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Camelot 2017? If
Donald Trump Wins the Election of 2016, Prepare for a New
"JFK and Jackie" Team
NEW
PREDICTION: 8/6/16 -- Base 7 dating: January 2017.
With the inclusion
of Melania Trump as potential First
Lady, Donald Trump becoming the
21st Century version of JFK is now a distinct possibility. Hillary
Clinton has gone farther towards the goal of being
the first female president this year than she did in 2008 by
being nominated as her party's candidate. In 2008 it was a member
of her own party, Barack Obama, who stole the show from her. She
could lose the show again by Republican challenger Donald Trump
because conditions for a 1960 JFK-type election are
in the cards from a base 7 perspective (56 years: 2
x 28, 8 x 7).
The other influencing
election year is 1988: VP George Bush succeeded two-term
president Ronald Reagan. Although VP Joe Biden is not running,
former Secretary of State under Obama, Hillary Clinton is.
Which year will
win out? 1960 or 1988? Either has a good chance, so this election
year can no longer be called ... yet.
COMMENTS
(11/14/16): After Donald Trump
introduced his wife Melania to the
world on television I realized that the odds of Hillary
Clinton winning the White House in November were
seriously threatened. Tweets I began posting reflected my change
in mind. However, as my prediction for November 2016 was that a woman would win
the presidential election still had to stand, partly because
Hillary had won her party's nomination which got her halfway
there, this site had no choice but to offer both possibilities
from a base 7 perspective.
When the days fall
on each month differs each year on our calendar until
the calendar resets and begins the pattern over again every 28 (4
x 7) years. For this reason election years, which occur every 4
years, do not and can not repeat every 7, 14, or 21 years ...
they can only repeat every 28 years or a multiple of 28 years. 28
years is a long time. Double 28 and you get 56 (7 x 8) years,
which is even longer. Therefore, logically it makes the most
sense when determining an election that occurs every 4 years to
use the 28th and 56th anniversaries.
The 28th election
year anniversary is 1988. That would have, as I mentioned above,
portended continuity of a two-term presidency by someone in the
same party. In 1988 that continuity was realized by the election
of Ronald Reagan's vice president George Herbert
Walker Bush. That could have easily repeated in
2016 with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continuing
the policies of the two-term presidency of Barack Obama. With the
additional support of an actual prophecy by William Branham of a
woman winning the highest office in the United States, it would
have appeared that Hillary's future as president was assured.
But one has to
keep an eye on the 56th election year anniversary as well ...
which in this case was 1960. If an unusually charismatic male
candidate like the late John F. Kennedy were to challenge
Hillary, the election might be less certain. By no means when
Donald Trump threw his hat into the ring was this at all
apparent. Trump seemed to be too much of a clown and too
offensive to too many people to be a serious challenge to
Hillary. But as 2016 proceeded,
Trump gave the world a glimpse of who their First Lady would be:
Melania Trump. That changed the calculus of the
race. Even though Trump's comments were very unpopular, his ideas
were nonetheless very idealistic in both positive and
negative ways. The last time we had a president who thought in
novel ways and in ideals was John F. Kennedy.
And never before had the world seen such a stunning potential
First Lady since Jackie Kennedy. Thus,
the 1960 influence took precedent over the 1988 influence, and
Donald Trump won. It was late in the campaign when I realized
this might happen, and I tweeted my findings. But not until a sex
scandal that threatened to make him unelectable ran its course.
That could have finished him, and made the entire election
process invalid, but it didn't.
So welcome to
Camelot again ... providing the anti-Trump protests in the
streets, fueled by the Illuminati, do not turn into civil war,
martial law and World War III.
Now that Trump is
president-elect, we should also look into the 84th (7 x 12)
election anniversary: 1932 in this
case. That was when one of the greatest presidents of all time
was elected: Franklin D.Roosevelt.
I will not be
taking credit for getting this right because to do so I would
have had to delete the "first woman
president" prediction on 2016
(Part Three)well before the election. I did not want to
do that because I could see that there are other ways a major
female personality could win a "high office": Melania
Trump in the role of America's first Evita. The
problem with that "prediction" being fulfilled is 1)it was slanted towards Hillary Clinton winning the
election and 2)even
though Melania Trump is likely to be even more popular than
Hillary, that hasn't actually
been proven yet.
If
Melania does become this nation's first Evita,
then perhaps we could say that "prediction" was
fulfilled. But right now it is too early to say.
In any event I no
longer rate my "predictions" for accuracy and haven't
since 2009; I simply acknowledge when an event is repeated
partially or completely or as a close call ("prediction
fulfilled"). I gave my reasons somewhere on this site why I
stopped scoring predictions, but can't find them.
But
the fact is you can't grade or score something that is a
naturally-occurring phenomenon. Even when I don't
post "predictions" of past events that can be repeated,
those events get repeated every seven years or multiples thereof
anyway. I could be dead and buried, yet this process will
continue to go on without any analysis on my part. One recent
example is the massive 7.5 earthquake that just struck near
Christchurch in New Zealand. It was a year and three months
premature from a base 7 perspective since the last time was
February 2011. It should have happened in February 2018 rather
than November 2016. Then again, as powerful as it was, it was not
as deadly as it was a deep quake. New Zealand had two major
quakes in 2011, so it is possible another is on the way next
year. Anyway, you can see evidence of how events I did not even
research or consider happened again anyway seven years or
multiples of seven years apart on other pages of this site in the
form of "base 7 alerts" (like the Victoria
Bushfires in Australia that repeated the Black
Friday Fires 70 years later or the Brunswick
Horrormurders
that resembled the Amityville Murders
35 years later). I may go back to doing these base 7 alerts.
We also know some
events skip over a seven year period and are not repeated.
Sometimes not even after 14 or 21 years, but maybe 28 years or 35
years later. Did they really FAIL if they skipped over a
year? No; not if they end up repeating at a later time on the
timeline (and they almost always do).
Also, it is silly
to score speculation. Almost all speculation ends up being at
least partly wrong if not entirely; and we all engage in it. A
lot of the text in my "predictions" is made up of
speculation ... the figuring out of the why and how an event
might be repeated.
Also there is
this, my quote from an email which can still be read on my site: "We
are now living in a world where the truth is always in doubt. And
in that kind of world,
predictions and prophecies are often going to appear flawed or
wrong. It's one of the reasons I haven't been rating my
predictions for a long time now.There is no
empirical, realistic way to do
it in a world where the news media constantly is lying and hiding
(or changing) events. In addition to revisionism in history,
we are daily witnessing revisionism in current events."
One good example
of this was my prediction that Yasser Arafat would be
assassinated. When he died it was reported that he succumbed to
natural causes. But then years later it was revealed by the news
media that new evidence indicated that he had been poisoned. So I
was right; but it took years to find that out. There's a good
example of being made to look like you were wrong when you were
right ... so much so that you go on believing you were wrong for
many years after.
Eventually I will
remove the rating results from my past pages. I still think
knowledge of this "system" is the best way to go for
just about anyone, but it should never be subjected to an annual
"predictions of the stars" sort of grading or scoring.
NEW
PREDICTION: 8/6/16 -- Base 7 dating: January 2017.
Hollywood icon Angelina
Jolie divorces her husband, actor Brad Pitt, after
little more than two years of marriage. The grounds of divorce
will be listed as "incompatibility."
(CNN) One of
Hollywood's highest profile marriages is over.
Angelina
Jolie has filed for divorce from husband Brad Pitt,
citing irreconcilable differences.
According
to the court documents, the pair separated on September
15, two years and one month after they married in August
2014.
Jolie is
seeking physical custody of their six children and asking
the court to grant Pitt visitation.
She is
also asking to keep "miscellaneous jewelry and other
personal effects" as well as any earnings from after
the date of their separation and other separate assets to
be determined later.
Already
there is speculation that a tabloid-friendly,
child-unfriendly custody battle may ensue over their six
children. But a source close to them asserted that both
sides want a cordial breakup. "Other than the fame
of the people involved, this is like so many other
divorces," the source said.
"I am
very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the
wellbeing of our kids," Pitt said Tuesday in a
statement to CNN. "I kindly ask the press to give
them the space they deserve during this challenging
time."
The Guardian - Sep 20, 2016 Angelina
Jolie has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt,
her attorney has said. This decision was made for
the health of the family. She will not be commenting, and
asks that the family be given its privacy at this
time, Robert Offer said in a statement ...
COMMENTS (9/22/16): A
few months sooner than I anticipated. Still, it is a PREDICTION
FULFILLED. Angelina
Jolie is now in readiness for the predictions that may
apply to her on 2018 (Part One).
Update, 4:32 p.m. A source familiar with the situation, tells Vanity Fair, "Brad fulfills his commitments." The original story continues below. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been getting divorced for an eternity. They announced their decision to end their marriage in September 2016, just before the election, an entirely different epoch.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie on Tuesday sought to move forward with her long and sometimes bitter divorce from Brad Pitt, which has yet to be finalized after almost two years. Jolie's attorney filed papers in Los Angeles Superior Court saying the actress wanted a judgment "returning the parties to single status during calendar year 2018."
COMMENTS (10/17/18): Technically,
this prediction is at best PARTIALLY FULFILLED. Why? Because
the divorce has yet to be finalized.
Angelina Jolie reportedly would like the divorce completely
wrapped up by the end of 2018: sometime in
December 2018. This
is likely why a base 7 projection of the tragic and
premature death of Angelina (or her dramatic escape from such a
fate) as outlined on 2018 (Part One)has not yet occurred.
Theoretically, she could continue on without danger until December 2019 or even later ... until November 2020. Currently, that is the
latest postponement of a base 7 repetition I am aware of: 2
years and 2 months late exact ... and it is very rare.
In any
event, this prediction is not completely fulfilled until the
divorce is finalized. For other information
regarding the danger to Angelina Jolie go to 2018
(Part One) or else to 2018 Predictions at my new site at Weebly.
It's Mr. and Mrs. Miffed. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are so sick and tired of being husband and wife that they're asking a court to make them legally single again, even before the other details of their divorce are ironed out.
The Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie divorce is inching forward at a glacial pace, but the former Hollywood power couple might finally be able to sever ties before sorting out the rest of their legal drama.
COMMENTS (3/24/19): Still
waiting, but getting closer to finalization. Regardless of when
the divorce is official, the "two years and two months"
extension due to a period of historical correction is counted
from September 2018. If Angelina Jolie is the "next Princess
Diana tragedy" waiting to happen, she has until November 2020, or any time before, to succumb to or
survive whatever awaits. If not she may well live forever. The
one year anniversary of the divorce finalization may also be
highly dangerous.
Incompatibility
appears to be correct. Still, even though both are now officially
"single," they have yet to finalize their divorce. This
finalization could happen as late as November 2019.
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More than two and a half years after Angelina Jolie first filed for divorce, she and Brad Pitt are about to be single again. A judge ruled that the stars can go back to being legally single before they finalize their divorce settlement - a legal move known as bifurcation that Jolie, 43, and Pitt, 55, requested, according to court documents filed Friday.
As late as
November 2019? Or later? There may be fatal consequences for
another if much later ...
It has been over three years since Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, but the former couple is still figuring out the details of their complicated settlement. The rather messy saga has included a custody battle and various court orders, and at one point Jolie alleged her ex wasn't paying enough child support.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie haven't divorced yet because they can't figure out what to do with their castle and winery in France. Angelina and Brad separated after Brad and their son Maddox Jolie-Pitt allegedly got into an altercation while on a private plane. Brad reportedly considers his and Maddox's strained relationship a "tremendous loss."
COMMENTS
(11/11/19): There are even rumors the two may get back
together ... but only rumors. The "fatal consequences for
another" I mention is what the alternative may be to a
potential Princess Diana tragedy
happening to AngelinaJolie.
Or even her escape to become the exalted Woman of
Revelation 12. If the divorce is not finalized or
if the couple remarry, then by default the current base 7 event
repeat returns to another Marilyn Monroe death. The
2018 close call of Demi Lovato almost
guarantees it. This prediction was made during the summer of the
2016 election year. A Donald Trump presidency was not yet a
serious consideration. Now that Trump and Melania have become a
kind of 21st Century John F. Kennedy and Jackie, and because
events are being held up by a factor of at least two years, a
Marilyn Monroe tragedy a year before the death of Trump becomes a
stronger possibility. This increases the risk that Britney
Spears, Amanda Bynes, or some other troubled major female star
may commit suicide in 2020.
There's a new development in the Brangelina divorce saga. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt got together back in 2004 on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith and were married in 2014. In 2016, Jolie filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences."
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been at the crossroads since The Eternals star filed for a divorce. A new report claims Angie is out to destroy her ex-husband and seeks full custody of Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox and Vivienne.
Brad Pitt is, reportedly, 'left reeling' after Angelina Jolie filed new court papers Angelina Jolie, allegedly, prohibited Jennifer Aniston to see her children Brad Pitt is rumored to be dating Alia Shawkat amid Jennifer Aniston reunion rumors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have yet to finalize their messy divorce.
Brad Pitt was, reportedly, fuming after his parenting was called into question Angelina Jolie, allegedly, banned Jennifer Aniston to go near her children Brad Pitt, reportedly, begged Angelina Jolie to reconsider her decision to file for a new child custody evaluation against him Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston dating rumors have been spreading like wildfire since the "Ad Astra" actor broke up with Angelina Jolie in Sept.
Former French President Jacques Chirac, known for a carefully crafted "everyman" image but whose later years were dogged by allegations of corruption, has died at the age of 86.
Former French President Jacques Chirac, a gregarious and yet imperious political warhorse who during four decades in government became a senior European statesman and led opposition to the Iraq war, died Thursday. He was 86. His son-in-law Frederic Salat-Baroux told the Associated Press that Chirac died "peacefully, among his loved ones."
COMMENTS (11/11/19): Another rather simple
one-sentence prediction, actually less than a sentence, but like
the Hong Kong prediction it says a lot. On September
26, 2019, two years and eight months
after the January
2017 target date, Mr. Chirac died of natural causes. At
one time I believed he might be the Chiren/Chyren figure
mentioned many times by Nostradamus in the quatrains, especially
during the turbulent and dangerous 1990s in Europe when three
major Balkans conflicts were fought (followed by a brief fourth
conflict in 2001). Chirac was instrumental in bringing the
Bosnian War to an end in 1995. Had a world war come to Europe, I
believe he would have been a major player in bringing about its
conclusion.
Why
was the date of his death off by two years and eight months?
It could have just been the way the cards fell. But I still
suspect it was what has lately been a two years and
two months phenomenon of historical events
repeating themselves tardily rather than in accordance to the
base 7 system. Once again we may have seen in this case how historical
correction has warped an event from occurring until
well over two years later. Indeed, the only
incident so far that has been six months beyond the two
years and two months lag.Because
it does fall not far from being within the two years
and two months period, I consider this a PREDICTION
FULFILLED.
A pilot and two passengers have survived with minor injuries after a light aircraft crashed onto a dual carriageway in Wales. The trio narrowly escaped the plane moments before it exploded after smashing down onto the A40 near Abergavenny. They were taken to hospital in an ambulance as a "precautionary measure", a spokesperson for South Wales Fire Service said.
A light aircraft has crashed on to a main road but managed to avoid hitting any cars. South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the three people on board survived the incident on the A40 near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. The service was called to the crash at about 11:00 BST on Sunday.
Passengers were pulled out of the burning remains of a small plane that crashed onto a dual carriageway this morning. Shortly after 11am the light aircraft ploughed into the A40 between Abergaenney and Raglan, hitting overhead power cables as it descended.
COMMENTS (1/19/20): Forget
the February 2017 event of a small
aircraft crashing into a shopping centre in Melbourne, despite
its similarity. It was important largely because it happened so
close to January
2017. What
occurred in Wales two years and three months later, on
May
12, 2019, is
much closer to the mark. Wales of
course is a UK country and the plane did crash into a highway
while vehicles were being driven on it. Still, not a passenger
jet (neither was the Melbourne incident). Close enough for, and
unusual enough to be a PREDICTION FULFILLED.
The final moments of a doomed light aircraft are shown as it speeds towards the DTFO centre in Melbourne. Pilot Max Quartermain made two mayday calls to flight control after the aircraft suffered a "catastrophic engine failure". All four passengers and the pilot were killed in the crash and the following blast.
COMMENTS (3/7/17):
This is similar to what I predicted above. The timing is
uncanny enough to make this a PREDICTION CLOSE-WORTHY (new term), although the location was in
Australia instead of the UK ("close worthy").
Obviously, if the actual event happens word for word, that will
either replace or augment this alert.
Above is news feed of the event
from February
21, 2017.
NEW
PREDICTION: 3/26/15 -- One of the most gruesome
Hollywood murders in history, the still-unsolved murder of
aspiring actress Elizabeth Short on January
17, 1947 set a precedent that has
resulted in an unbroken string of Hollywood murders and suicides
every seven years ever since. The horrific discovery of her body
in the Crenshaw District, sawn in half, her mouth slashed and
split apart into a grisly death grin, inspired the movie The
Black Dahlia by suspense film director Brian de Palma in
2007. Short, nicknamed "The Black Dahlia"
because she always wore black clothes, was only 22 years old when
she was slain. The identity of her killer or killers has never
been established nor has anyone ever been labeled a suspect.
Not every actress
that fell prey to the curse of The Black Dahlia has been famous;
but then again, Elizabeth Short never made it beyond film tests
to go on into appearing in films. She died horrifically as an
actress wannabe, and the nature of her murder made her famous.
As I mentioned,
most on the timeline of death were murdered ... beginning in
1975. But until then, several were suicides and one a car crash
fatality.
On March
31, 1954, seven years after the
mutilated body of The Black Dahlia was discovered, actress
Joan Dowling, age 26, committed suicide by gas poisoning
after discovering that her husband was having an affair. Seven
years later, actress Belinda Lee was killed in a
horrific car crash at the young age of 25 on March 12,
1961. Later that year, on August 26,
1961, actress Gail Russell, age
36, was found dead in her Brentwood apartment from a heart attack
brought about by acute alcohol poisoning.
On Wednesday, January 24,
1968, actress Virginia Maskell,
only 31 years old, left her home and was reported missing. Police
searched in a heavily wooded area and found her still alive, but
barely conscious. In hospital she died from the overdose of
barbituates she had taken to end her life in the woods. In an odd
twist, later that year, on June 3, only three days before Bobby
Kennedy would be assassinated, actress Valerie Solanasshot artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol,
nearly killing him. What is odd is her last name Solanas.
Fourteen (2 x 7) years later, on March 15, 1982,
actress Theresa Saldana (Solanas/Saldana) would
be stabbed ten times in the torso by a stalker named Arthur
Richard Jackson. The attack would be nearly fatal.
Seven years after
Virginia Maskell's suicide and the near fatal shooting of Andy
Warhol by Valerie Solanas, on July 24, 1975,
36-year-old actress Barbara Colby was gunned
down along with actor James Kiernan as they walked to her car
after teaching an acting class in Los Angeles.
She had appeared
in the TV series The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Columbo, and The Odd
Couple. Seven years later, on October30,
1982, Poltergeist actress Dominique
Dunne, age 22, argued with her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas
Sweeney. Sweeney followed her out to the driveway of her estate
and strangled her into a vegetative state of virtual brain death.
She died five days later, on November 4, 1982,
in a coma she would never emerge from. Seven years later, the
future looked bright on July 18, 1989
when actress RebeccaSchaeffer,
age 21, who starred in the TV sitcom, My Sister Sam,
prepared to meet with director Francis Ford Coppola to audition
for his film, Godfather III. The role would have been a
major break for the actress and likely would have propelled her
into greater stardom. However, when she opened the door to her
apartment she found herself face to face with a man named John
Bardo, a deranged fan who had been stalking her for over two
years. Bardo shot Schaeffer in the chest. She died instants
later.
Seven years later,
suicide returned to take the life of model and actress Margaux
Hemingway on July 1, 1996.
The blonde actress and daughter of author Ernest Hemingway, who
committed suicide 35 (5 x 7) years earlier in 1961, was found
dead in her studio apartment from an overdose of phenobarbital.
Entering
the 21st Century, another seven years later, another actress
murder shocked the world. B-film queen Lana Clarkson
was found shot to death in the Hollywood Hills mansion of
legendary record producer and "Wall of Sound" creator Phil
Spector on February 3, 2003.
Indeed, the murder of an aspiring or B-film actress like Lana
Clarkson was predicted by me to happen in 2003 based on the Black
Dahlia slaying discussed above. I even had an approximation of the first name, Laura
or Laurel rather than Lana,
figured out and the partial name "Clark"
the day before her murder was reported. Clarkson had been shot
through the mouth and brain, and it remains unclear whether she
was terrorized and murdered by Spector or if she had taken the
gun and engaged in erotic edge play with the weapon, playfully
sucking on the gun barrel and simulating fellatio, only to
accidentally squeeze the trigger and kill herself. Indeed, it can
be seen from some of the photos taken of the body that her legs
are bare all the way up apparently to her crotch which is barely
covered by her sweater. It is obvious to anyone that she is not
wearing shorts but is either wearing panties or no panties at
all, indicating that Spector may have been masturbating her while
she sucked on the gun.
Once again I warned that yet another actress murder would
occur in
January/February 2010. Almost like clockwork,
the reports began coming in on January 6, 2010 ... the body of
Playboy model and aspiring actress Paula Sladewski,
age 26, was found burning inside of a trash bin. She was burnt
beyond recognition. So horribly charred was her body that she had
to be identified through dental records. Some reports stated that
police did not believe she was burned alive, but did not release
a cause of death. The cause of death, and Paula's killer, remain
mysteries to this very day.
The danger ahead
lies in January
2017 or July 2017. Murder
is most probable, although suicide could also
claim another major actress. There may even be two actresses who
die in a similar manner as in 1961: an accidental car crash death
followed by a suicide. One thing is certain: nothing like the
bizarre, grisly and unsolved Black Dahlia murder has ever
occurred again. Thus far, the most sensational murder on this
timeline, aside from the Black Dahlia, was that of Lana Clarkson.
ANOTHER
CASE OF NOT BEING INFORMED ... THIS HAPPENED TWO MONTHS AGO ...
Article Last Updated: Saturday, January 28, 2017 1:50pm
(c) 2017, The Washington Post.
WASHINGTON - An attorney for the man charged in the
beating death of a District of Columbia actress and yoga
instructor argued Friday that his client did not commit
the brutal killing and that detectives sought to coerce
the suspect, who the lawyer said is mentally ill.
Duane Adrian Johnson, 29, is
charged with murder in the killing of Tricia
Lynn McCauley, who went missing
on Christmas Day and was later found dead in the back
seat of her white Scion.She
had been beaten and strangled, and her legs had been
bound with a seat belt, police said.
Police said Johnson, who did not know McCauley, had been
spotted driving the car and that he had the keys to the
vehicle on him when he was detained.
After Johnson was arrested, according to charging
documents, he told police that McCauley had
offered him a ride. He said he and McCauley had sex and
that afterward, she committed suicide by hanging herself
with a seat belt. He then told detectives
that he drove around the city with McCauley's body in the
back seat and that he thought she was
"sleeping" and would "wake up."
During a hearing in D.C. Superior Court, public
defender Mani Golzari argued that Johnson's comments were
evidence of mental illness.
"These are the ramblings of a mentally
ill man. They are trying to connect these ramblings to a
murder," Golzari said. "With
someone with a mental-health issue and no high school
diploma, a lot of things can go wrong in an
interrogation." Golzari later called the police
questioning of his client a "coercive
environment."
Johnson told detectives that he had not slept for three
days and had often gone weeks without sleeping, Golzari
said. The lawyer said a video showed that before he was
questioned, Johnson sat in a chair in the interrogation
room for four hours. At one point, he stretched out on
the floor under a desk.
Golzari argued that evidence cited by
authorities so far did not directly link Johnson to the
killing, and he said McCauley's
death "could have occurred prior to Mr. Johnson
being connected to the car."
Assistant U.S. Attorney David Misler did not address
Golzari's allegations that his client was treated
improperly. The prosecutor successfully argued that
Johnson should remain in jail pending trial.
During
the hearing, Golzari also provided new details about a
man who had once been accused of sexual assault and
called police to tell them that, at one point, he had
been in the vehicle with Johnson and McCauley's body but
thought McCauley was "unconscious," not dead.
Judge Hiram Puig-Lugo dismissed the information about the
witness, saying that the man's arrest had occurred 19
years earlier and that he had not been convicted in that
case.
Johnson, wearing an orange D.C. jail jumpsuit, sat
through most of the nearly two-hour hearing with his head
down, occasionally looking up. Authorities previously
identified him as Adrian Duane Johnson, but current court
records list him as Duane Adrian Johnson.
McCauley, 46, was a popular actress in the
local Washington theater scene. Her friends reported her
missing after she failed to show up to dinner on
Christmas evening.
Prosecutors did not disclose whether any DNA
evidence was found, but authorities said Johnson's
fingerprints were found in McCauley's vehicle along with
the fingerprints of another unknown man.
Puig-Lugo found that there was enough evidence to order
that Johnson remain in jail until trial. The judge also
cited Johnson's "voluminous" previous criminal
cases, including 12 prior convictions. The judge also
said Johnson had two pending misdemeanor theft cases at
the time of his arrest in McCauley's death and was on
probation in two other cases.
Johnson's attorney argued that most of his client's
previous cases were misdemeanor charges.
"We look forward to going to trial and to
demonstrate that Mr. Johnson did not commit this
offense," Golzari said.
Johnson's next hearing was scheduled for April 10.
First posted: Friday, December 30, 2016 09:27 AM EST |
Updated: Friday, December 30, 2016 09:39 AM EST
The man charged with murdering actress Tricia
Lynn McCauley insists she hanged herself after having sex
with him.
Adrian Johnson was handed a first-degree murder charge on
Tuesday after McCauleys body was found in her car
in Washington, D.C., hours earlier. She died
from asphyxia due to ligature strangulation with
blunt force trauma.
Police officials told TMZ, Johnson
and McCauley did not know each other, adding to
speculation she may have been the victim of a carjacking.
But, in a new development, Johnson told cops
McCauley, who appeared in the dance film Step Up, was
suicidal and killed herself after voluntarily giving him
all her belongings.
According to documents obtained by ABC News, he
claims the late actress and yoga instructor offered him a
ride and agreed to have sex with him before she fatally
hanged herself.
The accused also told cops he drove the actress car
around Washington, D.C., and even picked up a prostitute,
while the dead actress body was covered in the
backseat.
A yoga instructor and
actress who vanished on her way to Christmas Day dinner
with friends in Washington DC has been found dead in her
car, police said.
Tricia McCauley's body was found inside her missing white
Scion one day after police released a photograph of a man
who may have been driving it. A suspect has been taken
into custody.
Although the cause of death has not yet been released,
police said there are signs of trauma on 46-year-old
McCauley's body. It doesn't appear that the suspect and
McCauley knew each other, police said.
COMMENTS (2/10/17):
This is a bizarre murder and the alibi of the accused killer,
what he claimed the victim did, is what makes it extremely
bizarre.
Her body was found bound in the
back seat of the car. She had been strangled, and there were
ligature marks on her neck consistent with that, but no sign of
what had been used. State of her underwear indicated sexual
intercourse had take place, likely forced assault.
But what follows ... I have never
heard of an invention this strange ... a woman beaten and
strangled to death, tied up in the back seat who, according to
the accused, had picked him up, appeared despondent, had
consensual sex with him and afterwards hanged herself with
the seat belt and shoulder strap.
What is also weird is that there
is NO EVIDENCE linking him to her death. This raises the
possibility that she was murdered or committed suicide before
the accused came upon the scene. In addition, a prostitute and a
male friend of the accused had each driven around for hours with
the body in the back seat, believing she was asleep. Stranger
still, it is beginning to look like they are going for an
innocent due to mental illness plea as a way to cover up what
really happened.
This is strange enough of
a case to be a PREDICTION FULFILLED ... and we don't really know most
of the details of what happened yet.
Although an
abduction was never fulfilled, it was reported on January
28, 2010 that
British heiress Robyn Whitehead died of
a suspected drugs overdose. It was later determined the drug was
heroin. This resulted in a "close" fulfillment of the
predicted event.
Later that year,
in August 2010, US pop icon and heiress Paris Hilton awoke to
find a man holding two large kitchen knives trying to break into
her Los Angeles home through one of the high windows. She phoned
police who arrived in time to arrest the intruder before he got
into the residence to kill Paris.
The odds are
considerably less that this "prediction" will be
fulfilled seven years later. However, although January 2017 is almost done, the
staying power of base 7 predictions continues on throughout the
year and sometimes into the following year (2018 in this case).
Also, Paris Hilton has a record of numerous close calls that
makes her a very vulnerable target.
NEW
PREDICTION: 3/11/16 -- This was posted on my blog
yesterday. Essentially we will see a repeat of the March 2010
sinking of the South Korean vessel The Cheonan in January-March 2017. The reason for January 2017 being part of the window
of opportunity has to do with the North Korean attack on the USS
Pueblo in January 1968, forty-nine (7 x 7) years ago next
January. Thus, we may see either a repeat of the USS Pueblo
or the Cheonan.
I doubt it will be
an exact repeat. More likely than ever, Kim Jong Un will use a
small tactical nuclear missile against the ship ... which could
even be a huge US aircraft carrier. Such a weapon would reduce
the great carrier into vast and endless plumes of smoke and a
black oily mass. I saw this in a dream more than once, and it was
horrible.
Because the base 7
system sometimes sees repetitions occasionally occur a few months
to a year premature or a few months to a year late, we must watch
Kim Jong Un's actions now ... January-March 2017 could happen early,
perhaps as early as this very month.
Dream
of Possible Nuclear Danger to US Base in the Pacific
INTRODUCTION (8/11/17 1:14
AM): Old dreams of the future ... such dreams that have
not yet been fulfilled ... are very important: I have seen a
number of them happen several years later, even many years later
in some cases. Thus, I don't believe in failed dreams of the
future ... I think if they are truly prophetic, they will be
fulfilled even if it takes 30 years. Here
is one possibly relating to the current nuclear crisis with North
Korea and Kim Jong Un's new threat to attack Guam ... sent in
from viewer Michael Scøtt Andersen. I'll be
posting it at two locations, this page because it is specific to
an important US island in the Pacific, possibly Guam,
and also on 2017 (Part Two) along with another dream by Mike dealing
with nuclear war. It appears there because of a prediction I made
concerning a massive blackout or EMP/nuclear attack on the US
mainland projected to occur in August 2017.
It appears beneath the above prediction because it is not
unlikely that any North Korean attack on Guam, nuclear or
non-nuclear, may well involve an attack on a US battleship or
aircraft carrier or multiple US ships. Of course an attack on a
US Pacific island base is the next worst thing to a strike on a
very large US ship in the Pacific. This dream itself is
from August 8 and 9, 2009:
Michael Skøtt
Andersen mmcclellan@adelphia.net
Subject: Fwd: Danger to US base in the pacific ?
Priority: Normal
Date: Thursday, August 10, 2017 5:43 AM
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Hi Mike!
I am resending
two different emails that I sent for the first time back in
August 2009.
The reason for
this, is that I now believe that my dreams meant that North-Korea
will launch a nuclear attack on Guam on August 31.
It is okay with
me if you wish to use it on your homepage.
I hope that you
are well and that you will keep up the good work that you have
been doing.
Friendly regards
Michael Skøtt
Andersen / Copenhagen d'Annemarc
Subject: Danger
to US base in the pacific ?
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:54:47 +0200
From: Michael Skøtt Andersen
To: mmcclellan@adelphia.net
Hi Mike
The night between
Saturday 8 of August and Sunday 9 of August I had the following
short dream:
I was on a US
base on an island somewhere in the Pacific. I dont know if it was
an army, airforce or navy base.
Somehow I
received a message that the enemy was going to attack us with
nuclear weapons. I think it was the Russians but it could also be
the Chinese. In the dream I tried to call my mother to say a
final goodbye, but I only reached her answering-machine. While I
was trying to get through on the phone, I was looking out the
window and discovered a big cloud that resembled a mushroom cloud
from a nuclear blast, but then I realised that it was a natural
and normal cloud.
A few seconds
later I saw the explosion of a real nuclear bomb at the same
place I had just seen the normal cloud.
I have previously
had dreams where I saw nuclear explosions, and usually they then
symbolized death and/ or some disaster.
The fact that I
first saw a normal cloud resembling a nuclear explosion must then
mean that a threat will be posed, but shortly after the threat,
it will be carried out or materialize, because I only experienced
a short pause in the dream between the 2 clouds. I can't say that
I know if this threat is of human origin or if it will be a
natural dissaster of some sort, but I fear that it will be clear
soon, something between a week and 10 days after I dreamt this
strange dream.
The symbolism of
the answering-machine and trying to call mother, would probably
mean that the people on this base will try to get help from the
mother-land, in this case USA, but they will only receive words,
and no real help.
I also think that
I should tell You that one of my sisters had a dream too that
same night.
She called me on
the phone and asked me a question at first.
-Michael, was
Attilla a Hun ?
I replied with a
question:
-Why are you
asking that ?
She then told me
that: she had ben dreaming that she and I was walking along on a
road.
Somewhere in
front of us she then discovered men riding horses, they were
Asians and she said that she recognized the clothes as the sort
she had seen in films about Djenghis Khan. She told me that they
were in a very bad mood in this dream at this point, allthough
they were not doing anything at this time. My sister told me that
she then lay down on the road with a feeling of not wanting to
continue any more and that she didn't bother. She also said that
I continued to walk the road and that I was still alive, and then
she flew over the Huns who at this point had moved behind a
mountain to prepare what she thinks was a sort of ambush.
Perhaps You are
now wondering why I guess that it will happen between one week
and 10 days after I dreamt this dream?
Well some of my
true dreams come to happen the same day I dream them, some of
them several years after, but most of them in the above mentioned
interval. Therefore I recommend that the US troops and bases in
the pacific should be put on alert from this sunday 16 of august
and until at least wednesday the 19 of august. Just in case that
I had a true dream once again.
Friendly regards
Michael Skøtt
Andersen / Copenhagen d'Annemarc
* * * * *
Hi Mike,
Just got through
updating the news of the last few days concerning N Korea's
announcement that it miniaturized warheads to place on their
ICBMs to attack US cities, Trump's "fire and fury
warning," and N Korea's threat that it will attack Guam by
the middle of August. They all touched on three different
predictions I made on three 2017 pages: a N Korean destruction of
a huge US aircraft carrier with a possible nuclear weapon (by
extension this could also be applied to an attack on Guam), a
mass blackout or EMP/nuclear attack on the US, and another Korean
War, one that might begin with an attack on an island first and
might become a nuclear Pacific conflict.
Old dreams of the
future, such dreams that have not yet been fulfilled, are very
important: I have seen a number of them happen several years
later, even many years later in some cases. I saw the destruction
of the aircraft carrier happening on TV in a dream about 15 years
ago or so ... I didn't know what else was going on in the war,
but that it was likely North Korea that was responsible. I also
knew that the US had been at war in or with Afghanistan, Iraq,
and Iran at the time and that we had just recently expanded the
war to Syria. The only thing wrong with the dream is that we have
not yet been to war with Iran, at least not in such a way that it
has been focused on by the major news media. There have been
close calls in the Persian Gulf, warning shots by both sides, but
not an actual war ... at least not one we know about.
I also had a
weird dream back in the mid-1990s where there was a
"parade" of countries flying their flags proudly, many
in the Middle East, but also in Azerbaijan and Central Asia ...
but when the flag of North Korea appeared near the end of the
procession, everyone dived into their cars and fled to safety ...
ghostly green-colored missiles suddenly appeared in the sky and
they were aimed at us. This last dream was likely symbolic and
not 100% accurate either as Azerbaijan and the five Central Asian
"Stans" have not been part of a succession of
conflicts, although the Middle East countries, most of them, have
by now. Saudi Arabia and Iran are fighting a proxy war in Yemen
for example in addition to the countries fighting ISIS or that
have been in any way involved in the Syrian Civil War, including
Turkey, and even Israel after rocket attacks by ISIS in the
Egyptian Sinai and Syria in the Golan Heights.
Anyways, don't
think your dream of 2009 is in any way a failed dream. I don't
believe in failed dreams of the future ... I think if they are
truly about the future, they will be fulfilled even if it takes
30 years. I will be posting your dream, Mike, it is important ...
especially the first one, more so than perhaps your sister's
dream. I don't think her dream will be relevant to the current
situation, but may well be relevant to World War III in Europe if
it comes to that. Russia's role is without doubt ... China's
role, if any, is dubious. One prophet, The Seer of Waldviertel
(aka "the Farmer of Kremms"), I believe, even said
China could become the bad guys or the good guys depending on the
situation.
I'll try to get
this done later tonight ... I have been up all night and it is
now morning (daylight hours of morning). Thanks.
The Third of Three Vectors
For a Virgin Galactic Shuttle Flight Catastrophe
SpaceShip Two Explodes on Reentry or in Space
Nostradamus,
Quatrain 1.81 ~
From
human company nine will be set apart, from judgment and council
separated: Their fate
will be division upon departure, Kappa, Theta, Lambda, dead,
banished, scattered.
NEW
PREDICTION: 9/27/16 --DESCRIPTION: 9/27/16:
Base 7 dating:February 2017.
An error was made
in space disaster precedents in the prediction for February
2015: I got the Challenger Space
Shuttle Disaster of January 28,
1986 confused with the Columbia Space
Shuttle Disaster of February 1,
2001.
Thus, the
precedent for the predicted February 2015
explosion of SpaceShipTwo on reentry should not have been theColumbiadisaster of
February 2001, but the Challenger disaster of 1986.
Furthermore, the
prediction should have been made for January 2014,and not any time in 2015.The
disaster should also have been predicted to occur at liftoff,
and not during reentry.
2015 should have
been a carefree year (which it was). So, what I thought was to be
a dangerous three years in a row(2015,
2016, and 2017) was actually to be three
years out of four (2014, 2016,
and 2017).
The other
two years are correct: 2016 (based on Apollo 1
in 1967) and 2017 (based on
Columbia in 2001).
The prediction
that should have been made for January 2014
rather than February 2015 was,
nevertheless, fulfilled nine months late when
SpaceShipTwo exploded two minutes after liftoffon Halloween,October
31,2014,
killing the pilot and seriously injuring the co-pilot.
Despite the dating
error, I still suspect, if such test flights had not been made,
that a planned civilian flight with a number of celebrities on
board, including Lady Gaga, scheduled for February 2015
would have caused their deaths in the same manner. It would have
been a prediction fulfilled 13 months late. Because Gaga
was planning on singing in space, depending on what song she
sang, this could have made her fiery death the "fall of
Lucifer" prophecy found in the Book of Isaiah, Chapter 14.
It appears
that all systems are now go for 2017.Lady
Gaga lost her chance, but Katy
Perry will LIGHT the way instead !!!!
Captions: More than 700 people are said to
have signed up for a ticket for Virgin Galactic's space flights,
including Leonardo DiCaprio and physicist Stephen Hawking.
Other wannabe celebrity space
tourists include Ashton Kutcher (left) and singer Katy Perry
(right), Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Tickets cost $250,000
(£173,000) each.
I guess with the
divorce now in progress, Angelina and Brad will have other things
on their minds. But not the others mentioned above, including
singer Katy Perry. Perry went out in a blaze of
glory on the 2014 Grammys performance of "Dark Horse"
where she was burned at the stake. So this is one gal not afraid
to play with fire!
Maybe occult
singing sensations Lady Gaga and Madonna will join the crew after
all. Three Lucifers for the price of one! All singing
in harmony in outer space ... Madonna could even sing "Like
A Virgin (Galactic)."
Currently there is
a six-man or seven-man crew planned, headed by the new arrival of
a female commander. It is being reported that Virgin Galactic has
hired Kelly Latimer, a combat veteran
and test pilot for NASA, Boeing and the U.S. Air Force, as the
first woman to join its six-man pilot corps. It is not clear to
me if Kelly makes the six-man crew number as a seven-man crew or
if her addition makes her as one of the six.
Having a female
crew member on board the test flights, especially one as
prominent as Kelly Latimer, is bad business as two out of three
NASA space disasters involved high profile female crew members: ChristaMcAuliffe,
who died in the 1986 Challenger Disaster, and Laurel
Clark, who was one of the doomed crew members in
the 2001 Columbia Disaster.
Thus, the scenario
now is for an explosion to occur in space or on reentry in February 2017.
Why did I include
an "explosion in space" as a possibility in my
prediction for February 2015 (should
have been January 2014 as explained
above, fulfilled October 2014), January-April
2016 (so far only a Space X explosion, nothing
related to Virgin Galactic), and now for February 2017? After all, there has
never been a disaster or tragedy in space before.
It is precisely
for that reason: because there has never been an explosion of a
space vehicle in space itself before. It has no precedent. Yet it
is bound to happen one day, sooner or later, as long as
manned space flight programs continue. Every future base 7 vector
based on Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia must contain the
suspicion that an explosion in space may occur.
Also, as long as
wealthy and prominent civilians are eager to be on board, it will
almost guarantee the most horrifying air disaster for celebrities
since the fiery destruction of the passenger airship LZ 129
Hindenburg ("the Hindenburg") on May
6, 1937. Something also to keep in mind when May 2021
rolls around.
NEW
PREDICTION: 8/6/16 -- Base 7 dating: February 2017.
THERE WILL
BE HELL TO PAY! More than likely it will be ISIS (with
its back up against the wall in Iraq) behind this mass terror
attack. There will likely be conventional explosions all over the
city or even attacks with crude missiles or rockets with
explosive warheads. The attacks may remind one of the London
blitz of World War II. Chemical or biological weapons are also a
possibility.
London (CNN) A man killed four people, including a
police officer, outside the UK Parliament on Wednesday in
what British police are looking at as an act
of "Islamist-related terrorism."
Scores more people were hurt when the attacker plowed his
car through a crowd of people on a bridge over the River
Thames, got out of his vehicle and fatally stabbed police
officer Keith Palmer, a 15-year-veteran who was unarmed,
on the grounds of Parliament.
An armed officer shot the assailant dead.
Mark Rowley, Britain's most senior counterterror police
officer, told reporters late Wednesday that authorities
believe they know the attacker's identity but are not
releasing it, and are operating on the assumption the
incident was "Islamist-related terrorism."
The assault, which came on the one-year
anniversary of the ISIS bomb attacks in Brussels, brought
carnage to Westminster, the heart of political life in
Britain.
Prime Minister Theresa May described the attack as
"sick and depraved." She said attempts to
defeat through violence the values Parliament represents
would be "doomed to failure."
"The location of this attack was no accident. The
terrorist chose to strike at the heart of our capital
city, where people of all nationalities,
religions and cultures come together to celebrate the
values of liberty, democracy and freedom of speech,"
she said.
Parliament was placed on lockdown for several hours and
lawmakers were forced to remain in the main debating
chamber of the House of Commons as officers rushed to the
scene outside.
Pictures showed scenes of carnage in the aftermath of the
attack, which happened as Parliament was in session. One
member of the British government gave mouth-to-mouth
resuscitation to the officer who died from stab wounds.
"This is a day that we had planned for -- that we
all hoped would never happen -- but sadly it is now a
reality," said Rowley, acting deputy commissioner of
the Metropolitan Police.
He said Palmer, 48, was a father and a husband.
Rowley said 40 people were hurt.
Incident began near Westminster Bridge
The area around Westminster was teeming with people when
the attack began at about 2:40 p.m. Witnesses said the
attacker drove his car over Westminster Bridge and into
the crowds. The vehicle hit a large number of people,
including three police officers.
"The car then crashed near to Parliament and at
least one man -- armed with a knife -- continued the
attack, trying to enter Parliament," said Rowley.
One of those who died was a woman, he said.
Proceedings in the House of Commons were suspended, with
dozens of MPs locked inside.
Police put the Westminster area on lockdown, securing
roads, Parliament buildings and the Westminster
underground station. The zone was soon expanded to a
larger part of central London, including the London Eye
Ferris wheel, which was halted for hours with people
still on it. They have since been let off.
The London Ambulance Service treated at least 10 patients
on Westminster Bridge.
In the chaos, a woman was pulled from the River Thames
alive, but with serious injuries.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said: "My heart goes out to
those who have lost loved ones and to everyone who has
been affected," he said, paying tribute to the
emergency services.
He announced the deployment of additional armed officers
on the streets of the British capital. "We stand
together in the face of those who would seek to harm us
and destroy our way of life," he added.
"Londoners will never be cowed by terrorism."
Police appealed for anyone with photos or video of the
incident to contact them.
The Prime Minister called a meeting of COBRA, the UK's
emergency Cabinet committee.
US President Donald Trump spoke with May on the phone
after learning of the attack, White House spokesman Sean
Spicer said.
Mark Toner, acting spokesman for the US State Department,
said officials were closely following the situation.
"Our hearts go out to those affected. We stand ready
to assist in any way the UK authorities would find
helpful," he said.
Eyewitnesses report chaotic scenes
People were photographed running in a panic from the
scene, while witnesses told CNN they saw the car plow
through a crowd.
Robyn Lyon, 34, from Rugby, said he was walking along
Westminster Bridge.
"I saw a car, the crunch of car, hitting the curb. I
kind of thought the guy had maybe had a heart attack or
something," he said.
"The accelerator suddenly picked up so you had that
revving. I expected it to hit the bridge wall and then
stop, and then turn back carry up the pavement. It hit
several people. I jumped out the way into a road.
"I stood in shock and saw carnage around me and the
car carrying on up the bridge."
Another witness, Radek Sikorski, said he saw one of the
victims bleeding heavily from the head and another lying
unconscious.
Richard Poet, 62, who was visiting London from Brighton
and his partner were leaving the Tate Britain gallery
when he heard "great crashes."
"I thought it was a wrecking ball. It didn't sound
like guns or anything."
Craig Meichan, 20, a student from Ormskirk near
Liverpool, was on a field trip with around 15 others and
had left Parliament just a moment before. He was shaking
as he told CNN his part was separated into three groups.
"It sounded like a car backfiring, police began
shouting and they started cordoning off the area,"
he said, adding that he believed his tutor was still
locked inside.
"I'm a bit shaken up, you never expect this to
happen to you. When it does it's an indescribable
feeling."
Chaos in Parliament
As the incident unfolded outside, Leader of the House of
Commons, David Lidington, told MPs a serious incident had
taken place "within the estate." Proceedings
were suspended.
Lidington told MPs that it appeared a police officer has
been stabbed and that the assailant had been shot.
Conservative MP Damian Collins told CNN that he was
walking through an underground tunnel from his office to
vote in the chamber with about 30 other MPs when he heard
shouting followed by two gunshots.
Police shouted for the MPs to get down on the ground.
"Clearly something serious had happened but no one
was being told what was going on," he said.
"The instant response from the police was incredible
-- they seemed on top of the situation straight
away."
Chris Doyle, Director of Council for Arab-British
Understanding, who was at a restaurant at Parliament at
the time, described a moment of sudden panic.
"We were in the terrace restaurant when there was a
serious of panicked male shouts. Everyone started getting
under tables. Under the sofa by me was a small child.
Only after several minutes did people get up. It became
clear it was the police," he said.
"We still did not know what had happened, if there
was a bomb, a gunman a fire. The police directed everyone
-- MPs, Lords, cooks, waiters, visitors and
schoolchildren -- to the central lobby.
Members of parliament were locked in and asked to keep
away from windows.
Hundreds were later evacuated from the Parliament
buildings after hours locked inside.
Labour MP Barry Sheerman posted an image on Twitter
showing lawmakers in the House in the evening with food
and drink.
COMMENTS (3/23/17): Although
ISIS is celebrating yesterday's attack in London, they have yet
to claim responsibility at this writing. One must also consider
Al Qaeda as a source of terror again, in the present and future,
since the emergence of Osama bin Laden's mysterious son, now in
his 20s, as that group's new leader. Because the magnitude of the
London terrorist attack was not in the hundreds, this can only be
a PREDICTION
PARTIALLY FULFILLED.
It was a notable event, nonetheless, that will be regarded in the
years ahead as a major terrorist attack on British soil.
By Steve Almasy, Ralph Ellis and Natalie
Gallon, CNN
Updated 0122 GMT (0922 HKT) June 4, 2017
CNN) [Breaking new update, posted at 9:59 p.m. ET]
At least 20 people were taken to hospitals across London
after the terrorist attacks on London Bridge and at
Borough Market, London Ambulance Service said in a
statement. The injured were taken to six hospitals, while
other people were treated at the scene, London Ambulance
Service Assistant Director of Operations Peter Rhodes
said.
[Previous update posted at 9:02 p.m. ET]
Police in London were dealing with what appeared to be a
coordinated terrorist attack on at least two locations
late Saturday night, after a van mowed down pedestrians
on London Bridge and a knife attack was reported in a
cafe nearby.
Eyewitnesses reported panic as the attacks unfolded, in
the vicinity of a major transport hub and in an area
packed with restaurants and bars.
British Prime Minister Theresa May said authorities were
dealing with a "terrible incident" and London's
Metropolitan Police Service said incidents at London
Bridge and nearby Borough Market were being treated as
terrorism.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said it was "deliberate and
cowardly attack" on Londoners enjoying a Saturday
night out.
It was the third terrorist attack to strike the United
Kingdom this year, after a man drove a car into
pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in March and the bomb
attack on an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester two
weeks ago.
Latest developments
Vehicle attack on London Bridge: Eyewitnesses said
a van drove at speed across London Bridge from the north
side, knocking over several pedestrians. London's
Metropolitan Police said they first responded to the
bridge at 10:08 p.m. (5:08 p.m. ET).
Stabbings at Borough Market: A man with a
"massive knife" entered a restaurant at nearby
Borough Market, just south of the bridge, stabbing two
people inside, another eyewitness told CNN.
Metropolitan Police statement: London's police
service said both incidents were being treated as
terrorism. Armed officers responded and shots were been
fired, police said. A reported third incident at
Vauxhall, a few miles west, was not connected.
British Prime Minister Theresa May returns to
Downing Street: In a statement, she said a "terrible
incident" in London was being treated as
"potential act of terrorism." She planned to
chair a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergency
committee Sunday.
US President Donald Trump reacts: The President
was briefed by the national security team, White House
Press Secretary Sean Spicer said. Trump tweeted:
"Whatever the United States can do to help out in
London and the U. K., we will be there - WE ARE WITH YOU.
GOD BLESS!"
The attack began just after 10 p.m.
A witness on the bridge told CNN the van mowed down
pedestrians as it sped south across the bridge, leaving
bodies lying in the roadway.
Another witness, who was in the cafe, said a man with a
"massive knife" entered Elliot's Cafe at
Borough Market, just south of the bridge, and stabbed two
people inside. The patrons sheltered in the basement and
police then arrived at the scene, the witness said. The
condition of the stabbed people was not known.
Mark Roberts, the witness on the bridge, said the van was
traveling south across the River Thames at a high rate of
speed and was swerving as it struck several people,
knocking one person "about 20 feet into the
air."
The van swerved into oncoming lanes before hitting a bus
stop and coming to a stop, Roberts said.
"Within my line of sight, there were five or six
people on the ground that were not moving," he said.
"It looked to me that the van was aiming at the
people."
Roberts said he heard what sounded like gunshots about 10
minutes later. He estimated 100 people were on the bridge
at the time, fewer than earlier in the night because it
was getting late.
"I froze, to be honest," Roberts said. "As
I was thinking ... which direction should I run, the van
swerved across the other side of the bridge from
me."
The cafe stabbing occurred in Borough Market, a popular
market with gourmet food and produce stalls and several
restaurants inside.
A witness said they were in the front of Elliot's when a
large group of people started running up the street from
Borough Market.
"Someone said, 'What is going on?' and one of the
people running said, 'There is a man with a knife up
there and he is coming this way.' There was complete
panic as everyone ran to the back of the restaurant and
crouched down trying to hide themselves from view,"
the witness said.
"A man suddenly appeared in the restaurant with a
massive knife -- some people in the restaurant believe
there may have been another man -- but it was so chaotic
it was hard to tell," the witness said.
The man with the knife stabbed a waitress, who was hiding
behind a partition, in the neck and stabbed a man in the
back before running out of the restaurant, the witness
said.
Jack Applebee, who owns a restaurant a block away from
Elliot's, said he was standing outside when people came
running down the street. A girl said, "They're
stabbing everyone."
Applebee told his customers to go to the back of the
restaurant. He said he started to pull down his shutters
and turned around to see three men standing outside, one
holding a machete. One wore "this sort of
belt," he said.
The men just looked at the people in the restaurant and
Applebee said he didn't know what to do. The men went
down the street, so Applebee and a colleague pulled down
the shutters. Five minutes later they heard gunshots.
They went to the staff room upstairs where they heard
more gunshots. About 90 minutes later, police evacuated
the restaurant, he said.
Police activity spread throughout the Borough Market
area. Officers rushed into the nearby Katzenjammers bar
and ordered people to sit on the floor, patron Paul
Connell told CNN.
"The police were absolutely brilliant, they came in
and explained the situation," he said. " Armed
police came in. They told us to remain on the floor but
to stay calm. We were eventually led out of the bar and
some kind people working in a hotel let us come in to use
the bathroom and to give us water."
The US embassy in London tweeted: "Please avoid the
area and monitor local news/@metpoliceuk for
updates."
The US Department of Homeland Security put out a
statement saying, "At this time, we have no
information to indicate a specific, credible threat in
the United States."
At 11:44 p.m., Metropolitan Police
tweeted that officers were also responding to reports of
an "incident" in the Vauxhall area, about 2.5
miles southwest of Borough Market, also on the south side
of the Thames.
Later they said that call was not related to
the bridge or cafe incidents.
London Bridge Tube station was closed and
London Bridge was closed in both directions.
Mayor Sadiq Khan said the incident was still unfolding.
"We don't yet know the full details, but this was a
deliberate and cowardly attack on innocent Londoners and
visitors to our city enjoying their Saturday night. I
condemn it in the strongest possible terms. There is no
justification whatsoever for such barbaric acts."
England has been on edge since May 22, when a suicide
bomber killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert at
the Manchester Arena.
A benefit concert for victims of that attack
was scheduled for Sunday in Manchester. Saturday, she
tweeted, "Praying for London."
Saturday's incidents also come more than two
months after a man drove an SUV into a crowd on the
sidewalk along Westminster Bridge in London, killing at
least four people. After ramming the car into a barrier
outside the Houses of Parliament, the driver got out and
stabbed a police officer to death. The attacker was
gunned down by a police officer.
The assailant, Khalid Masood, 52, of West
Midlands, reportedly had a criminal record and may have
had connections to violent extremism, British Prime
Minister Theresa May said.
COMMENTS (6/4/17): Deaths
may well reach the hundreds in London if these kinds of ISIS
attacks continue to happen. This is a second PREDICTION
FULFILLMENT with the
Manchester terrorist attack prediction also fulfilled last month.
This twin attack in the heart of London is still breaking news at
this writing.
Bright Naked Eye
Comet With Long Tail Comes Close to Earth
NEW
PREDICTION: 8/6/16 -- Base 7 dating: March 2017.
It will not be
discovered until January 2017. It may
be something like Comet Hyakutake which reached magnitude 0 in
late March 1996 and had an extremely long tail. The coma was a
luminous green, softer than the full moon, but just as large (it
was only 9 million miles away). Inside the city and suburbs, the
very long tail was too faint to be observed. However, several
miles away from city lights the tail could be seen well and was a
magnificent sight.
"... The
other object, which has been firmly classified as a comet
could be visible this week. The comet, C/2016 U1 NEOWISE,
"has a good chance of becoming visible through a
good pair of binoculars, although we can't be sure
because a comet's brightness is notoriously
unpredictable," said Paul Chodas, manager of NASA's
Center for Near-Earth Object (NEO) Studies at JPL.
Those in the northern hemisphere
may be able to spot the comet in the southeastern sky
shortly before dawn this week.
It is moving farther south
each day and it will reach its closest point to the sun,
inside the orbit of Mercury, on 14 January, before
heading back out to the outer reaches of the solar system
..."
Will I ever live
to see another naked-eye comet ... with my own eyes ... in the
northern hemisphere? It's been 21 years since Hyakutake (the 2nd
easiest to see), 20 years since Hale-Bopp (the easiest to see),
and 10 years since Holmes (the third easiest to see). McNaught,
possibly the comet of the century in 2007, was a super comet and
a daylight comet too ... but it was more for the southern
hemisphere, hard to catch in the north.
Taiwan Provokes War
With China; War Spreads to Japan, United States, and Throughout
South China Sea
Nostradamus,
Quatrain 3.1 ~
After
the combat and naval battle, Great Neptune in his highest belfry:
The Red Adversary
will become pale with fear and put the great Ocean into terror.
NEW
PREDICTION: 5/24/16 -- As if trouble from North Korea
will not be bad enough, China may go to war with the United
States and its allies Taiwan, Japan, and the countries in the
South China Sea such as Vietnam. There was once a time when
potential confrontation in the Spratleys and South China Sea and
conflict with Taiwan were seperate issues. Not anymore. A
conflict with Taiwan would almost certainly attract the United
States and Japanese allies and would become a much larger Pacific
Ocean war. Also, we have the Nostradamus quatrain that has never
been satisfactorily explained concerning the Red (Communist)
Adversary putting the greatest Ocean in the world to Terror.
If this war goes
nuclear it will mean Hillary Clinton's role as US president will
be a short one. Prophet William Branham warns that when a woman
becomes President of the United States, she will be the last
president and that huge explosions will follow leaving America a
blackened, smoking ruin littered with millions of dead. However,
he does not say what country will launch the attack or how long
the female president will be in power. The Hopi Indians also warn
that World War III will come to the USA as nuclear annhilation
via nations in Asia that once knew the first light of wisdom.
Prophet A.A. Allen includes Russia as being among those launching
the nuclear destruction of America.
In any event, the
base 7 "window of opportunity" for such a confrontation
to begin, if it begins initially over Taiwan, is March 2017 ... the 21st anniversary
of the closest thing to a war between the US and China over
Taiwan in recent memory: the Taiwanese presidential elections of March
23, 1996. The
democratic candidate was not well-liked by the Chinese government
and Beijing not only threatened to invade Taiwan if he was
elected, but also threatened a nuclear attack on the west coast
of the United States. These threats were not followed
through, of course. That is why this is only a "window
of opportunity."
Of course, there
is already a "window of opportunity" for a
war between China and Japan turning into a huge Pacific confrontation
that passed six months ago for September 2015.
Needless to say, tensions between the US and China are extremely
high in the South China Sea and have been since that time. One
could say, if anything, the situation is getting increasingly
more strained. We may not even make it to March 2017.
How long might
such a war begun in March 2017 ensue before a nuclear
attack on the United States? It might only be a matter of days,
but if the base 7 system is any indicator it could be as early as
August 2017 (see below), or if the three days of
darkness vector is accurate, May 2018.
But more than likely it would be later ... sometime in October,
November, or December 2018.
One year plus seven to nine months ... conforming to the attack
on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 or if the Cuban Missile Crisis
of October 1962 had become a nuclear war.
UPDATE
(11/18/16): China and probably North Korea are going to
be a major problem for Trump, and will possibly result in a
military showdown. This would have happened though, I think, even
if Hillary had won. But as Trump is not on good relations with
China, it is even more likely to happen than ever. Taiwan, Japan,
South China Sea, Hong Kong, and South Korea are going to be flash
points I suspect.
The good news is I
think Russia will be on our side in a military conflict with
China/N Korea. That is as long as Trump and Putin become allies
as they seem to be moving in the direction in. For the US-Russian
Alliance and how it may play out in Nostradamus prophecy, see my
latest blog article at:
The Ultimate Sufyani Leads
Troops into Az-Zawra (Baghdad), Iraq, Slaughtering 100,000 of Its
Citizens
Islamic
Prophecy ~
The
Sufyani will send an army to Iraq, killing 100,000 in Az-Zawra,
and also will receive the support of the Roman forces. The
Sufyani and his forces will go to Kufa and pillage it, killing
the descendants of the Prophet and to the point where he kills
children and rips open women. In retaliation the tribe of Qays
will rise up against him, but they will be defeated, and he will
slaughter them in Kurkisa. The Sufyani's army will go to Kufa; a
city in Iraq, and from there he will launch an attack against the
people of Khurasan ...
NEW
PREDICTION: 1/2/15 -- I'm being a bit careful here in not
saying Al-Baghdadi will lead Islamic State troops into
the Battle of Baghdad and kill 100,000 men, women, and children
in the process. Apparently there are some Islamic prophecies I am
not too familiar with that indicate two leaders who will
be called "The Sufyani" and that after the death of the
first, the second will actually fulfill most of the well-known
prophecies attributed to Sufyani. I do know some people believe
the first Sufyani was Saddam Hussein, however, the prophecies
read as though these two "Sufyani" are virtually
back-to-back without any interlude of time in between (Saddam was
executed in January 2007 and Al-Baghdadi doesn't really make an
impression until July 2014 ... over seven years later. A lot of
Middle East history occurred in between the hanging of Saddam and
the establishment of the Islamic State caliphate.
In any event, if
it is true the ultimate Sufyani will reign for 3 1/2 years
according to some Islamic prophecy scholars, then it may apply to
al-Baghdadi who would then not see his end until approximately 42
months after his June 2014 establishment of the caliphate in
Syria and Iraq. That would mean the death of al-Baghdadi around December
2017.
Interestingly,
other hadiths give his reign as nine months. This might
suggest that most of the prophecies concerning his war spreading
throughout the Middle East even to Iran, Central Asia, Saudi
Arabia, and Turkey do not happen until the final nine months
of his reign. This tallies with the base 7 dating for another invasion
of Baghdad and conquest of Iraq in March 2017 ... this time by "the
Arab prince" (caliph) and not by the United States. Then
again, al-Baghdadi may be the "first Sufyani" and die
in February 2017 with the "second
Sufyani" taking his place in March, then reigning in war for
nine months before his downfall.
This prediction
may seem at odds with that of a phony Armageddon happening in
September 2016 ... but not if it is indeed a phony one.
It may also raise an eyebrow that it will take over two more
years before IS (ISIS/ISIL) invades and conquers Baghdad and all
of Iraq in the north and central two-thirds. But one must
remember that the US air war being conducted against the IS has
been effective in slowing their progress, and, along with
military gains made by Kurdish and Iraqi Shi'a forces, has even
created some major reversals for al-Baghdadi and his minions.
Thiskind of back-and-forth quagmire could go
on for another two years.
NEW PREDICTION: 1/30/17 --
The identity of this person is unknown. He or she will die from a
drugs overdose, suicide, or from natural causes in March 2017. It will be quite sudden and unexpected.
Technically this already happened
a few years ago when comic and actor Robin Williams
was found hanged in a suicide. Whether this will be a suicide or
not, another major comedian may be in perilous danger from
himself/herself or from some other kind of misfortune.
Ralphie May Dead at 45 of Cardiac
Arrest
10/6/2017 1:33 PM PDT
TMZ
UPDATE
1:50
PM PT -- TMZ has learned Ralphie died at a
private residence in Vegas Friday morning. We're told he
had been battling pneumonia for 6 weeks and died of
cardiac arrest. According to his rep, someone in the
residence discovered his body.
He had
performed Thursday night at Harrah's in Vegas.
Comedian Ralphie
May died Friday at the age of 45 ... TMZ
has learned.
Ralphie had been battling
pneumonia over the last week, but kept performing his
scheduled gigs in Las Vegas.
Ralphie's stand-up comedy
career took off after he finished second on "Last
Comic Standing" in 2003. Since then he's had several
televised comedy specials -- mostly on Netflix and Comedy
Central -- and he's continued touring, almost nonstop,
around the country.
His manager, Judi
Marmel, tells us, "As his manager and his
friend, I will miss his laugh, his generosity to fellow
comedians, his trademark orneriness, and his enormous
love of life. He left us entirely too soon -- and we can
only wonder where his comedy might have taken all of us.
We send our love to his family, his fans, and all the
comics who shared stages with him across the
country."
In 2015 he and his wife
Lahna Turner, also a comedian, filed for
divorce. Ralphie was devastated by the split and
the ensuing custody battle over their 2 kids, April June
May and August James May.
Comedian
Ralphie May dies at age 45
October 06, 2017 AT 05:16
PM EDT
Comedian Ralphie May, a
runner-up on Last Comic Standing, died on Friday at 45.
We are heartbroken
to announce the untimely death of our friend, Ralphie
May, representatives for May confirmed in a
statement.
Ralphie had been
battling pneumonia and had canceled a handful of dates
over the last month in an effort to recover."
"Earlier this morning at a private
residence in Las Vegas his body was discovered, cause of
death is cardiac arrest. Two days ago, he won the Casino
Comedian of the Year at the Global Gaming Expo and had
performances throughout the remainder of 2017 as part of
his residency at Harrahs Las Vegas.
May is
survived by his wife, Lahna Turner, and children, April
June May and August James May.
The
comedians career took off back in 2003 after he
finished in second place on the competitive reality show
that seeks to make the career of the undiscovered
talented comedians. His success on the NBC show led to
appearances on The Wayne Brady Show and The Tonight Show
with Jay Leno
May later
went on record four special for Comedy Central including
Girth of a Nation (2006), Prime Cut (2007),
Austin-tatious (2008), and Too Big To Ignore (2012). In
2015, he also made two comedy specials, Unruly (2015) and
Imperfectly Yours (2015) for Netflix and had toured the
country performing standup consistently over the years.
Online,
numerous comedians paid tribute to May in the aftermath
of his death.
COMMENTS (3/5/18):
To keep it brief, this is a PREDICTION FULFILLED ... seven months late. I cut the cord with
network television in favor of cable television and the Internet
a long time ago, so I never watched this particular comedian. But
many people did.
NEW
PREDICTION: 1/30/17 -- Base 7 dating: March 2017.
This is yet
another prediction exported from the 2010 (Part Three)
page. It was originally posted on March 31,
2008 to be fulfilled in March 2010.
This
kidnapping will have a very unhappy ending, especially if the
abducted heiress is anyone else other than Paris Hilton. The body
shall be found strangled or hanged in March
2010.
The idea was that
the British heiress abducted in January would be found dead two
months later, in March. But I left open the possibility that it
might be another heiress, nationality not given. Thus, two
heiress abductions/deaths might occur that year ... and two
events did occur.
Casey
Johnson, 30, daughter of billionaire Woody Johnson,
was found dead at her Los Angeles home on January 4,
2010 (two months early). The socialite, a former
classmate of Paris Hilton, was heiress
toJohnson & Johnson,
the pharmaceuticals and toiletries company worth $178 billion
(£110 billion). Initially it was reported as a possible drugs
overdose, but later it was determined that she had died of Diabetic
ketoacidosis because she neglected to take her
insulin. As mentioned above, British heiress Robyn
Whitehead also died in January 2010 ... in her case
of a heroin overdose.
Neither case was a
murder, but still "close" or better said,
"related" calls to the anticipated events.
As often was the case until
recently, I failed to provide the base 7 precedents for the
abduction/hanging murder of the British heiress that caused these
two related predictions for January and March 2010.
It was the
following: On January 14, 1975
(42 or 7 x 6 years ago) it was reported that 17-year-old British
heiress Lesley Whittle was abducted from
her bed in Shropshire. On March 23, 1975
it was reported that she was found strangled at the bottom of a drain shaft. Donald
Neilson alias the Black Panther
was later convicted of her murder.
According to
Wikipedia:
"he had placed a hood over her head, left her naked,
and tethered her to the side of the shaft by a wire noose. After
what was later seen as a bungled police operation, including two
failed attempts to engage with Neilson's demand for a ransom of
£50,000, her body was found hanging in the shaft on 23
March 1975."
Is it unreasonable to believe
that something like this may happen again? In a year that is a
multiple of seven years removed from 1975 (the current one being
2017)?
No, not at all. Evinrude
heiress Prances Julia Slater, 18, was
abducted and murdered with a bullet to the head on April 27, 1982
... seven years later. Shot, not hanged .. but still very
murdered.
All was quiet for the next 28
years, until heiresses Casey Johnson and Robyn Whitehead died.
Whitehead's heroin death is considered by some as a kind of a
murder, her killer being rockerPete
Doherty.
Nor is Paris Hilton out of the
woods this year. Seven years ago, in August 2010, the pop icon awoke
to find a man holding two large kitchen knives trying to break
into her Los Angeles home through one of the high windows. She
phoned police who arrived in time to arrest the intruder before
he got into the residence to kill her.
What 2017 holds we
will see. Hopefully nothing ... but at least now you understand
the reasons for making such forecasts in 2010 and again this year
in 2017.
British
heiress Anna Reed found strangled to death in hotel bathroom ...
the result of
a sex game gone wrong
Swiss Police have formally charged a man with murder following the death of his British millionaire heiress girlfriend, who allegedly died during a "sex game gone wrong". Marc Shatzle, 29, was arrested by police in April after 22-year-old Anna Florence Reed was found dead in the pair's hotel room in Switzerland.
A MAN has been charged with murdering his British heiress girlfriend after she was found strangled 'in sex game gone' in a hotel bathroom in Switzerland. Anna Florence Reed, 22, from North Yorkshire, was found dead at a four-star lakeside hotel in Locarno in April.
German man is formally charged with murder, manslaughter and embezzlement Marc Schatzle, 29, said Anna Florence Reed, 22, died in a 'sex game gone wrong' She was found dead at four-star Hotel La Palma au Lac in Locarno, Switzerland Prosecutor investigating whether suspect intended to steal from the millionaire A German man who allegedly strangled his British millionaire heiress girlfriend to death during a 'sex game gone wrong' at a Swiss hotel has been formally charged with murder.
Anna Florence Reed, 22, was discovered lifeless on the bathroom floor hours after fellow guests are reported to have reported a violent row in her room. She had apparently been asphyxiated. Her boyfriend, said by staff to be "in an agitated state", has been arrested.
COMMENTS (1/19/20):
Although this British heiress, Anna Florence Reed,
was NOT abducted, she was nevertheless found strangled in a hotel
bathroom. The boyfriend of the woman claimed she died
accidentally as a result of
"an erotic game that went wrong." The boyfriend, Marc
Shatzle, 29, has been charged with intentional
murder with the possibility of the lesser charge of involuntary
homicide. Reed was strangled with a towel during sex.
AnnaFlorence
Reed, born in Harrogate, North Yorks, is related to
the late horse race stable owner and breeder Guy Reed
who also formed Reed Boardall haulage giants. She was educated at
the town's renowned private school Ashville College, which
charges up to £10,000 a term. The detailed results and
conclusion of the autopsy are still pending.
NEW
PREDICTION: 8/6/16 -- Base 7 dating: April 2017.
Fairly
self-explanatory. See title and image. Note: the constraints of
the base 7 projection says the victims will be Greek. They could
be another nationality.
April 11, 2017 - Reuters - CNN, the New York
Times and wire services reported that Egypt's government
declared a 3-month state of emergency after two suicide
bombings targeted Coptic Christian churches on Palm
Sunday, killing at least 49 worshippers and bystanders.
The Islamist group ISIS claimed full responsibility for
the bombings, which were aimed at a Christian religious
minority on one of their most sacred holy days of the
Christian calendar. At least 27 people died in a blast
inside a church in the northern city of Tanta, and 78
people were injured, according to Egypt's state-run news
agency Al-Ahram. In Alexandria, 18 civilians and four
police officers were killed when a suicide bomber blew
himself up outside a Coptic church, Al-Ahram explained.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi declared three
days of nationwide mourning after these terror bombings
and said a three-month state of emergency would take
effect once constitutional measures are finished. In
response to these calculated terrorist attacks, the
country will also form a supreme council to counter
terrorism and extremism, Sisi said on national television
April 9 after an emergency meeting of the country's
National Defense Council.
(CNN) Two German women were killed in a knife
attack in the Egyptian Red Sea town of Hurghada,
Germany's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Saturday.
The women were among six female tourists attacked Friday
by an assailant with a knife in a beach resort area of
the town, Egypt's Interior Ministry said.
"Sadly we now have certainty that two German
tourists were killed in the attack in Hurghada," a
press officer for the German Foreign Ministry told CNN.
"In these dark hours, our condolences go out to
their families and friends. Staff at the German Embassy
in Cairo are on the ground in Hurghada and in contact
with the Egyptian authorities."
The attacker had targeted foreign tourists, the press
officer said. "After everything we know, this act
was supposed to hit foreign tourists -- a particularly
devious and criminal act that leaves us sad and
appalled."
Four other tourists were injured in the attack, Egyptian
state-run news agency Al-Ahram reported.
A suspect has been arrested, and the victims were taken
to a hospital, Egypt's Interior Ministry said.
Investigators believe the attacker swam from a public
beach, according to the ministry.
No names were released, and no details were available
about the condition of the injured victims. The motive
for the attack is not yet known.
COMMENTS (7/20/17):
And another nationality is what the victims of this year's attack
on tourists proved to be. All six who were attacked were female
and among three other nationalities, the two women killed were
German. Also of note because it fit the timing of the
prediction (April
2017) was the Palm
Sunday church bombings by ISIS. 49 Coptic Christians were killed
in one of the attacks; 27 in the other. Over 100 were injured in
all the terrorist acts. Again, I identified those responsible as
being ISIS. I think enough has happened between the timing of the
bombings being right and now the six female tourists being
attacked with knives at the Red Sea, two of them killed ... the
two events taken together ... to make this a PREDICTION
FULFILLED despite the
fact that no Greek tourists or worshippers were killed.
Trump Policy In
Mexico or Central America
Will Backfire
NEW
PREDICTION: 12/7/16 -- Base 7 dating: April 2017.
From my reply to
an email dated November 18, 2016: "I think Trump's
plans for Mexico, building a wall,
keeping out the criminal element on the southern border and
controlling migration from Latin America is going to run into
some kind of trouble ... this year anyway. Something will happen
regarding this that will be very unpopular and a blemish on his
presidency for 2017."
I will add to this
that since the recent death of Fidel Castro (who I thought was
already dead), it is possible Cuba may emerge once again as a
trouble spot, although I really cannot think why that should
happen. If it does, Trump will blunder there as Kennedy did in
1961.
MADURO
BLASTS US GOVERNMENT FOR YET ANOTHER FAILED COUP,
TAKES TWO US SOLDIERS HOSTAGE
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro claimed in a televised address Wednesday that he had proof linking President Donald Trump to a bizarre alleged "invasion" of Venezuela this weekend and that he would bring the United States to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the matter.
Venezuela has charged two former US soldiers with terrorism and conspiracy for allegedly taking part in a failed bid to topple President Nicolas Maduro, the attorney general said on Friday. Luke Alexander Denman, 34, and Airan Berry, 41, were among 17 people captured by the Venezuelan military, which
Two US citizens arrested in Venezuela over alleged involvement in a failed attempted coup have been named by a former US soldier behind the operation. Florida-based Jordan Goudreau, an ex-Green Beret, said Luke Denman and Aaron Berry were part of Operation Gideon aimed at "liberating Venezuela " by arresting President Nicolas Maduro .
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro touted a video showing a scruffy-looking American divulging details about a failed invasion as proof Wednesday that U. S. authorities backed an alleged attempt to forcibly remove him from power.
May 9,
2020: The April 30, 2019
botched coup was labeled by the Washington Post and other news
services as "Venezuela's Bay of Pigs" (as
opposed to Cuba's in 1961). Once again "failed
coup" in Venezuela is appearing in the
headlines, with Maduro once more blaming the United States
government of masterminding it. This one took place on
May 3, 2020, and there are two American servicemen
being held hostage. I still think the failed 2019 coup was the
real "Bay Of Pigs" for the Trump administration and
Venezuelan patriots, as it was labled as such by admission (see
below). But Maduro seems hellbent on turning this
most recent, and much smaller, botched coup into something
bigger. A strange occurrence as it is now three
years after the designated vector of April 2017.
I already have discussed numerous times about the two-year lag
(and at times two-year and two month lag) that would likely dog
us into the early 2020s. Some of the late repetitions have been
nothing short of startling. But however big Maduro makes this
mess, at this point with the "failed coup" prediction
being "fulfilled" again in 2020, it seems more a case
of being something like "the gift that keeps on
giving."
One word of
warning however. This year we will be approaching a potential
two-year late repeat of the Cuban Missile Crisis (which should
have happened in October 2018). This event in Venezuela may only
be the beginning of a similar crisis occuring two years late: in
October, November, or December 2020 rather than the projected
vector of October 2018.
PREDICTION
FULFILLED IN VENEZUELA. TRUMP CALLS
APRIL 30 US-BACKED COUP ATTEMPT FAILED.
June 21,
2019: PREDICTION FULFILLED. The admission of a failed
US-supported coup in Venezuela fulfills part of my prediction
concerning a failed "Bay Of Pigs" scenario at the
southern wall with Mexico and in Venezuela, "the new
Cuba" with Nicolas Maduro in the role of Fidel Castro. I
explained why this prediction would be two years and two months
late in being fulfilled, and that June 2019would likely bethe time of
disclosure of failure, with
possibilityof heightened tension
and failure at the southern wall and a failed invasion
or coup in Venezuela.
As it turns out,
the failed coup occurred on April 30, 2019.
I NEVER KNEW IT HAPPENED.Looking over past news articles it appears this coup was
only reported by a few news agencies at the time it was
happening and yet it is alreadya Wikipedia article.
More news articles
cover the post-coup in early May 2019.
It seems all one
needs to do is take their eyes off the news for a few days and
that's when the news you are waiting for happens. I'll tell you
why this is happening: tune in to CNN, MSNBC, FOX, your
cable provider news for that matter and what do you see all the
time??? One side tearing Donald Trump apart over this and that
and the other side defending Trump and if possible attacking
the other side. That has become 99% of the news on any given day.
My eyes glaze over at this ... I no longer watch the news a lot
of the time and I only check the news in print on the
Internet about once a week. This is how it has been for over TWO
YEARS! It also does not help that half the news sites I visit
won't let me read the news without 1) subscribing and paying
or 2) with the ad blocker on (and I don't know how to turn it
off). A DANGEROUS situation this is my friends. Much worse
things than a coup in Venezuela is shaping up. A US war with
Iran in the Persian Gulf (arising over the Yemen proxy war in
reality) is just around the corner and Turkey is being
armed by Russia with long range missiles as tensions grow
between Israel, Syria, and Iran in that part of the Middle East.
World War III may be here any day, but we won't know
until the ICBMs fly and destroy a few targets with nuclear
warheads. And that is too late to know.
As for the
southern wall, that situation continues to grow worse and flash
points of violence occur from time to time. But an admission of
failure there may never come or not for a long time.
President Donald Trump was angry at his staff over their failure to usher in a new leader in Venezuela to replace Nicolas Maduro as the country descended into chaos, it has been reported. With the economy collapsing, Trump backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's legitimate president.
Caracas (AFP) Venezuelan authorities said Tuesday that 17 people have been charged with attempting a "coup" since a failed April 30 uprising against President Nicolas Maduro. "There are 34 people being investigated, of whom 17 have been detained and charged" for having "attempted a coup d'etat," said Attorney General Tarek William Saab.
On April 30, 1975, the United States learned an important lesson. The capture of Saigon by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)would mark the defeat of the world's most powerful military force by anarmy of guerrilla fighters.
A US-backed coup attempt in Venezuela has failed. On Tuesday April 30th, opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who has simply declared himself President, gathered in front of supporters along with another leader Leopoldo Lopez, and claimed that military generals were defecting from President Nicolás Maduro.
Venezuelan authorities say they are putting down a small coup attempt after opposition leader Juan Guaidó announced he was in the "final phase" of ending President Nicolás Maduro's rule. He appeared in a video with uniformed men, saying he had military support.
Venezuela's political crisis has lurched into a potentially historic and violent new phase as an attempted military uprising erupted at the heart of its capital, Caracas, and the opposition leader Juan Guaidó urged supporters to take to the streets to force his rival Nicolás Maduro from power
Situation
is getting worse as we head towards "Two years two
months" collision at Southern Wall in June 2019:
Long lines of migrants, mostly Central Americans, line up daily outside the Tapachula offices ofthe refugee agencies of Mexico and the United Nations. Meanwhile, a polyglot throng including people from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean regularly gathers at the local headquarters of the National Institute of Immigration, Mexico's agency for migrant affairs.
The opening battle began Wednesday in what is likely to be a lengthy legislative war over the use of military funds for construction of the southern border wall that President Donald Trump has made a pivotal issue in the immigration debate. Rep.
Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Mexico) (AFP) - Authorities blocked a new caravan of Central American migrants Wednesday after they entered Mexico bound for the United States, as the government scrambled to dodge President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs over undocumented immigration. Soldiers and police
Border Patrol officers encountered more than 144,000 undocumented immigrants at the southwest border in May, the largest monthly total in 13 years, officials said Wednesday. More than 132,000 were stopped while crossing the border illegally; the rest presented themselves at legal ports of entry, Customs and Border Protection officials said.
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a surprise announcement that could derail a major trade deal, President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is slapping a 5% tariff on all Mexican imports, effective June 10, to pressure the country to do more to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross the U.S.
EL PASO - More than 40,000 parents and children - mostly from Guatemala - were detained at the southwest U.S. border in February, straining U.S. Customs and Border Protection's ability to care for immigrant families even as migrants are being apprehended in the highest numbers in more than a decade.
And so it went this past week, just as a cold front moved on in the early days of March, ushering in bright sunshine and new challenges for Romero and fellow agents. Romero said "these coordinated" efforts to send migrants across are used by smugglers as distracting tactics to also smuggle across "something more nefarious, like drugs, or some big criminal leader.
Watch this
predicted event play out in real time on 2017 Predictions at the new web site.
Southern
Wall and Venezuela
February
3, 2019: You can read my remarks in my last update below
regarding the "two years and two months" lag
(also you can read about it and the base 7 historical correction
in progress more in depth on my blog in my November 16, 2018
article entitled "TWO YEARS AND
TWO MONTHS").
The April 2017 event (based on The
Bay Of Pigs, April 1961) began to shape up instead
in October 2018, 18 months later. But
more and more it appears the full impact in such lags does not
occur until the end of the two years and twomonths. Thus, in this case, the target
date looks right now to be June 2019.
In addition to
migrant caravan clashes in Tijuana and US agents using tear gas
against them in November 2018, President Trump has stated he may
declare a National Emergency over the border wall even as
thousands of migrants move towards the Texas border. Also,
Venezuela is demonstrating it may become Trump's version of Cuba
after Venezuelan Opposition Leader Guaidó
declares himself President and the danger of a military coup
rises every day Nicolás Maduro stays
in office. Plenty of time for a late spring or early summer
catastrophe in June of this year.
Technically the
southern wall fiasco has already been PARTIALLY
FULFILLED.
It would be reasonable to expect the worst for Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's embattled president. Two weeks after Maduro's re-inauguration, opposition leader Juan Gauidó has declared himself the country's rightful president. The power struggle follows a failed military mutiny against Maduro, whose easy re-election in May 2018 during an economic, political and humanitarian crisis has lead many to say Venezuela is a dictatorship.
The crisis in Venezuela appears to be shaping up like a Cold War-style confrontation: The Kremlin is throwing its support behind embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, while Washington backs Juan Guaido, the self-proclaimed interim president.
Thousands of Central American migrants left a Mexico City shelter Thursday to resume their journey Northward toward the U.S. border. The 2,400-strong group is among a much larger group of asylum seekers heading to America for better economic opportunities.
COMMENTS
(10/26/18): You will be reading from time to time about
the 18-month lag and even 2 years and 2 month record lag
involving predictions that are and have been late in being
fulfilled. This is one that is 18 months late ... and is one of
the main reasons why newer projected future events with
historical base 7 precedents no longer have a specific month
associated with them. While most events I "predict"
will probably occur sometime during the target year or overlap a
few months into the next (or be a few months early), some are
going to be late ... as much as 18 months late and in rarer
instances as much as 2 years and 2 months.
2
years and 2 months??
Yes, and here's a
good example of what I mean: The 2017 Las Vegas shooting by
gunman Stephen Paddock on October 1, 2017
was compared many times in the media to the University of Texas
tower shooting by Charles Whitman on August 1, 1966.
I had used the Whitman case as the precedent for a similar event
happening again in August 2015 of a
high altitude marksman shooting an even larger number of people
on the ground than in Texas. I also said that the event would
bring Charles Whitman's crime into remembrance.
But that event
seemingly failed to happen ... until October 1, 2017.
Total elapsed time after the August 2015 vector was exactly two
years and two months. Note also that both events
occurred on 1st of the month.
There have been
other cases similar to this in recent years, especially since
2011.
This event,
trouble brewing along the US-Mexico border, was based on the
disastrous Kennedy "Bay Of Pigs" of April 1961 (thus
April 2017). As you can see it has taken 18 months for a
potential "repeat" of a somewhat different kind of
invasion happening on the US border with Mexico rather than a
botched invasion of Cuba by US-supported former Cuban nationals.
This time the support of what will likely be a badly botched
invasion via Mexico is not that of the President but from radical
leftist elements in the US. But no doubt Trump will be made to
take the blame when all out war breaks out on the southern
border.
It need not get
that bad. We are still at what I would call a crisis stage, but
not yet the kind that could get very bloody. The situation can
still be changed.
NEW
PREDICTION: 2/17/17-- A powerful 7.0
earthquake may strike China in April 2017. 2,000 to 3,000 may be
killed and over 10,000 injured. The quake will be followed by at
least six major aftershocks. Still, this quake will not approach
the nearly million casualties a seismic shock could cause in
China in July
2018.
This temblor may merely be a foreshock to a much greater scene of
devastation to come.
So as not
to repeat the "Curse of 1976,"
both vectors should be studied and prepared for. Even if the 2017
earthquake fails to occur, the 2018 temblor will likely take
place.
Seven
people died and 88 were injured in the quake, including
21 seriously.
World |
Agence France-Presse | Updated: August 09, 2017 03:27 IST
A
6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled southwest China late
Tuesday, killing at least seven people, with up to 100
feared dead, according to a government estimate.
Seven
people died and 88 were injured in the quake, including
21 seriously, the official Xinhua news agency said.
It said that at least five of the dead were visitors to
the touristic area.
The state-run People's Daily newspaper reported that nine
people had died, including six tourists, with over 130
injured.
But China's National Commission for Disaster Reduction
estimated that as many as 100 people may have perished,
based on 2010 census data of the mountainous, sparsely
populated region.
Over 130,000 houses may be damaged, it added in a
statement posted on its website, based on a preliminary
analysis of the disaster in a remote region of Sichuan
province.
President Xi Jinping called for "all-out efforts to
rapidly organise relief work and rescue the injured
people", according to Xinhua.
Restaurant owner Tang Sesheng fled her establishment in
Jiuzhaigou town after she felt the earth moving under
her.
"I was also in Jiuzhaigou in 2008 during the last
big quake, so I knew what it was. This felt even
stronger," she told AFP by phone.
She said people had come out of their homes to sit out in
the town's large public square, far from any tall
structures, afraid to go back inside for fear that
buildings might topple.
Many were also sitting in cars, thinking it safer.
"People didn't dare grab anything like money or
clothes -- we just all ran outside right away, " she
added.
The quake occurred around 9.20 pm (1320 GMT), not far
from the site of a massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake that
struck in 2008 leaving 87,000 people dead or missing.
Its epicentre was 284 kilometres (176 miles) north of the
provincial capital Chengdu and struck at a depth of 10
kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.
The affected region, Jiuzhaigou county, includes one of
the country's most famous national parks, a UNESCO World
Heritage Site known for karst formations and lakes.
Xinhua said that a landslide at the tourist site left
more than 100 visitors trapped, but no deaths or injuries
were reported among them.
The People's Daily posted video footage on Twitter
reportedly showing tourists cut off in the area lighting
a camp fire to keep warm at night.
It also posted photographs of people sleeping under
blankets on streets in the area.
More than 38,000 people visited the tourist site on
Tuesday, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
Houses collapse
Some houses at the scenic spot collapsed following the
quake and authorities were organising young people to
help evacuate residents, a staff worker at the park told
Xinhua.
Photos from the area posted to social media showed masses
of people milling about on streets scattered with light
debris, and a taxi dented from being hit by a large
boulder.
Over 600 fire officers and soldiers have been deployed,
the People's Daily newspaper said.
The Red Cross Society of China said it was deploying
emergency specialists and volunteers to assist affected
communities.
"The quake hit at night, communications lines and
electricity are disrupted and people are no doubt shocked
and scared," said Gwendolyn Pang, a spokesperson
with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies in China.
"It
may take some time to learn the extent of damage and
casualties."
China is regularly hit by earthquakes, especially its
mountainous western and southwestern regions.
Earlier today, a landslide triggered by heavy rains
killed at least 24 people in a different, mountainous
region of Sichuan to the south of Chengdu.
COMMENTS
(8/18/17):PREDICTION FULFILLED ... four months late.
Israel Launches
Military Campaign Against Lebanon and Syria
NEW
PREDICTION: 8/6/16 -- Base 7 dating: April 2017.
It is possible
that Israel will get sucked into the Syrian conflict at this time
by Assad, possibly due to rocket or missile attacks coming out of
Syria, Lebanon and the Golan.
SYRIA AND
ISRAEL RAMPING UP FOR MAJOR MIDDLE EAST WAR: WORST ENGAGEMENT IN
FEBRUARY 2018 SINCE 1982
By Angela Dewan,
Tamara Qiblawi and Mary Ilyushina, CNN
Updated 0045 GMT (0845 HKT) April 10, 2018
Damascus, Syria (CNN) Syria and its most powerful
ally, Russia, blamed Israel for striking an air base in
the war-torn country on Monday, following a suspected
chemical gas attack that drew condemnation from world
powers.
Russia's Defense Ministry claimed two Israeli F-15
warplanes launched eight guided missiles from Lebanese
territory, targeting the T-4 base in central Syria. The
Defense Ministry said Syrian defense units destroyed five
of the incoming missiles.
The Lebanese Army issued a statement alleging a number of
violations of Lebanese airspace by Israeli aircraft
between Sunday and Monday. The statement stopped short of
accusing Israel of being behind the attack on the T-4
base.
Syrian state media said that a number of people were
killed or injured in the strikes and cited a military
source blaming Israel for the military action.
Israeli officials have not issued any response to reports
of the strike, but its warplanes hit the same facility in
February, after Israel said an Iranian drone had
infiltrated its airspace. Israeli officials said Iran, a
key backer of the Syrian government, was using the T-4
facility as a command center.
Key
developments:
At least four Iranian military advisers were killed
in the strike, Iranian state media reported.
Russia complained Israel did not inform it of any
planned strike, despite a deconfliction agreement.
The strike comes two days after activists said a
suspected chemical attack in Douma killed dozens.
US President Donald Trump vowed a response in the
next two days to the "atrocious" suspected
chemical strike.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed
there was "no trace" of chemical weapons use
there.
Israel active in Syria
The Syrian conflict has developed into a complex proxy
war, which in recent years has included Israeli strikes
on Iran-linked targets.
Israel's official stance on the war is neutral, but it
has acknowledged carrying out some strikes on Syrian
military targets, while denying responsibility for
numerous others. It has clearly stated in the past that
it would respond to Iran's growing presence in Syria.
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said in a March
interview with the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper that Israel
had been acting militarily in Syria in recent months.
"A large part of Israeli army activity does not find
its way on to (Israeli newspapers and websites) ... and
that is good," he said. "It's just not right to
say that we don't act."
Israel and Russia have typically coordinated their
military actions over Syria for deconfliction since
Russian forces entered the country in late 2015. The T-4
base, located in a strategic position between the cities
of Homs and Palmyra in Syria's west, has been a key
staging ground for Syrian and Russian aircraft during the
war.
But Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Russian President
Vladimir Putin, said there had been no contact between
Israel and Russia before or during Monday's airstrike,
adding the lack of communication was a "cause for
concern."
Peskov said Putin intended to speak with Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the issue as Russian
advisers were still at the T-4 base.
Syria had earlier speculated that the United States was
behind Monday's strikes, which the Pentagon swiftly
denied.
CNN Digital Rebranding 2015 Oren Liebermann Photo: Jeremy
Freeman
By Oren Liebermann, CNN
Updated 2217 GMT (0617 HKT) April 9, 2018
Jerusalem (CNN) The Russians, the Syrians, and the
Iranians all pointed the finger at Israel for carrying
out a strike on a Syrian military base near Homs.
Israel has not commented, but a former commander of the
Israeli Air Force has said it was almost certainly Israel
that carried out the strike.
Monday's incident is a reminder that proxy wars continue
in Syria amid the seven-year conflict's shifting sands.
Here's what you need to know:
Why now?
The strikes come just two days after a suspected chemical
attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Eastern
Ghouta, on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus.
Several world leaders, including US President Donald
Trump, blamed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's
government for carrying out the attack. Syria has denied
involvement and accused rebels of fabricating the
chemical attack claims.
Former Israel Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Eitan Ben
Eliyahu said the alleged use of chemical weapons
"could not have gone without a response."
But the suspected use of chemical weapons may also have
provided a timely pretext for a far more pressing matter
for Israel: the growing presence of Iran in Syria.
Israel has repeatedly expressed its red lines when it
comes to Syria. It will not allow the transfer of
high-powered weapons to Hezbollah; it will not allow any
breach of Israeli sovereignty; and, as apparently in this
case, it will work to prevent Iran from entrenching
itself in Syria.
The base that was struck, known as T-4, has an Iranian
presence, which Iran confirmed when the semi-official
Fars News Agency said four Iranians had been killed in
the strike. In addition, Israel says an Iranian drone
that penetrated Israeli airspace in February was launched
and controlled from this base.
Speaking to Israeli Army Radio, leader of the opposition
Yesh Atid party, Yair Lapid, said: "T-4, which is
the base we're talking about, is no longer just a Syrian
base, it is a Syrian-Iranian base. And Israel has said --
and we are clear on this -- that Israel will not accept
an Iranian military presence in Syria, and will not
accept (Iran's) creeping presence in Syria. This has a
price."
Why is Iran such a concern?
Israel considers Iran an existential threat and the
biggest danger to the future of the country. Israel
watches Iran's growing influence in the Middle East --
from Iraq to Syria to Lebanon -- with a sense of alarm,
urging Russia, the United States, and others to take
action. But Israel has largely relied on itself to
attempt to curb Iran's presence in Syria.
Before the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, Israel had
reached an unspoken understanding with Syria that allowed
the two neighboring countries to co-exist, even though
Syria has never recognized the state of Israel.
But Iran's presence in Syria changed that tacit status
quo, and Israel has carried out numerous strikes on the
country in recent years.
Iran has threatened to destroy Israel, with hardline
demonstrators chanting "Death to America" and
"Death to Israel" in protests.
The Iran nuclear deal, which Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu stringently opposed, has only added to
Israel's concern, lifting sanctions against Iran while
allowing it to develop ballistic missiles and continue
nuclear research.
What about Trump's comments that he might pull US troops
from Syria?
US President Donald Trump's announcement that he was
considering pulling troops out of Syria worried Israel,
but under Netanyahu, the Israeli government is unlikely
to openly criticize the US position.
From Israel's perspective, the US presence in Syria is at
least a tiny foothold against Iran and a measure of
leverage over the future of the war-torn country. Losing
that would be a blow to Israel's efforts to keep Iran as
far away from Israel's borders as possible.
As Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said on Israel
Army Radio on Sunday: "We hope that the American
presence and the international presence (in Syria) will
increase, otherwise the genocide is only going to
worsen."
Why is Russia so important in all of this?
Russia and Israel have generally sought to coordinate
military action over Syria, in the interests of
deconfliction. The coordination mechanism was put in
place after Russian forces entered Syria in 2015, and
Netanyahu has made it a priority in his meetings with
Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Previously, Israel has notified Russia of its actions in
real time, but this time, a spokesman for Putin said
there was no contact between Israel and Russia before or
during the overnight airstrike in Syria. Dmitry Peskov,
speaking on a daily call with media, when asked whether
any such communication had taken place, said, "There
were no contacts between Putin and his Israeli
counterparts."
That would be incredibly unusual, since maintaining good
relations with Russia is key if Israel wants to keep
operating in Syria.
Peskov added that Putin intends to speak with Netanyahu
about the strike, since Russian advisers were still at
the base.
"Of course, this is the cause for our concern,"
Peskov said. "The communication with the Israeli
side is going via the according channels."
The coordination mechanism has begun to show signs of
strain in recent months. In February, when Russia moved
its SU-57 stealth fighter jets into Syria, a Russian
politician appeared to be referring to Israel when he
said the presence of the fighter jets was sending a
political message "to aircraft from neighboring
states which periodically fly into Syrian airspace
uninvited."
Israeli
PM: Airstrikes dealt 'severe blows' to Iran, Syria
By Andrew
Carey, Laura Smith-Spark and Nicole Chavez, CNN
Updated 2124 GMT (0524 HKT) February 11, 2018
(CNN) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu said his nation dealt "severe blows"
to Iranian and Syrian forces following the weekend
downing of an Israeli fighter jet over northern Israel.
The Prime Minister said Israel would do so again if
necessary. "We made it unequivocally clear to
everyone that our rules of action have not changed one
bit; we will continue to strike at every attempt to
strike at us. This has been our policy and it will remain
our policy."
An Israeli F-16 fighter jet was hit and went
down Saturday in northern Israel after coming under
"massive anti-aircraft fire" from Syrian
forces, according to the Israeli army. The incident came
after an Israeli combat helicopter successfully
intercepted an Iranian unmanned aerial drone that had
been launched from Syria, the Israel
Defense Forces said. Both pilots aboard the Israeli jet
ejected, the Israeli army said. One pilot was severely
injured during the ejection, while the second was lightly
wounded.
In retaliation for the downed jet, Israeli
forces attacked 12 targets in Syria, including three
aerial defense batteries and four targets described as
Iranian, the IDF said. An IDF statement described the
four Iranian targets as "part of Iran's military
establishment in Syria."
Netanyahu defended Israel's actions.
"Our policy is absolutely clear: Israel will defend
itself from every attack and from every attempt to harm
our sovereignty," Netanyahu said. "Iran made
such an attempt today. They violated our sovereignty,
they infiltrated a drone into Israel's territory from
Syrian territory."
Netanyahu also spoke with Russian President Vladimir
Putin on Saturday night, a key regional player and an
ally of both Israel and Iran. Netanyahu reiterated
Israel's willingness to defend itself, while adding that
military coordination between Russia and Israel over the
skies of Syria will continue. Netanyahu also spoke with
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who is on his way to
the region for an official visit, though he will not be
stopping in Israel.
The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported that
Syrian air defense forces had responded Saturday to what
they called Israeli "aggression" by hitting
more than one Israeli plane following attacks on a Syrian
military base by Israeli jets. "The Israeli enemy
entity early morning at dawn conducted a new aggression
against one of the military bases in the central
region," SANA said, citing a military source.
IDF spokesman Lt Col Jonathan Conricus denied that more
than one Israeli jet had been hit, telling CNN that one
Israeli aircraft came down, with all others returning
safely to base. Syria has fired anti-aircraft
missiles at Israeli jets at least three times in recent
months. This is the first time they have struck an
Israeli jet.
The assertions by Israel regarding the downed Iranian
drone "are too ridiculous to be addressed,"
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said
Saturday, as quoted by state-run Press TV. "The
Islamic Republic of Iran has advisory presence in Syria
at the request of the country's legitimate and
constitutional government," Qassemi said. "The
government and army of Syria as an independent country
have a legitimate right to defend (the country's)
territorial integrity and counter any type of foreign
aggression."
Even as the rhetoric between long-time enemies escalated
throughout the weekend, the military tension
appeared to peak on Saturday afternoon, following
Israel's airstrikes against the 12 targets in Syria.
Since then, an uneasy quiet returned to the Israel-Syria
border -- a familiar feeling in the area -- with no
additional strikes or retaliations from either side.
US backs Israel
The US firmly backs Israel, with White House
Press Secretary Sarah Sanders issuing a statement saying,
"Israel is a staunch ally of the United States, and
we support its right to defend itself from the
Iranian-backed Syrian and militia forces in southern
Syria."
US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a
statement Saturday that the US was "deeply concerned
about today's escalation of violence over Israel's
border."
"Iran's calculated escalation of threat, and its
ambition to project its power and dominance, places all
of the people of the region -- from Yemen to Lebanon --
at risk," Nauert said. "The US continues to
push back on the totality of Iran's malign activities in
the region and calls for an end to Iranian behavior that
threatens peace and stability."
Meanwhile, Russia's Foreign Ministry was much more
even-handed in its statement, saying that "the
latest developments and attacks on Syria were viewed with
serious concern" and that the losses to Syria and
damage resulting from them were being examined. "We
urge all parties involved to exercise restraint and to
avoid any actions that could lead to an even greater
complication of the situation," the ministry said.
"We consider it necessary to unconditionally respect
the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria and
other countries of the region."
Russia provides significant military backing
to the Syrian government, and has not expressed concern
about Iran's presence in Syria. Russia is an ally of
Iran, which has sent troops and advisors to back Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad. But Russia also maintains
cordial ties with Israel.Given
the expanded Russian presence in the region in recent
years, it is Russia that is seen as having the leverage
over both countries to prevent the situation from
escalating further.
IDF: Drone on a mission inside Israel
Giving more details on how events unfolded, the IDF's
Conricus told CNN an Iranian unmanned drone had been
dispatched on a "specific mission" inside
Israel.
The drone entered Israeli airspace at 4:50 a.m. local
time Saturday after being tracked by the Israeli military
from its launch from the Iranian T-4 command center near
Palmyra, Syria, Conricus said. The IDF intercepted it
with an Apache attack helicopter, he said, and the
remains of the drone fell north of the Israeli town of
Beit She'an. Conricus declined to give details on the
drone's presumed mission or whether it was armed. He
confirmed it was the first time an Iranian drone had
crossed into Israeli airspace since the start of the
Syrian civil war in 2011.
In response to the drone infiltration, the IDF attacked
the Iranian T-4 center with eight fighter jets, which
came under significant Syrian anti-aircraft fire,
Conricus said. He added that there was no Iranian or
Russian anti-aircraft fire.
As the Israeli planes came under attack, one of the jets
was hit. The two F-16 pilots ejected and their plane
crashed in Israel's Galilee region, Conricus said. He
added that the anti-aircraft missiles were likely either
Russian SA-5 or SA-17 surface-to-air missiles operated by
Syria.
The Israeli air force then launched its attack on 12
further targets inside Syria, Conricus said, all of which
were hit. "We are willing, prepared, and capable to
exact a heavy price on anyone that attacks us. However,
we are not looking to escalate the situation,"
Conricus posted on his official Twitter feed.
Escalating tensions
Earlier this week, the Syrian regime claimed
that Israeli warplanes fired missiles from Lebanese
airspace, targeting a Syrian military position in the
Damascus countryside, SANA reported.
The regime said it intercepted the missiles and destroyed
most of them, according to SANA. The Israeli military
declined to comment.
Tensions between Israel and Syria have
escalated in recent months. Israel has conducted numerous
strikes inside Syrian borders to defend what it calls its
red lines, and to prevent what it says is Iran's proxy
Hezbollah -- fighting alongside the Syrian regime -- from
acquiring advanced weaponry.
Authorities also accused Syria in November of violating
the 1974 ceasefire agreement by "conducting
construction work" in the northern part of the Golan
Demilitarized Zone.
The
strike came in response to Syrian projectiles,
Israel said
Israeli
rockets claimed a number of lives, Syrian state
media outlet reported
(CNN)
Israel launched strikes on Syrian military
positions Saturday, close to the two countries' disputed
border in the Golan Heights, according to the Israel
Defense Forces (IDF).
The action was a response to what the IDF said were more
than 10 projectiles fired into Israel from inside Syria.
The IDF described the projectile fire as
"errant," blaming it on internal fighting.
Israeli aircraft targeted three positions from which the
projectiles were fired, the IDF said. The strikes
included hits on two tanks belonging to the Syrian
regime.
Syrian state-run news agency SANA reported several people
were killed in the Israeli strikes. SANA said fighting in
the area is between the Syrian regime and the al Nusra
Front, a militant Syrian rebel group. No one is reported
to have been wounded as a result of the projectile fire.
Israel lodged an official protest with the United
Nations' Disengagement Observer Force, which monitors
relations between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights,
over what it called an unacceptable breach of Israeli
sovereignty.
Jerusalem (CNN) In the most serious
clash between Israeli and Syrian forces since the start
of the Syrian conflict six year ago,
Israeli aircraft struck several targets in Syria
overnight, the Israeli military said Friday.
Israel targeted a military site near the ancient city of
Palmyra, the Syrian military said, in what would be one
of its deepest airstrikes inside Syrian territory since
the civil war began there.
Palmyra, once held
by ISIS and retaken by the Syrian government, is
strategically important to both the regime and its
opponents.
Most of Israel's reported strikes have been
around the capital of Damascus, about 60
kilometers (37 miles) from the Israeli-occupied Golan
Heights.
In response, Syrian forces fired
anti-aircraft missiles at the Israeli jets, saying they
downed one aircraft and hit another.
Israeli vehemently denied the assertions, calling them
"absolutely not true."
"At no point was the safety of Israeli civilians or
the IAF aircraft compromised," a statement from the
Israel Defense Forces said. The statement is unusual in
that Israel rarely comments on airstrikes in Syria.
The intercept triggered alarm sirens in the
Jordan Valley. Shrapnel from the explosion, which was
heard as far south as Jerusalem, landed in western
Jordan, the Jordanian military said.
Syria's latest claims are reminiscent of its statement in
September about downing an Israeli aircraft near
Quneitra, close to the Golan Heights. Israel seized parts
of that region from Syria in the 1967 Six Day War.
The Israeli military said then that Syria fired two
anti-aircraft missiles at its jets targeting artillery
positions, but both missiles missed. They were fired long
after Israeli jets left the area, the military added.
Arrow
missile defense
One of the missiles overnight was intercepted by Israel's
Arrow missile defense system, marking its first
operational use. Arrow, Israel's ballistic missile
defense system and the long-range version of its Iron
Dome, is designed to intercept missiles outside the
atmosphere.
The use came more than a year after the first successful
Arrow-3 intercept test was carried out in December 2015.
At that time, Israeli officials would not say when the
missile would become operational.
The Israeli military would not explain why Arrow was used
against an anti-aircraft missile, fueling speculation
that Israel was either testing the Arrow missile or that
its Iron Dome missile defense system wasn't within range
of downing the anti-aircraft missile ...
Repeated
incursions
Israel has attempted to stay out of Syria's civil war but
has reportedly struck the country multiple times in the
past, often taking aim at weapons shipments intended for
Hezbollah in Lebanon.
As recently as late
February, Syrian media reported that Israeli
jets hit military positions and weapons convoys near
Damascus.
In November 2012, Israel fired warning shots toward Syria
after a mortar shell hit an Israeli military post, the
first time Israel had fired on Syria across the Golan
Heights since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
Israeli jets have been hitting targets in Syria since at
least 2013, when US officials told CNN they believed IDF
jets had struck nside Syrian territory.
In 2014, the Syrian government and an opposition group
both said an IDF strike had hit Damascus' suburbs and
airport.
The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency characterized those
strikes as "a flagrant attack on Syria, targeting
two safe areas in (the) Damascus countryside in Dimas and
near Damascus International Airport."
Israeli strikes have also gone after ISIS fighters inside
Syria. Late last year, IDF troops operating in the
disputed Golan region came under fire from militants of
the ISIS affiliate Khalid ibn al-Walid Army, Israeli
military spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said.
The soldiers fired back, triggering an exchange of
gunfire. A subsequent Israeli airstrike destroyed a
vehicle carrying four militants, Lerner said.
Jerusalem (CNN)
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor
Liberman has warned Syria that Israel will destroy its
air defense system if Syria fires an anti-aircraft
missile at Israeli aircraft again.
Speaking on Israel
public radio Sunday morning, Liberman said, "The
next time the Syrians use their air defense systems
against our airplanes, we will destroy all of them
without thinking twice."
His threat comes
after Syria fired anti-aircraft missiles at Israeli
military jets overnight Thursday into Friday.
The Syrian military said the jets struck a military site
near Palmyra, while Israel says they targeted a weapons
shipment to Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Syria claims their missiles downed one Israeli jet and
hit another, which Israel rejected as "absolutely
untrue."
"Our central problem, and this above and beyond all
of the other issues, is the transfer of advanced weapons
from Syria to Lebanon," Liberman said.
"Every time we identify a transfer like this, we
will work to prevent the transfer of game-changing
weapons. On this issue there will not be any
compromise," the outspoken Defense Minister added.
Liberman has not shied away from threatening rhetoric
since taking over the Defense Ministry last year.
Rising tensions
Friday's encounter was the most serious clash
between Israel and Syria since the start of the Syrian
civil war six years ago.
Tension between the two countries de-escalated as the
conflict progressed, but the threats have increased
between the two countries in recent months., along with
Israel's reported strikes.
An airstrike near Palmyra would be one of the
deepest inside Syria since the beginning of the fighting.
The military actions did not go unnoticed both in the
Middle East and further afield.
In a sign of Russia's displeasure with the
strike, Moscow summoned Israel's ambassador to Russia,
Gary Koren, less than 24 hours after it happened.
It is the first time in recent years that
Moscow has summoned Israel's envoy over a strike in Syria,
and it comes one week after Israel's Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu visited Russian President Vladimir
Putin to reaffirm coordination between the Israeli and
Russian militaries over Syria.
The two countries established coordination last year to
avoid conflicts in Syrian airspace, ostensibly to allow
both countries to operate freely ...
COMMENTS (4/16/18): This
time Israel is accused by Russia of striking a Syrian
airbase. I predicted elsewhere that Russia would begin hurling
accusations at Israel for strikes in Syria and against Syrian
aircraft. This is a possible marker for a pending start of the
great Middle East War that is in process when World War III
begins in Europe. PREDICTION PARTIALLY FULFILLED again as an actual military
campaign by Israel against Syria has yet to happen.
COMMENTS (3/4/18):
The restraint Israel has practiced since July of last year until
now is remarkable. And at this writing things are yet once again
quiet. Still, the engagement that occurred on February 10 and 11
marks what can only be considered the first actual
military engagement between Syrian and Israeli
forces. Both sides hit targets; both sides experienced
damage. For two days Israel and Syria were actually
at war, however the news media are trying to
represent it.
These are the worst
attacks by Syria and Israel against one another since 1982!
Still, this is not an
actual Israeli military campaign (or
protracted war between Israel and Syria). Thus,
once again, it falls short of a total fulfillment of the
prediction. But the escalation is remarkable and one cannot help
but to conclude that, at least on a low level, there is a state
of war between the two countries. Another aspect of this
prediction is that Israel will conduct military attacks against
Lebanon. Apparently Israel is using Lebanese air
space to launch attacks against Syria. To
do so must mean a level of Israeli intimidation of Lebanon is
ongoing but not being reported. Now also for the
first time, and not anticipated in this particular prediction,
Israel is conducting military attacks on Iranianmilitary
targets in Syria. If enough of these events occur,
technically the prediction should be considered fulfilled,
regardless if it is in advance of an actual full-blown Israeli
campaign or total war. But for now this remains a PREDICTION
PARTIALLY FULFILLED.
COMMENTS (7/2/17):
According to the RT video above there was a second attack on
Syrian positions in the Golan a day later. This latest military
action on the part of Israel is additive to the devastating April
strikes on Syria itself. There is some distance yet to go before
we can say an actual ongoing Israeli military campaign is being
waged against Syria, but if more incidents occur one can only
label such further actions as a campaign of war. Lebanon is
included as a possible war zone because if Assad believes war has
at last come to him with Israel, he will likely unleash the
Hezbollah. This remains a PREDICTION PARTIALLY FULFILLED.
COMMENTS (3/19/17):
Closing in on the April vector. The seeds of conflict beginning
to sprout? The timing is enough to declare this a PREDICTION
PARTIALLY FULFILLED.
"Jerusalem (CNN) In
the most serious clash between Israeli and Syrian forces since
the start of the Syrian conflict six year ago, Israeli aircraft
struck several targets in Syria overnight, the Israeli military
said Friday. Israel targeted a military site near the ancient
city of Palmyra, the Syrian military said, in what would be one
of its deepest airstrikes inside Syrian territory since the civil
war began there ... Most of Israel's reported strikes have been
around the capital of Damascus, about 60 kilometers (37 miles)
from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights ... The intercept
triggered alarm sirens in the Jordan Valley. Shrapnel from the
explosion, which was heard as far south as Jerusalem, landed in
western Jordan, the Jordanian military said."