3 Americans barred from entering Peshawar - Warning issued to USZ Consulate

Peshawar (ANN + INP) - All those 3 American Citizens who tried to invade Peshawar through motorway last week and were stopped by Motorway Police and Law Enforcement Agencies for not having the NOC, now tried to enter Peshawar through the air route. Sarah Seden, Kevin Leo and Scholak Howard were traveling through the land route towards Peshawar last week when their vehicle was intercepted and sent back to Islamabad.

After a few days, all three of them landed onto the Peshawar Airport through PIA flight PK 689 however the Security Agencies stopped them for once again, having no NOC and proper documents. All three of these USZ citizens were then instantly sent back to Islamabad whereas the American Consulate in Peshawar has been issued a legal warning in this matter.

Erdogan to Israhell – “Apologise for flotilla deaths or I go to Gaza”

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan

In announcing his intention to visit the Gaza Strip, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, has raised the stakes in an ongoing crisis with Israhell, observers say. Quoting unnamed foreign ministry sources in Ankara, the Turkish daily Radikal reported yesterday that Turkish diplomats had told their Israhelli counterparts they expected an Israhelli apology for the death of nine Turkish activists during a raid on a flotilla of ships carrying aid for Gaza last year by July 27. That day, a panel of the United Nations is expected to publish its report on the Israhelli raid. In case Israhell does not issue an apology before that date, Turkish-Israhelli relations could sink even deeper into crisis, Radikal said. “If Israhell apologises, [Mr Erdogan's] Gaza trip will not take place”, the paper reported. There was no official comment on the newspaper story.

Turkey to double size of its army

With Prime Minister Erdogan’s Islamist AK party having seized its third landslide election victory in Turkey, many throughout the international community have been watching to see what will be next on the Turkish agenda. Now there are strong indicators in the Turkish media that Turkey is planning on literally doubling the size of its army – this coming from the nation that already has the largest army in Middle East and the second-largest army in NATO, second only to the United States. Presently, Turkey’s army has over 500,000 troops. Its army is larger than France, Germany and England combined. And now Turkish media are reporting that they are planning on adding another 500,000 paid soldiers.

According to Egemen Bağış, a state minister and Turkey’s chief EU negotiator, the purpose of the army is to kill two birds with one stone, overcoming two of Turkey’s biggest challenges: terrorism and unemployment. This move would create half a million new jobs for Turkey while answering once and for all Turkey’s problem with Kurdish separatist terrorists in the southeast. Bağış spoke to journalists at the Turkish ambassador’s office in Brussels. “The government is prepared to hire 500,000 people. … This structural change will also contribute to our struggle with unemployment”, he said. Interested in how current events relate to biblical prophecy? Watch Joel Richardson’s powerful, 4-Session, 2-DVD set “Understanding the Times”.