Just thinking out load

Six blasts leave 95 dead, 536 wounded, huge destruction across Baghdad

Several large truck bombs blew up across Baghdad and around its heavily fortified Green Zone, Wednesday, Aug. 19, hitting the Iraqi foreign and finance ministries, followed by a mortar barrage. Buildings were destroyed and windows shattered at the Iraqi parliament and the diplomatic complex inside the Green Zone in the bloodiest terror attack in Iraq this year.

^{Isaiah 13:}

⁴ Listen, a noise on the mountains,
like that of a great multitude!
Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms,
like nations massing together!
The LORD Almighty is mustering
an army for war.

⁵ They come from faraway lands (US and allies?),
from the ends of the heavens—
the LORD and the weapons of his wrath—
to destroy the whole country (mainly today's Iraq?)

⁶ Wail, for the day of the LORD is near;
it will come like destruction from the Almighty....

¹⁹ Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms,
the glory of the Babylonians' pride,
will be overthrown by God
like Sodom and Gomorrah.

²⁰ She (Babylon) will never be inhabited
or lived in through all generations (because of nuclear fallout?);
no Arab will pitch his tent there,
no shepherd will rest his flocks there.

If Iran launches a nuclear weapon at US troops in Iraq, I'd say Isaiah 13 was being fulfilled.

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Iran's Supreme leader urges Muslims to mobilize against US and Israel to prepare for Messiah's arrival
Iran’s Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called on Muslims in neighboring countries this week to intensify preparations for the coming of the Islamic Messiah known as the Mahdi or the “Twelfth Imam.” He specifically urged Muslims to mobilize forces to defeat the United States and Israel.

WHO predicts 'explosion' of swine flu cases
"The global spread of swine flu will endanger more lives as it speeds up in coming months and governments must boost preparations for a swift response to a coming 'explosion' of cases, the World Health Organization said Friday."