WILL THE US ATTACK IRAN

1-ROSH HASHANAH | THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS (DAY 2 IN ISRAEL). 2-Rosh Hashanah: Prayers, Shofars, Apples, Honey and Pomegranates. 3-Canadian fires raise Houston's ozone level. 4-Abbas tells UN new Palestinian government will recognize Israel. 5-Intel Introduces Laser Microchip. 6-Iran warns of lightning response to any attack. 7-Ahmadinejad Playing for Time as EU Willing to Negotiate Nukes 8-Betrayal! Washington will work with Hamas. 9-Havana NAM Summit and Rise of Third World. 10-Will the US attack Iran? 11-Euro-Med Trade Zone Possible by 2010.

GENESIS 1:14
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:(ISRAELS HOLY DAYS AND SABBATH STARTS AT 6PM) And for SIGNS (PROPHECY SIGNS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, OUR DAY)

ROSH HASHANAH | THE FEAST OF TRUMPETS (DAY 2 IN ISRAEL)
The New Year

On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts. Do no regular work, but present an offering made to the Lord by fire -Leviticus 23:23-25.Thus we read the Lord commanded the Israelites to observe the holiday that has come to be known as the Jewish New Year. It is on this date that the calendar changes from one year to the next, as it does on January 1st. Apples dipped in honey are eaten to signify the hope that the coming year will be a sweet one.

The ram’s horn, or shofar, is blown on Rosh HaShanah to call Israel to a time of reflection or soul-searching, a turning back to their Maker Who is Holy. The plaintive blasts of the shofar command the attention of its hearers. It initiates a ten day period, the Days of Awe, culminating on Yom Kippur. During this season, God opens three books: the Book of the Righteous, the Book of the Wicked, and a third non-determined book, the names therein being yet to be destined.

It is the hope of every Jewish person to have their name written in the Book of Life at the end of Yom Kippur. Repentance and the Sovereignty of God are major themes of the Feats of Trumpets. Everyone will give an account of their lives before God Who will judge all mankind.

Rosh HaShanah is a one day observance that must be understood in the context of its relation to Yom Kippur. The two are known as the High Holy days by the Jewish community. Those who rarely enter a Jewish house of worship may observe these two holiest of days. The requirement that the blast of the shofar be heard at this time underscores its importance in fulfilling one’s religious duties. Today, that sound can be listened to via the Internet for those who simply cannot attend services!

The concepts of sin and restitution that this holiday evokes were not new to the Jewish community. Any reading of the Torah brings one to passages about sin, sin offerings, and blood atonement. The animals sacrificed to atone for Israel’s sin helped the Israelites to understand that sin was costly and significant. It was serious enough to God to move Him to give His people a system whereby their sins could be covered. Repentance was part of God’s expectations: If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me:

(Jeremiah 15:19). But repentance of itself was not enough; blood was required. For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life (Leviticus 17:11). Without blood there can be no atonement.

The blasts of the shofar speak of eternity. All will stand before their Maker to give account (Romans 14:12). Yeshua (Jesus) has become the Sacrifice for our sins. Those who put their faith in Him find their names are written into the Book of Life. His death satisfied God’s righteous requirements for the punishment of sin. He is our sin-bearer. God made Him Who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God” (II Corinthians 5:21).
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Rosh Hashanah: Prayers, Shofars, Apples, Honey and Pomegranates
By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu and Alex Traiman(INN)

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year is a joyous holiday of prayer, repentance, sounding of the shofar, and festive meals. Arutz-7 will be closed throughout the 2-day New Year Festival. Rosh Hashanah, which falls on the first day of the month of Tishrei is considered the first day of the Jewish calendar year. Despite the fact that Tishrei is referred to in the Torah as the seventh month (the first being the month of Nissan) Rosh Hashanah represents the start of the new year for many Jewish cycles including the 7-year shmitah (agricultural sabbatical), and 50 year Jubilee.

Rosh Hashanah is the only festive holiday celebrated for two consecutive days in the Land of Israel. During the two days, Jews in Israel and abroad will spend the majority of their time in community synagogues, engulfed in prayer and repentance.In Jewish tradition, the Rosh Hashanah festival traditionally celebrates the yearly re-coronation of G-d of as the King of the world, with the Jewish people re-establishing their role as the King's loyal servants.The first day of the month of Tishrei is associated with the anniversary of the sixth day of the world's creation, the day on which Adam, the first man was created. Rosh Hashanah also begins the Ten Days of Repentance which culminate with Yom Kippur.

One of the most important aspects of the traditional service include the blowing of the Shofar, or ram's horn. The sounds of the shofar represent crying, and are intended to bring each individual toward deep introspection and repentance.Yet, the Jewish New Year unlike Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, includes festive meals as a central component of the Holy Day. Honey and apples, which now are in season in Israel, symbolize the hope and traditional Rosh Hashanah greeting for a Shana Tova U'Metukah, or a sweet new year.Rosh Hashanah traditions include eating certain foods that are considered as good signs, or omens. The Talmud teaches (in the name of Rabbi Abaye), Now that you have said that an omen is significant, at the beginning of each year, each person should accustom himself to eat gourds, fenugreek [an herb], leeks, beets and dates.

The foods are considered reminders to a person that receiving good things is dependent on his doing good deeds, on which he is judged on the new year, which also is called the Day of Judgment.Before eating each food, the tradition is to say, May it be Your will, our G-d and the G-d of our forefathers,and then complete the phrase according to each food. For apples, which one dips in honey, the phrase is, May You renew us for a good and sweet year.Israeli grown pomegranates are very popular on the holiday, as some say their sweet and plentiful seeds number 613, the same number of mitzvoth listed in the Torah according to the sage Maimonides.

For pomegranates, the phrase is, May it be Your will...that our merits increase as the seeds of the pomegranate.Many of the foods traditionally eaten on Rosh Hashanah have been selected based on puns of their Hebrew names. Beets, named selek in Hebrew, share the root of the word to get rid of something. On beets, one says, May it be Your...will that our adversaries be removed.On fish, the phrase is May it be Your will...that we be fruitful and multiply like fish.The head of a fish, or of a sheep, often is served with the expression, May it be Your will that we be as the head and not as the tail.

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.

Canadian fires raise Houston's ozone level

HOUSTON, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've determined Canadian and Alaskan forest fires in 2004 raised levels of ozone pollution in Houston, some 3,000 miles distant. A group of 15 scientists, led by Gary Morris of Valparaiso (Ind.) University, said the Houston area's average eight-hour ozone concentrations from July 19-20, 2004, were the highest of any July day during a five-year period. The researchers tracked the source of the ozone to smoke from major fires along the Alaska-Yukon border, which reached their greatest intensity a week earlier, July 12-14, 2004.

The team analyzed data from a variety of sources, including weather balloons launched from the campus of Rice University in Houston, NASA satellite instruments, aircraft and computer models. Their findings will be published next Tuesday in the Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres).

AFX News Limited
Abbas tells UN new Palestinian government will recognize Israel
09.21.2006, 10:01 PM

UNITED NATIONS (XFN-ASIA) - Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas told the UN General Assemblythat any new Palestinian government would recognise Israel.

I would like to reaffirm that any future Palestinian government will commit to all the agreements that the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority have committed to,he said in a speech to the assembly.

Abbas referred in particular to letters exchanged by Palestinian and Israeli leaders, Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin, in 1993 which contained mutual recognition of the two sides. Abbas, who has been negotiating with the Hamas group over a national unity government, said: These two letters contain a reciprocal recognition between the PLO and Israel, reject violence and call for negotiations to reach a permanent settlement with the creation of an independent Palestinian state next to Israel. Any future government will commit to imposing security and order, to ending the phenomena of multiple militias, indiscipline and chaos, and to the rule of law,he added. afp

Intel Introduces Laser Microchip

Santa Clara, Calif. (KCBS) -- There has been a major high-tech breakthrough with computer scientists at Intel saying they have developed a microchip that uses laser light.KCBS reporter Matt Bigler in the Silicon Valley Bureau said for years some of the top computer experts in the world had said it couldn't be done and that putting lasers on computer chips was the stuff of science fiction.

Intel has announced that it has developed a chip at its photonics lab in Santa Clara that combines silicon with lasers. The bottom line is that data is being transferred using a laser light, which makes it 1,000 times faster than anything seen before.It was simply unimaginable a few years ago,said KCBS technology Analyst Larry Magid. Every time people say things are going to slow down because we are reaching the physics limit of how fast these things will process, someone comes up with breakthrough technology and this is an example of this type of breakthrough technology.Intel officials said the technology is still years away from use by
consumers.2006, KCBS.

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)

Iran warns of 'lightning' response to any attack by Farhad Pouladi and Pierre Celerier Fri Sep 22, 7:01 AM ET

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -Iran has warned Western powers the armed forces would hit back like lightning against any attack as it crowed over its military prowess and showed off firepower at a major army parade.

Thousands of members of the armed forces and the whole panoply of Iran's ballistic missile arsenal were on display at the parade, including the Shahab-3, a weapon whose range includes arch-enemy Israel.We want peace but we warn the expansionists not to think of an aggression against Iran as we can defend the fatherland and Islam,Vice President Parviz Davoodi warned.Our lions are so powerful that they can strike the enemy like lightning and destroy him,he added.

The comments of Davoodi standing in for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who has yet to return from a visit to the United Nations in New York come at a time of mounting tension over Tehran's contested nuclear programme.The United States has never ruled out using force to make Iran comply over its atomic drive that Washington charges is aimed at making nuclear weapons. Tehran insists its nuclear programme is for civilian energy purposes only.Iran has also never been shy of warning it would retaliate if the Islamic republic was attacked and the parade included its longest-range missile, the Shahab-3, which has the range to hit Israel and US installations in the Middle East.

Are you not proud to see the Shahab-3, a missile with a range of 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles)?boomed the commentator over the loudpeakers as two green Shahab-3s were driven past the parade ground on the back of a truck.The missile was up until last year believed to have a range of 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) but Iran has worked on extending its range. The newest version of the missile with a bottle-shaped warhead was not displayed.The missiles appeared to lack the anti-Israeli and anti-US slogans that were daubed on the weapon at last year's event and caused European diplomats present to stage a walk-out in protest.A succession of other missiles were also on display, including the short-range Fajr-5 and the medium-range Nazeat-6 and -10, Shahab-1 and -2, and Zelzal-2.

Thousands of soldiers clutching their rifles marched past Davoodi and other dignitaries to the sound of martial music in an event that has become Iran's most significant annual display of its military might.The parade, which marks the anniversary of the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war in 1980, took place just opposite the mausoleum built for Iran's revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on
the outskirts of Tehran.Our armed forces have no need for their power to be based on atomic weapons, this power is based on our convictions,said Davoodi, restating Tehran's denial of US allegations it is seeking nuclear weapons.Davoodi also played up the importance of major war games that Iran has staged in the past month which have seen it claim the development of new missiles and warplanes.

In the recent manoeuvres the armed forces showed their power, notably in the areas that were once the monopoly of the great powers,said Davoodi.However foreign experts have expressed scepticism over the significance of such announcements owing to the
embargo on the purchase of new weaponry imposed by several nations on Iran in the wake of the Islamic revolution in 1979.The parade included more ageing hardware, including Russian T-72 and British Chieftain tanks whose original metalwork was visible through the repainting as well as 30-year old American Dodge military trucks. And while the United States remains the Islamic republic's sworn enemy, the police motorcycle brigade was still led by a red Harley Davidson Electra Glide.

We will resist until the end,proclaimed a slogan on the main grandstand erected for the parade, which coincided with a march to Beirut by supporters of Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah to mark its resistance against Israel.

Among the thousands of armed forces personnel marching past the main grandstand were ethnic minority members of Iran's Basij militia in their national dress, including Kurds, Baluch, and for the first time Arabs.

Ahmadinejad Playing for Time as EU Willing to Negotiate Nukes
By Hana Levi Julian(INN)

Iran’s president told reporters Thursday that negotiations with the European Union about the status of its uranium enrichment program were on the right path but said little else. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said at a news conference in New York that the talks were moving in the right direction. It is a constructive path to take,he said, and expressed the hope that others will not disrupt the work.However, Ahmadinjead was not specific about when the Islamic Republic would actually suspend the program, despite his statement that he was prepared to negotiate under fair and just conditions.U.S. President George W. Bush remained skeptical about Iran’s true intentions, adding that he takes seriously Ahmadinejad’s repeated statements that Israel should be wiped off the map.

Bush said in an interview with the CNN news network, You can't just hope for the best. You've got to assume that the leader, when he says that he would like to destroy Israel, means what he says. If you say, 'Well, gosh, maybe he doesn't mean it,' and you turn out to be wrong, you have not done your duty as a world leader.Bush has refused to hold direct talks with the Islamic Republic until
it actually suspends its uranium enrichment program, saying the U.S. is ready for negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program only if they verifiably suspended their enrichment program. If Iran continues with its current nuclear activities, Bush said he is prepared to level sanctions against it. Other nations have expressed their preference to continue diplomatic efforts to persuade Iran to end the program.

Meanwhile, former U.S. President Bill Clinton disagreed with his successor, contending in an interview on NBC’s Today show that the Bush administration should hold direct talks with Iran about its nuclear development efforts.

If you think you might have trouble with somebody and G-d forbid if you think it could lead to a military confrontation, then there needs to be the maximum amount of contact beforehand,he added.

Betrayal! Washington will work with Hamas
By Stan Goodenough,September 21, 2006

The United States has once more done an about-face and is now willing to work with a Palestinian Authority containing a strong Hamas component members of the terror group responsible for the murders of hundreds of Israelis, and deeply devoted to the total destruction of the Jewish state.Israeli officials went into shock Wednesday, after the Bush administration announced that it will, after all, go along with the other three members of the self-styled Quartet and support the establishment of a national unity government in the PA.Former foreign minister Silvan Shalom said the American decision, which spelled the end of Hamas’ isolation by the international community, had been made behind Israel’s back and amounted to a political collapse. Other government leaders were said to be surprised and worried by the news.

Nearly half of the lawmakers in the new national unity PA would be Hamas members. Most of the others would be representatives of the Fatah wing of the PLO another major terrorist organization whose crimes against the Jewish people have been swept under the carpet by a world increasingly determined to ensure that its vision for peace takes root in the Middle East whatever the cost.

The effort to conceive a PA unity government has been recognized almost universally as a ploy providing pro-Palestinian nations with the pretext they are looking for to resume funding the Palestinian Arabs.International financial support was restricted last January after those Palestinians voted overwhelmingly for a Hamas-led government.

When a beleaguered PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas recently revealed his plan to dissolve and restructure the PA with fewer Hamas individuals, the rest of the Quartet the United Nations, the European Union and Russia eagerly embraced the idea.But Washington, the primary sponsor of the peace process, initially refused to go along with the charade, bringing some relief to an increasingly dismayed Israel.Now, however, the US appears to have stabbed its Middle East ally in the back, and in the process dealt a blow to its own war on terror by extending political recognition to the very type of organization responsible for the 9-11 attack on America.And still US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice the consummate diplomat denied what was blatantly obvious to observers everywhere, saying there had been no shift in her government’s policy.

She proceeded to explain, however, that if there was going to be any move forward with the stalled land-for-peace process, then the Palestinian government had to have international support.That government’s hands may be saturated with Israeli blood, but the same American administration that just granted a visa to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad another mortal enemy of Israel’s is now ready to do business with them.As always, payment will be made in Jewish coin.

Havana NAM Summit and Rise of Third World
By Sawraj Singh, MD FICS

The just concluded summit of the NAM (non-aligned movement) in Havana, Cuba showed that the third world countries are asking for a bigger say in world affairs. The NAM has 118 member countries, the majority of the third world countries. The Cuban President Fidel Castro was elected as the President of the movement. He was unable to officially attend the meeting because he had stomach surgery, but he met with many leaders. He spent 45 minutes with the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and even asked to have pictures with him. Raul Castro, the younger brother of Fidel Castro, acted as the host.

The major issues that were included in the declaration at the end of the summit were:

Condemnation of Israel for its attack on Lebanon
Call upon the United Nations to be more representative of its smaller member nations
Support for Iran’s nuclear energy plan
Criticism of many aspects of American foreign policy

There was much discussion on terrorism and in the final declaration, all types of terrorism were condemned. However, the thrust of the condemnation was of state terrorism such as Israel’s attack on Lebanon or any aggression by the powerful countries on the weaker countries.

In 1979, there was also a summit of the NAM in Havana. The tone of the summit was very different at that time. Fidel Castro discussed the concept of an anti-imperialist alliance with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was called a natural ally of the NAM.

However, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan bitterly divided the movement. Finally, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold war made the NAM almost irrelevant and unimportant. President Bush’s extreme rightist policies and his open support for Israel have created conditions for the revival of the non-aligned movement.

One fact very strongly came out of the meeting: the majority of Christian countries do not see a clash between Islam and Christianity. President Bush seems to be advocating a confrontation between Christianity and Islam. The Christian countries of South America and Africa see no conflict with Islam. Therefore, the major conflict in today’s world is not between Christianity and Islam, but is between the developing countries and the developed countries.

Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, and Thabo Mbeki of South Africa emerged as the leading personalities from the non-Islamic countries. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran was the most vocal Islamic spokesman. Ahmadinejad and Hugo
Chavez showed the growing closeness between Iran and Venezuela.

Hugo Chavez warned America against attacking Iran. He said that Venezuela will completely stop selling any oil to America and the world oil production will be drastically cut back, which can lead to a big jump in the oil prices, as much as 100 dollars a barrel.

At one time, India played the leading role in the movement, but its role has been gradually marginalized. The term non-aligned movement was coined by Prime Minister Nehru in a speech in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1954. In the speech, Nehru explained the five principles of peaceful coexistence, Panchsheel. These principles were first put forward by the Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai in the context of Sino-Indian relationship. These five principles laid the basis of the non-aligned movement. The movement was started in Bandung, Indonesia in 1955. The founders of the movement were Nehru of India, Sukarno of Indonesia, Nasser of Egypt, and Nkrumah of Ghana.

The 1962 war between India and China, and India openly taking the side of Russia in the conflict between Russia and China raised questions about India’s neutrality. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, India’s closeness with the United States further marginalized India’s leading role in the non-aligned movement.China has lauded the unique and indispensable role of the non-aligned movement and pledged to support a pro-active role for the movement. There is no question about the fact that a vast majority of the Asian, African, and South American countries see China as their leading supporter in the world.We sincerely hope that India will reconsider its policies and try to revive is non-aligned approach. After all, India was the country that gave the non-aligned movement to the world. The fundamental interests of the Indian people are identical with the people of the third world even today. The third world has once again become the major force for changing the present world order.

Dr. Sawraj Singh is Chairman of Washington State Network For Human Rights, and Chairman of Central Washington Coalition For Social Justice.

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.

Will the US attack Iran?
Growing tensions between the US and Iran are making many people around the world fearful of a US military strike against the Middle East country.Niall Mulholland

After the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concluded that Iran failed to abide by a 31 August UN deadline to halt its uranium enrichment programme, the Bush administration demanded UN sanctions against the regime of President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad.

American officials also refer to the military option. However, UN Security Council members, Russia and China, which have important economic links to Iran, resist sanctions. If there was no UN agreement, the US may call for its allies to introduce economic blockades. In response, the Iranian regime argues it is not developing nuclear power to make weapons and it will not give in to the West.The Ahmadinejad regime is regionally strong and confident. This is due to Iran's oil wealth (it is the world's fourth largest oil producer), the recent military debacle suffered by US-supported Israel against the Iran-supported Hezbollah, and the powerful role of Iran's Shia allies in Iraq.

During Kofi Annan's recent visit to Tehran, the Iranian President lectured the UN Secretary General about Iran's growing power in the region and the world, compared to the fading powers of the US and Britain, who were paying a price for meddling in the Middle East.

President Ahmadinejad said he is willing to enter into negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme but would not agree to suspend uranium enrichment beforehand, as the UN Security Council had demanded. Is Iran trying to develop nuclear arms, as the Western powers claimed? Although Iran's supreme spiritual leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, issued a fatwa against nuclear weapons, it is possible that sections of the Iranian ruling class want to build the bombs. However, the IAEA failed to prove that there is a weapons programme.

Nukes

THE WEST is supremely hypocritical: the major powers, like the US and Britain, stockpile huge arsenals of nuclear weaponry. Iran is surrounded by pro-US countries holding nuclear weapons, like Israel, Pakistan and India. Like Iran, Brazil is a signed-up member to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and announced it is now enriching uranium. But there are no threats against Brazil's government, which is regarded as friendly to the US.Socialists oppose all nations, including Iran, possessing nuclear arms.

The purpose of these terrifying weapons is to wipe out millions of innocent people and society's infrastructure. Workers and youth can have no illusions that the Iranian regime, in any way, acts in their interests.

Despite his anti-imperialist and populist rhetoric, President Ahmadinejad represents a reactionary, theocratic, capitalist regime. US sabre-rattling allows the Tehran regime to rally the population around national unity.The Bush administration regards Iran, part of the axis of evil, as a regime that stands in the way of US interests. US imperialism wants to subdue Iran and the Middle East, to give the US domination of the region's oil and gas resources. The administration resists attempts by other powers to foster real negotiations with Iran.

Bush certainly wants regime change in Iran, but would he go as far as to attack or even invade Iran? The Bush administration is a reckless 'executive' of the US ruling class, but even it can see that US imperialism's options are limited. Already bogged down in the Iraq and Afghanistan disasters, the superpower's military is hugely over-stretched. Bush is no position to try another military invasion in Iran, which is three times the size of Iraq and has a population of 70 million. A land invasion would meet severe, mass resistance. Sections of the US ruling class also counsel against military strikes. However, as the crisis between the US and Iran escalates, and as Bush desperately tries to regain domestic support by acting as a war leader, it cannot be ruled out that the US would carry out air attacks on Iran, possibly through Israel, acting as its proxy. This could lead to an Iranian military response and armed actions by pro-Iranian forces, like Hezbollah, in Lebanon, Hamas, in Palestinian areas, and the Shia militias in Iraq.

Iran could restrict or turn off its oil supplies, causing shocks to the world economy and even triggering a downturn. US air strikes would provoke outrage across the Muslim world, threatening pro-US regimes in the Middle East, like Egypt. Imperialist attacks would lead to more terrorism.The anti-war movement must strenuously oppose US imperialism's threats towards Iran and support the struggle by working people and youth in Iran fighting for democratic rights and their class interests. It is the task of the Iranian working class to overthrow the ruling theocracy, just as it is the task of the British or American working class to get rid of Blair and Bush, and to struggle for socialism.

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).

Euro-Med Trade Zone Possible by 2010
(AP) ATHENS, Greece

Industry ministers from European and Mediterranean countries said Friday they would work toward creating a vast free-trade zone by 2010.European Commission vice president Guenter Verheugen spoke at a two-day Euro-Mediterranean conference on the island of Rhodes.The trade zone would eliminate tariffs on industrial trade.The meeting was held under an initiative called the Barcelona Process, which started in 1995.It brings together officials the 25 EU members, along with bloc hopefuls Bulgaria and Romania and non-EU states Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey, along with the Palestinian Authority.