NEWS FLASH: Turkey Threatens War on Israel, Cyprus & Greece 9-18-11

Sunday, 18 September 2011 04:19 | Print

Is Turkey Seeking to "Take a Spoil?"

Thus Fulfilling Ezekiel 38?

Turkish Warships Ordered To Israeli Coastline

Orders To Attack Israeli Warships in Int'l Waters

Editor's Note: This webpage provides an overview of recent news reports related to Turkey's latest developments.

Turkey's leaders are apparently just "itching" for some sort of war. Last month, Turkish leaders were plotting to militarily intervene in the Syrian revolt and launching a major military campaign against Kurdish rebels in Iraq. Now. Turkey's leaders have cast aside any Syrian intervention and initially threatened Israel and then Cyprus and Greece in a dispute over oil and natural gas deposits in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

The Turkish Navy is reportedly dispatching three frigates to the Eastern Mediterranean to ensure freedom of navigation and to confront Israeli warships if necessary, a Turkish news report said on Monday.

The Turkish frigates, to be dispatched by the Navy's Southern Sea Area Command, will provide protection to civilian ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, blockaded by Israel since 2007, the Turkish daily Sabah reported. If the Turkish warships encounter an Israeli military ship outside Israel's 12-mile territorial waters, they will advance up to 100 meters close to the ship and disable its weapon system, in a confrontation that resembles dogfights in the Aegean Sea with Greek jet fighters, according to the report.

The report comes days after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkish warships will escort civilian aid ships headed to Gaza to prevent a repetition of last year's Israeli raid on a Turkish-owned ship that killed eight Turks and a Turkish-American, setting the stage for a potential naval confrontation with its former ally.

Turkey announced a set of sanctions against Israel after it refused to apologize for the 2010 raid, expelling the Israeli ambassador and other senior diplomats and suspending military agreements with Israel. Turkey also promised to take measures to ensure freedom of navigation in the eastern Mediterranean.

Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor said Erdogan's remarks were “harsh and serious,” but stressed that Israel was not interested in a war of words with its once-close ally. “Our silence is the best response. I hope this phenomenon will pass,” he said on Friday.

The new orders include protecting ALL ships to and from the Gaza Strip whether flying a Turkish flag or having sailed from Turkey or not. LINK 1 and LINK 2.

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Turkey To Help Build A New Libya

Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan announced Sunday (9/18) that Turkey will help build a "new" Libya in support of the victorious rebel forces now trying to form a new Libyan government.

This announcement, if carried out, could have tremendous impact on the Biblical Prophecies of Ezekiel concerning the Magog War against Israel. Ezekiel states that Magog will attack Israel from the north with an alliance of nations joining in the war. Among the nations mentioned in the Magog confederation is a nation called Libya and believed by many eschatologists to be a reference to the modern nation of Libya.

It should be noted that until now, Libya's Colonel Gadaffi had shown little interest in joining any military ventures against Israel after the fiasco of the Yom Kippur War of 1973 when Gadaffi sent a squadron of war planes although they played no significant role in the war. Even so, Gadaffi concluded that it was best to not tangle with Israel in a military sense unless it was absolutely necessary. With that prevailing attitude, it has seemed unlikely that Gadaffi would join a Magog coalition to attack Israel.

Now that Gadaffi has been effectively removed from power in Libya, Turkish aid to Libya could obligate a future Libyan government to join in any war Turkey might wage against Israel. For more details on the Turkish Prime Minister's comments about aiding Libya - LINK HERE.

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Turkey To Freeze Its EU Ties

Cyprus Gets the EU Presidency

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Israel, Greece & Turkey on Alert

As Cyprus Prepares for Gas Drilling

Debka Report LINK

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Israel & Greece Sign Defense Pact

Against Turkish Military Attack

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