RUSSIA TO HAVE MISSLES IN POLAND

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.

Tropical depression off east coast of Nicaragua NOV 5,08

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – A tropical depression off Honduras' Caribbean coast could become a tropical storm tonight or tomorrow.The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the depression's maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph.The hurricane center expects the depression to track slowly northwest and then north across the Caribbean through Friday.The depression is expected to bring 1 to 2 inches of rain over eastern Honduras and northeastern Nicaragua with isolated totals of 6 inches possible. Honduras and Nicaragua have issued tropical storm watches.At 7 p.m. EST Wednesday, the depression's center was about 110 miles southeast of the Nicaragua-Honduras border.Heavy rains and flooding have killed more than 30 people in recent weeks and left 16 people missing.

Rain stops in Vietnam but flood toll rises to 92 Wed Nov 5, 7:06 am ET

HANOI, Vietnam – Pumps ran nonstop in the Vietnamese capital Wednesday to clear water following the city's worst rainfall in 35 years, in storms that sparked flooding across large sections of the country and left 92 people dead.Life in metropolitan Hanoi was slowly returning to normal after a halt in the rains, with floodwaters receding and residents cleaning up their homes.Another seven bodies were found in northern Vietnam, including two more in the capital, bringing the death toll in Hanoi to 22 and the overall toll to 92, authorities said.Forecasters said rain over the weekend was the heaviest Hanoi has experienced in 35 years. At the height of the flooding, more than 100 Hanoi neighborhoods were under at least a foot of water, but by Wednesday only five neighborhoods were still submerged, said Nguyen Anh Tu of the city's drainage company.Our main pump station is running 24 hours a day, pumping 4 million cubic meters (141 million cubic feet) of excess water a day, he said. We hope the water will recede completely from metropolitan Hanoi in the next two days.Forecasters said people living in Hanoi can expect scattered showers in the coming days.Hanoi residents meanwhile continued to clear out the mud, debris and garbage that was washed into their homes by the floods.Nguyen Van Hai, 34, and his family of three moved back to their home Wednesday after spending five days with his in-laws. He had taken the day off the clean his house.Our first floor is covered with 10 centimeters (4 inches) of mud, he said. It's so smelly.More than 37,000 evacuees in two rural districts of Hanoi cannot yet return to their homes, disaster officials said.Le Thi Kim Thuy, a disaster official in Hanoi's My Duc District, said more than 12,000 people there abandoned homes when the rain started last Thursday.

Their homes are still up to three feet (one meter) under water, Thuy said. They is a shortage of everything from food to water.In the neighboring district of Chuong My, the homes of more than 25,000 villagers remained submerged, disaster official Nguyen Dung Trung said.Trung said the flood water level had dropped only a few inches over the past two days and that four villages remained surrounded by water and were accessible only by boat.

Nov 5, 2008 21:53 Peres, Livni to represent Israel at UN interfaith forum
By GREER FAY CASHMAN JPOST

President Shimon Peres will fly to New York with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni next week to represent Israel at a United Nations interfaith conference on Dialogue of Civilizations. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.Photo: Ariel Jerozolimksi .Pictures of the week At the November 11-13 conference, Peres and Livni will be rubbing shoulders and shaking hands with royalty, presidents, prime ministers, and spiritual and lay leaders from most, if not all, of the UN's 192 member states, several of which have no diplomatic relations with Israel. Among the dignitaries who have confirmed their attendance are Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, outgoing US President George W. Bush, Spanish King Juan Carlos, Kuwaiti Emir Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and Jordan's King Abdullah. The participants will meet to discuss Judaism, Christianity and Islam, as well as other religions practiced around the globe. The conference, initiated by the Saudi king, is an outgrowth of the Madrid Interfaith Conference held in July. Peres and Livni will probably be joined by Israeli spiritual leaders of the country's three prominent monotheistic faiths. Peres intends to consult with them this week. He told reporters that while he did not anticipate any miracles, the fact that Israel would be sitting and dialoguing with leading figures from all parts of the region was a significant breakthrough, and could be the beginning of a new reality because Israel would like to enter into peace agreements with each of the countries in the region. There is no need for us to be in conflict with any other country, and we will make peace with anyone who wants to make peace with us, he said. The president will have only a brief respite when he returns home before he flies to London for a state visit. Also Wednesday, Peres hosted a ceremony at Beit Hanassi for the installation of the new Chief Rabbinate Council.

Updated Nov 6, 2008 16:33 Peace pact unlikely by year's end By ASSOCIATED PRESS TEL AVIV JPOST

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday all but conceded that an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by a year-end deadline is no longer possible. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks about President-elect Barack Obama during a news briefing at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday.Pictures of the week However, upon arriving in Tel Aviv, she also said that it was important to maintain momentum and support for the negotiations so that new governments in both Israel and the United States had a firm foundation to continue to the talks next year. Rice is making her eighth trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories since the sides set the target for reaching an agreement at last November's summit at Annapolis, Md. She said political uncertainty in Israel is the main complication to the goal, adding that the situation is a constraint on the ability of any government to conclude a deal.

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I've learned never to predict in this business, she said, but it is clear we're in a different situation now because Israel is going to elections.It is our expectation that the Annapolis process has laid groundwork which should make possible the establishment of a Palestinian state when the political circumstances permit, Rice added. I think that whatever happens by the end of the year, you've got a firm foundation for quickly moving this forward to conclusion.Although Rice refused to absolutely rule out the chance of an agreement by year's end, her remarks reflect the first time that a Bush administration official has publicly not held out hope that the deadline could be met. Israeli and Palestinian officials have long said they believe the year-end deadline is unrealistic.We'll see where they are at the end of the year, said Rice, vowing to work on this with the parties until the day that we leave.With her time in office rapidly waning, Rice is hoping to shore up the fragile Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and leave a viable process for the incoming administration of President-elect Barack Obama.

She will also visit Egypt and Jordan to shore up Arab support for the talks. At some point before Obama moves into the White House on Jan. 20, Rice said she would like to see the sides memorialize the progress they have made but not stretch to conclude a partial deal. It will be important to wrap up all of that work one way or another, she said. Rice will see Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, along with the chief negotiators from both sides, on Thursday and Friday before visiting Jenin, the West Bank town where Palestinians retook security control early this year, on Saturday. She then heads to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik in Egypt where top officials from the international diplomatic quartet on the Middle East will be briefed on the status of the talks on Sunday. Any results officially reported to the quartet - the European Union, Russia, the United States and the United Nations - from Palestinian-Israeli talks so far could become a basis for future negotiations, even after the Israeli election. The quartet envoys will get from Israeli and Palestinian negotiators a progress report that could prevent backpedaling during the Israeli and US leadership changes. The idea is to listen and to record and to know where we are heading, EU envoy Marc Otte said after meeting with the chief Palestinian negotiator in Jerusalem on Thursday.

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HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

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HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS THU NOV 06,2008

09:30 AM -36.72
10:00 AM -84.91
10:30 AM -146.95
11:00 AM -195.38
11:30 AM -272.71
12:00 PM -258.94
12:30 PM -360.17
01:00 PM -347.42
01:30 PM -377.05
02:00 PM -347.58
02:30 PM -409.55
03:00 PM -357.56
03:30 PM -440.69
04:00 PM -443.48 8695.79

S&P 500 904.88 -47.89

NASDAQ 1608.70 -72.94

GOLD 732.1 -10.3

OIL 60.68 -4.62

TSE 300 -331.79 9,555.41

CDNX -31.29 920.13

S&P/TSX/60 -20.85 576.21

MORNING STATS AS OF 10:45 AM

European Central Bank cuts rate by 0.5% today.
England cut Bank rate by 1.5% today.
Dow down -211 points at low today so far.
Most Dow components lower today so far.
Merrill says volatility to continue to Quarter one of 2009.

NYSE STATS
-Advances 728, Declines 2,132, Unchanged 73
-New highs 1, New Lows 47.
NASDAQ STATS
-Advances 763, Declines 1,532, Unchanged 170

AFTERNOON STATS

Big 3 CEOS meeting with the Democrates.
Auto Industry seeking $25 BILLION bridge financing.
GM has lost more than $50 BILLION in the last 3 years.
GM expected to report accelerated cash burn rate for Quarter 3.
Dow down -467 points at low so far today.
Oil touches 18 month low since MAR 2007.
Stocks lower after economic data,weak OCT retail Sales.
Commercial Papers outstanding grew $550 BILLION last week to $1.6 TRILLION.

HOW TO FIND A BOTTOM
-Retesting lows on improving internals.
-Example:850 on S&P,with a fewer number of 52 week lows.
BEAR ARGUMENT:next down leg is Auto loans,Credit cards.
BULL ARGUMENT:Widely telegraphed.
-Argues for retest sooner than Later.
Rahm Emanuel accepts White House Chief of staff position.
Fidelity lays off close to 1300 and more in early 2009.

DODDS BANKING AGENDA
Dodd stays on as Chairman of Banking Committee.
1-Identify,consider Obama Economic team.
2-Oversee Economic Stabilization act.
3-Create 21st century Economic structure.
4-Srengthen Mortgage protection.
5-Create transit Bill.

DAY END STATS
Wallstreets worst 2 day drop in 21 years.
ALL 10 SECTORS DOWN TODAY.
ALL 24 INDUSTRIAL GROUPS DOWN TODAY.
475 of 500 S&P members down today.
ALL 30 Dow Industrials down today.
Dow drops below 8700 points today.
Dows drops 4.9% today.
Dow falls 9.7% in the last 2 days.
Dow falls 929 points the last 2 days.
Dows biggest 2 day point drp ever.
S&P down 5% today.
S&P near 900 points today.
S$P down 10% the last 2 days.
S&P down 101 points last 2 days.
S&P biggest 2 day drop since OCTOBER 1987.
NASDAQ down over 4.3% today.
NASDAQ down 9.6% last 2 days.

Obama and EU to reinvent global politics, pundit says
VALENTINA POP Today NOV 6,08 @ 09:55 CET

The Obama administration will play a big role in reinventing the international system, especially on the financial side, in strong partnership with the EU, US foreign policy expert David J. Rothkopf said on Wednesday.A former trade offical in the Clinton administration and a consultant on foreign affairs and emerging markets, Mr Rothkopf was talking from Washington during a video-conference organized by the Brussels branch of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an international think-tank associated with the US State Department.President Obama will play a bigger role in re-inventing the international system than any other president before in past decades, Mr Rothkopf argued, with a number of organisations and treaties badly needing an update or to be replaced altogether – ranging from the stalled Doha round of trade talks known to the non-proliferation treaty, as well as outdated bodies such as the G7 or the International Monetary Fund that don't include the emerging economies such as China.US-EU relations will clearly improve, with a second trip to Europe probably taking place in the first months of his mandate, Mr Rothkopf said.The tendency of the Democratic Party to be more comfortable with multi-lateralism and listening to its European partners will also contribute to improving relations, he said.But there was also a necessity for this partnership to improve, Mr Rothkopf argued.We can't do things alone, we need partnerships and burden sharing. I would expect a debate within NATO about a broader role and sense of burden sharing, he said, mentioning Afghanistan as an example where European help is needed.Problems within Europe are going to have an impact on this as much as US obligations are, to the extent that the EU is divided on some of the big issues of the time and on the nature of the common foreign policy and common defence policy, Mr Rothkopf added.

New global financial regulator and IMF reform

Mr Rothkopf emphasised the need for a global financial regulator – something the G20 meeting in Washington on 15 November is still unlikely to agree upon, with the outgoing Bush administration opposing this idea and the Obama team yet not in charge. But G20 leaders would probably agree to meet again in the first months of 2009, when both the creation of such a body, as well as the reform of the IMF could take a more concrete shape. He spoke of a regulatory renaissance and of of fusion capitalism, by which he means seeing European and Asian visions of capitalism and how markets are to be regulated take greater prominance on the international stage, and not just the so-called Washington Consensus. Yet on the down side, Mr Rothkopf warned against blazing new trails on protectionism that would isolate economies and only aggravate problems. In terms of what a global financial regulator would look like, Mr Rothkopf mentioned the EU as an example of creating super-national structures, while also noting the problem of enforcement. Getting everybody in a room and agreeing on principles is easy – this is what we are probably going to get on 15 November – but next year we'll see whether we'll get institutions that have the ability to enforce new global standards on the international financial markets. That's going to be the challenge, he said. Any financial agreement would also foresee a leadership role for the US, in coalition with the EU and other countries, Mr Rothkopf projected.

Stocks plunge anew as recession worries resurface By SARA LEPRO and TIM PARADIS, AP Buisness Writer NOV 5,08

BAC 21.75 -2.78
C 12.63 -2.05
GS 87.43 -7.57
LEH 0.00 0.00
MRK 28.72 -2.41

Reuters – A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange November 5, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) NEW YORK – A case of postelection nerves sent Wall Street plunging Wednesday as investors, looking past Barack Obama's presidential victory, returned to their fears of a deep and protracted recession. Volatility swept over the market again, with the Dow Jones industrials falling nearly 500 points and all the major indexes tumbling more than 5 percent.The market was widely expected to give back some gains after a runup that lifted the Standard & Poor's 500 index more than 18 percent and that gave the Dow its best weekly advance in 34 years; moreover, many analysts had warned that Wall Street faced more turbulence after two months of devastating losses.But investors lost their recent confidence about the economy and began dumping stocks again.The market has really gotten ahead of itself, and falsely priced in that this recession wasn't going to be as prolonged as thought, said Ryan Larson, head of equity trading at Voyageur Asset Management, a subsidiary of RBC Dain Rauscher. Regardless of who won the White House, these problems are not going away.We're in a really bad recession, period, he said. People are locking in profits and realizing we're not out of the woods.Beyond broad economic concerns, worries about the financial sector intensified after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. began to notify about 3,200 employees globally that they have been lost their jobs as part of a broader plan to slash 10 percent of the investment bank's work force, a person familiar with the situation said. The cuts were first reported last month. Goldman fell 8 percent, while other financial names also fell; Citigroup Inc. dropped 14 percent.

Commodities stocks also fell after steelmaker ArcelorMittal said it would slash production because of weakening demand. Its stock plunged 21.5 percent.Although the market expected Obama to win the election, as the session wore on investors were clearly worrying about the weakness of the economy and pondered what the Obama administration might do. Analysts said the market is already anxious about who Obama selects as the next Treasury Secretary, as well as who he picks for other Cabinet positions.The celebration is over. Today we saw a bit of reality, said Al Goldman, chief market strategist at Wachovia Securities in St. Louis. President-elect Obama is coming into a situation with limited experience, having to handle an economy in serious trouble, a couple of wars and terrorism. It's an extremely tough job.

Analysts said investors were also uneasy in advance of the Labor Department's October employment report, to be issued Friday. Economists, on average, expect a 200,000 drop in payrolls, according to Thomson/IFR.Late-day selling by hedge funds helped deepen the market's losses during the last hour. More selling by the funds is expected to weigh on the market ahead of a Nov. 15 cutoff for shareholders to notify fund managers of their intent to cash out investments before year-end.The Dow fell 486.01, or 5.05 percent, to 9,139.27. The blue chips had risen more than 300 on Tuesday, and last week rose 11.3 percent, their biggest weekly gain since 1974.The S&P 500 index fell 52.98, or 5.27 percent, to 952.77. Through the six sessions that ended Tuesday, the index, the one most closely watched by market professionals, rose 18.3 percent.The Nasdaq composite index fell 98.48, or 5.53 percent, to 1,681.64, while the Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 31.33, or 5.74 percent, to 514.64.Declining issues outnumbered advancers by about 4 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated volume came to a light 5.29 billion shares compared with 5.45 billion shares traded Tuesday.We're seeing people come into the market at the last minute and the low volume exaggerates moves to the downside and the upside. That really scares the heck out people, Goldman said.Wednesday's trading showed that the market is living up to expectations of continued volatility as it tries to recover from the devastating losses of the last two months.Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at PNC Wealth Management, said the uncertainty over the direction the government's financial bailout plan will take under the next administration likely weighed on financial stocks Wednesday.

Analysts agree that Obama's most immediate priority will be dealing with the nation's financial crisis and deciding how to further implement the $700 billion rescue package passed by Congress last month. Goldman said trading could remain turbulent as investors begin assessing the shape and direction of Obama's forthcoming economic policies. The market has to go through a period of figuring out if they are going to gain confidence in Obama and the Congress or lose it, he said.

Obama's victory means that industries such as oil and gas producers, utilities and pharmaceuticals may face greater regulation and even taxes, while labor unions and automakers are expected to benefit. In addition, banks, insurance companies, hedge funds and the rest of the financial sector will almost certainly face attempts at a regulatory overhaul by the Democratic Congress next year. Among financials, Goldman Sachs fell $7.57, or 8 percent, to $87.43. Citigroup fell $2.05, or 14 percent, to $12.63, while Bank of America Corp. dropped $2.78, or 11.3 percent, to $21.75. Other sectors that are being closely watched in light of the election results are pharmaceuticals and alternative energy, analysts said. Merck & Co. fell $2.41, or 7.7 percent, to $28.72. Pfizer Inc., meanwhile, dipped $1.09, or 6 percent, to $17. SunTech Power Holdings Co. was among the alternative energy stocks that declined, falling $6.82, or 21.5 percent, to $24.88. In addition to monitoring the direction the next administration will take, investors continue to heed the state of the credit markets. The paralysis in the credit markets that began after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in mid-September has been alleviated somewhat by a series of government interventions, but they still show some signs of strain. Banks continued to ratchet down the rates they charge one another for borrowing on Wednesday, but the key interbank lending rate — the London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor — remains well above the Federal Reserve's target interest rate of 1 percent. Libor for three-month dollar loans fell to 2.51 percent from 2.71 percent Tuesday. And the bid for Treasury bills remains high. The three-month bill, considered one of the safest assets around, fell to 0.42 percent from 0.48 percent late Tuesday. A low yield indicates high demand. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was unchanged at 3.73 percent. The dollar was mostly lower against other major currencies, while gold prices fell. Light, sweet crude dropped $5.23 to settle at $65.30 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In Asian trading, Japan's Nikkei index rose 4.46 percent, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 3.17 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 2.34 percent, Germany's DAX index fell 2.11 percent, and France's CAC-40 fell 1.98 percent. On the Net: New York Stock Exchange: http://www.nyse.com Nasdaq Stock Market: http://www.nasdaq.com

Nov 5, 2008 23:42 Record no. of Jews elected to Congress ALLISON HOFFMAN, JPost correspondent in NY

Democrats strengthened their majorities in both houses of Congress in Tuesday's US elections, picking up five more seats in the Senate and adding at least 18 more seats in the House of Representatives. US Rep.-elect Jared Polis, left, raises the hand of his partner Marlon Reis during a Democratic victory party in Denver.
Photo: AP Pictures of the week The next session of Congress will include 45 Jewish lawmakers, a new record, after Democrats Alan Grayson of Florida and John Adler of New Jersey took two House seats from the Republican column. Jared Polis, also a Democrat, was widely expected to win his Colorado House seat to match the previous record, set in the 2006 elections. The House will have 32 Jewish members. Only the class of 1990 had more Jewish members - 34 - but there were fewer Jewish senators at the time. The next Senate will have 13 Jewish members, the same as the previous session, despite a toss-up race in Minnesota, where both Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and his Democratic challenger, comedian Al Franken, are Jewish. Democrats said they were disappointed not to have an even larger record after losing several close races - including in Alaska, where polls showed state legislator Ethan Berkowitz mounting a strong challenge for a Republican seat in vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin's home state - but said they were satisfied with the outcome.

It's a lot to ask - we had an incredible night with Obama, we had the other pickups in the House and Senate and we should be very grateful, said Ira Forman, executive direction of the National Jewish Democratic Council. The reinforced Democratic majorities in both chambers assure President-elect Barack Obama a stronger hand in enacting his agenda of change. The public's expectations were high that Democrats in Congress will help Obama follow through on campaign promises to end the long-running war in Iraq and fix the financial ills that many blame on Bush and his party.

Democrats increased their count in the 100-seat upper house to at least 56. They currently have a 51-49 majority, including two independents who vote in their caucus.
Three Senate races with Republican incumbents remained undecided, among them the contentious reelection bid by 84-year-old Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, the longest-serving Senate Republican, who was convicted last month of lying on Senate forms to hide favors he received from a contractor. Races in Georgia, Oregon and Minnesota were too close to call. The Associated Press called the Senate race in Minnesota prematurely. Republican Sen. Norm Coleman finished ahead of Democrat Al Franken, the former Saturday Night Live comedian, in the final vote count, but Coleman's 571-vote margin falls within the state's mandatory recount law. Despite the strong showing, Democrats appeared to be falling short of their goal of taking 60 Senate seats. A 60-40 majority would make it nearly impossible for the opposition to use procedural maneuvers to block Democratic proposals from coming to a vote. In the lower chamber, the House of Representatives, the Democrats expanded their majority by dominating the Northeast and ousting Republicans in every region. The Democrats added at least 18 seats to the 30 they took from Republicans in 2006. Fewer than 10 races remained undecided. Republicans were on track for their smallest numbers since 1994, the year the so-called Republican Revolution retook the House for the first time in 40 years.

The Democratic edge in the current Congress is 235-199 with one vacancy in a formerly Democratic seat. Two Louisiana seats, one Democratic and one Republican, won't be decided until December because hurricanes postponed their primaries until Tuesday. The American people have called for a new direction. They have called for change in America, said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. It was the first time in more than 75 years that Democrats were on track for big House gains in back-to-back elections. This will be a wave upon a wave, Pelosi said. House Republicans were licking their wounds and hoping to increase their numbers in the 2010 election. We sort of got through this, we think, a little bit better than some people might have expected, said Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, the head of the Republican House campaign committee. Our worst days are behind us, he added. The Democratic victories in the Senate included an upset in North Carolina by Democratic state legislator Kay Hagan, who unseated Sen. Elizabeth Dole, one of the biggest names in the Republican Party and wife of Bob Dole, the party's 1996 presidential nominee. Elizabeth Dole, a former Cabinet secretary in two Republican administrations, had been criticized for spending little time in recent years in her home state. In Virginia, former Democratic Gov. Mark Warner breezed to victory over another former governor, Republican Jim Gilmore, in the race to replace retiring five-term Republican Sen. John W. Warner. The two Warners are not related. In the West, two Udalls were elected to the Senate. In Colorado, Mark Udall, son of the late Arizona Rep. Morris Mo Udall, took the seat vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Wayne Allard. His cousin, Tom Udall, whose father Stewart Udall was Interior Secretary in the Kennedy administration, took the New Mexico Senate seat vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Pete Domenici. In New Hampshire, Republican Sen. John Sununu lost to Democrat Jeanne Shaheen in a rematch that saw Shaheen referring to Sununu as Bush's evil twin. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, attributed the party's gains to Obama's coattails. It's been a really good night, Reid told The Associated Press. Obama ran a terrific campaign, he inspired millions of people, he said. According to other preliminary counts, 12 Democrats retained their seats and 14 Republicans were reelected or won seats vacated by retiring Republicans. Among the Republican survivors was Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who outpolled millionaire businessman Bruce Lunsford to retain his seat. McConnell, the Senate minority leader, is a master strategist and could be a thorn in the side of the Democrats.

Winston Churchill once said the most exhilarating feeling in life is to be shot at and missed, McConnell said. After the last few months I think he really meant to say there is nothing more exhausting. This election has been both, he added.In Minnesota, voters cast nearly 2.9 million ballots, prompting a recount that could take weeks to complete. There is reason to believe that the recount could change the vote tallies significantly, Franken said in a statement. US Rep.-elect Jared Polis, left, raises the hand of his partner Marlon Reis during a Democratic victory party in Denver.AP Pictures of the week The Democratic winners included Obama's running mate Joe Biden of Delaware who was elected to his seventh senate term on Tuesday but must give up his seat now that he will become vice president. The state's governor will likely appoint a fellow Democrat to fill Biden's seat until 2010 when a new election will be held. A total of 35 seats were in contention in the Senate. In the House, all 435 seats were up for election. The defeat of 22-year veteran Rep. Chris Shays in Connecticut gave Democrats every House seat from the northeastern New England states. Democratic businessman Jim Himes won despite Republican Shays' recent highly publicized criticism of McCain's presidential campaign. The Democrat also won an open seat in the New York City borough of Staten Island, giving them control of all of the city's congressional delegation in Washington for the first time in 35 years. The incumbent Republican Rep. Vito Fossella was forced to resign amid drunk driving charges and revelations that he fathered a child from an extramarital affair.Elsewhere in the Northeast, Republican Reps. John R. Kuhl of New York and Phil English of Pennsylvania were defeated. In the South, Democrats took seats in Alabama, North Carolina and Virginia. In Florida, two Republican incumbents were defeated by Democrats, including Rep. Tom Feeney, who was under fire for ties to a disgraced lobbyist. In the Midwest, Democrats captured one seat in Illinois and two seats each in Michigan and Ohio. Rep. Steve Chabot, a 14-year veteran, lost in a district that includes portions of Cincinnati, which has the largest black population of any congressional district in the nation held by a Republican. Obama's candidacy was a major factor in the race, where state Sen. Steven Driehaus won election. Democrats also made inroads in the West, where they captured two New Mexico seats, one seat each in Colorado and Nevada, and one left open in Arizona by retiring Republican Rep. Rick Renzi, who is awaiting trial on corruption charges.

Among the handful of losing Democratic incumbents was Rep. Tim Mahoney in Florida, who recently admitted to having extramarital affairs. He was defeated by Republican attorney Tom Rooney. But Rep. John P. Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat who angered his constituents by describing them as racist, easily won reelection. AP contributed to this report.

Europe's new love affair promises an entente cordiale
Paola Totaro, London November 6, 2008

AMID delight across Europe that the United States has voted for a decisive break with the much-reviled Bush Administration, European leaders have warmly embraced US president-elect Barack Obama.British Prime Minister Gordon Brown hailed his energising politics and his progressive values and his vision for the future.

Australians send message to Obama
People in Sydney send their first wishes to the new US President-elect Barak Obama.
French President Nicholas Sarkozy wrote to Senator Obama offering him my warmest congratulations and, through me, those of all French people.The intense battle for the United States presidency has riveted Europe, an interest fired initially by profound resentment of George Bush.For the European political class, President Bush's failures were an unforgivable triad: he divided the EU over Iraq, he squibbed it on climate change and his administration participated in human rights violations through the promotion of rendition and the continuing use of the Guantanamo Bay detention centre.He is the worst president of the US in living memory, the German Socialist leader, Martin Schultz, told Mr Sarkozy at the European Parliament last month.Mr Schultz may well be dismissed for his florid rhetoric, but a perusal of major opinion polls showed that much of Europe shares his view. A Pew Research Centre survey found that close to eight out of 10 voters from the major nations of Western Europe - Germany, France, Britain and Italy - disapprove of Mr Bush's handling of international policy.Europe's desire for change manifested first in its warm embrace of Hillary Clinton. But once Senator Obama entered the scene, the continent succumbed to a passionate, overwhelming love affair: if Europe had the vote, the White House would have been his in a landslide.

According to Tomas Valasek, director of foreign policy and defence at the London-based Centre for European Reform, Senator Obama is seen to represent the cleanest break with America's least popular policies.Senator Obama's seduction of Europe was best exhibited in July during his whirlwind visit to Britain and speech to the 200,000-person rally in Berlin's Tiergarten. His rhetoric contained fulsome promises that he would seek counsel from Europe, forge a common path with his allies and avoid bullying other countries to ratify changes we hatch in isolation.He told the rally that America is part of what has gone wrong in our world and that Americans needed to start listening to Europe again. The longest and loudest cheers came when he pledged to lead the globe in its battle against climate change.But those were the words of an election campaign and it would be naive to imagine that, as president, Senator Obama will not also insist on a series of foreign policy decisions Europe might not like.He wants, for example, to rebuild a stronger NATO and rally European support for Afghanistan. But what this will really mean is more troops from his allies.Denis MacShane, Labour MP and former British minister of state for Europe, is optimistic Senator Obama's election will give Europe powerful opportunities to make its values and voice better heard in Washington.But he warned: Europe must find a way to speak with one voice. If not, America will decide again that there is no one to answer the telephone in Europe when they want to find a partner to speak to.

EU animal testing bill worries scientists
PHILIPPA RUNNER Today NOV 6,08 @ 09:20 CET

The European Commission has proposed stricter controls on the use of animals in medical testing, including a symbolic ban on experiments on great apes, worrying the scientific community.The draft directive - in the making for eight years - would outlaw testing on chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangoutans, unless experiments were needed to counter a new epidemic of life-threatening illness.Use of other primates - such macaques and marmosets - and all animals likely to experience pain would be restricted, with measures including ethical evaluations of all new projects by a competent authority and rules on appropriate cage size and living environments.

About 12 million animals are used in experiments each year in the EU, the vast majority of which are rats and mice, with monkeys making up just 0.1 percent, Reuters reports. Great apes, however, are no longer used.Half of all tests are for new drugs, a third for biological research and a small minority for cosmetics products. The EU's new REACH chemicals safety laws may increase the number of tests on substances used in everyday products.Experiments on primates tend to focus on neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis, as well as complex pathologies such as HIV, malaria and cancer.It is absolutely important to steer away from testing on animals, environment commissioner Stavros Dimas said, hitting a political note that backs the anti-testing side.Scientific research must focus on finding alternative methods to animal testing, but where alternatives are not available, the situation of animals still used in experiments must be improved.Animal rights campaigners such as the Dr Hadwin Trust for Human Research gave the proposal a guarded welcome, but plan to lobby MEPs to extend the directive to cover sentient invertebrates and animal foetuses, and to ban any test that causes severe or prolonged pain.This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Europe to lead the world in ending animal experiments and replacing them with the most technologically advanced non-animal techniques science can offer, the group's Emily McIvor said.Some scientists worry the new legislation will drive animal testing out of Europe to overseas centres, where animals will receive worse treatment than at present, however.The scientific community is also concerned that MEPs will further tighten up the directive to score political points.

We are dismayed that some members of the European Parliament are burying their heads in the sands of anti-vivisection propaganda, refusing to even meet researchers or visit animal facilities, Simon Festing, director of the Research Defence Society, told the Telegraph.I do despair of the constant battles that we have to fight just to continue to do good science and to save lives. These waves of anti-science we keep experiencing are disquieting, Oxford University neuroscientist Tipu Aziz said in the Guardian.

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 RUSSIA-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.

WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL

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

REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)

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

EURASIA INSIGHT RUSSIA: NEVER TOO EARLY TO THINK OF A RETURN OF PRESIDENT PUTIN? 11/05/08

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has not been in office for half a year, and already he is trying to tinker with term limits. Kremlin watchers say Medvedev’s expressed desire to extend the presidential term in Russia from four to six years is meant mostly to benefit his political patron, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.Medvedev sent up a trial balloon on November 5 during an address to the Federation Council. Not only did the incumbent suggest lengthening the term, but he also called for a significant expansion of presidential authority. In addition, Medvedev proposed extending the terms of deputies in the lower house of parliament, the State Duma. In a country where there are already virtually no checks or balances on executive authority, the likelihood that Russia’s constitution will be rewritten in accordance with Medvedev’s wishes seems high.The changes already appear to be on a fast-track toward approval. A presidential aide, Larisa Brycheva, insisted that the proposals would not need to be approved by a nationwide referendum, or any other process that required the consent of the general population, or the Russian Federation’s constituent entities, the official state news agency RIA Novosti reported.Meanwhile, the head of the country’s Central Election Commission, Vladimir Churov, told RIA Novosti that his agency was ready to organize a referendum, if necessary.

Medvedev’s proposed changes would not cover incumbents at the present time, including himself. This prompted political analysts in Moscow and abroad to speculate that the measures are tailored to facilitate an extended return by Putin to the presidency in three-plus years.Perhaps not coincidently, the same day Medvedev aired his proposals, results of a public opinion survey were released, conducted by the Russia Public Opinion Research Center, in which an overwhelming majority of respondents described the Putin era as the best epoch in Russian history. The poll was conducted in late May, but the release of the results came only on November 5. According to the poll, which surveyed attitudes about various Russian leaders over the past century, 80 percent of Russians believe Russia was moving in the right direction under Putin. The next most popular leader was Leonid Brezhnev with a 41 percent favorability rating. Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin registered 33 percent. Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, who together presided over Russia’s rocky transition from Communism to a market economy, garnered 17 percent support each. November 5, 2008 © Eurasianet http://www.eurasianet.org

Russia to deploy short-range missiles near Poland By STEVE GUTTERMAN and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writers NOV 5,08

MOSCOW – Russia will deploy short-range missiles near Poland to counter U.S. military plans in Eastern Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev warned Wednesday, setting a combative tone that clashed with global goodwill over Barack Obama's election.In his first state of the nation speech, Medvedev blamed Washington for the war in Georgia and the world financial crisis and suggested it was up to Washington to mend badly damaged ties.Medvedev also proposed increasing the Russian presidential term to six years from four — a change that could deepen Western concern over democracy in Russia and play into the hands of his mentor, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who has not ruled out a return to the Kremlin.Extending the presidential term could mean a possible 12 more years in the top office for the popular Putin.Echoing Putin, who made criticism of Washington and the West a hallmark of his two-term, eight-year presidency, Medvedev used the speech in an ornate Kremlin reception hall to cast Russia as a nation threatened by encroaching American military might.From what we have seen in recent years — the creation of a missile defense system, the encirclement of Russia with military bases, the relentless expansion of NATO — we have gotten the clear impression that they are testing our strength, Medvedev said.He signaled Moscow would not give in to Western calls to pull troops from Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, or rescind its recognition of their independence following the August war.

We will not retreat in the Caucasus, he said, winning one of many rounds of applause during the televised 85-minute address.Talking tough, he fleshed out long-promised military measures in response to U.S. plans for missile defense facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic, former Soviet satellites now in NATO. The Kremlin claims the system is meant to weaken Russia, not defend against Iran, as Washington insists.

Medvedev said Iskander missiles would be deployed to Russia's western enclave of Kaliningrad, sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, to neutralize, if necessary, a missile defense system.The Iskander has a range of about 280 kilometers (175 miles), which would allow it to reach targets in Poland but not in the Czech Republic — but officials have said its range could be increased. Medvedev did not say whether the missiles would be fitted with nuclear warheads.Russia will also deploy electronic jamming equipment, Medvedev said.After the speech, the Kremlin announced Medvedev had congratulated Obama for winning the U.S. presidency, saying in a telegram he was counting on a constructive dialogue with you on the basis of trust and taking each other's interests into account.In Washington, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack emphasized that the planned missile defenses were not aimed at Russia.The steps that the Russian government announced today are disappointing, McCormack said. But, again, this is not directed at them. Hopefully one day they'll realize that.

Medvedev appeared to be trying to improve Russia's bargaining position in potential talks with the Obama administration on missile defense. His wording suggested Russia would reverse the decision if the U.S. scraps its missile defense plans.Moscow isn't interested in confrontation, and if Obama makes some conciliatory gestures it will respond correspondingly, said Alexander Pikayev, an analyst at Moscow's Institute for World Economy and International Relations.But independent military analyst Alexander Golts said Medvedev's confrontational tone could further harm relations with the United States, which plunged to a post-Cold War low over the war in Georgia. Russia itself is cutting off the route toward better ties, he said.

Regional leaders criticized Medvedev's missile warning. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said it was certainly the wrong signal at the wrong time and urged the U.S. and Russia to see change in the White House as an opportunity for a new beginning.Medvedev suggested the U.S. must make the first move to break the chill. The Kremlin hopes the incoming administration will make a choice in favor of full-fledged relations with Russia, he said. In addition to calling for a six-year presidential term, he said parliament's term should be extended to five years instead of four and its power over the executive branch increased. Both changes could strengthen the hand of Putin, who can run for president again in 2012 and now heads the dominant United Russia party.

Brussels seeks Russia talks amid missile threat
RENATA GOLDIROVA Today NOV 6,08 @ 09:27 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission has put pressure on EU capitals to approve next week the resumption of talks on a new EU-Russia partnership treaty, put on ice due to Russia's military presence in Georgia. These negotiations should continue, first because this would allow the EU to pursue its own interests with Russia, and secondly because this is the best way to engage with Russia on the basis of a unified position, the commission stated on Wednesday (5 November). Brussels says that the next negotiating sessions should be agreed as soon as Monday (10 November), when 27 EU foreign ministers gather for their regular monthly meeting.

The move cannot be seen as a gift to Russia, external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said, AFP reports. This does not mean business as usual because we cannot accept the status quo in Georgia.Talks on an EU-Russia strategic deal were postponed on 1 September until Russian troops withdraw from Georgia's territory to positions held before the short war over South Ossetia in August.Some post-Communist countries such as Lithuania and Poland - strong allies of Georgia in the conflict - claim that Moscow has not lived up to its committment. Russian troops have withdrawn from the zones adjacent to South Ossetia and Abkhazia, with a Kremlin source quoted by Interfax on Wednesday saying Moscow would welcome more EU monitors in Georgia.

But the Russian army continues to operate in the Akhalgori district and the upper Kodori valley - zones inside the breakaway regions, but previously controlled by Georgian authorities. Russia is also building up troops inside the rebel-held zones and has refused to let OSCE monitors back into South Ossetia. Earlier this week, Lithuanian and Polish presidents - Valdas Adamkus and Lech Kaczynski - issued a joint statement, expressing deep concern over the lack of will on the Russian side.

Russian threat

Meanwhile, Moscow has renewed its threat to deploy Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad -the Russian enclave between Lithuania and Poland - in response to US plans to place components of a missile shield in central Europe. What we've had to deal with in the last few years - the construction of a global missile defence system, the encirclement of Russia by military blocs, unrestrained NATO enlargement ...The impression is we are being tested to the limit, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Russian TV.The Czech Republic has described the threat as unfortunate, while Poland said it was a new political step.But the timing of Mr Medvedev's address suggests another message, coming just hours after US president-elect Barack Obama gave his victory speech and taking the European Commission by surprise after its recommendation.The Russian move could be seen as an attempt to gain greater respect from the incoming US administration as well as to revive the EU's internal rift over the controversial project.

November 5, 2008 - 7:15 PM Iran warns U.S. military after U.S. election
By Parisa Hafezi

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran warned U.S. forces in Iraq on Wednesday that it would respond to any violation of Iranian airspace, a message analysts said seemed directed at the new U.S. president-elect more than neighbouring American troops.The Iranian army statement, reported by state radio, came after a cross-border raid last month by U.S. forces into Syria, a move that was condemned by Damascus and Tehran.

But an Iranian politician said the timing suggested it was directed at Barack Obama, who won Tuesday's U.S. vote, more than the U.S. military, and might reflect concern by hardliners in Iran who thrived on confrontation with Washington.Obama has said he would toughen sanctions on Iran but has also held out the possibility of direct talks to resolve rows, which include a dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

Recently it has been seen that American army helicopters were flying a small distance from Iraq's border with Iran and, because of the closeness to the border, the danger of them violating Iran's border is possible, state radio reported.Iran's armed forces will respond to any violation, radio said, citing a statement from Iran's army headquarters.Washington, which has not had diplomatic ties with Tehran since 1980, has accused Iran of funding, equipping and training militants in Iraq. Iran denies this and says security problems are due to the presence of U.S. troops who should quit Iraq.This is a clear message to the American president-elect because radicals are not very happy that Obama has been elected, said the Iranian politician.

LOGGERHEADS

He said Iran could have chosen to pass such a message through the Swiss embassy in Tehran, which handles U.S. interests in the absence of a U.S. mission. That route had been used in the past.The two countries are also at loggerheads over Iran's disputed nuclear work. Washington says Tehran is seeking an atomic bomb. Tehran says it wants the technology to make electricity so that it can export more of its oil and gas.Iranian government spokesman Gholamhossein Elham said he hoped Obama would make fundamental changes in the approach of the United States towards global issues and end aggression towards other countries, state broadcaster IRIB reported.Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said, according to IRNA news agency: The election of Barack Obama ... is a clear sign of the American people's wish and desire for fundamental changes in America's domestic and foreign policies.Obama, like Bush, has not ruled out military action although he has criticised the outgoing administration for not pushing for more diplomacy and engagement with Iran.Change of political figures is not important by itself. What is more important is a change of American policy, Ali Aghamohammadi, a close aide to Iran's most powerful figure, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told Reuters.Iran has warned it would respond to any attack on its territory by targeting U.S. interests and America's ally Israel, as well as closing the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway at the mouth of the Gulf and vital route for world oil supplies.Some Iranians were enthusiastic about the U.S. vote.I hope that our relations with (America) will improve as Obama has talked of direct negotiations with the Iran, said Mona Saremi, a 22-year-old student.But some analysts were cautious, saying Obama had to show he was offering more than a change in style from Bush. It is for the Americans to show that something has changed, not the Iranians, Tehran University professor Mohammad Marandi said.(Additional reporting by Zahra Hosseinian and Fredrik Dahl; Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Louise Ireland)

ELECTION 2008 Hamas praises Obama win as historic victory for world Terrorists drafting letter of congrats to be sent directly to president-elect November 05, 2008 12:16 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein 2008 WorldNetDaily

JERUSALEM – The Hamas terrorist group believes the election of Sen. Barack Obama is an historic victory for the world and an opportunity to change U.S. foreign policy toward engagement with America's foes, Ahmed Yousef, Hamas' chief political adviser in the Gaza Strip, told WND in an exclusive interview today.Yousef, speaking by cell phone from Gaza, said Hamas is drafting a letter of congratulation to be sent tomorrow directly to Obama. He said the current draft of the letter praises the president-elect as another John F. Kennedy, or great Roosevelt.We want to be one of the first to congratulate him, Yousef said.This is an historic day, a turning point. I think this is the very first time in history that one country's election concerned everyone everywhere all over [the] world, said Yousef. Everybody is looking forward to Obama's change, for a change in the U.S. policy, particularly in the Israeli-Palestinian equation, which is the mother of all conflicts.Yousef told WND he believes an Obama administration will be more willing to engage in dialogue with Hamas.He said Obama's job will be to restore America's dignity in the world and put an end to the wars in the region.Yousef took the occasion to blast the policies of President Bush, commenting he hopes that after January the Bush administration will not be heard from again.We are sick of wars and conflict, the Hamas official said.

Yousef seemed aware his comments and Hamas' expected letter to Obama may generate some negative publicity for Obama, but he said he feels it important to reach out and to express our thoughts and engage.I praised him six months ago, some people tried to use that against him. But I knew he would win. Like everyone else, we expected this important victory, he said.Yousef was referring to an interview he gave to WND and WABC Radio in April in which he praised Obama and then found his comments had fueled a firestorm of accusations in the presidential campaign.In April, Yousef stated he hoped Obama would become president and compared the Illinois senator to President John F. Kennedy.We like Mr. Obama, and we hope that he will win the election, Yousef told WND at the time.I hope Mr. Obama and the Democrats will change the political discourse. ... I do believe [Obama] is like John Kennedy, a great man with a great principle. And he has a vision to change America to make it in a position to lead the world community, but not with humiliation and arrogance, Yousef said.Sen. John McCain repeatedly used Yousef's remarks to criticize Obama's foreign policy.Obama has condemned Hamas as a terrorist group that should be isolated until it recognizes Israel. He claimed McCain was using the Hamas comments as a smear.Hamas is responsible for scores of suicide bombings, rocket attacks, shootings and cross-border raids. Its official charter calls for the murder of Jews and destruction of Israel. Just today, Hamas members took responsibility for launching dozens of rockets from Gaza aimed at Jewish civilian population centers.

Hamas fires over 35 rockets towards Israel By Nidal al-Mughrabi Nidal Al-mughrabi – Wed Nov 5, 2:32 am ET

News GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired more than 35 rockets toward Israel Wednesday, the army and the Islamist group said, hours after the Israeli army killed six militants in the coastal territory.An Israeli police spokesman said the rockets landed in southern Israel, causing no damage or injuries.

Hamas claimed responsibility for the attacks, the first such announcement by the Islamist group since an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Israel went into effect on June 19.Palestinian officials said they had been informed by Israel that all commercial border crossings with the Gaza Strip would remain closed Wednesday in response to the rocket attacks.Israeli airstrikes killed five militants and Israeli soldiers shot dead a gunman during an incursion into the Gaza Strip Tuesday.The army said it launched the airstrikes after militants attacked soldiers who entered the Gaza Strip to destroy a tunnel that Hamas had planned to use to kidnap Israeli soldiers.The latest violence could jeopardize Egyptian efforts to extend the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and further complicate Cairo's efforts to secure the release of an Israeli soldier kidnapped by Hamas two years ago.Hamas has said it would release soldier Gilad Shalit in return for hundreds of Palestinians held by Israel for their involvement in violent attacks against Israeli civilians during a Palestinian uprising.Israel has agreed in principle to a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas but Israeli officials have had reservations about the idea of releasing prisoners with blood on their hands.Also at stake are efforts by the Arab world to reconcile the Palestinian Fatah and Hamas factions during a summit in Cairo next week.Relations between the two rivals soured two years ago when Hamas won a parliamentary election. A year later, Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip from Fatah forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas who holds sway in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Hamas opposes Abbas's peace talks with Israel that Washington launched a summit in Annapolis, Maryland, last year with the hope of shepherding the two sides toward a deal before President George W. Bush leaves office in January.U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in the region Thursday in a bid to salvage the peace process that has so far shown little signs of a breakthrough.President elect Barack Obama has said resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would be a top priority for his administration.(Writing by Joseph Nasr, Editing by Jon Boyle)

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

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

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

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

China: The Gathering Threat By Constantine C. Menges Ph.D. NOV 5,08

In a book that is certain to be as controversial as it is meticulously researched, a former special assistant to the president for National Security Affairs and senior official of the Central Intelligence Agency shows that the U.S. could be headed toward a nuclear face-off with communist China within four years. And it definitively reveals how China is steadily pursuing a stealthy, systematic strategy to attain geopolitical and economic dominance first in Asia and Eurasia, then possibly globally, within the next twenty. Using recently declassified documents, statements by Russian and Chinese leaders largely overlooked in the Western media, and groundbreaking analysis and investigative work, Menges explains China's plan thoroughly, exposing:

China's methods of economic control.

China's secret alliance with Russia and other anti-America nations, including North Korea.

China's growing military and nuclear power-over 90 ICBMs, many of them aimed at U.S. cities.

How China and Russia have been responsible for weaponizing terrorists bent on harming the U.S.

Damage caused by China's trade tactics (since 1990, we've lost 8 million jobs thanks to China trade surpluses).
Did you know China…

Can launch nuclear weapons that in thirty minutes could kill one hundred million Americans

Has used espionage to steal the designs of nearly all U.S. nuclear warheads and many other military secrets

Controls more than $200 Billion of U.S. National Debt

Sells more than 40 percent of its exports in the U.S., which provides much of the money used to build up its economy and its advanced weapons systems aimed mostly at the U.S.

Remains, along with Russia, the leading supplier of weapons of mass destruction to North Korea, Iran, Syria, Libya, and Cuba .For these dire reasons and more, Menges…explains why we need to go on the political offensive against Beijing’s communist rulers and bring democracy to China, writes Washington Times reporter Bill Gertz in the foreword to China: The Gathering Threat. Finished in the months preceding Dr. Constantine C. Menges’s untimely death – this vital and timely book will open your eyes to China’s lethal agenda, offering realistic and urgent suggestions for combating the gathering threat.NOTE: Purchasing China: The Gathering Threat (book) from WND's online store also qualifies you to receive three FREE issues of WND's acclaimed monthly print magazine, Whistleblower. Watch for the FREE offer during checkout.