Re: [TruthTalk]

[Slade Henson]

Terry.   A friend of mine did a teaching a few years back using Isaiah 17. He said Damascus and Oman are soon to be destroyed. He thought it would be by Yisrael. However, if his interpretation of Isaiah's prophesy (and another I can't recall at the moment) is correct, perhaps it could be the US military that would cause the overnight devastation in lieu of the following news excerpt from the AP Wire.   Thank you for your post, Terry.   -- slade   P.S. Damascus is the capital of Syria and Oman is the largest city in Jordan. Sat, March 29, 2003 Stop equipping Iraq, Syria told Rumsfeld says that any shipments of military gear to Saddam's forces will be considered 'hostile acts' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld issued a stern warning to Syria yesterday to stop sending military equipment to Iraqi forces, saying that such shipments have included night-vision goggles. "We consider such trafficking as hostile acts and will hold the Syrian government accountable for such shipments," Rumsfeld said. Rumsfeld also said that Iraqi militants opposed to President Saddam Hussein's regime were streaming into the country from Iran, where they had been in exile. Their presence is complicating U.S. war plans, he said. Sharing a Pentagon briefing with Rumsfeld, Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that the Iraqi government has lost control of 35percent to 40 percent of its territory and that allied air forces have supremacy over 95 percent of Iraq's airspace. Rumsfeld said that Iraqi forces were being helped by shipments from Syria, Iraq's neighbor to the West. "We have information that shipments of military supplies have been crossing the border from Syria into Iraq, including night-vision goggles," Rumsfeld said. "There's no question but that to the extent that military supplies or equipment or people are moving across the borders between Iraq and Syria, it vastly complicates our situation," he said. Asked if the United States was threatening military action against Syria, Rumsfeld said: "I'm saying exactly what I'm saying. It was carefully phrased." Syrian President Bashar Assad has described the military action as "clear occupation and a flagrant aggression against a United Nations member state." Syria is the only Arab country currently on the U.N. Security Council. Syrian officials were not immediately available for comment. Rumsfeld also said that "hundreds" of Iran-backed militants opposed to Saddam Hussein's regime, known as the Badr Brigades, were entering Iraq and complicating U.S. war plans drawn up by the on-scene commander, Gen. Tommy Franks. "To the extent that they interfere with General Frank's activities, they would have to be considered combatants. And therefore we're suggesting they not interfere," Rumsfeld said. "They are Iraqis.... They have been housed in Iran, armed by Iran, sponsored by Iran," Rumsfeld said. "General Franks and the coalition countries are busy; they've got a complicated task. We'd prefer it not be made more difficult by the neighbors." Rumsfeld and Myers gave their briefing as America's battle plan for Baghdad was taking shape, with U.S. forces now in position to strike the Iraqi capital from nearly all sides - or to mount a siege and wait for Saddam's regime to fall to internal opposition. Myers said that Republican Guard units defending the city are "dug in." "They could be consolidating to make a defense. It doesn't make any difference. The outcome is certain," Myers said. The Bush administration's accusations against Syria follow complaints that Russia had sold anti-tank guided missiles, jamming devices and night-vision goggles to Iraq. The administration has faulted the Russian government for lack of oversight of Russian firms and for not interdicting the shipments. Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied the allegations. Though Rumsfeld did not identify the source of the technology, a senior U.S. official told The Associated Press that Syria does not manufacture such military equipment and gets most of it from Russia. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he could not confirm that Russia passed on the equipment to Iraq but said that Syria has long been a major conduit for Iraq-bound shipments. As sporadic battles raged between U.S. infantry and defiant Iraqi troops and paramilitary guerrillas, more armor and at least 100,000 reinforcing U.S. and allied troops are on their way to join the coalition force over the next few weeks. In the interim, the American game plan is simple: bombs, bombs and more bombs. The Army's senior ground commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. William S. Wallace of V Corps, told reporters from The New York Times and The Washington Post on Thursday that unexpected tactics by Iraqi fighters and stretched supply lines are slowing down the campaign "The enemy we're fighting is different from the one we'd war-gamed against," the papers quoted Wallace as saying during a visit to the 101st Airborne Division headquarters in central Iraq. Is 17:1 The oracle concerning Damascus. "Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city And will become a fallen ruin. Is 17:2 "The cities of Aroer are forsaken; They will be for flocks to lie down in, And there will be no one to frighten them. Is 17:3 "The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim, And sovereignty from Damascus And the remnant of Aram; They will be like the glory of the sons of Israel," Declares the Lord of hosts. Is 17:4 ¶ Now in that day the glory of Jacob will fade, And the fatness of his flesh will become lean. Is 17:5 It will be even like the reaper gathering the standing grain, As his arm harvests the ears, Or it will be like one gleaning ears of grain In the valley of Rephaim. Is 17:6 Yet gleanings will be left in it like the shaking of an olive tree, Two or three olives on the topmost bough, Four or five on the branches of a fruitful tree, Declares the Lord, the God of Israel. Is 17:7 In that day man will have regard for his Maker And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel. Is 17:8 He will not have regard for the altars, the work of his hands, Nor will he look to that which his fingers have made, Even the Asherim and incense stands. Is 17:9 In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken places in the forest, Or like branches which they abandoned before the sons of Israel; And the land will be a desolation. Is 17:10 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation And have not remembered the rock of your refuge. Therefore you plant delightful plants And set them with vine slips of a strange god. Is 17:11 In the day that you plant it you carefully fence it in, And in the morning you bring your seed to blossom; But the harvest will be a heap In a day of sickliness and incurable pain. Is 17:12 ¶ Alas, the uproar of many peoples Who roar like the roaring of the seas, And the rumbling of nations Who rush on like the rumbling of mighty waters! Is 17:13 The nations rumble on like the rumbling of many waters, But He will rebuke them and they will flee far away, And be chased like chaff in the mountains before the wind, Or like whirling dust before a gale. Is 17:14 At evening time, behold, there is terror! Before morning they are no more. Such will be the portion of those who plunder us And the lot of those who pillage us.     ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Clifton To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 03 April, 2003 20:15 Subject: [TruthTalk] If any of you have been glued to the tube, watching the news this evening (Our granson is fighting in Iraq), you probably have already heard this.  People close to G.W. Bush are talking about extending the war to other countries, and one of these people is suggesting that war with all the muslim nations be called world war four.  He contends that world war three was the cold war.    The new world order is coming out of the closet.  It will be interesting to see how many people still think Bush is a Christian six months from now.   Terry