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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 1/12/2016 2:01:18 PM
	Hospital in Yemen hit by Saudi-led airstrike - report Published time: 11 Jan, 2016 13:09Edited time: 11 Jan, 2016 13:58 FILE PHOTO. © Reuters An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition hit a hospital in central Yemen on Monday, a state news agency reported. The alleged incident comes a day after Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said a missile killed four people at one of its clinics in the country. The clinic which came under fire is in the Swadi district of Yemen’s southern Bayda province, according to Saba news agency. Read more 5 killed in missile strike on Medicins Sans Frontieres clinic in Yemen The news agency is run by the Houthi movement, which seized the Yemeni capital Sana’a last year and is being targeted by the Saudi-led bombardment. An official from the exiled Yemeni government in the southern port of Aden confirmed to Reuters that the clinic was hit. However, he stressed that the facility, which according to the official was used by Houthi fighters as a base, was only damaged, and not destroyed. Several Houthi militiamen were killed in the airstrike, the unnamed official added. Medical facilities have come under fire on several occasions during the Yemeni conflict. On Sunday, Medecins Sans Frontieres said a “projectile” hit a hospital in Yemen’s far northern province of Saada. Five people were killed according to the NGO, which stressed it was not clear who was responsible for the attack. Last week, a center for the blind in Sana’a was hit in an airstrike reportedly carried out by the Saudi-led coalition. Read more Yemen center for blind hit by Saudi-led coalition airstrike – locals The coalition was also blamed for hitting a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in the Yemeni capital in December. Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for an international inquiry into the alleged use of cluster munitions by Saudi Arabian warplanes, describing the development as a war crime. READ MORE: 135 civilians killed in alleged coalition airstrike on Yemen wedding The Saudi-led coalition began its bombing campaign in Yemen in March 2014 to back the Sunni Muslim government toppled by the Shia Houthi rebels, whom Riyadh accuses of links with regional rival, Iran. Around 6,000 have been killed since the start of the airstrikes, with most of the casualties being civilians. (RT)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 1/12/2016 2:17:52 PM
	US oil settles down $1.75, or 5.28%, at $31.41 a barrel 18 Hours AgoReuters Watch video A brutal new year selloff in oil markets deepened on Monday, with prices plunging more than 6 percent to new 12-year lows as further ructions in the Chinese stock market threatened to knock crude into the $20s. On Monday, China's blue-chip stocks fell by another 5 percent and overnight interest rates for the yuan outside of China soared to nearly 40 percent, their highest since the launch of the offshore market. Morgan Stanley warned that a further devaluation of the yuan could send oil prices spiraling lower still, extending the year's nearly 15 percent slide. While China's ructions are spooking traders over the outlook for demand from the world's No. 2 consumer, drillers in the United States say they are focused are keeping their wells running as long as possible, despite the slump, executives told a Goldman Sachs conference last week. Lucy Nicholson \| Reuters A pump jack and pipes at an oil field near Bakersfield, California. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude settled at $31.41 a barrel, down $1.75, or 5.28, having early fallen to $31.88, an intraday low going back to December 2003. Brent crude futures were down by $1.99 at $31.56 a barrel, after falling to the lowest level since April 2004. The markets are positioned in a way where "traders are afraid to be long," said Clayton Vernon, a trader and economist with Aquivia LLC in New Jersey. "The firm push for normalization with Iran has taken the last shred of geopolitical risk out of traders' minds." The European Union said on Monday that the lifting of sanctions on Iran could come soon, following a deal last year to curb the Middle East nation's nuclear program. Many market participants that Iran's return to the oil markets would add more pressure to the global glut that has knocked prices from more than $100 in mid-2014. Even so, many big investors are still shifting more of their bets to the bearish side of the market. Speculators cut their net long position to the small since 2010 in the week to last Tuesday, with short positions rising in a sign that they are losing faith in a price rise any time soon. "If the first week is anything to go by we are in for a long, volatile and very exhausting year. The week started on a bad note and ended on a good one but the market response, worryingly, was the same to both — sell, sell, sell," David Hufton, of oil brokers PVM Oil Associates, wrote in a note. "China has torpedoed the hopes of the optimists. The third leg of the financial crises involving emerging markets that the IMF, World Bank, BIS and various messengers of doom had warned of has come into play," he said. Goldman Sachs analysts, who have also said oil could hit $20 a barrel, said in a note on Friday that sustained lower prices were needed in the first quarter "so producers will move budgets down to reflect $40 a barrel oil for 2016." Oil prices have fallen over 70 percent since the downturn began in mid-2014 as soaring global production sees hundreds of thousands of barrels of crude produced every day without a buyer. "If you actually look at how low (prices) need to go to hit variable-cost production, then you need a two-handle on crude and we could well be in that world now," Citi head of energy research Seth Kleinman said. "Q2 looks brutal. You could have refiners coming offline, just as Middle East production comes back online, including Iran." Adding to overproduction is slowing demand, especially in China where growth has dropped to its lowest rate in a generation and experts see few signs of improvement for the next few years.
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 1/12/2016 3:52:52 PM
	Ted Cruz, Jeff Sessions identify 113 radicalized terrorists in U.S. By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Monday, January 11, 2016 Photo by: Chris Carlson Law enforcement searches for a suspect in a mass shooting at a social services center Wednesday in San Bernardino, Calif. (Associated Press) Ted Cruz and Jeff Sessions said Monday the number of people implicated in radical Islamic terrorist plots in the U.S. has jumped to 113, and they said it’s yet another reason to impose tighter immigration controls. The senators have been trying to pry loose from the administration the immigration histories of those individuals, saying the public has a right to know how each of them entered the U.S. and what level of scrutiny they got. The two also added 41 new names to their list Monday, including the two Iraqi refugees who were arrested last week on terrorism-related charges. “We have now identified an additional 41 individuals, bringing the total to 113 individuals who have been implicated in Islamic terrorism in some manner since early 2014. Of these 113 individuals, at least 14 were initially admitted to the United States as refugees,” the two senators said. Mr. Sessions, chairman of the Senate’s immigration subcommittee, and Mr. Cruz, one of the GOP’s leading presidential hopefuls, have been prodding the Homeland Security, State and Justice departments for information for months. They say the information is critical in light of President Obama’s plan to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees to the U.S. this year. Last week’s arrests have put a focus on the refugee program, with both men having cleared the Iraqi refugee screening process that Mr. Obama says his Syrian program is based on. But the White House says it won’t change its plans, with officials saying they have faith in the ability of screeners to keep out bad actors. Mr. Cruz and Mr. Sessions said the problems go beyond the refugee program, and said the pace of immigration from Muslim countries deserves scrutiny. “The resources spent every year investigating the countless number of immigrant terrorist suspects in the United States are astronomical. And yet, as this costly and dangerous status quo continues, the U.S. continues to admit approximately 680,000 migrants from Muslim countries every five years,” the senators said. (The Washington Times)
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1/12/2016 4:35:16 PM

Oregon militia tears down gov’t fence, wants ranchers released

Published time: 11 Jan, 2016 20:44Edited time: 12 Jan, 2016 12:18

Armed men occupying Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon are tearing down part of a fence erected by the government to keep ranchers out of federally owned property.

The escalation comes 10 days into the standoff at the fowl sanctuary south of Burns, Oregon. Ammon and Ryan Bundy, who head the group occupying the refuge, announced they would be tearing down the portion of the fence and replacing it with a gate, to allow local ranchers access to pastures.

The Bundy brothers also said they would not end the occupation until Dwight and Steven Hammond, the two ranchers recently imprisoned by the government, are set free. The Hammonds were prosecuted by the government under a terrorism statute, over fires set on their property that damaged 140 acres of federally owned land. Government prosecutors insisted on a five-year mandatory minimum sentence.

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Day 10 in #OregonStandoff. Ammon Bundy saying he won't stop until Hammonds are out of prison

2:08 PM - 11 Jan 2016

Following a peaceful protest in Burns on January 2, the Bundys and their fellow militia members seized the empty building at Malheur. The group has been camped at the refuge ever since, calling for the government to abide by its own rules and stop the heavy-handed treatment of the ranchers. Their father, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, successfully faced down federal agents in 2014 in a dispute over grazing fees and land use.

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:@SimoneReports: Bundy & Co. convoy heads away from ref HQ to cut down a fed fence, replace w/ gate #OregonStandoff

3:34 PM - 11 Jan 2016

The militia insists they are taking the land back on behalf of the locals. While initially sympathetic to the stunt that highlighted their difficulties, Harney County residents called on the militia to leave peacefully, following a town meeting on Friday. Harney County Sheriff David Ward likewise asked the militia to depart the refuge, but was rebuffed.

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A portion of fence has been cut down #Oregonstandoff

3:56 PM - 11 Jan 2016

On Saturday, the brothers’ mother Carol Bundy sent out a call for more supplies, including sleeping bags, toiletries, food, coffee and cigarettes, suggesting that the group was preparing to stay for the long haul.

Later that day, a convoy of almost 20 vehicles brought in rifle-armed volunteers from the Pacific Patriot Network, but the Bundys turned them away. Fellow rancher LaVoy Finicum said that while the PPN’s help was appreciated, “we want the long guns put away.”

Simone Del Rosario @SimoneReports

Well they just cut down a fence put up by federal government. They say it'll open up grazing land for local ranch

4:10 PM - 11 Jan 2016

State lawmaker Dallas Heard (R-Roseburg) and several of his colleagues from Washington and Idaho also visited the refuge over the weekend. There were also reports that Nevada state lawmaker Michele Fiore called in. She famously backed the Bundys during their 2014 standoff with armed agents of the Bureau of Land Management.

Cliff Bentz, the Republican lawmaker whose district includes Harney County, called the visit by Heard and his colleagues“inappropriate,” according to The Oregonian.

(RT)

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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 1/13/2016 12:06:25 AM
	Three Palestinians shot dead by Israelis during unrest 7 hours ago A soldier stands guard in the Israeli-occupied West Bank (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana) Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians during an attempted stabbing attack in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday while a third was killed in unrelated clashes, officials said. Related Stories Two Palestinian knife attackers shot dead: Israeli army AFP Two Palestinians shot dead after stabbing Israeli soldier: army Reuters Palestinian stabs soldier in West Bank, shot dead AFP West Bank car ramming attempt, Palestinian attacker killed: Israel army AFP 2 Palestinians stab soldier, killed by troops: Israel army AFP Two young Palestinians were killed after one of them attempted to stab an Israeli soldier near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, the army said, the latest in more than three months of such attacks. "A Palestinian attacker, armed with a knife, attempted to stab a soldier securing the Beit Hanoun junction near Hebron," a statement said. "Responding to the imminent threat, forces at the scene fired towards the assailant, resulting in his death." A second man, who the army said had driven the attacker to the scene, was shot and injured as he fled. Palestinian security sources said he later died, with the health ministry identifying the two as 23-year-old Mohammed Kowazba and 17-year-old Adnan al-Mashti. Earlier a 21-year-old was shot and killed during protests near Bethlehem. "Young man killed after being shot in the chest by (Israeli) forces in Beit Jala," a Palestinian health ministry statement said, referring to a town south of Jerusalem in the West Bank. It identified him as 21-year-old Srur Ahmad Abu Srur from Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem. The Israeli army confirmed forces had fired on a "violent riot" in Beit Jala. "A hit was confirmed," a spokeswoman said. Hospital sources said a second person was shot in the leg during the clashes. Twenty-three Israelis and an American have been killed in Palestinian attacks including stabbings, car rammings and gunfire since October 1. An Eritrean was also killed. At the same time, 149 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces, most while carrying out attacks. The Palestinian Prisoners Club rights group says more than 3,000 Palestinians have been arrested since the start of the violence, with most of them minors. It says a total of more than 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are currently held by Israel.
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