nuclear bomb or to possess the means
of building a nuclear bomb.
IRAN REACHES IMMUNITY FROM
ISRAELI ATTACK
In October of 2012, Iran moved
the last of its centrifuges into the underground facility at Fordo. The event
that Israel said she would never allow
to happen had, in fact, happened.
The possibility of an Israeli air strike
against Iran’s nuclear enrichment
facility had now been taken away.
Israel’s choices were narrowed to a
ground invasion of Iran, the use of
nuclear bombs in a strike against Iran’s
nuclear facilities, the US conducting an
attack on Iran, or accepting Iran as a
nuclear power.
At press time, President Obama
continues to insist that there is still
time for diplomacy to work with Iran.
The latest statement from the Obama
administration was that Iran must begin to cooperate with the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by
March 2013. However, so many deadlines have been set and broken that
no one has faith in them any longer.
Meanwhile, Israel’s options continue
to shrink, and the fear in Israel grows
that Iran will suddenly announce that
she now possesses a nuclear bomb.
ATTACK ON IRAN IN 2013?
Many political observers and
even some government officials have
expressed the opinion that the US will
attack Iran sometime in the first half
of 2013, if diplomatic efforts fail. Iran’s
leaders have stated repeatedly that,
if the US or Israel attacks Iran, it will
trigger World War III. That leaves every
person on earth with the disturbing
question, “In the year 2013, will the
conflict with Iran erupt into the Sixth
Trumpet War that will ultimately wipe
out one-third of the human race?”
SYRIA
If Iran does not serve as the flashpoint for the prophesied Euphrates
River War, the expanding conflict in
Syria certainly could. Since the demonstrations against the Bashar Assad
government began in 2011, in excess
of 40,000 Syrians have been killed. The
West desperately wants to replace the
Assad regime with a government that
will be subservient to the UN.
DO ALL THESE
FACTORS INDICATE
THAT WE ARE ON THE
BRINK OF THE
EUPHRATES RIVER
WAR SPOKEN OF
IN REVELATION 9?
Both Hillary Clinton and President Obama have stated emphatically
that Bashar Assad must leave power.
However, a UN resolution calling for
Assad to step down was vetoed by Russia and China. Since President Obama
is a firm believer in global governance,
he has been unwilling to lead an invasion that the UN would not approve.
However, the US, Saudi Arabia, Qatar
and Turkey have supplied money and
military equipment to assist the rebels
in their war against Assad. Russia, in
the meantime, has continued to insist
that the Syrian conflict is an internal
matter and that outside forces must
not interfere.
CHEMICAL WEAPONS
It has been known for many years
that Syria possesses a large stockpile of
chemical and biological weapons. President Obama has warned Assad against
using those weapons in the Syrian
conflict. He has stated this would be
a red line for the US. Assad has stated
that he would never use these weapons against his own people, but would
feel free to use them if external forces
invaded Syria.
Around the first of December,
satellite reports indicated that the Syrian government had begun the process
of activating its chemical weapons. It
appeared this was happening because
Assad’s hold on power was slipping
from his grasp. Again, the US warned
that the use of these weapons against
the people of Syria was a red line that
Assad should not cross.
As the conflict increased in intensity, Turkey requested that NATO
move anti-missile defenses into Turkey
along its Syrian border. NATO moved
quickly to fulfill this request.
General Hassan Firouzabadi, the
Iranian armed forces chief, said the
planned deployment of NATO Patriot
missiles along Turkey’s border with
Syria “could lead to a world war.” Firouzabadi said Iran wanted its neighbor
Turkey to feel secure but called for
NATO not to deploy the Patriots in its
easternmost member state, which also
borders Iran. “Each one of these Patriots is a black mark on the world map,
and is meant to cause a world war,”
he said. “They are making plans for a
world war, and this is very dangerous
for the future of humanity and for the
future of Europe itself.”
Firouzabaki’s remarks were accentuated a few days later when it
became known that Russia had sent a
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