200 MILITANTS TO DESTROY VITAL INTERESTS

1-Earthquakes near battle ground rattle region. 2-51 quakes near Mayon. 3-Storms in Ontario leave 150,000 without power. 4-Typhoon kills at least 18 in China. 5-China evacuates 580,000 as typhoon comes to South China. 6-Pakistan landslides, floods kill another 33. 7-Flooding kills 31 more people in India. 8-Crews battle Mendocino forest fires. 9-Spain says Syria will play positive role to tackle Mideast conflicts. 10-Islamic group: 200 militants sent to bomb Israel's vital interests

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

August 3, 2006
Earthquakes Near Battle Ground Rattle Region
By KATU.com Web Staff

BATTLE GROUND, Ore. - An earthquake with a preliminary strength of 3.8 on the Richter Scale rattled Washington and Oregon residents early Thursday morning.Four aftershocks followed the quake, which struck just after 1:30 a.m.Residents in the Battle Ground, Washington were awakened by the temblor, and the USGS says they received thousands of emails from people who felt the earth move.According to emails received by KATU, the quake was felt over a wide area, including Vancouver, and as far south as Forest Grove and West Linn.Link: Pacific Northwest Seisograph Network.No damage or injuries have been reported, and geologists said the quake was not considered strong enough to cause any major damage.

However, geologist Ian Madin of the Oregon Department of Geology told KATU News that the quake's intensity may be upgraded to a 4.0 or above after sensor data is more closely scrutinized.Madin said computer-generated quake strength estimates received shortly after a temblor strikes are usually on the conservative side.Oregon, Washington and Western Canada sit in a quake-prone area near the Cascadia Subduction Zone, where thick tectonic plates of the earth's crust are slowly grinding past each other.

The tectonic activity is the cause for the region's many volcanoes and earthquakes.Scientists believe the region is due for a major quake, perhaps as strong as a 9.0.A quake of that magnitude would cause severe and widespread damage, and possibly tsunamis along the coast.

Scientists record 51 earthquakes near Mayon
By Mar Arguelles

LEGAZPI CITY—Low-frequency quakes rocked Mt. Mayon even as its steam emission dropped suddenly, indicating an explosive eruption is highly possible, scientists said yesterday.The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the low-steam emission indicated gas was being blocked by fresh magma and building pressure in the volcano’s vents. Seismic instruments detected 51 low-frequency quakes compared with the 16 recorded on Wednesday, indicating the volcano was bringing more magma up to the crater, it said.The instruments also recorded 343 tremors caused by lava tumbling down the volcano’s slopes. The presence of low-frequency volcanic earthquakes triggered by the active degassing and partial blockade of viscous magma would lead to either a continuing lava flow or an explosive eruption,volcanologist Ed Laguerta said. Scientists said the sudden drop in the volcano’s sulfur dioxide emission did not mean Mt. Mayon had stopped degassing. The volcano disgorged 4,760 tons of sulfur dioxide yesterday compared with 12,548 tons on Wednesday, but that only meant magma was partially blocking the gas’ path, Laguerta said.

The partial blockade also meant the volcano was building up pressure that could lead to an explosion, he said. The volume of lava emitted since Mayon started its mild eruptions on July 14 had reached 18 million cubic meters, and most of it had flowed down the Mabinit Channel south-southeast of the crater. Subsequent flows filled the gullies at the southeast’s upper and middle slopes, from Miisi Channel in Daraga to Buyoan Channel in this city. The lava front is now as big as a four-story building, and it is nearing the 6-km permanent-danger zone after incinerating hectares of coconut plantation and farmland in Mabinit town. The town’s farmers have cut hundreds of coconut trees so they can use them before lava destroys them. Officials said Alert Level 3 was still up, meaning sudden explosions and lava avalanches could happen any time. The danger zones remained off-limits to all residents and visitors.

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.

Storms and tornadoes leave 150,000 without power
Updated Thu. Aug. 3 2006 11:51 PM ET,CTV.ca News

Ontario residents heading to cottage country for the long weekend may find that the only light they have will be from a campfire, after a severe weather system battered the province Wednesday night, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes. By morning more than 100,000 Hydro One customers still had no electricity. The utility struggled through the night to restore power to about 150,000 customers who were initially cut off by the storm. The current that's down is one of our critical circuits feeding from the north,Hydro One spokesman Hugh Crockett told CTV News at the site of a Hydro One tower in central Ontario. The tower is a key conduit on the provincial power grid. It's a 500,000-volt tower line,Crocket said. Barrie, Bracebridge, Huntsville, Penetanguishene, Orillia, Minden and Tweed received the most severe weather, Hydro One spokeswoman Enza Cancilla said.

There were also small power outages in some southwestern Ontario cities. Efforts to restore electricity to everyone are expected to continue through the weekend. The severe weather in Ontario follows a vicious storm that ripped through Quebec Tuesday that left hundreds of thousands of Quebecers without power and is being blamed for two deaths. One man died after the violent storms caused a tree to fall on a car, crushing the 28-year-old motorist inside. The other man was struck by lightning. In Boisbriand, Que., Mary Visnyai, 80, said she has had no power for two days and most of her food has gone bad. They should pay for what we're losing,she told CTV News.Without electricity, a popular summer day camp for young hockey players and skaters has shut down in Rosemere, Que. We couldn't hold the day camp because there are no lights,day camp monitor Catherine Goudie told CTV News. So they all had to go back home.

The intense storms moved west from Quebec and swept through southern Ontario Wednesday evening. Lighting, gusty downpours, tornadoes near Guelph and Combermere, left a wake downed trees and power lines and flooded streets across the province. The violent storm stretched from Lake Huron east through Orangeville, Newmarket and all the way to the Ottawa area. The twister that touched down in Guelph left no damage behind, but the Combermere funnel left behind a scene of total devastation,according to Environment Canada investigators. They said it is possible to walk a great distance without actually touching the ground because of the debris covering the area. Residents in eastern Ontario say they feel like they're in a war zone. Winds of up to 160 kilometres an hour even pushed a train off the tracks.I watched it happen,a resident told CTV News. It just slowly went through the trees and then the two cars slowly left the track and there they were. The tornado was described as an F-1 twister by meteorologist Geoff Coulson, meaning the winds were between 120 and 170 km/h. It was like a train whistle coming in and then it got so loud, and then it just went bam -- and all these matchsticks started cracking,a resident told CTV News. Things were blowing in and breaking windows.

Cars and camper trailers were reportedly crushed by the twister, but no one was hurt. The storm hit the Greater Toronto Area at 9:15 p.m., causing damage to a number of homes.The high winds ripped four sections of a roof off a house near Yonge Street and Davis Drive. Central York fire crews helped the homeowners cover the roof to protect it from water damage. West of Toronto, a trained weather spotter reported a tornado in the Highway 401 and Highway 6 area at 3:20 p.m., Environment Canada said.

There were no reports of tornado damage there.

Emergency crews were busy in rural Peterborough after winds up to 120 km/h gusted through the region. The village of Combermere, south of Barry's Bay, declared a state of emergency after the storm destroyed a Home Hardware store. The storm also wreaked havoc in the Ottawa area, downing hydro poles and stranding boaters in the Ottawa River. In Hagersville, near Hamilton, the high winds knocked over a barn that in turn crushed a vacant motorhome. With a report by CTV's David Akin and files from The Canadian Press

Typhoon Prapiroon kills at least 18 after crashing into China by Verna Yu 44 minutes ago (Aug 4,2006)

BEIJING (AFP) - Typhoon Prapiroon killed at least 18 people and left up to seven others missing after crashing ashore in southern China, pounding the area with torrential rains and gale force winds. More than six million people were affected by the sixth typhoon to ravage China this year, with 534,000 evacuated in the southern provinces and regions of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hunan, China Central Television said, citing reports from the civil affairs ministry.Although it was downgraded to a tropical storm early Friday, Prapiroon was held responsible for the collapse of 8,100 buildings with initial economic losses set at 2.5 billion yuan (312 million dollars), the ministry said.State television footage showed people rushing for shelter, as rains lashed city streets and huge waves slammed into the Guangdong provincial coastline.

The fatalities were reported in different cities in Guangdong as relentless rains and gusting winds battered coastal cities in the south of the province, television reports said.Xinhua news agency, quoting the State Flood Control and Drought Relief headquarters, said some died fleeing collapsing houses.At least one person perished in a landslide in the neighboring Guangxi region, where the typhoon disrupted the lives of up to one million residents, Xinhua said.The typhoon, which packed winds of up to 70 kilometres an hour (44 mph), moved inland in a northwest direction after making landfall near Yangjiang city in Guangdong late Thursday, reaching the Guangxi region early Friday.In Hong Kong, more than 2,000 trees were uprooted or damaged while 20 cargo containers were tipped over at the city's massive shipping terminal on Thursday.Despite the storm being well clear of Hong Kong Friday, thousands of exhausted and angry passengers remained stranded at the airport after hundreds of flights were delayed or cancelled.

The China Meteorological Administration forecast more wild weather on Saturday across the coastal regions of Guangdong and Guangxi as well as Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan and Hainan provinces.Prapiroon was the sixth typhoon of the season for southern China. The first, Typhoon Chanchu, hit on May 18, more than a month earlier than usual.The worst was Bilis, which struck on July 14 and hovered over southern China for 10 days, killing at least 612 people, according to earlier state reports.More than 1,400 people have been killed in China due to typhoons this season, according to the Red Cross, which this week appealed for 3.8 million euros (five million dollars) to help survivors.

China evacuates 580,000 as typhoon brings storms to south coast
Aug 3, 2006, 15:44 GMT

A woman, right, cries out as her umbrella is flipped by a strong wind as she walks with her companions in a street in Guangzhou, in east China's Guangdong province Thursday, 03 August 2006. Tropical Storm Prapiroon strengthened into a full-blown typhoon on Wednesday, with forecasters warning of possible severe destruction to parts of southern China. EPA/YAN GE Beijing - Officials evacuated at least 580,000 people and suspended shipping and some rail services as Typhoon Prapiroon brought more torrential rain and strong winds to southern China on Thursday. The eye of the typhoon was expected to bring force-12 winds to coastal areas of western Guangdong province overnight Thursday and early Friday, weather forecasters said.

Provincial officials issued an emergency notice calling all ships back to port early Thursday, after they were surprised by the speed of the typhoon's approach across the South China Sea, the official Xinhua news agency said. Rail passenger services were suspended across the bridge linking Guangdong with the island province of Hainan over the Qiongzhou Strait. Prapiroon is forecast to gain strength and move westwards across southern China at 15 kilometres per hour over the next 24 hours. Heavy rain hit most areas of Guangdong from Wednesday, and the provincial observatory warned government departments to prepare for possible high waves, landslides, flash floods over the next three days. Guangdong, Hainan and the neighbouring regions of Guangxi and Guizhou are expected to get 100 to 180 millimetres of rain by Saturday, the state meteorological office said. Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi had evacuated 580,000 people and recalled 53,200 ships vessels to harbour by Thursday evening, state televsion said.

More than 1,000 people have died in floods, landslides and other disasters following summer storms in China this year. Typhoon Bilis killed at least 612 people in southern and eastern China in mid-July. © 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Pakistan landslides, floods kill another
August,4,06

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Monsoon rains triggered fresh landslides and floods in northern Pakistan, as officials and reports said another 33 people had died in weather-related incidents.Twelve people were killed Friday and seven were missing after a flash flood swept their minibus into a canal as they travelled to a religious school near Rawalpindi, state media said.The dead included three children and seven women, while 12 passengers were rescued, the Associated Press of Pakistan said.In the northwestern district of Mansehra, which was badly hit by last October's South Asian earthquake, officials said 31 people were killed in the past four days, mainly in landslides.Officials had previously only said that 10 people died in the district when a landslide flattened quake survivors' tents on Thursday.

District mayor Sardar Yousaf said around 20 of the deaths had happened around Balakot, a tourist town devastated by the October 8 quake that killed 75,000 people and left three million homeless.A further 300 families lost tents or temporary shelters in landslides and were being shifted to refugee camps.A key road from Balakot to the mountainous Kaghan Valley that was only recently reopened after the earthquake had been cut again, Yousaf said.There may be food shortages so we are concerned about people who are stranded in higher areas,he said.Landslides at the weekend also blocked the only route between Muzaffarabad, the capital of quake-hit Pakistani Kashmir, and the scenic Neelum Valley.The UN refugee agency says landslides and floods have forced 6,000 quake survivors to return to emergency camps and that nearly 20,000 others are set to do so.

The likelihood of larger displacement due to the ongoing monsoon is very grave, Kilian Kleinschmidt, the agency's senior emergency coordinator for the South Asia earthquake, told AFP in an interview late Thursday.Incidents blamed on the annual monsoon rains have now claimed more than 140 lives in Pakistan since they started early last month. In neighbouring India they have killed more than 300 people.

Flooding kills 31 more people in India By OMER FAROOQ, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

HYDERABAD, India - Floods caused by heavy monsoon rains swept away people and destroyed homes in southern India, killing at least 31 people, officials said Friday.The deaths occurred Thursday and Friday in the coastal area of the state of Andhra Pradesh, where some 50,000 people sought refuge in relief camps on higher ground after their homes were flooded, disaster management official G.T.

Priyadarshini said.Tens of thousands of others have been affected by the flooding across India.Reports from local officials in various parts of the country indicate at least 342 people have died so far in this year's monsoon, which runs from April to September. An accurate national death toll is not kept, and the total number of people killed across India is likely much higher.

The situation is quite alarming but the administration in the affected districts is taking all the necessary measures to help the people,Priyadarshini said.She said 26 deaths were reported from the Vizianagaram, Srikakulam and Vishakhapatanam districts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh, deluged under severe flooding for three days.

Twenty-one others were injured in the three badly hit districts, and many of them were in serious condition.The remaining deaths were from the East Godavari, Warangal and Adilabad districts. Officials said they feared there could be more casualties in areas where communication links had been cut off.The weather office forecast more rains through Saturday.The floods and heavy rains have paralyzed the state's road transport network, causing long pileups of vehicles on the highways and in cities. Most schools and offices were deserted.

The monsoon rains are eagerly awaited each year in India, where some 600 million people depend on agriculture for a living. However, they also bring widespread destruction, and thousands are affected annually in flooding.Most of those killed either drown in floods, are crushed when poorly built houses collapsed or are electrocuted when raging waters expose live wires.

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.

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.

Crews battle Mendocino forest fires
By C. JEROME CROW-DN Staff Writer

Firefighters continue to battle two large fires in part of the Mendocino National Forest while Forest Service officials are implementing additional fire restrictions and planning a road closure on M-61.The Kingsley Complex Wildland Fire was reported to have been 20 percent contained as of Wednesday around 10 a.m. The blaze is located in Tehama and Glenn counties. The East Fire is west of Willows. 641 personnel have been assigned to fight the fire, which is actually several fires totaling 4,425 acres.On Wednesday, structure protection groups were in place, and weather was favorable for fire line construction. Construction continued along the north edge of the fire from Rocky Basin Ridge west to Black Butte River. Crews were also building a fire line from French Ridge to Black Butte River. Personnel completed a strategy to build fire lines on the southern end of the fire.

A group of fire engines have been put in place to protect 25 summer cabins in the area. According to the U.S. Forest Service higher relative humidity and lower temperatures have slowed the movement of the fire. Overall, the fire moved to the southeast. Smoky conditions are still persistent.Fire crews are also fighting the Hunter Wildland fire.The second fire is located on McCoy Ridge, 19 miles southeast of Covelo in the Mendocino National Forest. The fire was listed as 15 percent contained at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at 4,805 acres.According to the Arizona Central West Zone Management Team a dense layer of smoke held close to the ground by an atmospheric inversion created poor visibility for firefighters on the fire.Operations chiefs from the Hunter Fire and the East Fire met on Tuesday and flew over the area. The joint assessment produced a plan of attack from the California 4 Incident Management team. Staff writer C. Jerome Crow can be reached at 527-2151, ext. 109 or at cjeromecrow@hotmail.com

DANIEL 7:7-8,23-24
7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast,(THE EU) dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.(10 NATIONS)
8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn,(#11 SPAIN) before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(THE EU) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(rule 3 countries out of the Eu in the future some time)

Spain says Syria will play positive role to tackle Mideast conflicts

DAMASCUS, Aug 3 (KUNA) -- Spanish foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Thursday Syria would play a positive role to help find a way out of the dangerous situation in the Middle East.Speaking to reporters before leaving Damascus, Moratinos said what would help the Syrian role was the unity positions of the Lebanese government and Hezbollah.He said Lebanese prime minister Fuad Siniora was capable of representing all parties, including Hezbollah.

On whether Damascus wins anything in return of its role, Moratinos said the sole return would be peace in the Middle East, which was exhausted by wars and crises.Moratinos underlined importance of diplomacy to achieving peace and solving conflicts away from military solutions.On the US-proposed new Middle East initiative, Moratinos said his country agreed with what the US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice had said about the new Middle East but the rights and demands of the Arab peoples should not be neglected.He called on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to back all parties to reach a compromising solution for the conflicts in the Middle East. (pickup previous) om.KUNA 031558 Aug 06NNNN

EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines(PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

04/08/2006,Islamic group: 200 militants sent to bomb 'Israel's vital interests' By Reuters

JAKARTA - More than 200 Islamic militants from Southeast Asia have been sent on missions to bomb Israel's vital interests and countries that support the Jewish state, their leader said on Friday.The militants have been trained to carry out suicide bombings to avenge Israel's military strikes on the Palestinian territories and Lebanon, said Suaib Didu, chairman of the Jakarta-based ASEAN Muslim Youth Movement.We will limit our targets to Israel's vital interests and those that support Israel's aggression in Palestine and Lebanon,Didu said. We will not carry out attacks indiscriminately.Hardline militant groups in Indonesia have made claims in the past of sending volunteers to participate in conflicts overseas that have sometimes proved exaggerated.

Western countries such as the United States and Britain, as well as businesses, could be targeted unless they cease supporting Israel, he said.Didu said the group was watching Australia's position on the Middle East conflict.If John Howard makes a statement in support of Israel, he will be a target,Didu said.More than 3,000 people have signed up for the mission, and 217 people from Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore have been dispatched abroad so far, he said.A show of force of the more than 3,000 volunteers will be held on Saturday in Pontianak in West Kalimantan province on Borneo island, Didu said, adding that many of the 200-plus militants had fought with Afghanistan against the Soviets.

Din Syamsuddin, chairman of the moderate Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's second largest Muslim organization, said Thursday that threats by radical Muslim groups to send volunteers to fight Israel were just symbolic gestures to show solidarity with the Palestinians and Lebanese.There are too many obstacles for these people to travel there. It is too costly and the Israeli army is no match for them,he told reporters.But in Canberra, Human Services Minister Joe Hockey said Friday the government was not shrugging off reports of the plans to carry out suicide bombings.The minister for foreign affairs and the Department of Foreign Affairs are investigating what is reported in the papers today and we are treating it very, very seriously,Hockey told Australian television.

Australia is a staunch ally of the United States, with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. While it has been targeted in attacks in Indonesia, Australia has never suffered a major peacetime attack on home soil.Australia and Indonesia strengthened cooperation on counter-terrorism following the 2002 nightclub bombings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, which killed 202 people, including 88 Australian tourists.