The Bible says the EU has to have its own Army. So if this will be the future EU army or their own Rapid Reaction force, the European Union will have a fast and swift Army that will control all the World as well as secure Israels safety in the future.
REVELATION 19:1919 And I saw the beast,(EU WORLD DICTATOR) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
As we see here the World comes against Jerusalem and notice it says the EU will have its own Army as well as the World Armies. WHO IS THE LEADER (THE BEAST) EU WORLD DICTATOR., and his Army as well as the World Armies. Maybe Nato will be disbanded in favor of Individual Rapid reaction forces around the World. Only GOD will bring it about for sure, but it will come to pass no matter what.
The real business of NATO-GLOBAL POLICE FORCERisto E.J. Penttila International Herald Tribune TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2006
HELSINKI Let's face it: NATO has already become a global policeman. The question now is whether it will turn out to be a good cop or a bad cop. If NATO wants to be a good cop, it must work out principles and decision- making procedures for the most likely crises of the future - even if those crises are a far cry from the war games played during the Cold War. If NATO continues to deny that it has become a global policeman, it will act without legitimacy and without a moral compass. In other words, it will be a bad cop. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, the secretary general of NATO, likes to say "NATO is not a global policeman." In a typical speech he repeats the sentence two or three times. To make sure that the point is not lost on more skeptical audiences he throws in a bit of French: "L'OTAN n'est pas le gendarme du monde.
The sound bite sends a clear signal. Yet, it does not stand up to closer scrutiny. NATO provides law and order to the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It patrols sea-lanes in the Mediterranean. It provides assistance to victims of hurricanes and earthquakes. It escorts children to school in Afghanistan. It educates officers in post-socialist states in the virtues of democracy. It provides logistical support for the African Union. It incarcerates war criminals. It fights terrorism. These are not war-fighting operations. They cannot even be classified as hardcore crisis management. They are low-tech and low-casualty. Their objective is to bring order to weak states and to help the inhabitants get back to living normal lives. And what is more: There is a growing demand for these kinds of law-and-order operations.
The African Union would love to have NATO help bring order to Darfur and other killing fields in Africa. At some point the Israelis and Palestinians are going to be ready for an international peacekeeping force. At that point NATO forces - most likely operating under the United Nations flag - could become a stabilizing element. And, of course, the Americans would be delighted to see NATO troops in Iraq. Law-and-order operations are not the only kind of task NATO has to confront in the future. Looking forward, the alliance is likely to be involved in two types of operations.
The first category, let's call it traditional operations, is both more dangerous and less likely. It consists of using military force to defend the vital interests of one or more member states. The operations could vary from the defense of the territorial integrity of a member state to an improbable (but imaginable) intervention to secure Western energy supplies. Decision- making in these situations will not be easy but there is a process for it. After all, NATO was created for these kinds of existential crises.The second category of future operations is both more likely and less dangerous (at least, it is less dangerous for the populations and vital interests of NATO member states). Let's call these operations policing operations. They consist of stopping genocide, patrolling borders, securing sea-lanes and thwarting warlords. Some of the operations in this category are nasty, others are easier to manage. For NATO, the key issue is to make the correct decision about whether or not to engage.
The problem is that most NATO member states and most of its civil servants think that genocides and civil wars are none of NATO's business. Whose business are they then? The United Nations peacekeepers are suffering from too many engagements and too few resources. The EU military forces are being developed but they will certainly not be able to shoulder difficult operations without the help of the United States for years to come. African peacekeepers are being trained but they are not ready yet. The only show in town is NATO. It seems quite natural for NATO to pay attention to conflicts, whatever their cause, that have or potentially have an important military content. It also seems natural that the alliance would get involved when something has to be done but no one else is up to the task.
NATO claims to defend freedom, democracy and liberty. Well, freedom, democracy and liberty are at stake when people are being slaughtered in Darfur. The same principles are also at stake when war-torn countries are trying to rebuild themselves.No one is suggesting that NATO should get involved in all the trouble spots of the world. What I am suggesting is that the alliance recognize what it has become and begin to act accordingly.
Risto E.J. Penttila is the director of the Finnish Business and Policy Forum.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
EU NY STOCK MARKET MERGER MAYBE
The Bible plainly says the European Union will control the Money of the World in the future, so this could be the beggining if EURONEXT AND NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGES MERGE. If they do merge then the EU will develope a micro-chip system that will work because Revelation says the EU will make every one on Earth recieve a Chip in their right hand or forehead or they will be murdered.
Euronext, NYSE discuss merger proposals: source By Mathieu Robbins Tue May 16, 4:01 PM
ET LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - European share markets operator Euronext and New York rival NYSE Group Inc. are looking at merger options as industry players rush to team up, said a source familiar with the matter on Tuesday.
Euronext (ENXT.PA) advisers met NYSE (NYSE:NYX - news) management in New York on Monday and discussed options such as an all-share deal, a cash offer or the creation of a new company, in which investors of both exchanges would get cash and shares, the source said. NYSE's Chief Executive John Thain and his Euronext counterpart Jean-Francois Theodore have met several times in recent weeks, including at least once last week, the source said. There is only a limited number of exchanges Euronext could merge with so it's normal they are talking," said Michael Long, an analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.
They want to flesh out their options and the best way to do that is to meet. The exchanges are jostling for position in a frenzy of merger talks among European bourses. This has been spurred on by activist shareholders in Euronext and Deutsche Boerse AG (DB1Gn.DE) pushing the two exchanges to merge, as well as several takeover approaches to the London Stock Exchange (LSE.L) (LSE). Exchanges are under pressure to consolidate to boost volumes, create economies of scale that reduce trading costs and to attract more companies to list their shares.
The LSE's shares have surged around 150 percent over the past 12 months, while it has been courted by Deutsche Boerse, Euronext (ENXT.AS), Australia's bank Macquarie Bank Ltd. (MBL.AX) and U.S. exchange Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
(Nasdaq:NDAQ - news), although it has rejected offers as being too low. Euronext's imminent annual general meeting on May 23 has also focused the attention of the Paris-based company on making progress in its own plans and it has said it is looking into alternatives to a Boerse merger, which it could present at the meeting. Both Euronext and NYSE have had contact with several potential tie-up counterparties in the last few weeks as they ponder a range of different strategic options and tie-ups. Euronext is still in talks with Deutsche Boerse, while NYSE is still considering a bid for the London Stock Exchange if the talks with Euronext do not lead to a successful deal.
The New York exchange is talking first to Euronext because the Paris-based exchange wants to be able to brief its shareholders on the outcome of talks by the time of its annual meeting, sources familiar with the situation said. On the other hand, the NYSE's main rival to buy the London exchange, Nasdaq, is largely restrained from bidding for several months. This leaves the NYSE time to think through alternatives before focusing on any bid for London. Euronext, which the source said has asked the French treasury and market regulator AMF if they have any objection to a tie-up, reiterated on Monday it was open to a deal with Deutsche Boerse on the right terms.
Euronext said on Tuesday it was still considering several options ahead of its annual meeting, but declined to comment further.
SHAREHOLDERS MIXED ON DEAL
Among hurdles the NYSE would need to surmount is hostility to a deal from some of its own shareholders. As I understand Euronext, I don't know that I'd be wildly in favor of a merger," said Thomas Caldwell, chairman of Caldwell Asset Management Inc., whose firm owns or controls more than 4 million NYSE shares and a smaller stake in the London Stock Exchange. He thinks the NYSE should focus on the U.S. market.
But shareholder and former NYSE seat holder Bill Power said a deal could be good if it was non-dilutive. He cited Euronext's Liffe derivatives exchange and Liffe Connect electronic trading platform as benefits of such a deal. Another NYSE shareholder, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also cited Euronext's Liffe division as a good reason for going ahead with a deal.
But Nasdaq's recent accumulation of a 24.1 percent stake in the LSE does make it harder for the NYSE to bid for the London bourse, the shareholder said. If the NYSE bought the LSE for stock, Nasdaq would become a large shareholder of the Big Board, while if it was for cash, it would be added to Nasdaq's war chest for acquisitions.
(Additional reporting by Megan Davies and David Cullen)
Fears for eurozone if dollar crashes · ECB boss warns of future damage to export demand · Poor US economic data adds to the pressure Larry Elliott, economics editorWednesday May 17, 2006 The Guardian
The European Central Bank warned last night of the dangers to the world economy of a plunge in the dollar as the US currency came under renewed pressure on foreign exchange markets.
Christian Noyer, a member of the ECB's governing council, said a marked depreciation in the greenback would be bad for growth in the 12-nation eurozone and run counter to agreements made by the G7 industrial nations.
Mr Noyer's remarks, made in an interview on Reuters TV, came as a business survey in Germany showed that a stronger euro and higher commodity prices may already be hurting confidence.
The ZEW expectations index - a barometer of Germany's future economic health - fell sharply from 62.7 in April to 50 this month, its fourth consecutive decline. Analysts said Germany - the eurozone's biggest economy - had been boosted by strong demand for its exports, but that this trend would be jeopardised if the single currency continued to rise.
"The evidence since the euro's launch is that its movements affect economic activity in the zone with a lag of 12 to 18 months," said Stephen Lewis of Insinger de Beaufort. "Euro appreciation is storing up trouble for the future.
The weaker than expected ZEW index temporarily halted the slide in the dollar. It resumed its decline, however, after the release in Washington of data showing softness in the American economy. Core producer prices - an indication of the cost pressures facing US industry - showed a 0.1% monthly increase, while the number of new houses being built stood at 1.85m, 100,000 fewer than expected.
While foreign exchange dealers remain confident that the ECB will raise rates by at least a quarter point next month, the US figures prompted speculation that the Federal Reserve will pull back from raising borrowing costs for a 17th successive time at its June meeting.
By lunchtime in New York, the euro was trading at $1.2820 against the US currency, up from $1.2795 on Monday. Sterling moved up from $1.8793 overnight to $1.8820, taking its rise since the turn of the year to almost 10%. The pound held steady against the euro at €1.4680 and was close to a 10-month high when measured by its trade-weighted index against a basket of currencies.
Mr Noyer said he did not believe the euro's rise was the start of the sort of disorderly unwinding of global imbalances feared by some economists. Any such development would be counter-productive, he added.
I exclude that kind of development. I don't think it would happen but if it were to happen it would not anyhow correct the imbalances, it would aggravate global imbalances. This would be worrying for world growth ... This is certainly not something which is hoped or wished for by any authority within the G7.
The euro is up almost 6% against the dollar since the start of April. "If we had big movements in the foreign exchange market which could hamper the economic growth in the euro area, it would run exactly contrary to what is deemed as necessary by the G7 to help rebalancing the global economy," Mr Noyer said.
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Euronext, NYSE discuss merger proposals: source By Mathieu Robbins Tue May 16, 4:01 PM
ET LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - European share markets operator Euronext and New York rival NYSE Group Inc. are looking at merger options as industry players rush to team up, said a source familiar with the matter on Tuesday.
Euronext (ENXT.PA) advisers met NYSE (NYSE:NYX - news) management in New York on Monday and discussed options such as an all-share deal, a cash offer or the creation of a new company, in which investors of both exchanges would get cash and shares, the source said. NYSE's Chief Executive John Thain and his Euronext counterpart Jean-Francois Theodore have met several times in recent weeks, including at least once last week, the source said. There is only a limited number of exchanges Euronext could merge with so it's normal they are talking," said Michael Long, an analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.
They want to flesh out their options and the best way to do that is to meet. The exchanges are jostling for position in a frenzy of merger talks among European bourses. This has been spurred on by activist shareholders in Euronext and Deutsche Boerse AG (DB1Gn.DE) pushing the two exchanges to merge, as well as several takeover approaches to the London Stock Exchange (LSE.L) (LSE). Exchanges are under pressure to consolidate to boost volumes, create economies of scale that reduce trading costs and to attract more companies to list their shares.
The LSE's shares have surged around 150 percent over the past 12 months, while it has been courted by Deutsche Boerse, Euronext (ENXT.AS), Australia's bank Macquarie Bank Ltd. (MBL.AX) and U.S. exchange Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
(Nasdaq:NDAQ - news), although it has rejected offers as being too low. Euronext's imminent annual general meeting on May 23 has also focused the attention of the Paris-based company on making progress in its own plans and it has said it is looking into alternatives to a Boerse merger, which it could present at the meeting. Both Euronext and NYSE have had contact with several potential tie-up counterparties in the last few weeks as they ponder a range of different strategic options and tie-ups. Euronext is still in talks with Deutsche Boerse, while NYSE is still considering a bid for the London Stock Exchange if the talks with Euronext do not lead to a successful deal.
The New York exchange is talking first to Euronext because the Paris-based exchange wants to be able to brief its shareholders on the outcome of talks by the time of its annual meeting, sources familiar with the situation said. On the other hand, the NYSE's main rival to buy the London exchange, Nasdaq, is largely restrained from bidding for several months. This leaves the NYSE time to think through alternatives before focusing on any bid for London. Euronext, which the source said has asked the French treasury and market regulator AMF if they have any objection to a tie-up, reiterated on Monday it was open to a deal with Deutsche Boerse on the right terms.
Euronext said on Tuesday it was still considering several options ahead of its annual meeting, but declined to comment further.
SHAREHOLDERS MIXED ON DEAL
Among hurdles the NYSE would need to surmount is hostility to a deal from some of its own shareholders. As I understand Euronext, I don't know that I'd be wildly in favor of a merger," said Thomas Caldwell, chairman of Caldwell Asset Management Inc., whose firm owns or controls more than 4 million NYSE shares and a smaller stake in the London Stock Exchange. He thinks the NYSE should focus on the U.S. market.
But shareholder and former NYSE seat holder Bill Power said a deal could be good if it was non-dilutive. He cited Euronext's Liffe derivatives exchange and Liffe Connect electronic trading platform as benefits of such a deal. Another NYSE shareholder, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also cited Euronext's Liffe division as a good reason for going ahead with a deal.
But Nasdaq's recent accumulation of a 24.1 percent stake in the LSE does make it harder for the NYSE to bid for the London bourse, the shareholder said. If the NYSE bought the LSE for stock, Nasdaq would become a large shareholder of the Big Board, while if it was for cash, it would be added to Nasdaq's war chest for acquisitions.
(Additional reporting by Megan Davies and David Cullen)
Fears for eurozone if dollar crashes · ECB boss warns of future damage to export demand · Poor US economic data adds to the pressure Larry Elliott, economics editorWednesday May 17, 2006 The Guardian
The European Central Bank warned last night of the dangers to the world economy of a plunge in the dollar as the US currency came under renewed pressure on foreign exchange markets.
Christian Noyer, a member of the ECB's governing council, said a marked depreciation in the greenback would be bad for growth in the 12-nation eurozone and run counter to agreements made by the G7 industrial nations.
Mr Noyer's remarks, made in an interview on Reuters TV, came as a business survey in Germany showed that a stronger euro and higher commodity prices may already be hurting confidence.
The ZEW expectations index - a barometer of Germany's future economic health - fell sharply from 62.7 in April to 50 this month, its fourth consecutive decline. Analysts said Germany - the eurozone's biggest economy - had been boosted by strong demand for its exports, but that this trend would be jeopardised if the single currency continued to rise.
"The evidence since the euro's launch is that its movements affect economic activity in the zone with a lag of 12 to 18 months," said Stephen Lewis of Insinger de Beaufort. "Euro appreciation is storing up trouble for the future.
The weaker than expected ZEW index temporarily halted the slide in the dollar. It resumed its decline, however, after the release in Washington of data showing softness in the American economy. Core producer prices - an indication of the cost pressures facing US industry - showed a 0.1% monthly increase, while the number of new houses being built stood at 1.85m, 100,000 fewer than expected.
While foreign exchange dealers remain confident that the ECB will raise rates by at least a quarter point next month, the US figures prompted speculation that the Federal Reserve will pull back from raising borrowing costs for a 17th successive time at its June meeting.
By lunchtime in New York, the euro was trading at $1.2820 against the US currency, up from $1.2795 on Monday. Sterling moved up from $1.8793 overnight to $1.8820, taking its rise since the turn of the year to almost 10%. The pound held steady against the euro at €1.4680 and was close to a 10-month high when measured by its trade-weighted index against a basket of currencies.
Mr Noyer said he did not believe the euro's rise was the start of the sort of disorderly unwinding of global imbalances feared by some economists. Any such development would be counter-productive, he added.
I exclude that kind of development. I don't think it would happen but if it were to happen it would not anyhow correct the imbalances, it would aggravate global imbalances. This would be worrying for world growth ... This is certainly not something which is hoped or wished for by any authority within the G7.
The euro is up almost 6% against the dollar since the start of April. "If we had big movements in the foreign exchange market which could hamper the economic growth in the euro area, it would run exactly contrary to what is deemed as necessary by the G7 to help rebalancing the global economy," Mr Noyer said.
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British politics and the euro
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
GLOBAL STOCKS IN TROUBLE
Is Ezekiel 7:19 and James 5:1-3 here, time will tell??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EZEKIEL 7:1919 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.
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.
And the result of the future stock market crash!!!!!!!!!!!!, The EU COMPUTER CHIP SYSTEM WILL COME INTO PLAY.!!!!!!!!
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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.
US dollar weakness likely to crash global stocks
The US dollar appears to be entering a long-awaited devaluation period to compensate for global imbalances. But this is also likely to spark a significant sell-off of US equities and bonds because many investors will not want to hold assets valued in a currency that is in decline. Monday, May 15 - 2006 at 09:35
Last Friday equity markets around the world saw one of their worst days for three years, and this may be just a taste of what is to come if the US dollar bears are proved right. Kuwait's 1% revaluation against the US dollar was insignificant in itself but a powerful warning about the sentiment of the market which has been impacted by a perceived end to interest rate tightening by the Federal Reserve. With interest rates apparently on hold, the US dollar is less attractive than other currencies such as the euro where interest rates look likely to go higher.
David Bloom, currency strategist at the world's second largest bank HSBC, says this switch is a 'regime change' and forecasts $1.40 to the euro over the next 12 months. His warning is that phase two of a US dollar decline will result is an equity sell-off and 'an increase in volatility and uncertainty across the board.
Complacency to end
Perhaps this change of pace should not come as such a shock. Equity markets have been remarkably benign for a long period, and a return to greater levels of volatility could be expected. Moreover, global stock markets have just posted a six-year high, and cyclical peaks are not normally long lasting. On the other hand, the weakness of the US dollar is benefiting
precious metal prices which rise in nominal terms to compensate for a weakening dollar, particularly in the case of gold which is a quasi-monetary instrument. So as the US dollar declines further the upward momentum seen in the gold price is likely to continue.
However, the sharpness of an equity sell-off and US dollar decline will determine what happens to precious metals next. If major investors all dump the US dollar and US bonds and equities at the same time then a financial crisis could push even more money into gold as a safe haven asset. But if this crisis deepened then investors might have to liquidate gold positions and gold shares to shore up their balance sheets.
Historical precedent
Many past periods of crisis on Wall Street have been precipitated by major shifts in the value of the US currency, a fact not ignored by the International Monetary Fund whose officials are concerned to ensure that US dollar weakness does not cause a full blown financial crisis. IMF officials are currently in emergency talks with governments and a US dollar support package
could emerge. The intelligent investor will not be too impressed by such developments and if holding long positions in US equities or bonds could well choose to use any period of stability underpinned by IMF intervention as a point to quietly leave these markets. For waiting around for a disaster to strike would not be a bright move.
Major quake rocks Pacific near Kermadec Islands Wellington, New Zealand-16 May 2006 02:44
A magnitude 7,4 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of the Kermadec Islands, at 10.39am GMT on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey reported on its website. The quake -- which hit at a depth of 148km -- was located some 290km south, south-west of Raoul Island, in the Kermadec Islands chain. The Kermadecs, some 810km north-east of Auckland, are New Zealand's northernmost territory and one of the most active sites in the world for earthquakes caused by tectonic plate movement. Reports from Whakatane on the east coast of New Zealand said the quake rolled for 30 seconds, while a Wanganui resident on the west coast said the shaking lasted almost a minute. A Whakatane police officer said he was sitting on a roller chair talking to the police communications centre in Auckland when it struck. Things started moving and I thought this is a goodie, Sergeant Andrew O'Reilly said.
The Kermadec area has been experiencing up to 30 earthquakes a day since March 18 when a New Zealand conservation worker was killed in a volcanic eruption on volatile Raoul Island. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said that "no destructive Pacific-wide tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data", but cautioned that earthquakes of this
magnitude can sometimes spark local tsunamis. Authorities in the region should be aware of this possibility and take appropriate action," the tsunami centre said in its statement. -- AFP
AFX News Limited Forex - Dollar back in trouble as US data points to Fed pause in June, 05.16.2006, 12:10 PM
LONDON (AFX) - The dollar suffered a renewed bout of selling after relatively tame core US producer price data and another
soft housing report reinforced expectations that the US Federal Reserve will not raise the cost of borrowing in June. Though the Labor Department reported that higher energy costs pushed US producer prices up a higher-than-expected monthly 0.9 pct in April, the core reading, which excludes food and energy prices, came in below forecasts. It was up 0.1 pct for the second month running against expectations of a 0.2 pct rise.
Meanwhile, government figures showed that construction of new US homes fell back for the third month running in April. Starts fell 7.4 pct in April to a seasonally adjusted 1.85 mln annualised units, the lowest level since November 2004. It was the largest drop in more than a year and the last time there were three straight monthly declines in construction was the winter of 2003-2004. The decline in housing starts in April was larger than expected. Economists had forecast housing starts to remain basically flat at 1.97 mln units.
Following the data, the euro moved up to a high of 1.2870 usd and back toward the 1.2973 usd one-year high recorded yesterday. Meanwhile, the dollar fell below 110 yen and toward the 109.32 low recorded last September. 'The US PPI report indicates inflation remains contained (at least on the core basis), and the sharper than expected weakness in housing signals
fresh weakness is ahead for the dollar,' said Brian Dolan, head of currency research at Gain Capital. The slowing in the housing market that the Fed has anticipated is materialising and the benign inflation readings fit their outlook, both suggesting that no further Fed tightening is needed,' he added.
The minutes to the last meeting of the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee indicated that the US rate outlook is very much data dependent. The US currency has fallen heavily over the past month amid growing concern about global economic imbalances, speculation that US interest rates are near a peak at 5.00 pct and signs of reserve diversification by world central
banks. Expectations of an imminent Fed pause contrast with predictions of tighter monetary policy from the European Central Bank, helping the euro rapidly surge up towards 1.30 usd.
'With the ECB talking up the possibility of a 50 basis point increment for the tightening cycle while the Fed advocates a pause, cyclical drivers point to euro strength,' said Mitul Kotecha, head of global FX strategy at CALYON. 'Additionally, with the growing focus on structural factors pointing to further downside for the dollar, we favour buying the euro...with a target
1.3245 usd and a stop at 1.2595 usd,' he added. Earlier, the euro suffered little damage from a disappointing business survey in Germany, the single currency zone's largest single economy.
The euro initially fell back below 1.28 usd after the ZEW institute said its main index on economic expectations fell by 12.7 points to a six-month low of +50.0 in May, as a result of the strong euro and sky-high oil prices. Analysts had been predicting only a modest fall to +60.0.
London 1450 GMT
London 1133 GMT
US dollar
yen 110.02 down from 110.31
sfr 1.2078 down from 1.2116
Euro usd 1.2852 up from 1.2814
stg 0.6815 up from 0.6813
yen 141.42 up from 141.35
sfr 1.5526 down from 1.5527
Sterling usd 1.8857 up from 1.8812
yen 207.52 up from 207.48
sfr 2.2778 down from 2.2790
Australian dollar usd 0.7672 up from 0.7618
stg 0.4068 up from 0.4051
yen 84.41 up from 84.03
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EZEKIEL 7:1919 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.
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.
And the result of the future stock market crash!!!!!!!!!!!!, The EU COMPUTER CHIP SYSTEM WILL COME INTO PLAY.!!!!!!!!
REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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.
US dollar weakness likely to crash global stocks
The US dollar appears to be entering a long-awaited devaluation period to compensate for global imbalances. But this is also likely to spark a significant sell-off of US equities and bonds because many investors will not want to hold assets valued in a currency that is in decline. Monday, May 15 - 2006 at 09:35
Last Friday equity markets around the world saw one of their worst days for three years, and this may be just a taste of what is to come if the US dollar bears are proved right. Kuwait's 1% revaluation against the US dollar was insignificant in itself but a powerful warning about the sentiment of the market which has been impacted by a perceived end to interest rate tightening by the Federal Reserve. With interest rates apparently on hold, the US dollar is less attractive than other currencies such as the euro where interest rates look likely to go higher.
David Bloom, currency strategist at the world's second largest bank HSBC, says this switch is a 'regime change' and forecasts $1.40 to the euro over the next 12 months. His warning is that phase two of a US dollar decline will result is an equity sell-off and 'an increase in volatility and uncertainty across the board.
Complacency to end
Perhaps this change of pace should not come as such a shock. Equity markets have been remarkably benign for a long period, and a return to greater levels of volatility could be expected. Moreover, global stock markets have just posted a six-year high, and cyclical peaks are not normally long lasting. On the other hand, the weakness of the US dollar is benefiting
precious metal prices which rise in nominal terms to compensate for a weakening dollar, particularly in the case of gold which is a quasi-monetary instrument. So as the US dollar declines further the upward momentum seen in the gold price is likely to continue.
However, the sharpness of an equity sell-off and US dollar decline will determine what happens to precious metals next. If major investors all dump the US dollar and US bonds and equities at the same time then a financial crisis could push even more money into gold as a safe haven asset. But if this crisis deepened then investors might have to liquidate gold positions and gold shares to shore up their balance sheets.
Historical precedent
Many past periods of crisis on Wall Street have been precipitated by major shifts in the value of the US currency, a fact not ignored by the International Monetary Fund whose officials are concerned to ensure that US dollar weakness does not cause a full blown financial crisis. IMF officials are currently in emergency talks with governments and a US dollar support package
could emerge. The intelligent investor will not be too impressed by such developments and if holding long positions in US equities or bonds could well choose to use any period of stability underpinned by IMF intervention as a point to quietly leave these markets. For waiting around for a disaster to strike would not be a bright move.
Major quake rocks Pacific near Kermadec Islands Wellington, New Zealand-16 May 2006 02:44
A magnitude 7,4 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of the Kermadec Islands, at 10.39am GMT on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey reported on its website. The quake -- which hit at a depth of 148km -- was located some 290km south, south-west of Raoul Island, in the Kermadec Islands chain. The Kermadecs, some 810km north-east of Auckland, are New Zealand's northernmost territory and one of the most active sites in the world for earthquakes caused by tectonic plate movement. Reports from Whakatane on the east coast of New Zealand said the quake rolled for 30 seconds, while a Wanganui resident on the west coast said the shaking lasted almost a minute. A Whakatane police officer said he was sitting on a roller chair talking to the police communications centre in Auckland when it struck. Things started moving and I thought this is a goodie, Sergeant Andrew O'Reilly said.
The Kermadec area has been experiencing up to 30 earthquakes a day since March 18 when a New Zealand conservation worker was killed in a volcanic eruption on volatile Raoul Island. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said that "no destructive Pacific-wide tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data", but cautioned that earthquakes of this
magnitude can sometimes spark local tsunamis. Authorities in the region should be aware of this possibility and take appropriate action," the tsunami centre said in its statement. -- AFP
AFX News Limited Forex - Dollar back in trouble as US data points to Fed pause in June, 05.16.2006, 12:10 PM
LONDON (AFX) - The dollar suffered a renewed bout of selling after relatively tame core US producer price data and another
soft housing report reinforced expectations that the US Federal Reserve will not raise the cost of borrowing in June. Though the Labor Department reported that higher energy costs pushed US producer prices up a higher-than-expected monthly 0.9 pct in April, the core reading, which excludes food and energy prices, came in below forecasts. It was up 0.1 pct for the second month running against expectations of a 0.2 pct rise.
Meanwhile, government figures showed that construction of new US homes fell back for the third month running in April. Starts fell 7.4 pct in April to a seasonally adjusted 1.85 mln annualised units, the lowest level since November 2004. It was the largest drop in more than a year and the last time there were three straight monthly declines in construction was the winter of 2003-2004. The decline in housing starts in April was larger than expected. Economists had forecast housing starts to remain basically flat at 1.97 mln units.
Following the data, the euro moved up to a high of 1.2870 usd and back toward the 1.2973 usd one-year high recorded yesterday. Meanwhile, the dollar fell below 110 yen and toward the 109.32 low recorded last September. 'The US PPI report indicates inflation remains contained (at least on the core basis), and the sharper than expected weakness in housing signals
fresh weakness is ahead for the dollar,' said Brian Dolan, head of currency research at Gain Capital. The slowing in the housing market that the Fed has anticipated is materialising and the benign inflation readings fit their outlook, both suggesting that no further Fed tightening is needed,' he added.
The minutes to the last meeting of the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee indicated that the US rate outlook is very much data dependent. The US currency has fallen heavily over the past month amid growing concern about global economic imbalances, speculation that US interest rates are near a peak at 5.00 pct and signs of reserve diversification by world central
banks. Expectations of an imminent Fed pause contrast with predictions of tighter monetary policy from the European Central Bank, helping the euro rapidly surge up towards 1.30 usd.
'With the ECB talking up the possibility of a 50 basis point increment for the tightening cycle while the Fed advocates a pause, cyclical drivers point to euro strength,' said Mitul Kotecha, head of global FX strategy at CALYON. 'Additionally, with the growing focus on structural factors pointing to further downside for the dollar, we favour buying the euro...with a target
1.3245 usd and a stop at 1.2595 usd,' he added. Earlier, the euro suffered little damage from a disappointing business survey in Germany, the single currency zone's largest single economy.
The euro initially fell back below 1.28 usd after the ZEW institute said its main index on economic expectations fell by 12.7 points to a six-month low of +50.0 in May, as a result of the strong euro and sky-high oil prices. Analysts had been predicting only a modest fall to +60.0.
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MERAPI VOLANO HAPPENINGS
Merapi Volcano effects in story 1 and a minor Quake in new Zealand in story 2.
List of Dangers Posed by Erupting Volcano By The Associated Press Mon May 15, 2:40 PM
ET The eruption of a volcano such as Indonesia's Mount Merapi can unleash powerful forces. Some of the dangers posed by a volcanic eruption. PYROCLASTIC FLOWS: These clouds of volcanic ash, gas and debris are the biggest threat to those living on the slopes of Mount Merapi.
At the bottom of the flow is a layer of coarse rock fragments that bursts forth like a shotgun blast. It hugs the ground, and can splinter forests like toothpicks and destroy buildings. The top layer is a turbulent ash cloud. A pyroclastic cloud is fast, moving at 50 to 100 mph. And it's hot — up to 1,500 degrees. In 1980, Mount St. Helens in Oregon directed a blast of hot material that reached 300 mph.
MAGMA: The boiling magma rumbling and rising to the surface of a volcano and forming lava flows contains dissolved carbon dioxide and other gases. Fresh, foaming magma contains more gas than old magma. If the gas content is high, the explosivity is greater.
ASH: The most likely and widespread danger from any volcano is ash. Initially, ash is blasted 60,000 feet into the atmosphere and winds can carry it for hundreds of miles. The 1883 eruption of Indonesia's Krakatoa volcano, one of the most destructive in history, killed 36,000 people and covered Java with ash. Volcanic ash is not the product of combustion like ash from a wood stove. Gritty and abrasive, it is made up of tiny fragments of rock, natural glass and minerals that get pulverized by earthquakes and internal explosions. The plume can choke engines of passing aircraft and disrupt telecommunications signals.
TEPHRA: Tephra is a catchall term for fragments of volcanic rock and lava thrown airborne. Some tephra is nearly four feet wide, but most of it is gravel that acts like shrapnel and shreds whatever is in its path.
LAHAR: Lahar is a catastrophic slurry of water and rock fragments that rushes down the volcano's slopes. It looks like wet concrete and can carry house-sized boulders, trees, even bridges. It follows river valleys, often growing and gaining speed as it consumes the water in the channel.
Moderate quake rattles New Zealand capital Sun May 14, 6:56 PM ET
WELLINGTON (AFP) - An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale shook the New Zealand capital of Wellington, seismologists said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the moderate quake which struck at 5:32 am (1732 GMT Sunday).
The tremblor was located 50 kilometres (31 miles) northwest of Wellington and 60 kilometres below the earth's surface, GNS Science, the nation's geological agency, said in a statement on its website. The quake was felt throughout the Wellington area. GNS records 14,000 earthquakes in and around New Zealand every year as the country is positioned on the boundary of the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates. Most of these quakes are small with only 150 on average felt by residents.
List of Dangers Posed by Erupting Volcano By The Associated Press Mon May 15, 2:40 PM
ET The eruption of a volcano such as Indonesia's Mount Merapi can unleash powerful forces. Some of the dangers posed by a volcanic eruption. PYROCLASTIC FLOWS: These clouds of volcanic ash, gas and debris are the biggest threat to those living on the slopes of Mount Merapi.
At the bottom of the flow is a layer of coarse rock fragments that bursts forth like a shotgun blast. It hugs the ground, and can splinter forests like toothpicks and destroy buildings. The top layer is a turbulent ash cloud. A pyroclastic cloud is fast, moving at 50 to 100 mph. And it's hot — up to 1,500 degrees. In 1980, Mount St. Helens in Oregon directed a blast of hot material that reached 300 mph.
MAGMA: The boiling magma rumbling and rising to the surface of a volcano and forming lava flows contains dissolved carbon dioxide and other gases. Fresh, foaming magma contains more gas than old magma. If the gas content is high, the explosivity is greater.
ASH: The most likely and widespread danger from any volcano is ash. Initially, ash is blasted 60,000 feet into the atmosphere and winds can carry it for hundreds of miles. The 1883 eruption of Indonesia's Krakatoa volcano, one of the most destructive in history, killed 36,000 people and covered Java with ash. Volcanic ash is not the product of combustion like ash from a wood stove. Gritty and abrasive, it is made up of tiny fragments of rock, natural glass and minerals that get pulverized by earthquakes and internal explosions. The plume can choke engines of passing aircraft and disrupt telecommunications signals.
TEPHRA: Tephra is a catchall term for fragments of volcanic rock and lava thrown airborne. Some tephra is nearly four feet wide, but most of it is gravel that acts like shrapnel and shreds whatever is in its path.
LAHAR: Lahar is a catastrophic slurry of water and rock fragments that rushes down the volcano's slopes. It looks like wet concrete and can carry house-sized boulders, trees, even bridges. It follows river valleys, often growing and gaining speed as it consumes the water in the channel.
Moderate quake rattles New Zealand capital Sun May 14, 6:56 PM ET
WELLINGTON (AFP) - An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale shook the New Zealand capital of Wellington, seismologists said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the moderate quake which struck at 5:32 am (1732 GMT Sunday).
The tremblor was located 50 kilometres (31 miles) northwest of Wellington and 60 kilometres below the earth's surface, GNS Science, the nation's geological agency, said in a statement on its website. The quake was felt throughout the Wellington area. GNS records 14,000 earthquakes in and around New Zealand every year as the country is positioned on the boundary of the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates. Most of these quakes are small with only 150 on average felt by residents.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
GLOBAL STOCK MARKET STUMBLES
Global stock markets tumble as U.S. dollar shatters North Korea Times
Saturday 13th May, 2006
Equity markets around the world plummeted Friday as the U.S. dollar went into freefall.
The American currency's near collapse followed several weeks of declines, which has seen the dollar lose 7% of its value against the euro, yen, and the pound, in the last month alone. The dollar index (weighted against a number of currencies) has fallen to its lowest level since October 1997. The relentless selling has failed to cause even the shallowest of corrections.
Friday's announcement by the Trade Department of a 5.6% fall in the trade deficit for April, coming in at $62 billion against analysts expectations of $67 billion, failed to arrest the slide.
The dollar rout has unnerved global stock markets with major falls being recorded in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
London's FTSE 100 fell 129.90 or 2.15% Friday to 5,912.10. The Paris-based CAC 40 at 5,150.45 was down 112.49 or 2.14%. The German DAX fell 138.44 or 2.29% to 5,916.28. The Amsterdam Exchanges index was off 11.79 or 2.53% at 455.09. In Sweden the OMX Stockholm 30 index fell 29.71 or 2.85% to 1,013.69. The Swiss SMI shed 143.17 or 1.77% to 7,954.10.
In Asia Japan's Nikkei 225 ended the day down 260.36 points or 1.54% at 16,601.78. The Hong Kong Hang Seng fell 238.93 or 1.39% at 16,901.85.
Middle East markets, where the week ends on Thursdays, suffered one of their worst weeks ever. Most Mideast currencies are pegged to the dollar which means the value of stock investments held by foreigners has been plummeting in line with the U.S. currency. The Dubai stock market shed 14.35% for the week, while the Abu Dhabi market gave up 10.49%. Market
analysts fear the stock meltdown may feed into the propery sector which is overblown, particularly in Dubai. Emaar, the emirate's largest property developer lost 22.8%, more than a fifth of its value, over the week.
In the U.S. the Dow Jones industrials fell 119.74 or 1.04% to 11,380.99 Friday, while the S&P 500 declined 14.68 or 1.27% to 1,291.24. The Nasdaq Composite shed 28.92 or 1.27% to 2,243.78. In Canada, the Toronto S&P/TSX Composite lost 127.36 or 1.05% to 12,038.07. The Mexican Bolsa index dropped 280.37 or 1.31% to 21,154.90, while the Brazil Bovespa declined 635.10 or 1.55% to 40,211.97.
The dollar hit a new low of 1.2955 against the euro Friday, while the British pound touched 1.8998. The Swiss franc soared to 1.1965, while the Japanese yen traded as high as 109.32. The commodity currencies were litte changed from Thursday's close but in solid demand. The Canadian dollar reached 1.0991 while the Australian dollar firmed to .7782. The New Zealand
dollar reached a modest high of .6325. The dollar was just shy of its lows for the day the close of trading in New York Friday.
The feverish selling this week has come despite a quarter-point increase in the Fed funds rate to 5%, well ahead of European, Swiss,and Japanese interest rates. The Fed demonstrated an increasing concern over the extent of dollar-selling by signalling its regular monthly interest rate increases may not be over. Markets have been selling the dollar on the basis the Fed will
soon pause, just as other countries are planning to begin a round of interest rate increases.
The U.S., and the G7 in an April communique, expressed concern about the value of the dollar against Asian currencies, particularly the yuan, however the brunt of the selling has been borne by the euro and the Swiss franc.
The Japanese yen which had lagged the majors finally caught up this week. The momentum behind the selling has not waned in recent weeks, with some traders saying the dollar-selling is over-extended, and ripe for a correction.
Saturday 13th May, 2006
Equity markets around the world plummeted Friday as the U.S. dollar went into freefall.
The American currency's near collapse followed several weeks of declines, which has seen the dollar lose 7% of its value against the euro, yen, and the pound, in the last month alone. The dollar index (weighted against a number of currencies) has fallen to its lowest level since October 1997. The relentless selling has failed to cause even the shallowest of corrections.
Friday's announcement by the Trade Department of a 5.6% fall in the trade deficit for April, coming in at $62 billion against analysts expectations of $67 billion, failed to arrest the slide.
The dollar rout has unnerved global stock markets with major falls being recorded in Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
London's FTSE 100 fell 129.90 or 2.15% Friday to 5,912.10. The Paris-based CAC 40 at 5,150.45 was down 112.49 or 2.14%. The German DAX fell 138.44 or 2.29% to 5,916.28. The Amsterdam Exchanges index was off 11.79 or 2.53% at 455.09. In Sweden the OMX Stockholm 30 index fell 29.71 or 2.85% to 1,013.69. The Swiss SMI shed 143.17 or 1.77% to 7,954.10.
In Asia Japan's Nikkei 225 ended the day down 260.36 points or 1.54% at 16,601.78. The Hong Kong Hang Seng fell 238.93 or 1.39% at 16,901.85.
Middle East markets, where the week ends on Thursdays, suffered one of their worst weeks ever. Most Mideast currencies are pegged to the dollar which means the value of stock investments held by foreigners has been plummeting in line with the U.S. currency. The Dubai stock market shed 14.35% for the week, while the Abu Dhabi market gave up 10.49%. Market
analysts fear the stock meltdown may feed into the propery sector which is overblown, particularly in Dubai. Emaar, the emirate's largest property developer lost 22.8%, more than a fifth of its value, over the week.
In the U.S. the Dow Jones industrials fell 119.74 or 1.04% to 11,380.99 Friday, while the S&P 500 declined 14.68 or 1.27% to 1,291.24. The Nasdaq Composite shed 28.92 or 1.27% to 2,243.78. In Canada, the Toronto S&P/TSX Composite lost 127.36 or 1.05% to 12,038.07. The Mexican Bolsa index dropped 280.37 or 1.31% to 21,154.90, while the Brazil Bovespa declined 635.10 or 1.55% to 40,211.97.
The dollar hit a new low of 1.2955 against the euro Friday, while the British pound touched 1.8998. The Swiss franc soared to 1.1965, while the Japanese yen traded as high as 109.32. The commodity currencies were litte changed from Thursday's close but in solid demand. The Canadian dollar reached 1.0991 while the Australian dollar firmed to .7782. The New Zealand
dollar reached a modest high of .6325. The dollar was just shy of its lows for the day the close of trading in New York Friday.
The feverish selling this week has come despite a quarter-point increase in the Fed funds rate to 5%, well ahead of European, Swiss,and Japanese interest rates. The Fed demonstrated an increasing concern over the extent of dollar-selling by signalling its regular monthly interest rate increases may not be over. Markets have been selling the dollar on the basis the Fed will
soon pause, just as other countries are planning to begin a round of interest rate increases.
The U.S., and the G7 in an April communique, expressed concern about the value of the dollar against Asian currencies, particularly the yuan, however the brunt of the selling has been borne by the euro and the Swiss franc.
The Japanese yen which had lagged the majors finally caught up this week. The momentum behind the selling has not waned in recent weeks, with some traders saying the dollar-selling is over-extended, and ripe for a correction.
STORMS BOSTON MANILA
Storm Death Toll Rises in Philippines By JIM GOMEZ, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 1 minute
ago MANILA, Philippines - Tropical Storm Chanchu gained strength Sunday as it headed away from the Philippines, where it killed 37 people and left thousands homeless, officials said. Most of the dead were aboard a ferry that sank near central Masbate island Friday after the skipper ignored a coast guard ban on sea travel. At least 26 people drowned, according to Neri Amparo, an official of the National Disaster Coordinating Council.
Coast guard boats and fishermen rescued 18 other passengers of the Mae Ann and were searching for at least two others who were reported missing by their families. Authorities have not found the ferry's passenger manifest and were unsure if there were other victims, Amparo said. This deadly accident could have been avoided if some people were not as hardheaded and heeded the coast guard's storm warnings," Amparo said.
Ten others died from drowning or after being struck by trees or concrete walls in three provinces and a Manila suburb that were swamped by floods and battered by strong winds. A fisherman drowned when his boat sank off central Iloilo province, officials said. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pledged to help victims and appealed to the public to heed storm warnings. She ordered a check on giant billboards built above congested communities in the capital after a number were destroyed, damaging two cars and at least one house.
Organizers were forced to shift the venue of an annual retreat of trade ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations from the popular palm-fringed resort island of Boracay, about 190 miles southeast of Manila, after the storm disrupted flights and knocked out power in nearby provinces. The meetings, which start Monday, were moved to Manila.
The storm made landfall on eastern Samar island late Thursday, sliced westward across the center of the archipelago and blew toward the South China Sea on Saturday, leaving rain and bad weather in its wake. An air force crew postponed helicopter flights requested by officials to survey storm damage in the provinces of Batangas and Mindoro south of Manila due to lingering winds, low clouds and poor visibility, said air force spokesman Maj. Augusto de la Pena.
Chanchu was roaring over the South China Sea, about 225 miles southwest of Manila, with gusts of up to 93 mph by mid-Sunday, according to Manila's weather agency. More than 42,000 people were affected by floods, landslides and heavy rains, including nearly 8,000 who had to be moved to government evacuation centers in five central rural regions where the storm passed, officials said. Strong winds and rain triggered floods, landslides and toppled trees and commercial billboards, destroying 600 houses and damaging 3,500 others, officials said. A ferry with 713 passengers ran aground as it sought shelter early Saturday morning off Tablas island, about 165 miles southeast of Manila. On Friday, the empty ferry MV Northern Samar sank after it was buffeted by waves while moored at a port in Tabaco town, 200 miles southeast of Manila.
Northeast Floods Spark States of Emergency By DAVID TIRRELL-WYSOCKI, Associated Press
Writer 1 hour, 14 minutes ago CONCORD, N.H. - Torrential rain forced hundreds of people from their homes in parts of New England on Sunday, as water flowed over dams and washed out roads. The governors of New Hampshire and Massachusetts declared states of emergency, activating the National Guard to help communities respond to the storm. Maine's governor also declared a state of emergency for one county. It's a very serious situation," said New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch, adding that forecasters were predicting 12 to 15 inches of rain by the end of the storm in parts of southern New Hampshire. "It continues to change and the situation continues to worsen.
A dam in Milton, N.H., was in danger of failing, which could send a 10-foot wall of water downstream, the National Weather Service said in a bulletin. People downstream were being evacuated in the town. The state Office of Emergency Management said at least a dozen dams were being closely watched. In Massachusetts, cars were pulled from flooded streets in downtown Peabody, about 20 miles north of Boston, and about 300 people were evacuated from an apartment complex for seniors.
About 150 residents in Melrose, Mass., had to leave their homes after sewage lines were overwhelmed, backing up into houses, said Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Some parts of New Hampshire had seen 7 inches of rain by midday Sunday and forecasters said up to 5 more inches might come during the day. About 100 residents were evacuated from their homes in Wakefield, N.H., because of concerns about two dams in the area. Officials also reported a railroad culvert and embankment washed out in Milton, with train tracks suspended in midair. And the local emergency management office in Hooksett said the town essentially was closed because so many roads were flooded.
Tom Johnson said water was flowing on Sunday into the basement of his Salem home, where a pump that handles 1,500 gallons of water an hour was not keeping up. There are areas in my backyard that are probably 3 feet deep and climbing as we speak," Johnson said. Flooding in New Hampshire in October killed seven people, carried off homes and washed away miles of roads down to bedrock. In Maine, flooding was reported on 60 roads in the southern part of the state, said governor's spokeswoman Crystal Canney.
Associated Press Writers Brandie M. Jefferson in Boston and Francis X. Quinn in Augusta, Maine, contributed to this report.
ago MANILA, Philippines - Tropical Storm Chanchu gained strength Sunday as it headed away from the Philippines, where it killed 37 people and left thousands homeless, officials said. Most of the dead were aboard a ferry that sank near central Masbate island Friday after the skipper ignored a coast guard ban on sea travel. At least 26 people drowned, according to Neri Amparo, an official of the National Disaster Coordinating Council.
Coast guard boats and fishermen rescued 18 other passengers of the Mae Ann and were searching for at least two others who were reported missing by their families. Authorities have not found the ferry's passenger manifest and were unsure if there were other victims, Amparo said. This deadly accident could have been avoided if some people were not as hardheaded and heeded the coast guard's storm warnings," Amparo said.
Ten others died from drowning or after being struck by trees or concrete walls in three provinces and a Manila suburb that were swamped by floods and battered by strong winds. A fisherman drowned when his boat sank off central Iloilo province, officials said. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pledged to help victims and appealed to the public to heed storm warnings. She ordered a check on giant billboards built above congested communities in the capital after a number were destroyed, damaging two cars and at least one house.
Organizers were forced to shift the venue of an annual retreat of trade ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations from the popular palm-fringed resort island of Boracay, about 190 miles southeast of Manila, after the storm disrupted flights and knocked out power in nearby provinces. The meetings, which start Monday, were moved to Manila.
The storm made landfall on eastern Samar island late Thursday, sliced westward across the center of the archipelago and blew toward the South China Sea on Saturday, leaving rain and bad weather in its wake. An air force crew postponed helicopter flights requested by officials to survey storm damage in the provinces of Batangas and Mindoro south of Manila due to lingering winds, low clouds and poor visibility, said air force spokesman Maj. Augusto de la Pena.
Chanchu was roaring over the South China Sea, about 225 miles southwest of Manila, with gusts of up to 93 mph by mid-Sunday, according to Manila's weather agency. More than 42,000 people were affected by floods, landslides and heavy rains, including nearly 8,000 who had to be moved to government evacuation centers in five central rural regions where the storm passed, officials said. Strong winds and rain triggered floods, landslides and toppled trees and commercial billboards, destroying 600 houses and damaging 3,500 others, officials said. A ferry with 713 passengers ran aground as it sought shelter early Saturday morning off Tablas island, about 165 miles southeast of Manila. On Friday, the empty ferry MV Northern Samar sank after it was buffeted by waves while moored at a port in Tabaco town, 200 miles southeast of Manila.
Northeast Floods Spark States of Emergency By DAVID TIRRELL-WYSOCKI, Associated Press
Writer 1 hour, 14 minutes ago CONCORD, N.H. - Torrential rain forced hundreds of people from their homes in parts of New England on Sunday, as water flowed over dams and washed out roads. The governors of New Hampshire and Massachusetts declared states of emergency, activating the National Guard to help communities respond to the storm. Maine's governor also declared a state of emergency for one county. It's a very serious situation," said New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch, adding that forecasters were predicting 12 to 15 inches of rain by the end of the storm in parts of southern New Hampshire. "It continues to change and the situation continues to worsen.
A dam in Milton, N.H., was in danger of failing, which could send a 10-foot wall of water downstream, the National Weather Service said in a bulletin. People downstream were being evacuated in the town. The state Office of Emergency Management said at least a dozen dams were being closely watched. In Massachusetts, cars were pulled from flooded streets in downtown Peabody, about 20 miles north of Boston, and about 300 people were evacuated from an apartment complex for seniors.
About 150 residents in Melrose, Mass., had to leave their homes after sewage lines were overwhelmed, backing up into houses, said Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Some parts of New Hampshire had seen 7 inches of rain by midday Sunday and forecasters said up to 5 more inches might come during the day. About 100 residents were evacuated from their homes in Wakefield, N.H., because of concerns about two dams in the area. Officials also reported a railroad culvert and embankment washed out in Milton, with train tracks suspended in midair. And the local emergency management office in Hooksett said the town essentially was closed because so many roads were flooded.
Tom Johnson said water was flowing on Sunday into the basement of his Salem home, where a pump that handles 1,500 gallons of water an hour was not keeping up. There are areas in my backyard that are probably 3 feet deep and climbing as we speak," Johnson said. Flooding in New Hampshire in October killed seven people, carried off homes and washed away miles of roads down to bedrock. In Maine, flooding was reported on 60 roads in the southern part of the state, said governor's spokeswoman Crystal Canney.
Associated Press Writers Brandie M. Jefferson in Boston and Francis X. Quinn in Augusta, Maine, contributed to this report.
ELECTRONIC TRACKING
Well around the World these days the governments can keep track of all of us through "Echelon" in Western countries. Global positioning system of Satellites, Computers and Computer chips.
The Bible clearly says that a Future Dictator from Europe will control the Whole world, especially through the money system which is now all electronic transfers through Computers.
The European Eunion will control the World banking system in the future. Right now some Mideast and South American countries are signing up for the Euro instead of dollars. The EU will either take over the World money by a stock market crash or all countries will sign up to the Euro instead of Dollars. Only the next few years will tell but the Bible says it will happen and I believe the Bible not the World leaders.
In Revelation we see a EU Dictator take world control and demand all take a micro-chip implant in their hand or forhead to show alligence to this leader or they will be murdered.
Daniel 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
REVELATION 13:3,7,8,12,15-18
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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.
REVELATION 17:3,7,9-10,12-13,15
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(VATICAN)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(THE EU 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY)
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.(1981 EU HAD 10 NATIONS (KINGDOMS) IN IT),now 25 and going Global.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN).
Questions Abound on Mining of Phone DataBy MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN (Associated Press Writer) May 13, 2006, 3:59 AM EDT
WASHINGTON -- It's hard to tell what government agents are doing with millions of domestic phone call records until there are answers to basic questions about what data they are getting, such as how old the records are. Even critics acknowledge that having the records of every domestic phone call in the United States might help speed the age-old police tactic of pursuing a
lead, but it might instead swamp investigators with false leads while opening the way for possible police-state-style abuses.
It all depends on exactly what records the National Security Agency is getting from phone companies. Qwest Communications' ex-CEO Joseph Nacchio said through his attorney the government wanted "private telephone records of Qwest customers," but he turned the requests down as violating federal privacy law. USA Today said NSA has the records of all the calls made by customers of AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth since sometime shortly after Sept. 11, 2001.
The Los Angeles Times said NSA got a direct hookup to AT&T's "Daytona" database, which it said tracks "the telephone numbers on both ends of calls as well as the duration of all landline calls. A lawsuit by the Electronic Frontier Foundation said NSA also has access to huge chunks of data and messages sent over AT&T's components of the Internet.
Q. What's the point of data-mining a collection of telephone numbers?
A. Stanford University computer science professor Richard Fikes, who has worked on data-mining research for the Pentagon and the intelligence agencies, says data-mining software can "find relationships and connections in data that are not apparent to manual inspection. It will show when A calls B and B calls C and C calls A and how often and how long. "You might see multiple calls among them if a group is planning something -- something like a birthday party" or a legitimate political rally. That's is one of the pitfalls," Fikes said in an interview. Data-mining is a very powerful tool that can be used for good or evil, and it is being developed to be more powerful.
Q. What use could the NSA make of millions of phone numbers?
A. It might help speed the tracking of leads. Former FBI agent Aaron Zebley testified in the sentencing trial of al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui that one German phone number found in his belongings after Sept. 11, 2001, enabled the FBI in the subsequent months to identify 11 of the 19 hijackers who perpetrated those attacks.
But checking all the calls made to and from that phone number and then all the calls to and from each of those numbers and so on and so on, then matching the numbers to the registered owners of each number and checking their addresses took many weeks. Just getting the list of calls into and out of one number can take from a half day to more than four days in this country and much longer if overseas carriers are involved. Included in this is time to acquire a court order, but that is hardly the largest delay.
Q. So having all the numbers already would speed that process?
A. It could, but it could have the opposite effect of burying investigators in false leads. False positives are the downfall of many data-mining schemes, particularly those that do not begin with a specific, hard investigative lead. Computer security expert Bruce Schneier, author of "Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World," explains the problem this way: Assume the software is very accurate and produces just one false lead in every 100 queries and misses one real lead in every 1,000 queries. Assume the software sifts through 1 trillion entries -- about 10 phone calls, e-mails and Web destinations a day for every person in the country -- and assume there are 10 real plots.
This system will generate 1 billion false alarms for every real terrorist plot it uncovers. Every day of every year, the police will have to investigate 27 million potential plots in order to find the one real terrorist plot per month. The NY Times reported that NSA's previously disclosed warrantless monitoring of actual telephone calls between this country and suspected terrorists in foreign countries spat out thousands of tips that turned out to be false alarms. "If either of
these programs had caught someone, they would have been bragging about it by now," Schneier said.
Q. How old is the data NSA is getting?
A. The Los Angeles Times story suggests details of landline calls might be in real time, but the other reports give no clue.
Q. What difference does it make?
A. If the goal is to prevent an imminent terrorist attack, any records short of real time might be of limited value, perhaps useless.
Q. Is NSA getting mobile phone call records?
A. We don't know.
Q. Is NSA getting records of e-mails and other data sent over the Internet?
A. We don't know, maybe if the traffic goes over a dial-up or DSL phone line.
A. Does the president have the authority to order such surveillance without going through the court established by Congress?
A. That's a matter of hot debate with each side citing different laws and court rulings.
The Bible clearly says that a Future Dictator from Europe will control the Whole world, especially through the money system which is now all electronic transfers through Computers.
The European Eunion will control the World banking system in the future. Right now some Mideast and South American countries are signing up for the Euro instead of dollars. The EU will either take over the World money by a stock market crash or all countries will sign up to the Euro instead of Dollars. Only the next few years will tell but the Bible says it will happen and I believe the Bible not the World leaders.
In Revelation we see a EU Dictator take world control and demand all take a micro-chip implant in their hand or forhead to show alligence to this leader or they will be murdered.
Daniel 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
REVELATION 13:3,7,8,12,15-18
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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.
REVELATION 17:3,7,9-10,12-13,15
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(VATICAN)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(THE EU 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY)
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.(1981 EU HAD 10 NATIONS (KINGDOMS) IN IT),now 25 and going Global.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN).
Questions Abound on Mining of Phone DataBy MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN (Associated Press Writer) May 13, 2006, 3:59 AM EDT
WASHINGTON -- It's hard to tell what government agents are doing with millions of domestic phone call records until there are answers to basic questions about what data they are getting, such as how old the records are. Even critics acknowledge that having the records of every domestic phone call in the United States might help speed the age-old police tactic of pursuing a
lead, but it might instead swamp investigators with false leads while opening the way for possible police-state-style abuses.
It all depends on exactly what records the National Security Agency is getting from phone companies. Qwest Communications' ex-CEO Joseph Nacchio said through his attorney the government wanted "private telephone records of Qwest customers," but he turned the requests down as violating federal privacy law. USA Today said NSA has the records of all the calls made by customers of AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth since sometime shortly after Sept. 11, 2001.
The Los Angeles Times said NSA got a direct hookup to AT&T's "Daytona" database, which it said tracks "the telephone numbers on both ends of calls as well as the duration of all landline calls. A lawsuit by the Electronic Frontier Foundation said NSA also has access to huge chunks of data and messages sent over AT&T's components of the Internet.
Q. What's the point of data-mining a collection of telephone numbers?
A. Stanford University computer science professor Richard Fikes, who has worked on data-mining research for the Pentagon and the intelligence agencies, says data-mining software can "find relationships and connections in data that are not apparent to manual inspection. It will show when A calls B and B calls C and C calls A and how often and how long. "You might see multiple calls among them if a group is planning something -- something like a birthday party" or a legitimate political rally. That's is one of the pitfalls," Fikes said in an interview. Data-mining is a very powerful tool that can be used for good or evil, and it is being developed to be more powerful.
Q. What use could the NSA make of millions of phone numbers?
A. It might help speed the tracking of leads. Former FBI agent Aaron Zebley testified in the sentencing trial of al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui that one German phone number found in his belongings after Sept. 11, 2001, enabled the FBI in the subsequent months to identify 11 of the 19 hijackers who perpetrated those attacks.
But checking all the calls made to and from that phone number and then all the calls to and from each of those numbers and so on and so on, then matching the numbers to the registered owners of each number and checking their addresses took many weeks. Just getting the list of calls into and out of one number can take from a half day to more than four days in this country and much longer if overseas carriers are involved. Included in this is time to acquire a court order, but that is hardly the largest delay.
Q. So having all the numbers already would speed that process?
A. It could, but it could have the opposite effect of burying investigators in false leads. False positives are the downfall of many data-mining schemes, particularly those that do not begin with a specific, hard investigative lead. Computer security expert Bruce Schneier, author of "Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World," explains the problem this way: Assume the software is very accurate and produces just one false lead in every 100 queries and misses one real lead in every 1,000 queries. Assume the software sifts through 1 trillion entries -- about 10 phone calls, e-mails and Web destinations a day for every person in the country -- and assume there are 10 real plots.
This system will generate 1 billion false alarms for every real terrorist plot it uncovers. Every day of every year, the police will have to investigate 27 million potential plots in order to find the one real terrorist plot per month. The NY Times reported that NSA's previously disclosed warrantless monitoring of actual telephone calls between this country and suspected terrorists in foreign countries spat out thousands of tips that turned out to be false alarms. "If either of
these programs had caught someone, they would have been bragging about it by now," Schneier said.
Q. How old is the data NSA is getting?
A. The Los Angeles Times story suggests details of landline calls might be in real time, but the other reports give no clue.
Q. What difference does it make?
A. If the goal is to prevent an imminent terrorist attack, any records short of real time might be of limited value, perhaps useless.
Q. Is NSA getting mobile phone call records?
A. We don't know.
Q. Is NSA getting records of e-mails and other data sent over the Internet?
A. We don't know, maybe if the traffic goes over a dial-up or DSL phone line.
A. Does the president have the authority to order such surveillance without going through the court established by Congress?
A. That's a matter of hot debate with each side citing different laws and court rulings.
Saturday, May 13, 2006
NEW DISEASE
Well the Bible does say one quarter of Earths population die from Murder, Famine and incurable Diseases caused by the beast of the earth Animals.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences;(plural not single) and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(Clorus Green,sickly) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.(murder, Famine, Incurable Diseases, and Animal diseases).
OUTBREAK!
Mystery disease hits South TexasBizarre symptoms: Black, tarry beads of sweat, lesions, fibers popping out of skin
Posted: May 13, 2006 2:05 a.m. Eastern, © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
To the concern of medical professionals already preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic, a mysterious disease first documented 300 years ago is spreading throughout South Texas. Morgellons disease has not been known to kill and it doesn't appear to be contagious – it's the disease's horrible symptoms that worry doctors.
These people will have like beads of sweat but it's black, black and tarry," Ginger Savely, a nurse practioner in Austin who has treated a majority of Morgellons patients, told the San Antonio Express-News. Patients infected with the disease get lesions that never heal. Sometimes little black specks come out of the lesions and sometimes little fibers," said Stephanie Bailey, a Morgellons patient. It's those different-colored fibers that pop out of the skin that may be the most bizarre symptom of the disease.
Travis Wilson, a Morgellons sufferer for over a year, once called his mother in to see a fiber coming out of a lesion in his chest. It looked like a piece of spaghetti was sticking out about a quarter to an eighth of an inch long and it was sticking out of his chest, Lisa Wilson said. I tried to pull it as hard as I could out and I could not pull it out. He'd have attacks and fibers would come out of his hands and fingers, white, black and sometimes red. Very, very painful, said Wilson.
More than 100 cases of the disease have been reported in South Texas. It really has the makings of a horror movie in every way," Savely said. To make matters worse for sufferers, some doctors dismiss the disease as a delusion because the symptoms patients experience are so bizarre. Believe me," said Savely, "if I just randomly saw one of these patients in my office, I would think they were crazy too. But after you've heard the story of over 100 (patients) and they're all — down to the most minute detail — saying the exact same thing, that becomes quite impressive.
The outbreak's proximity to the Texas-Mexico border comes at a time when the issues of illegal immigration, border security and possible amnesty for over 12 million illegal aliens are being debated in the U.S. The Wilson's spent $14,000 last year after insurance coverage on medical treatment for the disease, primarily on antibiotics. He was on Tamadone for pain. Viltricide,
this was an anti-parasitic. This was to try and protect his skin because of all the lesions and stuff," said Wilson. Travis, 23, complained of feeling like bugs were crawling all over him. "You can't sleep. It's freaky. So he'd go days without sleep," she said.
Austin resident Stephanie Bailey, who developed the lesions over four years ago, said she felt the same crawling sensation that Travis Wilson had felt. "The lesions come up, and then these fuzzy things like spores come out," she said. "You just want to get it out of you. She, to this day, has no idea what could have caused her disease, and nothing has worked to rid her of it. They (doctors) told me I was just doing this to myself, that I was nuts. So basically I stopped going to doctors because I was afraid they were going to lock me up," Bailey said. Pathologists have not been able to find any infection in the fibers pulled from lesions.
Clearly something is physically happening here," said Dr. Randy Wymore, a researcher at the Morgellons Research Foundation at Oklahoma State University's Center for Health Sciences. "These fibers don't look like common environmental fibers. Currently the only treatment that has shown success is an antibiotic. More than half of Morgellons patients have also been diagnosed with Lymes disease, but no other connections have been found. It sounds a little like a parasite, like a fungal infection, like a bacterial infection, but it never quite fits all the criteria of any known pathogen," said Savely, who continues to treat the disease others say isn't real.
Wilson says her son suffered to such a point she was sure he was suicidal. I knew he was going to kill himself, and there was nothing I could do to stop him," she said. Travis Wilson committed suicide two weeks ago.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences;(plural not single) and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(Clorus Green,sickly) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.(murder, Famine, Incurable Diseases, and Animal diseases).
OUTBREAK!
Mystery disease hits South TexasBizarre symptoms: Black, tarry beads of sweat, lesions, fibers popping out of skin
Posted: May 13, 2006 2:05 a.m. Eastern, © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
To the concern of medical professionals already preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic, a mysterious disease first documented 300 years ago is spreading throughout South Texas. Morgellons disease has not been known to kill and it doesn't appear to be contagious – it's the disease's horrible symptoms that worry doctors.
These people will have like beads of sweat but it's black, black and tarry," Ginger Savely, a nurse practioner in Austin who has treated a majority of Morgellons patients, told the San Antonio Express-News. Patients infected with the disease get lesions that never heal. Sometimes little black specks come out of the lesions and sometimes little fibers," said Stephanie Bailey, a Morgellons patient. It's those different-colored fibers that pop out of the skin that may be the most bizarre symptom of the disease.
Travis Wilson, a Morgellons sufferer for over a year, once called his mother in to see a fiber coming out of a lesion in his chest. It looked like a piece of spaghetti was sticking out about a quarter to an eighth of an inch long and it was sticking out of his chest, Lisa Wilson said. I tried to pull it as hard as I could out and I could not pull it out. He'd have attacks and fibers would come out of his hands and fingers, white, black and sometimes red. Very, very painful, said Wilson.
More than 100 cases of the disease have been reported in South Texas. It really has the makings of a horror movie in every way," Savely said. To make matters worse for sufferers, some doctors dismiss the disease as a delusion because the symptoms patients experience are so bizarre. Believe me," said Savely, "if I just randomly saw one of these patients in my office, I would think they were crazy too. But after you've heard the story of over 100 (patients) and they're all — down to the most minute detail — saying the exact same thing, that becomes quite impressive.
The outbreak's proximity to the Texas-Mexico border comes at a time when the issues of illegal immigration, border security and possible amnesty for over 12 million illegal aliens are being debated in the U.S. The Wilson's spent $14,000 last year after insurance coverage on medical treatment for the disease, primarily on antibiotics. He was on Tamadone for pain. Viltricide,
this was an anti-parasitic. This was to try and protect his skin because of all the lesions and stuff," said Wilson. Travis, 23, complained of feeling like bugs were crawling all over him. "You can't sleep. It's freaky. So he'd go days without sleep," she said.
Austin resident Stephanie Bailey, who developed the lesions over four years ago, said she felt the same crawling sensation that Travis Wilson had felt. "The lesions come up, and then these fuzzy things like spores come out," she said. "You just want to get it out of you. She, to this day, has no idea what could have caused her disease, and nothing has worked to rid her of it. They (doctors) told me I was just doing this to myself, that I was nuts. So basically I stopped going to doctors because I was afraid they were going to lock me up," Bailey said. Pathologists have not been able to find any infection in the fibers pulled from lesions.
Clearly something is physically happening here," said Dr. Randy Wymore, a researcher at the Morgellons Research Foundation at Oklahoma State University's Center for Health Sciences. "These fibers don't look like common environmental fibers. Currently the only treatment that has shown success is an antibiotic. More than half of Morgellons patients have also been diagnosed with Lymes disease, but no other connections have been found. It sounds a little like a parasite, like a fungal infection, like a bacterial infection, but it never quite fits all the criteria of any known pathogen," said Savely, who continues to treat the disease others say isn't real.
Wilson says her son suffered to such a point she was sure he was suicidal. I knew he was going to kill himself, and there was nothing I could do to stop him," she said. Travis Wilson committed suicide two weeks ago.
INFLATION HITS 1000 PERCENT
Well in these 3 stories, 1- Inflation hits 1000%, 2- A Microbust, and 3- A tornado.
Here in Story 1 Zimbabwe Inflation has just hit 1000%. It reached 1042% in April and the Governments response has been to print more money so adding to the inflation rate pressure. Food, fuel and foreign currency are in short supply. A loaf of Bread what cost around 65,000 Zimbabwe dollars in February now costs more then 100,000.00. People are finding it hard to survive and the average lifespan is 37 years for Men and 34 years for Women.
Many families are reduced to living on 1 meal a day. It all started 6 yrs ago with Zimbabwes leader and his land distrubition program and began taking white owned farms. Now the Government can not pay the armed forces or civil servants and economists are warning inflation apears to be unstopable.
Does this sound familiar like in Israel the people are getting their holmes taken from them by force which could bring the inflation of Zimbabewe. Coupled with the high gas prices all over the world which will bring inflation bigtime, the world is in for tough times like the Bible says in the last days.
A loaf of bread will be 7 times the current price the Bible says, so in the future we can expect to pay about $8.00 for a loaf of bread, a great amount of shortages will occur as we go to the scriptures to see.
MARK 13:7-8
7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(Ethnic groups against each other) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
REVELATION 6:5-8
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.(measuring scales)
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny;( a days wages for a loaf of bread) and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.( still riches elsewhere)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
REVELATION 18:8-19,14 (THIS IS AMERICA (USA) IN THESE VERSES)
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
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.
14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
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,
So here we see there will be great inflations and famines in places oviously Africa and places like that, but still riches in others European Union. Its all coming together right now just like the Bible says it will come to pass literally.
Zimbabwe: Inflation Set to Breach 1000% (APR 26, 2006)
ZIMBABWE'S skyrocketing inflation rate will surge above 1000% at the end of this month as prices of goods and services continue to escalate, a regional financial services firm says. Fungai Tarirah, chief investment officer of Harare-based Imara Asset Management Zimbabwe, said yesterday the country's inflation would top 1000% by the end of April, a move likely to
worsen Zimbabwe's political and economic woes. Some businesses put the inflation rate as high as 1600%.
Imara incorporates Botswana and has offices in SA, UK, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe's inflation is at 913,6% and is the highest in the world, followed by Iraq at 40%. Other economic indicators are also grim. The economy is critically short of foreign currency, food, fuel, electricity and other basic commodities. This week the central bank's overnight accommodation rate rose from 750% to 800%, making it difficult for commercial banks to borrow from the Bank.
The interbank rate is 637%, while the rate in treasury bills is 525%. International Monetary Fund economist Sonia Munoz argues in a recent paper that Zimbabwe is going through a period of "sup-pressed inflation" due either to manipulation of statistics or to a structural break in the market. A month-on-month increase of only 16,6% will reach 1000% inflation by the end of April, though if we maintain the month-on-month average of 22% seen so far this year, the year-on-year reading will reach 1051%.
In-house inflation computations from some big companies canvassed by our research unit range from 1100% to 1600%, depending on the import content of the goods and service under review. Tarira said yesterday the effectiveness of management's response to the hyper-inflation challenge has become the critical factor when measuring corporate value and performance.
The maxim 'cash is king' tells only part of the story. Cash generated by business must hastily find its way into raw materials, fuel, spares, capital expenditure or some other tangible asset before it loses value," he said.
The value of a Zimbabwean dollar is halving every 29 days, if official inflation is to be believed. Only debtor balances that attract at least 23% a month in interest are of any use. Even then, the rate has to be frequently adjusted to try to keep pace with inflation. Zimbabwe's public hospitals had hiked their fees 200%, the state-run Herald said yesterday. The increase pushes health care beyond the reach of most citizens straining under world-record inflation.
The hikes come in the wake of private doctors and hospitals pushing up prices 100% a fortnight ago. Patients admitted to intensive care would pay Z$8,5m a day, maternity fees would go up to Z$1,3m a day, while patients in theatre would have to fork out Z$105000 a minute, the newspaper said. (Copyright © 2006 Business Day)
NWS: Damage Caused By Tornado, Microburst Fri May 12, 3:04 PM ET
The National Weather Service said Thursday that it believes it knows what caused damage in two Tri-State counties on Wednesday night. Forecasters toured damaged areas of Highland County and Brown County Thursday morning, and determined that damage in Brown County near Ripley was caused by a microburst, a very localized column of sinking air, producing damaging straight-line winds at the surface.
In Highland County, near Hillsboro, the NWS found evidence of a weak F-0 tornado, with winds up to 72 mph. While tornadoes and microbursts often cause the same type of damage, the path and form of damage differs, and forecasters use these differences to determine which event occurred. No injuries were reported in either location.
Weather service confirms three tornadoes Contributed by Frank Hammon, WFLS
FREDERICKSBURG, Va.(AP) _ The National Weather Service says that three tornadoes touched down in the Fredericksburg area yesterday afternoon. Damage was mostly to trees. All three twisters registered F-Zero on the Fujita Scale, which means wind speeds were 40 to 72 miles an hour. The first tornado touched down near Mastins Corner at about 5:35 p.m. Falling trees and limbs caused some structural damage along a path 75 yards wide and five miles long.
Just before 6 p.m., the same system spawned a second tornado in the Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania National Military Park. It was about 50 yards wide and traveled on the ground for about a mile. Damage was mostly to trees. A third and smaller tornado from the same storm system traveled across I-95 just north of the Route 17 Interchange at 6:15 p.m. Its path was
estimated to be about 300 yards long and it was 50 yards wide. Tree damage could be seen on both sides of the highway.
Here in Story 1 Zimbabwe Inflation has just hit 1000%. It reached 1042% in April and the Governments response has been to print more money so adding to the inflation rate pressure. Food, fuel and foreign currency are in short supply. A loaf of Bread what cost around 65,000 Zimbabwe dollars in February now costs more then 100,000.00. People are finding it hard to survive and the average lifespan is 37 years for Men and 34 years for Women.
Many families are reduced to living on 1 meal a day. It all started 6 yrs ago with Zimbabwes leader and his land distrubition program and began taking white owned farms. Now the Government can not pay the armed forces or civil servants and economists are warning inflation apears to be unstopable.
Does this sound familiar like in Israel the people are getting their holmes taken from them by force which could bring the inflation of Zimbabewe. Coupled with the high gas prices all over the world which will bring inflation bigtime, the world is in for tough times like the Bible says in the last days.
A loaf of bread will be 7 times the current price the Bible says, so in the future we can expect to pay about $8.00 for a loaf of bread, a great amount of shortages will occur as we go to the scriptures to see.
MARK 13:7-8
7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(Ethnic groups against each other) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
REVELATION 6:5-8
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.(measuring scales)
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny;( a days wages for a loaf of bread) and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.( still riches elsewhere)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
REVELATION 18:8-19,14 (THIS IS AMERICA (USA) IN THESE VERSES)
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
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.
14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
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,
So here we see there will be great inflations and famines in places oviously Africa and places like that, but still riches in others European Union. Its all coming together right now just like the Bible says it will come to pass literally.
Zimbabwe: Inflation Set to Breach 1000% (APR 26, 2006)
ZIMBABWE'S skyrocketing inflation rate will surge above 1000% at the end of this month as prices of goods and services continue to escalate, a regional financial services firm says. Fungai Tarirah, chief investment officer of Harare-based Imara Asset Management Zimbabwe, said yesterday the country's inflation would top 1000% by the end of April, a move likely to
worsen Zimbabwe's political and economic woes. Some businesses put the inflation rate as high as 1600%.
Imara incorporates Botswana and has offices in SA, UK, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe's inflation is at 913,6% and is the highest in the world, followed by Iraq at 40%. Other economic indicators are also grim. The economy is critically short of foreign currency, food, fuel, electricity and other basic commodities. This week the central bank's overnight accommodation rate rose from 750% to 800%, making it difficult for commercial banks to borrow from the Bank.
The interbank rate is 637%, while the rate in treasury bills is 525%. International Monetary Fund economist Sonia Munoz argues in a recent paper that Zimbabwe is going through a period of "sup-pressed inflation" due either to manipulation of statistics or to a structural break in the market. A month-on-month increase of only 16,6% will reach 1000% inflation by the end of April, though if we maintain the month-on-month average of 22% seen so far this year, the year-on-year reading will reach 1051%.
In-house inflation computations from some big companies canvassed by our research unit range from 1100% to 1600%, depending on the import content of the goods and service under review. Tarira said yesterday the effectiveness of management's response to the hyper-inflation challenge has become the critical factor when measuring corporate value and performance.
The maxim 'cash is king' tells only part of the story. Cash generated by business must hastily find its way into raw materials, fuel, spares, capital expenditure or some other tangible asset before it loses value," he said.
The value of a Zimbabwean dollar is halving every 29 days, if official inflation is to be believed. Only debtor balances that attract at least 23% a month in interest are of any use. Even then, the rate has to be frequently adjusted to try to keep pace with inflation. Zimbabwe's public hospitals had hiked their fees 200%, the state-run Herald said yesterday. The increase pushes health care beyond the reach of most citizens straining under world-record inflation.
The hikes come in the wake of private doctors and hospitals pushing up prices 100% a fortnight ago. Patients admitted to intensive care would pay Z$8,5m a day, maternity fees would go up to Z$1,3m a day, while patients in theatre would have to fork out Z$105000 a minute, the newspaper said. (Copyright © 2006 Business Day)
NWS: Damage Caused By Tornado, Microburst Fri May 12, 3:04 PM ET
The National Weather Service said Thursday that it believes it knows what caused damage in two Tri-State counties on Wednesday night. Forecasters toured damaged areas of Highland County and Brown County Thursday morning, and determined that damage in Brown County near Ripley was caused by a microburst, a very localized column of sinking air, producing damaging straight-line winds at the surface.
In Highland County, near Hillsboro, the NWS found evidence of a weak F-0 tornado, with winds up to 72 mph. While tornadoes and microbursts often cause the same type of damage, the path and form of damage differs, and forecasters use these differences to determine which event occurred. No injuries were reported in either location.
Weather service confirms three tornadoes Contributed by Frank Hammon, WFLS
FREDERICKSBURG, Va.(AP) _ The National Weather Service says that three tornadoes touched down in the Fredericksburg area yesterday afternoon. Damage was mostly to trees. All three twisters registered F-Zero on the Fujita Scale, which means wind speeds were 40 to 72 miles an hour. The first tornado touched down near Mastins Corner at about 5:35 p.m. Falling trees and limbs caused some structural damage along a path 75 yards wide and five miles long.
Just before 6 p.m., the same system spawned a second tornado in the Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania National Military Park. It was about 50 yards wide and traveled on the ground for about a mile. Damage was mostly to trees. A third and smaller tornado from the same storm system traveled across I-95 just north of the Route 17 Interchange at 6:15 p.m. Its path was
estimated to be about 300 yards long and it was 50 yards wide. Tree damage could be seen on both sides of the highway.
Friday, May 12, 2006
ARAB ROCKETS HIT JUDEA SUMARIA
I listened to Tovia Singer and Aaron Klein last night, the rockets are hitting Judea and Sumaria but the Israeli Government and Israel defence forces want it kept a secret or there will be an uprising from Israeli Citizens about giving up judea and Sumaria to the Arabs. The next thing the Arabs will be shooting rockets into JERUSALEM.
Well the EU should come into help this situation, since it will be the EU that guarentees Israels security during the future 7 year peace deception treaty.
Arab Rocket Threat Reaches Judea and Samaria 12:45 May 12, '06 / 14 Iyar 5766
by Hana Levi Julian-The threat of rocket attacks from areas in Judea and Samaria now controlled by the Palestinian Authority is becoming real, but the IDF has yet to respond.
According to WorldNetDaily’s Jerusalem Bureau Chief Aaron Klein, the government has been
minimizing the threat, due to the risk of adverse publicity that would reflect on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, jeopardizing his unilateral withdrawal plan.
Some terror groups within the PA-controlled territories have acquired rocket technology, including the Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades, which on Monday fired two rockets from Jenin, aimed at a nearby IDF military installation.
An IDF spokesman officially denied the report. However, according to Klein, a security official confirmed on condition of anonymity that the Jenin-1 rockets, less advanced Kassams with a range of approximately one mile, were indeed fired this week.
There have been a number of reports in the past of such rockets fired from northern Shomron, with preliminary denials from the IDF and later announcements that some rockets actually were, in fact, launched in the area. According to the Al-Aksa Martyrs’ Brigades leaders who spoke with WND, the projectiles are called “Bahaa” rockets, after Saed Bahaa, a group member killed by IDF forces in an anti-terror operation last week.
The advent of rocket attacks from PA-controlled territories in Yesha is a relatively new development. Kassam rocket attacks have repeatedly been launched at southern Israeli communities from northern Gaza for months since Israel’s unilateral withdrawal. IDF shelling of Gaza launch sites has done little to stem the flow of terror which has traumatized Jews in southern Israel, especially in communities where schools and community centers have not been fortified against the attacks.
Terror groups are pledging to continue firing rockets in Gaza, as well as from PA-controlled areas in the Jewish regions of Judea and Samaria. Abu Oudai, Al-Aksa's West Bank rocket coordinator, told WND, "This was not the first time we shot rockets from Jenin to the settlements of the enemy inside the green line. It is the enemy who for the first time has admitted that these rockets exist in [Judea and Samaria] and that they were shot against Israeli targets. We have launched six times, and with the help of Allah we will launch these rockets regularly.
In February, Israel's Shin Bet Security Services captured a rocket launcher and mortars in Bethlehem that were to be fired at Gilo, a Jewish neighborhood in southern Jerusalem. The day the attack was thwarted, Abu Abir, spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees terror organization, said his group was coordinating extensive rocket capabilities in Judea and
Samaria:
We call on (Shin Bet chief Yuval) Diskin and tell him not to be so happy and proud about stopping our attack because there is much more to come. I am not going to give details (about which cities we will attack), but we are planning to be present all around the West Bank. Every Israeli target is a legitimate target. Jerusalem, Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv and every Israeli point can be part of our goals.
Knesset Member Effie Eitam (National Union), said yesterday that any Judea and Samaria withdrawal will result in rockets fired a major Israeli cities.
Aside from the short-range rockets the Palestinians have now, it is just a question of time before they obtain longer-range missiles from Iran. Regardless, Olmert's withdrawal will give the terrorists land bordering our major cities, said Eitam, who serves on the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
Israel withdrew from Lebanon in 2000. Now Hezbollah has over 10,000 missiles on the border pointed at us. Israel evacuated Gaza last summer. The missiles are flying out every day, Eitam stated. There is no doubt a withdrawal from Judea and Samaria will bring a rocket war to Israel.
Well the EU should come into help this situation, since it will be the EU that guarentees Israels security during the future 7 year peace deception treaty.
Arab Rocket Threat Reaches Judea and Samaria 12:45 May 12, '06 / 14 Iyar 5766
by Hana Levi Julian-The threat of rocket attacks from areas in Judea and Samaria now controlled by the Palestinian Authority is becoming real, but the IDF has yet to respond.
According to WorldNetDaily’s Jerusalem Bureau Chief Aaron Klein, the government has been
minimizing the threat, due to the risk of adverse publicity that would reflect on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, jeopardizing his unilateral withdrawal plan.
Some terror groups within the PA-controlled territories have acquired rocket technology, including the Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades, which on Monday fired two rockets from Jenin, aimed at a nearby IDF military installation.
An IDF spokesman officially denied the report. However, according to Klein, a security official confirmed on condition of anonymity that the Jenin-1 rockets, less advanced Kassams with a range of approximately one mile, were indeed fired this week.
There have been a number of reports in the past of such rockets fired from northern Shomron, with preliminary denials from the IDF and later announcements that some rockets actually were, in fact, launched in the area. According to the Al-Aksa Martyrs’ Brigades leaders who spoke with WND, the projectiles are called “Bahaa” rockets, after Saed Bahaa, a group member killed by IDF forces in an anti-terror operation last week.
The advent of rocket attacks from PA-controlled territories in Yesha is a relatively new development. Kassam rocket attacks have repeatedly been launched at southern Israeli communities from northern Gaza for months since Israel’s unilateral withdrawal. IDF shelling of Gaza launch sites has done little to stem the flow of terror which has traumatized Jews in southern Israel, especially in communities where schools and community centers have not been fortified against the attacks.
Terror groups are pledging to continue firing rockets in Gaza, as well as from PA-controlled areas in the Jewish regions of Judea and Samaria. Abu Oudai, Al-Aksa's West Bank rocket coordinator, told WND, "This was not the first time we shot rockets from Jenin to the settlements of the enemy inside the green line. It is the enemy who for the first time has admitted that these rockets exist in [Judea and Samaria] and that they were shot against Israeli targets. We have launched six times, and with the help of Allah we will launch these rockets regularly.
In February, Israel's Shin Bet Security Services captured a rocket launcher and mortars in Bethlehem that were to be fired at Gilo, a Jewish neighborhood in southern Jerusalem. The day the attack was thwarted, Abu Abir, spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees terror organization, said his group was coordinating extensive rocket capabilities in Judea and
Samaria:
We call on (Shin Bet chief Yuval) Diskin and tell him not to be so happy and proud about stopping our attack because there is much more to come. I am not going to give details (about which cities we will attack), but we are planning to be present all around the West Bank. Every Israeli target is a legitimate target. Jerusalem, Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv and every Israeli point can be part of our goals.
Knesset Member Effie Eitam (National Union), said yesterday that any Judea and Samaria withdrawal will result in rockets fired a major Israeli cities.
Aside from the short-range rockets the Palestinians have now, it is just a question of time before they obtain longer-range missiles from Iran. Regardless, Olmert's withdrawal will give the terrorists land bordering our major cities, said Eitam, who serves on the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
Israel withdrew from Lebanon in 2000. Now Hezbollah has over 10,000 missiles on the border pointed at us. Israel evacuated Gaza last summer. The missiles are flying out every day, Eitam stated. There is no doubt a withdrawal from Judea and Samaria will bring a rocket war to Israel.
INDONESIA CALIFORNIA QUAKES
In Story 1 We see a Pipeline exploding, and 2 Earthquakes in IDONESIA, CALIFORNIA. AND in Story 4 a Storm in the Philippines kills 11.
Fuel pipeline explodes in Nigeria; police say 150 to 200 people killed DULU MBACHU
1 hour, 49 minutes ago ILADO, Nigeria (AP) - A pipeline exploded in Nigeria as villagers collected fuel from the ruptured conduit, killing between 150 and 200 people and leaving charred bodies scattered around the blast site. Dozens of burned corpses could be seen lying on
the ground at the waterside village of Ilado, about 45 kilometres east of Lagos, Nigeria's main city, and police said dozens had perished in the flames.
Between 150 and 200 people died," Lagos Police Commissioner Emmanuel Adebayo told reporters. Rescue workers dug a ditch near the exploded pipeline and Adebayo said the bodies would be buried in a common grave. They are going to be given a mass burial," Adebayo said. The impoverished people of Africa's oil giant often tap into pipelines, seeking fuel for cooking or
resale on the black market. The highly volatile petroleum can ignite, incinerating those collecting it.
In September 2004, a pipeline exploded near Lagos as thieves tried to siphon gasoline from it, with up to 50 people perishing in the flames. A 1998 pipeline blast killed over 1,000 in southern Nigeria. Most of Nigeria's petroleum is pumped in the southern Niger Delta region, far from Lagos. Pipes carry the crude to refineries across the vast country. Nigeria, which normally pumps 2.5 million barrels of crude a day, is Africa's largest producer and the fifth-largest source of imports to the United States.
Quake rattles Indonesian capital Fri May 12, 7:28 AM ET
JAKARTA (AFP) - A strong undersea earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit the Sunda Strait between the islands of Sumatra and Java in Indonesian and was felt in the capital Jakarta, an official said. The quake hit at 15:17 pm (0817 GMT) at a depth of 33 kilometres (20 miles), an official from the meteorology office in Jakarta said. It was felt in the town of Cilegon
in West Java as well as in Jakarta," he told AFP.
Another official who gave his name as Bagyo later said the quake was mostly found in the town of Bandarlampung, in Sumatra's Lampung province and in Serang in West Java. We have received some reports of homes damaged, mostly cracked walls in the area of Kalianda in Lampung," he told AFP, adding that no reports of casualties were received. He said the epicentre was located just 39 kilometres west of Bandarlampung.
Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", where the meeting of continental plates means seismic activity is common. A geographical faultline runs parallel to the Indonesian island of Sumatra and tectonic activities along it have repeatedly led to strong earthquakes.
Light Quake Shakes Northern California Fri May 12, 9:30 AM ET
COBB, Calif. - A light quake shook an area north of San Francisco Friday morning and there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The magnitude 4.4 quake struck at 3:37 a.m. PDT about five miles southwest of the town of Cobb, according to a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey. Cobb is 77 miles northwest of San Francisco.
11 dead or missing as tropical storm hits Philippines Fri May 12, 12:47 PM ET
MANILA (AFP) - Six people died and with five others were missing after a small ferry capsized as tropical storm Chanchu slammed into the central Philippines, the coast guard reported. Thirteen people were rescued after the MV May Anne went down in rough waters off the island of Masbate, the coast guard said. The storm had earlier caused the coast guard to suspend ferry operations, stranding some 6,000 people in ports in the central Visayas and eastern Bicol regions.
Television reports said the operators of the ill-fated ferry disregarded the coast guard's orders and set out to sea anyway. Chanchu, the first storm to hit the country this year, slammed into the Philippines overnight causing flash floods and landslides that forced the evacuation of hundreds of villagers, disaster relief officials said Friday. Families from several villages
in the town of Sogod, in the central island province of Southern Leyte, were also evacuated after heavy rains caused a landslide that cut off a highway, provincial governor Rosette Lerias told AFP. At least 11 villages with about 1,000 families in Sogod had been isolated, with one vital bridge also impassable, Lerias said.Another 40 families in the town of Macrohon were also evacuated after heavy flooding, she said. It has been raining really hard, and we had about 130 millimeters (five inches) of rainfall yesterday alone," Lerias said, adding that normal rainfall according to forecasters should be 550 millimeters in a week. We are working very closely with the national government in Manila and we have all the supplies we need," she said.
She said parts of Leyte as well as the entire province of Albay in the Bicol region were experiencing blackouts. The storm came almost three months after torrential rains caused the collapse of a mountainside that engulfed the Leyte village of Guinsaugon, leaving more than 1,000 people buried alive under a massive mudslide. Nerry Amparo, head of operations in
Manila's Office of Civil Defense, said field reports coming in indicated zero casualties so far in the latest storm. Storm warnings were hoisted in some 23 provinces and islands, including the capital Manila, where rain has fallen since Thursday.
The storm had slightly weakened as it made landfall overnight, and was expected to dump more rain in metropolitan Manila as its eye passes Friday night, the weather bureau said. Continuing with its northwest path with maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers (58 miles) per hour, Chanchu was forecast to hit areas in the main island of Luzon Saturday before subsiding
Monday. Flag carrier Philippine Airlines and two other domestic carriers cancelled nine flights to the Visayas and Bicol, but the announcement came late and many passengers were stuck in the airport.
The weather bureau said residents along coastal areas should seek higher ground "due to big waves generated by the storm" and those under the slopes to evacuate. Noel Rosal, the mayor of Legaspi city in eastern Albay province, said some 200 families were also evacuated in the area after flash floods when power went down. But we have enough supplies and hopefully
the weather will improve soon," Rosal said on local television. An average of 19 storms and typhoons strike the Philippines every year, killing hundreds of people through floods, landslides, and other hazards induced by strong winds and heavy rain.
Fuel pipeline explodes in Nigeria; police say 150 to 200 people killed DULU MBACHU
1 hour, 49 minutes ago ILADO, Nigeria (AP) - A pipeline exploded in Nigeria as villagers collected fuel from the ruptured conduit, killing between 150 and 200 people and leaving charred bodies scattered around the blast site. Dozens of burned corpses could be seen lying on
the ground at the waterside village of Ilado, about 45 kilometres east of Lagos, Nigeria's main city, and police said dozens had perished in the flames.
Between 150 and 200 people died," Lagos Police Commissioner Emmanuel Adebayo told reporters. Rescue workers dug a ditch near the exploded pipeline and Adebayo said the bodies would be buried in a common grave. They are going to be given a mass burial," Adebayo said. The impoverished people of Africa's oil giant often tap into pipelines, seeking fuel for cooking or
resale on the black market. The highly volatile petroleum can ignite, incinerating those collecting it.
In September 2004, a pipeline exploded near Lagos as thieves tried to siphon gasoline from it, with up to 50 people perishing in the flames. A 1998 pipeline blast killed over 1,000 in southern Nigeria. Most of Nigeria's petroleum is pumped in the southern Niger Delta region, far from Lagos. Pipes carry the crude to refineries across the vast country. Nigeria, which normally pumps 2.5 million barrels of crude a day, is Africa's largest producer and the fifth-largest source of imports to the United States.
Quake rattles Indonesian capital Fri May 12, 7:28 AM ET
JAKARTA (AFP) - A strong undersea earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit the Sunda Strait between the islands of Sumatra and Java in Indonesian and was felt in the capital Jakarta, an official said. The quake hit at 15:17 pm (0817 GMT) at a depth of 33 kilometres (20 miles), an official from the meteorology office in Jakarta said. It was felt in the town of Cilegon
in West Java as well as in Jakarta," he told AFP.
Another official who gave his name as Bagyo later said the quake was mostly found in the town of Bandarlampung, in Sumatra's Lampung province and in Serang in West Java. We have received some reports of homes damaged, mostly cracked walls in the area of Kalianda in Lampung," he told AFP, adding that no reports of casualties were received. He said the epicentre was located just 39 kilometres west of Bandarlampung.
Indonesia sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", where the meeting of continental plates means seismic activity is common. A geographical faultline runs parallel to the Indonesian island of Sumatra and tectonic activities along it have repeatedly led to strong earthquakes.
Light Quake Shakes Northern California Fri May 12, 9:30 AM ET
COBB, Calif. - A light quake shook an area north of San Francisco Friday morning and there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The magnitude 4.4 quake struck at 3:37 a.m. PDT about five miles southwest of the town of Cobb, according to a preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey. Cobb is 77 miles northwest of San Francisco.
11 dead or missing as tropical storm hits Philippines Fri May 12, 12:47 PM ET
MANILA (AFP) - Six people died and with five others were missing after a small ferry capsized as tropical storm Chanchu slammed into the central Philippines, the coast guard reported. Thirteen people were rescued after the MV May Anne went down in rough waters off the island of Masbate, the coast guard said. The storm had earlier caused the coast guard to suspend ferry operations, stranding some 6,000 people in ports in the central Visayas and eastern Bicol regions.
Television reports said the operators of the ill-fated ferry disregarded the coast guard's orders and set out to sea anyway. Chanchu, the first storm to hit the country this year, slammed into the Philippines overnight causing flash floods and landslides that forced the evacuation of hundreds of villagers, disaster relief officials said Friday. Families from several villages
in the town of Sogod, in the central island province of Southern Leyte, were also evacuated after heavy rains caused a landslide that cut off a highway, provincial governor Rosette Lerias told AFP. At least 11 villages with about 1,000 families in Sogod had been isolated, with one vital bridge also impassable, Lerias said.Another 40 families in the town of Macrohon were also evacuated after heavy flooding, she said. It has been raining really hard, and we had about 130 millimeters (five inches) of rainfall yesterday alone," Lerias said, adding that normal rainfall according to forecasters should be 550 millimeters in a week. We are working very closely with the national government in Manila and we have all the supplies we need," she said.
She said parts of Leyte as well as the entire province of Albay in the Bicol region were experiencing blackouts. The storm came almost three months after torrential rains caused the collapse of a mountainside that engulfed the Leyte village of Guinsaugon, leaving more than 1,000 people buried alive under a massive mudslide. Nerry Amparo, head of operations in
Manila's Office of Civil Defense, said field reports coming in indicated zero casualties so far in the latest storm. Storm warnings were hoisted in some 23 provinces and islands, including the capital Manila, where rain has fallen since Thursday.
The storm had slightly weakened as it made landfall overnight, and was expected to dump more rain in metropolitan Manila as its eye passes Friday night, the weather bureau said. Continuing with its northwest path with maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers (58 miles) per hour, Chanchu was forecast to hit areas in the main island of Luzon Saturday before subsiding
Monday. Flag carrier Philippine Airlines and two other domestic carriers cancelled nine flights to the Visayas and Bicol, but the announcement came late and many passengers were stuck in the airport.
The weather bureau said residents along coastal areas should seek higher ground "due to big waves generated by the storm" and those under the slopes to evacuate. Noel Rosal, the mayor of Legaspi city in eastern Albay province, said some 200 families were also evacuated in the area after flash floods when power went down. But we have enough supplies and hopefully
the weather will improve soon," Rosal said on local television. An average of 19 storms and typhoons strike the Philippines every year, killing hundreds of people through floods, landslides, and other hazards induced by strong winds and heavy rain.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
QUAKES 3 LANDSLIDES FLOODS 1
Well lots of activity on the Floods and Quakes list. CHINA LANDSLIDES AND FLOODS in Story 1. Stories 2-3-4 (3) EARTHQUAKES in MYANMAR, TAIWAN, AND BULGARIA.
Floods, landslides kill 22 in China Thu May 11, 7:15 AM ET BEIJING
(AFP) - Floods and landslides have killed 22 people and left five missing in Guizhou province in southwest China after three weeks of heavy rain. The province has suffered unprecedented strong winds, hail and rainstorms since April 21, with daily precipitation exceeding 100 millimeters (3.9 inches) in some areas, Xinhua news agency reported Thursday.
As of Wednesday, 36,900 residents had been forced to evacuate their homes, while 98 people had been injured and "a large number" of animals were dead, it said. A local civil affairs official set the direct economic losses caused by the weather at 290 million yuan (36 million dollars), according to the agency.
Quake strikes western Myanmar 2 minutes ago HONG KONG
(Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude 5.4 on the Richter Scale struck western Myanmar, the Hong Kong Observatory said on Friday. The quake struck at 1727 GMT (1:27 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, or just before midnight Myanmar time, about 230 km (140 miles) northwest of Mandalay. It gave no further details.
5.1-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Taiwan Wed May 10, 1:23 PM ET TAIPEI,
Taiwan - A moderate earthquake shook eastern Taiwan on Wednesday, the Central Weather Bureau said. No injuries or damage were reported. The 5.1-magnitude quake was centered 11.6 miles south of Hualien, the weather bureau said.Hualien lies on Taiwan's east coast, about 60 miles southeast of the capital, Taipei.
Quakes frequently rattle Taiwan, but most are minor and cause little or no damage. However, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in central Taiwan in September 1999 killed more than 2,300 people.
Light quake rattles eastern Bulgaria, no injuries Wed May 10, 7:59 AM ET
SOFIA (AFP) - A light quake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale rattled eastern Bulgaria without causing any injuries or material damage, the country's seismology center announced. The tremor hit at 12:31 pm (0931 GMT), with the epicenter located on Bulgarian territory, some 230 kilometers (143 miles) east of the capital Sofia. It was felt in the regions around the
towns of Nova Zagora and Sliven but there were no reports of injuries or serious damage caused, the center said.
Floods, landslides kill 22 in China Thu May 11, 7:15 AM ET BEIJING
(AFP) - Floods and landslides have killed 22 people and left five missing in Guizhou province in southwest China after three weeks of heavy rain. The province has suffered unprecedented strong winds, hail and rainstorms since April 21, with daily precipitation exceeding 100 millimeters (3.9 inches) in some areas, Xinhua news agency reported Thursday.
As of Wednesday, 36,900 residents had been forced to evacuate their homes, while 98 people had been injured and "a large number" of animals were dead, it said. A local civil affairs official set the direct economic losses caused by the weather at 290 million yuan (36 million dollars), according to the agency.
Quake strikes western Myanmar 2 minutes ago HONG KONG
(Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude 5.4 on the Richter Scale struck western Myanmar, the Hong Kong Observatory said on Friday. The quake struck at 1727 GMT (1:27 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, or just before midnight Myanmar time, about 230 km (140 miles) northwest of Mandalay. It gave no further details.
5.1-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Taiwan Wed May 10, 1:23 PM ET TAIPEI,
Taiwan - A moderate earthquake shook eastern Taiwan on Wednesday, the Central Weather Bureau said. No injuries or damage were reported. The 5.1-magnitude quake was centered 11.6 miles south of Hualien, the weather bureau said.Hualien lies on Taiwan's east coast, about 60 miles southeast of the capital, Taipei.
Quakes frequently rattle Taiwan, but most are minor and cause little or no damage. However, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in central Taiwan in September 1999 killed more than 2,300 people.
Light quake rattles eastern Bulgaria, no injuries Wed May 10, 7:59 AM ET
SOFIA (AFP) - A light quake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale rattled eastern Bulgaria without causing any injuries or material damage, the country's seismology center announced. The tremor hit at 12:31 pm (0931 GMT), with the epicenter located on Bulgarian territory, some 230 kilometers (143 miles) east of the capital Sofia. It was felt in the regions around the
towns of Nova Zagora and Sliven but there were no reports of injuries or serious damage caused, the center said.
MAHDI AHMADINEJAD CHAOS
The return of the Mahdi (MICHAEL EVANS)
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Posted: May 5, 2006, 1:00 a.m. Eastern, © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was invited to speak at the United Nations in October 2005. At the conclusion of his discourse, he called upon Allah to quickly usher in the re emergence of the "Twelfth" or "Hidden Imam," sometimes referred to as the "Mahdi. The fanatical leader later claimed that while he spoke to that august body, he was surrounded by a halo of light.
Mr. Ahmadinejad regaled a local ayatollah with the story of how The leaders of the world" stared at him during the time he spoke. He further claimed that they were unable to blink or turn away, as though some unseen force held them in a trance-like state. When I say they didn't bat an eyelid, I'm not exaggerating, because I was looking at them," intoned Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad is a Shia Muslim. Many of them believe that the Twelfth Imam, or Mahdi, the last in a line of saints descended from Ali, the founder of their sect, vanished down a well near Jamkaran, Iran, in A.D. 941. According to their beliefs, he went into a state of "occultation," like the sun being hidden behind the clouds; and, after a stormy period of apocalyptic wars, the
clouds will part, and the "sun" (the Mahdi) will be revealed. They believe that when he is released from his imprisonment, the entire world will submit to Islam.
The world may smirk as they hear the president of Iran talking of the return of the Mahdi and
think it is just a bunch of religious foolishness. But, he is dead serious. Not only does he believe it, but the tens of thousands of mullahs controlling ancient Persia believe it also. It is their mission from God. But just who is this "Mahdi," this Hidden Imam? Some thought it was the Ayatollah Khomeini. In fact, when he returned to Iran in February 1979 following the overthrow of the Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, the roads leading into Tehran were lined with nearly 2 million Shia Muslims screaming "al-Muntazar.
The grand ayatollah was quick to deny that he was "al-Muntazar, one of the names given to the Hidden Imam. In other words, many thought Khomeini was the awakened Mahdi. Khomeini did, however, explain to his followers that he was the forerunner, the one who had come to open the way for the Hidden Imam to make his reappearance.
The Hidden Imam, upon his unveiling, will, according Iran's constitution, assume leadership in the Islamic republic. All will acquiesce to his authority in what is essentially an end-time paradigm based on what some call the Muslim messiah. Ahmadinejad's belief in this Hidden Imam is so compelling that he may well be persuaded to go to any lengths, including a nuclear attack on Israel and/or the United States, to precipitate an apocalyptic event, a means to an end.
Initially, Ahmadinejad's threats seemed but the idle ranting of a megalomaniac. But now, armed with the capability to produce nuclear weapons, Iran will be a menace with which to be reckoned. The spirit of the Grand Ayatollah Khomeini lives on in Iran. This is the same Khomeini who said in 1981, "I say let Iran go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world.
The ummah or Muslims worldwide are comprised of Sunni and Shia Muslims. The two different sects evolved following the death of Muhammad. The Sunnis readily accepted his successor, while the Shia Muslims demanded their leader be a direct descendant of Muhammad. This personage is known to the Shia as "Ali." Hence the designation, "The Party of Ali. Through
the ages, additional subdivisions in the Shia sect have pitted one group against another, all led by recognized descendants of Muhammad. Their individual designations are derived from the number of the imam which they follow.
Thus, Iran is comprised mainly of followers of the "Twelfth," or the Hidden Imam. He succeeded Al-Hassan al-Askari who died in A.D. 874. Shiite Muslims believe that the Twelfth Imam disappeared down a well near Jamkaran in A.D. 941, and will emerge from this location at his Second Coming. But first, they believe, the world will go through great calamities and upheavals. This "apocalypse" will set the conditions for the Mahdi's return. The Hidden Imam is known by several monikers, which translate to "expected one," the "hidden one" and, of course, Mahdi (promised one).
His mystique is enhanced by the legend that the young successor in the lineage of Muhammad was secreted because he was unaccepted by the majority of Muslims. He will apparently be kept in seclusion until the day he emerges to reunite Muslims, conquer the world and establish an Islamic caliphate. Ahmadinejad has taken up the banner of the Hidden Imam. His hate-filled rhetoric aimed at the Jews and America is stirring fanatical Muslims the world over. On April 20, a group calling itself the Islamic Thinkers Society rallied near the Israeli Embassy in Queens, N.Y. Carrying placards and banners picturing an Islamic flag flying over the White House, they shouted such vile pronouncements as:
Zionists, Zionists You will pay!
The Wrath of Allah is on its way!
Israeli Zionists You shall pay!
The Wrath of Allah is on its way!
The mushroom cloud is on its way!
The real Holocaust is on its way!
We will not accept the United Nations, they are the criminals themselvesThey get paid by the Israeli and the U.S. government to do their job.We don't recognize United Nations as a body; We only recognize Allah.Israel won't last long ... Indeed, Allah will repeat the Holocaust right on the soil of Israel.
Islam will dominate the world, Islam is the only solution.Another mushroom cloud, right in the midst of Israel! As days pass, Ahmadinejad becomes more defiant. It is as if he is daring the nations of the world to try to stop him. How far will he go? Will he, indeed, launch a murderous attack against Israel or the United States in a misguided attempt to see his dream of the return of the Hidden Imam come to fruition? It becomes more obvious that he is willing to stop at nothing to reach his goal.
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was invited to speak at the United Nations in October 2005. At the conclusion of his discourse, he called upon Allah to quickly usher in the re emergence of the "Twelfth" or "Hidden Imam," sometimes referred to as the "Mahdi. The fanatical leader later claimed that while he spoke to that august body, he was surrounded by a halo of light.
Mr. Ahmadinejad regaled a local ayatollah with the story of how The leaders of the world" stared at him during the time he spoke. He further claimed that they were unable to blink or turn away, as though some unseen force held them in a trance-like state. When I say they didn't bat an eyelid, I'm not exaggerating, because I was looking at them," intoned Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad is a Shia Muslim. Many of them believe that the Twelfth Imam, or Mahdi, the last in a line of saints descended from Ali, the founder of their sect, vanished down a well near Jamkaran, Iran, in A.D. 941. According to their beliefs, he went into a state of "occultation," like the sun being hidden behind the clouds; and, after a stormy period of apocalyptic wars, the
clouds will part, and the "sun" (the Mahdi) will be revealed. They believe that when he is released from his imprisonment, the entire world will submit to Islam.
The world may smirk as they hear the president of Iran talking of the return of the Mahdi and
think it is just a bunch of religious foolishness. But, he is dead serious. Not only does he believe it, but the tens of thousands of mullahs controlling ancient Persia believe it also. It is their mission from God. But just who is this "Mahdi," this Hidden Imam? Some thought it was the Ayatollah Khomeini. In fact, when he returned to Iran in February 1979 following the overthrow of the Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, the roads leading into Tehran were lined with nearly 2 million Shia Muslims screaming "al-Muntazar.
The grand ayatollah was quick to deny that he was "al-Muntazar, one of the names given to the Hidden Imam. In other words, many thought Khomeini was the awakened Mahdi. Khomeini did, however, explain to his followers that he was the forerunner, the one who had come to open the way for the Hidden Imam to make his reappearance.
The Hidden Imam, upon his unveiling, will, according Iran's constitution, assume leadership in the Islamic republic. All will acquiesce to his authority in what is essentially an end-time paradigm based on what some call the Muslim messiah. Ahmadinejad's belief in this Hidden Imam is so compelling that he may well be persuaded to go to any lengths, including a nuclear attack on Israel and/or the United States, to precipitate an apocalyptic event, a means to an end.
Initially, Ahmadinejad's threats seemed but the idle ranting of a megalomaniac. But now, armed with the capability to produce nuclear weapons, Iran will be a menace with which to be reckoned. The spirit of the Grand Ayatollah Khomeini lives on in Iran. This is the same Khomeini who said in 1981, "I say let Iran go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world.
The ummah or Muslims worldwide are comprised of Sunni and Shia Muslims. The two different sects evolved following the death of Muhammad. The Sunnis readily accepted his successor, while the Shia Muslims demanded their leader be a direct descendant of Muhammad. This personage is known to the Shia as "Ali." Hence the designation, "The Party of Ali. Through
the ages, additional subdivisions in the Shia sect have pitted one group against another, all led by recognized descendants of Muhammad. Their individual designations are derived from the number of the imam which they follow.
Thus, Iran is comprised mainly of followers of the "Twelfth," or the Hidden Imam. He succeeded Al-Hassan al-Askari who died in A.D. 874. Shiite Muslims believe that the Twelfth Imam disappeared down a well near Jamkaran in A.D. 941, and will emerge from this location at his Second Coming. But first, they believe, the world will go through great calamities and upheavals. This "apocalypse" will set the conditions for the Mahdi's return. The Hidden Imam is known by several monikers, which translate to "expected one," the "hidden one" and, of course, Mahdi (promised one).
His mystique is enhanced by the legend that the young successor in the lineage of Muhammad was secreted because he was unaccepted by the majority of Muslims. He will apparently be kept in seclusion until the day he emerges to reunite Muslims, conquer the world and establish an Islamic caliphate. Ahmadinejad has taken up the banner of the Hidden Imam. His hate-filled rhetoric aimed at the Jews and America is stirring fanatical Muslims the world over. On April 20, a group calling itself the Islamic Thinkers Society rallied near the Israeli Embassy in Queens, N.Y. Carrying placards and banners picturing an Islamic flag flying over the White House, they shouted such vile pronouncements as:
Zionists, Zionists You will pay!
The Wrath of Allah is on its way!
Israeli Zionists You shall pay!
The Wrath of Allah is on its way!
The mushroom cloud is on its way!
The real Holocaust is on its way!
We will not accept the United Nations, they are the criminals themselvesThey get paid by the Israeli and the U.S. government to do their job.We don't recognize United Nations as a body; We only recognize Allah.Israel won't last long ... Indeed, Allah will repeat the Holocaust right on the soil of Israel.
Islam will dominate the world, Islam is the only solution.Another mushroom cloud, right in the midst of Israel! As days pass, Ahmadinejad becomes more defiant. It is as if he is daring the nations of the world to try to stop him. How far will he go? Will he, indeed, launch a murderous attack against Israel or the United States in a misguided attempt to see his dream of the return of the Hidden Imam come to fruition? It becomes more obvious that he is willing to stop at nothing to reach his goal.
http://israndjer.blogspot.com/2006/01/iranian-leader-thinks-hes-messiah.html
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Michael D. Evans is the author of "The American Prophecies," an Amazon and Barnes and Noble No.1 best seller, and a New York Times best seller. He is also the founder of America’s largest Christian coalition, the Jerusalem Prayer Team.
SOLAR STORM
Story 1 a Solar Storm Threat. And Story 2 Israel to Bomb IRAN in the next 3 MONTHS.
In the Book of Revelation we see the Sky become Blood red this could be the future cause. A SOLAR STORM. First there will be an Earthquake, then the Moon Turns Red, then the Meteorites hit he Earth. I have a feeling this Solar storm will cause the Meteors to fall to Earth as well as from the Quake.
REVELATION 6:12-17
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Scientists warn of solar storm threatUpdated Thu. May. 4 2006 10:19 AM ET (Valerie Iancovich , DiscoveryChannel.ca)
The heavens assumed an almost blood red appearance, while here and there long streaks of light shot up from the horizon to the zenith," The New York Herald reported after the solar storm of 1859. Scientists say in less than a decade, it will likely happen again on a more devastating scale. As the world scrambles to prepare for hurricanes and earthquakes of
unprecedented strength, some scientists say the sun poses an equal threat, with predictions calling for a 2012 sun storm of immense proportions.
If the idea of a solar storm sounds too much like the stuff of sci-fi, consider this: a single large solar flare has a million times more energy than the largest earthquake, according to Space.com. The vast space between the Earth and the Sun is filled with electrically-charged particles, radiation, magnetic fields, and electromagnetic energy that could play havoc with Earth in
the event of elevated solar output. The last great solar super storm was 145 years ago. But, this event provides little context given our very recently-adopted dependence on satellite-based technologies.
Last month, experts convened in Colorado during Space Weather Week (April 25-28) to discuss the issues surrounding the approaching 2012 event. If the storm turns out to be at the same scale as the one in 1859, economic disaster would ensue, with immediate costs around the $20 billion mark. Sten Odenwald of the QSS Corp., based at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt predicts that in the 2012 storm will kill only the oldest of the 300 geosynchronous Earth-orbiting (GEO) satellites. However the storm would likely reduce the life of all the other satellites by five to 10 years.
These longer-term problems would add tens of billions of dollars more over the years, Odenwald says. The GEO satellites alone generate about $97 billion US in revenue each year.
A solar superstorm could also:
· force about 100 low Earth-orbiting spacecraft to undergo earlier-than-normal reentry
· disrupt Global Positioning Systems the world over
· force the International Space Station to lose altitude.
And in this Story the Bible says that Nuclear weapons will be used in WW3. Here are the effects of A Nuclear Bomb going off right from the Bible.
ZECHARIAH 14:12
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006 Israel will hit Iran in the next few months: Israeli official
(By Khalid Hasan)
WASHINGTON: Israel will strike Iran’s nuclear facilities in the next “month or two or three,” an Israeli official has been quoted here as saying. The unnamed official told Arnaud de Borchgrave, editor-in-chief of the United Press International (UPI), at the recently held national day reception at the Israeli Embassy that he believed Israel would strike Iran first in the next two or three months and that fighter bombers would not be involved as they had been to take out Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor before it went critical in 1981. For Osirak, Israel had used 14 F-15s and F-16s. This time, the Israeli said, it would be missiles.
Asked if Israel would employ Cruise missiles, he replied, “with a gesture of his hand that went up and down again”, which meant that it would be the weapon of choice. Asked if tunnel entrances to widely scattered Iranian nuclear facilities would be targeted, he responded that Israel had its own geo-stationary spy-in-the-sky satellite taking constant pictures of Iran with a resolution down to 70 centimetres. “We know far more than anyone realises,” he added.
De Borchgrave’s report quoted a poll of conservative Republicans by a conservative web-based news service, which showed overwhelmingly strong support for bombing Iran. Almost 60,000 people took part in the poll and 88 percent agreed that Iran poses a greater threat than Saddam Hussein did before the Iraq War. To the question, “Should the US undertake military action against Iran to stop their (nuclear) programme?” 77 percent replied yes, 23 percent said no.
Forty-five percent said that military action should be taken by the United States, while 35 percent wanted Israel to do that. Twenty percent said neither. As for whether US efforts to contain Iran’s nuclear weapons are working, 93 percent said they were not, while 89 percent said the US should not rely solely on the UN.
According to de Borchgrave, “Israel has developed some 100 Jericho-II medium-range ballistic missiles (which entered service in 1989). Jericho II’s range varies from 1,500 to 3,500 kilometres, depending on payload weight. They are deployed in underground caves and silos. Israel has several satellites in orbit - Ofeq-1 through Ofeq-5 - that were launched by Shavit space launch vehicles (SLV). The first two stages of the Shavit were Jericho II missiles. There are unconfirmed reports of an upgraded Jericho-3 missile with a range of over 3,000 kilometres.
In the Book of Revelation we see the Sky become Blood red this could be the future cause. A SOLAR STORM. First there will be an Earthquake, then the Moon Turns Red, then the Meteorites hit he Earth. I have a feeling this Solar storm will cause the Meteors to fall to Earth as well as from the Quake.
REVELATION 6:12-17
12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Scientists warn of solar storm threatUpdated Thu. May. 4 2006 10:19 AM ET (Valerie Iancovich , DiscoveryChannel.ca)
The heavens assumed an almost blood red appearance, while here and there long streaks of light shot up from the horizon to the zenith," The New York Herald reported after the solar storm of 1859. Scientists say in less than a decade, it will likely happen again on a more devastating scale. As the world scrambles to prepare for hurricanes and earthquakes of
unprecedented strength, some scientists say the sun poses an equal threat, with predictions calling for a 2012 sun storm of immense proportions.
If the idea of a solar storm sounds too much like the stuff of sci-fi, consider this: a single large solar flare has a million times more energy than the largest earthquake, according to Space.com. The vast space between the Earth and the Sun is filled with electrically-charged particles, radiation, magnetic fields, and electromagnetic energy that could play havoc with Earth in
the event of elevated solar output. The last great solar super storm was 145 years ago. But, this event provides little context given our very recently-adopted dependence on satellite-based technologies.
Last month, experts convened in Colorado during Space Weather Week (April 25-28) to discuss the issues surrounding the approaching 2012 event. If the storm turns out to be at the same scale as the one in 1859, economic disaster would ensue, with immediate costs around the $20 billion mark. Sten Odenwald of the QSS Corp., based at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt predicts that in the 2012 storm will kill only the oldest of the 300 geosynchronous Earth-orbiting (GEO) satellites. However the storm would likely reduce the life of all the other satellites by five to 10 years.
These longer-term problems would add tens of billions of dollars more over the years, Odenwald says. The GEO satellites alone generate about $97 billion US in revenue each year.
A solar superstorm could also:
· force about 100 low Earth-orbiting spacecraft to undergo earlier-than-normal reentry
· disrupt Global Positioning Systems the world over
· force the International Space Station to lose altitude.
And in this Story the Bible says that Nuclear weapons will be used in WW3. Here are the effects of A Nuclear Bomb going off right from the Bible.
ZECHARIAH 14:12
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006 Israel will hit Iran in the next few months: Israeli official
(By Khalid Hasan)
WASHINGTON: Israel will strike Iran’s nuclear facilities in the next “month or two or three,” an Israeli official has been quoted here as saying. The unnamed official told Arnaud de Borchgrave, editor-in-chief of the United Press International (UPI), at the recently held national day reception at the Israeli Embassy that he believed Israel would strike Iran first in the next two or three months and that fighter bombers would not be involved as they had been to take out Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor before it went critical in 1981. For Osirak, Israel had used 14 F-15s and F-16s. This time, the Israeli said, it would be missiles.
Asked if Israel would employ Cruise missiles, he replied, “with a gesture of his hand that went up and down again”, which meant that it would be the weapon of choice. Asked if tunnel entrances to widely scattered Iranian nuclear facilities would be targeted, he responded that Israel had its own geo-stationary spy-in-the-sky satellite taking constant pictures of Iran with a resolution down to 70 centimetres. “We know far more than anyone realises,” he added.
De Borchgrave’s report quoted a poll of conservative Republicans by a conservative web-based news service, which showed overwhelmingly strong support for bombing Iran. Almost 60,000 people took part in the poll and 88 percent agreed that Iran poses a greater threat than Saddam Hussein did before the Iraq War. To the question, “Should the US undertake military action against Iran to stop their (nuclear) programme?” 77 percent replied yes, 23 percent said no.
Forty-five percent said that military action should be taken by the United States, while 35 percent wanted Israel to do that. Twenty percent said neither. As for whether US efforts to contain Iran’s nuclear weapons are working, 93 percent said they were not, while 89 percent said the US should not rely solely on the UN.
According to de Borchgrave, “Israel has developed some 100 Jericho-II medium-range ballistic missiles (which entered service in 1989). Jericho II’s range varies from 1,500 to 3,500 kilometres, depending on payload weight. They are deployed in underground caves and silos. Israel has several satellites in orbit - Ofeq-1 through Ofeq-5 - that were launched by Shavit space launch vehicles (SLV). The first two stages of the Shavit were Jericho II missiles. There are unconfirmed reports of an upgraded Jericho-3 missile with a range of over 3,000 kilometres.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
TERRORISM WILL COME TO CANADA
Story 1 A Russian Volcano Eruption and Story 2 Canada will get Al Quidad.
Mark 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Genesis 6:13
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
'Powerful' volcano eruption in Russia's far east Tue May 9, 6:52 AM ET MOSCOW
(AFP) - A volcano on the Kamchatka peninsula in far eastern Russia has erupted in a powerful explosion that spewed smoke and ash up to 15 kilometres (nine miles) into the air and sent red-hot lava flowing down the volcano's slopes, news agencies reported. The eruption on Tuesday posed no immediate danger to populated areas on the remote peninsula but aircraft were advised to skirt far around the vicinity while authorities said tourists and hunters should not approach any closer than 20 kilometres (12 miles) to the volcano, ITAR-TASS said.
A massive cloud from the eruption was blowing east over the Pacific Ocean at an altitude of around eight kilometers (five miles) and had already spread over a distance of up to 700 kilometers (435 miles), the agency said, quoting experts at the Russian Academy of Sciences. The volcano, known by the name of No Name, sits amid a group of 28 volcanos in the central portion of the Kamchatka peninsula and is the most active among them, erupting once or twice a year on average, RIA Novosti said. Ash from an eruption from the No Name volcano in 2004 was detected in the US Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska.
And in this story Yes Canada will get bombed by Osama at some point because the Bible says there will be World Violence (TERRORISM).
GENESIS 6:11:1211 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence (TERRORISM).
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;
REVELATION 3:10
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
GALATIONS 5:19-21
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1-7,13
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Al Qaeda attack on Canada 'probable': CSIS Updated Tue. May. 9 2006 11:32 PM ET Canadian Press.
OTTAWA -- While the threat from al Qaeda remains strongest overseas, a terrorist attack on Canadian soil is "now probable," the head of Canada's spy agency has quietly advised the government. In his annual report to the public safety minister, Jim Judd says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service's highest priority involved trying to prevent assaults occurring in, or originating from, Canada. The threat of further attacks by Sunni Islamic extremists and other like-minded groups continues, bringing with it elevated demands on the service's resources," says the report, which covers the year 2004-05.
A focus of the intelligence service's counter-terrorism program "was therefore the interdiction and removal" of such radicals. During the past year, Canada and Canadian interests abroad continued to be under threat from al Qaeda and its affiliated groups," Judd says. While the threat remains concentrated overseas, an attack on Canadian soil is now probable. Judd's comments represent some of the strongest language used by a senior Canadian official to date in characterizing the threat from Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network.
A declassified copy of the top secret report was obtained Tuesday by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. It was delivered by hand in late November to then-public safety minister Anne McLellan, later defeated in the January election. Al Qaeda, which perpetrated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, included Canada on a list of target countries in both November 2002 and March 2004. Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan have come under repeated attack from al Qaeda and Taliban elements opposed to the new western-supported government in Kabul.
Stephen Rigby, acting national security adviser to Prime Minister Harper, said Tuesday the government ismaintaining "a very high degree of vigilance" with respect to al Qaeda. We're just trying to increase the level of sophistication as to how we refine that consideration of the threat, where it might come, how it might come," Rigby said after speaking to a conference on national security. For instance, federal officials pay "a lot more" attention to the possibility of a strike on transit systems following the deadly terrorist assaults on commuters in Madrid and London, he said.
That extends to closely examining the explosive devices used by extremists in these attacks. We study those, and we sort of consider various scenarios in which they might be used in Canada," Rigby said. "We try to develop the most refined threat scenarios that we can. Rigby said, however, that Canadian officials have "no specific evidence" of a plot at this time. Transport Canada's John Forster told the meeting, sponsored by the Conference Board of Canada, that transportation systems have figured in one way or another in almost every major terrorist attack during the last 30 years. So, unfortunately, there's no reason to believe that this troubling reality will change," said Forster.
One concern is that terrorists might set off a "dirty bomb" - a conventional explosive laced with radiological material that could contaminate several city blocks. Judd's report says the spy service's counter-proliferation branch, which tries to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction, "continued to investigate Shiite and state-sponsored terrorism," as well as the activities of certain unnamed foreign governments. The report also stresses the service's involvement in security screening, namely the vetting of visitors to Canada, refugee claimants, immigrants, prospective citizens and employees who work at sensitive government jobs and installations such as nuclear plants and airports.
Mark 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Genesis 6:13
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
'Powerful' volcano eruption in Russia's far east Tue May 9, 6:52 AM ET MOSCOW
(AFP) - A volcano on the Kamchatka peninsula in far eastern Russia has erupted in a powerful explosion that spewed smoke and ash up to 15 kilometres (nine miles) into the air and sent red-hot lava flowing down the volcano's slopes, news agencies reported. The eruption on Tuesday posed no immediate danger to populated areas on the remote peninsula but aircraft were advised to skirt far around the vicinity while authorities said tourists and hunters should not approach any closer than 20 kilometres (12 miles) to the volcano, ITAR-TASS said.
A massive cloud from the eruption was blowing east over the Pacific Ocean at an altitude of around eight kilometers (five miles) and had already spread over a distance of up to 700 kilometers (435 miles), the agency said, quoting experts at the Russian Academy of Sciences. The volcano, known by the name of No Name, sits amid a group of 28 volcanos in the central portion of the Kamchatka peninsula and is the most active among them, erupting once or twice a year on average, RIA Novosti said. Ash from an eruption from the No Name volcano in 2004 was detected in the US Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska.
And in this story Yes Canada will get bombed by Osama at some point because the Bible says there will be World Violence (TERRORISM).
GENESIS 6:11:1211 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence (TERRORISM).
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;
REVELATION 3:10
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
GALATIONS 5:19-21
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1-7,13
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Al Qaeda attack on Canada 'probable': CSIS Updated Tue. May. 9 2006 11:32 PM ET Canadian Press.
OTTAWA -- While the threat from al Qaeda remains strongest overseas, a terrorist attack on Canadian soil is "now probable," the head of Canada's spy agency has quietly advised the government. In his annual report to the public safety minister, Jim Judd says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service's highest priority involved trying to prevent assaults occurring in, or originating from, Canada. The threat of further attacks by Sunni Islamic extremists and other like-minded groups continues, bringing with it elevated demands on the service's resources," says the report, which covers the year 2004-05.
A focus of the intelligence service's counter-terrorism program "was therefore the interdiction and removal" of such radicals. During the past year, Canada and Canadian interests abroad continued to be under threat from al Qaeda and its affiliated groups," Judd says. While the threat remains concentrated overseas, an attack on Canadian soil is now probable. Judd's comments represent some of the strongest language used by a senior Canadian official to date in characterizing the threat from Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network.
A declassified copy of the top secret report was obtained Tuesday by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. It was delivered by hand in late November to then-public safety minister Anne McLellan, later defeated in the January election. Al Qaeda, which perpetrated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, included Canada on a list of target countries in both November 2002 and March 2004. Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan have come under repeated attack from al Qaeda and Taliban elements opposed to the new western-supported government in Kabul.
Stephen Rigby, acting national security adviser to Prime Minister Harper, said Tuesday the government ismaintaining "a very high degree of vigilance" with respect to al Qaeda. We're just trying to increase the level of sophistication as to how we refine that consideration of the threat, where it might come, how it might come," Rigby said after speaking to a conference on national security. For instance, federal officials pay "a lot more" attention to the possibility of a strike on transit systems following the deadly terrorist assaults on commuters in Madrid and London, he said.
That extends to closely examining the explosive devices used by extremists in these attacks. We study those, and we sort of consider various scenarios in which they might be used in Canada," Rigby said. "We try to develop the most refined threat scenarios that we can. Rigby said, however, that Canadian officials have "no specific evidence" of a plot at this time. Transport Canada's John Forster told the meeting, sponsored by the Conference Board of Canada, that transportation systems have figured in one way or another in almost every major terrorist attack during the last 30 years. So, unfortunately, there's no reason to believe that this troubling reality will change," said Forster.
One concern is that terrorists might set off a "dirty bomb" - a conventional explosive laced with radiological material that could contaminate several city blocks. Judd's report says the spy service's counter-proliferation branch, which tries to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction, "continued to investigate Shiite and state-sponsored terrorism," as well as the activities of certain unnamed foreign governments. The report also stresses the service's involvement in security screening, namely the vetting of visitors to Canada, refugee claimants, immigrants, prospective citizens and employees who work at sensitive government jobs and installations such as nuclear plants and airports.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
FLORIDA FIRES
In Story 1 WE see Fires destroying Florida, like the Bible says 1/3 of all trees and green grass will be burned. And in Story 2 we see Iran getting flooded (The sea and waves Raging). MENS HEARTS FRIGHTENED OF THE STORMS COMING ON THE EARTH.
Crews Continue To Battle Florida Fires A forecaster says a bit of rain falling in Florida "may temporarily improve the situation" for firefighters.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- But the National Weather Service forecaster says the rain likely won't bring long-term help in stamping out dozens of brush fires that have burned more than eight-thousand acres. A spokeswoman for New Smyrna Beach says the region needs "a tremendous amount of rain to get back to normal. Despite the work of more than a hundred
firefighters, at least one house is gone and a thousand people have been chased out.
Rita McSweeney says she could see a black, black sky lit by "fire engine red" flames before she fled her Florida home. Another evacuee, Edward Beazley, tells the Daytona Beach News-Dispatch that many New Smyrna Beach neighbors left lawn sprinklers running before getting away from the brush fires. Parts of I-95 have been closed off-and-on because of thick
smoke. The highway reopened early Tuesday in Brevard and Volusia Counties. Authorities blame the smoke for a five-vehicle crash Sunday that killed two people.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) At least 14 dead in Iranian
floods Tue May 9, 1:25 PM ET TEHRAN
(AFP) - At least 14 people have reportedly drowned in flooding following torrential rains in northwestern Iran's Ardebil province. So far 14 people have been killed in the floods, three bodies have been retrieved, but the search is going on for the rest," a local official, Malek Jafarzadeh, was quoted by the state news agency IRNA as saying.
State television had reported that some 700 homes were seriously damaged or destroyed and some 9,000 livestock perished as a result of heavy rains which began Monday. With around 8,000 hectares of farmland also washed away, the cost of the damage has been put at around 150 billion rials (16 million dollars).
Crews Continue To Battle Florida Fires A forecaster says a bit of rain falling in Florida "may temporarily improve the situation" for firefighters.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- But the National Weather Service forecaster says the rain likely won't bring long-term help in stamping out dozens of brush fires that have burned more than eight-thousand acres. A spokeswoman for New Smyrna Beach says the region needs "a tremendous amount of rain to get back to normal. Despite the work of more than a hundred
firefighters, at least one house is gone and a thousand people have been chased out.
Rita McSweeney says she could see a black, black sky lit by "fire engine red" flames before she fled her Florida home. Another evacuee, Edward Beazley, tells the Daytona Beach News-Dispatch that many New Smyrna Beach neighbors left lawn sprinklers running before getting away from the brush fires. Parts of I-95 have been closed off-and-on because of thick
smoke. The highway reopened early Tuesday in Brevard and Volusia Counties. Authorities blame the smoke for a five-vehicle crash Sunday that killed two people.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) At least 14 dead in Iranian
floods Tue May 9, 1:25 PM ET TEHRAN
(AFP) - At least 14 people have reportedly drowned in flooding following torrential rains in northwestern Iran's Ardebil province. So far 14 people have been killed in the floods, three bodies have been retrieved, but the search is going on for the rest," a local official, Malek Jafarzadeh, was quoted by the state news agency IRNA as saying.
State television had reported that some 700 homes were seriously damaged or destroyed and some 9,000 livestock perished as a result of heavy rains which began Monday. With around 8,000 hectares of farmland also washed away, the cost of the damage has been put at around 150 billion rials (16 million dollars).
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