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April 2, 2003
Arabs Warn U.S. Not To Pick New Fights
CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab commentators and officials warned the United States on Wednesday that its war on Iraq was widening its circle of enemies in the Middle East and urged Washington to refrain from picking new fights.
The comments came in the wake of recent threats by senior members of President Bush's administration against Syria and Iran, and later Israeli warnings to Damascus, that they would be held to account if they gave support to Iraq.
U.S. Vanguard 19 Miles From S. Baghdad
SOUTH OF BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces in the vanguard of an advance on Baghdad from the southwest were just 19 miles from the southern edge of the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, a U.S. military source in the field told Reuters.
U.S. Says Iraqi Guard Division Destroyed
CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar - American forces, which crossed the Tigris River in the drive toward the Iraqi capital, destroyed the Baghdad Division of Iraq's Republican Guard, the U.S. Central Command said Wednesday.
U.S. Bombs Said To Hit Maternity Hospital
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. missiles hit a Red Crescent maternity hospital in Baghdad and other civilian buildings on Wednesday, killing several people and wounding at least 25, hospital sources and witnesses said.
Iraqi Forces Take Cover In Shiite Shrine
CAMP AS SALIYAH, Qatar - Iraqi forces have taken up positions inside the Ali Mosque in Najaf, one of the world's most important Shiite shrines, and are firing on coalition troops, U.S. Central Command said Wednesday. Coalition forces have refused to return fire.
Comments
My top story was at the bottom of the list for the world news
organizations, but that doesn't surprise me. This empty threat by the Arab
world is pointless. They simply don't have the power to overcome a
blistering precision attack by coalition troops. The problem with all the
misreporting by Arab media sources; they have misled their people into actually
believing they can defeat the allied forces. It's a shame and many will
die in the future.
This could be the future war the Bible is speaking of in
Revelation 6:4-8 where 1/4 of the world's population is killed. With a
population at about 6 billion people that would mean 1.5 billion would die.
This horrific war is generally believed to take place in the early stages of the
tribulation period.
Israel is back in the news making a few threats of its own,
particularly against Syria. They've made it clear that if they don't stop
supporting Iraq and terrorism they will have to face the consequences.
This isn't at all what the U.S. wants to hear, but sooner or later it was going
to come down to this anyway.
It seems that the allied forces have struck a maternity
hospital killing some civilians and wounding many others. This is very
unfortunate and I wish this type of death could be avoided as all do.
Nobody wants to see civilian casualties. That's why we've been using
precision smart bombs as opposed to Daisy Cutters or the more powerful MOAB.
I'll probably lose a few readers, but the bottom line is this is war and the
death of innocent people is inevitable. We have the best technology in the
war, and even with that, innocent people will die. There's no such thing
as a bloodless war and we need to get past that.
The Iraqi soldiers are at it again. Reports have come in
that they are staging attacks on their own people and then blaming it on allied
forces. They're also using hospitals, churches and schools as command
centers because they know we won't attack these facilities. They're also
hiding in heavily populated apartment complexes, using women and children as
human shields, as they take sniper shots at our troops.
As I see it, this war is essentially over. Many are
saying the most ferocious fighting will begin in a few days as they confront
more Republic Guard units. Personally, I don't see this war materializing.
What I do see is a decimated regular army that will surrender in droves and a
Republican Guard that will flee or be killed. As for the volunteer
homicide bombers that have come from all parts of the Arab world, they will be
the real threat. Look for them to pose the biggest problem as allied
soldiers go house to house. Look for them to use civilians as human
shields. This is where the coalition could use the help of Israeli
military experts. They've already been through this and have done a
spectacular job minimizing the bombers ability to successfully complete their
mission. I realize that the U.S. would like to keep Israel completely out
of this war, but truthfully, they’re (U.S.) probably only a notch or two below
Israel on the Middle East most hated nations list.
What does the future hold? More war and threats of war!
Who will be next? It's hard to say...I once thought that North Korea would
be the next target (and they still may), but given these latest developments,
Syria might just be next, especially given there near location. But I
think they'll wise up before it gets out of hand realizing allied forces mean
business.
This U.S. coalition will cause the Arab world to align
themselves even more with the Russians. This will setup the future
military offensive against Israel. In Ezekiel 38 & 39 the locations of
the countries that will attack Israel are given. I thought it a little
strange that the land of Iraq was never mentioned in that description,
especially given their hatred toward them. Now I know why.
Look for the U.S. and Britain to go from victory to victory.
This will lead to a deepening hatred and mistrust of U.S. leadership.
Somehow British Prime Minister Blair will not come under the same contempt and
hatred that President Bush will face as they march together in war. Even
though the Arab world will deeply hate the U.S. they will never rise up and
defeat them. But this mistrust will lead to the U.S. having to take a back
seat in the final negotiations of the Middle East peace accord with Israel.
It will be their contention that the U.S. will be bias toward Israel and they
won't get a fair agreement. The British leader will be the one that will
ultimately sign the accord and provide the protection. Of course, the U.S.
will be a silent partner in the deal. This will give the peace accord
relevance and power.
As you know, I believe that the U.S. is Mystery Babylon of
Revelation 17 & 18. This is not the U.S. of today. When I say
they're not the U.S. of today, I mean they are not the God fearing nation that
we are at this time. Yes, the U.S. has its problems, but they're still a
protector of Israel and they do trust in God...even those that don't know the
Lord as Savior. The future United States I speak of will be a (following
the rapture) godless and murderous country that will shed the blood of the
saints. Under the worst circumstances that would not happen today but it
will in the future.
This Just In: The Pentagon has reported that the Republic Guard and the vaunted Medina Division have been virtually destroyed. The Medina is the armored division of the Iraqi military and this is considered a very big victory for allied forces.