Civil War in Gaza

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Palestinian Authority officials on Sunday accused Iran and Syria of pushing the Palestinians toward civil war, saying Hamas is acting on orders from Teheran and Damascus. Hamas and Fatah gunmen, meanwhile, contiuned to battle each other across the Gaza Strip early Monday, attacking security compounds, knocking out an electrical transformer and kidnapping several local commanders in some of the most extensive factional fighting in recent weeks. Four people were killed and large parts of Gaza City were plunged into darkness. Since infighting re-erupted late Thursday, 29 Palestinians have been killed. In a related development, Hamas and Fatah officials welcomed a Saudi invitation to hold reconciliation talks in Mecca.
 

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Civil war in Gaza between Hamas and Fatah Civil war in Iraq between Suni and Shia.Verge of civil war in Lebanon between Hezbolia and government, in Philphenes, in Sudan all backed by Iran. Our choices are getting pretty slim here seems pretty clear what Iran would do with a nuclear bomb.
 

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Genesis 16:11-12And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. This makes for an interesting study that I recommend. Ishmael, as it is recorded, became the father of those which dwell in tents - the ancestors of the modern day Arabs. This can be verified through the use of a Strong's Concordance.
 

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War On Terror: Iran's working hard to be in position to take over in Iraq when a demoralized U.S. leaves. Don't want to take our word for it? Then take Iran's.The threat from Iran grows daily as the world dithers and dallies but does little to stop it. On Sunday, for example, the New York Times reported that Iran's ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Kazemi Qumi, "outlined an ambitious plan" to tighten his country's grip on its neighbor by using "reconstruction" as a cover.Coming from an avowed supporter of terrorism, the ambassador's words shouldn't be comforting to either Iraqis or the West. Nor should they be surprising. Iran is ratcheting up pressure on the U.S. and its Mideast allies, hoping to take advantage of Americans' disenchantment with the war.What makes this so serious is that the U.S. has evidence that Iran has been significantly involved in planning attacks to destabilize Iraq and kill U.S. soldiers.According to the New York Sun's Eli Lake, U.S. intelligence officials will soon declassify information showing how Iran is aiding terrorists and sowing discord and chaos in Iraq. The information is being released because the officials worry that, amid celebrity-studded anti-war protests and politicians such as John Kerry voicing support for Iran, average Americans don't understand the threat.Since last month, the U.S. has aggressively gone after Iranian agents in Iraq, nabbing seven in two separate high-profile raids. The seven were found to be involved in fomenting violence in Iraq.It's clear Iran considers itself at war with the U.S. Why else would President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last week call for the destruction of both the U.S. and Israel?Sadly, most of us consider such rhetoric par for the course for deranged Mideast potentates. But Ahmadinejad means it, and if we fail to take him seriously, we'll someday regret our nonchalance as we've come to regret the way we ignored al-Qaida in the 1990s.Consider the "involvement" that the Times says Iran plans in Iraq. Its first move is opening a branch of Iran's national bank in the heart of Baghdad. Sounds innocuous, unless one considers the possibility that Iran is a rogue nation that will use its "bank" to finance terrorists. In this, it has a lot of experience, since it already bankrolls Hamas, Hezbollah and the dangerous Iraqi Mahdi militia, among other terror groups.This "involvement," of course, is occurring as Iran plunges headlong into developing a nuclear weapon that could irrevocably alter the balance of power in the Mideast and around the world.On Friday, the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency blandly noted that Iran appears ready to start up 3,000 special centrifuges next month, on its way to networking 54,000 or so to create enough highly enriched uranium to build a nuclear bomb.Iran also announced it would bar 38 U.N. inspectors who came from countries that supported the U.N. Security Council's sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program. Its intent is clear.As if that weren't bad enough, on Monday Russia vowed to keep helping Iran finish its nuclear reactor at Bushehr. This follows delivery last month of advanced Russian Tor M-1 anti-aircraft missiles to Tehran — missiles whose only use will be against U.S. planes.Iran is getting ready for war, and Russia wants to help. So much for post-Cold War detente.Last week, Britain's Telegraph reported that Iranian scientists were present at North Korea's nuclear test in October, and that North Korean scientists are now in Iran helping them prepare for a nuclear test that could take place by year end.Yet, even as Iran ratchets up the rhetoric, the U.S. is singled out for abuse. The U.N.'s top nuclear watchdog, Mohammed ElBaradei, mildly reproved Iran for its misbehavior, but called the U.S. "bonkers" for sending a second carrier group to the Persian Gulf.We're pretty sure what the game is here. The world now has about 1.14 trillion barrels of oil on reserve. Together, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia control 45% of it. For Iran, the goal is simple: occupy Iraq, intimidate Saudi Arabia, silence Europe and forge alliances with Russia and energy-hungry China. Then, with the world's oil supply under its thumb, it can pretty much call the tune.Might the world then merely turn its back if Iran uses a nuclear weapon on Tel Aviv? Or if it explodes a device, a la "24," in a U.S. city? We shudder to think. But we do know this: Now is not the time for complacency or weakness. And no, we're not bonkers. Iran must not get a bomb, and if that means military action, so be it.