WHY I HAD SO MANY HITS THIS WEEK

1-My explanation for the increase in hits on my site this week. 2-Text of Vatican statement on Pope speech. 3-Palestinian President Abbas to meet Bush. 4-IAEA complains of outrageous inaccuracies in Iran report to House Intelligence Committee.

For those of you who were wondering why my Events in Time site shot up from 4,302 to 20,693 Hits in one day, no it was not a big hit day, it was Just me adding on the 16,391 hits from the BLOGTOPSITE STATS, since they did hit my site but through BLOGTOPSITES. From the site Top 100 BLOGGERS,I never added them in. And the same with my 7 year Peace treaty Signing Site, I had 1,561 Hits and added the BLOGTOPSITE TOTAL of 4,423 for a total of 5,984. From now on though, I won't be adding the totals from the other 2 Sites, this was a one time Happening.

Text of Vatican statement on Pope speech By The Associated Press
Sat Sep 16, 10:28 AM ET

Text of Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone's statement, issued Saturday in Italian, about criticism in the Muslim world over Pope Benedict XVI's remarks about Islam and violence. English translation is provided by the Vatican:
Given the reaction in Muslim quarters to certain passages of the Holy Father's address at the University of Regensburg, and the clarifications and explanations already presented through the Director of the Holy See Press Office, I would like to add the following:The position of the Pope concerning Islam is unequivocally that expressed by the conciliar document Nostra Aetate:

The Church regards with esteem also the Muslims. They adore the one God, living and subsisting in Himself; merciful and all-powerful, the Creator of heaven and earth, Who has spoken to men; they take pains to submit wholeheartedly to even His inscrutable decrees, just as Abraham, with whom the faith of Islam takes pleasure in linking itself, submitted to God. Though they do not acknowledge Jesus as God, they revere Him as a prophet. They also honor Mary, His virgin Mother; at times they even call on her with devotion.

In addition, they await the day of judgment when God will render their deserts to all those who have been raised up from the dead. Finally, they value the moral life and worship God especially through prayer, almsgiving and fasting (no. 3).

The Pope's option in favor of interreligious and intercultural dialogue is equally unequivocal. In his meeting with representatives of Muslim communities in Cologne, Germany, on 20 August 2005, he said that such dialogue between Christians and Muslims cannot be reduced to an optional extra, adding: The lessons of the past must help us to avoid repeating the same mistakes. We must seek paths of reconciliation and learn to live with respect for each other's identity.

As for the opinion of the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus, which he quoted during his Regensburg talk, the Holy Father did not mean, nor does he mean, to make that opinion his own in any way. He simply used it as a means to undertake in an academic context, and as is evident from a complete and attentive reading of the text certain reflections on the theme of the relationship between religion and violence in general, and to conclude with a clear and radical rejection of the religious motivation for violence, from whatever side it may come. On this point, it is worth recalling what Benedict XVI himself recently affirmed in his commemorative Message for the 20th anniversary of the Inter-religious Meeting of Prayer for Peace, initiated by his predecessor John Paul II at Assisi in October 1986:demonstrations of violence cannot be attributed to religion as such but to the cultural limitations with which it is lived and develops in time.In fact, attestations of the close bond that exists between the relationship with God and the ethics of love are recorded in all great religious traditions.

The Holy Father thus sincerely regrets that certain passages of his address could have sounded offensive to the sensitivities of the Muslim faithful, and should have been interpreted in a manner that in no way corresponds to his intentions. Indeed it was he who, before the religious fervor of Muslim believers, warned secularized Western culture to guard against the contempt for God and the cynicism that considers mockery of the sacred to be an exercise of freedom.

In reiterating his respect and esteem for those who profess Islam, he hopes they will be helped to understand the correct meaning of his words so that, quickly surmounting this present uneasy moment, witness to the Creator of heaven and earth, Who has spoken to men may be reinforced, and collaboration may intensify to promote together for the benefit of all mankind social justice and moral welfare, as well as peace and freedom (Nostra Aetate no. 3).

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)

Palestinian President Abbas to meet Bush By SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press Writer Sat Sep 16, 6:49 PM ET

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet President Bush in New York next week and will likely seek to promote his planned coalition with Hamas, a Palestinian official said Saturday.Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the meeting with Bush would take place Wednesday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. The White House would not confirm the meeting and it was not clear whether Bush's final schedule in New York had been set. The two men last met in October 2005 in Washington.Abbas, a moderate who leads the Fatah Party, and the militant Islamic group Hamas, which currently rules alone, agreed last week to form a national unity government that would strive to establish a Palestinian state alongside Israel implying recognition of the Jewish state.

Hamas, which is committed to Israel's destruction, swept to victory in January legislative elections, defeating Fatah, and formed a government by itself. The West and Israel reacted by cutting off hundreds of millions of dollars in aid, accusing Hamas of being a terrorist group.

Without the foreign aid, the Hamas-led Palestinian government has been unable to pay salaries to its tens of thousands of civil servants, causing widespread hardship. In a sign of desperation, women have parted with their dowry of gold jewelry their only financial security in the event of divorce.Abbas hopes a unity government with Hamas could restore international funding to the cash-starved Palestinian Authority. But the United States has said it wants clearer statements from Hamas that it recognizes Israel, accepts existing peace deals and renounces violence.

The European Union on Friday held off on renewing direct aid to the Palestinian Authority. EU ministers said they supported Abbas' steps to form a broader coalition, but wanted assurances the new government would back peace efforts.Erekat said Abbas would discuss with Bush the emerging coalition and the fate of an Israeli soldier seized by Hamas-allied militants in Gaza in June, whose capture led to an Israeli military offensive in Gaza.Erekat said delegations led by Abbas and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni would also meet next week, but would not say what would be on the agenda.Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev had no comment on the reported meeting, which would be a precursor to expected talks between Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.Hamas has been pressured by tough international sanctions to force it to temper its anti-Israel stance. But Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas suggested Saturday that his group would go no further than it already has in agreeing to the unity government.

The agreement on the national unity government does not discuss the recognition of (peace) agreements signed with the Israeli occupation,Haniyeh told Associated Press Television News.

We will work with these agreements according to what serves the higher Palestinian interests, but that does not mean we recognize them.Israel has been boycotting the Hamas government but considers Abbas, who favors peacemaking, an acceptable partner for talks.

Today: Sunday September 17, 2006
IAEA complains of outrageous inaccuracies in Iran report to House Intelligence Committee New York, Sept 16, IRNA ,Iran-US-IAEA

A recent U.S. House of Representatives committee report on Iran's nuclear capability is outrageous and dishonest in trying to make a case that Tehran's program is geared toward making weapons, a senior official of the International Atomic Energy Agency said.

IAEA said in a letter outside a meeting of the 35-nation IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna that the US report is false in saying Iran is making weapons-grade uranium at an experimental enrichment site, when it has in fact produced material only in small quantities that is far below the level that can be used in nuclear arms. The letter, which was first reported by The Washington Post, also says the report erroneously says that IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei removed a senior nuclear inspector from the team investigating Iran's nuclear program for concluding that the purpose of Iran's nuclear program is to construct weapons.

In fact, the inspector was sidelined on Tehran's request, and the Islamic Republic had a right to ask for a replacement under agreements that govern all states relationships with the agency, said the letter, calling the report's version incorrect and misleading.In addition,says the letter, the report contains an outrageous and dishonest suggestion that such removal might have been for not having adhered to an unstated IAEA policy barring IAEA officials from telling the whole truth about the Iranian nuclear program.Dated August 12, the letter was addressed to Rep. Peter Hoekstra, a Michigan Republican and chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. It was signed by Vilmos Cserveny, a senior director of the Vienna-based agency.

An IAEA official, who asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to comment on the letter, said it was written to set the record straight. The dispute was reminiscent of the clashes between the Vienna-based agency and the U.S. administration over whether Iraq's Saddam Hussein was trying to make weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear arms.

American arguments that Saddam had such covert arms programs were given as the chief reason for the US invasion of Iraq. ElBaradei's criticism of the U.S. standpoint on Iraq and subsequent perceptions that he was soft on Iran in his staff's investigation of Tehran's nuclear activities may be a cover for a weapons program led to a failed attempt last year by Washington to prevent his re-election.