July 25th and 26th – Pivotal Time?
There is a lot taking place across the globe on these two days, and many are warning us that this may be the “night the sky lights up.” Chatter on web sites across the globe from the Middle East to the USA, to the UK, and so forth are raising alarm bells.
Here are some of the highlights of what is planned and what is being said:
Birthday of the 12th Imam
The Mahdi! July 26th
al-Mahdi is “the rightly-guided one” who, according to Islamic Hadiths (traditions), will come before the end of time to make the entire world Muslim. Over the last 1400 years numerous claimants to the mantle of the Mahdi have arisen in both Shi`i and Sunni circles. Modern belief in the coming of the Mahdi has manifested most famously in the 1979 al-`Utaybi uprising of Sa`udi Arabia, and most recently in the ongoing Mahdist movements (some violent) in Iraq, as well as in the frequently-expressed public prayers of Iranian President Ahmadinezhad bidding the Mahdi to return and, in the larger Sunni Islamic world, by claims that Usamah bin Ladin might be the Mahdi.
Mid-Sha’ban is the 15th day of the Muslim month of Sha’ban. Laylatul Bara’ah is the night preceding the 15th day of Shaban.
The month of Sha’ban is the eighth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. The fifteenth night of this month is known as Laylatul Bara’ah or Laylatun Nisfe min Sha’ban in the Arab world. In India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Afghanistan, etc., it is known as Shab-e-barat.
Lebanon – Hezbollah
A Lebanese and Shi’ite website have quoted an unconfirmed report that Hizbullah has deployed 5,000 terrorist fighters near Israel’s northern border. Although the original report in the American-based World Tribune was based on anonymous sources, its publication in the Arab world may further escalate the tension that has resulted in Israel, Syria and Hizbullah exchanging charges of saber rattling.
Israel – Iran
…it will not be a surprise attack. In fact, regardless of when Israel attacks Iran the element of surprise does not exist. This confrontation has been discussed for several years and everybody knows about it so there will be no surprises. Israel is ready for it. Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas are ready for it. It’s just a matter of when.
July of 2010 has plenty of merit to be the month of the event. We already know that Iran has enough uranium for two nuclear bombs, it just has to be enriched to a higher grade. That right there is enough to get things started but there are other factors involved also. From Canadafresspress.com
North Korea – South Korea
The Drill starts on Sunday, the 25th.
North Korea has promised a “physical response” to joint US-South Korean military exercises this weekend.
The comments came as Asian foreign ministers met in Vietnam for a regional security forum.
The forum has been dominated by the crisis resulting from North Korea’s alleged sinking of a South Korean warship in March.
The US has accused Pyongyang of “provocative” behaviour and on Wednesday announced new sanctions.
SEOUL, South Korea—The planned U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises in the Yellow Sea have elicited harsh criticism from Beijing, which said that China can replace the United States in the operation and “take the presence of a U.S. aircraft carrier as a ‘drill target.’”
The U.S.-South Korea exercises were announced in June as a countermeasure to North Korea’s alleged sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan that killed 46 sailors in late March. China has repeatedly expressed opposition to this joint activity.
Operation Invincible Spirit will involve 8,000 US and South Korean troops, 200 aircraft and 20 ships, including the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the USS George Washington.
Costa Rica
US Military Surge in Costa Rica May Fan Regional Tensions
In a controversial decision that is likely to fan the flames of regional tensions in Latin America, Costa Rica recently granted the US permission to move 7,000 troops and 46 warships (along with their accompanying planes and helicopters) into Costa Rican waters. Officially, the act is considered to be part of the “Drug War,” which appears to be increasingly more war-like in nature due to such actions and mounting violence in Mexico and Colombia. Costa Rica’s neighbors, however, see the massive military presence as a potential base for regional strikes.
Mexican Border
From: National Guard
WASHINGTON (7-19-10) – Starting Aug. 1, up to 1,200 National Guard troops will deploy to the Southwest border with Mexico, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said in a joint announcement with Obama administration officials at the Pentagon here today.
“We’re very pleased to be in support of our interagency partners,” Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley said. The 1,200 troops will support Border Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
From DHS
The National Guard Southwest Border deployments augment CBP and ICE resources and assets already at the border, and include:
224 in California
524 in Arizona
72 in New Mexico
250 in Texas
130 serving as command and control and other support.
From YouTube
Tropical Storm “Bonnie”
From: Christian Science Monitor
Bonnie is expected to make landfall early Sunday [July 25] near the mouth of the Mississippi River with 40 mile per hour winds and a possible four-foot storm surge. The prospect of toxic oil residue surging into low-lying communities is not sitting well with Gulf Coast residents.
Along Louisiana’s coastline, parish officials are preparing residents for possible evacuation, even though oil has stopped leaking into the Gulf and hundreds of cruising skimmers could only find 50 barrels of oil to collect on Thursday. But Bonnie could give researchers insight into the extent to which kerosene dispersants have ultimately helped or hurt the Gulf oil spill relief effort.
