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Israeli PM: Military must remain in West Bank
By DANIEL ESTRIN, Associated Press - MAR 8,11

SARTABA, West Bank – Israel's prime minister declared Tuesday that his country must retain a strategic section of the West Bank under any future peace deal — a position unlikely to win Palestinians over to his reported plan to offer them a temporary state.In a rare visit to the occupied territory, Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters that Israel's security depends on maintaining a military presence in the Jordan Valley — a strip of West Bank land along the border with Jordan. Without troops there, Israel fears militants could smuggle weapons into the West Bank.The Jordan Valley is Israel's line of defense, Netanyahu said atop a rocky hilltop overlooking the valley. There is no alternative. It will remain that way in any future situation and any future deal. The military must remain here along the Jordan border.Netanyahu has made similar comments in the past. But the location and the timing — just as officials say he is working on a new diplomatic initiative — were notable, signaling that any new plan would fall far short of Palestinian demands.The Palestinians seek all of the West Bank, along with east Jerusalem and the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, for a future state. Israel captured all three areas in 1967, then withdrew from Gaza in 2005. Hamas militants overran Gaza two years later.Netanyahu's comments could be intended to appease hardline members of his coalition who have been unnerved by reports that he intends to offer Palestinians a state within smaller, temporary borders as a way to break a peacemaking deadlock.

Nabil Abu Rdeneh, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said the Palestinians would not compromise on their demand for a full Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank. He also rejected the idea of establishing a Palestinian state in interim borders.Israel is making a big mistake if it believes that it can keep our land forever, he said. Israeli policy that tries to wriggle out of the two state solution will keep the region in an endless state of conflict.Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak confirmed that plan was taking shape in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Tuesday.Barak also told the newspaper that Israel might seek an additional $20 billion in U.S. military aid to help it deal with potential threats arising from the turmoil in the Arab world.Without making a daring peace offer, however, Israel cannot seek additional aid, Barak said. To that end, Netanyahu is likely to offer the Palestinians a state with temporary borders, he added.A senior Israeli official said Netanyahu would outline his plan in a speech in the near future. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Netanyahu would try to rally international backing for his position on the Jordan Valley, and that Israel would seek compensation in return for turning over unspecified territory to the Palestinians. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the details of the plan are still being formulated.

The official said Netanyahu doubts the effectiveness of an international peacekeeping force in the Jordan Valley, which Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has suggested as an alternative to an Israeli military presence.In the past week, Israeli officials have said Netanyahu was considering a phased approach — an apparent reference to a temporary state. Barak was the first to publicly spell that out.It is not clear the U.S. would support the idea of an interim accord, given the Palestinians' adamant opposition.A temporary state would not only give the Palestinians less territory than they demand, but Israel would also retain military control of the area. The Palestinians are also afraid that any temporary arrangement will become permanent.If and when Israel offers its own thoughts on how to move the process forward, we will be listening attentively, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters in Washington on Monday. We do not know what the prime minister and his government are thinking at the present time.U.S.-led peace talks, launched six months ago with the ambitious goal of striking a final deal by September, broke down shortly after they began over Israeli construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. The Palestinians demanded a freeze in both areas, but Israel refused, arguing that previous rounds of talks took place while settlement construction was under way and that the issue should be settled in negotiations.

Also Tuesday, Israel's military said it started transporting 40,000 tons of construction materials into the Gaza Strip in a new move aimed at easing its blockade of the coastal territory.The weeklong operation will supply badly needed gravel for U.N. schools and other humanitarian projects.Israel and Egypt imposed the blockade after Hamas militants took control of Gaza in bloody street battles from the moderate Fatah party in 2007.The blockade was eased last summer under international pressure. But Israel still restricts construction materials, saying Hamas could use them to build bunkers.Human rights groups and Palestinian officials said Tuesday's announcement falls far short of Gaza's needs.Israel closed a main cargo crossing on Sunday. Maj. Gen. Eitan Dangot, a top commander, says the only remaining crossing is being expanded to facilitate increased movement. Associated Press writer Josh Lederman reported from the Erez Crossing, on the border between Israel and Gaza.

Israeli rabbi: Meet troops' force with force
By IAN DEITCH, Associated Press - MAR 8,11

JERUSALEM – A prominent hard-line rabbi said Tuesday that Israelis living in the West Bank can attack Israeli security forces if they use force against settlers while demolishing illegal buildings there.Israeli police recently fired plastic-coated bullets at settlers who hurled rocks at them to try to prevent the demolition of several buildings in an unauthorized enclave in the West Bank.The use of these bullets outraged settlers and their supporters, many of whom serve in the military themselves.When Jews .... come to demolish homes and they fire rubber bullets, you have to fire rubber bullets back, Rabbi Dov Wolpe told Army Radio.If they come to beat you, then you have to beat them back.Wolpe told the station that he personally would not fire a bullet because it could kill another Jew.Israeli settlers sometimes carry out revenge attacks on Palestinian targets, either in retaliation to Palestinian violence or Israeli government actions against settlers. The attacks, known as price tag diplomacy, include vandalism, destruction of crops or physical attacks.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the practice during a visit to the West Bank on Tuesday.There are no private militias here in Israel and you can't take the law into your own hands, he said.The future of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem — captured areas Palestinians claim for their future state — is one of the thorniest issues in peace negotiations. The latest round of talks collapsed over settlement construction in September.On Tuesday, a group of settlers handed out threatening leaflets to European diplomats waiting in a line of cars at a checkpoint near the Palestinian city of Ramallah.You are standing on the holy land of the Jewish nation. The meddling of the American government and the European Union is putting your stay at risk. We will never make peace with Palestinian terrorists, said one of the leaflets, given to The Associated Press by a EU diplomat.Two diplomats said they feared for their lives after the incident. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not allowed to speak to the media.
Associated Press writer Mohammed Daraghmeh contributed to this report from Ramallah.

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,(WORLD SOCIALISM) 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

WORLD MARKET RESULTS
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HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS TUE MAR 08,2011

09:30 AM +270
10:00 AM +8.82
10:30 AM +64.03
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11:30 AM +103.50
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04:00 PM +124.35 12,214.38

S&P 500 1321.82 +11.69

NASDAQ 2765.77 +20.14

GOLD 1,428.70 -5.80

OIL 104.92 -0.52

TSE 300 114,013.00 -79.40

CDNX 2385.74 -38.04

S&P/TSX/60 805.61 -4.02

MORNING,NEWS,STATS

YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
Dow +25 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow -13 points at low today.
Dow +166 points at high today so far.
GOLD opens at $1,431.60.OIL opens at $105.20 today.

AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS
Dow -13 points at low today so far.
Dow +166 points at high today so far.

WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS
Dow -13 points at low today.
Dow +166 points at high today.

GOLD ALLTIME HIGH $1,444.00 (NOT AT CLOSE)

ECB turned blind eye to predatory lending, ex-EU-ambassador says-Bruton (r), former EU ambassador to the US is also a member of current Irish PM-elect Enda Kenny's Fine Gael party (Photo: ec.europa.eu)LEIGH PHILLIPS Today MAR 8,11 @ 09:29 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Central Bank turned a blind eye to irresponsible lending by German, French, British and Belgian banks, the European Union's former ambassador to the United States, John Bruton has said.In a damning speech at the London School of Economics on Monday (7 March) evening, Mr Bruton, also a former Irish prime minister of the same conservative political stripe as the current leader-elect, Enda Kenny, has accused Frankfurt of failing to use its powers to rein in speculative bubbles in countries such as Ireland and Spain.From 2000 on, British, German, Belgian, French banks, and banks of other EU countries lent irresponsibly to the Irish banks in the hope that they too could profit from the then obtaining Irish construction bubble, he said. They were supervised by their home central banks, and by the ECB ... who seemingly raised no objection to this lending.Noting that under the statute of the European System of Central Banks, the ECB is empowered to intervene to correct such problems, he demanded why Frankfurt did not act.If the Central Bank of a country was allowing its banking sector to grow to 300 percent of its GDP, surely the ECB would have seen the dangers in that and used its powers? It is fair to ask if the ECB considered using [its powers] when it saw the domestic financial sectors in Ireland and Spain grow disproportionately, and if not, why it did not do so.Describing a major failure of prudential supervision by the EU, central banks and the ECB, the insinuation is that in failing to act, Frankfurt worked to the benefit of core European economies at the expense of peripheral ones.

Sticking the dagger in deeper, Mr Bruton said that Irish taxpayers were working to stabilise the accounts of core European banks but that EU leaders are willfulling ignoring this fact, prefering to assign a purely Irish responsiblity to the country's situation.Irish taxpayers ... are now helping to stabilise the situation of European banks , and of the European banking system, he said.There is a tendency in some quarters to glide over that fact, and to present it as a purely Irish problem with purely Irish responsibility. While that story may be comforting to some audiences, it is not the whole story,He went on to say that EU leaders in responding to the eurozone crisis have focussed on reining in public spending, which he said does nothing to solve the real problem in the area, a crisis of banking supervision.

Government deficits were not the primary problem. The primary problem was the expansion of private sector credit, and there were and are no penalties for that. Nor are any proposed [by the Van Rompuy-Barroso competitiveness pact proposals].He said that the root of the problem is a lack of a common European banking policy, noting that Europe's banking system is three and a half times Europe's GDP, while the US banking system is only 80 percent of the US GDP. The free movement of capital has led to a European banking reality, he continued, which should have been followed up with a common EU banking policy, with tight supervision from the centre, especially in those parts of the Union where the common interest rate was inappropriately low for local conditions.Such a policy should take into account a European view about the size of banks, their interconnectedness of banks, the too big to fail problem.However, he worried that the current crop of leaders do not have the intellectual self confidence that the Union's founders did to achieve the solutions necessary, including making politically acceptable the occasional transfers of funds from one part of the union to another.That self confidence must be rediscovered,he said, finishing by a call for a a true European demos, and a European patriotism.

EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH(BECAUSE OF SIN AND GODLESS PEOPLE)

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

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY
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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)

Britain and France push for Libya no-fly zone
VALENTINA POP Today MAR 8,11 @ 09:34 CET

Britain and France are drafting a UN Security Council resolution to authorise a no-fly zone over Libya, a move that would require military intervention in case the Gaddafi regime does not step down soon. Nato meanwhile has put its surveillance planes on 24-hour alert.We are working closely with partners on a contingency basis on elements of a resolution on a no-fly zone, making clear the need for regional support, a clear trigger for such a resolution and an appropriate legal basis, British foreign minister William Hague said in the Parliament on Monday (7 March).
France is also co-writing the draft resolution, in close consultation with Germany and the US.Assuming that the fighting becomes more lethal, we must prepare to respond. That's why we accepted the no-fly zone plan over Libya, French foreign minister Alain Juppe said over the week-end in Cairo.Mr Hague referred to credible reports that Colonel Gaddafi was using helicopter gunships against civilians.Meanwhile, Nato has put its surveillance planes (Awacs) on 24-hour alert to detect any strikes the pro-Gaddafi forces may undertake. So far, Awacs were used in the Mediterranean airspace only for ten hours a day.Speaking to the German tv station ARD, Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that the military alliance had no intention to intervene in Libya, but that plans are being drafted for any possible scenario.

An assessment of what measures are necessary to impose a no-fly zone and how to enforce an arms embargo on Libya should be ready by Thursday, when Nato defence ministers are having their regular meeting in Brussels.In Washington, the White House is not excluding any of the military options, including land troops and arms for the rebels.On the issue of... arming, providing weapons, it is one of the range of options that is being considered, White House spokesman Jay Carney said.But he also hinted that Western powers for now have limited intelligence about the opposition forces. It would be premature to send a bunch of weapons to a post office box in eastern Libya, we need to not get ahead of ourselves, he said.A vivid example of diplomatic contacts gone wrong happened over the week-end, when a squad of eight British special forces were briefly captured by Libyan opposition fighters in the eastern town of Benghazi, due to what Mr Hague called a serious misunderstanding.

Western contacts to rebel forces, as clumsy as they may appear, are labelled as a conspiracy by the Gaddafi regime. Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa claimed Monday it was clear that France, Great Britain and the US are now getting in touch with defectors in eastern Libya. It means there is a conspiracy to divide Libya.He insisted that the military has acted within the law and hasn't been indiscriminately shooting at civilians. International fact-finding missions were welcome to Libya to investigate, Mr Koussa added.As international pressure is mounting, cracks in the circle around Colonel Gaddafi seem to be emerging. According to the Wall Street Journal, some Gaddafi allies are lobbying for a plan that calls on him to cede power to a council of technocrats who could shepherd a transition toward democratic reforms and a government based on modern institutions. Under this plan, the Libyan dictator would be given an honorary title reflecting his service to the country, but be removed from day-to-day decision-making.In addition to the military plans under a UN or a Nato mandate, EU countries will also consider a rewamp of the Union's policy for the region. Fresh proposals, to be presented on Tuesday in Strasbourg by the EU commission, are likely to include more pro-active democracy support, such as adequately monitored, free and fair elections.The draft will feed discussions of EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Friday.

EARTH WORSHIP

DEUTERONOMY 17:3-4
3 And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:

2 KINGS 23:5
5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

Brussels drops plan to green its buildings
ANDREW WILLIS Today MAR 8,11 @ 09:29 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission appears to have dropped earlier plans to set an example for member states by making its many buildings in Brussels and Luxembourg more energy efficient. The omission of the pledge is just one of several recent changes to the commission's 2050 low carbon economy Roadmap and Energy Efficiency Plan - both set to be published on Tuesday (8 March) and seen by this website.Officials say inter-departmental wrangling has been fierce in recent weeks as the institution's energy and industry departments attempted to water down parts of the two documents. The papers make the case for a 25 percent cut in EU carbon emissions by 2020, rather than the currently promised 20 percent.The commission still claims the higher target is achievable through greater energy efficiency, calling on EU governments to lead the way by steering public money towards energy efficient options and renovating public buildings.But it appears uncomfortable with its own message. A paragraph saying: The commission will lead the way in its own buildings. It will bring the energy performance level of those it already owns up to the cost optimal performance class by 2015, has been dropped from the latest draft of the Energy Efficiency Plan.

Another last-minute tweak is to drop an earlier call to reduce the number of carbon credits in the EU's emission trading system by 500 million to 800 million. A source on Monday said the final draft would retain the option of reducing the number of allowances, but without mentioning specific numbers. Environmental groups say an increase in EU energy efficiency must be complemented by a reduction in EU carbon allowances to ensure the price of the permits stays high enough to incentivise movement towards cleaner production by European businesses. EU commissioners will meet Tuesday morning to agree the final language of the two texts before publication.
Energy-intensive industries such as the European steel producers association, Eurofer, have lobbied hard against a reduction in the number of ETS allowances. They have also worked against increasing the EU's international 2020 carbon-cutting pledge to 30 percent in the Roadmap document.The confiscation of allowances from the emissions trading system, as proposed by the roadmap, will have exactly the same effect as a unilateral move to 30 percent, this is unacceptable. We hope member states will not fall into this trap, Gordon Moffat, director general of Eurofer, said in a speech last month.Critics such as Rebecca Harms, a German MEP who co-chairs the European Parliament's Green group, say some members of the European Commission have been listened too much to the voices of heavy industry.We gave EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard a chance, and this chance is not over, but she is in a very difficult situation ... EU environment commissioner Janez Potocnik is the only one who helps her and EU energy commissioner Gunther Oettinger is always against. He's always explaining that 30 percent is too ambitious ... He constantly repeats that it would lead to a deindustrialisation of Europe, Ms Harms said at a recent briefing.

There was a time when commission president Jose Manuel Barroso seemed to be affected by climate change, but those times are over.Mr Barroso is reluctant to go beyond the 20 percent limit despite a call from the German, French and British environment ministers last July to move to 30 percent, an EU official confirmed.Barroso reflects political realities. Which member states actually support a greater effort of climate change? the contact said. The source suggested that the Franco-German-UK 30 percent call - made at the level of environment ministers - did not reflect their true government positions.

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.(TRADE 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).

EU insists court decision won't delay European patent
ANDREW WILLIS Today MAR 8,11 @ 17:37 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission and Hungarian EU presidency remained brave-faced on Tuesday (8 March), after the European Court of Justice dealt a blow to region's hopes of quickly establishing a single European patent system. The bloc has adopted a two-pronged approach so far: aiming firstly to replace a costly system of multiple national patents by a single European patent; coupled with a new European patent court to resolve related legal challenges.But the patent court hit a stumbling block on Tuesday after the ECJ said it would result in a significant transfer of power from member states to a new institution outside the EU system.The agreement would alter the essential character of the powers conferred on the institutions of the European Union and on the member states, ruled the ECJ judges.

With EU ministers meeting in Brussels this Thursday expected to give the go-ahead for the creation of a European patent, the commission was quick to stress that progress on this track would still continue as anticipated.Now that the opinion is available, the commission will analyse it very carefully with a view to identifying appropriate solutions, it said in a statement.Italy and Spain oppose the EU patent idea, fearing its English, French or German language requirement could disadvantage their national businesses. Keen to press ahead however, the remaining 25 member states are expected to authorise a process of enhanced co-operation later this week.
The enhanced cooperation to be launched on Thursday's competitiveness council remains unaffected. Work will continue ... to finally establish the long awaited legally secure and cost efficient patent system, said Hungarian minister of state Zoltán Cséfalvay after the court's decision.Debate over the establishment of a single European patent has run on for decades, frustrating businesses who currently have to protect their intellectual property in each individual member state at considerable expense.Lawsuits over copyright infringement are also fought in separate member states, adding further to costs, with national courts frequently coming to different conclusions.The European patent court was supposed to end all of this by covering 38 different states, including the EU 27 but also others such as Switzerland and Turkey.The inclusion of non-EU states was a key reason behind the patent court's proposed establishment outside the EU system.

European Socialists propose alternative to Barroso-Van-Rompuy pact
LEIGH PHILLIPS 04.03.2011 @ 22:00 CET

EUOBSERVER / ATHENS - Europe's Socialist leaders have proposed a growth pact as an alternative to the competitiveness pact' originally proposed by France and Germany as a solution to the bloc's economic woes.Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann and most of the continent's social democratic leaders, many of whom currently sit on opposition benches in their parliaments, including French Socialist leader Martine Aubry and Germany's head of the SPD, Sigmar Gabriel, met at a summit in Athens to co-ordinate their strategy ahead of an EU summit where a comprehensive response to the eurozone crisis is to be finalised.

The centre-left leaders endorsed a plan that still backs austerity, but alongside it the introduction of a financial transactions tax that they say would deliver €250 billion a year to European coffers that could be invested in green technologies and infrastructure.Striking an almost pre-electoral stance, the leaders, meeting in the Greek capital under the umbrella of the Party of European Socialists on the same day that their centre-right counterparts met in Helsinki, lashed out at what they called the conservative dominance of European institutions.To the Greek people ... I say: Don't blame Europe, blame the conservative majority of Europe, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, the former Danish prime minister and head of the PES told reporters ahead of the meeting. Greece has suffered so long because of the Franco-German alliance.In February, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled a competitiveness pact that would require member states to make constitutional amendments limiting borrowing, hike retirement ages and develop a common corporate tax base.The proposal has since been taken up and reworked by Europe's two presidents, Jose Manuel Barroso and Herman Van Rompuy in an effort to overcome resistance within the European Council to what was seen as Paris and Berlin deciding for the rest of the bloc a course of action. The new proposals have provoked the ire of trade unions and the left for focussing on wage restraint and limiting public sector spending.Merkel is wrong. It is time for Merkel to really say to herself it's in Germany's interest to act together with others. It is not in Germany's interest to dominate as they do, he continued. The lack of solidarity from the dominating conservative majority have been continuing long enough.The Dane said that conservatives backed austerity only while the centre-left supported austerity alongside new investment. Speaking to this website, he also endorsed the European Public Service Union's call on Thursday for referendums to be held on the competitiveness pact.

All throughout this, deals are being worked out by a very small number of people. You cannot say that this has been a democratic process, yet there are huge implications for social welfare, for democracy. There is a real need to open this up, let the people have a say.There will certainly have to be some countries that will have to have referendums on the pact. My country for instance, as they are demanding constitutional changes. Ireland, Sweden most likely the same.Mr Papandreou, for his part said: Europe has a huge potential unused, untapped, especially regarding the financial crisis and the wild ways of the market.He said that it was time for bankers to contribute to the European pot via 0.05 percent levy on all financial transactions.France's Martine Aubry and Germany's Sigmar Gabriel also criticised their own governments, saying that decisions should be made on a European basis and not by Paris and Berlin alone.Irish Labour's Eamon Gilmore, whose party is currently in talks with the centre-right Fine Gael over the details of a government coalition agreement following last week's general election in the country, told EUobserver that Europe's left is not receiving the representation in the European Council that it should..The Council should remember that we are not just six heads of state and government. There are a number of social democratic parties in coalition governments and that needs to be represented more in decision-making.Pressed by reporters over how the PES can reconcile its call for a more social approach with the stringent austerity imposed by three Socialist leaders in Greece, Portugal and Spain that have provoked a series of general strikes and civil unrest, Mr Papandreou said that if they had not been in power, the cuts would have been worse.

We have opted not to lay off civil servants. We have tried not to place burden on the poorest, the most vulnerable. We are reforming the tax system in way that makes the wealthier pay more, he said. We have opted to protect the thirteenth and fourteenth month salaries in private sector, protected health and education.According to the PES, under the Growth Pact, investment would see growth of 10.9 percent over the next five years, 4.5 points higher than the projections of the current path, leading to 8 million more jobs and an unemployment rate of 8.4 percent by 2015.The group said that the current approach will result in a loss of 600,000 jobs over the same period and an unemployment rate of 10.7 across the EU.
Notable by their absence from the meeting however, were Spain's Socialist premier, Jose Luis Zapatero, and his Portuguese counterpart, Jose Socrates.Mr Rasmussen hinted at why the two did not appear: It's not easy for these two countries on the Iberian peninsula. They under heavy pressure. They feel the heat from the markets. This explains their reactions.At the meeting the Socialist leaders also issued a call for the EU to lower the interest rates paid by Greece and Ireland on their multi-billion-euro bail-outs, a substantial increase in the lending capacity of the existing EU €440 billion rescue fund, and, in Mr Papandreou's words, the establishment of EU bonds, so that Europe can manage collective debt properly.It is thought that Messrs Zapatero and Socrates were nervous to appear at the meeting, with its combative stance, at the same time that they are battling within the European Council from a weak position.PES sources said that their side is to take a twin-track approach, with Socialist parties trying to galvanise public opposition to the current proposals while within the European Council, Spain and Portugal attempting to win the best deal they can get.The meeting follows calls by centre-left European heavyweights Romano Prodi and Jacques Delors, both former European Commission presidents, who wrote in the Financial Times that the competitiveness pact would be ineffective.

Obama Mimics Bush: Libyan Intervention Ahead
Michael S. Rozeff LRC Blog March 8, 2011

Obama is clearing the decks for military intervention in Libya. U.S. forces are being moved into the area. A few days ago, Obama told Gaddafi to step down. Now, in the same manner that Bush tried to make Saddam Hussein responsible for a U.S. attack, Obama has warned Gaddafi that his behavior is unacceptable and that he, Gaddafi, will be held responsible for continuing violence in the area. Obama, like Bush, has also said that all military options are on the table. Meanwhile, in both parties the proponents of U.S. empire and oil-hegemony (like McCain, Kerry, and Yoo) have ramped up their rhetoric calling for intervention. They began with calls for a no-fly zone and have upped their demands from there. All of this points in one direction: Obama will introduce U.S. military force in Libya. The shape of it (NATO, EU, UN, Arab nations) is being stamped out now.He and other supporters of the Empire will cover their actions with the rhetoric of humanitarian concern for Libyan lives lost in the fighting against Gaddafi forces. This is a lie. This is strictly for the consumption of naive voters. Obama, as acting emperor-in-chief, is not about to abandon the empire to centrifugal and uncontrollable forces in North Africa and the Middle East. He is committed above all else to one thing: controlling the general politics of the region in a way that satisfies the U.S. hegemonists that they are in charge. If the U.S. cannot control Libya, what will happen when the lid blows off of Saudi Arabia, which it is about to do?

But this entire policy is highly dangerous and risky. Obama cannot calculate the consequences, nor can he foresee the volatile changes that are still transpiring in Bahrein, Oman, Egypt, Yemen, and Saudi Arabia. The negatives of intervention are many and tangible. See here for greater detail. They usually lead to far greater loss of life than what might have occurred in the absence of such intervention. They usually lead to an extended presence of U.S. armed forces and very high costs. They perpetuate an empire that benefits only special interests. Nevertheless, the emperor-in-chief makes a different calculation, which is that under his watch he cannot go down in history as the leader who let the American empire unravel, which is exactly what’s going on in these distant lands. How can Gaddafi remain now that Obama unwisely committed himself to his removal? He made that statement under the presumption that the wishes of the emperor would predominate and should predominate. Now he has to live by that presumption and see it through or else he and the empire lose face, lose power, and lose control. Control in other lands is a literal quicksand, such that one step in leads to being drawn further and further into the pit. Tomorrow or next week or next month, more quicksands must be traversed in the other volatile states in this and adjacent regions. The consequences will be felt in central Asia too. The American empire stands at the edge of disintegration.

Libyan FM: US Using Al-Qaeda Men to Fight Qaddafi
by Aryeh Ben Hayim MAR 8,11

Perhaps in response to charges by insurgents that government forces were increasingly relying on mercenaries, Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa charged the United States and Britain Monday with playing divide and rule with his country. If one was to believe Koussa, the Americans have released 300 Al Qaeda terrorists incarcerated at Guantánamo Bay to back the rebel forces fighting Muammar Qaddafi's regime.The government also scoffed at rebel claims that Qaddafi was seeking an escape route that would protect his immediate family and salvage some of his holdings outside the country. The rebels claim that they rejected out of hand feelers Qaddafi had sent out in this matter, because they believed that Qaddafi had to pay for his crimes. Qaddafi's son, Saadi, claimed that his father was holding out for strictly patriotic reasons, because if he departs, the country will descend into chaos.According to NBC, oil is becoming a major factor in the internal Libyan struggle. The government has all the fuel it needs but the rebels may be out of oil in a week. This makes the struggle over the oil terminals crucial. The government has warplanes while rebel movement relies on pick-up trucks – hardly a fair duel. Should the insurgents lose even this mobility, they will be in sorry condition.In addition to pressing their request for a no-fly zone, the rebel forces are attempting to obtain access to oil from Italian refineries.(IsraelNationalNews.com)

Finance Ministry Holds First-Ever War Drill
by Gil Ronen MAR 8,11

Israel continues to prepare for war as regional upheavals create uncertainty on its borders and Iranian saber-rattling draws closer.The Finance Ministry held a war drill Tuesday, rehearsing a scenario in which full scale war breaks out. The exercise tested the Ministry's economic readiness for emergency and its functioning in case of damage to vital market systems.The Ministry practiced management of the Israeli market and services to citizens under war conditions.The Finance Ministry drill was preceded by a period of protracted and extensive preparation, in cooperation with internal and external bodies that have relevance to the matter.

Among the people participating in the drill were Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, Deputy Finance Minister Rabbi Yitzchak Cohen and Ministry Director Haim Shani. Each member of the Ministry's directorate rehearsed the reaction of the department under his or her supervision, and coordinated moves with the other branches and additional relevant bodies. The participants came up with various messages pertaining to the emergency situation and rehearsed how these messages would be passed on to the public and to international bodies.The drill focused on coordination with financial bodies such as the Bank of Israel, the Federation of Industrialists, the Trade Bureau Union and others.Directing the drill was the Ministry's Emergency and Security Department, which created a scenario based upon data it received from the Defense Ministry. The drill was reportedly useful in locating weak spots in the Ministry's emergency preparedness that need to be addressed. Homeland Protection Minister Matan Vilnai complimented the drill's participants and noted that government ministries have avoided rehearsing war scenarios for many years.Israel NationalNews.com)

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 (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

DANIEL 11:40-43
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.

Syrian Pilots Flying Libyan Warplanes, Rebels Charge
by Aryeh Ben Hayim and Tzvi Ben Gedlyahu MAR 8,11

Libyan insurgents claim to have shot down two warplanes over the oil town of Ras Lanuf and that their pilots' identity cards and accents indicated they were from Syria.The al-Tabu Front for the Salvation of Libya claims that the Syrian authorities were complicit in the participation of Syrian soldiers.The insurgents told the relatively reliable Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, as translated by the Lebanese news portal Iloubnan.info, that the government is using mercenary pilots from Syria, Algeria, Ukraine, Serbia and Romania to fly air force warplanes because Libyan pilots are no longer considered reliable.Muammar Qaddafi’s air force staged new raids on rebels on Tuesday as rebels said they rejected attempt by intermediaries for Qaddafi to talk with the provisional national council.A council spokesman said there is nothing to talk about until Qaddafi leaves the country. We're not going to negotiate with him. He knows where the airport is in Tripoli and all he needs to do is leave and stop the bloodshed,the official said, according to Voice of America.
(IsraelNationalNews.com)

Hamas Has Great Expectations from Egyptian FM Nabil al-Arabi
by Aryeh Ben Hayim MAR 8,11

Hamas is most content with the positions of Egypt's new Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi, Egypt's former Ambassador to the UN, according to its own spokesperson and the Iranian ABNA news agency.Arabi, who was named in the formation of the caretaker government, is on record as demanding an end to the five year siege of Gaza and expects him to put this policy into action.The Iranian agency quoted Hamas We praise the positions of the new Foreign Minister of Egypt Nabil al-Arabi on the issue of the Gaza siege and his rejection of this unjust policy, as well as his position that damage was caused by the Camp David Accords, Hamas said in a recent statement.We hope these positions will be translated during his new post, and that they will be a new beginning in the Egyptian Foreign Ministry's policy, Hamas said.Al-Arabi had written an article for the Egyptian Al Shurooq newspaper on February 19 criticizing the country's foreign policy during the term of his predecessor Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, strongly condemning the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip.Al-Arabi, who was an Egyptian appointee to the World Court, advocated aligning Egyptian foreign policy along the fundamental principles of international law, and as such it had to reverse its position Egypt on the blocakde imposed on Gaza.(IsraelNationalNews.com)

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.

Late-winter wallop shocks New England, upstate NY
By RODRIQUE NGOWI, Associated Press - MAR 8,11

BOSTON – A powerful storm stunned New England and northern New York with a late-winter wallop, burying parts of the region in more than 2 feet of snow, hampering efforts to reach a small plane that crashed after the pilot reported icing problems and dropping rain that swelled rivers and swept away houses.The winter blast also stopped commuters in their tracks on ice-covered highways and contributed to the death of a 2-year-old Danville, Vt., boy who died Monday night after being struck in his driveway by a snowplow driven by a relative.Maine officials said the plane, a four-seat Diamond DA-40, went down near the Canadian border Monday afternoon, killing one person and injuring another. State wardens had to use snowmobiles to respond to the area, where most of the logging roads hadn't been plowed, said Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Public Safety Department. A Canadian search and rescue helicopter reached the site Monday night and airlifted the injured person to a hospital in Canada.The storm pushed the seasonal snow total in notoriously wintry Buffalo, N.Y., an inch past 100. Burlington, Vt., registered its biggest March snowfall on record, at 25.8 inches as of Monday night. In southern New England, flooding closed roads and cut off neighborhoods as rain melted snow or fell on frozen ground with no place to drain but overtaxed rivers.

A mudslide in Greenfield, Mass., forced at least two families from their homes and buried cars, the Republican newspaper reported. In Newport, N.H., an adult and three children had to be rescued by boat when the Sugar River surrounded their home. The Housatonic River near Oxford, Conn., swept parts of two homes and two cars away, authorities said.The storm's severity shocked even the hardiest stock in New England, where in a nod to the inevitable coming of spring after one of the harshest winters in recent memory, stores had put grass seed on display. Instead, as the second week of March began, businesses closed and residents hunkered down yet again.

Amy Newman laughed about her disrupted routine as she struggled down Main Street in Montpelier, Vt., pushing a three-wheeled stroller and carrying her 3-year-old son, Wakeland.We tried going to the library, but it was closed, she said. Then we tried (popular local bakery) La Brioche, but it was closed, too.To the south, the weather was no laughing matter.In Connecticut, flood warnings were issued for the Housatonic, Farmington, Still and Naugatuck rivers. About a dozen homes were evacuated in Danbury, and water was reported up to the first floors of homes in one neighborhood. Authorities considered evacuating an apartment complex for the elderly as water encroached.Kent authorities reported that about 40 families in one area were cut off from main roads and their homes were being evacuated. In Southbury, officials reported more than two dozen evacuations, several homes underwater and a few mudslides. A mobile home reportedly was washed away after it was evacuated.
Officials in Plainville, Canton and Watertown asked state officials for hundreds of sandbags.Parts of upstate New York were buried under more than 2 feet of heavy snow, combined with freezing rain, sleet and 30 mph winds. Schools closed and thousands of customers lost power. Part of Interstate 81 near Syracuse, N.Y., closed when tractor-trailers jackknifed on an icy uphill stretch.The storm dropped 27 inches of snow on Westport, across Lake Champlain from Vermont, and Saranac Lake topped out at 29 inches, the National Weather Service said. More than 50,000 power outages were reported at the storm's peak, most of them around Albany, N.Y.A utility crew repairing downed power lines in the southern Vermont town of Baltimore was forced to leave because more ice-laden trees were coming down around them.Even forecasters were caught off guard after most had called for about a foot of snow.

We had almost a tropical air mass across southern New England that was trying to push north at the same time a polar air mass was trying to push south, National Weather Service meteorologist Brooke Taber said. It was that battleground that created this intense snowfall.The storm helped push the winter of 2010-11 up the record list. The 13 inches that fell in Syracuse, N.Y., made it the fourth-snowiest winter on record there, with a seasonal total of 173.5 inches compared with the record of 192.1, set in 1992-93. Rochester, N.Y., surpassed 112 inches of snow by Sunday, more than 30 inches above normal.It's the third-snowiest winter on record in Burlington, at 121.4 inches, and the latest storm dropped enough snow to top the Valentine's Day blitz in 2007, when 25.7 inches fell, meteorologist Andrew Loconto said Monday night.It was also the snowiest snowstorm ever to occur in Burlington in the month of March, topping a record notched March 5-6, 2001, when 22.9 inches of snow blanketed the city, he said.Mark Wysocki, a meteorologist at the Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University, said the storm was just the latest in a string of storms spawned by a weather pattern that set up in November and is likely to remain in place for a while.We're in a very active weather pattern where we have very cold air sitting over the Midwest and Plains, Wysocki said. It's changed the storm track so storms are coming up the coast and tapping into a lot of moisture off the Atlantic.And as residents clean up yet again, forecasters warned that they shouldn't get too comfortable.The next storm is already shaping up over the Rockies and will be here by midweek with rain along the Hudson River Valley and snow through western New York, Ontario and Michigan, Wysocki said.Some New Englanders couldn't be kept down.Near the grass seed display at Aubuchon Hardware in downtown Montpelier, Tom Walbridge insisted: Smile, folks — it's coming.Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Dave Gram and Wilson Ring in Montpelier, Vt.; Norma Love and Holly Ramer in Concord, N.H.; David Sharp in Portland, Maine; Carolyn Thompson in Buffalo, N.Y.; Chris Carola in Albany, N.Y.; and John Kekis in Syracuse, N.Y.

EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH(BECAUSE OF SIN AND GODLESS PEOPLE)

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

HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Lava spews 100 feet from Hawaii volcano's new vent By JAYMES SONG, Associated Press – Mon Mar 7, 7:07 pm ET

HONOLULU – Glowing, red-orange lava is shooting into the sky, creating fiery rivers from the newest vent at Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island.A new fissure cracked opened Saturday and continued erupting Monday, creating a powerful, spectacular and destructive show by Mother Nature at one of the world's most active volcanoes. Propelled by jets of gas, lava was seen reaching as high as 100 feet high Sunday.

Fissure eruptions by their nature are exciting because you see lava spattering from this ground crack reaching impressive heights, volcanologist Janet Babb said. It's not something we see every day, so it does generate a lot of excitement.Kilauea, which means spewing or much spreading, in Hawaiian, has been in constant eruption since Jan. 3, 1983.The newest eruption was spotted by a geologist during a flyover shortly after the floor at the Pu'u O'o crater collapsed Saturday afternoon.The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said the new fissure is located on the middle east rift zone between Pu'u 'O'o and Napau crater. The last fissure eruption in the area was in 1997.The U.S. Geological Survey has issued a volcano warning alert, meaning a hazardous eruption is imminent, under way or suspected in the remote, barren area.

Scientists said areas near the vent could erupt or collapse without warning, posing a threat to visitors or hikers to the area. Rocks and lava could be ejected several hundred yards, and ash and potentially lethal concentrations of sulfur dioxide gas could travel about a half-mile downwind.Because of the latest activity, with 2,000-degree lava creating intense heat and torching small trees, the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has closed Chain of Craters Road and all east rift zone and coastal trails. Kulanaokuaiki campground was also closed until further notice.The slopes of Pu`u O'o, all ledges, benches and beaches formed at active lava entry points on the coast, as well as specific active lava areas as posted, are closed to visitors. There were also flight restrictions in the area.No homes or structures were threatened.Scientists said seismic activity in the summit and east rift zone remained significantly elevated with 18 earthquakes recorded in the past day, 10 of which were clustered near the fissure eruption.

Gaddafi forces strike back in west and east Libya
By Maria Golovnina and Alexander Dziadosz - MAR 8,11

TRIPOLI/RAS LANUF, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan government forces attacked rebels with rockets, tanks and warplanes on western and eastern fronts, intensifying their offensive to crush the revolt against Muammar Gaddafi.Rising casualties and the threats of hunger and a refugee crisis increased pressure on foreign governments to act, but they struggled to agree a strategy for dealing with the turmoil, many fearful of moving from sanctions alone to military action.In besieged Zawiyah, the closest rebel-held city to Tripoli, trapped residents cowered from the onslaught Tuesday.Fighting is still going on now. Gaddafi's forces are using tanks. There are also sporadic air strikes ... they could not reach the center of the town which is still in the control of the revolutionaries, a resident called Ibrahim said by phone.

In the east, much of which is under rebel control, warplanes bombed rebel positions around the oil port of Ras Lanuf.Rebel euphoria seemed to have dimmed. People are dying out there. Gaddafi's forces have rockets and tanks, Abdel Salem Mohamed, 21, told Reuters near Ras Lanuf. You see this? This is no good, he said of his light machinegun.The rebel leadership said that if Gaddafi stepped down within 72 hours it would not seek to bring him to justice.Earlier, the rebels said they had rejected an offer from the Libyan leader to negotiate his surrender of power. The government called such reports absolute nonsense.Britain and France led a drive at the U.N. for a no-fly zone which would prevent Gaddafi from unleashing air raids or from flying in reinforcements. The Arab League and several Gulf states have also called for such a step.It is unacceptable that Colonel Gaddafi unleashes so much violence on his own people and we are all gravely concerned about what would happen if he were to try to do that on an even greater basis, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said.

Russia and China, who have veto power in the U.N. Security Council, are cool toward the idea of a no-fly zone.The U.S. government, whose interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan enraged many of the world's Muslims, said it was weighing up military options and that action should be taken only with international backing.Rebels still controlled the central square of Zawiyah, 50 km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, and were using loud hailers to urge residents to help defend their positions, said a witness, a Ghanaian worker who fled the town Tuesday.A government spokesman said troops were now in control but a small group of rebel fighters was still putting up resistance.

Maybe 30-40 people, hiding in the streets and in the cemetery. They are desperate, he told Reuters in Tripoli.A Libyan man who lives abroad said he spoke by phone on Tuesday to a friend in Zawiyah who described desperate scenes.Many buildings are completely destroyed, including hospitals, electricity lines and generators, he said.People cannot run away, it's cordoned off. They cannot flee. All those who can fight are fighting, including teenagers. Children and women are being hidden.Tanks were firing everywhere, he said. The reports could not be verified independently as foreign correspondents have been prevented from entering Zawiyah and other cities near the capital without an official escort.

HOMES HIT

Air strikes hit at rebels behind the no-man's land between the coastal towns of Ras Lanuf and Bin Jawad, 550 km (340 miles) east of Tripoli and the site of oil terminals.One strike smashed a house in a residential area of Ras Lanuf, gouging a big hole in the ground floor.Mustafa Askat, an oil worker, said one bomb had wrecked a water pipeline and this would affect water supplies to the cit We have a hospital inside, we have sick people and they need water urgently, he said.A convoy from the U.N. food agency was scheduled to reach the rebel-held port of Benghazi Tuesday to deliver the first food aid in Libya since the revolt erupted three weeks ago. The rebel army -- a rag-tag outfit largely made up of young volunteers and military defectors -- made swift gains in the first week of the uprising which saw them take control of the east and challenge the government near Tripoli.But their momentum appears to have stalled as Gaddafi's troops have pushed back with heavy weapons.

Rebels said government forces had dug in their tanks near Bin Jawad while rebels retreated to Ras Lanuf. The two towns are about 60 km (40 miles) apart on the strategic coastal road along the Mediterranean sea.The emerging front line divides the country along ancient regional lines, with key oil facilities stuck in the middle.

72-HOUR DEADLINE

Gaddafi has denounced the rebels as drug-addled youths or al Qaeda-backed terrorists, and said he will die in Libya rather than surrender.If he leaves Libya immediately, during 72 hours, and stops the bombardment, we as Libyans will step back from pursuing him for crimes, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, head of the rebel National Libyan Council, told Al Jazeera television.The Libyan uprising is the bloodiest of a tide of protests against autocratic rulers in North Africa and Middle East which has already seen the leaders of Tunisia and Egypt dethroned.The phenomenon has left the West struggling to formulate a new direction for a region that sits on vast reserves of oil.Brent crude dropped to below $113 per barrel on Tuesday before creeping back to $114.00 by 1400 GMT.(Additional reporting by Michael Georgy in Tripoli, Alexander Dziadosz in Ajdabiya, Mohammed Abbas in Ras Lanuf, Stefano Ambrogi in London, Writing by Andrew Roche: Editing by Giles Elgood)

Yemen protests hit Saleh fiefdom, military in Sanaa
By Mohammed Ghobari - MAR 8,11

SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni protests demanding an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year rule spread to a tribal area considered his political stronghold Tuesday, and military vehicles deployed in the capital.Around 10,000 protesters marched in the city of Dhamar, about 60 km (40 miles) south of Sanaa, residents said by telephone. Dhamar is known for ties to Saleh and is the hometown of Yemen's prime minister, interior minister and head judge.Leave! leave! the protesters shouted in Dhamar, just two days after Saleh loyalists there held a similar-sized rally. Protesters also pelted a municipal official with rocks.Burgeoning protests fueled by anger over poverty and corruption, and a series of defections from Saleh's political and tribal allies, have added pressure on him to step aside this year even as he pledges to stay on until his term ends in 2013.Across the board, what you're seeing is that more and more people are really starting to crystallize around this single call for the president to step down, Princeton University Yemen scholar Gregory Johnsen said.In the capital Sanaa, where thousands of protesters have camped out for weeks, military vehicles with armed soldiers spread across streets in what appeared to be a response to calls by youth activists for a march to the presidential palace.

Police brought out water cannon and placed concrete blocks around Sanaa University, the rallying point for anti-Saleh protest that had been quiet in recent days, after weeks of fierce clashes across the country between government loyalists and protesters killed at least 27 people.Yemen, neighbor to oil giant Saudi Arabia, was teetering on the brink of failed statehood even before recent protests. Saleh has struggled to cement a truce with Shi'ite Muslim rebels in the north and curb secessionist rebellion in the south, all while fighting al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing.

MINISTER BLAMES POOR ECONOMY

Analysts say protests may be reaching a point where it will be difficult for Saleh, a shrewd politician, to cling to power.Yemen's foreign minister blamed growing protests on poor economic conditions. Some 40 percent of Yemen's 23 million people live on $2 a day or less and a third face chronic hunger. Abubakr al-Qirbi said he wanted foreign donors to inject up to $6 billion to fill a five-year budget gap.
What we need is really development and economic growth because the present political crisis is really as a result of the economic situation in Yemen, he said at a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers' meeting Monday in Abu Dhabi.Protesters, who are demanding greater participation in a government largely led by Saleh's closest allies, say they are frustrated by rampant corruption and soaring unemployment, which is at 35 percent or higher.Princeton's Johnsen said calls for foreign aid where a tactical move by Saleh to buy time to divide the protesters.

Yemen wants more money to come in and Saleh wants to try and fragment the protesters as much as he can. President Saleh is trying to string this out as long as possible in the hopes he can pit different interest groups against one another he said.Last week, Saleh rejected a plan by the opposition coalition which would have implemented political and electoral reforms paving the way for him to step down in 2011, instead accepting a more modest reform package from religious clerics.Thousands of primary and secondary students marched in the southern provinces of Shabwa, Aden and Lahaj Tuesday. UNICEF said earlier it was concerned some protesters were threatening students to join protests.No studying, no teaching until the president falls, they shouted, echoing a chant started earlier in the day by university students in Ibb, south of the capital. In Ibb, protesters marched through the streets to denounce a Sunday attack against an anti-government protest camp by Saleh loyalists. Some 60 people were wounded in the melee, and Omar Atta, 18, died from his injuries Monday night.My son sacrificed himself, this is my family's gift to the revolution in Yemen,his father said in a tearful speech to protesters in Ibb Tuesday. (Additional reporting by Mohammed Mukhashaf in Aden and Mahmoud Habboush in Abu Dhabi; Additional reporting and writing by Erika Solomon and Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Louise Ireland)

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.

IAEA under heavy political pressure: Iran
MAR 8,11

TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran on Tuesday said the UN atomic watchdog was under heavy political pressure after the agency reported Tehran may have engaged in nuclear weaponisation studies more recently than previously thought.If... the old issue of alleged studies which has no foundation is brought up then it shows that heavy political pressure is being exerted on the agency, foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said in reaction to the finding.The IAEA chief Yuikya Amano said on Monday the agency had information that Iran may have been engaged in weaponisation studies more recently than previously thought.But Mehmanparast reiterated Tehran's consistent stance that its nuclear programme was peaceful and acknowledged as such by the IAEA.The peaceful nuclear activities of the Islamic republic are completely within the framework of its rights and it has not deviated to non-peaceful means as mentioned in the latest report, the ISNA news agency quoted him as saying.Amano said the agency received new information about possible military dimensions to Iran's atomic activities.In general terms, we have been collecting information from various sources at various times. Since the previous board in December, we have received some information raising further concerns, Amano said.I cannot specifically say up to when. But we can say there is some information that indicate the existence of activities beyond 2004, the Japanese diplomat added.

The agency has been investigating Iran's nuclear programme for eight years now, but has so far been unable to establish whether it is entirely peaceful as Iran claims or masks a covert drive to build a bomb as western powers believe.The Japanese diplomat insisted the IAEA was not saying that Iran still had an active nuclear weapons programme but noted Tehran continues to refuse any questions on the issue, effectively blocking the long-running investigation.We have concerns and we want to clarify the matter,he said.