MIDEAST WAR CLOSE

1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS.2-Erie, Ontario lake-effect snows continue. 3-Huge mudflow inevitable from NZ volcano's lake. 4-Africa inspires us, says Abbas. 5-Jewish Rabbi: Vibrant Christianity in America is the West's Only Hope. 6-Obama Site Removes Pastor's Endorsement. 7-London wants EU to celebrate enlargement in birthday text. 8-Prague and Warsaw brief Merkel on EU charter plans. 9-Religious leaders seek more vigorous U.S. role in Mideast peace 10-Is the Mideast Headed for Apocalyptic War?

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 = Tue Jan 30 12:07 AM EDT

JAN 29,07
MAP 2.7 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.7 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 2.7 GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 5.3 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
MAP 2.6 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.7 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 4.4 COSTA RICA
MAP 4.9 MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
MAP 4.3 OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
MAP 4.0 OFFSHORE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO
MAP 4.9 COLOMBIA
MAP 3.3 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.4 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.6 TONGA

JAN 28,07
MAP 2.7 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 3.0 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.3 BANDA SEA
MAP 3.5 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 2.7 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 5.8 MOLUCCA SEA
MAP 2.7 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 2.8 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 2.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 4.7 FIJI
MAP 4.6 TONGA
MAP 5.4 MOLUCCA SEA
MAP 3.5 MONA PASSAGE, PUERTO RICO
MAP 4.8 EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 3.6 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 2.7 CENTRAL ALASKA

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.

Erie, Ontario lake-effect snows continue B. Bernard, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Mon Jan 29, 1:09 PM ET

Lake-effect snows continue to unload on parts of New York state and Pennsylvania this afternoon. Four to eight inches of additional snowfall are forecast for parts of western New York, generally south of Buffalo, and that would bring totals in a few spots up to two feet by this evening. Another six to ten inches are expected southeast of the eastern end of Lake Ontario by this evening. By tomorrow morning, some locations there could have a foot or more of fresh snow on the ground. Elsewhere, areas of light snow and snow showers extend from the northern Plains to the western Great Lakes as a clipper system (fast-moving weak storm) ushers in a reinforcing blast of arctic air. In the South, the cold air already in place has prompted the issuance of freeze warnings for tonight and early tomorrow for most of Florida and southern Georgia.

EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
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 (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Huge mudflow inevitable from NZ volcano's lake Mon Jan 29, 12:50 AM ET

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A crater lake on a New Zealand volcano used as a backdrop in the Lord of the Rings films is on the verge of collapsing and could send a torrent of muddy water down the mountain in coming weeks, media reported on Monday. Melting snow on Mount Ruapehu has filled the lake to within 1.5 metres (5 feet) of its lip, according to the New Zealand Herald newspaper.The 2,797-meter (9,177-feet) volcano is the highest mountain in the North Island and home to two commercial ski fields.Scientists say a lahar, or mudflow composed of volcanic material and water, is inevitable as warm summer weather causes the snow to melt and fill the lake.It is still expected the earliest the dam might start collapsing to create a lahar down the Whangaehu River is February/March, the Herald quoted a Department of Conservation official as saying.

On December 24, 1953, a lahar rushing down the Whangaehu River destroyed a railway bridge, causing a packed passenger train to plunge into the river, killing 151 people on board.Since then, a barrier of boulders and gravel has been built to divert any lahar flowing into the river. No major towns would be in its path.Mount Ruapehu, which last erupted in 1995 and 1996, creating the present crater dam, is in Tongariro National Park, where Peter Jackson filmed some scenes for his Lord of the Rings.

Africa inspires us, says Abbas .Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas has told African leaders that their fight for independence served as an inspiration to his people’s quest for statehood
By Chris Otton JAN 29,07

ADDIS ABABA - Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas has told African leaders that their fight for independence served as an inspiration to his people’s quest for statehood.Calling the Palestinians the last victims of colonialism, Abbas said he remained confident the long road to independence would be completed but also acknowledged that hope was diminishing as a result of Israeli policies and internal divisions.The support which you have provided our people has re-inforced our hope and belief that the fight for independence and setting up of an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital will be achieved, Abbas said in a keynote speech at the African Union (AU) summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.The fight of African leaders to free themselves from colonialism and racism is a great source of inspiration to our people who are the last people to still be the victims of colonialism.

The African Union has been one of the most steadfast supporters of the Palestinian cause.

In a report released at the ongoing smmit by its executive council, the AU launched a scathing attack on Israel for its repressive measures, inhumane aggressions and all state terrorism acts perpetrated against defenceless Palestinian civilians.The same report also attacked Israel’s targeted killing.operations against leading Palestinian militants, ongoing invasions to the majority of the Palestinian territories as well as the heinous crimes and massacres.The AU includes a number of Arab countries, including Egypt which is one of the few Muslim countries to have diplomatic relations with Israel.Abbas’s address came amid fresh violence back in the Middle East with a suicide bomb going off in Israel’s Red Sea resort of Eilat and rival Palestinian factions clashing again in Gaza despite agreeing to Saudi-mediated talks.Abbas said that events in Gaza, where 30 people have been killed in four days in the worst bout of internecine violence in a year, were tragic.

These tragic events and internal killings stem mainly from the existence of numerous authorities, he said in reference to the rivalry between official security services which he controls and rival forces loyal to the government of the Islamist movement Hamas.We will not allow any civil war as Palestinian blood is sacred, he added.Abbas also reiterated his threat issued in December to call early elections if the disputes between Hamas and Fatah are not resolved and he cannot find agreement on the formation of a national unity cabinet.The alternative would be to refer to the people and organise legislative and presidential elections, he said.Hamas, which beat Abbas’s Fatah movement by a landslide in parliamentary elections a year ago, has warned the president against calling a fresh ballot.Sapa-AFP

Jewish Rabbi: Vibrant Christianity in America is the West's Only Hope JAN 29,07

The Christian Post reports that a nationally renowned Jewish rabbi said he believes that America has provided Jews with the most prosperous period in their entire history. And the reason is because America is a Christian nation. Rabbi Daniel Lapin, in an interview with Dr. D. James Kennedy, expressed gratitude to Christians who ensure that Christianity remains strong in America. I would say ... a strong, vibrant, American Christianity is the only hope of protecting Western Civilization, Lapin stressed. Kennedy agreed, saying he does not know what else is going to stop militant Islam, communism and other ideologies. Lapin, noted, however, a widespread bigotry against Christianity in America. Lapin also addressed the subject and classifications of Judaism, making it clear that Judaism is not a matter of racial background.

Obama Site Removes Pastor's Endorsement JAN 29,07

An official website encouraging Sen. Barack Obama to run for president on Friday removed a prominent California pastor from its unapproved list of celebrity endorsements of the Illinois Democrat. As CNSNews.com previously reported, the website DraftObama.org on Thursday unveiled a list of 17 celebrities who work hard for a better America and have made statements in support of Senator Obama. The list compiled the public statements of 17 celebrities expressing admiration for Obama, a first-term senator who is considering a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. The list originally included Rick Warren, pastor of the 20,000-member Saddleback Valley Community Church. The site included excerpts from an interview Warren gave to CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, in which the bestselling author called Obama an amazing man and said he has the potential to be president because he has good character. Conservative Christian groups had criticized Warren for allowing Obama to speak at the church's AIDS conference in November because of Obama's support for abortion rights.

London wants EU to celebrate enlargement in birthday text
29.01.2007 - 09:28 CET | By Mark Beunderman

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The UK wants the EU's 50th anniversary declaration to mark the union's historic expansion to the East after the fall of communism.Talking to EUobserver last week, Britain's Europe Minister Geoff Hoon said London wants to prominently mention enlargement in the EU leaders' Berlin declaration to be signed on 25 March, commemorating the 1957 Treaty of Rome which laid the foundation for the current EU.I think this is an important occasion (...) It is particularly important it should be taking place in Berlin, because key changes in recent times have followed the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Warsaw Pact, he said, mentioning the reunification of Germany and EU accession of many ex-communist states. The EU has provided an important focal point for these countries, it has driven their ambition, they've made reforms and changes perhaps more quickly then they would have done [otherwise] in order to become members of the European Union.Enlargement was not specifically mentioned by European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso when he recently listed his own top-five topics to be included in the birthday statement - solidarity, accountability, security of European citizens and promoting European values in the world.German chancellor Angela Merkel, who currently chairs the EU, has said she supports Mr Barroso's five points, with German officials currently holding a round of confidential talks with EU capitals on what kind of declaration they would like to see. Berlin views the content of the declaration as tightly linked to its efforts to revive the EU constitution, which London has refused to ratify after French and Dutch voters rejected the charter in 2005, seeking a slimmed-down treaty instead.

Croatia joining without treaty?

Mr Hoon's plea for enlargement illustrates London's determination to keep the topic on the agenda - despite claims by Ms Merkel that the bloc cannot expand further before it has a constitution. Those who are so much in favour of enlargement must know, if at the same time they are sceptical about the constitutional process, that we can not move forward on the present basis, the chancellor said earlier this month. But to Britain, this link is not that clear-cut, Mr Hoon indicated, not wanting to rule out Croatia's future membership without a fully-fledged EU treaty in place. There is one obvious area in which Croatia does make a difference and that is the question of the number of commissioners, because the [current EU] Nice treaty said that once the EU went beyond Romania and Bulgaria, there would have to be fewer commissioners than from each member state, said Mr Hoon.

What is not clear is how that would be implemented in practice.

Asked whether he backs Croatian ideas to handle the issue by means of a technical clause in Zagreb's accession treaty - as an alternative to a new EU treaty - he stated I know there are people who have suggested that.I don't rule it out, but I think that given the political importance of the treaty ... it is quite important that there should be a discussion more generally than in the context of an accession treaty.There should be a public discussion about treaty amendmends and I think that people might feel that if it were put in the context of an accession treaty, perhaps that would be a way of avoiding that sort of public discussion.

All options open

Meanwhile London wants to keep its options open also on the question of whether or not to hold a referendum on a newly-styled EU constitution - a pledge it made when it signed the current version of the charter in 2004. If we brought back the constitutional treaty in its present form, we've made clear that that would require a referendum, according to Mr Hoon. Having said that, in the past, quite far-reaching treaty changes have been carried through the House of Commons without a referendum, he said referring to the UK conservative government at the time not holding a referendum on the 1992 Maastricht treaty. We would obviously make a decision in the best interests of Britain and its people.

Prague and Warsaw brief Merkel on EU charter plans
29.01.2007 - 09:26 CET | By Lucia Kubosova

Prague will press for a substantially revised EU constitution that is easier to understand and takes smaller steps on integration and Warsaw's proposal will better reflect EU reality than the existing draft charter, German chancellor Angela Merkel learned over the weekend.An exchange on EU affairs dominated Mrs Merkel's first official trip to the Czech Republic on Friday (26 January), with the German EU presidency keen to come up with a plan on how to salvage the European constitution, put on ice after its rejection by French and Dutch voters in 2005.The Czech Republic is one of nine member states that shelved their own plans for the new treaty's ratification, as the draft constitution needs unanimous approval by all 27 countries before it can enter into force.After a debate with the Czech centre-right prime minister Mirek Topolanek, Mrs Merkel said she was content with a very interesting framework for future detailed discussion, suggested by her Czech counterpart. Mr Topolanek told journalists Prague favours a revised treaty which would be more understandable for people while clearly defining which competencies the EU has and which fall to the national states, according to press reports. The Czech president Vaclav Klaus, a well-known critic of the European charter, said he shared Mrs Merkel's view about the need to resolve the impasse surrounding the constitutional crisis.But he argued it must be done in small steps and not with the current constitution proposal. To be honest, I must say I think that the chancellor thinks it is possible [to save the current text]. So now the question is whether our views differ a lot or just a little, Mr Klaus said.

Warsaw to give clear answer in March

Just a day before Mrs Merkel's visit, Czech president Vaclav Klaus met with his Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski, with both leaders expressing their scepticism about the chances for a revival of the existing EU constitution.Their views came in contrast to the statement by 20 countries represented in a meeting in Madrid on Friday (26 January) who argued the substantial part of the charter should be retained.Luxembourg Europe minister Nicolas Schmidt said the Czech and Polish opposition stand as two voices against twenty and they should not be overestimated adding Europe can't make progress at the minimalist basis.Polish president Lech Kaczynski announced on his website that Warsaw would unveil the full proposal on the constitution's revision in March, suggesting his proposals would benefit the union but also reflect its current reality.According to Polish media, two Polish sherpas the president's appointees for constitution talks with the German EU presidency Ewa Osniecka-Tamecka and Marek Cichocki are supposed to meet the German officials on Monday (29 January).The bi-lateral meeting is part of a negotiation timetable suggested by the German chancellor under which member states would first debate a declaration to mark the EU's 50th birthday and later in February the charter's revision itself.

MIDEAST-RICE Jan-29-2007
Religious leaders seek more vigorous U.S. role in Mideast peace
By Jerry Filteau - Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- After meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Jan. 29, a delegation of U.S. Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders said they think the United States should take a more vigorous leadership role in promoting a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, said the group met with Rice to reiterate our strong commitment to a two-state solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict" and to discuss the urgent need for United States leadership to restart and successfully conclude negotiations for a lasting and just peace between Israel and the Palestinian people.Cardinal McCarrick, who led off a press briefing afterward outside the Department of State, said the meeting was substantive and excellent.But the real measure of the success of our meeting can only be taken in the coming weeks and months as actions and events unfold, he added.The religious leaders belong to the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East, a coalition of 35 leaders of national religious bodies or organizations that was formed in 2003 to press for a more constructive and comprehensive U.S. approach to Arab -Israeli-Palestinian peace.

Cardinal McCarrick said the delegation emphasized two points.

First, as Americans, we ask for bold, persistent United States leadership for peace in the Middle East, leadership that supports and challenges both Israelis and Palestinians, he said, adding that this means ongoing, active high-level U.S. engagement that holds both sides accountable in a step-by-step peace process.Second, as religious leaders in the Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions, we committed ourselves to continuing to say tough things to our communities here and in the (Middle East) region to build up public support for peace, he said. We know that these are difficult but necessary steps on the road to a two-state solution, and we pledge to build public support for them.Along with Cardinal McCarrick, in the delegation were Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of the U.S. Episcopal Church; Rabbi Paul Menitoff, former executive vice president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis; Rabbi Amy Small, past president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association; and Sayyid M. Syeed, former secretary-general of the Islamic Society of North America, who recently left that post to become founding national director of the society's new Office of Interfaith and Community Alliances.

Stephen M. Colecchi, director of the U.S. bishops' Office of International Justice and Peace, who attended the meeting as a staff aide to Cardinal McCarrick, told Catholic News Service that the group had expected the entire session to last about 45 minutes, with Rice attending for about 30. Instead, they met with her for more than 45 minutes, he said, and after she left they continued meeting about 40 minutes more with the undersecretary of state for political affairs, R. Nicholas Burns.The leadership of the United States is going to be necessary, Rabbi Menitoff said, not only to get the parties to the table, but to get the concessions necessary on both sides so that an agreement can be reached.

Referring to Rice's recent trip to the Middle East, Bishop Hanson said, We think the foundation she has laid needs to be built upon with a sustained U.S. presence in diplomatic initiatives there.Cardinal McCarrick said, We all share the hope that what our government is doing now will be sustained, that the 'road map' that was initiated three or four years ago will again be put on the front burner.Syeed said American Muslims are also very concerned about what is happening in Iraq and Afghanistan, but we believe that the issue of Palestine is critical; that's why we're here.Of the need for interreligious efforts for peace, Cardinal McCarrick said, We are all children of Abraham, and in that family relationship that we have, we come together with great confidence that God will listen to our prayers and our hopes, and that if we all work together, if we all are willing to make the sacrifices when necessary, that peace can come.The meeting with Rice was the result of a joint statement the interreligious leadership initiative issued last December outlining in detail what role and initiatives the group thought the United States must take to restart the peace process and assure that it moves forward.In addition to Cardinal McCarrick, two other Catholic leaders signed the joint statement: Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore, who has played a leading role in Catholic-Jewish and Catholic-Muslim relations, and Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.In conjunction with the issuance of the joint statement the group wrote to Rice, requesting a meeting to discuss the urgency of the issue and the importance of sustained U.S. leadership in the peace process.END

Is the Mideast Headed for Apocalyptic War?
Paul Crespo - Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007

Epicenter: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your Future By Joel C. Rosenberg Tyndale House Publishers 301 pages.Epicenter is a fascinating, page-turning book. Using recent events ripped straight from today's newspaper headlines, as well as tomorrow's headlines, Joel Rosenberg analyzes the developments that are shaping the future course of world events and creates a compelling scenario for an upcoming apocalyptic war in the Middle East. If his book reads like a political thriller, it's probably because Rosenberg is the New York Times best-selling author of four recent novels. A politically connected communications strategist who has worked for such influential figures as Steve Forbes, Rush Limbaugh, and former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Rosenberg has unique insights. He also happens to be an evangelical Christian from an Orthodox Jewish family. His first book, The Last Jihad, finished just before 9/11 but published later, predicted a Muslim terror attack using a hijacked plane against an American city that provokes a war against Iraq's Saddam Hussein. His other novels also were eerily prophetic. The Last Days described a Palestinian civil war after Yasser Arafat's death. His third novel, The Ezekiel Option, which predates the rise of Iran's radical leader Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, details how a new Russian dictator builds an alliance with Iran as it feverishly pursues nuclear weapons. Limbaugh said the latter book was like an episode of ‘24' with a supernatural twist.Many asked Rosenberg how his novels were so prescient. This extremely well-researched and well-documented, nonfiction book was his answer.

His secret? Rosenberg uses the Bible as a guide. He calls his biblical approach to analyzing world events -- using the third lens of Scripture. But despite the biblical perspective, this is not a typical Bible prophesy doomsday book. I'm not trying to persuade anyone that these specific events will happen in our lifetimes, but simply show how it is possible they might, explains Rosenberg. Because of his varied political background, and penchant for detailed research, personal interviews with world leaders, and historical context, Epicenter reads more like an intelligence report using multiple sources to connect the dots (one of his chapter headings) and construct a plausible, yet nightmarish scenario for an upcoming regional conflict. Called the war of Gog and Magog in the Hebrew Book of Ezekiel, Rosenberg explained to NewsMax that this devastating, yet limited, regional war should not be confused with the much greater and final global war of the same name predicted in the New Testament's Book of Revelation. That final conflict is what most Bible prophecy commentators generally focus on, but will come after the more limited war Rosenberg describes.

In chapter four, Rosenberg takes on the critics head-on. Acknowledging that there are many who think that those who believe in Bible prophecies are lunatics, he quotes Bill Moyers, the longtime liberal PBS journalist, from a 2004 speech where he calls the end-times beliefs of many Americans bizarre. Former Republican strategist Kevin Phillips, in his best-selling 2006 book, American Theocracy, warns that Americans who believe in biblical prophesy are over imaginative at best and radical at worst. He adds that rapture, end-times, and Armageddon hucksters in the United States rank with any Shiite ayatollahs.But as Rosenberg points out, what really infuriates these irreligious skeptics "is the enormous number of Americans who believe that world events are unfolding just as the Bible foretold. To see just how many there are, he commissioned a survey in February 2006 of American adults' attitudes toward Bible prophesy. In that poll, conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, 42 percent of Americans believed the rebirth of Israel, wars and instability in the Middle East, recent earthquakes and the Tsunami in Asia were evidence that we are living in what the Bible calls the last days.

These believers aren't limited to the usual suspects of Christian evangelicals or rural Southerners, but represent a broad cross-section of Americans, including a third of Jews, a third of New Englanders, a third of Left Coasters, 40 percent of Democrats and Catholics, 50 percent of Republicans, women and senior citizens, 60 percent of young people under 25, and 75 percent of African-Americans. Clearly, a significant number of Americans believe the Bible has a bearing on current events.
In the next 10 chapters Rosenberg lays out 10 future headlines he believes we will soon be reading, providing the scriptural basis (primarily from the Book of Ezekiel) for those predictions, and the latest events and specific trends that suggest those headlines may be closer than previously thought. Among them, he predicts Israel will discover massive oil and gas reserves, a czar will rise in Russia, raising fears of a new Cold War, and the Kremlin will join the axis of evil and form a military alliance with Iran. These events, already crystallizing in many ways, eventually lead to soaring global tensions, amid earthquakes and pandemics raging across Europe, Asia, and Africa, as Russia targets Israel and a new war erupts in the Middle East. Among his most intriguing predictions is that Iraq (which contains ancient Babylon) will emerge from all this chaos as the region's wealthiest country and that Muslims will turn to Christ in record numbers. While at first blush these last predictions seem far-fetched, Rosenberg documents little-known facts about Iraq's economy and military that provide hope there while describing an evangelical revolution that is quietly sweeping through the post-9/11 Middle East. Considering all the gloomy news coming out of the region, it is encouraging to see some positive scenarios. This is one of the most insightful and intriguing books I have ever read. A combination intelligence report and Biblical blueprint, it still only provides the basic elements of the story. In order to keep up with rapidly moving events, Joel created a weblog at www.joelrosenberg.com, where he tracks the ongoing geopolitical tremors in real time. Whether you believe we are witnessing Biblical events unfolding, or simply want a better perspective on global affairs and the Mideast crisis, I highly recommend this amazing book. NewsMax 2007.