U.N. GO TO WAR WITH LIBYA-STOP GADAFFI

DOUG AND LAURIE MAR 18,11 6-9PM EST ABOUT THE ISSUES
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Co-opting of The Presidential Eligibility Assurance Act
By Douglas J. Hagmann, Director & Judi McLeod, Editor, Canada Free Press
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15 March 2011: Again, the corporate media is deliberately silent to the level of complicity on the threats, intimidation and even legislative blackmail that is currently taking place over the issue of states’ rights and the U.S. Constitution. Specifically being referenced are the efforts of individual states to pass a Presidential Eligibility Assurance Act, or legislation that would allow each state to pass legislation verifying the eligibility of a presidential candidate under Article II, Section I, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution.As most people know and despite demonstrably false assertions to the contrary, Obama has failed to provide proof of eligibility to occupy the White House. Furthermore, those responsible for vetting his credentials and filing the necessary documents to allow him to be included on the ballot have failed to be held accountable for their inaction.Another common yet fallacious argument, one that appears to be boldly embraced by Republicans and the conservative right, is that the issue of constitutional eligibility is nothing more than a diversion from the more important issues of the day. To those who embrace that view, we will ask nothing more than since when is treason a diversion? which is an excellent article authored by Neill Turner that can be read here.

As heard last Saturday live on CFP Radio, The Hagmann-McLeod Report (available for download here), Attorney Mario Apuzzo and retired U.S. military commander Charles Kerchner detailed the reasons that Barack Hussein Obama failed to provide the necessary documents to confirm his eligibility under the U.S. Constitution. Equally important, they further detailed events that are currently taking place behind the scenes to derail efforts that would effectively delay or even halt the states’ efforts to pass such legislation so it is not effective for the next presidential election in 2012.Before interviewing Attorney Apuzzo and Commander Kerchner, it was our understanding that a number of U.S. states were at various levels of passing legislation that would put the issue of presidential eligibility to rest forever as of the 2012 election. On its face, that assertion appeared to be true, especially if one has listened to the media, high profile conservative talk show hosts and others even in the alternative media. Conservative divas such as Sarah Palin, conservative talking heads who appeared at CPAC, Republican lawmakers and others have made a public showing of openly endorsing such legislation. As such, it appeared that the eligibility matter would be cleared up by 2012, putting the U.S. back on track with the federal eligibility requirements defined in the U.S. Constitution.Our investigation and the findings by Messrs. Apuzzo and Kerchner, however, have confirmed that the American people have been lied to again. The efforts at the state levels have been significantly co-opted, and those who have openly endorsed such legislation appear to be involved in a high-stakes shell game designed to fool the American public. Most troubling is that it is the very people who conservatives and constitutionalists have placed their faith are those who are the operators of the shell game.

Georgia: the current legislative battlefield

As detailed by Messrs. Apuzzo and Kerchner, the most obvious example of this travesty of law is illustrated in the state of Georgia, where we, as Americans, have less than 36 hours to put pressure on the legislators to do the right thing by the U.S. Constitution. As detailed by Messrs. Apuzzo and Kerchner, Georgia HB 401, The Presidential Eligibility Assurance Act is deliberately and purposely being stalled in committee by the Georgia House of Representatives by lack of full backing by the Republican Speaker of the House David Ralston.Co-Sponsor of the Georgia Proof-of-Eligibility Law, Representative Sean Jerguson has laid the unvarnished truth out to the American people in an interview last week about the media’s distortion of the bill. He slams the media for spinning the truth or only offering half-truths about the bill. The video of this March 7, 2011 interview can be accessed here and provides an excellent glimpse into what has been going on behind the scenes pertaining to this bill.

The Devil Went Down to Georgia

To paraphrase a 1979 song performed by the Charlie Daniels Band, it would appear that the Devil went down to Georgia and is prepared to make a deal for souls out of desperation. Investigation finds that the reference to the song is not too far off, if one considers team Obama and those who downplay or disregard the immediate importance of this constitutional issue as the Devil, while fiddle player Johnny represents those who understand and care about the rule of law.Tomorrow, failing sufficient objection on the part of the American people, the bill will either die in the relevant house committee or be modified and moved out of committee with an effective date of 2013, after the 2012 election cycle. This will effectively permit Barack Hussein Obama and others to circumvent legal compliance with Article II, Section 1 of our U.S. Constitution and not require him or any other ballot member to prove eligibility as a natural born Citizen of the United States.If this does indeed happen, certain conservatives, Republicans, and those who claim to be on the side of the rule of law can claim that they have supported the efforts of those of us who want this matter resolved before the 2012 election.We can expect such behavior by Progressives and others who are unconcerned about constitutional issues, but we must not be fooled by individuals and groups who claim to be for the rule of law but have acquiesced to the extent that they can claim they are on the side of right when, in fact, they are not. Unlike the 1979 song, however, that is much like Johnny impressively playing the fiddle, but only for show and not to win, deceiving his audience and losing the golden fiddle. We must not allow that to happen.

What is immediately needed

David Ralston
We ask that you immediately contact Georgia Speaker of the House David Ralston by telephone or facsimile, or even in person – not by e-mail or mail, and respectfully demand that HB 401 is passed to take effect for the 2012 election. We also suggest contacting the governor of Georgia by telephone to request that he openly call for its adoption in committee and movement to the full Georgia House for passing and adoption for the 2012 election cycle.We also ask one more thing. Please listen to the two-hour long show and give the show or links to your family, friends, and co-workers so they might understand the issue and what is at stake in this matter.

Please contact:Georgia Speaker of the House of Representatives David Ralston, in person or by telephone or facsimile at 332 State Capitol, Atlanta, GA 30334 Telephone: 404.656.5020

U.S READY TO BOMB LIBYA
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1367357/Therell-mercy-tonight-Gaddafi-threatens-rebels-massacre-Obama-goes-UN-fly-zone.html#ixzz1Gv3PjAt1

UN authorizes all necessary measures in Libya By RYAN LUCAS and MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press - MAR 18,11

TOBRUK, Libya – The U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized all necessary measures to stop Moammar Gadhafi in Libya — including strikes by sea and air — hours after he vowed in harrowing terms to launch a final assault and crush the weeks-old rebellion against him.The resolution, approved with the backing of the United States, France and Britain, imposed a no-fly zone over Libya and authorized force short of a ground offensive to protect its people from Gadhafi's forces.The U.N. action bans all flights in Libyan airspace in order to protect civilians. While it was unclear how the West might proceed, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said earlier in the day that a no-fly zone would require bombing targets inside Libya, including some of its defense systems.It was also unclear when any Western action would come. A British lawmaker said British forces could be mobilized as early as Thursday night. U.S. officials, speaking after a closed-door briefing in Congress, said they expected an attempt to ground Gadhafi's air force could begin by Sunday or Monday and would probably involve jet fighters, bombers and surveillance aircraft.After deliberating for weeks over what to do about Gadhafi, the West acted with sudden speed as it became clear Gadhafi would attempt to finally put an end to the rebellion.Gadhafi, calling in to Libyan television on Thursday, said his forces would rescue the people of Benghazi, the Mediterranean port city that has become the capital and staging ground for the opposition. For those who resist, Gadhafi said, there would be no mercy or compassion.This is your happy day, we will destroy your enemies, he said, warning the people of Benghazi not to stand alongside the opposition. Prepare for this moment to get rid of the traitors. Tomorrow we will show the world, to see if the city is one of traitors or heroes.

Don't betray me, my beloved Benghazi, he said.His ground forces were still about 80 miles south of the city on Thursday evening Libya time, so it was unclear whether they would move on the city as quickly as he suggested.Speaking moments before in an interview with Portuguese television broadcast just before the vote at the U.N., Gadhafi pledged to respond harshly to U.N.-sponsored attacks. If the world is crazy, he said, we will be crazy, too.At the U.N. headquarters in New York, the vote was 10-0. The United States, France and Britain had all pushed for speedy approval. We had said all along that Gadhafi must go, said British Foreign Secretary William Hague. It is necessary to take these measures to avoid greater bloodshed.Five nations abstained, including Russia and China, which hold veto power on the council.In Washington, officials said the Obama administration was readying plans to enforce the no-fly zone. The French prime minister said before the measure was passed that his nation would support military action within hours. Several Arab nations were expected to provide backup.Today the Security Council has responded to the Libyan people's cry for help, said Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Colonel Gadhafi and those who still stand by him continue to grossly and systematically abuse the most fundamental of the human rights of his people.The United States already has warships positioned near Libya. After eight hours of closed-door talks on Wednesday, Rice said a no-fly zone now was not enough, saying it has inherent limitations in terms of protection of civilians at immediate risk.

In Britain, a lawmaker with knowledge of defense matters confirmed that British forces were on standby for air strikes and could be mobilized as soon as Thursday night. The lawmaker declined to be named because the Defense Ministry has not issued official confirmation.French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office issued a one-sentence statement at about 2 a.m. Friday Paris time saying he and Obama had spoken by phone about the resolution. Reached by The Associated Press, Sarkozy's office declined further comment. Obama also spoke with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Western countries have significant military assets nearby, including carriers in the Mediterranean, a large U.S. air base in Italy and a large British air presence on the island of Cyprus. In addition, allied Arab countries such as Jordan and Oman have planes and pilots often trained by the U.S., and American officials have made clear they want active involvement by Arab countries if any action is taken. The U.N. resolution specifically bans a ground offensive against Libya. A large crowd in Benghazi was watching the vote on an outdoor TV projection and burst into cheers, with green and red fireworks exploding overhead. In Tobruk, east of Benghazi, happy Libyans fired weapons in the air to celebrate the vote.Speaking to reporters in Tripoli after the vote, Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Kaim struck a more conciliatory tone, offering to negotiate a cease-fire with the rebels. He welcomed the Security Council's concern for the people of Libya but called on the world not to allow them to receive weapons. If any countries do that, they will be inviting Libyans to kill each other, he said.The shift toward international action reflected dramatic change on the ground in Libya in the past week. The rebels, once confident, found themselves in danger of being crushed by an overpowering pro-Gadhafi force using rockets, artillery, tanks, warplanes. That force has advanced along the Mediterranean coast aiming to recapture the rebel-held eastern half of Libya. Gadhafi troops encircled the city of Ajdabiya, the first in the path of their march, but also had some troops positioned beyond it toward Benghazi.Several witnesses said rebels in Benghazi succeeded in shooting down at least two of the attacking aircraft. Mohammed Abdel-Rahman, a 42-year-old merchant who lives nearby, said he saw one of the warplanes shot down after striking Benina, the airport.

Another witness, medical official Qassem al-Shibli, told The Associated Press that he saw three planes attack the airport and nearby rebel military camps before two were shot down. A third witness saw fire trucks fighting a blaze at the airport, and black smoke billowing from the area. Another witness reported that a rebel warplane crashed north of Benghazi, apparently after running out of fuel.At the same time, the rebels were sending their own warplanes in an attempt to break the regime's assault on Ajdabiya, a city about 100 miles southwest of Benghazi that has been under a punishing siege by Gadhafi's forces the past two days. But by Thursday afternoon, Gadhafi's army were holding the southern, eastern and western outskirts of Ajdabiya.The unrest in Libya began Feb. 15 in the eastern city of Benghazi and spread east to Tripoli, the capital. Like others in the Mideast, the protest started with popular demonstrations against Gadhafi, rejecting his four decades of despotic and often brutal rule. The tone quickly changed after Gadhafi's security in Tripoli forcefully put down the gatherings there.Soon rebel forces began arming themselves, quickly taking control of the country's east centered on Benghazi, the second largest Libyan city, with a population of about 700,000. Some Libyan army units joined the rebels, providing them with some firepower, but much less than Gadhafi's remaining forces, and crucially, no air power.There are no official death tolls. Rebels say more than 1,000 people have been killed in a month of fighting, while Gadhafi claims the toll is only 150.Michael reported from Cairo. AP correspondents Ben Hubbard and Diaa Hadid in Cairo, Paisley Dodds in London, Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations and David Espo in Washington contributed to this report.

UN Approves No-Fly Zone Over Libya
by Elad Benari and Gavriel Queenann MAR 18,11

The UN Security Council has voted in favor of imposing a no-fly zone over Libya. The vote, in essence, authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians from attacks by forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi.The vote, which came just hours after Qaddafi vowed to enter the opposition capital of Benghazi and crush the rebellion, paves the way for possible international air strikes on Libya.The resolution establishes a ban on all flights in the airspace of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in order to help protect civilians. It authorizes UN member states to take all necessary measures ... to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, including Benghazi, while excluding a foreign occupation force of any form on any part of Libyan territory.The resolution also calls for stronger enforcement of the arms embargo on Libya, adds names of individuals, companies and other entities to the list of those subject to travel bans and asset freezes, and requires all countries to ban Libyan flights from landing, taking off or overflying their country.

The resolution demands that Libya ensure rapid and unimpeded passage of humanitarian assistance into its territory.Ten of the Security Council’s 15 member countries voted in favor of the resolution, which was co-sponsored by France, Britain, Lebanon and the United States. Five countries abstained, including Russia and China, as well as India, Germany and Brazil.U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice welcomed the adoption of the resolution and said: The Security Council has authorized the use of force, including enforcement of a no-fly zone, to protect civilians ... targeted by Colonel Qaddafi, his intelligence and security forces, and his mercenaries.Britain's Foreign Secretary, William Hague, also welcomed the resolution and said that it was necessary in order to prevent bloodshed. Hague praised the council members who voted in favor of the proposal.In contrast, German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, called the resolution dangerous and said that German troops would not take part in any attack on Libya. He added, however, that his country still adheres to its position that Qaddafi must stop fighting his people.

Prior to the vote on the resolution, Qaddafi gave an interview to the Portuguese Radiotelevisao Portuguesa, in which he said that The U.N. Security Council has no mandate. We don't acknowledge their resolutions, and warned that any military action in Libya would be construed as colonization without any justification and would have grave repercussions.Following the adoption of the resolution, the Al-Jazeera network showed a large crowd in Benghazi watching the vote on an outdoor TV projection and bursting into celebration.Before the Vote: Paris and Washington Pushed for UN Intervention.Gulf News reported prior to the vote that Paris and Washington were pushing for United Nations action.But as the international community pondered whether to impose a no-fly zone in Libya, residence in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi said that Qaddafi man is already history.Ahmad Al Quwaidi of the February 17 revolutionary coalition said that women and children in Benghazi were committed to fighting and dying for their city. The people of Benghazi will not allow Qaddafi to come back, the human rights activist insisted. The majority of them, like myself experienced freedom for the first time after we kicked Qaddafi forces out of the city. We will not allow Qaddafi to come back no matter what it costs us.

Al Quwaidi noted Qaddafi's militia and mercenaries are still trying to retake Ajdabiya, 170 kilometers south-west of Benghazi, where four New York Times journalists have gone missing amidst the fighting..The more than 100,000 residents of the city are committed to die for their freedom and land, Al Quwaidi said. We don't know how many people Qaddafi will kill before he understands his end has come. We don't know how long the world will wait till it comes to our rescue. What we know for sure is Qaddafi will no more come to our liberated land.

Logistical Troubles Mount

But resolve must be supported not just with food, water, medicine, electricity - but with arms and munitions. Al Quwaidi thanked Egyptian authorities for keeping the borders open, but said revolutionaries needed more than humanitarian aid. We need arms and ammunition to fight the unlimited brutality of Qaddafi,he said.Meanwhile, discussions are under way with Arab nations to determine if they will be directly involved in any military action the international community may take against Qaddafi, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday. At least two Arab states have said they would participate in a no-fly zone, the Arab League's UN representative Yahya Mahmassani said.But the previously proposed no-fly zone may not be all they will be asked to enforce. In stark contrast to its previously tepid rhetoric, the Obama administration has asked the UN to not just authorize a no-fly zone, but to aid Libyan rebels by carrying out airstrikes against Qaddafi's tanks and heavy artillery.On Wednesday, France said it could muster enough support for the Security Council to pass a resolution on Libya, and military intervention could take place within hours. of a resolution's pasing.(IsraelNationalNews.com)

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

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Court only option against Swift agreement, says MEP
VALENTINA POP 17.03.2011 @ 17:42 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The EU commission on Thursday (17 March) downplayed data protection concerns over a deal allowing bulk banking data to be transferred to the US for anti-terrorism investigations, leaving a legal challenge over data mining and privacy breaches as the only option for MEPs willing to continue the fight.In a tense meeting behind closed doors, home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom fended off criticism from MEPs who the previous day had decried the betrayal of EU institutions after they had given their consent to the controversial Swift agreement.

Malmstrom presented a review of the first six months since the deal came into force, which only got us more worried, German Green MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht told this website after the meeting.Things have become more clear now, they accept big bulk data being sent over to the US and to be searched via algorithms - which basically means data mining. I said this is unconstitutional, according to the European Court of Justice and the German Constitutional Court,he explained.Noting that most MEPs now realise they should never have agreed to the deal, Albrecht said there was little the parliament could do at this point. We can't cancel the agreement, there is a sunset clause, but that's in five years. The only thing I see possible is to go to court. We are working it out with lawyers and campaigners to see how this can be done,he added.The Swift affair, which started as a covert programme following the 2001 terrorist attacks on the US, exploded in 2006, when a story in the New York Times revealed that the Americans were secretly spying on European data using a mirror database of the banking communication company, Swift, located on US soil.

Some data protection provisions were put in place. The EU appointed a French anti-terrorism judge to see how the Americans were keeping up with them, but MEPs and some governments, notably the German one, remained unconvinced.Once the Lisbon Treaty granted the European Parliament extra powers, the Swift agreement became a cause celebre, as MEPs struck it down in February 2010. They did approve an amended version in July, including with the provision of having Europol authorise data requests and a special EU person to oversee how the data is being searched. Taking note of the concerns expressed by Europol's supervisory body, which cited too broad requests for the agency to really be able to assess how appropriate and necessary they were, the commission's review only issues recommendations and generally approves how the US and EU bodies implement the agreement - called the Terrorism Finance and Tracking Program (TFTP) after Swift complained about the negative connotations of having its brand used in this context.It is recommended that more feedback is collected and analysed by EU and US authorities in order to provide more verifiable insights into the actual added value of the TFTP through eliciting feed-back from the users of TFTP derived information,the document reads.During their review, EU experts were informed that in many cases the value of the TFTP is not recognised as such even by the recipients of TFTP derived information, either in the US or abroad.

One concrete example was discussed by the review team where a prosecutor in one of the member states had questioned the added value of TFTP derived information, simply because he was not aware that the information provided and used had been derived from the programme,the review reads.The US side welcomed the commission's report. We agree with the report's finding that the operation and implementation of the programme is consistent with the Treasury's commitment to enforcing the unprecedented data protection safeguards, David S. Cohen, the official responsible for TFTP within the US department of treasury said in a statement.We will carefully consider the EU delegation's recommendations as we move forward in implementing this valuable programme,he added.

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 (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.

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.

EU officials: Bahrain situation more dangerous than Libya
ANDREW RETTMAN 17.03.2011 @ 09:28 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Security specialists in the EU institutions are concerned that Shia-Sunni unrest in Bahrain has the potential to cause a sectarian conflict in the wider Arabian Gulf.What is happening in Bahrain is Sunni versus Shia, Saudi Arabia versus Iran. It's big powers facing off against each other in a small place. It's really explosive. We share the same concerns with the US and with Russia, one EU source told this website on Wednesday (16 March) on condition of anonymity.From a foreign policy point of view, it's a very big issue. We don't know where it will go, another EU contact noted, referring to a decision by Sunni powers Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to send security forces to Bahrain to quell protests. If Saudi Arabia and Iran become openly involved, it could become much more dangerous than Libya.Writing in his blog on Wednesday, Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt voiced similar concerns: While there was most likely initially no Iranian interference, the opportunities for Iran to take advantage of the situation now undeniably grow.Several EU countries, including the UK and Malta, have issued travel warnings for their citizens not to go to Bahrain or to leave the island nation as quickly as possible.The UK Press Association reported that Britain has chartered commercial flights to get people out of the capital Manama on Thursday. It is unclear how many British citizens - the largest EU contingent in the country - reside in Bahrain. But 20 member states have notified an EU office dealing with consular co-ordination that there are 2,000 other EU citizens in place.The problem is there are no direct flights to Europe. And all the other flights are full. We are hearing that it's difficult to get to the airport because it is a major risk to leave your house and to travel on the roads, one of the EU officials added.

The nervous atmosphere comes after masked Bahraini troops fired live rounds at protesters in the capital's Pearl Square on Wednesday. Six people, including three policemen, reportedly died in the fighting, and hundreds were injured. Security forces overnight also swooped on the houses of opposition activists, taking three opposition leaders into custody.Shia-dominated neighbour Iran on Wednesday recalled its ambassador to Bahrain and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed the US, which has a large naval base in the country, for plotting the crackdown with Saudi Arabia. The US seeks to save the Zionist regime [Israel] and to suppress popular uprisings. So, it supports certain governments, he said in remarks quoted by national press agencies.A prominent Shia cleric in Iraq, Moqtada al-Sadr, and the militant Shia movement in Lebanon, Hezbollah, have also called for street rallies in support of Bahraini demonstrators.Shia Muslims make up around 70 percent of Bahrain's 1.2 million population, but the ruling Sunni royal clan has a monopoly on power.

Sarkozy: save Libyan martyrs

On the Libyan front, the UN Security Council in New York on Wednesday failed to agree on a British-French-Lebanese resolution to permit military strikes against Colonel Gaddafi. A follow-up debate and vote is expected on Thursday.France believes the draft resolution - which authorises member states to take all necessary measures to enforce compliance with the ban on flights ... and to prevent any use of aircraft for aerial attacks against the civilian population - would give it the legal basis to launch immediate air strikes on Gaddafi targets.Together we can save the Libyan people from being martyred. Time is being counted in days, or even hours, French President Nicolas Sarkozy wrote in a letter to the UN powers, seen by EUobserver. The US ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, indicated that President Barack Obama is willing to put troops on the ground. We need to be prepared to contemplate steps that include, but perhaps go beyond, a no-fly zone at this point, she told press in New York.A French security expert whose company advises EU diplomats and intelligence services warned that military action in Libya could have unforeseen consequences.If we strike Gaddafi, we risk creating an Afghanistan or an Iraq, if you prefer, 500 km from our coastlines. We will destabilise a country which is ethnically highly-complex and which has a large stock of weapons. We will create a zone with no rule of law,the contact said.

Nazareth Ilit Reaches Out to Itamar As Purim Approaches
by Gavriel Queenann MAR 17,11

The community of Nazareth Illit sent packages of mishloach manot [traditional gifts of food for the Purim holiday -ed] and letters to the residents of Itimar in the hopes of encouraging the community following the barbaric murder of five members of the Fogel family in the small Samarian settlement.The initiative was launched by APS school students in Nazareth Ilit who wanted to show solidarity with the children of Itamar. Students wrote letters of support and asked for help in sending them, as well as mishloach manot, from the municipality.Mayor Shimon Gipsu was so moved by the children's initiative that he asked to attach his own Purim salutations to each letter and approached the managers of the Stauss Elite, who responded to his request for help by donating boxes of snacks and chocolates for the children of Itamar.

Education Department Director Danny Gylden Read then asked the rest of the schools in Nazareth Elit to join the tribute, The response was tremendous. Teachers, administrators and students joined with pleasure, Gylden-Read told Israel National News. They were not satisfied with writing letters and attached crafts and amazing fruit handiwork.For example, students at Yodfat Elementary school, directed by Eve Baker, brought artwork, dolls and accessories for their baskets. And, city manager Amir Oren enlisted city employees in the packing and delivery of boxes. Everyone willingly joined in.Letters from the students have elicited tears in Nazareth Ilit, and the students themselves.I live in the city of Nazareth Illit, wrote one student from Yodfat Elementary. I heard about the tragedy that happened to you. Be strong and know that although we are far from our heart is with you.Another student wrote: I do not know how anyone could kill a four month old baby. It would take a real devil, a real devil to do such a thing.Eden, a student at the Arbel school asked the children to be strong and maintain their resolve: I know very difficult for you now, but you have to be strong and not give up. Do not let the bad guys win. You have to fight for a just world that will be better for everyone.The residents of Itamar responded to the gesture with enthusiasm. Children in Itamar wrote back, Your mishloach manot moved us to tears. You touched us to the heart and caused us great excitement.Nazareth Ilit not only sent the letters and care packages, but Mayor Gipsu, City Manager Amir Oren, and city council members also traveled to Itamar in order to give support to the residents there, telling them, Israel's strength lies in our ability to unite in moments of grief and moments of joy. The nation's heart broke over this terrible tragedy and it was important for us to tell the people of Itamar they are not alone. We embrace you and strengthen you.(Israel National News.com)

Deputy Mayors Take a Solidarity Tour of Itamar
by Elad Benari MAR 18,11 IsraelNationalNews

Twenty five deputy mayors from across Israel participated on Thursday in a solidarity tour of the Samaria community of Itamar, following the brutal murder of five members of the Fogel family last week.The tour, attended by members of the Forum of Deputy Mayors, was organized by Deputy Shomron Mayor Ehud Studenia. It began in the community of Barkan, where the deputy mayors observed the Dan region. The tour then continued to Itamar, where participants saw the point where the terrorists who committed Friday night’s murder infiltrated the community, and heard a review of the incident from Shomron Mayor Gershon Mesika and from Rabbi Nitzan Yamin, the local school principal and teacher of 11-year-old Yoav Fogel who was killed in the massacre. The tour then continued in Elon Moreh for a conversation with Samaria Residents' Council head Benny Katzover, and concluded with a visit to the home where the Fogel family is sitting shiva, in the community of Neve Tzuf.

Some of the deputy mayors who took part in the tour were Deputy Ashkelon Mayor Shimon Cohen, Deputy Givatayim Mayor Moshik Goldstein, Deputy Raanana Mayor Arie Friedman, Deputy Ramat Gan Mayor Moshe Avihu, Deputy Mayor of Betar Illit Shlomo Sharabi, Rosh Haayin Deputy Mayor Razi Ahrak, and others.The Chairman of the Forum of Deputy Mayors and Acting Mayor of Bat Yam, Uri Buskila, said during the tour that the Forum calls upon the government to do everything possible so that we do not hear that the murder could have been avoided if safety measures which were prevented by some legal advisor would have been taken. There should not be a reality in which the fate of community residents is ignored and in which they do not receive the optimal security because of bureaucratic problems. We are ready to provide backup for the brave Jews who live in Samaria out of their own choice and because of a decision made by the Israeli government.Shomron Mayor Gershon Mesika told the deputy mayors: The Zionist answer to the terrible massacre that happened here should be the establishment of five towns in memory of each of the victims. The barbaric murderers came here to cut off lives and to crush the communities, and the correct answer should be a building momentum. It is inconceivable that the Israeli government removes checkpoints and thus empowers the Palestinian Authority terrorists while preventing security from the Jewish residents. The residents of Itamar are heroes and pioneers but the Israeli government must begin to fight terrorism and stop harming life.At the conclusion of the tour, Buskila said: It was important also for these deputies to come and see firsthand the hardships under which Jews are living. The idea here is to come, see and understand the reality since we are all brothers.

Japan's Emperor Akihito Prays For His Nation
by Gavriel Queenann MAR 17,11

In a rare television address on Wednesday, Japan's Emperor Akihito expressed deep concern over the escalating nuclear crisis his nation faces and said he is praying for people's safety after last week's earthquake-tsunami disaster, the Associated Press reports.The 77-year-old emperor, who commands great personal respect in Japan, thanked domestic and foreign emergency personnel for their efforts to locate the many missing amidst difficult conditions in the affected area, The number of people killed is increasing day-by-day and we do not know how many people have fallen victim.People are being forced to evacuate in such severe conditions of bitter cold, with shortages of water and fuel... he said. I cannot help praying that rescue work is done swiftly and people's lives get better, even a little. I pray for the safety of as many people as possible.Akihito also said he was deeply concerned about the unpredictable situation at the quake-damaged Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant, where the quake knocked out reactor cooling systems. A series of explosions followed.

I sincerely hope that we can keep the situation from getting worse,Akihito said.I have received messages of condolence from heads of state of various countries with kind words that their hearts are with the victims. Allow me to convey the words to people in the afflicted areas.In a show of solidarity with the residents of Japan's capital, who are currently subject to power rationing, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko ordered the Imperial Palace's electricity to be turned off for two ours per day, Kyodo News reported.A spokesman for the Imperial Household Agency said it was the first time the emperor had addressed the nation on television in the wake of a natural disaster. After the earthquake in Kobe in 1995 which killed more than 6,400 people, Akihito issued a written statement rather than making a televised address.
Akihito acceded to the throne in 1989 following the death of his father Emperor Hirohito. As the titular head of state in Japan, he plays a ceremonial role.As of Wednesday, the toll of the dead and missing from the 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami that hit Japan's northeast coast has topped 11,000, with 3,676 confirmed dead and 7,558 unaccounted for, according to Japan's national police agency. (Israel National News.com)

Japan kicks off yen intervention as G7 agrees joint action
By Wayne Cole – MAR 18,11

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Group of Seven rich nations on Friday agreed to join in rare concerted intervention to restrain a soaring yen and calm global markets after a wild week of panicky trading as Japan scrambled to prevent a meltdown at a nuclear power plant.The U.S. dollar surged two full yen to as far as 81.70 yen, leaving behind a record low of 76.25 hit on Thursday as the Bank of Japan kicked off the joint action. Media reported it bought more than $25 billion.Japan's Nikkei share index climbed 3 percent, recouping some of the week's stinging losses as Japan reeled from an earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear power plant crisis.The last time the G7 agreed on joint intervention was a decade ago to turn a slumping euro following its 1999 launch.The G7 show of solidarity with disaster-hit Japan came as a surprise to many because Tokyo had indicated it was looking for moral support for its attempts to calm markets rather than joint action.Japan's Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said the Bank of Japan had begun to sell yen at 0000 GMT and other central banks from the G7 would intervene as their markets opened.This is the first coordinated intervention that we have seen since 2000 so it's going to have a very huge resonating effect on the market, said Kathy Lien, director of currency research at GFT in New York.Because the only type of intervention that actually works is coordinated intervention and it shows the solidarity of all central banks in terms of the severity of the situation in Japan.A source told Reuters the BOJ would also leave the yen it sold in the banking system rather than mopping it up, thus adding to the vast amount of liquidity it had already provided to support its domestic markets.

Central banks will often issue bonds to mop up any extra cash in the economy that results from currency intervention for fear that the additional liquidity could fuel inflation.On Thursday, the yen had soared to a record high of 76.25 per dollar, eclipsing its historical peak of 79.75 hit in the aftermath of the Kobe earthquake.
The yen soared amid speculation Japanese firms would repatriate some of their huge foreign assets to help meet insurance claims and pay for reconstruction.A strong yen could make it more difficult for the heavily export-dependent Japanese economy to recover from the triple blow of last week's earthquake, tsunami and nuclear threat. The damage toll is already estimated at up to $200 billion with Japan almost certain to slip back into recession.G7 financial leaders may be worried that a surge in yen repatriation could unsettle global markets, creating a crisis of confidence that spreads from Asia to Europe and the United States.As we long have stated, excess volatility and disorderly movements in exchange rates have adverse implications for economic and financial stability, the G7 said in a statement.Investors were also keeping a wary eye on events in Libya as the United Nations voted to impose a no-fly zone over the country and use all necessary measures to protect civilians. French diplomatic sources said military action could begin within hours of the Security Council vote.Oil prices were up over $1.50 a barrel on the decision, which was seen as risking prolonging the conflict in the North African nation.

HISTORY NOT IN G7's Favor

Still, if past is prologue, even massive official selling might not restrain the yen for long. When Japan last intervened in September 2010, it sold a huge 2.1 trillion yen, or around $25 billion back then, but only managed to push the dollar up from 82.85 to 85.77 yen.The shock value quickly faded and by late October the dollar was down around 80.00.History isn't on the G7's side, said John Normand, a currency analyst at JPMorgan, noting past acts of concerted intervention only worked when backed by central bank policy tightening. In this case, there is almost no chance of the Federal Reserve tightening for months to come. The European Central Bank has signaled an intent to hike rates in April, but that might not help the dollar against the yen.The G7 can be a market mover initially, but it shouldn't be a trend-changer any more than the September 2010 yen intervention was,argued Normand.The G7 comprises Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and United States.

HEIGHTENED ANXIETY

Late Thursday, President Barack Obama said the United States will do all it can to help Japan recover while playing down fears a drifting cloud of radiation could reach the U.S. West Coast.Rising alarm over the unfolding disaster in the world's third-largest economy has sent shudders through markets, hitting shares and commodities, as investors sought the safe haven of government debt.Japanese engineers on Friday raced to restore a power cable at the nuclear power plant in the hope of restarting pumps needed to pour cold water on overheating fuel rods and avert a catastrophic release of radiation.Officials said they hoped to fix the cable to two reactors on Friday and to two others by Sunday, but said work would stop in the morning to allow helicopters and fire trucks to resume pouring water on the Fukushima Daiichi plant.The G7 deal and Obama's statement suggest a heightened degree of concern among top policymakers at the threat posed by the disaster at a time when the global economy is still recovering from its worst downturn in nearly 80 years.Europe continues to wrestle with a crippling debt crisis, and the Fed is buying up domestic government debt to safeguard a stop-start economic bounce back in the United States.I think the world economy is going to go right down, and it has happened at a time when financial markets are still fragile, said a G7 central banker who declined to be named.Japan's triple disaster, unprecedented in a major developed economy, is already disrupting global manufacturing.Makers of equipment for mobile telephones to car makers and chipmakers have warned of a squeeze on their businesses given Japan's crucial role in many supply chains that keep global commerce ticking over.The technology sector felt an immediate impact after Friday's quake and tsunami since Japan makes around a fifth of the world's semiconductors.

Economists fear an extended slump for the economy.

The sheer complexity of the damages makes it difficult to grasp the impact of the earthquake, says Kyohei Morita, an economist at Barclays Capital.Indeed, an analysis of the domestic real economy alone requires an assessment not only of building damages but also lifeline disruptions, planned blackouts/voluntary energy conservation and the state of nuclear power generation.The Nikkei newspaper on Friday reported the government was considering mandatory power usage cuts for businesses and households to avert a major blackout in greater Tokyo.The government also announced plans to issue 10 trillion yen in emergency bonds to fund reconstruction, adding to an already massive mountain of public debt.Still, the effect on global growth may be more limited. BNP Paribas estimates the disaster will shave 3 percent from Japan's projected GDP this year. That would account for just 0.2 percent of world output.(Additional reporting by Wanfeng Zhou, Leika Kihara, Daniel Flynn, Glenn Sommerville and Lesley Wroughton; Editing by Ed Davies)

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.

Chunk of Calif. coastal highway falls into Pacific
– Thu Mar 17, 6:56 pm ET

CARMEL, Calif. – Engineers on Thursday were working to figure out when they'll be able to reopen a stretch of California coastal highway that collapsed into the ocean, blocking traffic to the scenic Big Sur region.A 40-foot section of Highway 1 crumbled just after 5 p.m. Wednesday following several days of rainy weather. The entire southbound lane is gone, and the soil under the northbound lane also was giving way.No one was injured in the slide, the California Highway Patrol said. Authorities have closed the two-lane road to traffic indefinitely.The collapse occurred south of Carmel near Rocky Creek Bridge, one of the iconic arch bridges that make the stretch of roadway, also known as the Pacific Coast Highway, one of the country's best known scenic drives.California Department of Transportation officials told The Monterey Herald they would know closer to the end of Thursday when the road would be reopened.The closure comes as spring tourist season is about to get under way.There is too much going down here to allow an extended closure, Alan Perlmutter told the newspaper. Perlmutter is a partner in the Big Sur River Inn, one of the many inns and lodges that depend on the dollars of tourists drawn to dramatic coastal vistas, where forested mountainsides plunge into blue seas.Other inns and restaurants reported a mix of no-shows and guests who were forced to stay longer because of the blocked road.The best alternate route to Big Sur from the north would require drivers to take Highway 101 inland through the Salinas Valley and drive over a steep, winding mountain road to the coast, adding at least an hour to the trip.

LUKEWARM CHURCHES

REVELATION 3:15-19
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I(GOD) will spue (VOMIT) thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

THEIR TRYING TO MAKE THE BIBLE A NEW AGE GODESS,HOMOSEXUAL WORSHIP.GOD AS FATHER THEY WANT OUT THESE GODLESS LUKEWARMERS.

New Bible draws critics of gender-neutral language
Thursday, March 17, 2011,

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In the old translation of the world's most popular Bible, John the Evangelist declares: If anyone says, I love God, yet hates his brother, he is a liar. Make that brother or sister in a new translation that includes more gender-neutral language and is drawing criticism from some conservatives who argue the changes can alter the theological message.The 2011 translation of the New International Version Bible, or NIV, does not change pronouns referring to God, who remains He and the Father. But it does aim to avoid using he or him as the default reference to an unspecified person.The NIV Bible is used by many of the largest Protestant faiths. The translation comes from an independent group of biblical scholars that has been meeting yearly since 1965 to discuss advances in biblical scholarship and changes in English usage.Before the new translation even hit stores, it drew opposition from the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, an organization that believes women should submit to their husbands in the home and only men can hold some leadership roles in the church.

The council decided it would not endorse the new version because the changes alter the theological direction and meaning of the text, according to a statement. Similar concerns led the Southern Baptist Convention to reject the NIV's previous translation in 2005.At issue is how to translate pronouns that apply to both genders in the ancient Greek and Hebrew texts but have traditionally been translated using masculine forms in English.An example from the translator's notes for Mark 4:25 to show how the NIV's translation of these words has evolved over the past quarter-century.The widely distributed 1984 version of the NIV quotes Jesus: Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

The more recent incarnation of the NIV from 2005, called Today's New International Version, changed that to: Those who have will be given more; as for those who do not have, even what they have will be taken from them.The CBMW had complained in 2005 that making the subject of a verse plural to convey that it could refer equally to a man or a woman potentially obscured an important aspect of biblical thought — that of the personal relationship between an individual and God.The NIV 2011 seems to have taken that criticism into account and come up with a compromise: Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.While the translators' former grammar teachers may not like it, the translators offer a strong justification for their choice of they (instead of the clunky he or she) and them (instead of him or her) to refer back to the singular whoever.They commissioned an extensive study of the way modern English writers and speakers convey gender inclusiveness. According to the translators' notes on the Committee on Bible Translation's website, The gender-neutral pronoun they (them/their) is by far the most common way that English-language speakers and writers today refer back to singular antecedents such as whoever, anyone,somebody,a person,no one, and the like.

Randy Stinson, president of the CBMW and dean of the School of Church Ministries at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, said the changes are especially important to evangelicals.Evangelicals believe in the verbal plenary inspiration of scripture. We believe every word is inspired by God, not just the broad thought, he said.So if the original text reads brothers — even if that word in the original language is known to mean brothers and sisters (such as the Hebrew achim or Spanish word hermanos) — many evangelicals believe the English translation should read brothers.
Stinson said a notes section would be the best place to point out that the original word could be read to include men and women.It's not yet known if the Southern Baptist Convention will reject the new translation the way it did the 2005 version. The nation's largest Protestant denomination still sells the 1984 translation in its stores. If it chooses to condemn the new version, that would happen at its national convention in June. The publisher says the NIV 2011 will replace both the 1984 and 2005 versions.Even while panning the new translation, the CBMW thanked the Committee on Bible Translation for being open about the process they used to develop it. That included taking comments from all sides of the gender debate.

And the new version doesn't always use gender neutral language. It takes reader sensibility into account by not using inclusive terms for some of the most familiar verses where that might sound jarring. For instance, Matthew 4:4 is rendered, Man shall not live on bread alone.That's a change from the TNIV, where the same phase read, People do not live on bread alone.I think that clause has entered into standard English, translator Douglas Moo explained of the move back to the more traditional man.People know it who don't know the Bible.Moo said the translators hope that the phrasing of the new NIV is so natural that the average reader won't be aware of any of the gender language concerns that are debated by biblical scholars and linguists. The group's website says its goal is to articulate God's unchanging Word in the way the original authors might have said it if they had been speaking in English to the global English-speaking audience today.While the change to the generic man in verses like Matthew 4:4 is applauded by the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, linguist Joel M. Hoffman, author of And God Said — How Translations Conceal the Bible's Original Meaning, said it is simply incorrect.
Anthropos (the Greek word in the original text) means person, plain and simple, he said. It's as much a mistake as translating parent as father.He doesn't buy the argument that man is understood in English to refer to men and women.If you walk into a church on Sunday morning and say, Will every man stand up? I would be shocked if the women stood up, too.Online:
Biblica NIV official site: http://www.biblica.com/niv/
Committee on Bible Translation: http://www.niv-cbt.org/
Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: http://www.cbmw.org/