Week in Review: Iran Fighting in Iraq, South Korea’s Puppet President, Protestant Reformation Reversal, and Much More

Week in Review: Iran Fighting in Iraq, South Korea’s Puppet President, Protestant Reformation Reversal, and Much More

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Week in Review: Iran Fighting in Iraq, South Korea’s Puppet President, Protestant Reformation Reversal, and Much More

All you need to know about everything in the news this week

November 5, 2016

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Highlights:

Iran’s war in Iraq

  • The battle for Mosul is fast resembling the battle for Fallujah; Iran is stepping up its fight against Islamic State militants, and the United States is aligning with the Islamic Republic—howbeit informally and reluctantly.
  • Iran’s Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani is leading the Iranian camp, which consists of a coalition of Shiite militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces and a Shiite militia in Iraq known as the Hezbollah Brigades.
  • The question Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry first asked in December 1994 is becoming more painfully obvious with each passing day: “Is Iraq is about to Fall to Iran?”

    • South Korean scandal

  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye admitted that she allowed a behind-the-scenes power broker named Choi Sun-sil to access classified government documents that dictate major economic and foreign policies.
  • “Choi advised me on expressions in my speeches and public relations during the last presidential campaign, and she continued to help me for a certain period of time after I took office,” said Park.
  • Thousands are taking to the streets demanding Park’s resignation for the scandal, her public apology notwithstanding.

    • Reversing the Protestant Reformation

  • On October 31, 499 years ago, Martin Luther nailed what was to be the world’s most famous set of complaints to the door of a German church.
  • On October 31 this year, Pope Francis gave a Reformation anniversary speech in Lund, Sweden, about the great steps done to move from division to reconciliation.
  • The Trumpet and its predecessor, the Plain Truth, have been tracking this trend for decades. We have documented a survey of these changes and predictions in our article “Returning to the Fold.”

    • President Obama’s parting gift to Israel

  • In its editorial titled “Obama’s Israel Surprise?,” the Wall Street Journal reported that the Obama administration is likely, during its final weeks, to “sponsor, or at least allow, a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction, perhaps alongside new irs regulations revoking the tax-exempt status of people or entities involved in settlement building.”
  • The Wall Street Journal’s sources disclosed that the administration is also likely to introduce U.N. Security Council resolutions setting parameters for a final settlement between Israelis and Palestinians.
  • Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer noted that unilaterally setting these parameters for a final settlement would create a disastrous situation for Israel.

    • Other news:

  • Migrants in Germany committed 142,500 crimes during the first six months of this year, according to a report by the Federal Criminal Police Office. Crime levels are on pace for a 40 percent increase over 2015.
  • In a rare instance of standing up to China, South Korea has for the first time fired machine guns on Chinese “paramilitary” fishing boats.

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