EU OPENS UP WEAPONS MARKET

1-Saskatewan lightning causes fires. 2-Volcano in Mexico shoots Ash. 3-Small Quake shakes California. 4-Tornado flips truck in New York. 5-Flooding in Honduras leaves 4 dead. 6-More Israel Strikes in Summer rain. 7-Europe missle defence needed. 8-Eu opens up its defence market.

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The Bible says the Whole world would be suffering destruction in the last days. Just look at these headlines its World devestation today.

SCOFFERS MOCKING CHRISTS LITERAL 2ND COMING TO EARTH BODILY.

2 PETER 3:3-7
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

MATTHEW 24:37-39
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

LUKE 17:25-27
25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

LUKE 21:28
28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.



REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

Two more Sask communities on alert as lightning sparks dozens of fires 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

GRANDMOTHER'S BAY, Sask. (CP) - Two more communities in northern Saskatchewan were put on evacuation alert as lightning strikes sparked dozens of new forest fires on Friday. Judy Orthner of the province's public safety department said that about 1,000 residents of Grandmother's Bay and 700 people in nearby Stanley Mission were told to get ready to leave their homes because of the new fires in the region northeast of La Ronge.Orthner said the decision to prepare for evacuation was made by local officials, and that members of her department were getting buses ready and preparing reception areas for evacuees in Saskatoon.

Janette Krayetski of Saskatchewan Environment said the department wasn't sure where the fires were or how close they were to the communities due to the smoke.The details are sketchy. We just know that we have a concern in that area and we need to get in and protect those communities,Krayetski said.English Bay, a recreation spot and campground near the two communities, was also evacuated on Friday.Saskatchewan Environment estimated about 58 new fires were sparked Friday, adding to the 138 that were already burning in the province at the start of the day.

Krayetski said the forest fire danger was high throughout the province. Several highways were closed due to the fires, and anyone planning to drive north of Prince Albert was being advised to call the Transportation Department.Fire and smoke was also making travelling difficult on the west side of the province north of Buffalo Narrows.The news was better Friday for Fond-du-Lac, Black Lake and Stony Rapids, three communities in Saskatchewan's far north that had been evacuated earlier in the week.Krayetski said both communities got rain on Thursday, and officials said Friday that people were being allowed to return.Orthner said if evacuations are ordered in Grandmother's Bay and Stanley Mission, they would be housed at the University of Saskatchewan - the same place from where Fond-du-Lac and Stony Rapids residents were leaving.She said there were other places evacuees could be housed in case the centres became full.

SEA AND THE WAVES ROARING. HURRICANES,TORNADOES,TSUNAMIS,STORMS.

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

LUKE 17:28-30
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

Volcano in western Mexico shoots ash Thu Jun 29, 11:06 PM ET


MEXICO CITY - Western Mexico's Volcano of Fire sent a towering column of ash and gas more than a mile into the air Thursday, authorities said. Winds blew a 7,150-foot column of ash toward the west. No communities were affected, said authorities in Jalisco state.The 2 1/2-mile-high volcano sent up twin eruptions in January, triggering several small landslides.The Volcano of Fire, on the border of Jalisco and Colima states, 420 miles west of Mexico City, has erupted repeatedly in recent years.

Small quake shakes Calif. mountain area Thu Jun 29, 10:08 PM ET


BRAWLEY, Calif. - A small earthquake rattled a rugged mountain area in southeastern California on Thursday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.The magnitude-4.3 quake struck about 5:28 p.m. and was centered about six miles southwest of the Salton Sea, according to a preliminary report by the U.S. Geological Survey.A magnitude-3.2 aftershock struck about two minutes later.The 376-square-mile Salton Sea, about 75 miles northeast of San Diego, is California's largest lake.

Tornado flips truck on New York highway 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. - A tornado touched down in a Buffalo suburb Friday afternoon, flipping a truck driving along the New York State Thruway and a construction trailer with a worker inside. No serious injuries were reported. The funnel cloud was sighted at about 3 p.m. and left a path that was 3 miles long and 100 yards wide, said Steve McLaughlin, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.Witnesses described watching a tractor-trailer being tossed onto its side amid hail and heavy rains.

It was very scary, no doubt about it,said Albert Nigro of Amherst, who said he was driving about 200 yards behind the westbound truck.Cars behind the truck spun out, he said. A shaken witness called a television station and said his car was lifted from the Thruway and dropped into oncoming traffic.The truck driver had minor injuries.A construction trailer near the Thruway was tossed into a nearby road, slightly injuring a worker inside, police said. The storm also ripped off tree limbs, damaged store signs and downed power lines.

Flooding in Honduras leaves 4 dead Thu Jun 29, 10:02 PM ET

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Floods caused by heavy rains have left four people dead, forced 1,500 others from their homes and caused more than $8 million in damage to Honduran croplands, officials said Thursday. Two people drowned in the northern province of Cortes along the Caribbean coast, and two others drowned in western Intibuca province, said Juan Carlos Elvir of the Emergency Response Commission. Flooding caused by downpours during the past three weeks has damaged more than 300 homes and forced 1,500 people to seek refuge in government-run shelters, Elvir said.

Meanwhile, bridges have been wiped out in some villages, leaving at least 5,000 residents stranded, Elvir said.Flooding also damaged 5,200 acres of farmland, causing more than $8 million in damages.Forecasters were calling for more rain over the next few days.

More IDF Strikes in Operation Summer Rains
By Hana Levi Julian (Arutz -7 News)

Israel Defense Forces are pounding Gaza with artillery and air strikes in order to pressure the population to force Hamas terrorists to give up their hostage, 19-year-old IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert froze Phase III of Operation Summer Rains on Thursday night at the request of Egyptian officials who were meeting with Hamas terrorists in an effort to persuade them to release their Israeli captive.He did not, however, hold back IDF troops from continuing the operation that was already in play. More than 500 artillery shells have been fired by the IDF in Gaza in the past 24 hours.

An Israel Air Force helicopter fired at an Islamic Jihad terrorist as he attempted to launch a Kassam rocket at Israeli forces. 25-year-old Abdel Rael later succumbed to his wounds, the first to die since the start of the IDF operation.IAF jets scored direct hits on close to a dozen targets in the wee hours before dawn on Friday. In Gaza City alone, the Palestinian Authority Interior Ministry was struck, as was a Fatah office and a Hamas terrorist training camp. PA Interior Minister Said Siyam’s office was targeted because it was a meeting place to plan and direct terror activity, said IDF sources.A missile also hit a Kassam rocket factory operated by the Fatah terrorist group, the Al-Aksa Martyrs’ Brigades.

Also on Friday, IDF troops operating in southern Gaza fired at a terror cell aiming at an army position with an anti-tank rocket launcher. The terrorists managed to escape, but it is believed that two of the attackers were wounded.The strikes will continue, said IDF spokesman, Cpt. Jacob Dallal, until the terrorists free Shalit and end their Kassam rocket attacks against Israel. Dallal said the operation is being carried out in a calibrated, studied fashion.Dallal reiterated that the goal of Operation Summer Rains is simple: to gain the release of Corporal Gilad Shalit. Putting an end to the non-stop barrage of Kassam rocket attacks against Sderot and other western Negev communities is a second goal of the operation as well.We hope that this will work and that [Shalit] will be freed as soon as possible, said Dallal.

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

Frist: Europe missile-defense site needed By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist urged President Bush on Friday to intensify efforts to put interceptor missiles at a site in Europe to protect against potential attacks from Iran. The threat from Iran is only going to grow in the years ahead. We need to take steps now to prepare to deal with that threat,Frist, R-Tenn., said in a letter to the president.The time has come to revive and reinvigorate discussions with allies in Europe that have previously expressed interest in hosting these interceptors at a third site on their territory,said Frist, who is retiring from the Senate and is considering running for president in 2008.The United States has interceptor missiles buried in California and Alaska to counter potential threats from the Pacific, including from North Korea.

The Bush administration has spent more than a year negotiating with several European allies to find a third site for the ground-based interceptor missiles, including discussions last year with Poland.For the budget year that begins Oct. 1, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency requested $61 million to produce 10 more interceptor
missiles and $56 million to prepare for a third site. There has been no final decision on where that site may be, said Rick Lehner, an agency spokesman.In the letter, Frist sought to send a signal to Iran that the United States is committed to countering that country's nuclear ambitions. At the same time, the potential presidential candidate aimed to show that he's strong on national defense, which could be a major issue in the White House race two years from now.Putting interceptor missiles at a site in Europe would significantly enhance the United States' ability to protect against ballistic missiles launched from Iran, Frist said in the letter.

As Iran continues to make progress in deploying its Shahab 3 missiles and developing new, longer range missiles, while simultaneously pursuing nuclear weapons, the ability to shoot down Iranian warheads in flight becomes increasingly critical to our national security,Frist said.His comments came as the United States and European allies continue their efforts to persuade Tehran to roll back its uranium enrichment program that can produce fuel for nuclear power generators or the material for nuclear warheads.Iran insists that its program is peaceful.

EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

June 30, 2006, 11:18AM
EU Opens Up Its Defense Market to

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP)— The European Union announced the opening of member nations' arms industries to cross-border competition Friday in an effort to increase the transparency of arms deals and broaden business opportunities for defense companies. Twenty-two European Union nations have signed up to a voluntary code on defense purchases that will come into force Saturday, the European armaments agency said.

Only Spain, Hungary and Denmark are not taking part. Denmark decided in the early 1990s not to participate in the EU's defense and security policy and has a general opt-out from some EU defense operations.Defense equipment contracts will be posted on an electronic bulletin board, which will be operated by the European Defense
Agency. Transparent criteria will be set for selecting bidders and awarding contracts, said Nick Witney, chief executive of the armaments agency. He said he hoped the plan would instantly attract bids.EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said the new rules were a remarkable achievement.For the first time ever, European countries have committed to procure defense equipment from each other if the offer is the best available, instead of automatically contracting with a national supplier, Solana said.EU governments have been able to protect their national defense industries because military contracts have been largely excluded from EU legislation that has torn down barriers to trade within the European Union in other sectors. The EU's defense market is worth about $39 billion a year.

EU officials say more than half the annual spending on new military equipment in the European Union currently lies outside EU free market rules. Ministers hope increased competition will drive down prices for new weapons.By allowing companies to compete more in each others' markets, the EU hopes to encourage a restructuring of the continent's fractured industry so it is better placed to take on international rivals.The rules will apply to defense contracts over 1 million euros ($1.3 million), but exemptions will be allowed if continuing operations dictate that nations need especially quick supply.Witney said he regretted Spain's and Hungary's decisions not to participate, but expressed hope both countries will join in the future.The market we're talking about will be a little smaller than it otherwise would have been. But Spain has indicated this is not a decision forever. The Hungarians spoke of their decision being ... for the time being, Witney said.