NORTH KOREA GETS SANCTIONED

1-Strong quake shakes Hawaii. 2-Southern Ontario digs out after surprise storm. 3-U.N. Security Council approves sanctions; North Korea rejects resolution. 4-Pyongyang calm after adoption of U.N. Security Council resolution. 5-IRAQ-SYRIA: Threats force Iraqi Christians to flee to Syria. 6-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Travel to Russia Tuesday. 7-Spanish foreign minister in Damascus for talks. 8-Israeli poll indicates shift to right among electorate. 9-Mount Allison virus spread through bathrooms, cafeteria: officials. 10-IDF Stepping Up Operations in the Gaza Strip.

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.

They have upgraded the Quake to a 6.6 and as of 4:45 PM, 20 after shocks have occured, 7 or 8 of them over 4.0. The Geologists are warning that a big one tommorow could be big Trouble for Hawaii.

Strong quake shakes Hawaii 50 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP)A strong earthquake of 6.3 magnitude jolted the island of Hawaii awake sparking fears of a tsunami, although officials said none was expected.The US Geological Survey said the quake hit at 7:07 am (1707 GMT) near the island of
Hawaii and was followed by strong aftershock of 5.8 magnitude.We have had some scattered reports of power outages on the big island of Hawaii and Oahu and some reports of damage and some landslides on the big island of Hawaii,said Don Blakeman, a USGS seismologist.They are consistent with what I would expect for an earthquake of this magnitude, there would be some damage but I wouldn't expect anything catastrophic. But you never know about these things,he said.Stewart Koyangi at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said no tsunami is expected, from this quake, but that some areas had experienced strong shaking.

US media reported extensive disruptions from the quake, including an island-wide blackout on the island of Oahu and closed airports.Because of the island-wide blackout things, have come to a standstill,Mahea Richardson, a Hawaii television reporter, told CNN.Richardson said that the hospital in Kona, on the big island, was being evacuated due to damage and that the airport there was closed.CNN reported that phone service had also been disrupted in some areas.The epicenter was located some 153 miles (246 kilometers) from the capital of Honolulu.Erik von Ancken, who was vacationing on the island of Hawaii with his fiancee, told CNN that the devastating 2004 tsunami that killed some 220,000 was the first thing that crossed his mind.It was a little bit nerve-wracking,he said, noting that the fish started jumping before he could feel the shakes.

The guess was that this was an earthquake,he said, The tsunami, that was everyone's first thought. People started running for higher ground.

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.

Southern Ontario digs out after surprise storm
Canadian Press and Associated Press

The Fort Erie and Welland areas of southwestern Ontario are digging out from as much as 30 centimetres of snow following a powerful pre-winter storm.

The region may receive up to 15 more centimetres before a let-up to what Environment Canada terms significant snowfalls of historic proportions.The snow and strong winds of up to 90 kilometres an hour have caused snow-laden branches to snap onto power lines, causing power outages from Port Colborne to Fort Erie, and forcing part of the Queen Elizabeth Way to be shut down.Bad weather also forced the closure of the Peace Bridge border crossing connecting Fort Erie, Ont. and Buffalo, New York. Schools in the Fort Erie and Port Colborne area were also closed.Snow squalls coming off Lake Huron also left parts of Ontario's Bruce Peninsula, Parry Sound and other cottage country areas covered in snow. Another 10 centimetres of snow might fall this morning before it changes to showers.

Northern Ontario also received an early introduction to winter, with an additional five centimetres expected today in some areas, including Kenora, Fort Frances, Dryden and Red Lake.Meanwhile in the United States, Buffalo recorded its snowiest October day on record and the city was bracing for more on Friday, with schools closed and 155,000 customers without electricity.At least two feet of snow blanketed parts of the Buffalo area early Friday, signalling a possible second record-setting day. The snow downed scores of tree limbs and toppled power lines.The snowfall was expected to continue throughout the morning, said Tom Paone, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

On Thursday, 53.5 centimetres of heavy snow set the record for the snowiest October day in Buffalo in the 137-year history of the weather service, said meteorologist Tom Niziol. The previous record of 38 centimetres was set Oct. 31, 1917.This is an extremely rare event for this early in the season, Mr. Niziol said.The Buffalo Police Department received more than 3,000 calls late Thursday and about two-thirds were related to the weather, Lieutenant James Watkins said.

There are power lines going down all over the place, he said.Crews worked into the night to restore power, but many customers were expected to remain in the dark through the weekend and into next week, National Grid energy company spokesman Steve Brady said.This is extremely heavy snow and most of the trees still have most of their leaves, he said. We can't do a complete damage assessment until the snow stops falling.Other western New York communities also experienced heavy snowfall. Officials in Amherst ordered a driving ban for the entire town.We have a condition where 80 per cent of the roads are impassable,said Lieutenant Stephen McGonagle of the Amherst Police Department.

Buffalo schools were closed Friday.

The snowstorm caused flight delays and cancellations at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, officials said. The airport shut down for almost two hours late Thursday.Tree branches were strewn across the roads around the region. A large box maple tree split in half, falling on Joan Casey's home in Buffalo.The whole house shook,Casey said. We were very afraid. Originally I thought it was just the thunder, and then I came outside and I couldn't believe it.

WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL

DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.

2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL

REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).

DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)

REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
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.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

Saturday, October 14, 2006 - Page updated at 04:44 PM
U.N. Security Council approves sanctions; North Korea rejects resolution
By Edith M. Lederer,The Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose punishing sanctions on North Korea including ship searches for banned weapons, calling Pyongyang's claimed nuclear test a clear threat to international peace and
security.

North Korea immediately rejected the resolution, and its U.N. ambassador walked out of the council chamber after accusing its members of a gangster-like action which neglects the nuclear threat posed by the United States.The U.S.-sponsored resolution demands that the reclusive communist nation abandon its nuclear weapons program, and orders all countries to prevent North Korea from importing or exporting any material for weapons of mass destruction or ballistic missiles. It orders nations to freeze assets of people or businesses connected to these programs, and ban the individuals from traveling.

The resolution also calls on all countries to inspect cargo leaving and arriving in North Korea to prevent any illegal trafficking in unconventional weapons or ballistic missiles. The final draft was softened from language saying the council decides which is a stronger authorization.U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said North Korea's proclaimed test poses one of the gravest threats to international peace and security that this council has ever had to confront.Today, we are sending a strong and clear message to North Korea and other would be proliferators that there will be serious repercussions in continuing to pursue weapons of mass destruction,he said, in what appeared to be a clear warning to Iran whose nuclear ambitions come before the Security Council again next week.

North Korea's U.N. Ambassador Pak Gil Yon countered by blaming the United States for forcing the country to conduct a test because of its nuclear threat, sanctions and pressure.The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is ready for talks, dialogue and confrontation, Ambassador Pak Gil Yon said. If the United States increases pressure upon the Democratic People's Republic of Korea persistently, the DPRK will continue to take physical countermeasures considering it as a declaration of war.North Korea has said it could conduct a second nuclear test in response to tough sanctions.The vote came after the United States, Britain and France overcame last-minute differences with Russia and China during what the Russian ambassador called tense negotiations.

China's U.N. Ambassador Wang Guangya said afterward that the provision allowing the boarding of ships to inspect cargo was still unacceptable to Beijing and it would not carry out inspections. Nonetheless, Wang hailed what he called a watered-down resolution.

He told reporters that he did not consider the North Korean ambassador's response the official reply from Pyongyang, which he awaits. The important thing is not what they say here, Wang said.The overriding issue, he said, is how we work together for peace and security in the region.The resolution demands North Korea eliminate all its nuclear weapons but expressly rules out military action against the country, a demand by the Russians and Chinese. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton warned Pyongyang, however, that if it continues pursuing nuclear weapons, the United States would seek further measures.The Security Council condemned the nuclear test that North Korea said it conducted on Oct 9. It demanded that North Korea immediately return to six-party talks aimed at persuading Pyongyang to dismantle its weapons program without precondition.

It imposed sanctions for the North's flagrant disregard of the council's appeal not to detonate a nuclear device and demanded that North Korea not conduct any further nuclear test or launch of a ballistic missile.The resolution bans the import or export of material and equipment that could be used to make nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles. It orders all countries to freeze the assets and ban travel for anyone engaged in supporting North Korea's weapons programs.This action by the United Nations, which was swift and tough, says that we are united in our determination to see to it that the Korean Peninsula is nuclear-weapons free, President Bush said.In a measure aimed at North Korea's tiny elite, the resolution bans the sale of luxury goods to the country. Kim is known for his love of cognac and lobster and collection of thousands of bottles of vintage French wine.

To meet Russian and Chinese concerns, the Americans eliminated a complete ban on the sale of conventional weapons. Instead, the resolution limits the embargo to major hardware such as tanks, warships, combat aircraft and missiles.Russia's U.N.

Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said Moscow got what it wanted a strong resolution but one that is also aimed at prevention of a further escalation of tension.North Korea's Pak told the Security Council that the nuclear test was not inconsistent with the country's goal of a denuclearized Korean peninsula.The DPRK clarified more than once that it would feel no need to possess even a single nuke when it is no longer exposed to the United States' threat, after it has dropped its hostile policy to the DPRK and confidence has been built between the two countries,he said.

Bolton said North Korea's claimed test unquestionably poses one of the gravest threats to international peace and security that this council has ever had to confront.Following Pak's speech, Bolton took the floor again saying I'm not going to waste any our time responding.But he noted that North Korea had done Saturday exactly what it did in July after the council adopted limited sanctions for its ballistic missile tests immediately reject the resolution and walk out.It is the contemporary equivalent of Nikita Khrushchev pounding his shoe on the desk, Bolton said, referring to the Soviet leader's legendary act of protest at the U.N. General Assembly in 1960.Bolton told reporters afterward that the next step is to start work on implementing the resolution.Hopefully on saner reflections perhaps they'll begin to accept that if they don't change course, the only future for them is continued isolation,he said.

On Friday, U.S. officials said an air sampling after North Korea's claimed nuclear test detected radioactive debris consistent with an atomic explosion. However, the Bush administration and congressional officials said no final determination had been made about the nature of Monday's mystery-shrouded blast.The U.S. and other nations trying to persuade the North to give up its atomic program continued a flurry of high-level diplomatic visits, including a trip to Asia by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meant to present a unified front to North Korea.The resolution invokes Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter, which the U.S. views as a necessary because it makes economic and diplomatic sanctions mandatory.China and Russia normally object to the Chapter 7 provision because it carries the possibility of military enforcement. The Bush administration used the same provision to justify its invasion of Iraq, and Moscow and Beijing worry the U.S. might do the same eventually with North Korea even though Bush has said the U.S. has no plans to attack.

But in a compromise also used in July to unanimously vote on a resolution condemning North Korean missile launches, the text added mention of Article 41 of the chapter, which permits only means not involving the use of military force.A Russian nuclear envoy who visited North Korea said Saturday he pressed the North to return to six-nation nuclear disarmament talks. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev said he had a very useful meeting Friday with Kim Gye Gwan, the North's nuclear negotiator, but did not say how Kim responded.Pyongyang has boycotted the six-nation talks for the past 13 months to protest financial measures imposed by Washington for alleged counterfeiting and money-laundering.Associated Press writers Ed Harris at the United Nations and Robert Burns and Anne Gearan in Washington contributed to this report.© 2006 The Seattle Times Company

Sunday October 15, 6:25 PM
Pyongyang calm after adoption of U.N. Security Council resolution

(Kyodo) - The North Korean capital was calm Sunday, with citizens going about their business as usual, even as the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution unanimously against the country over its claimed nuclear test. Pyongyang citizens were seen preparing for Tuesday's 80th anniversary of the Down-with-Imperialism Union, a predecessor to the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, putting up banners and decorations at major sites in the city. Groups of students were practicing marches in the city's squares, in what could be preparations for a parade that some have said would take place Tuesday to mark the anniversary. The U.N. Security Council resolution, adopted Saturday in New York, expresses the gravest concern and calls for all U.N. members to take wide-ranging economic and diplomatic sanctions against North Korea.

In Pyongyang, where information available to ordinary people is tightly controlled, citizens said they did not know the content of the sanctions but are unworried. You say sanctions, but we have been under sanctions imposed by the United States for over half a decade (from the Korean War), said a 41-year-old man, who works in transportation. But even so, we have developed our economy, and succeeded in conducting a nuclear test,he said.

While the nuclear test announcement Monday was reported in North Korea, information about the harsh reaction the announcement triggered from the international community has not been seen in the official North Korean press. Asked if there are any worries because of the sanctions, a 41-year-old woman working at the Central Zoo said, Not at all.Families and couples were seen visiting the zoo in the outskirts of Pyongyang. In the week since the nuclear test announcement, no demonstrations or parades supporting the nuclear experiment have been seen in Pyongyang, nor have slogans referring to the test been observed in the city in the form of signs or banners.

PERSECUSSION,BEHEADINGS

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

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

IRAQ-SYRIA: Threats force Iraqi Christians to flee to Syria
15 Oct 2006 13:07:59 GMT,Source: IRIN

DAMASCUS, 15 October (IRIN) Some 35,000 Iraqi Christians have fled to Syria as a result of death threats by religious zealots since the ousting of former President Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraqi sources in Damascus said. Emanuel Khoshba, head of the office of the Assyrian and Democratic Movement in Syria, said that Iraqi Christians continue to flee to Syria in large numbers.

In 2004, the number of Iraqi Christians who fled to Syria stood at 20,000; now [in 2006] it has reached 35,000 and it's likely to increase further, Khoshba said. There are around 1.2 million Iraqi Christians in Iraq, representing three percent of the country's 26 million inhabitants. Christians fleeing Iraq say that in Syria they have found security and freedom to practice their religion.

I felt terribly insecure in Iraq. I sold everything there and came to Syria and started a job here in transport,said Johnny Nano, 29, an Iraqi Christian who fled to Syria in 2003 for fear of his life. I don't think of returning to Iraq as the security situation [there] doesn't allow me. Besides, my life is stable now here, so why go back? Arkan Hanna Hakim, 40, is a priest from Mosul who was appointed two months ago to supervise the Iraqi Assyrian sect in Damascus. More than 2,000 Iraqi Christian families are now in Jaramana quarter [southern Damascus] alone, and a lot of Christians have received warnings to leave Iraq or face killing,he said, adding that threats against Christians in Iraq have increased following Pope Benedict's recent remarks about the Prophet Muhammad.

Nineteen-year-old Fadi Raad Naaomi is one such Iraqi Christian whose family narrowly escaped death before leaving Iraq. Fadi said that he abandoned his studies in Baghdad and fled to Syria a day after his 52-year-old father, Raad, was kidnapped at a church.

We received a call telling us if we want to see our father we have to pay a ransom and not let the police know,said Fadi. His family collected the equivalent of US $10,000 and three days later Raad was released.However, Fadi said that despite such incidents, he and his family will return to Iraq. We are Christians, a minority with no voice there and threatened to death every day, but there is no other way, we don't have money to stay in Syria.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Travel to Russia Tuesday
Olmert to Discuss Iran, Syria and Russia's Role in Peace Process During Three-Day Trip

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will travel to Moscow Oct. 17 for a three-day visit during which he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The trip marks Olmert's first overseas trip since the start of the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict and his first to Russia since becoming prime minister.In addition to Putin, he is expected to meet with a number of other Russian government officials and politicians. Russia's role in the peace process, its relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran and Syria, and its bi-lateral economic relations with Israel are likely to top the agenda in discussions between the two leaders. The question of how to manage the Iranian nuclear threat also is likely to be a key part of the discussions. [1] On Oct. 19, Olmert is scheduled to take part in celebrations commemorating the 15th anniversary since diplomatic relations between Russia and Israel were re-established in 1991. The festivities are to be held in the Moscow Jewish Community Center in Maryina Roscha. [2] Diplomatic relations between the two countries broke down in 1967.

Background and Key Facts

Russia's Contradictory Role: Selling Arms to Iran While Pursuing Ties with Israel

The Russian administration simultaneously enables Iran's pursuit for nuclear technology and is a principal manufacturer of Syrian armaments, while pursuing improved relations with Israel. [3] Despite Putin's agreeable posture towards Israel, Russia's sales of nuclear and military technology to two of Israel's most threatening adversaries Syria and Iran remain a top security concern for Israel. Hezbollah, a southern Lebanese-based Shiite terrorist organization, has direct financial and military ties to both Iran and Syria. On July 12, Hezbollah began a war against Israel by kidnapping two Israeli soldiers and killing three others while battering the north with hundreds of missiles. [4] The war lasted 34 days, devastating life in Israel and Lebanon.The Islamic Republic of Iran is the leading state-sponsor of terror because of its monetary, political and military support for global terrorist organizations. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's radical religious doctrine radical religious doctrine, which focuses on eliminating the State of Israel, [5] is exported by Hezbollah and other militant groups that are fueled by Iran and their desire for worldwide Islamic domination.Iran's generous sponsorship enables Hezbollah cells to continue and develop their terrorist activities throughout the Middle East, Europe and other locations across the globe. [6]

Syria, on the other hand, obtains military technology and chemical agents from Iran and North Korea and is believed to have one of the largest ballistic munitions caches in the world. [7] Due to its proximity to Iran and Lebanon, Syria acts as a principle source for smuggling and sanctuary of advanced weapons for Hezbollah.Motivation Behind Russia's Relationship with Iran, Syria.Russia's chief
foreign policy ties to Iran and Syria appear to be driven by Putin's desire to augment Russia's economy. [8].In Nov. 2005 Russia signed a $1 billion (€796,728,113) weapons export contract with Iran. The contract includes shipment of 29 surface-to-air missile TOR-M1 systems, military boats, and an upgrade of Iran's Russian-made bombers in fighter jets. [9].Russia also continues to be involved in the construction of the Brushehr nuclear facility (two reactors), an agreement signed between Russia and Iran in the early 1990s for $800 million (€637,503,200). [10]

In late April 2005, during his first visit to Israel as Russia's president, [11] Putin said he wouldn't sell Syria 300 km-range Iskander-E missiles amid opposition from Israel and the United States. Putin instead announced that he would sell Syria Strelet surface-to-air systems that have a range of three miles (five km). [12] But even the shorter-range missiles could do tremendous damage to Israel if they ended up in the hands of a terrorist group such as Hezbollah, which operates just across the border from Israel in southern Lebanon. [13].Putin defended his decision, stating, I am aware of Israel's concerns regarding the possibility that the missiles will reach the hands of terror organizations in Lebanon. However, these concerns are groundless. . . . The missiles we sold to Syria are short-range anti-aircraft missiles. They do not threaten Israeli territory. For these missiles to hit you, you will need to enter Syrian territory. [14] He also backed Syria's construction of a nuclear facility in Iran.

Russia's Potential Role in Imposing Sanctions Against Iran

Russian endorsement of Iranian sanctions in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is the key to placing pressure on the Iranian regime to halt further nuclear production. [15].Russia is a key determinant of which sanctions are ratified by the UNSC, says Ephraim Kam, deputy head of the Institute of National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University. "If the Russians would agree, there would be sanctions. If they won't agree, there won't be sanctions,Kam said. [16].Although Moscow has been a longstanding economic partner with Iran, Russia is finding itself constrained as Iran continues to escalate the nuclear arms conflict. For some time, Tehran has been trying to divide the west and Russia, a conflict in which Putin is now being forced to take sides. [17]

Despite Russia's concrete involvement in Iran's nuclear energy development and the modernization of Syria's missile procurement, Moscow is sensitive to Israel's security concerns and in actuality, views Israel as a potential partner for military technology cooperation. [18].Putin is particularly interested in assistance from Israel's experience and expertise with anti-terrorist and counter-insurgent combat. [19].Some Russian officials have drawn similarities between Israel's struggle with Palestinian terrorism and Russia's firm position towards Chechen rebels. [20] Moscow considers such Islamic entities a serious threat to Russian international objectives, as in the past when Iran sponsored certain anti-Russian groups. [21].

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon best understood Putin's position vis-à-vis Chechnya, and the two leaders build an amicable rapport.

During Sharon's tenure as prime minister, he visited Moscow three times (Sept.1, 2001; Oct. 2002; Nov. 2003). During Putin's early years as president, 2000-2003, Russia's posture towards Israel began to improve. [22]

Iran's Threat to Russia

Joseph Cirincione, Director of Non-Proliferation Studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, predicts that Iran's development of a nuclear arsenal would spark a regional nuclear arms race, leading to a worldwide breakdown of the nuclear
non-proliferation treaty, and possibly nuclear war.

Russia, with its strong economic and historical ties to the Middle East, along with shared borders to the region, would particularly suffer from the destabilization of the region. [23].A nuclear-armed Iran would not only threaten Russia's external borders, but also its internal security. Iran's president has stated that Islam is ready to rule the world, [24] and with a nuclear arsenal, the current Iranian regime could easily translate its rhetoric into action. And Russia will not remain immune. Russia's large Muslim population in regions such as Chechnya and Dagestan could become the newest target audience for Ahmadinejad's radical vision. [25]

Recent Developments Between Israel and Russia

In recent weeks the Israeli government has held high-level dialogues with Russian officials in preparation for the Olmert-Putin meeting.An Israeli delegation flew to Moscow, sometime after the Aug. 14 ceasefire, to discuss Russian-made weaponry that was found in Hezbollah's possession. Israeli officials raised concerns over Russian arms sales to Iran and Syria, both of which supplied Hezbollah with rockets launched at Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and civilians.Specifically, sales of Fagot and Kornet anti-tank missiles were cited since a number of those missiles were to blame for the deaths of many IDF soldiers. [26].According to The Jerusalem Post, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Israel on Sept. 7 to announce that news of the Russian-made armament discovered in southern Lebanon resulted in the dismissal of Russia's arms-export official. [27].Lavrov alerted Israel on Oct. 6 that Moscow had received information that the two IDF soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah on July 12, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, were alive and in good condition. The Russian foreign minister said Russia was pressuring Iran and Syria to for more information about their condition. [28]

Footnotes

[1] Benn, Aluf, PM: Israel supports int'l efforts to counter Iran nuclear ambitions,Haaretz, Oct. 12, 2006, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/773813.html

[2] Enhanced security for Olmert's visit to Moscow synagogue, Interfax, Oct. 10, 2006, http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=2121

[3] Katz, Mark N., Putin's pro-Israel policy, Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2005, http://meforum.org/article/690

[4] Hezbollah attacks northern Israel and Israel's response, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 12, 2006, http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Terrorism+from+Lebanon+Hizbullah/Hizbullah+attack+in+northern+Israel+and+Israels+response+12-Jul-2006.htm

[5] Berger, Sebastien, and Bishop, Patrick, 'Eliminate' Israel to solve the crisis, says Iranian president, The Daily Telegraph, Aug. 4, 2006, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/04/wmid204.xml

[6] Profile of the Lebanese Shiite Terrorist Organization of Global Reach Sponsored by Iran and Supported by Syria: Parts 1 and 2 ,

Intelligence and Information Center at the Center for Special Studies, June-July 2003, http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia//ENGLISH/IRAN/PDF/JUNE_03.PDF and
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia//ENGLISH/IRAN/PDF/JULY_03.PDF

[7] Syria Profile, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), Feb. 2006, http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Syria/index.html

[8] Freedman, Robert O., Russia, Iran, and the nuclear question: The Putin record, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, No.544, July 2, 2006, http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp544.htm

[9] Hmelik, Natalya, Russia's special relationship with Iran's Mullahs, Global Politician, March 27, 2006,
http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=1690&cid=2&sid=4

[10] Iran, Weapons of Mass Destruction: Brushehr, Globalsecurity.org, Feb. 19, 2006,
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/bushehr.htm

[11] Benn, Aluf, and Melman, Yossi, Putin hardens line of Iran nuclear program, Haaretz, March 28, 2005

[12] Syria profile: Missile overview, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), March 2006,
http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Syria/Missile/index.html

[13] Kass, Lee, Syria after Lebanon: The Growing Syrian Missile Threat, Middle East Quarterly, Fall 2005, Vol 12, No. 4, www.meforum.org/article/755

[14] Moore, Molly, In Israel, Putin defends Syria, Iran deals, The Washington Post, April 29, 2005, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/28/AR2005042800562_pf.html

[15] Benn, Aluf, Israel and North Korea/Maybe now they'll take Iran seriously, Haaretz, Oct. 11, 2006, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/772453.html

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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).

Spanish foreign minister in Damascus for talks
dpa German Press Agency
Published: Saturday October 14, 2006

Damascus- Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos arrived in Damascus on Saturday for talks with Syrian leaders in an effort to boost the Mideast peace process. Moratinos was welcomed on his arrival at Damascus airport by his Syrian counterpart, Walid Moallem. The Spanish foreign minister told reporters that he was visiting Syria not on behalf of the European Union but on behalf of Spain, a friendly country with Syria and said Madrid support all peace efforts aimed at achieving peace.

When asked what role the EU might play in solving problems of the Middle East, Moratinos said that the EU is working along with other actors but the EU of course has its own position its own commitment and we try to have some positive input in this part of the world. Mortinos headed directly from the airport to meet President Bashar Assad. He will hold a press conference on Sunday.© 2006 dpa German Press Agency

Israeli poll indicates shift to right among electorate
Compiled by Daily Star staff
Saturday, October 14, 2006

Right-wing political parties in Israel are gaining in popularity, according to an opinion poll published in the mass-selling Yediot Ahronot newspaper on Friday. If snap elections were held, the survey found that the right-wing Likud party heavily defeated in a general election less than seven months ago - would win 22 seats in Parliament compared to the 12 it occupies today.Based on answers from respondents when questioned about which party they would vote for if elections were held immediately, the far-right Yisrael Beitenu party would secure 20 seats from 11 now, the poll showed.Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's centrist Kadima party was left trailing in third place with 15 seats compared to 29 today, with the center-left Labor party also dipping down to 15 seats from 19.

The representation of Arab Israeli parties would remain constant at 10 seats, with other seats in the 120-member Parliament divided between religious groups, the left-wing and the Pensioners party.Around 10 percent of respondents said they were undecided about who to vote for if snap elections were called.Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu was found to be the favorite to become the next prime minister, with 29 percent of respondents saying that he was the one they would select as premier.
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Another 18 percent said they favored Olmert, 17 percent Yisrael Beitenu leader Avigdor Lieberman and just 7 percent Defense Minister and Labor chairman Amir Peretz.The poll was taken a day after Olmert's spokeswoman confirmed the premier would bring Yisrael Beitenu into his coalition government.Success or failure of Olmert's efforts could determine prospects of Mideast peacemaking in the immediate future. If Olmert's government falls, Israel would be dragged into yet another election campaign, its sixth in a decade, putting diplomacy in the deep freeze for months.But critics fear if Olmert brings in Lieberman and his hard-line party, the result could be the same.Olmert is trying to broaden his center-left government as the fall parliamentary session begins next week. Political analyst Hanan Crystal said bringing Yisrael Beitenu on board would help blunt some of the hard-line criticism, but would also be an admission that there will be no progress in dealings with the Palestinians or Syria.AFP, AP

REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

Mount Allison virus spread through bathrooms, cafeteria: officials
Friday, October 13, 2006,CBC News

Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B., has cancelled classes and closed all public buildings while cleaning staff disinfect the school in response to an outbreak that has caused diarrhea and vomiting among at least 100 students.Public health officials asked the university to close its campus on Friday, suggesting that a fast-moving, Norwalk-type virus is likely to blame for the illness. It has swept through eight of 11 university dorms on campus and has hit faculty and staff. It is believed the gastrointestinal illness may have spread through students in the university residences, where they live in close quarters and share bathrooms. (CBC)
The virus likely spread through shared washrooms in residence halls and cafeteria salad bars.

Student Fraser Harland was hit hard by the stomach bug on Thursday.I went to bed at one in the morning and I was woken up at two with a very upset stomach. I just started vomiting and it was like that for the rest of that night, basically on the hour every hour.

Students stroll through the Mount Allison University campus, which closed Friday because of a viral outbreak.(CBC) All classes and extracurricular activities are cancelled until Monday. The dining hall, all academic buildings, residences and
the library will remain open. Community groups and members of the public are asked to stay off the campus.Split bathroom use

The university has stopped short of quarantining sick students, but has split up residence bathrooms so healthy students don't have to share sinks and counters with those who are infected.Health Department spokesman Denis Allard says nobody knows where the virus originated.It's really hard to know where it was introduced from. Whether it was introduced by a student back from a long weekend or by a member of the staff, it's difficult to know at this point in the investigation.A letter to the public from Stephen McClatchie, Mount Allison's vice-president, academic and research, suggests students began getting sick on Thursday. He says some were treated at Sackville Memorial Hospital, while others remained in their rooms. McLatchie says the school administration invited public health officials to investigate as soon as students began getting sick.

We are continuing to care for students, providing as much information as we can to them and to their parents about how to prevent further spread of the stomach flu-like symptoms,he said.Norwalk, which can hit cruise ships and other places where people live in close quarters, lasts about 24 to 48 hours and has no serious lingering effects.

Students got sick first

Students living in residence were the first to realize something was wrong earlier this week.There's a lot of people who have gotten sick,said first-year student Amanda Hughes.I know 30 people at Windsor [Hall] are sick from it, and a couple of kids from our house have been in the hospital.Another student, Mathew Moreau, says many students suspected food poisoning.There's been a lot of rumours now. The whole meal hall is deserted because no one exactly [knows] what is going on, so everyone is just dodging it at the moment,Moreau said. I went to lunch today and there was barely anyone there.Mount Allison spokeswoman Sheila Blagrave says tests have found nothing wrong with the food services. She says the university has e-mailed students with advice on avoiding infection through handwashing and cleanliness, and where to go for help if they get sick.Public health staff identified a gastrointestinal virus through samples taken from students and staff. Lab results to determine the type of virus should be available by Monday.

IDF Stepping Up Operations in the Gaza Strip
23:32 Oct 14, '06 / 22 Tishrei 5767
by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz(INN)

At least eleven Arab terrorists or accomplices have been killed since Friday. Palestinian Authority sources reported Saturday evening that IDF forces entered the Beit Hanoun area of northern Gaza.The IDF has intensified operations in Gaza in response to a sharp increase in Kassam rocket attacks into the western Negev towns, as well as stepped up attacks on IDF positions and units along the Gaza perimeter. Beit Hanoun has been a popular launching area for PA terrorists. A Fatah terrorist of the Tanzim militia was eliminated in an IDF airstrike today in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza.

Three PA residents were injured in the operation, which IDF sources said targeted a vehicle belonging to a cell involved in the ongoing Kassam rocket attacks on Jewish targets. In the early morning hours of Saturday, seven PA residents were killed in northern Gaza when an IDF missile struck the building they were in. On Friday, three Hamas terrorists were eliminated in an IDF airstrike on their car.

In other counterterror activities, IDF troops shot at members of a terrorist cell in Kabatiyeh, south of the PA city of Jenin. At least one of the cell members, who belonged to the Islamic Jihad, was reportedly injured. Two PA residents were captured by Israeli soldiers as they attempted to slip across the Gaza Strip perimeter defenses. The would-be infiltrators were transferred to General Security Services for interrogation.

PA sources put the count of Arab deaths as a result of IDF operations over the last three days at 19. The sources claimed that four of the fatalities are children and that one is a woman. The Izz A-Din Al-Kassam Brigades of Hamas claimed to have fired nine Yassin rockets, an RPG and eleven mortars at IDF forces in the northern Gaza Strip overnight.

The Hamas also claimed that it was responsible for the rocket attack on Sderot on Friday, in which three Israelis were lightly injured and ten others suffered shock.
The Islamic Jihad also claimed to have attacked IDF forces in Gaza overnight. The terrorist group released a statement saying its men fired an RPG at an IDF armored troop transport in an area east of Khan Younis. The Popular Resistance Committees and the Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades of the Fatah organization, which is headed by PA leader Mahmoud Abbas, announced that its fighters had fired six rockets at the IDF’s Kerem Shalom military base on Friday night. Fatah terrorists also claimed that they had fired two Aksa-2 rockets at the Negev city of Ofakim. In a related report from outside Israel, Egyptian security forces have arrested eight activists from the Muslim Brotherhood organization, which has been closely linked with Islamist terrorism. Egyptian sources said that the Brotherhood members were arrested for distributing pamphlets that encourage opposition to the current regime in Cairo,
headed by President Hosni Mubarak.Last Update: 23:32 October 14, 2006