delegation, said Gen. Abdul Razaq, the police chief for Kandahar province where the visit took place. Another Afghan soldier and a military prosecutor were wounded in the attack, he said. The attack in Balandi village came as the Taliban vowed to kill and behead those responsible for the 16 Afghan civilians killed Sunday.” Read more.