CANADA GIVES GAZA MONEY

1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS. 2-Moderate earthquake rattles Indonesia 3-GASPE QUEBEC GETS 63 CM OF SNOW. 4-Environment Canada Weather Forecast VANCOUVER. 5-Hurricane-force winds batter Europe for 2nd day. 6-Floods swamp homes, roads in South Australia. 7-Torrential rains in Mozambique cause havoc, claim four lives. 8-Europe counts cost of storms as stricken freighter is beached. 9-Jordan wants peaceful nuclear program: King Abdullah. 10-Police probe Quebec bomb threat letter. 11-DNA confirms death of Abu Sayyaf chief. 12-Moving day: B'nai Israel goes to modern new home. 13-EU aid masks big bully tactics in developing world. 14-White beetle dazzles scientists. 15-Hamas leader offers 10-year truce with Israel. 16-MacKay pledges new money for Gaza crossing.

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.

WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)

Update time = Sun Jan 21 1:12:09 AM EDT

JAN 21 NO QUAKES YET

JAN 20,07
MAP 3.2 NORTHERN ALASKA
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JAN 19,07
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Moderate earthquake rattles Indonesia Fri Jan 19, 11:59 PM ET

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A moderate earthquake rocked parts of eastern Indonesia on Saturday but there were no reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued, officials said. The 5.9-magnitude quake was centered 80 miles-deep under the Banda Sea, 200 miles southeast of Ambon, the provincial capital of Mollucan islands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said that no tsunami warning had been issued.Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.In December 2004, a massive earthquake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island and triggered a tsunami that killed more than 131,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province alone and left half a million homeless.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

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.

ITS BEEN COOOOOOOOOLD WERE I LIVE TO AND I LOVE THE WARMTH. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT JUST GLOBAL WARMING FOLKS, GOD IS GIVING THE WORLD A REPENTENCE WAKE UP CALL.

GASPE QUEBEC GETS 63 CM OF SNOW

Environment Canada Weather Forecast
Forillon National Park - Gaspé - Percé
Issued at: 5.00 AM EST Saturday 20 January 2007

Snowfall warning in effect .Blowing snow warning in effect. Today..Snow and blowing snow. Amount 5 cm. Wind west 40 km/h gusting to 70. Temperature falling to minus 5 this afternoon. Tonight..Cloudy. A few flurries in Forillon Park. Blowing snow. Wind west 40 km/h gusting to 70. Low minus 14. Sunday..Cloudy with sunny periods. A few flurries in Forillon Park. Local blowing snow. Wind northwest 40 km/h gusting to 70. High minus 10. Monday..Sunny. Low minus 15. High minus 8. Tuesday..Cloudy with 70 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 16. High minus 8. Wednesday..A mix of sun and cloud. Low minus 10. High minus 4.
Normals for the period..Low minus 18. High minus 6.

Environment Canada Weather Forecast VANCOUVER
Greater Vancouver Issued at: 6.45 AM PST Saturday 20 January 2007

Today..A mix of sun and cloud. Fog patches dissipating late this morning. High 6. Tonight..Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning overnight except periods of wet snow over higher terrain. Low plus 1. Sunday..Periods of rain except periods of wet snow over higher terrain early in the morning. High plus 5. Monday..Rain. Low plus 3. High 6. Tuesday..Rain. Low plus 5. High 7. Wednesday..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Low plus 5. High 8. Normals for the period..Low plus 1. High 6.

Hurricane-force winds batter Europe for 2nd day
Britain and Germany hit hardest, with at least 46 dead overall in several countries
Last Updated: Friday, January 19, 2007 | 2:11 PM ET - CBC News

The worst storm in years is pounding Northern Europe, killing at least 46 people, knocking out power to millions and bringing most travel to a standstill.A man tries to walk along the shore Thursday as fierce winds and waves batter Blackpool, on England's west coast.(John Giles/PA/Associated Press) Britain and Germany were hit hardest, with snow, rain and wind gusts reaching up to 190 km/h in some areas on Thursday. Scotland saw up to 25 centimetres of snow.As the storm moved east on Friday, forecasters reported winds of 200 km/h.At least 14 people were reported dead in Britain alone, including a two-year-old boy who was killed by a falling wall in London.Winds of up to 160 km/h roared through England Thursday evening. Many roads in the capital were closed because of debris blowing off buildings.

Europe's busiest highway, the M-25 around London, had traffic jams stretching for kilometres after a single gust of wind in the early afternoon knocked three trucks onto their sides.Hundreds of flights, ferry and train trips were cancelled across Britain.The storm led to the deaths of at least three people in the Czech Republic, 12 in Germany, 14 in Britain, six in the Netherlands, three in France, two in Belgium and six in Poland.In Germany, those killed included an 18-month-old child hit by a terrace door that was ripped from its hinges.

Europeans cancel flights, train services

Strong winds in Germany forced dozens of flight cancellations, prompted the national railway to suspend services across the country, and shut schools.Strong winds toss the hair of a woman in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, as fierce storms swept across Europe.(Michael Probst/Associated Press) Most long-distance train services in Germany were suspended.Berlin's new main train station was shut down after a two-tonne girder was ripped out of its facade Thursday night. No one was injured.In Utrecht, the Netherlands, strong winds toppled a construction crane onto a university building, crumpling the roof and injuring six people.In Amsterdam, bicyclists were blown over or, in some cases, blown backward. The city's historic canals were littered with trash barrels, piles of toppled bikes and dozens of broken umbrellas.Traffic on the Eurostar, the train service connecting Britain to continental Europe through the Channel Tunnel, was suspended after an electrical cable holder fell onto the tracks near Lille in northern France, France's national railway company said.Eurostar was running full service again on Friday, after one early Paris-to-London train was cancelled. But British train companies warned of delays through the day as repairs were carried out.

Heathrow Airport cancels 280 flights

Heathrow Airport, Europe's largest, cancelled 280 flights on Thursday. Other major airports including Frankfurt, Munich, Amsterdam and Vienna reported delays and cancellations.In Ireland and Latvia, winds kept rescue crews from helping ships damaged or missing after storms earlier in the week.Seven fishermen from Ireland, Poland and Ukraine are missing and presumed dead off the Irish coast, while Latvian rescuers were unable to attempt to salvage a cargo ship that ran aground Tuesday off the Baltic port Ventspils and has been leaking oil.With files from the Associated Press

Floods swamp homes, roads in South Australia
Saturday, January 20, 2007 | 11:17 AM ET CBC News

Heavy rain has caused severe flooding in South Australia state, isolating four communities.The worst hit is the town of Hawker, where 150 millimetres of rain, seven times the January average, has fallen in the past three days.It's feared the entire town could be submerged by water from the local dam if the rain doesn't stop soon.Roads around the towns of Oodnadatta, Whyalla and Port Pirie were also closed by rising waters.In Oodnadatta, the local hospital said medical supplies were running low.The State Emergency Service is using thousands of sandbags to stem the flow of water into homes.As the outback storm moved east across Australia it also caused flooding in the states of New South Wales and Victoria, where drought conditions sparked several weeks of wildfires.

Torrential rains in Mozambique cause havoc, claim four lives Fri Jan 19, 1:57 PM ET

MAPUTO (AFP) - Four people have died, hundreds of homes destroyed and more than 6,000 affected by torrential rains in Mozambique over the last two days, officials said. One person was electrocuted to death yesterday at Dondo in the Sofala province while three others suffered a similar fate in the town of Quelimane in Zambezia province, Joao Ribeiro, deputy director of the National Disaster Management Institute said.In all, more than 6,000 people have been directly affected nationwide, he said, adding that some 1,200 shacks were washed away in the northern Nampula province and another 150 risked collapse.In the central Manica province, the rains damaged a dam under construction.A preliminary survey estimates the damage at 100,000 dollars (77,400 euros), Manica's governor Raimundo Diomba told AFP.The rainy season in Mozambique begins in December and usually lasts until March.
In early 2000, about 1,000 people lost their lives in floods that caused widespread devastation in the southern African nation, which is also struggling to rebuild after a 16-year civil war that ended in 1992.

Europe counts cost of storms as stricken freighter is beached JAN 20,07

LONDON (AFP) - Salvage crews were beaching a badly holed, waterlogged British freighter carrying hazardous cargo while Europe counted the cost of the deadly storms that battered the continent earlier in the week. Tens of thousands of homes across Europe were still without power on Saturday.The MSC Napoli container ship was deliberately run aground on the southwest English coast to stop it from breaking apart in the English Channel, one of the world's busiest waterways.The 62,000-tonne cargo ship was transporting 2,394 containers, whose contents included 1,700 tonnes of hazardous industrial and agricultural chemicals.French officials said a long oil slick had spilt from the vessel into the English Channel.The MSC Napoli has suffered serious structural failure, said the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency.The large cracks on both sides of the ship have worsened. The stern of the ship is gradually settling lower in the water and deteriorating.

Risk assessments have been carried out and continually updated. The priority is to gain as much shelter as possible and keep the vessel in one piece. Therefore the decision has been made to beach the vessel and ballast it down east of Sidmouth.The beaching location was selected based on minimising the impact of any spillage and enabling salvage work to remove the vessel and cargo to take place, the MCA said.The 275-metre (900-foot) container ship developed long gashes on both sides just above the water line during stormy weather on Thursday and has since been under tow.Television footage showed the ship, registered in London and owned by the Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company, with its stern low in the water close to the shoreline in Lyme Bay.The Napoli was being hauled by two French tug boats, whose progress was hampered by rough seas and the cargo ship's jammed rudder.
When the engine room flooded and the vessel began listing badly, the 26-man crew abandoned ship. Three British Sea King helicopters winched them to safety from their lifeboat in nine-metre (30-feet) high waves and flew them to a navy base in southern England.Calmer weather returned to Europe on Saturday but tens of thousands of homes in England, Germany and apparently Poland were still without power.

Around 19,000 households in eastern England had no electricity.

In Germany, where the storms claimed 11 lives, around 12,000 of the 60,000 homes whose power was cut were still in the dark, 10,000 of them in the central state of Thuringia.Our objective is to reconnect all the 55 areas concerned between now and this evening, said Olaf Werner, a spokesman for German energy group E.ON.German rail services were largely back to normal after the appalling weather forced the Deutsche Bahn national railway company on Thursday to suspend all services for the first time in its history.In Poland where the storms killed six and injured 30, including nine emergency service workers it was unclear how many households were still in the dark. There is no information on the number of homes still without electricity this morning but on Friday afternoon, 800,000 were without power," fire brigade spokesman Dariusz Malinowski told AFP.

The new terminal of Warsaw's Okecia airport, which had been damaged, remained partially closed. The Netherlands was also counting the cost of the storms, which killed seven there. Insurers in the low-lying kingdom said their bill could come to at least 160 million euros (208 million dollars). That sum did not include damage to Amsterdam's Schiphol airport and the railways, which could add another 40 million euros to the bill. In Ukraine, the emergency situations ministry said one woman had been killed on Friday by a falling tree, power lines had been damaged and telephone connections severed. Russian oil deliveries to European Union countries were interrupted on Friday after high winds knocked out electricity at a pumping station on the section of a pipeline that transits Ukraine.

NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.

ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).

ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

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

JOEL 2:20,30
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD 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.

NOTICE ALL THE COUNTRIES THAT WANT NUCLEAR POWER IN THE MIDEAST LATELY SAUDI ARABIA, NOW JORDAN, EGYPT, ALL BECAUSE OF IRAN. WW3 IS GETTING SET UP QUICKLY TO BE FULFILLED.

COUNTRIES WITH ISRAEL

EZEKIEL 38:10-19
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.
13 Sheba, and Dedan,(SAUDIA ARABIA) and the merchants of Tarshish,(ENGLAND) with all the young lions thereof,(USA,CANADA,AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,EU,ENGLISH SPEAKING shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

Jordan wants peaceful nuclear program: King Abdullah
CBC News JAN 20,07

Jordan is pursuing plans to develop a nuclear program for peaceful purposes, King Abdullah told an Israeli newspaper.In an interview published Friday in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the Jordanian ruler said the rules have changed on the nuclear issue, noting Egypt and several Gulf states would like nuclear programs.King Abdullah II of Jordan, left, shown here with Iraqi Vice-President Tareq Al-Hashimi at the Royal Palace in Amman on Thursday, said the linch-pin for peace in the region is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (Yousef Allan, Jordan Royal Palace/ Associated Press) We are actually looking at nuclear power for peaceful and energy purposes. We've been discussing it with the West, said Abdullah.While Jordan would rather see a nuclear-free zone, he said countries with such programs have responsibilities.I personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction.What's expected from us should be a standard across the board. We want to make sure this is used for energy. What we don't want is an arms race to come out of this. As we become part of an international body and its international regulations are accepted by all of us, then we become a united front.

The comments marked the first time Abdullah spoke openly about desires for a Jordanian nuclear program for peaceful purposes.

As signatories of the 1968 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, the U.S., Russia, the U.K., France and China are the only countries in the world officially recognized as nuclear weapons states.Israel is widely believed to have nuclear weapons, while India, Pakistan and North Korea have tested nuclear weapons. Washington believes Iran is developing a nuclear weapons program.

Israeli-Palestinian conflict linchpin

In speaking about the general security situation in the Middle East, Abdullah said peace between Israel and the Palestinians was the key to broader Middle East stability. Jordan has a peace deal with Israel, with which it shares a border.All of us are looking at Iraq with concern. We don't know what's going to happen in Lebanon, although we hope that they're moving in the right direction, he told the paper.Whether people like it or not, the linchpin is always the Israeli-Palestinian problem.Abdullah also said Iran, through its support of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, has carved out a role for itself in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Hamas won a surprise victory in parliamentary elections last year.With files from the Associated Press

WORLD TERRORISM

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

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

2 PETER 3:7
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men

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

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

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

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

Police probe Quebec bomb threat letter Fri Jan 19, 10:48 AM ET

MONTREAL (Reuters) - Police said on Friday they are investigating a threatening letter that claims to come from a violent Quebec militant group, but said there are no clues whether the group exists, or whether the threat is real. Police said the letter, dated January 15, threatens to place bombs at strategic targets of importance between February 15 and March 15, seeking maximum impact. That could include airports, roads, railways and shopping centers in the Montreal area.We have no indication that they are able to carry out what they threaten, said Corporal Luc Bessette, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Is a hoax? That's possible. Is is real? That's possible too. The RCMP takes seriously all threats against our citizens.The letter was addressed to Quebec Premier Jean Charest, French President Jacques Chirac and mayors in Montreal area towns and boroughs that have large numbers of English-speaking residents. It is similar to another letter sent November 15.The letterhead of the document refers to the Camille Laurin cell of the Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ), a militant separatist group that conducted a deadly series of bombings in Montreal during the 1960s and kidnapped several people in 1970, one of whom was later found dead.

There were generally no warning letters before those incidents.

Camille Laurin was a Quebec cabinet minister largely credited with creating language laws and regulations that restricted the use of English on signs in the mainly French-speaking Canadian province.Laurin died in 1999 and there is no indication that an FLQ cell named after him actually exists.The threatening letter comes as Quebec appears headed for a provincial election in the spring.
Public opinion polls indicate that the ruling Liberals, who want the province of 7.4 million to remain part of Canada, will be in a close contest with the opposition Parti Quebecois, which wants Quebec to separate.

DNA confirms death of Abu Sayyaf chief By OLIVER TEVES, Associated Press Writer JAN 20,07

MANILA, Philippines - DNA tests confirmed the death of the leader of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf terror group that was responsible for the beheading of a California tourist and the kidnapping of two American missionaries, officials said Saturday.

The Abu Sayyaf leader, Khadaffy Janjalani, was killed in September in fighting with U.S.-backed Philippine troops, who also killed Janjalani's possible successor in an operation on Tuesday.The deaths of Janjalani and Abu Sulaiman, who was wanted in the abduction of the three Americans and the deaths of two of them, mark a major victory in the campaign against Islamic militants in the south of the archipelago after years of bombings and kidnappings.The FBI conducted the tests on remains found buried in the jungles of southern Jolo island in December, comparing the DNA with that of Janjalani's imprisoned brother, said military Chief of Staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon.The Armed Forces of the Philippines is proud to announce that we have neutralized the center of gravity of terrorism in the Philippines, Esperon said.

Martin and Gracia Burnham, a missionary couple from Wichita, Kan., and Guillermo Sobero of Corona, Calif., were taken by Abu Sayyaf from a resort island in May 2001. Sobero was beheaded by the militants and Martin Burnham was killed during a military rescue in June 2002 in which his wife was wounded.The U.S. Embassy said Janjalani's death marks an important and positive step forward in the ultimate goal of eliminating the ruthless and dangerous Abu Sayyaf group, and in destroying its links with international terrorist groups, such as Indonesian-based Jemaah Islamiyah. Police warned that Abu Sayyaf could stage retaliatory attacks.It is like wounded animal or a fighting cock it can still throw a kick, said Romeo Ricardo, chief of the national police Intelligence Group.

Janjalani, who had a $5 million U.S. bounty for his capture or death, escaped from police detention in 1995. He took over Abu Sayyaf from his older brother, group founder Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani, after he was killed in 1998.Abu Sayyaf has been linked to several deadly attacks in the Philippines, including a 2004 bombing that gutted a ferry, killing 116 people.The group, which is believed to have about 400 followers and says it is fighting to establish a separate Muslim state in the southern Philippines, has also carried out mass kidnappings. Among them was the seizure of dozens of students and teachers in the southern island province of Basilan in 2000, and the abduction of 17 Filipinos and the three Americans.Janjalani was killed in a clash with soldiers on southern Jolo island on Sept. 4, about a month after the military launched a major offensive backed by U.S. troops, which provide training and intelligence support.The offensive on Jolo, about 600 miles south of Manila, has targeted Janjalani, Sulaiman, and two top Indonesian terror suspects blamed for the October 2002 Bali, Indonesia, bombings that killed 202 people.Associated Press Writers Jim Gomez and Hrvoje Hranjski contributed to this report.

Saturday, January 20, 2007
Moving day: B'nai Israel goes to modern new home
By DAVID YONKE - BLADE RELIGION EDITOR

It's a bittersweet weekend for Congregation B'nai Israel.Members of the Conservative Jewish synagogue, the oldest in the Toledo area, will say goodbye to their temple on Kenwood Boulevard tomorrow and move into a sparkling new $4 million facility in Sylvania.

On the one hand, it will be sad leaving the synagogue in the Old Orchard neighborhood where B'nai Israel has been since 1955, but on the other hand, it is a joyous occasion to move into the new building, said Miriam Beckerman, a member of the temple's Torah relocation committee.I've only been here 15 years, but for some people, like my daughter who will be 17 next month, this is the only synagogue they've ever known, Ms. Beckerman said this week. It's sad to be leaving the old temple, but look what we're moving into! She raised both hands to point out the beauty of the new building's main sanctuary.

Circular in shape, with a central platform - called a bema - surrounded by rows of movable chairs, the room is brightly lighted by the sun's rays that stream through clerestory and stained glass windows.The carpet is a light purple and the oak chairs are padded with purple cloth. The sanctuary walls are trimmed with oak and matching acoustical panels.Verses from the Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3, To everything there is a season..are carved in Hebrew into stone squares that encircle the room.At the south end of the sanctuary is another bema, above which hangs the Ner Tamid, or eternal light. In the old building, the Ner Tamid was a symbolic electric light. Here it is an actual flame of fire burning from a natural gas line.A crying room, suggested by Rabbi Barry Leff's wife, Lauri Donahue, provides a place where mothers can nurse babies in peace while looking directly into the sanctuary through a one-way window.Rabbi Leff said he and leaders of the synagogue visited other newly built synagogues for medium-sized Conservative congregations in New Jersey, Florida, and Detroit to gather ideas for their building.For a rabbi, this is a once-in -a-lifetime opportunity, he said. We wanted to look at the best synagogues in the country.The building was designed by Abraham Musher-Eizenman, an architect who is a member of B'nai Israel, and he emphasized a building that is flexible with space that can be adapted for different purposes.At 19,700 square feet, the new building is about half the size of the one on Kenwood Boulevard, Rabbi Leff said. By using partitions, movable walls, and free-standing chairs, its sanctuary, classrooms, and social hall can all be moved as needed.

Normally, the sanctuary will seat about 200, but during the High Holy Days the rear wall can be opened and the seating arranged to accommodate 600 people.Hazzan James Gloth said acoustic engineers helped set up the room for optimal sound, although he is eager to test it in an actual service.Tomorrow, the synagogue will hold an Ark to Ark service, removing 13 Torah scrolls from the ark in the old building and placing them into the ark in the new temple.Ms. Beckerman said the scrolls will be carried under a chuppa, or tent-like structure often associated with weddings.The ceremony will include a procession, a shofar blast with people sounding the shofar, or ram's horn, and placement of the scrolls into the ark, followed by a social gathering.One of the innovations unique to B'nai Israel is an LCD monitor set into a light-gold stone section outside the sanctuary that will be used for yartzeit, a Jewish tradition of remembering the anniversary of a person's death. In the old building, each name had a brass plaque with an electric light that was lit during the anniversary week. In the new facility, the names of the deceased will be illuminated on the LCD screen during the week of the anniversary, and the names will be on permanent display on plaques inside the sanctuary.

B'nai Israel was organized around the time of the Civil War and celebrated its centenary in 1966. It sold the Kenwood Boulevard property to the University of Toledo Foundation in 2004 for $1.75 million.The weekend celebration will include a farewell concert tonight at 8 in the old temple, 2727 Kenwood Blvd., by noted Jewish singer Neshama Carlebach. Tomorrow, the event begins at 1 p.m. at the Kenwood Boulevard temple and then will proceed to the new venue, located in the rear of the Jewish Community Center campus, 6465 West Sylvania Ave., Sylvania.Contact David Yonke at:dyonke@theblade.comor 419-724-6154.

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

[Comment] EU aid masks big bully tactics in developing world
19.01.2007 - 09:32 CET | By Florent Sebban

EUOBSERVER / COMMENT - When rich nations impose an agenda tailor-made for their own interests on poorer ones, there is only one word that aptly describes their tactics: bullying. One of the topics addressed at this year's World Social Forum in Nairobi (20-25 January) will be how the European Commission resorts to bullying in its relations with developing countries. In public relations exercises, the EU institutions like to portray themselves as best friends of the poor. On a superficial level, this looks like an accurate depiction. At €46 billion per year - €6 billion of which is channeled through the Commission – the EU is the world's biggest donor of official development assistance (ODA). Thanks to decisions taken in 2005, the Union is scheduled to provide 66% of all ODA by 2010, with the Commission handling twice as much aid as the World Bank. But if you delve beneath the spin, the reality is that the Commission can be the kind of friend who twists the arms and pulls the ears of developing countries until they accept exactly what the Brussels bureaucracy wants. This is despite how Louis Michel and Benita Ferrero Waldner, the commissioners for development and external relations, repeatedly refer to recipients of EU aid as their partners and insist that they have ownership of EU-financed projects. Earlier this month, the European Parliament began examining a series of country strategy papers drawn up by the Commission for spending aid in its partners over the 2007-13 period. In theory, these were drafted following extensive consultations with governments, parliaments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in recipient countries.

What about health and education?

However, there are several examples to illustrate how the Commission ignored the views of those consulted. Perhaps worst of all, it has been known to overrule calls for health and education to be prioritised in the expenditure of EU aid, even though these are of fundamental importance for attaining the UN's Millennium Development Goals of dramatically reducing extreme poverty by 2015.

In November, Jamaica's then Ambassador to the EU Evadne Coye gave a detailed account of the consultation which occurred when the strategy paper for her country was being prepared. Coye said that one issue that was raised by the Jamaican participants in all consultations was that education had to be a top priority, with the emphasis placed particularly on primary schooling, the training of the teachers and addressing children with special needs. Yet Coye said that the Commission then told her government that education must only be a component in one of two central themes for the strategy paper. As a result, education would be subsumed as part of a general area called 'governance'; the second focal area would be known as competitiveness, and would be geared towards supporting Jamaica adapt to the Economic Partnership Agreements which the Commission is negotiating with countries in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) bloc. While the Commission is correct to demand that there should be good governance and a crackdown on corruption in developing countries, it is taking a narrow view of what 'governance' entails. Surely, meeting the basic health and literacy needs of a population is a prerequisite for good governance and should be central to the EU's development aid activities.

Promoting Western firms interests

In Nairobi, Eurostep, a network of European NGOs, will be presenting a series of case studies on EU aid to Africa. These illustrate how the Commission has promoted the narrow interests of Western firms, rather than those of Africa's poorest citizens. A strategy paper for Burundi, for example, overlooks a national pledge of guaranteeing free primary schooling to all children. Meanwhile, in Cameroon, the Commission has decided to make a totally inappropriate use of development assistance by diverting part of it to promoting trade. Peter Mandelson, the trade commissioner, unveiled an external competitiveness strategy for Europe in October. European companies must be enabled to gain access to, and to operate securely, in world markets, he said. That is our agenda.

During recent contacts with the Pacific region, high-ranking Commission officials made it clear that the region's governments will only receive additional aid if they sign Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the Union. These accords would severely limit the ability of ACP countries to choose the development model they deem necessary for their own people and economies. Last month, a grouping of anti-poverty activists known as the Africa Trade Network said that the conduct of the EPA talks so far reinforced concerns that their aim is to deregulate developing countries in favour of European investors and that the Commission has rejected all studies on the potential effects of the accords whose outcomes it does not like.Before they next trumpet their commitment to ending poverty, the European Commission and EU governments should examine the criticisms directed towards them in Nairobi. If they analyses these seriously, they might just realise that friends to the poor should not behave as bullies.

Florent Sebban, a policy adviser with Eurostep, a network of organisations specialising in EU-financed development cooperation, is currently participating in the World Social Forum.

SIGNS OF THE END OF THE AGE (NOT THE WORLD) THE WORLD GOES ON FOREVER.

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)

White beetle dazzles scientists JAN 20,07
The researchers looked at the beetle close up

A dazzling insect could help the development of brilliant white, ultra-thin materials, a study suggests. The finger-tip sized Cyphochilus beetle, found in south-east Asia, had a shell whiter than most other materials found in nature, UK researchers said.

Close inspection reveals a unique surface structure covered with scales 10 times thinner than human hair. A report in Science magazine claims mimicking these scales could provide a range of applications for industry. When I put them under the electron microscope, it was like another world had opened up Dr Pete Vukusic, Exeter University Such pure bright whiteness is uncommon in insects, explained lead scientist Dr Pete Vukusic of Exeter University. You do see the odd bit of whiteness here and there, mainly in butterflies, but the whiteness is really incomparable with this little beetle.In the study of the insect, Vukusic's team used a number of techniques such as optical microscopy, laser analysis and spectrometry. The researchers found, according to the International Organization for Standardization measurements, the beetle was much brighter and whiter than milk and the average human tooth.

Another world

But, said Dr Vukusic, the group also wanted to find out the sort of system that would physically create such dazzling whiteness.

And when I put them under the electron microscope, it was like another world had opened up; it was totally remarkable. The team found out why the beetles were so white.The researchers found the beetle's shell was covered with ultra-thin scales, measuring just five micrometres (millionths of a metre), with highly random internal 3D structures. This irregular structure, explained Dr Vukusic, was the cause of the beetle's whiteness.While colour, he explained, could be created through highly ordered structures, whiteness is achieved through very random features that scatter all colours simultaneously. The degree of whiteness given the scales' thinness is the really impressive thing, Dr Vukusic added. We can create this quality of white synthetically, but the materials need to be much thicker. This could have many applications. The researchers believe industry might draw inspiration from the beetle to enhance the whiteness of synthetic objects, such as papers, plastics, paints or white-light displays. The team thinks the beetle evolved to be so white because the colour provides camouflage in amongst the white fungi common to where it is found.

LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

IF THE FUTURE CONTRACT IS TO WORK OUT, IT HAS TO BE A 7 YEAR CONTRACT AND THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS TO DO THE CONTRACT. THIS IS JUST THE ARABS PLAYIN HEADS GAMES AGAIN. AND BESIDES IT HAS TO BE A LAND FOR PEACE DEAL.

Hamas leader offers 10-year truce with Israel
But terror group tells WND of long-term plan to destroy Jewish state
January 20, 2007 - 4:12 p.m. Eastern - By Aaron Klein - WorldNetDaily.com

JERUSALEM -- Hamas is willing to accept a temporary Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and eastern sections of Jerusalem in exchange for a 10-year truce with Israel, Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of the Hamas-led Palestinian government, announced today. But top Hamas officials and spokesmen for the terror group told WND the truce was meant to show some flexibility to the international community. They said Hamas' goal of destroying Israel had not changed, and that the terror group has a 10-year plan to build a large army and defeat the Jewish state. We are with liberating any inch of Palestine, but we will not close the door for the next generation, because the weak don't always stay weak, and the strong won't stay strong, Haniyeh said today in a televised address, explaining his 10-year truce proposal. His comments come as the U.S. is set to mediate a meeting within the next few weeks between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to begin discussions on establishing a Palestinian state.

Haniyeh's statements could be seized upon by Abbas as proof Israel can make peace with the Palestinians even while Hamas runs the Palestinian government. But Hamad al-Ruqb, a top Hamas spokesman, said Hamas is working to destroy the entire state of Israel: Hamas will be able to free most of the territories of the historical Palestine occupied in 1948 (the state of Israel) and bring back the Palestinian refugees to their lands and houses. This step will be followed by a struggle to release the rest of the lands that will remain under occupation, al-Ruqb said. Al-Raqb said Hamas has a 10-year plan to defeat Israel that includes setting up a massive army comprised of all Palestinian factions that would train for a period of ten years. A senior Hamas official in the Palestinian parliament told WND al-Raqb's remarks were proof Hamas has not abandoned its main goal of destroying Israel.

The legislative member, who spoke on condition his name be withheld, slammed attempts by Abbas to present Hamas to the international community as a movement that would recognize a peace agreement with the Jewish state. Fatah attempts to present Hamas like a movement that gave up its ideology in order to keep its power, but these attempts failed. You see with the calls for a truce that Hamas can show some flexibility in its tactical policy but the strategic goals [of defeating Israel] are unchanged, the Hamas official said. Abu Abdullah, considered one of the most important operational members of Hamas' so-called military wing, told WND Hamas is preparing for a military confrontation with Israel in spite of Haniyeh's calls for a 10-year truce. The efforts in the field of preparations are running very well, Abu Abdullah said. He said other Palestinian factions, including parts of Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Fatah's declared military wing, are sharing their knowledge, their technological experience, connections and trainings with us. Abu Abdullah confirmed recent reports members of Hamas and other Palestinian organizations have been receiving training abroad, although he would not list specific locations.

WND earlier this month quoted Israeli and Palestinian intelligence officials stating Hamas members traveled to Iran and Lebanon for advanced military training. Haniyeh's calls for a 10-year truce with Israel in exchange for the West Bank, Gaza and parts of Jerusalem come exactly one year after WND conducted a well-circulated exclusive interview in which a top Hamas leader said his group would make public a peace initiative offering to trade strategic land with Israel, cease attempts to capture parts of Jerusalem, and sign a 10-year renewable cease-fire with the Jewish state. But the Hamas leader said the plan, which he justified using Islamic tradition, is a temporary machination to ease international and U.S. hostility toward his group. We will be ready for a long interim agreement based on a period of cease-fire that can go to 10 or even 15 years like it was done by the Prophet Muhammad with the enemies of the Muslims. During this period we will build our state on the strong basis of honor and with an honest administration, the top Hamas leader said. Hamas officials, including overall Hamas leader Khaled Meshal, who resides in Syria, formulated a peace proposal they said would be acceptable to their group in which the Palestinians would offer to trade certain lands with Israel, the top Hamas official revealed. With the territories we will be ready to discuss the possibility that the three big settlement compounds will remain under the power of the occupation (Israel) and in exchange we will receive territories for the Palestinian independent state, said the Hamas leader.

The leader told WND the three settlements he was referring to are Ariel and Gush Etzion, two large regions in the West Bank that contain many of the area's major Jewish communities, and western and peripheral sections of Jerusalem, which he said Hamas considers Israeli settlements. Hamas, in exchange, would want the eastern sections of Jerusalem, the parts of the southern Israeli Negev desert that border the Gaza Strip and the Jordan Valley, which extends from outside Jerusalem toward Jordan and encompasses most of Israel's major water supplies. The Hamas official said his group would be willing to compromise on its territorial demands. We are most interested in Jerusalem and the Negev, the leader said. The leader then justified the Hamas peace plan using Islamic history. The Muslim hero Saladin gave up land when he gave Acco to the Crusaders in order to keep Jerusalem. Therefore, I say that the possibility of the exchange of territories existed already in the history of Islam and it cohabitates with our principle that all of Palestine is a dedicated land from Allah, may he be blessed to the Muslims, and no one has the right to give up any part of it, said the leader. The leader insisted the policies are based on the formulation Hamas will not be able to defeat Israel in the near future, but he said his group is confident it ultimately will be victorious. I do not see the Palestinian people and Islamic nation succeeding to liberate this blessed land of Palestine in the very near future, he said. This is an Islamic land and the Jews are invited to live in Palestine and the Muslims will guaranty their safety and honor. ... But we will never give up our right for the whole of Palestine. We should be realistic to admit that the mission for the liberation of Palestine will pass on to the coming generations.

MacKay pledges new money for Gaza crossing
Last Updated: Saturday, January 20, 2007 | 4:45 PM ET CBC News

Canada has pledged $1.2 million to buy equipment for the Karni border crossing in the Gaza Strip, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay announced on Saturday.MacKay made the announcement after travelling to Jerusalem for a meeting with Lt.-Gen Keith Dayton, the U.S. security co-ordinator for the region.Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shake hands with Canada's Foreign Minister Peter MacKay in Amman, Jordan on Friday. (Nader Daoud/Associated Press) The money will be spent on unspecified equipment to help goods and services move more freely in and out of Gaza.

Canadians make up about a fifth of Dayton's staff.

MacKay met earlier on Saturday in Amman with Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit and Foreign Minister Abdul-Ilah al-Khatib on day two of his five-day trip to Jordan, Israel and the occupied territories.Jordan, as one of only two Arab peace partners of Israel the other is Egypt has an effective role to play in solving the long-simmering conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, MacKay said.MacKay said his first Middle East tour got off to a productive start on Friday with a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman.It was very much an opportunity for me to listen, and that again is behind my visit here to the region, he said. There's an accumulated knowledge in our country and an experience that many Canadians bring to this, and that's what I hope to do, as well.The Canadian foreign minister expressed a willingness to accept every possible effort in order to see to it that the road map [peace plan] is fully implemented, said Saeb Erekat, chief Palestinian negotiator.On Sunday, MacKay will visit Bethlehem, which is in the shadow of the security barrier that winds around the town. He'll also meet with the Israeli prime minister, deputy prime minister and foreign minister.