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The latest official IDF intelligence branch assessment, adopted by the Israeli government, is that Syria is not planning to attack Israel. At least not in the coming months. The accelerated preparations for war undertaken by the Syrian army recently, according to the assessment, are not aimed at launching an offensive, but rather, stem from fears in Damascus that the IDF plans to attack Syria. As proof of this, IDF intelligence researchers point to the fact that the Syrian army has not fundamentally changed its deployment, which is still mostly defensive, vis-à-vis Israel. However, intelligence officials estimate that there is still a risk of a war breaking out even in the near future as a result of a wrong estimate (here or there) regarding the other side’s intentions – a "miscalculation" as it is referred to by IDF intelligence officers. This is why Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made sure to declare Wednesday that he was not seeking war. This is the official assessment. Yet this is not the complete picture. The truth is that there is no certainty within Israel’s intelligence community that Syria is not planning to initiate a military confrontation with Israel. Quite a few researchers in the IDF intelligence branch and Mossad suspect that Syria is waiting for a convenient point in time – which is not necessarily in the distant future. We’re not talking about the kind of war we’re familiar with like the Six Day War or Yom Kippur War, but rather, a Hizbullah-style war – but on an immense scale. These arguments and assessments are being taken very seriously by officials in Jerusalem, and this is the reason why the cabinet tasked with monitoring home front preparedness convened again Wednesday for its third or fourth session in order to discuss the possibility of a massive Syrian missile offensive. Source YNet News Isaiah 17:1: The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. Damascus, Syria is one of the longest continually-inhabited cities on the planet as of the writing of this article on 9th August 2007, but that could change any day now. As you can see from the Scripture above, Damascus is going to be destroyed in the future. The coming destruction of Damascus, Syria is going to be one of the most dramatic evidences of the truth of the Word of God the modern world has ever seen. Because God has told us, through the words of the prophet Isaiah, Damascus will be taken away from being a city, we know whatever the future holds for the city is going to leave Damascus in such a state it will no longer be called a city. The prophet Isaiah further declares Damascus will be left in a ruinous heap in the aftermath of the event. What could lead to such devastation? Although God may choose to destroy Damascus supernaturally as he did Sodom and Gomorrah, it seems more likely Damascus will be destroyed as a result of military action taken against the city. As I write this article, Damascus, Syria is home to many of the world's most deadly terrorist organizations, all of which are bent on destroying the nation of Israel. The nation of Syria not only supports terrorism, but also has a significant stockpile of chemical weapons in its arsenal. Syria is also rumoured to have an on-going bio-weapons program as well. If you combine Syria's chemical and biological weapons capabilities with the many missiles Syria has in its arsenal capable of striking Israel, it's easy to see Syria is capable of launching a weapons of mass destruction attack on the Jewish nation. As such, you can see how things could quickly get out-of-hand. Due to Israel's size, it wouldn't take many chemical weapons-loaded missiles fired from Syria to inflict massive casualties on the Israeli people, which could prompt Israel to respond very aggressively in the event a scenario like that takes place in the future. Israel, if attacked with weapons of mass destruction or threatened to be attacked with them, would quickly find itself in a desperate situation, perhaps forcing the tiny nation to do the unthinkable - launch a nuclear attack on Damascus to save its people. Is that the precise scenario that will lead to the fulfilment of this prophecy? Although no one knows for sure, it currently seems to be the most likely scenario for this event to take place. The nations of Israel and Syria are bitter enemies and all evidence seems to be pointing toward a conflict taking place between these parties in the near future, the direct result of Damascus' refusal to stop aiding and harbouring terrorists and the organizations that support them. The Bible isn't some far-fetched fairy tale dreamed up by men. Because this is true, we can know beyond the shadow of a doubt this prophecy will be fulfilled in the future to the letter! As of the 9th August 2007 Damascus is still around, but the clock is ticking!!!
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