IS OSAMA REALLY DEAD

1-Minor quake rattles homes in S. Carolina. 2-Moderate quake jolts Indonesia's Yogyakarta province. 3-Helene weakens to a tropical storm. 4-Three dead, thousands evacuated as Kolkata flooded. 5-Storms in Midwest, South leave 5 dead. 6-2 twisters hit Mo., damage homes. 7-Storms wreak havoc in N.Ireland. 8-Spain sends engineers to help build installations for peacekeepers. 9-EU wants quick military victories in southern Afghanistan. 10-Hamas will not recognize Israel. 11-Half a million rally in support of Hezbollah. 12-Bin Laden's Health Status Unknown. 13-Netanyahu Tops List of Preferred PMs in Israel.

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.

Minor quake rattles homes in S. Carolina Fri Sep 22, 1:57 PM ET

BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. - A minor earthquake shook homes and broke windows around this community Friday morning, but no injuries or serious damage was reported. The shaking was felt in Marlboro and Chesterfield counties, adjacent counties on North Carolina state line. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the 3.5-magnitude quake struck at 7:22 a.m. about 6 miles north-northwest of Bennettsville.We had some folks saying the whole house shook,including some who fled outdoors, said Roy Allison, emergency manager for Marlboro County.Generally magnitude 3.5 quakes cannot be felt.

This one is a little small for having those sorts of things houses shaking or cracking windows. What it tells you is the house may be on ground that is a little more susceptible to shaking, said Norm Levine, an assistant professor of geology at the College of Charleston.He said the quake occurred in an area with two existing faults.Earthquakes are not unknown in South Carolina. One with magnitude between 3 and 4 occurs about every 18 months, and 10 to 15 lesser quakes happen each year on average.The most devastating S.C. earthquake on record was a magnitude 7.3 near Charleston in 1886 in which more than 100 people died.

Asia-Pacific News
Moderate quake jolts Indonesia's Yogyakarta province
Sep 22, 2006, 9:34 GMT

Jakarta - A moderate earthquake struck the ancient Indonesian city of Yogyakarta Friday, four months after nearly 6,000 people died there in another tremblor. There were no reports of damage or casualties in the latest quake, which measured 5.7 on the Richter scale and struck off Yogyakarta province in Central Java at 1:54 a.m. (1854 GMT Thursday), according to a statement from the Jakarta-based Meteorology and Geophysics Agency.

The quake's epicentre was in the Indian Ocean about 33 kilometres beneath the seabed and 150 kilometres south-west of Yogyakarta province.

The tremblor was the latest in a series of earthquakes to rattle the main Indonesian island of Java in recent months. On May 27, a magnitude-6.3 quake struck Yogyakarta and Central Java provinces, killing thousands and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. On July 17, a magnitude-7.7 earthquake triggered a tsunami that battered the southern coast of Java, killing more than 600 people and leaving thousands homeless. Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago nation, is located in a Pacific volcanic belt known as the Ring of Fire, where earthquakes and volcanoes are common. © 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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.

Helene weakens to a tropical storm 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

MIAMI - Hurricane Helene weakened Friday into a tropical storm, but would still likely create hazardous surf conditions for Bermuda, forecasters said. Helene's top sustained winds dropped to about 70 mph, below the 74 mph threshold to be classified as a hurricane, and it was expected to gradually lose tropical characteristics, according to the National Hurricane Center.Tropical storm force winds extended up to 345 miles from Helene's center.Although the hurricane would not make landfall, Bermuda was expected to feel the effects through hazardous surf conditions until Saturday night, said Stacy Stewart, a senior hurricane specialist.

At 11 p.m. EDT, Helene was centered about 850 miles east-northeast of Bermuda and 1,305 miles west of the Azores. It was moving east-northeast near 23 mph.The Atlantic hurricane season began June 1 and ends Nov. 30. September is traditionally one of the busiest months of the season.

Three dead, thousands evacuated as Kolkata flooded Sat Sep 23, 8:27 AM ET

KOLKATA (AFP) - Three people were electrocuted and more than 2,000 evacuated after the heaviest rains in 23 years left large parts of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata under water. Residents blamed the city's poor drainage system for failing to carry away the rainwater that had turned the city into a swamp.But Mayor Bikash Bhattacharya said there was little the capital city of West Bengal state could do.It's hard to fight nature's fury,he said Saturday. If it rains beyond our capacity, we can merely watch the city going under water and wait for it to limp back to normal.Some of the city's roads were waist-deep in water and the rainwater had invaded homes and swanky shopping malls alike.

Life has virtually grounded to a halt as vast tracts of the city are under water for a second day with transport off the roads, said deputy police commissioner P. K. Chattopadhyay.Three people were electrocuted in the southern fringe of the city after their house was flooded,he said. Rubber boats have been deployed in the worst-affected areas of the city and more than 2,000 people evacuated from different parts.The regional weather office said 221.9 millimeters (8.9 inches) of rain had fallen on the city in a 24-hour period, the heaviest deluge since 1978.Weather officials said more rain was on the way.

We've issued a warning of heavy to very heavy rain in the Gangetic Bengal, including Kolkata, during the next 48 hours,meteorologist J.V.M. Naidu said.

Artisans preparing for a popular Hindu festival for the goddess Durga at the end of the month lost many of the idols they had sculpted for the celebrations.Many idols have been damaged. They can't be repaired before the Durga Puja. It's a big loss to us, said Ramesh Pal, a spokesman for the Kumartuli artisans who live in the city's north.At least 29 people were killed earlier this week in West Bengal when a massive storm slammed into the coast from the Bay of Bengal, flattening mud houses and downing trees and utility poles.Storms and cyclones which form over the Bay of Bengal in September and October every year kill hundreds and destroy cattle and crops in India's eastern states.

Storms in Midwest, South leave 5 dead 24 minutes ago

LOUISVILLE, Ky. High winds, heavy rain and tornadoes pounded parts of the Midwest and the South, killing five people and stranding others in trees and shelters while forecasters warned Saturday that the stormy weather was expected to continue.
Officials were trying to find and rescue anyone else we might have missed throughout the night,said Tamara Roberts of the Sharp County, Ark., Sheriff's Office.

Areas in northeast Arkansas and southeast Missouri received more than 10 inches of rain within 24 hours, said David Blanchard, a National Weather Service forecaster in Paducah, Ky.Stormy weather and possibly tornadoes were forecast for the region Saturday.

There's so much moisture in the atmosphere, you could get a lot of rain in no time flat,said Brian Smith, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.Two tornadoes swept through south-central Missouri on Friday afternoon, damaging more than 100 homes and tearing off part of a roof at a middle school moments after a tornado drill.A firefighter videotaped two twisters moving through St.

James, said Phelps County emergency management director Bruce Southard. He estimated the tornadoes were on the ground for 10 minutes.It's devastating,he said. We've got nice houses that are just tore to pieces.Devin Wilburn, 12, said students at St.

James Middle School had just completed a tornado drill. Then, they interrupted their science test to rush back into the hallway for the real thing. The children knelt down and put their hands over their heads, he said.

I just heard a bunch of thunder and ripping, because the top of the roof came off, Devin said.No teachers, children or staff members were injured.Two women were killed in Lexington, Ky., after trying to cross a flooded roadway early Saturday. Witnesses told rescue officials the women were swept away in a flooded creek, Fire Battalion Chief Mat Ragland said.A female motorist in Jessamine County died after running her pickup truck into high water, while another motorist died after skidding off Interstate 65 near Elizabethtown, authorities said.In northwest Arkansas, Deborah Massey, 51, died when her boat was struck by lightning as she and Preston Starritt, 36, both of Prairie Grove, tried to make it to shore, Washington County Sheriff Tim Helder said. Starritt was injured and treated at a hospital.

People were stranded in trees after a campground in northeast Arkansas flooded, the National Weather Service said. Residents who live near the Spring River were told to evacuate because of a flash flood warning, Roberts told Little Rock television station KATV.

In Kentucky, flooding forced more than 100 people out of a Louisville apartment complex, according to Mayor Jerry Abramson.Portions of Interstate 64 just east of Louisville were closed in both directions due to standing water. Dozens of cars were stranded, Abramson said. I-65 also was closed for a couple of hours in Elizabethtown.At one point, just about every road in the county was flooded,said Michael Key, a Hardin County 911 dispatcher, after 5 inches of rain fell. Maggie DiPietro, 58, was among about two dozen people who sought shelter at an Elizabethtown community center. She said she woke up shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday and found about 2 inches of water in her home. By the time the police came and rescued me, it was almost up to my calves,she said.

Thousands across the region were without power Saturday, including more than 5,000 Louisville Gas & Electric customers who were in the dark.

2 twisters hit Mo., damage homes, school By DAVID LIEB, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 51 minutes ago

ST. JAMES, Mo. - Two tornadoes swept through south-central Missouri Friday afternoon, damaging more than 100 homes and tearing off part of a roof at a middle school moments after a tornado drill. No deaths had been reported. A firefighter videotaped two twisters moving through the town, said Phelps County emergency management director Bruce Southard. He estimated the tornadoes were on the ground for about 10 minutes.It's devastating,he said. We've got nice houses that are just tore to pieces.

Twelve-year-old Devin Wilburn said students at St. James Middle School had just completed a tornado drill. Thirty seconds later, they interrupted their science test to rush back into the hallway for the real thing. The children knelt down and put their hands over their heads, he said.I just heard a bunch of thunder and ripping, because the top of the roof came off, Devin said.No teachers, children or staff members were injured.

Preliminary information indicates a tornado warning was issued about 30 minutes before the storm hit, said Gino Izzi, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Springfield.A tornado also destroyed about half of the Manchester Packaging Co. plant, which makes polyethylene film and bags, according to its Web site. Southard said the twister ripped 70-foot-by-70-foot holes in the main building of a Wal-Mart distribution center and another Wal-Mart building used to service trucks.

Devin's father, Chuck Wilburn, was sleeping when he was awakened by a roaring wind noise. Wilburn, 42, said he ran to let the dogs in from outside.I opened the door and saw the barbecue grill flying across the yard, Wilburn said, whose house lost a window and some siding.Southard estimated between 100 and 125 homes were damaged. He said most the damage was to roofs but some porches also collapsed.The storm also ripped down trees, blocking traffic and leaving about half the city of about 6,000 people without power. St. James is 86 miles southwest of St. Louis.Authorities also reported that two other small tornadoes downed trees and took off shingles in rural parts of southeast Missouri. Tornadoes and hail were also reported in northern Arkansas.

FRIDAY 22/09/2006 18:09:09
Storms wreak havoc in N.Ireland

Tens of thousands of homes in Northern Ireland were left without electricity and roads were blocked by fallen trees after a night of storms. By:Press Association
Winds which reached hurricane force battered the country for several hours, uprooting trees and bringing down power lines.The wind was recorded at up to 74mph in places and Northern Ireland Electricity said supplies to more than 100,000 customers were hit.

More than 500 NIE staff, including engineering teams, worked through the night and managed to restore power to 50,000 homes.

NIE say that less than 10,000 homes are now without electricity and they hope to have their power restored by this evening, however some customers in Mid-Ulster, Ballymena and Newry may still be off overnight.

Robin Greer said: Damage has been widespread. We know of some 800 instances of damage to the network right across Northern Ireland. At its worst over 100,000 people were cut off, though around 50,000 have been re-connected.

We have a massive restoration programme just coming into play at the moment.The worst affected areas were Mid Ulster, Craigavon and Newry with parts of south Belfast also hit.Police urged motorists to take care and be on the alert for fallen trees.Earlier, a spokesman said roads were blocked from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in the west to Newry, County Down, in the south-east.

At Warrenpoint in Co Down the coast road was flooded.

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).

Spain sends engineers to help build installations for peacekeepers
Unifil commander expects israelis to complete withdrawal by end of month
Compiled by Daily Star staff ,Saturday, September 23, 2006

About 170 Spanish military engineers were due to leave for Lebanon by ship on Friday to help build installations for Spanish peacekeeping troops, the Defense Ministry announced.The engineers will return to Spain once their work is done, the ministry said on Thursday, adding that another ship transporting equipment and vehicles and a plane carrying 100 soldiers would both leave next week.Some 560 Spanish troops landed in Lebanon last week to join the expanded United Nation Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which is enforcing a cease-fire between Israel and Hizbullah militants in Southern Lebanon.Spain has committed 1,100 soldiers to the force, the third biggest ground force contingent from a European Union country after Italy and France.

The Dutch government will also send a frigate to join the ring of ships off Lebanon's coast to block illegal arms from reaching Hizbullah, a defense official said Friday.The Dutch government drafted a letter to Parliament outlining its plan to dispatch the ship and to assign a logistical support ship to rotate with it in several months, Defense Ministry spokesman Joop Veen said.The Dutch will contribute about 150 sailors to the 2,450-person UN maritime task force.

The Dutch contribution will continue until August 2007, Veen said, and an extension could be considered if asked.The timing of the ship's departure would be determined in talks with the UN and Lebanon.The German-led naval force also includes vessels from Turkey, Greece, Norway, Denmark and Sweden.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces, originally due to be out of South Lebanon by Friday, withdrew from two more border points and should have pulled out completely by the end of the month, the head of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon said on Friday.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb The Israeli Army started to withdraw from two areas along the Blue Line, the UN-drawn border between the two neighboring countries, Major-General Alain Pellegrini, the head of UNIFIL, said.Israel announced Wednesday it was delaying completion of its promised withdrawal until after the Jewish New Year holiday which ends Sunday evening.Israeli Army chief of staff Dan Halutz said problems, which he did not specify, were holding up the pullout but he hoped these would be resolved in the two or three days after the holiday.

Pellegrini said the Israeli Army on Friday pulled out of an area south of Naqoura, and the general area of Mays al-Jabal,a Lebanese village in the central border zone.The UNIFIL Indian and Ghanaian battalions are to set up checkpoints and conduct patrols today in order to confirm the Israeli pullout and coordinate the deployment of Lebanese troops in the area on Saturday, he said.I welcomed the continued withdrawal of the [Israeli Army] from South Lebanon, they have vacated most of the territory in the South, he said, adding:

I expect the rest of the Israeli troops to finalize their withdrawal by the end of the month.Defense Minister Elias Murr warned that Lebanon will resort to the Security Council if Israel does not complete its troop pullout by next Friday. Agencies

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (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(10 NATIONS) 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.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

EU wants quick military victories in southern Afghanistan

The European Union (EU) has asked for quick military victories in southern Afghanistan coupled with improvement of governance at the local level and reconstruction assistance. It is not politically a good idea to have a long fighting season, not only now, but in the next year or two,EU's special representative in Afghanistan, Francesc Vendrell told reporters in Brussels. Civilian casualties, which are largely unavoidable in military operations, bear a political price, he explained. Even the killing of Taliban fighters in these operations may draw sympathies from the Pashtun population in the south, he said. He said Operation Medusa, which was aimed to establish government control over an area of Kandahar Province centered on the town of Panjwayi, had ended satisfactorily with full control of the region.

The victory in the battle does not mean victory in the war, he said. But through the operation, the Taliban have seen the capacity of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. Military victories should be followed up immediately by reconstruction assistance, he said.There has to be tangible and visible reconstruction efforts to provide more employment to the people. The Taliban are able to recruit people not mainly due to ideological grounds, but to their promises of higher pay than the police and the army, he said. Vendrell said he is concerned about the increase in suicide attacks, which were rare until a year ago. Afghans were thought to be too proud to carry out suicide attacks. But now it can no longer be assumed to be the case, he said. There has been an increase in suicide attacks because there is an element of copycat from Iraq.

The suicide attacks caused numerous problems on the ground, particularly for the NGOs, he said. In the past weeks, there have been killings and kidnappings of NGO staff, both foreign and national. He also expressed concern over narcotics in Afghanistan, which he described as not a particularly optimistic chapter. He said the idea of eliminating poppy crops is not a good one as narcotics provides employment for 2.9 million people in the country. It is imperative to find alternative livelihood and to discipline officials who are involved, he said. Vendrell asked Pakistan to assume more responsibility on the Afghan-Pakistani border.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf admitted in his recent visit to Afghanistan that the Taliban are crossing the border into Afghanistan from Pakistan. Vendrell acknowledged that even with the best effort of the Pakistani army, Taliban infiltration would be unavoidable. However, he appealed for every effort from the Pakistani army to ensure a minimal amount of infiltration. We also feel that the Pakistani government ought to ensure that the Taliban leadership is not able to use Pakistani territory to engage in political activities. Vendrell said there is no way of sealing off the Afghan- Pakistani border unless Musharraf's idea of mining the border or building a fence along it. Source: Xinhua

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)

WORLD TERRORISM

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.

2 PETER 2:5
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

2 PETER 3:7
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

LEVITICUS 26:16
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you( sudden) terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

ISAIAH 33:1,18-19 Woe to thee that spoilest,(destroys) and thou wast not spoiled;(destroyed) and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,(destroy) thou shalt be spoiled;(destroyed) and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

Posted on Sat, Sep. 23, 2006
Hamas will not recognize Israel By Diaa Hadid,Associated Press

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' bumpy efforts to set up a government acceptable to the West suffered a new setback yesterday when the prime minister from Hamas said he would not lead a coalition that recognized
Israel.

Hamas has ruled alone since March but this month agreed to share power with Abbas' moderate Fatah party in hopes of ending a crippling international aid boycott of the Palestinian Authority.The Hamas-Fatah coalition deal sidestepped recognition of Israel. Instead, it said the government would seek to establish a Palestinian state alongside Israel, which implies recognition. But the United States and Israel demanded a clear commitment from Hamas, and Abbas was forced to revisit the issue.

At the United Nations on Thursday, Abbas said a national-unity government would recognize the Jewish state. It was unclear whether Abbas promised more than he could deliver in hopes of soliciting international support, or whether he was trying to pressure Hamas.Abbas and his aides were en route from New York to Cairo, Egypt, yesterday and could not be reached for comment.

Hamas leaders reacted swiftly. Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said in Gaza that recognition of Israel was out of the question. I personally will not head any government that recognizes Israel,said Haniyeh, considered a leader of Hamas' more pragmatic wing.

He reiterated that Hamas was ready to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, areas Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast War, and to honor a long-term truce with Israel.We support establishing a Palestinian state in the land of 1967 at this stage, but in return for a cease-fire, not recognition, Haniyeh said.Hamas officials left open the possibility of more negotiations, saying they wanted to hear from Abbas when he returns. We don't want to build on statements or positions we heard in the media,Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said.Palestinians appeared conflicted about what they wanted their leaders to do.

Recent polls suggest an overwhelming majority wants Hamas to stick to its refusal to recognize Israel, even at the price of economic hardship caused by the aid boycott. Hamas would lose much of its popularity if it were to issue a statement of recognition, the polls suggest. But two-thirds of Palestinians also want Abbas to negotiate a peace deal with Israel.Caught between contradictory expectations, Abbas has been banking on a vague agreement.An Abbas aide, Nabil Amr, said yesterday that Hamas would not be expected to issue a statement of recognition but would be asked to recognize agreements signed by the PLO, including the 1993 mutual recognition agreement with Israel. Abbas heads the PLO.The United States and Israel might not settle for such fuzzy language.An Israeli government spokeswoman, Miri Eisin, reiterated that any Palestinian government must yield to the demands of the international community: recognition of Israel, renunciation of violence, and acceptance of previous peace agreements.

Half a million rally in support of Hezbollah
September 24, 2006 - 12:00AM(associated Press)

AdvertisementHEZBOLLAH leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah rejected international calls to disarm his Lebanese guerillas and told 500,000 supporters at a victory rally they still had more than 20,000 rockets after a month of war with Israel.Speaking to a sea of followers at a divine victory rally in south Beirut on Friday, Nasrallah said Hezbollah had emerged stronger from a conflict in which Israel declared it had destroyed most of the Shiite Muslim group's arsenal.In his first public appearance since the war broke out in July, Nasrallah told hundreds of thousands of cheering supporters that Hezbollah had more than 20,000 rockets and that it had recovered all its organisational and military capabilities . . . it is stronger than it was before July 12.

Nasrallah's estimate of Hezbollah's retained arsenal is five times greater than the total number it fired into Israel during the war, and higher than any previous figure he has given.

He also warned the United Nations peacekeepers not to seek confrontation with Hezbollah.Your mission is not to spy on Hezbollah or to disarm the resistance,he told a crowd packed into the Shiite Muslim suburbs which were heavily bombed in the 34-day war.

He said measures to stop Hezbollah rearming, including international forces patrolling the Lebanese coast and tighter security on the border with Lebanon, would have little impact.The huge turnout in a country of 4 million was a gesture of defiance to Israel but also marked a challenge to the US-backed Lebanese Government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.Nasrallah called for a change of government in Lebanon and slammed Arab leaders for failing to defend the Lebanese people.The building of an able, just and strong state starts first with the establishment of a national unity government. This is our new project that we will work for with all our force in the coming stage.

The rally had been expected to coincide with the final withdrawal of Israeli troops from the south, but Israel's army chief said on Wednesday the pullout might take a few more days.Israeli forces have been gradually leaving territory they captured in fighting that began after Hezbollah guerillas seized two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid.

Israel and Hezbollah have both declared themselves victors in the war which killed nearly 1200 people in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and 157 Israelis, mainly soldiers.Thousands had walked to the rally from Shiite villages in south Lebanon battered by Israel's bombardment and invasion.The Beirut crowds carried pictures of Nasrallah and yellow Hezbollah flags bearing the message Here we are Nasrallah.Many wore yellow T-shirts and chanted pro-Hezbollah slogans. Some said they were there not only to celebrate but also simply to see the charismatic Nasrallah.

Bin Laden's Health Status Unknown

(CBS News) KARACHI, Pakistan Osama bin Laden's health has deteriorated in the past year, forcing him to curtail his movements, according to Arab diplomats in Pakistan who routinely track reports of his movements. While Pakistani officials and diplomats stationed in the country on Saturday did not confirm a report in a French regional newspaper that claimed the world's most wanted terrorist had died of typhoid earlier this month, some spoke of reports in the past year suggesting that bin Laden's health had rapidly deteriorated, prompting speculation over his remaining life expectancy. One Arab diplomat who spoke to CBS News on the condition that his identity would not be revealed said there were fewer reports in 2006 of bin Laden's possible sightings around the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

In the past, sometimes with a delay of two to three days, you would see reports which suggested he may be on the move somewhere, there have been fewer such reports this year, he said. Does this mean, he is acutely ill, dying or has in fact died?

There is no credible answer to that question. Unless there is a body, how can anyone say for sure that bin Laden is dead, added the diplomat. The same diplomat said, bin Laden has had a history of illnesses that were first reported while the Taliban regime still ruled Afghanistan in 2000. One such report seen by the diplomat a year before the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, reported that bin Laden had to be hospitalized briefly in Kabul before he was brought to Pakistan for medical treatment, then believed to be a kidney-related ailment.

If it is true that bin Laden had to have dialysis for his kidneys then which is six years ago his health must be far worse now. Especially the conditions that he lived in, being on the run from U.S. forces must also take its toll on him. I wouldn't be surprised if he is dead. Nobody is immortal, concluded the diplomat.

A senior source with an intelligence service friendly to the United States told CBS News that Saudi Intelligence has collected what it considers to be very credible information that bin Laden has been very seriously ill, and that the Saudi services are now suggesting, though not confirming, that they have a pretty high certainty that he is dead. The source added that if he has died as a result of typhoid fever, which comes from exposure to contaminated water and food, it would confirm reports that he has been hiding in a remote area, under very harsh conditions with limited access to medical care.

Over the past 12 months, according to security and diplomatic sources in Pakistan and elsewhere, the Saudi services have greatly improved their intelligence gathering capacity, especially in southern Afghanistan, and the Pakistan border region. The intelligence service source told CBS News that over the past weeks, a number of al Qaeda-linked figures left the Pakistan-Afghanistan region and returned to countries in the Arabian Gulf. Some of the returnees have been interrogated and provided important intelligence.

Another Arab diplomat said reports of bin Laden's death would have to be either confirmed if his body was found or through an official statement for there to be confirmation. But if you look at just the history of the man, the probability of his survival for long is not that great,the second Arab diplomat said on similar condition of anonymity.

CBS News has been told the Saudis themselves have been very careful to say that while they believe the intelligence they have is credible, it will be impossible to confirm bin Laden's death without either recovery of a body, or the arrests of al Qaeda figures and others who are known to have been with him.

Pakistani officials expressed complete ignorance of the classified memo published by the French newspaper, l'Est Republicain, circulated to the French President and other senior figures. Written on Sept. 21 by the DGSE, the French exterior intelligence service, the memo reports intelligence gathered by the Saudi services, under the headline Saudis Moving Towards Conclusion Bin Laden is Dead.

The French government has declined to comment on the contents of the document, but the Minister of Defense has ordered an investigation into the leaking of classified documents. One former Pakistani official with prior responsibility for security affairs said there was speculation among Pakistani intelligence officials that al Qaeda had already undergone a leadership transition which has seen Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the group's second highest ranking leader, emerge as the key decision maker. If you just track the number of al Qaeda videos which have come out in the public, you see Ayman Al-Zawahiri in there mostly. Does this mean, Osama bin Laden has been in semi-retirement for a while because of his deteriorating health? That's a question which is worth asking he said. (© MMVI, CBS Broadcasting Inc.

GO BIBI NETANYAHU WIN ISRAELS NEW ELECTIONS. WHEN THEY HAVE ONE

Angus Reid Global Scan : Polls & Research
Netanyahu Tops List of Preferred PMs in Israel

September 22, 2006 - Israelis place a former prime minister as the most suitable person for the country’s top political job, according to a poll by the Dahaf Institute published in Yediot Ahronot. 27 per cent of respondents would like Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu to head the government.Israel Our Home leader Avigdor Lieberman is second with 15 per cent, followed by current foreign minister Tzipi Livni with 14 per cent, and former prime minister Shimon Peres with 12 per cent.Support is lower for current head of government Ehud Olmert of the Kadima party, current transport minister Shaul Mofaz, former prime minister and Labour leader Ehud Barak, and current Labour leader and defence minister Amir Peretz.

In March, Israeli voters renewed the Knesset. Kadima, founded by former prime minister Ariel Sharon and led by Olmert, secured 29 seats.

Labour, the Retired People’s Party (Gil) and the International Organization of
Torah-observant Sephardic Jews (Shas) joined Kadima in a coalition.On Jul. 12, Hezbollah militants based in Lebanon killed eight Israeli soldiers and captured two more in a cross-border attack.

The Israeli armed forces launched air strikes inside Lebanese territory to fight Hezbollah, targeting the country’s infrastructure and its airport. Hezbollah retaliated by firing rockets into several Israeli towns.A ceasefire brokered by the
United Nations (UN) came into effect on Aug. 14. Security Council Resolution 1701 calls for a full cessation of hostilities from both sides and allows Lebanese government troops and a 15,000-member peacekeeping force to enter into southern Lebanon during the withdrawal of Israeli forces, but sets no timetable for the disarmament of Hezbollah or the return of the two abducted Israeli soldiers.

On Sept. 17, Netanyahu expressed confidence in an eventual return to power, saying, The Likud is on the right path. It is just a matter of short time until the country is on the right path.Netanyahu served as prime minister from June 1996 to July 1999, and resigned from the previous cabinet after opposing Sharon’s Disengagement Plan.

Polling Data:Who is the most suitable person to be head the government?

Benjamin Netanyahu
27%
Avigdor Lieberman
15%
Tzipi Livni
14%
Shimon Peres
12%
Ehud Olmert
7%
Shaul Mofaz
5%
Ehud Barak
3%
Amir Peretz
1%

Source: Dahaf Institute / Yediot Ahronot
Methodology: Interviews with 499 Israeli adults, conducted on Sept. 19, 2006. Margin of error is 3.7 per cent.