EGYPT GOES NUCLEAR

1-Mount Desert Island residents awake to quake. 2-Storms Dump Rain On Much Of State; Northern Ark. Faces Flooding. 3-Hot winds hit site of huge wildfire in Los Padres National Forest. 4-Calmer after Indonesia executions. 5-Aznar: Muslims should apologize for occupying Spain for 800 years. 6-Europe blasted for not defending Pope. 7-Mediator: Israel-Hizbullah prisoner swap within day. 8-Egypt Prepared To Go Nuclear.

EARTHQUAKES

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.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Mount Desert Island residents awake to quake

BAR HARBOR, Maine --Mount Desert Island residents awoke to the earth moving Friday, and the shaking didn't stop until several hours later.Sign up for: Globe Headlines e-mail | Breaking News Alerts Monitors recorded five hours of earthquake activity with the biggest being a Magnitude 3.5 quake at 6:39 a.m. about one mile southwest of the middle of Bar Harbor, said John Ebel, director of Massachusetts' Weston Observatory.There were roughly nine additional temblors starting at 5:21 a.m. before the main quake and continuing through 10:20 a.m., Ebel said.The biggest quake was of a magnitude that could be felt miles away, he said. There were no reports of injuries or property damage.New England averages about one or two earthquakes that are above 3.5 Magnitude each year, Ebel said. Maine already recorded a 3.8-Magnitude earthquake in the northern part of the state on July 14, he said.
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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;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
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 Dump Rain On Much Of State; Northern Ark. Faces Flooding
Posted: 9/23/2006 5:02:08 PM

LITTLE ROCK (AP) - A stretch of northern Arkansas faces severe flooding Saturday after a series of strong storms dumped up to ten inches of rain in some areas. In Sharp County, officials worked to evacuate and rescue residents in low-lying areas, including several who were stranded in trees after camping out at River Bend Park, the sheriff's office said. By Saturday afternoon, the campground had been evacuated and people were moved to a command post in Hardy. A dispatcher says the county had no confirmed deaths, nor did they know if there were any missing people, a dispatcher said. As northern Arkansas dealt with flooding, much of western Arkansas saw severe thunderstorms, lightning and tornado warnings.

Steve Bays, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service says the counties facing the worst flooding are Clay, Fulton, Lawrence, Randolph and Sharp. There are no confirmed deaths yet because of the flooding, though a woman in northwest Arkansas was struck by lightning and killed Friday night. No tornadoes have been confirmed yet from Friday or Saturday's storms.

FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS

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.

Hot winds hit site of huge wildfire in Los Padres National Forest
Saturday, September 23, 2006

(AP) -- Winds changed Saturday from ocean breezes to hot Santa Anas as crews battling a three-week wildfire in Los Padres National Forest rushed to carve fire breaks.It is blowing ferociously. We expect a lot more acreage to go, Ventura County fire Capt.

Barry Parker said.Winds were gusting to 52 mph in the area about 75 miles north of Los Angeles, officials said.No imminent threat was reported to structures. But 10 homes in the Rose Valley area were evacuated as a precaution, and hundreds of people in Ojai, Fillmore and other towns about 10 miles from the edge of the Day Fire were urged to be ready to evacuate if the hot winds from the northeast sent the flames racing their way.A light, moist wind from the south had calmed the huge fire for much of the week.

Crews hurried to burn chaparral, wrap isolated homes in protective material and bulldoze backup safety lines. Fire trucks were parked in some driveways to protect dwellings.Parker said more than 20 aircraft were painting the hills with fire retardant but would have to be grounded if the winds became too powerful.The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for extreme fire conditions through Sunday. Forecasters said gusts as high as 70 mph were possible during the weekend.

Such conditions could drive the blaze in mile-long leaps along ridges and steep canyons, with flames spreading as fast as 11 mph, said Larry Comerford of the U.S. Forest Service.The fire along the border of Ventura and Los Angeles counties doubled in size to about 80,000 acres when Santa Ana winds kicked up a week ago.

The fire that began on Labor Day had burned 116,971 acres, or nearly 183 square miles. It was 39 percent contained.Hundreds of additional firefighters were dispatched to the line late this week, bringing the total to more than 3,000.The blaze had cost $31.7 million to fight, with the amount increasing about $1 million a day.Elsewhere, crews mopped up two smaller fires in forests to the south.The 2,730-acre Pinnacles Fire in San Bernardino National Forest was fully contained Saturday. It began Tuesday near Lake Arrowhead, about 80 miles east of Los Angeles.The Pines Fire in Angeles National Forest north of Los Angeles was fully contained Friday after burning 113 acres.

PERSECUSSION,BEHEADINGS

REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain(BEHEADED) for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Calmer after Indonesia executions

Palu, Indonesia (dpa) - Conditions were calmer and under control after Indonesian government deployed thousands of security forces to guard public areas Saturday in Central Sulawesi province.Angry mobs had rioted Friday in Christian areas of Indonesia after the government carried out early-morning executions of three Christian men convicted of massacring Muslims during sectarian violence six years ago.In East Nusa Tenggara province, the condemned men's birthplace, mobs attacked offices and houses, torched a car and destroyed the main gate to a local prison in the town Atambua, allowing hundreds of inmates to escape.Situation are now calmer, no more riots or mobs on the streets,provincial police spokesman Major Marten Raja told Deutsche Presse- Agentur dpa by telephone from Kupang, the provincial capital.

Only one person was injured in Friday's rights, he said.There were 205 inmates who escaped, but until today, 22 have recaptured, Raja said.A police firing squad in Palu, capital of Central Sulawesi province, executed the three men, who were convicted and sentenced to death in 2001 despite international appeals for clemency.The condemned Christians - Fabianus Tibo, 60, Marianus Riwu, 48, and Domingus da Silva, 42 were executed around 1:50 am at an undisclosed location, the earliest moment that their sentences of capital punishment could be carried out.The bodies of Tibo and Riwu were placed on police helicopters and flown back for burial to their village of Beteleme in Central Sulawesi's Morowalai district.

Da Silva was buried overnight in Palu, though family members accompanied by Catholic priest dug up his grave Friday night to let the deceased have a proper Roman Catholic burial.The men had been found guilty of leading a Christian militia that launched a series of attacks on Muslims in May 2000 in Poso district, including a gun-and-machete assault in which at least 70 people taking refugee in an Islamic school were killed.The massacre was one of the bloodiest incidents of sectarian violence between Christians and Muslims that swept through previously harmonious Central Sulawesi from 1998 to 2002, leaving more than 1,000 people from both communities dead and tens of thousands homeless.

The convicted men maintained their innocence. They said that prosecutors refused to investigate 16 people including military, intelligence and government officials, implicated by one of the defendants as the masterminds of the conflict.Defence lawyers said that the death sentences were unfair because numerous Muslims convicted of religious violence, including scores of murders, only received prison sentences.The Jakarta government had postponed the Poso executions once, after Pope Benedict XVI sent a letter to Yudhoyono though authorities insisted the delay was for technical reasons.The European Union released a statement expressing disappointment and called on the Jakarta government to halt future planned executions.More than 80 per cent of Indonesia's 220 million people are Muslim, but the Christian and Muslim populations in Central Sulawesi are roughly equal.Sporadic bombings and killings in the region, about 1,650 kilometres northeast of Jakarta, have continued since Muslim and Christian leaders signed a peace accord in late 2001.

SPAIN #11 IN THE EU

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TR BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).

FORMER SPANISH PRESIDENT
Aznar: Muslims should apologize for occupying Spain for 800 years
09/23/2006

Bush and his war on terror, said the West is under attack from radical Islam and must defend itself. It is them or it is us, Aznar said.There is no middle ground. Jose Maria AznarMuslims should apologize for occupying Spain for 800 years and a U.N.-backed program to encourage dialogue between them and West is stupid, former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar has said. Aznar made his comments Friday night in a speech at the Hudson Institute, a thinktank in Washington, D.C., as he discussed Pope Benedict XVI's recent remarks on Islam and violence. Aznar, a firm ally of U.S. President George W.Bush and his war on terror, said the West is under attack from radical Islam and must defend itself.

It is them or it is us, Aznar said. There is no middle ground. He did not elaborate. Aznar said he found it surprising that Muslims have demanded an apology from the pope over his Sept. 12 remarks.Aznar noted the nearly 800-year Moorish occupation of Spain that began in the year 711 with an invasion from North Africa. He said Muslims had never apologized for this but still demand apologies whenever they feel offended by remarks by non-Muslims. It's absurd,Aznar said. He also criticized an initiative launched last year by his Socialist successor, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, to encourage dialogue between the West and Muslim countries.

Europe blasted for not defending Pope
September 24, 2006 - 7:50PM

The president of the European Commission has expressed disappointment that European leaders failed to defend Pope Benedict XVI over his recent remarks about Islam.Jose Manuel Barroso said that while Europe must take the threat of Islamic extremists very seriously, it must not confuse tolerance with a form of political correctness that puts others' values above its own.I was disappointed that there weren't more European leaders who said, Of course the Pope has the right to express his point of view', Barroso was quoted as saying in Germany's Welt am Sonntag weekly on Sunday.We must defend our values.Barroso also urged Europeans to encourage moderate Islamic leaders to take a stronger stance against the extremists.The problem is not the comments of the Pope, but the reaction of the extremists,Barroso said.In a September 12 address at the University of Regensburg in Germany, Benedict cited the words of a Byzantine emperor who characterised some of the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed as evil and inhuman, particularly his command to spread by the sword the faith.

His comments triggered fury in the Muslim world, where extremists took to the streets in protest.The Pope has said several times he was sorry about the reactions to his remarks and that they did not reflect his own opinions.The Pope is to meet later this week with representatives of Muslim countries as part of efforts to defuse the anger.© 2006 AP DIGITAL

Mediator: Israel-Hizbullah prisoner swap within days(YNETNEWS)
Roee Nahmias Published: 09.23.06, 18:27

Lebanese Christian clergyman tells Al-Biyan newspaper that Israel has agreed to transfer Lebanese prisoners, bodies of Hizbullah fighters in return for freeing Israeli hostages. According to Abboud, all that is necessary to complete process is appointment of UN representative Negotiations regarding the exchange of prisoners betweenIsrael and Hizbullah are taking place through indirect channels and a deal may be finalized within days, Lebanese Christian clergyman Jean Abboud told the Arab newspaper Al-Biyan.

In an interview published Saturday in the United Arab Emirates newspaper, Abboud said that the mediators had achieved important results and that Israel had agreed to transfer the dead bodies of Hizbullah operatives as well as the Lebanese prisoners. Abboud has been recognized lately as involved in the mediated negotiations. The process has ripened, he told interviewers. What is necessary to complete it is the appointment of a UN representative in the matter, and I don’t know why one hasn’t been appointed yet.

Across three capitals

Regarding the negotiations between Israel and Hizbullah, Abboud said, The talks are being held between three capitals – Beirut, Brussels and Tel Aviv.In Beirut, with Jubran Basil representing Lebanese parliament member General Michel Aoun and Hizbullah representative Wafik Safa; in Brussels with a European Union representative and the Belgian prime minister who are in touch with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Abboud detailed. Abboud currently resides in Europe.

On his own involvement in the affair, he said, I know how Israel thinks, as I lived in Beit Jala for a number of years. I speak Hebrew, which helped me succeed in the indirect negotiations in a way that will contribute to Lebanese and Israeli interests.

Abboud: Hostage' means alive

As for the fate of the two IDF soldiers being held hostage by Hizbullah, Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, Abboud said: When Nasrallah announced the hostage operation on July 12, he said the resistance killed eight Israeli soldiers and took two hostages.

Hostage means alive in the Arabic language, which Nasrallah commands indisputably, and in every other language as well and in the language of international law too.The upcoming days will bear news to the prisoners’ families on both sides,he promised. This is not the first time that Abboud’s name has been tied up in news of the negotiations between Israel and Hizbullah. Just two weeks ago, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai al-Aam reported that Lebanese member of parliament retired General Michel Aoun flew to Belgium for a hasty visit in attempt to orchestrate negotiations on the prisoner exchange deal.However, in the present interview, Abboud said the reports on General Aoun’s talks with the Israelis were completely false. He rebuffed the report in the Kuwaiti newspaper as well as other parallel reports. His very denials, however, make apparent the stickiness of any reports on the top-secret prisoner-swap
negotiations.

MUSLIM NATIONS

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 (ARABS,MUSLIMS) 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:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL

DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.

2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.

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.

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.

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.

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.

HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)

LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).

MATTHEW 24:37-51
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.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Egypt Prepared To Go Nuclear
By: DAVID BEDEIN, The Evening Bulletin
09/21/2006

Egypt, which has played a key role in helping to smuggle advanced weaponry to Palestinian terrorist groups from Gaza that continue to conduct missile attacks into Israel, now plans to revive its nuclear energy project. While there is concern in Israel over the prospect of an Egypt with nuclear capability, no one in Israeli officialdom is ready to express that concern on the record.

However, the authoritative Middle East News Line has confirmed that the regime of President Hosni Mubarak is now ready to acquire nuclear reactors. Indeed, the Egyptian Energy Ministry intends to discuss nuclear energy facilities and technology from a range of countries, including China and Russia.

The whole world I don't want to say all, but many developing countries have proposed and started to execute the issue of alternative energy,Gamal Mubarak, the president's son, said. It is time for Egypt to put forth, and the party will put forth, this proposal for discussion about its future energy policies, the issue of alternative energy, including nuclear energy, as one of the alternatives.In an address to the ruling National Democratic Party on Tuesday, the 42-year-old Gamal urged his father to examine a proposal to develop nuclear energy. In 2004, Egypt was said to have abandoned its nuclear energy project and shelved plans to construct up to eight reactors. Under the plan, each reactor would have a capacity of 1,800 megawatts.We will continue using our natural energy resources, but we should conserve these resources for our future generations,Gamal said.

In Vienna, the International Atomic Energy Agency has been examining a proposal to restrict the supply of nuclear reactor fuel. Under the proposal offered by Germany, Russia and the United States, the IAEA would establish nuclear fuel centers that would be the sole suppliers for civilian reactors, such as those planned by Iran.In March, however, the International Atomic Energy Agency determined that Egypt conducted secret nuclear activities at a facility about 40 kilometers north of Cairo. An IAEA report said Egypt carried out nuclear research from 1960 to 2000, but probably did not conduct uranium enrichment.We will not accept initiatives made abroad,Gamal said. Egypt is a big country and plays a leading role and will continue to do that.

Officials said the NDP has been discussing the renewal of Egypt's nuclear program since May 2006. They said Gamal, the party's deputy secretary-general, and his colleagues have been discussing the option of producing nuclear fuel to avoid dependency on foreign suppliers. Virtually all Cabinet ministers are NDP members.On Sept. 11, an Egyptian strategist urged Arab League members to invest in a regional civilian nuclear program. During a two-day nuclear conference in the Bahraini capital of Manama, the strategist pointed to Iran's uranium enrichment program, which he said could not be ignored by Arab neighbors. The conference adopted the Egyptian recommendation.We can't just sit and look from the outside as these developments take place,Mohammed Al Said Idris, a consultant at the Egyptian state-owned Al Ahram Center for Strategic Studies, said.

Officials said China could be a leading supplier of nuclear technology to Egypt. Over the last two years, they said, Beijing has expanded trade links and plans to invest in Egypt's energy sector. Between 2002 and 2005, trade between the two countries doubled to $2.2 billion.We are planning to bring our relationship with China to a new level, Egyptian Trade Minister Rashid Mohammed Rashid, who led a delegation to China in early September, said. If you look at the big picture, everybody in the world is aware there is a paradigm shift in the world economy at the moment.Despite repeated denials, Gamal has been regarded as the heir-apparent to the president. Over the last four years, he has risen to a leadership position in the NDP and in April was sent on a secret mission to the United States, where he met President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.There's an impressive group of younger Egyptians, the trade minister and some of the economic people that understand the promise and the difficulties of democracy,Bush, referring to Gamal, told The Wall Street Journal.Egypt has been receiving about $2 billion a year in U.S. military and economic aid. The Bush administration, under congressional pressure, has withheld Egypt's request for new F-16s, the Joint Direct Attack Munition and other advanced U.S. systems.

In 2005, Mubarak was elected to another six-year term. But opposition leaders assess that the 78-year-old president would step down in 2007 and ensure that his son takes over.Opposition sources said the current three-day NDP conference would decide to
amend Egypt's constitution.

They said the proposed revisions were designed to facilitate the election of Gamal in a referendum in mid-2007.The main objective of the NDP is to put Gamal Mubarak on the seat of power, and this conference will ensure that happens,opposition parliamentarian Talaat Sadat, nephew of the late President Anwar Sadat.©The Evening Bulletin 2006