Aside from the facts listed above, the Antichrist is also called the Assyrian in scripture (Isaiah 10:20-27, 30:18-33, 31:4-32:20; Micah 5:3-15), which further identifies him with the nation of Syria.

Isaiah 10:20-27 (bold emphasis and bracketed comments added)
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land. Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he [the Antichrist] shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt. For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

Micah 5:3-6 (bold emphasis and bracketed comments added)
Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travails hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian [the Antichrist] shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treads within our borders.

From the facts mentioned above, the Antichrist will arise from the land known as ancient Assyria; this fact can clearly be determined by the title of the Antichrist (the Assyrian) and his geographical region-north of Egypt, south of another major world power, the former Soviet Union, and west of yet another major world power, China. Modern-day Syria encompasses the majority of its quadrant, which was established under the ancient Grecian Empire, but Lebanon is also a candidate for being the nation where the Antichrist will initially rise to power because it too is north of Egypt, and it was once within the borders of ancient Assyria. Notably it's also a very small nation. Another name for the Antichrist is "little horn" (Daniel 7:8, 7:24, 8:9, 8:23), which denotes the possibility that a small nation is being spoken of, in comparison to the other nations around it. Lebanon is among the smallest nations to the north of Egypt.

Now that all this information is laid out, I will return to my original question-who is the false prophet?

Simply reading all these scriptures about the Antichrist, a number of facts emerge.

1. The Antichrist kingdom will emerge from a region that is predominantly Islamic.

2. Islamic extremists comprise the largest terrorist organizations in the world, and are globally supported either actively or passively by millions of people. Iran alone recently held nationwide rallies numbering in the hundreds of thousands, with countless participants shouting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel," while burning the flags of both nations.3

3. Terrorism is clearly satanic to anyone with half a brain (or heart), yet countless numbers are involved with it either actively or passively. Many who claim to be against it actually support it because they believe it's wrong to fight anything at all, even terrorism. Countless numbers are blaming the war in Iraq on President George Bush, when in fact the war on terrorism (of which Iraq is a small part), was known to come to America in the near future no matter what, by nearly every member in congress. The United States supports Israel, which makes it the second leading target of terrorism in the world, next to Israel itself. If no pre-emptive strike was ever made on Iraq, war was inevitable, whether from Iraq, Syria, Iran, or any number of other extremely unstable countries striving to obtain nuclear weaponry.