Terrorism has been a cause of some of the "wars" predicted by Jesus as signs of the times. It has been
a factor in the history of the Middle East for hundreds of years, and is now a world-wide problem, especially
since the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington D.C. in 2001. Terrorism produces a general sense of dread even
when there is no actual attack taking place. This could be one of the most significant fulfillments of Jesus'
prediction of "rumors of war" (Matthew 24:6).
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Dec. 23, 2016 - The search for the perpetrator of the Berlin truck attack has ended. Anis Amri, a 24-year-old Tunisian was recognized in a suburb of Milan.
When he was questioned by police he shot at them. The police responded by returning fire and killing him. The BBC's Mike Sanders reports:
"Fingerprints from the man they shot match those found on the steering wheel
of the truck used to mow down shoppers at the Berlin Christmas market."
Authorities across Europe scrambled Thursday to track down a Tunisian man suspected of driving a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin
... Amri may have been radicalized in prison in Italy... in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings.
Dec. 19, 2016 - A large truck deliberately plowed into a Christmas outdoor market in central Berlin today, killing at least 12 people and injuring 48 others. The apparent
driver of the truck has been arrested. President-elect Trump commented on the massacre:
"ISIS and other Islamist terrorists continually slaughter Christians in their communities and places of worship as part of their global jihad.
These terrorists and their regional and worldwide networks must be eradicated from the face of the earth."
Dec. 12, 2016 - While Syria appears to be winning the effort to recapture Allepo from ISIS forces, ISIS has retaken the historical city of Palmyra.
The extremist group appeared to be taking advantage of the Syrian and Russian preoccupation with Allepo,
timing its attack to coincide with a major government offensive to capture the last remaining opposition-held neighborhoods in the northern city.
A bombing at Egypt's main Coptic Christian cathedral killed 25 people and wounded another 35 on Sunday, in one of the deadliest attacks
... in recent memory... an assault claimed by a shadowy group... linked to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood
Turkey declared a national day of mourning Sunday after twin blasts in Istanbul killed 38 people and wounded 155 others near a
soccer stadium — the latest large-scale assault to traumatize a nation confronting an array of security threats.
Nov. 29, 2016 - After ISIS fighters fired on Israeli troops on Sunday, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) bombed the former UN base on the
Golan Heights which was being used by ISIS to threaten Israel. The air force dropped ten one-ton bombs, obliterating the base, and probably killing four
militants.
The IDF said that the airstrikes are meant to "prevent the return of terrorists to a facility that constitutes a fundamental threat to the region.
Nov. 29,, 2016 - A Somali immigrant deliberately ran his car into a group of pedestrians at Ohio State University yesterday and
then got out and stabbed people with a butcher knife. He was fatally shot by a campus policeman. Early evidence points to terrorism as the motive.
Nov. 25, 2016 -
French police have arrested five men for planning a terror attack in Paris as early as next week. They were receiving instructions from ISIS.
Potential targets included the Disneyland Paris amusement park, 20 miles east of Paris, and the famed Champs-Elysées boulevard.
Nov. 24, 2016 - In the wake of a two-month drought and strong winds, Haifa, Israel's third largest city, is severely affected by wildfires.
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated. Fires have also broken out near Jerusalem and in the West Bank. Arson is expected.
PM Benjamin Netanyahu said,
"Every fire that was the result of arson or incitement to arson is terror in every way and we'll treat it as such...
Anyone who tries to burn parts of the state of Israel will be severely punished."
Nov. 21, 2016 - Terrorist propaganda has encouraged homegrown terrorists, to attack crowded shopping malls, special events, and parades during the holidays.
A bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security said,
“Though we know of no intelligence that is both specific and credible at this time of a plot by terrorist organizations to attack the homeland,
the reality is terrorist-inspired individuals have conducted, or attempted to conduct, attacks in the United States.”
Federal officials have warned New York City authorities about potential attacks by al Qaeda around election day. The New York Police
Department and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey were given information about a potential threat,
Sept. 19, 2016 - Officials had identified Ahmad Khan Rahami as the prime suspect in bomb blasts and threats in New York and New Jersey.
A bar owner in Linden, NJ spotted a man sleeping in his doorway Monday morning and called police. An officer confronted the man
around 10:45 a.m., and soon recognized the person as Rahami, officials said. Rahami pulled out a gun and shot the officer.
Sept. 19, 2016 -
During an FBI raid this morning five suspicious devices were discovered near a train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
The suspicious devices turned up in a backpack near a train station Sunday night. One exploded when a bomb squad robot tried to disarm it.
The discovery came a day after an explosion in Manhattan injured 29 people.
An explosion that injured at least 29 people in New York City late Saturday appeared to be "intentional," Mayor Bill de Blasio
announced, as sources told Fox News an apparent explosive device -- a pressure cooker -- was found four blocks away.
Sept. 9, 2016 - Read this 9-page report on the progress of Isis during these 15 years since the 9/11 Attacks.
Fifteen years after the United States was attacked by Osama bin Laden and the jihadists of al Qaeda, a mere 27% of Americans believe
we are safer from the threat of terrorism today than we were on 9/11.
Sept. 10, 2016 - Congress has approved a bill allowing the victims of 9/11 to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, since 15 of the 19 attackers were Saudi nationals.
The president has threatened to veto the bill.
The bill would give victims’ families the right to sue in U.S. court for any role that elements of the Saudi government may have played in the 2001 attacks
that killed thousands of Americans in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested he and the US are ready to drive so-called Islamic State (IS) from its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa...
Turkey has also been concerned with checking the advance of Kurdish forces.
Aug. 21, 2016 - A terrorist attack at at Turkish wedding in Gaziantep has killed at least 50 people. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
said the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was probably responsible for the carnage.
He said in a written statement that there was "no difference" between the group of United States-based preacher Fethullah
Gulen who he blames for a failed July 15 coup bid, the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) "and Daesh (ISIS).
Aug. 8, 2016 - Joel Rosenberg lists three reasons everyone should be aware of ISIS threats. Here are the first two:
1- ISIS leaders make clear they want to bring about the End of Days.
2- ISIS leaders vow to “break the cross” — that is, to slaughter Christians in the Middle East, in the West,
and around the world, and to annihilate Christianity from the Earth.
He also says that the terrorist group's magazine gives six reasons they hate Christians. They claim they will never stop killing until they achieve total victory.
Aug. 9, 2016 - In Riverside, California, a car passed slowly by a church during recent Sunday services. An occupant allegedly yelled "Allahu Akbar!" over a bullhorn.
"Many churches are now hiring self-defense instructors for classes or security guards that include off-duty police," said Ryan Mauro,
a professor of Homeland Security at Liberty University.
Aug. 6, 2016 - Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director Dore Gold claimed that World Vision has been transferring funds to Hamas..
In a published statement, Gold expressed his horror that "one of the largest charitable and humanitarian aid organizations in the world"
gave "approximately $7.2 million to the military wing of Hamas...mainly to strengthen its terrorist arm."
Aug. 3, 2016 - President Obama has ordered 30-days of airstrikes against the Islamic State terror group in Libya.
Marine Corps Harrier jets launched from the Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp conducted at least two airstrikes against ISIS
targets in the coastal city of Sirte Tuesday.
the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the brutal throat-slit murder of a Catholic priest during morning Mass in
France’s Normandy region. The two attackers were later shot dead.
A shooting at a Florida nightclub early Monday morning killed two people and wounded as many as 17, police said. The attack
apparently occurred at a teen party, billed as a "Swimsuit Glow Party," at Club Blu in Fort Myers, according to local media.
A gunman shouting “Allahu Akbar” burst out of a bathroom at a McDonald’s restaurant and opened fire on children before rampaging
through a nearby shopping mall. Ten are now confirmed dead, including the gunman... at the shopping center in Munich, Germany.
Authorities said Monday that they believe the gunman who opened fire in Baton Rouge a day earlier, killing three police officers
and injuring three others before he was fatally shot by a SWAT team, was specifically after law enforcement officers in the city.
Update: July 15, 2016 - The current death toll stands at 84 in the Thursday Bastille Day attack by a large truck
that delliberately drove into a crowd of people in Nice, France.
The driver, identified in multiple reports as a Tunisian national, left a mile-long swath of carnage along the seaside walkway
before police killed him in a shootout. French authorities did not hestitate to pronouce the attack... terrorism.
The families of victims of five recent attacks in Israel are suing Facebook for more than US$1 billion, saying the social media site helps terrorists plan their violence.
The lawsuit claims that Facebook helps Hamas recruit members and communicate with each other.
The number of people killed in Sunday's suicide bomb attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has risen to 165, interior ministry officials say.
The government has declared three days of mourning after the huge blast, which injured 225 others.
At least 91 people were killed Sunday in two bombings in the Iraqi capital, including a large-scale attack claimed by the Islamic State group that
killed 86 people -- among them 15 children -- in a central shopping district, officials said.
