2ND GAZA FLOTILLA WANTS EU COVER

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)

Van Rompuy: EU should take credit for Libya action
ANDREW RETTMAN Today APR 4,11 @ 19:13 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy has said the Union should take credit for international action which prevented a bloodbath in Libya, amid a downgrading of the bloc's common security policy to a food-and-blankets aid mission. Speaking to MEPs in Strasbourg on Tuesday (5 April), the Belgian politician said that British, French and UK strikes on Gaddafi targets on 19 March would not have been possible without the clear position taken on Libya at an EU summit one week earlier.Noting that Germany voiced strong disapproval of military action at the time, he said a massive bloodbath has been avoided ... This is the most important result and deserves the highest attention, more so than the decision-making process.

From the beginning of the crisis, the European Union was at the forefront: the first to impose tough sanctions; the first to impose a travel ban on leading figures in the regime; the first to freeze Libyan assets; the first to recognise the Interim Transitional National Council as a valid interlocutor,he went on.Without European leadership there would have been massacres ... We acted in time and without Europe nothing would have been done at the global level or at the UN level.The Van Rompuy speech comes amid US surprise at the lack of ambition showed by the Union on its Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) in the context of the Libya conflict.The Lisbon Treaty says: The common security and defence policy shall be an integral part of the common foreign and security policy. It shall provide the Union with an operational capacity drawing on civilian and military assets. The Union may use them on missions outside the Union for peace-keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security.It also talks of the progressive framing of a common defence policy that might lead to a common defence.The US has not made public statements on the issue. But senior US officials were privately dismayed by an op-ed penned by EU foreign and defence policy chief Catherine Ashton on the eve of coalition strikes in which she signaled that EU-level involvement would be limited to post-conflict kitchen-sink issues such as economic support.Speaking of the three M's - money, market access and mobility in the International Herald and Tribune on 18 March, Ashton noted: I readily concede that this agenda lacks glamour.

The EU on 1 April agreed to launch a CSDP mission called Eufor in Libya, to be commanded by an Italian admiral out of Rome. Worth a modest €8 million, the mission will see soldiers from EU states help move around aid supplies and refugees if asked to by the UN.Some confusion exists as to the parameters of the Eufor operation. Ashton spokesman Michael Mann told EUobserver it would be limited strictly to Libya and would begin work only after hostilities end. It's logistical support. It's not people with guns firing,he said.An EU diplomat said the mission could involve protecting refugee camps. But he added there is no appetite at EU level to go into Libya for now and predicted that it will go to Egypt and Tunisia in the name of helping Libya instead.We are talking about Libya, but we are thinking of Egypt and Tunisia, he said.With Gaddafi envoys and defectors by turn flying on bilateral missions to Athens and London rather than to Brussels, and with Ashton playing third fiddle in the new Qatar-chaired Libya Contact Group, Mann defended his superior's role in the post-intervention diplomacy.The high representative is in regular contact with her counterparts to make sure all member states are singing from the same hymn sheet,he told press in Brussels on Monday.Ashton is playing a vital role to bring together the world community on this.Ashton in her boldest statement to date on Yemen on Tuesday all-but called for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down after his forces shot dead another 15 protesters. I re-iterate my call for an orderly political transition to begin without delay,she said.Speaking at a European Parliament hearing in late March, her top diplomat on the Middle East, Hugues Mingarelli, admitted the EU has little influence in the region, however. To be realistic, the instruments at our disposal, the opportunities we have, are fairly restricted,he said.

Second Gaza flotilla seeks EU political cover
ANDREW RETTMAN Today APR 4,11 @ 09:25 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The organisers of a second flotilla aiming to break Israel's siege on Gaza are seeking EU diplomatic protection after Israeli commandos killed nine people and injured 52 during their first trip in 2010.Speaking to EUobserver from Paris on Monday (4 April), Claude Leostic from Association France Palestine Solidarite (AFPS) said the group will next week send letters to top EU officials Herman Van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton urging them to threaten Israel with economic sanctions if there is a repeat of last year's violence. The EU has been saying for a long time that the blockade is against international law. It has the means to apply economic pressure, to cancel its economic agreement with Israel. If they are serious about their position, they could send such a message. This would be a really good move,she explained.The NGOs behind the project also expect several MPs from EU countries and MEPs from Brussels to join them when they set sail in late May.Huseyin Oruc from the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), a Turkish NGO, said: There will be many MPs on board. I don't think Israel will attack us. They did so much damage to their international reputation last time that I don't think they will repeat the same actions again.Plans for the new project will be finalised at a meeting in Athens next week.AFPS and IHH said delegations from around 75 countries numbering two to three people each aim to take part. The new flotilla will carry activists from Algeria, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, the Philippines and Turkey but is to have a more Western composition than in 2010.Delegates are also expected from Canada, the US, Switzerland, the Nordic countries, Belgium, Germany, Greece, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK. Nobody from the former Communist EU member states or from Iran and Syria will be involved.

Around 15 boats are to set sail from a number of ports in the Mediterranean including Cyprus, Italy, Malta, Turkey and Tunisia. The route will avoid the Nato naval blockade on Libya and Israeli territorial waters, aiming to unload humanitarian supplies in Gaza and, later on, to sell the boats and donate funds to charities working in the strip.The cost of the French boat alone is around €400,000, with money collected from charity fund-raiser events and internet-based donations.
Israel has offered to let the boats disembark in the Israeli port of Ashdod instead. The IHH's Oruc said organisers are willing to let the UN, or an international group including Israeli experts, search the boats for weapons or other illicit materials but not the Israelis on their own.Ashton spokesman Michael Mann declined to comment on whether she will back the project or not.We'll see what they say [in the letter] and then we'll respond, he said. Mann read out the latest EU ministers' conclusions urging Israel to lift the Gaza blockade, adding: All the parties involved are already exerting diplomatic pressure [on Israel].An Israeli diplomat told this website that EU governments should discourage nationals from taking part.We're getting ready ... they should advise them not to embark. We're talking about a conflict situation between Gaza and Israel. To go ahead and sail into such an area is in a way to look for trouble. Our expectation is that European governments will make people understand the risks involved,he said.The contact declined to rule out fresh military action, adding: They are trying to initiate a clash with Israeli forces for PR reasons.An internal Israeli enquiry, the Turkel Commission, last year exonerated Israel's use of deadly force but Israel declined to allow an independent probe despite Turkish appeals.The Israeli diplomat cited the 1994 international agreement, the San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea, as saying merchant vessels believed on reasonable grounds to be breaching a blockade may be captured and that merchant vessels which, after prior warning, clearly resist capture may be attacked.Noting the current turmoil in the region due to the Arab uprisings, he said: It makes this attempt to make the situation in Gaza look like the most important thing happening in the Middle East even more out of place than before.Maybe they should send the flotilla to Syria instead - I'm sure it's more needed there.

Greece readies fresh round of austerity worth €25bn
LEIGH PHILLIPS Today APR 4,11 @ 09:24 CET

The Greek government is readying a raft of fresh austerity measures aiming to raise some €25 billion over the next four years.According to Greek daily Kathemerini, the measures will focus on tax hikes rather than cuts to social services this time, with an increase in road tax, the extension of excise duties to non-alcoholic beverages and a boost in the VAT rate from 13 percent to 23 percent on certain items.A number of public bodies will be closed down and a restructuring of wage frameworks in the civil service will be ramped up.However, public sector wages and pensions will see no further reductions. A detailed announcement is expected sometime before 15 April. The additional austerity measures aim to bring the country's deficit to below three percent of GDP, as required under the terms of a €110 EU-IMF bail-out.The move comes atop a separate round of privatisations of state assets including real estate that the government hopes will raise €50 billion in new money.Meanwhile, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn has rubbished claims that his organisation backs a restructuring of Greek debt.Over the weekend, Der Spiegel reported that the international lender was pushing Athens to accept some form of restructuring, with the scale of its debt pile increasingly viewed as unmanageable despite the EU-IMF bail-out.We are supporting the Greek government in its position that it doesn't want a restructuring of the debt, he said at an event in Washington, agencies report.Representatives of the IMF, the European Commission and the European Central Bank arrived in the Greek capital on Monday for the latest check-up on the state of the country's efforts to meet budget targets.Separately on Monday, Portugal saw the yield on its five-year bonds climb to 9.91 percent, a rate above that experienced by Ireland ahead of its bail-out last November.