OIL SPILL INVESTIGATION

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (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.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: 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 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)

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.

DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

Multi-million EU push to police the West Bank by Jennie Matthew Mon Nov 12, 3:16 AM ET

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AFP) - Behind the wheel of his four-by-four in Bethlehem, retired Scotland Yard counter-terrorism expert Colin Smith twiddles his thumbs as he and five European advisers sit and wait. The Palestinian police forgot they were coming. Smith's mission is to advise, train and equip local police so they can impose order on West Bank chaos, laying the groundwork for a Palestinian state that Israel says is conditional on security.This is a good example of why the Palestinian police need our advice, jokes Jose Vericat, press officer for the multi-million-dollar mission codenamed EUPOL COPPS.They need equipment and resources. We're trying to work from bottom up and from top down. But we want to actually do something, not just create plans, says Smith, optimistic that in 18 months there will be a marked improvement.

The 19,000 Palestinian Authority policemen are motivated, skilled and capable. But they are also frustrated, disappointed and sometimes confused, he says.Fifty million euros (73 million dollars) would be a good start for training courses, vehicles and computers, Smith adds.But to create detention centres, prisons and infrastructure such as forensic labs would skyrocket the cost to 650 million euros. European countries have committed just 10 million euros so far.Iraq, where he was Britain's chief adviser on rebuilding the police after the 2003 US-led invasion, was a disaster. But Smith believes the Palestinians have a real chance if there is political stability.An audit in July revealed a staggering lack of equipment. Less than half of 70 West Bank police stations have patrol cars. There were only 40 pairs of handcuffs and 130 computers -- 110 of them more than two years out of date.There is no IT system. Stations need to be rebuilt. There are not enough holding cells. The police headquarters in Jenin, a governorate of 269,300 residents, has one incoming phone and fax line.

The second Palestinian uprising, after the last US-sponsored Middle East peace talks broke down in 2000, had a devastating effect. Israeli raids destroyed police stations and investment and resources dwindled.The 2006 landslide election win by the radical Islamist movement Hamas, which the West considers a terrorist organisation, put EU reform projects on ice.Only since President Mahmud Abbas broke with Hamas and set up a government headed by former World Bank employee Salam Fayyad in the West Bank in June has the EU mission got off the ground.The 7,000 police in the territory are now subject to a multi-million euro programme manned by 25 international police officers and a local staff of five geared towards radically improving law and order.In the Gaza Strip, however, 12,000 officers are paid to sit at home, their police stations and equipment impounded by the Hamas regime.

We're here now to embed with the Palestinian police. This is to develop a Palestinian police force, not Scotland Yard, says Smith, who spent 15 years in Northern Ireland in police intelligence and counter-terrorism.His energetic chief of staff, Tony Shaw, also ex-Scotland Yard, has enjoyed a second career using his expertise on overseas missions in troublespots such as Sudan and the Balkans.
In Darfur I lived in a tent for 12 months so it's a distinct improvement on my last mission, Shaw says. We came to an agreement in Darfur with my colleagues that it was better than pushing a trolley round Tesco's (the British supermarket chain).Brigadier General Dahoud Abu Ghaith commands 550 policemen in Bethlehem and oversees four operational police stations on a monthly budget of 12,000 shekels (3,060 dollars) -- barely enough to make ends meet.

Bethlehem is a relatively quiet Palestinian town but is the Biblical birthplace of Christ, lending it an international exposure out of proportion to its size. Israel's controversial separation barrier has sealed it off from the Jewish state. Crime in Bethlehem is mainly clan fighting, theft and drugs trafficking from Israel. Unemployment and isolation breed both crime and discontent. Abu Ghaith looks pensive as he listens to Smith say that two Czech and Finnish officers will be sent to Bethlehem as part of plans to create a good department that would stand up anywhere in the world.The most important things we need are cars and computers. What we have is not up to date and I bought my own laptop from my own salary, says Abu Ghaith. He blames Israel for the shortcomings, a point underlined by the roar of F-16 warplanes overhead as he and Smith sip their Arabic coffee. Israeli raids cause problems for our work day and night. How can we provide security if we don't control all the land? asks Abu Ghaith. Israel fears the police have been infiltrated by militants who must be expunged if the Palestinian Authority is serious about imposing security in exchange for Israel withdrawing from West Bank towns.

Smith recognises there is some militia and elements opposed to order, but hopes most will be weeded out in time. Arming the police, a sensitive subject in Israel, is not part of the EU mandate. Criminals play cat and mouse with police all over the West Bank, smuggling goods and slipping deftly between Israel and areas of Palestinian and mixed autonomy. EUPOL COPPS have their own issues with Israel. They want official accreditation rather than being signed up through their respective consulates. They also need properly armoured vehicles. Technical discussions continue on the EUPOL COPPS mandate, but for now Smith is looking to next month's Palestinian donor conference in Paris as a source of the funding he so desperately needs.

SPAIN #11 IN THE EU

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 king tells Chávez to shut up
Financial Times Nov. 12, 2007

King Juan Carlos of Spain lost his royal cool at the weekend when he snapped at Hugo Chávez, Venezuela's outspoken president, telling him to shut up.Mr Chávez, whose long and incendiary speeches are notorious, repeatedly called José María Aznar, the former Spanish prime minister, a fascist during the 17th Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile.Fascists are not human. A snake is more human, said the Venezuelan president, who describes himself as a Bolivárian socialist.José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spain's prime minister, hit back, saying: Ex-president Aznar was elected by the Spanish people and I demand respect. You can disagree radically with the ideas of others, denounce their ideas and their behaviour without being disrespectful. His reply won applause.However, Mr Chávez's repeated attempts to interrupt Mr Zapatero's calm admonition provoked a hot-headed outburst from the Spanish king.

Why don't you just shut up? he said, angrily jabbing his finger at Mr Chávez. He later stormed out of the summit meeting during a speech by Daniel Ortega, president of Nicaragua, who supported Mr Chávez's comments, as did the vice-president of Cuba, Carlos Lage.
With the truth, I do not offend, I do not fear, Mr Chávez responded to Mr Zapatero. The Venezuelan government reserves the right to respond to any aggression, anywhere, in any space and in any manner, he added, later observing that he too was democratically elected and deserved respect.It is not the first time that Mr Chávez's inflammatory remarks have stirred anger. He last year described George W. Bush, US president, as the devil at the United Nations general assembly.El País, the Spanish newspaper, wrote that Mr Chávez's tirade had surpassed all tolerable limits in a relationship between two countries. But Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Spain's foreign minister, said the incident would have no effect on bilateral relations.The acrimonious clash overshadowed the summit, which was attended by the heads of state and government of Spain, Portugal, Andorra and the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries in Latin America.

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.

Russian oil tanker breaks up off Crimea By Dmitry Solovyov
Sun Nov 11, 10:35 AM ET

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A severe storm broke a small Russian oil tanker in two off the Ukrainian port of Kerch on Sunday, spilling up to 2,000 tonnes of fuel oil in what a Russian official said was an environmental disaster.The same storm in the Black Sea and Azov Sea also sank four freighters, three carrying sulphur and one with a cargo of scrap metal. The heavy seas also cracked the hull of another oil tanker, but the ship was afloat and not leaking.The sunken tanker, Volganeft-139, had traveled from the Russian port of Azov and was anchored outside Kerch in Ukraine's eastern Crimea to ride out the weather, when high waves broke its back at around 8:45 p.m. EST on Sunday, media reported.The 1978-built tanker, designed primarily for inland and coastal service, was carrying 4,000 tonnes of fuel oil in total when it was hit by the storm, which has knocked out electricity supplies to much of Crimea.

This problem may take a few years to solve. Fuel oil is a heavy substance and it is now sinking to the seabed, Oleg Mitvol, deputy head of Russia's environment agency Rosprirodnadzor told state-run Vesti-24 television channel.This is a very serious environmental disaster.Environment agency Rosprirodnadzor said some 2,000 tonnes of fuel oil had spilt, but Emergencies Ministry spokesman Viktor Beltsov told Reuters not more than 1,200 tonnes had leaked.The tanker's 13 crew members drifted for hours in waves up to 6 meters high aboard the ship's stern before beaching safely a few miles from the bow section, the emergencies ministry said. The crew were safe, it added.The likely effects of the spill were not immediately clear. A spill over 700 tonnes is considered large, but the biggest ones run into the tens or even hundreds of thousands.The polluted area is at the heart of the migration route from central Siberia into the Black Sea of red-throated and black-throated Siberian divers.The peak of the migration season is right now, Kees Camphuysen, a marine ornithologist at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, told Reuters by telephone.

The quantity (of oil spilt) doesn't matter. One tonne in the wrong place will do a lot of damage while a 100,000 tonnes will do no damage in the centre of the ocean, he said.The area is also home to porpoises.

STORM TOLL

Almost at the same time as the Volganeft-139 broke up, a freighter carrying 2,000 tonnes of sulphur sank off the port of Kavkaz in the Kerch Strait. Its crew of nine was rescued.We hope that in the water sulphur will not form any substances dangerous to humans, Mitvol said.Several hours later, another freighter carrying sulphur sank off Kavkaz, Interfax news agency quoted the port administration as saying, adding three of its crew had been rescued by a Ukrainian ship. The fate of the other eight sailors was unclear.The same storm, which is expected to rage for up to 3 days, also sank a freighter with scrap metal off Sevastopol in southern Crimea. Two of its crew were rescued, but the fate of the other 15 was unknown, Ukraine's emergencies ministry said. The hull of the oil tanker, Volganeft-123, cracked after being hit by high waves, but Maxim Stepanenko, Novorossiisk transport prosecutor, told Russian television this tanker was afloat and its oil products were not leaking. (Additional reporting by Peter Graff in London and Natalya Zinets in Kiev; Editing by Matthew Jones)

1/3RD OF SHIPS DESTROYED

REVELATION 8:8-9
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

Feds launch criminal probe into San Francisco oil spillStory Searchers to look for sickened birds Monday, after some 200 birds found dead NOV 12,07

More than 12,000 of 58,000 gallons spilled has been recovered so far - NTSB is reviewing the ship's voyage data recorder. Some lawmakers criticize the Coast Guard's initial handling of spill

SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Federal investigators have launched a criminal probe into a cargo ship collision and oil spill, the Coast Guard said, which killed hundreds of birds in San Francisco Bay.The oil spilled from a South Korea-bound container ship in dense fog Wednesday.The container ship MV Cosco Busan hit the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Wednesday and is being held in Oakland for repairs, said Adm. Thad Allen, the commandant of the Coast Guard on Sunday night.Twenty wildlife teams are expected to search the bay Monday for birds sickened by the an estimated 58,000 gallons of heavy-duty bunker oil that oozed into the water after the collision, said a Department of Fish and Games official.

The Cosco Busan was departing Oakland for South Korea in dense fog when it hit a tower supporting the western suspension span of the Bay Bridge, the Coast Guard said. After the accident, the ship moored near Treasure Island, which the bridge crosses. The spilled oil formed globules along the San Francisco city waterfront and out of San Francisco Bay, beneath the Golden Gate Bridge toward Marin County.Seven miles of containment equipment stretched across the bay has collected 12,271 gallons of oil so far, while another 4,000 gallons has evaporated, officials said.The 902-foot container ship has a 212-foot-long, 12-foot-wide gash in its side that allowed the oil to leak from partially filled fuel tanks, according to National Transportation Safety Board spokeswoman Debbie Hersman.The NTSB is reviewing the ship's voyage data recorder, which should have recorded captain and crew conversations on the bridge and other information in the 12 hours leading up to the bridge collision, Hersman said.Nearly 200 dead birds have been recovered from the bay, while another 465 birds have been rescued alive but oiled, according to Lisa Curtis, administrator of Department of Fish and Games office of spill prevention and response. he crew was new to the ship, which was built six years ago in South Korea but purchased just last month by the current owner, Hersman said. They were on their first voyage in the vessel, she said.The U.S. attorney in San Francisco opened a criminal investigation over the weekend to see if federal maritime laws may have been violated by the captain and crew, Allen said.The captain and crew have not been detained and there have been no limits placed on them, Allen said.The vessel is detained in port under a captain of the port order because it is unsafe to sail, Allen said. There are no restrictions placed on the crew.

Several beaches and shorelines were closed to the public and fishing was banned in certain locations on Port of San Francisco property.This an incident which, in my view, should not have happened, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, said Sunday after being briefed by Coast Guard officials.Rear Adm. Craig E. Bone, the Coast Guard's director of inspection and compliance, echoed Feinstein's comments.There's systems, there's capabilities, there's licensed operators, there's a pilot on board the vessel, there's the capacity and the capability to safely navigate through this port and waterways every day, he said.He added, But we have to move beyond the incident and the fact that it occurred and move forward into the response.On Friday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency, freeing money to clean up the spill.

Some lawmakers -- including the state's other U.S. senator, Democrat Barbara Boxer, and Maine Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe -- initially criticized the Coast Guard's handling of the collision and resulting spill.I am deeply concerned about the recent news reports that the Coast Guard had underestimated the severity of the spill and after learning of the spill's true size failed to report that information for more than four hours, Snowe said in a statement Saturday. Snowe is the ranking member of the Senate's Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and the Coast Guard.
I am very troubled by the Coast Guard's delay in delivering accurate information to the public and to the city of San Francisco, Boxer wrote Thursday in a letter to Allen.The Coast Guard initially reported that the ship's owner had said only 140 gallons had spilled from the Cosco Busan, Boxer said.Feinstein touched on the criticism Sunday. There's room for improvement, obviously, in how the accident and spill were handled, she said. But she acknowledged that fog had hindered initial aerial reviews of the accident site.On Saturday, the National Transportation Safety Board announced it was sending a team to San Francisco to investigate the accident.If there are people responsible or accountable for the causal factors of this, they'll be held accountable, Bone said.The California Department of Transportation said the collision did no structural damage to the bridge and there was no interruption of bridge traffic -- more than 250,000 vehicles daily.