PEN IN 75M EMP BLAST-RAY

DISEASES

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

WHO: Mosquito-borne fever could spread across Asia
Potentially reaching Europe, US Associated Press 01/19/2008

A severe achy-joint fever spreading in Asia via mosquitoes could easily reach more countries in the region and potentially take hold in Europe and the United States, World Health Organization experts warn.The fever, called chikungunya, is ravaging parts of Indonesia, sickening people with rashes, vomiting, headaches and joint pain so intense it is often too painful for victims to sit or stand.It's enormously disruptive ... the outbreaks are very abrupt and intense, said Michael Nathan, a mosquito-borne disease expert at the WHO in Geneva. Lots and lots of people are seeking help all at the same time and services struggle to cope with that.Singapore reported eight suspected cases this week, the first time the virus has spread locally, according to a Ministry of Health statement. Officials were scouring the area to destroy mosquito breeding grounds, and tests were conducted to ensure no one else was infected, it said. Taiwan also detected three cases in travelers from Indonesia, two in December and another earlier last year.

Nearly 300 people in northern Italy were sickened in 2007 after an infected traveler came from India, the first time an imported case of the tropical disease sparked a local outbreak in Europe.Although rarely fatal, the virus can lead to death in patients with other underlying health conditions and is especially hard on the elderly.
Symptoms are similar to dengue fever, another mosquito-borne disease, but joint and muscle pain is typically more intense and longer lasting with arthritis-like aches reported months or even years after infection. Dengue is considered more dangerous because it can cause internal bleeding that leads to death.Chikungunya was first identified in Tanzania in the early 1950s and has caused periodic outbreaks in Asia and Africa since the 1960s. In 2005, the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, popular with French tourists, was devastated by the disease, with up to a third of the population sickened.Researchers from the University of Texas discovered a mutation occurred during that outbreak, which allowed the disease to be spread efficiently by the Asian tiger mosquito. Previously, the Aedes aegypti, or yellow fever mosquito, was the main transmitter.The tiger mosquito can survive in cooler climates, giving it a much wider geographic range, including Europe and North America. The virus could spread if an infected traveler is bitten and carries it into a new territory where other tiger mosquitoes can pass it on. The disease has shown up in the United States nearly 40 times but has never triggered an outbreak.

With international travel being easy and fast, it is easy for the virus to be imported into a new region, said Stephen Higgs, co-author of the University of Texas findings published last month in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS Pathogens.Health experts also say climate change is helping the virus spread because warmer temperatures are allowing mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria and dengue fever, to expand into areas that were previously too cold for breeding.Warmer weather can also shorten mosquito life cycles, potentially doubling the number of insects born in one week, said Erna Tresnaningsih, director of animal-borne diseases at Indonesia's Ministry of Health.We'll have more mosquitoes, which need a shorter time to mature and will immediately seek the blood they need to breed, she said.Chikungunya resurfaced in India in 2006, catching health officials off guard with its quick spread.

Initially, we thought there would be 1,000 or 10,000 cases maximum, but in 2006 alone we had 1.4 million suspected cases, said Chusak Prasittisuk, a vector disease expert at WHO's Southeast Asia regional office in New Delhi. It spread from two or three states to 17 states in India.2008 Associated Press.

ISRAEL

Whose Promised Land? Psalm 78:54-55 (ISRAELS)
54 And He brought them to His holy border, This mountain which His right hand had acquired.
55 He also drove out the nations before them,Allotted them an inheritance by survey, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.

Israel test-fires ballistic missile after Iran warning by Ron Bousso Thu Jan 17, 8:44 AM ET

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel successfully test-fired a long-range ballistic missile on Thursday, a senior official told AFP, days after warning all options were open to prevent archfoe Iran from obtaining atomic weapons. We successfully test-fired a two-staged ballistic missile system today, a senior defence ministry official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.This was a very important achievement for Israel's ballistic capabilities, he added, declining to provide further details on the test.Witnesses reported seeing a trail of smoke rising from the reported launch site at the Palmachin air base south of Tel Aviv.The official said that contrary to some media reports, the test-firing was not linked to Israel's development of a multi-layered defence system, dubbed the Iron Dome and aimed at intercepting rockets and missiles.

Israel has in recent years concentrated efforts on countering the threat of missile attacks from neighbouring Arab states and Iran, which has itself conducted several long-range missile tests.Israel is currently thought to be developing the Jericho-3 ground-to-ground missile that can be equipped with a nuclear, chemical or biological warhead and could have a range of up to 4,500 kilometres (2,800 miles).Widely considered to be the Middle East's sole if undeclared nuclear power with an estimated arsenal of 200 warheads, Israel accuses Iran of using its controversial nuclear programme as a cover for developing atomic weapons, a charge Tehran denies.
Thursday's test came two days after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned that all options were on the table to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.We are not ruling out any option, a senior government official quoted him as telling parliament's foreign affairs and defence committee, echoing main ally Washington in ratcheting up the rhetoric against Tehran.Anything that can lead to preventing Iran from nuclear capability is part of the legitimate context when dealing with the problem, Olmert said.

The premier's comments came amid US President George W. Bush's Middle East trip that was largely devoted to bolstering his campaign to isolate Iran, which he repeatedly branded a threat to world peace.Iran figured prominently in Olmert's talks with Bush during his visit to Israel, officials said.The Iranians are continuing their ingrained efforts to produce non-conventional capabilities and therefore we should use all the available means to stop it, Olmert told the parliament committee.There are many options that should be applied wisely, with determination and consistence, he said. We should continue international efforts on this issue and we have a strong basis to assume, in view of my talks with the president, that this activity will not stop.A US intelligence report in December said that Iran halted a nuclear weapons programme in 2003, although Washington is still pushing for a new set of UN sanctions against the Islamic republic.The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, which has been investigating Iran's nuclear programme for several years, said on Sunday that Tehran has agreed to clear up remaining questions on its activities in four weeks.Tensions were heightened following a confrontation in the strategic Strait of Hormuz between Iranian speedboats and US warships just days before Bush began his week-long tour of the region.

ISRAELS TROUBLE

JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.

DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)

Venezuelan Jews on Edge
January 17, 2008
Dear Friend of Israel

I've spoken before about Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, whose harsh anti-Semitic and anti-Israel rhetoric has put Venezuela's Jewish community on edge. Recently, an interview with Sammy Eppel, a veteran Venezuelan journalist, confirmed that their fears are well-founded.Eppel says the situation in Venezuela represents the first time in modern history we have government-sponsored anti-Semitism in a Western country. Chavez frequently uses his position and the state-sponsored media to viciously attack Israel and the Jewish people. In a 2005 speech he accused Jews of monopolizing the world's wealth, saying the descendants of those who crucified Christ … took the world;s riches for themselves. A pro-Chavez newspaper later published an inflammatory editorial stating The genocide [Israel] executed in Palestine and Lebanon is similar to the Holocaust which the Nazis executed against [the Jews], and they will undergo another Holocaust because of the global hatred they are accumulating. During the Second Lebanon War in 2006, Chavez repeatedly accused Israel of genocide and terrorism. With blatantly anti-Semitic lies like this coming from the highest levels of government, it's no wonder Venezuelan Jews live in a climate of fear.

In the interview Eppel also underscores the fact that Chavez' threat extends beyond Venezuela's borders - primarily due to the growing alliance and partnership between Venezuela and Iran. Chavez and Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad see themselves as fellow fighters in a struggle against Western imperialism and Zionism, and routinely issue harsh threats against Israel and the U.S. When Chavez says, The United States empire is on its way down and it will be finished in the near future, and Ahamdinejad says, the United States and the Zionist regime of Israel will soon come to the end of their lives, it is almost impossible to tell them apart.

Even more ominously, Eppel calls attention to joint business projects that have been launched by Iran and Venezuela, among them a bicycle factory in a remote area of the South American country. Why, Eppel asks, would the Venezuelan government set aside a huge tract of land for such an unlikely project? The answer is that this bicycle factory is believed by some to be a front for a uranium mine. Chavez and Ahmadinejad, it seems, share more than just a hatred of Israel and the West - both their countries have nuclear ambitions, and are willing to work together to further each other's aims.

The Fellowship will continue to monitor the situation in Venezuela and Iran closely, and to keep you, and our other faithful supporters, informed of events as they occur. We are committed to assisting Venezuelan Jews in any way we can. We will continue to support their aliyah (immigration to Israel) through our On Wings of Eagles program, and are poised to increase that support to rescue those remaining if the situation in Venezuela deteriorates. Thank you, my friend, for your generous heart for God's children, and your continued prayers for the peace of Jerusalem.

With prayers for shalom, peace,
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
President International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.

The CARMEL ALERT Jan 18th 2008
A compilation of news reports from the past week for the information of those committed to praying for Israel and the salvation of the Jewish people.

David's Comment: Time to Drop the Peace Process
For the last 60 years, the entire span of modern Israel's history, the nation has on one hand been waging a war of defense and on the other hand attempting to negotiate peace. There has been success in the peace process with Egypt and Jordan, even though the peace with Egypt is a cool peace at best. The Egyptians continue to favour their relationship with the Gazans over Israel in that turn a blind eye to the smuggling of weapons, cash and terrorists across their border with Gaza. The peace treaty with Jordan seems to be far more convivial apart from the fact that seemingly friendly King Hussein calls for Israel to return to the pre 1967 borders, which could place what would be left of Israel in an extremely vulnerable position - not the actions of a true friend.

Even though the peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan have been relatively successful, the promise of a similar success on the Palestinian track is very remote indeed. The so called Palestinians simply aren't interested in living peaceably with the Israelis. Just a day after PA leader Mahmoud Abbas met with President Bush, the father of the Two State Solution - two states living side by side, he was photographed meeting with his PA associates standing in front of a map showing all of Israel to be the Palestinian state. When Abbas speaks to his fellows, his language is very different than when he speaks to the Americans and the Israelis. Then there is the ongoing factionial violence between Fatah and Hamas that could end up with Hamas taking over the West Bank.

Add to that the fact that for the last 40 years, and continuing into this period when the Fatah aligned Palestinians appear to be pursuing peace with Israel, Abbas & co still refuse to accept Israel as a Jewish state and they continue to brainwash their children with unabashed anti-Israel and anti-Semitic propaganda on television and in the schools. Only a fool could be deceived to believe that Abbas truly seeks peace when they are preparing the next generations for war. If Olmert and Abbas did ever manage to sign a peace treaty and they stopped the brainwashing program immediately, it would take decades for all of the brainwashed, Israel hating potential terrorists to disappear.For their own legacy and glory, President Bush and Condalesa Rice are attempting to force peace into a situation that is ill prepared for peace. Next year their leadership will be relegated to the history books, but Israelis will have to pay the price for many years, probably with the loss of many soldier's and civilian's lives, to repair the damage that these seriously misguided, self seeking politicians, are trying so hard to create.

After forty futile years of attempting to make peace with the so called Palestinians and in light of the threat from Hamas in Gaza and the possible Hamas take over in the West Bank, the only sensible, self preserving option is for Israel to drop the road to nowhere peace process, to be strong, to stand against the suicidal pressure of the US and others, and take every military option necessary to quell the rocket attacks and other forms of terror against the innocent, legitimate citizens of Israel.

For those who still look to the 'land for peace' strategy, todays news should put an end to that fantasy. Two years ago the Sharon government ethnically cleansed the Gaza Strip of all Jews in a deal to secure peace. Since then Gaza launched rockets have struck Israel daily with over 80 Kassam rockets have hit in the last 24 hours. Land for Peace is a joke - a bad joke at that !

The BIG QUESTION is where is the God of Israel in all of this - why doesnt He stop Bush? Josie believes it is similar to the story of Pharaoh in Exodus. Why did the Lord allow the Pharoah to hold then Hebrew slaves back for so long ? We read that God hardened Pharaohs heart, so that in the end YHVH could show His power. Is the Lord is doing the same today with Bush, then not only George, but the whole nation may well be in serious danger of experiencing the wrath of God.We could pray Lord have mercy but that wont help unless Bush repents and turns away from dividing God's land. We need to pray that the evil powers that are controlling him would be broken off him and that the Holy Spirit will touch him in a powerful way and bring him back to Biblical reality. Then we can pray that the Lord will have mercy.

The Lord bless you as you bless Israel by standing in defense of her right to exist on the land given to the Jewish people by the God of Israel . Lets pray that Israel will turn back to their God. Do not be silent, but share this with your fellow Christians, share it with your pastors, and with anyone you have a chance to speak to. Lets also pray for that breakthrough to the Muslims, and please remember to pray for our son Jordan, and all of his fellow soldiers in the IDF.

Shabbat Shalom ... David & Josie SILVER

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).

Slovenia criticises French Mediterranean Union proposal
17.01.2008 - 09:13 CET | By Caroline Keller

EU presidency Slovenia has criticized French president Nicolas Sarkozy's proposal to set up a Mediterranean Union connecting countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, with Turkey as the backbone of the club.Speaking on Wednesday (16 January) before MEPs about his country's plans for the six month presidency, Slovene Prime Minister Janez Jansa agreed that EU relations with Mediterranean states should be strengthened.But alluding directly to Mr Sarkozy's plan, he said: We do not need a duplication of institutions, or institutions that would compete with EU, institutions that would cover part of the EU and part of the neighbourhood.The EU is a whole, a single entity, and only as such can it be a help in establishing peace, stability and progress in our neighbourhood and in the broader context, Mr Jansa added.

France, holder of the next presidency of the European Union, intends to mount a summit in July to discuss the Mediterranean Union idea.Mooted shortly after he became president of France, the concept has caused unease in Brussels as it is seen as likely to duplicate the existing EU structures covering relations with Mediterranean countries.In addition, Mr Sarkozy's idea is perceived by many as being an alternative path for Turkey, as the French president is a firm opponent of Ankara's membership bid.Germany has also expressed concern at the plan, saying it risks splitting the EU.In a small dig at France, which is seen as overshadowing Slovenia with regular announcements of its plans under its own EU presidency beginning in July, Mr Jansa said:Hopefully our friends in Paris will not hold this against us, but we also want to lead Europe with a vision. 2008 EUobserver.

Mediterranean EU members back creation of Mediterranean Union
www.chinaview.cn 2008-01-19 06:41:41

PAPHOS, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The foreign ministers of the Mediterranean EU member states voiced their support for the creation of a Mediterranean Union at a two-day meeting concluded in Paphos, southwestern Cyprus, on Friday. We reaffirmed our support to all efforts which have as an objective the strengthening of the cooperation between European and Mediterranean countries and reiterated the importance of the Mediterranean region for the security, stability and prosperity of the European Union, Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis ministers told a press conference. In this context, the Mediterranean EU member states, also called Olive Group, expressed their support for the creation of a union for the Mediterranean.

Such a proposal was first put forward by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The Mediterranean Union will consist of southern European, Middle Eastern and North African countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco are expected to be included in this group.

Sarkozy has expressed that the Mediterranean Union could act as a bridge between Europe and Muslim world. The Mediterranean EU states' foreign ministers said Friday in a concluding statement that they envisaged this union as a project-based mechanism, founded on the principle of equality of States. But they added that it would, in no way, interfere or substitute the accession prospects of the candidate countries, clearly referring to Turkey.
They decided to further discuss the proposal, in order to take it forward, ahead of the next EU summit to be held in Paris in July.

On Kosovo, the ministers reiterated the leading role of the EU and the need to maintain an EU unified position.Foreign ministers and senior officials from Slovenia, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Malta, Bulgaria, Romania, France and Cyprus participated in the fifth informal meeting in Paphos. During the two-day event, they also discussed other issues such as Kosovo, Lebanon, Middle East peace process, illegal immigration and natural disaster response mechanism.Editor: Yan Liang.

Angry Egypt cancels talks with EU officials By Alaa Shahine
Sat Jan 19, 11:58 AM ET

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has cancelled talks with senior European Union officials after the bloc criticized the Arab country's human rights record, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
Egyptian analysts and rights activists said the government overreacted by cancelling the talks, which were due to cover a range of political issues including democracy and human rights.

But they said the squabble was unlikely to have longer-term repercussions, in part because issues such as trade ties were more important to both sides. The EU is Egypt's biggest trade partner. It accounts for nearly 43 percent of Egyptian imports and 31 percent of exports, including natural gas, according to the EU's website.The spat arose after a European Parliament resolution, passed on Thursday, called on Egypt to end all forms of harassment, including judicial measures, detention of media professionals and, more generally, human rights defenders and activists.It also called for the immediate release of opposition politician Ayman Nour and for a change in the law on military courts, which critics say Egyptian authorities have sometimes used against the government's political opponents.Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said the resolution had created a tense atmosphere that made holding the two-day meeting of the EU-Egypt Subcommittee on Political Matters at this stage inappropriate. The talks were had been due to take place in Cairo on Wednesday and Thursday.Some Egyptian lawmakers called for ties with the European Parliament to be suspended.

Local and international human rights groups say torture is systematic in Egyptian jails and police stations. They also criticize the government for cracking down on political dissidents, journalists and bloggers who oppose its policies. Cairo denies systematic human rights violations.The Egyptian response was exaggerated and (reflected) a high degree of tension, political analyst Amr El-Choubaki said. He said Egypt hoped to discourage the EU from similar criticism in the future by cancelling the talks.

Mohamed El Sayed Said, a political commentator and editor of the leftist al-Badeel daily, said the issue would not harm bilateral relations, even though Egypt will not implement any kind of (democratic) reforms.The issue will cool down in a couple of weeks and both sides will be negotiating new (trade) agreements again.
Egyptian rights activists have long criticised the European Union for not pushing President Hosni Mubarak for more freedoms and democratic reforms. They also blame U.S. President George W. Bush for abandoning his campaign for democracy in the largely autocratic Middle East.They (Egyptian authorities) are still euphoric that Bush is leaving (office next year) without carrying out the political reform he wanted for the region, said prominent rights activist Hesham Kassem. (Writing by Alaa Shahine; Editing by Caroline Drees)

Tell truth on EU treaty, say MPs
By Melissa Kite, Deputy Political Editor
Last Updated: 11:13pm GMT 19/01/2008

The battle over the EU Reform Treaty has been reignited after an influential committee of MPs said that the document is no different to the defunct EU Constitution.As the Government prepares to debate the treaty in the House of Commons, a report by the foreign affairs select committee concludes that it cedes vital powers to Brussels and that ministers are misleading the public by saying that it does not.The findings come as campaigners reveal plans to stage a series of mini-referendums in 10 areas across Britain. The vote, organised by the cross-party I Want A Referendum group, follows a Telegraph campaign backed by more than 100,000 people.The treaty begins its second reading debate tomorrow with the Government aiming to push it through both Houses of Parliament before the summer. Gordon Brown plans a parliamentary marathon, dealing with the document section by section in a debate that will go on for 15 days.

In its report, the Labour-dominated foreign affairs committee hits out at ministers for deliberately playing down the consequences of the treaty and calls on them to publicly put this right by admitting how much power it really hands to Brussels.Crucially, the report concludes that there is no difference between the foreign policy provisions in the rejected European Constitution and those in the new EU Reform Treaty, now known as the Lisbon Treaty.The committee says: We conclude that there is no material difference between the provisions on foreign policy in the Constitutional Treaty which the Government made subject to approval in a referendum and those in the Lisbon Treaty on which a referendum is being denied.It adds: The Government risks underestimating, and certainly is downplaying in public, the importance and potential of the new foreign policy institutions established by the Lisbon Treaty, namely the new High Representative and the European External Action Service. We recommend that the Government should publicly acknowledge the significance of the foreign policy aspects of the Lisbon Treaty.The committee says that the signing of the treaty was the culmination of a process which had little scope for UK public or parliamentary debate and engagement.It concludes: We recommend that all amendments to the treaty, including extensions of qualified majority voting, should be done by primary legislation and not simply by a vote of the House.

Last night, the Conservatives said the report proved once and for all that the Government was guilty of a stitch-up to cut out public debate.William Hague, the shadow foreign secretary, said: Gordon Brown's pretence that this treaty is not in effect the EU Constitution reheated and renamed is now ridiculous. All of his arguments have been discredited. He made an election promise that there would be a referendum. He said that keeping manifesto promises was a matter of trust between him and voters. If Gordon Brown still insists on ramming this treaty through, all those fine words will be exposed as the most cynical spin.Ministers continued to insist last night that the treaty was a good deal for Britain. David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, said: The Reform Treaty gives Britain a bigger voice in Europe and enshrines children's rights for the first time.By opposing this treaty, the Tories are yet again completely isolated in the EU. The only parties that share their extreme position in 27 member states are the Portuguese communists, Sinn Fein, the Dutch ultra-Right fringe and the Dutch animal rights party.But the swell of demands for a referendum showed no signs of abating. Organisers of I Want A Referendum announced on Sunday that half a million people in marginal constituencies will get their chance to have a say on the Treaty in what will be the biggest vote on Europe since 1975, when Britain voted to stay in the Common Market.

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)

Former military chiefs call for joint EU-NATO directorate
17.01.2008 - 09:26 CET | By Leigh Phillips

Five former Western military leaders have called for the formation of a joint EU-NATO directorate in order to co-ordinate the two bodies' response to any threats to global security.In a report presented to the German Marshall Fund in Brussels on Wednesday (16 January), the authors lamented the lack of co-ordination between the EU and NATO both in the European capital and on the ground in conflict zones such as Afghanistan where both organisations have committed troops.Also criticising the United Nations' ability to respond to dangers, the report argues that better co-operation between the EU and NATO through a new high-level political body – a steering directorate should fill this void.We propose, as a first step towards a new and wider transatlantic bargain, the establishment of a US, EU, NATO steering directorate at the highest political level.The United Nations is confronted with insurmountable political disunities and executive incapacity, the report says.

There is a great mismatch between the interconnected list of dangers and the international and national capabilities to respond to them - capabilities that are weakened by their disunity.The report, entitled Towards a Grand Strategy for an Uncertain World, was authored by former French chief of defence staff Jacques Lanxade, former Dutch chief of defence staff Henk van den Breemen, former NATO military committee chief Klaus Naumann, former UK chief of defence staff Peter Inge, and former chairperson of the US joint chiefs of staff John Shalikashvili.Within the EU, 21 of 27 member states are also members of NATO, and NATO itself has 26 members.

However, despite the overlap, co-ordination between EU and NATO military activities has been problematic at times, with concerns over military capabilities and duplication of activities.Both NATO and EU have rapid response units raising the question of where loyalties would lie in the event of an EU member state being asked to contribute to both forces at the same time.The report highlighted possible future threats from Iran and China, as well as the ongoing danger from Islamic extremists.It comes ahead of a summit of the Western military alliance in April, where national leaders are expected to craft a new post-Cold-War role for NATO.
2008 EUobserver.

MUSLIM NATIONS

EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
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.

Russia warns of preventative nuclear strike
Posted JAN 19,08

The Russian military's Chief of Staff says Moscow is ready to use preventative nuclear strikes to defend itself. Speaking at a conference at the Academy of Military Sciences in Moscow, General Yuri Baluyevsky said Russia must be ready to counter possible threats. We do not intend to attack anyone, but we consider it necessary that all our partners in the international community clearly understand that for the defence of our sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Russia and its allies, the armed forces will be employed, including preventively the use of nuclear weapons, he said.Analysts say the General's remarks do not mark a shift in policy, but are the latest in string of assertive comments.

Abbas Meets with Chinese Delegation
17/01/2008

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday highly praised the positive development of ties between the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and China.Meeting with the Vice President of Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) Li Xiaolin, Abbas expressed appreciation for China's help and consecutive support to the Palestinians.Abbas also briefed Li on the progress of recent negotiations between the Israelis and Palestinians, Xinhua reported Wednesday.Li arrived in the West Bank town of Ramallah earlier in the day for a one-day visit.Before the meeting with Abbas, she laid a wreath on the grave of the former Palestinian president Yassar Arafat in the Palestinian president's headquarters here.

Pentagon in $75m electropulse blast-ray programmeTerawatt RF zap weapons sought By Lewis Page Friday 18th January 2008

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Despite decades of disappointment, plucky Pentagon boffinry chiefs continue to seek a working electromagnetic pulse weapon - the dreaded, circuitry-frying e-bomb.The US Air Force Research Laboratory is now initiating a five-year, $75m programme intended to finally get the field of electropulse combat kickstarted.Wired magazine reported yesterday on the upcoming High Energy Research and Applications (HERA) programme, advertised by the airforce war boffins here.The preferred airforce term for the desired kit is High Power Microwave (HPM). The HERA programme is supposed to deliver aerial and ground based HPM weapon systems... close to an end product by 2012. This dovetails nicely with hints given in a presentation by a Pentagon research chief some months ago.

The HERA notice says the Air Force would like zappers delivering peak power in the multi-gigawatt range, or even more.Research and experiments will be conducted with the goal of... increasing power (trillion watt range)... mating advanced weapons concept devices to HPM generators...Millimetre-wave pulses in the lotsa-gigawatt intensity range - let alone terawatt - can run up against air breakdown limits where the very air itself starts to glow with the energy being beamed through it. While no doubt very cool in appearance, from the war boffins' point of view this is a problem as they want the power to get into the enemy's circuitry rather than waste itself in flashy pyrotechnics. They'd like candidates for the $75m to have innovative methods to overcome air breakdown limits up their sleeve.Among other things, the lucky organisation will also need plenty of staff suitable for a CRITICAL NUCLEAR WEAPON DESIGN INFORMATION security clearance. This is probably to do with the fact that most of the decent HPM pulses produced so far have been side effects of atomic bomb explosions.

All this is pretty tasty stuff: but it isn't a death ray, or anyway isn't meant to be. The idea is to mount strikes against targets set such as... facilities with electronic systems or centers of gravity. The electropulse blast would knock out communications, data, and/or power grid networks, by overloading their circuits with fatal RF-induced spikes.(This was what evil Sean Bean planned to do to London in the Bond caper Goldeneye, using a space-based nuclear HPM gizmo built by the Russians and controlled from a thinly-disguised shopping centre.)That's not to say that microwaves at this sort of power couldn't hurt or kill people, but if that's what you want to do there are easier and cheaper ways. This probably is what the Pentagon says, an attempt to kill electronics rather than humans.Even so, nobody needs to start wrapping all their gear in Faraday cages just yet. People have been foretelling the HPM e-bomb forever, and many disappointments have been suffered. This is likely to be just another long shot on the part of the US air force, who'd very much like to have some more options in between dropping leaflets and blowing everything up.So leave that tinfoil on the shelf for now.

Jesuits elect Spaniard as new black pope JAN 20,08
Sunday, January 20, 2008 AFP

ROME -- Jesuits on Saturday elected Spaniard Adolfo Nicolas as their new superior general, the Society of Jesus announced in a communique. The Jesuits' superior general, known as the black pope because of the color of his cape and the power wielded by the order, succeeds Dutchman Peter Hans Kolvenbach, 80, who resigned after leading the order for 24 years. The 71-year-old Spanish-born Nicolas, who spent more than half his life in Japan where he arrived in 1961, was president of the Jesuit Conference of East Asia and Oceania.