1-DR SAMUEL DOCTORIAN IN 1998 2ND ANGEL OF HARVEST. 2-DR DOCTORIAN,ANGEL OF ASIA. 3-Sharon's medical condition worsens. 4-Flooding in southern Ethiopia kills 125. 5-Typhoon death toll hits 255 in China. 6-Landslides, floods leave six dead, destroy eight hamlets in Philippines. 7-Katrina’ leaves 6 dead. 8-Spain May Send 700 for Lebanon Peace. 9-Fires getting under control in Spain. 10-Palestinians Talk Ceasefire, Fire Two Missiles (hypocrit Arabs). 11-Economic Outlook: EU outpacing
U.S. and Japan. 12-Lebanon truce holds. 12-Netanyahu: Switch from unilateral to mutual steps.
DR SAMUEL DOCTORIAN IN 1998 (A MIDEAST PREACH) For his complete predictions go to my links under Dr Samuel Doctorian 1998 predictions.
THE SECOND ANGEL (THE SICKLE)
Then I saw that the second angel had a sickle in his hand, such as is used in harvesting. The second angel said,Harvest time has come in Israel and the countries all the way to Iran.I saw those countries in a few split seconds. All of Turkey and those [inaudible;] countries that have refused me and refused my message of love shall hate each other and kill one another.I saw the angel raise the sickle and come down on all the Middle East countries.
I saw Iran, Persia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, all of Georgia - Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, all of Asia Minor - full of blood. I saw blood all over these countries. And I saw fire; Nuclear weapons used in many of those countries. Smoke rising from everywhere.
Sudden destruction - men destroying one another.
I heard these words, Israel, Oh Israel, the great judgment has come.The angel said, The chosen, the church, the remnant, shall be purified. The Spirit of God shall prepare the children of God. I saw fires rising to heaven. The angel said,This is the final judgment.
My church shall be purified, protected and ready for the final day. Men will die from thirst. Water shall be scarce all over the Middle East. Rivers shall dry up, and men will fight for water in those countries.The angel showed me that the United Nations shall be broken in pieces because of the crisis in the Middle East. There shall be no more United Nations. The angel with the sickle shall reap the harvest.
DR SAMUEL DOCTORIAN (FIRST ANGEL OF ASIA)
The first angel said: I have a message for all of Asia.When he said that, in a spilt few seconds, I could see all of China, India, the Asian countries like Vietnam, Laos - I've never been to those countries. I saw the Philippines, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. And then the angel showed me all of Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya and down to Australia and New Zealand.
I am the angel of Asia,he said. And in his hand I saw a tremendous trumpet that he is going to blow all over Asia. Whatever the angel said, it's going to happen with the trumpet of the Lord all over Asia. Millions are going to hear the mighty voice of the Lord.
Then the angel said, There shall be disaster, starvation - many will die from hunger. Strong winds will be looked like has never happened before. A great part shall be shaken and destroyed. Earthquakes will take place all over Asia and the sea will cover the earth.
I saw this on June 20. Today is August 16. A few weeks ago I heard the news of villages completely wiped out and washed into the sea in Papua New Guinea. Thousand of lives in great jeopardy. That happened a few weeks ago, and the angel told me it is going to happen all over Asia. The earth will fall into the sea, I heard the angel say, part of Australia will be shaken. Australia will be divided, and a great part will go under the ocean. This was frightening - I wondered whether I was hearing right. But the angel said,Millions will die in China and in India. Nation will be against nation, brother against brother. Asians will fight each other.
Nuclear weapons
shall be used, killing millions. Twice I heard the words, Catastrophic! Catastrophic! then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.
I was trembling while the angel was speaking. Then he looked at me and smiled and said, There shall be the greatest spiritual awakening - bondage will be broken. Barriers will be removed. And all over Asia - China - India - people will turn to Christ. In Australia there shall be tremendous revival. I heard the angel of Asia say, It is the last harvest.Then as if the Lord were speaking, he said, I shall prepare My church for the return of Christ.I was happy with such good news after the message of judgment. All the time the five angels were in my room I could feel their presence - it was tremendous.
EVERYONE PRAY FOR ARIEL SHARON AND THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM. PLEASE
Aug. 14, 2006 17:58 | Updated Aug. 14, 2006 20:55
Sharon's medical condition worsens,By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH, Jerusalem Post
Former prime minister Ariel Sharon's condition, already in very serious condition at the Sheba Medical Center, has declined further, according to a rare medical bulletin issued Monday by the hospital. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of his brain produced more severe findings,while his urine function declined significantly during the last 24 hours.In addition, he has developed pneumonia in both lungs, the hospital said. Hospital Deputy Dir.-Gen. Dr. Yitzhak Zeides declined to define Sharon's condition as critical. We are calling it very serious.
When we decide to change it, we will, he said. Sharon has been attached to a blood filtration system for some two weeks since he developed an infection and his kidney function failed. His sons Omri and Gilad were not at his bedside, as they received emergency orders to go to reserve duty in Lebanon. The multi-disciplinary Sheba team taking care of the 78-year-old former prime minister decided to administer powerful antibiotics and steroids to halt the speedy decline. The hospital spokeswoman said an additional update would be forthcoming if a significant change in his health occurs.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Flooding in southern Ethiopia kills 125 By LES NEUHAUS, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 4 minutes ago
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Torrential rains spilled a river from its banks in southern Ethiopia, killing at least 125 people as it submerged five villages, knocked down grain silos and swept away cattle, a police official said Monday. The disaster came a week after 256 people drowned when heavy rains caused flooding in an eastern town. Eight days of rain have made more than 15,000 homeless in this Horn of Africa nation, and U.N. agencies say several hundred people were still missing.Zeleke Menebo, deputy police commissioner for southern Ethiopia, said Monday that the latest deaths occurred Sunday and quoted local as saying the toll could rise.He said the Omo River burst its banks in the remote Omo Valley in Ethiopia's Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Regional State. He said the waters flooded five villages, stranding thousands of people and killed 700-800 cattle.
The area is 435 miles south of Addis Ababa, with few roads or telephones to connect it to the rest of the country.Meanwhile police said the death toll from floods that hit the town of Dire Dawa, 310 miles east of Addis Ababa, on Aug. 6 had climbed to 256. Five people were also killed Wednesday by flooding in northern Ethiopia after heavy rains.
Typhoon death toll hits 255 in China Mon Aug 14, 7:41 AM ET
BEIJING (Reuters) - The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit China in half a century has risen to 255, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday. About 140 people are still missing. The death toll jumped as the southeastern province of Fujian on Monday raised the number of people killed there to 166 from about 40, Xinhua said, adding that most were fishermen from a single town.Saomai, graded a super typhoon with winds exceeding 216 km (134 miles) per hour, barrelled into Cangnan county in Zhejiang province last Thursday, flattening tens of thousands of houses, knocking out power and communications and ruining crops.
The deaths in Fujian were mostly reported in the coastal town of Shacheng, bordering Cangnan to the north, where more than 10,000 ships returned to harbour before Saomai's arrival.A lot of fishermen stayed on their boats, worrying that they might be damaged in collisions with other ships,Xinhua said. The wind was so strong that it overturned many ships and a large number of people were killed or went missing.A total of 138 people were killed and 1,350 injured in Fuding city, which covers Shacheng, Xinhua said. Bodies of 97 fishermen had been found in Shacheng by Sunday night.Hong Kong's South China Morning Post said locals feared as many as 1,000 people from the area could have died, but Xinhua said only 86 were still missing in all of Fuding and distraught relatives were still searching the waters by boat.
In neighboring Zhejiang, most of the casualties were caused by houses collapsing, Xinhua said, adding that 87 died and 52 were missing.Further inland, Saomai also killed two and left one missing in Jiangxi province.Saomai was stronger than a typhoon that killed about 5,000 in Zhejiang in August 1956, according to Chinese media.Much of south China has been repeatedly battered by typhoons and tropical storms this year, with nearly 1,000 killed by rainstorms, landslides and other disasters they brought even before Saomai hit.
Landslides, floods leave six dead, destroy eight hamlets in Philippines Mon Aug 14, 5:26 AM ET
PAGADIAN, Philippines (AFP) - Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rain have killed at least six people and destroyed eight villages in the southern Philippines, displacing thousands of residents. The worst-hit areas were on the southern island of Mindanao where flash floods, mudslides and unusually high tides destroyed bridges, villages and farmland in three provinces on Monday.Just outside the town of Aurora a bus with 38 people aboard was washed into a ravine by floodwaters but luckily no one was killed.Town mayor Enrique Cabahug told AFP the passengers climbed to safety with only seven people being injured. They were very lucky,he said.Zamboanga del Sur governor Aurora Cerilles said seven municipalities and the provincial capital Pagadian had been hit by mudslides, flash floods and sudden rise of tides in coastal villages.
He said at least six people were killed when mudslides swept through villages.So far we have recovered five bodies and are looking for a child,he told AFP.One pregnent woman was killed when the Roman Catholic chapel in which she had sought shelter with her family was swept away by mud.Boulders and loose earth rolled down the mountainside along a 10-kilometer (six-mile) stretch of coastal highway between Kapatagan and Pagadian on the Moro Gulf side of the island, provincial disaster relief officials said here.
The landslides cut off parts of the highway and residents fled to a government shelter in Kapatagan, they added.The southern and central Philippines have been hit by a spate of bad weather this month, with huge waves inundating coastal areas, destroying more than 1,200 homes. Six people were killed in a recent landslide.
Katrina leaves 6 dead
The Philippine Star 08/15/2006
Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy rains have killed at least six people and destroyed eight villages in Mindanao, displacing thousands of residents, rescuers said yesterday. A new tropical storm sighted east of Luzon is expected to intensify the monsoon rains over the next two days, weather forecasters said. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said tropical storm Katrina intensified as it moved east-northeast away from the country. The worst-hit areas were in Mindanao where flash floods, mudslides and unusually high tides destroyed bridges, villages and farmland in three provinces.
Just outside the town of Aurora in Zamboanga del Sur, a bus with 38 people was washed into a ravine by floodwaters but no one was killed, according to one report. Mayor Enrique Cabahug said the passengers climbed to safety with only seven people being injured. They were very lucky, he said. However, another report said three people were killed and seven others injured when two passenger buses, both owned by Rural Transit Inc., were swept away by a landslide as the vehicles were traversing a narrow mountain road in Barangay Anonang in Aurora at 6 p.m. Sunday. The bus with body number 1546, in which the three fatalities were riding, was buried by mud. The other bus fell a few meters from the side of the road. The report identified the fatalities as Delma Alam, reportedly a postmaster from Tungawan town in Zamboanga Sibugay; Felicitas Guyab and a still unidentified person whose gender was not indicated in the report.
Rescue teams from Iligan City and nearby cities and provinces immediately rushed to Anonang to assist in the rescue effort and clear the mountain road of debris using heavy equipment sent by the Aurora municipal government and the provincial government.
Zamboanga del Sur Gov. Aurora Cerilles said seven municipalities and the provincial capital Pagadian had been hit by mudslides, flash floods and sudden rise of tides in coastal villages. She said at least six people were killed when mudslides swept through villages.So far we have recovered five bodies and are looking for a child,Cerilles said. One pregnant woman was killed when the Roman Catholic chapel in which she had sought shelter with her family was swept away by mud. Boulders and loose earth rolled down the mountainside along a 10-kilometer stretch of coastal highway between Kapatagan town in Lanao del Norte province and Pagadian on the Moro Gulf side of the island, provincial disaster relief officials said.
The landslides cut off parts of the highway and residents fled to a government shelter in Kapatagan, they added. Water was so deep in some neighborhoods that residents were forced to climb on top of their shanties, where they waited for hours before disaster response teams plucked them to safety, officials said. At least five people drowned or were killed in landslides in Kapatagan, said regional police commander Chief Superintendent Florante Baguio. The southern and central Philippines have been hit by a spate of bad weather this month, with huge waves inundating coastal areas, destroying more than 1,200 homes. Pagasa said Katrina was monitored 840 kilometers east of Aparri, Cagayan packing maximum center winds of 65 kilometers per hour.
Katrina was moving east northeast at 17 kph. Pagasa said while Katrina would not directly affect any part of the country, it would intensify the southwest monsoon that brings rain over western Visayas and the western sections of central and southern Luzon. Katrina was forecast to be 1,160 kilometers east northeast of Cagayan this morning.
Residents in these areas are advised to take all the necessary precautions against possible flash floods, landslides and monsoon surge,Pagasa said. The Philippines is hit by about 20 storms and typhoons a year. Lino de la Cruz, Sheila Crisostomo, AFP, AP
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
Spain May Send 700 for Lebanon Peace
Madrid, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) The Spanish government is analyzing Monday the deployment of 700 soldiers to the Lebanon, under leadership of the UN as peacekeeping forces to safeguard the cease-fire.President of the Spanish Government Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero started Sunday consultations with opposition groups Popular Party (PP) and United Left Party(IU).About this issue, IU leader Gaspar Llamazares stated his organization will support that initiative and demanded that Spanish troops do not subordinate the NATO, Great Britain, United States and other states that have intervened in the region.Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora
requested Rodriguez Zapatero that soldiers from this country be part of the 4,000-soldier contingent that the UN will deploy in that territory.
Siniora also expressed thanks for the role played by Spain to achieve the end of hostilities and negotiation by Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos in search of cease-fire and a negotiated solution.Prior, Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso stated that troops will back the UN Provisional Forces with the explanations they are pacific and neutral, and their aim is to guarantee peace.
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Fires getting under control in Spain.
La Coruna, Spain - After ten days of battling flames, firefighters in the north-western Spanish region of Galicia had managed to put out over 100 forest fires by Monday, securing most of the area, the agriculture ministry reported. Some 50 fires were still burning in Galicia but these were mostly under control and no settlements were immediately in danger, the ministry said. We're seeing the beginning of the end,said Spanish Defence Minister Jose Antonio Alonso, who had dispatched 2,000 soldiers to the region as part of the firefighting effort. Over 1,000 forest fires broke out over the past 10 days in Galicia, killing four people and destroying over 50,000 hectares of forest and brush.
Most of the fires were thought to have been ignited by arsons. A Galician government official said the fires would have been long extinguished were it not for criminals creating new blazes. Twenty-seven people have been arrested in connection with the fires, which have transformed vast tracts of woodland into charred wastelands. Tourist operators in Galicia fear that the damage is so extensive tourists may be tempted to take their business elsewhere in future. In Portugal, firefighters were still battling four fires in the north and centre of the country. A firefighter was killed in an accident on his way to the scene of a blaze.
© 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
Palestinians Talk Ceasefire, Fire Two Missiles (hypocrit Arabs)
August 14, 2006 8:00 a.m. EST,Ryan R. Jones - All Headline News Correspondent
Jerusalem, Israel (AHN) - Palestinian terrorists operating out of the Gaza Strip fired two Grad-class Katyusha missiles into Israel Monday morning, even as Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh spoke of desiring a ceasefire with Israel. Speaking to Ha'aretz, Haniyeh said his government has no qualms about negotiating with Israel,and is ready to enter into a long-term truce involving all Palestinian terror groups. He said the only reason calm had yet to take hold was Israel's policy of aggression.
But from Gaza, it was Haniyeh's constituents who continued to perpetrate violence on southern Israel, hitting the heart of the coastal town of Ashkelon and the nearby village of Netiv Ha'asara. No one was injured by the Katyushas, which scarred buildings and cars with thousands of ball bearings. Islamic Jihad, a group allied with Haniyeh's Hamas, claimed credit for the attacks.
Israel responded with a pinpoint air strike on the source of the fire, which military officials say killed the rocket crew as it returned for the launcher. Palestinians claimed the fatalities were three farmers.
Economic Outlook: EU outpacing U.S. and Japan
By Jon Nones,14 Aug 2006 at 07:49 AM
Economic growth in the 12 nations that use the euro accelerated to 2.4% in the second quarter, the European Union said Monday.
The economies of all 25 countries in the EU grew by 2.6% in the second quarter compared with the same period last year, increasing from a 2.2% growth rate during the first three months of 2006, the EU statistical agency Eurostat reported. In
quarter-on-quarter growth, both the euro area and the EU grew by 0.9% from April through June, outpacing both the U.S. at 0.6% and Japan at 0.2%.
Lebanon truce holds By Nadim Ladki
53 minutes ago
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A fragile U.N.-ordered truce took hold in Lebanon on Monday after Israel's month-long war with Hizbollah guerrillas, prompting thousands of refugees to rush back to blitzed villages in the south. Hizbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said his fighters had achieved a strategic and historic victory over Israel and that it was the wrong time to publicly discuss disarming them.He said Hizbollah would immediately begin repairing homes damaged by Israeli strikes and would pay a year's rent and other costs to help the owners of about 15,000 destroyed houses.Nasrallah chastised Lebanese politicians who had begun talking publicly about Hizbollah disarming.There is a mistake in timing, both psychologically and morally,he said, noting the destruction just meted out to Shi'ite areas of Lebanon.Nasrallah was speaking on television about 12 hours after a U.N. truce halted fighting between Hizbollah and Israel.
Ground clashes, along with Israeli air strikes and Hizbollah rocket fire, ceased after the 0500 GMT deadline, but the Israeli army said its troops had shot five Hizbollah guerrillas, killing at least one, after the truce. The troops had felt threatened.U.N.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was relieved that the cessation of hostilities appears to be generally holding.The truce prompted tens of thousands of Lebanese who had fled the fighting to head south, choking bomb-damaged roads with their cars in
spite of a warning from Israel not to return to the area. Drivers honked their horns in celebration.Ahmed Nassereddine arrived in the village of Shihabiyeh to find out that his building and petrol station had been destroyed by an Israeli air strike just 10 minutes before the truce.
PROPERTY CAN BE REPLACED
Thank God, we survived. Property can be replaced, souls can't,he said, holding back tears.In northern Israel, soldiers coming out of Lebanon were greeted with hugs and handshakes by their comrades. Streets became busier as residents emerged from homes and bomb shelters.I feel safer,said 12-year-old Johnny Wena, riding his bicycle through the streets of Metula.Israel launched the war after Hizbollah guerrillas captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid on July 12.Annan urged the sides to consolidate the halt to hostilities and move swiftly to convert it to a lasting ceasefire.The White House said disarming Hizbollah would probably require
border security arrangements in Lebanon to block arms supplies to the group from its allies, Iran and Syria.The U.N. resolution calls for a ban on arms supplies to groups in Lebanon, but does not say how it should be enforced.An Israeli military source said an air and sea blockade of Lebanon would remain until the arms embargo was implemented.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told parliament Israel would pursue Hizbollah's leaders everywhere and any time. About 1,110 people in Lebanon and 156 Israelis have been killed in the war. Israel says it killed about 530 Hizbollah fighters. Hizbollah has acknowledged only about 80 dead.
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
Thousands of Israeli troops remain in southern Lebanon. Israel has said they will not withdraw fully until an expanded U.N. peacekeeping force arrives alongside Lebanese troops. The commander of an existing U.N. force in Lebanon, Major-General Alain Pellegrini, met senior Lebanese and Israeli army officials at the border to discuss implementing the U.N. resolution on ending fighting. Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz pledged a wide and thorough investigation of the war. Opinion polls show almost all Israelis supported it, but many criticize its handling. Olmert acknowledged shortcomings in the conduct of the war and told parliament he bore full responsibility.Aid groups said they needed swift access to the south to help 100,000 people stranded south of the Litani River. There can no longer be any no-go areas in Lebanon, said David Shearer, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Lebanon.
Under the resolution adopted by the U.N. Security Council on Friday, Israeli forces must start to withdraw as U.N. peacekeepers and Lebanese soldiers are deployed in the south to keep an area between the Litani and the border free of other armed groups.
Hizbollah has said it will cooperate with the Lebanese and U.N. troops, but has not promised to withdraw its fighters or disarm even though it has accepted the U.N. resolution. The truce has not resolved many key issues including the fate of the two captured Israeli soldiers and the Shebaa Farms area which is claimed by Lebanon but occupied by Israel. (Additional reporting by Jerusalem and U.N. bureaus)
Netanyahu: Switch from unilateral to mutual steps (ynet news)
Opposition chairman tells Knesset Lebanon war proves that concept of unilateral withdrawals has collapsed Ilan Marciano Following Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's address to the Knesset plenum Monday night, chairman of the opposition Benjamin Netanyahu took the stage and delivered a compelling, if biting, speech. He recounted his efforts to help the government in its PR war, but was quick to criticize the government's policy.According to Netanyahu, There were failures in identifying the threat, in managing the war, in dealing with the homefront…There is no doubt that we must learn our lesson and correct our mistakes. We were asleep and we received a wake-up call. In 2000, we withdrew from Lebanon without guarantees and without security agreements, and this action brought about Hizbullah's speech about spider webs, which was adopted by Hamas. The resulting Intifada made us decide, out of
pain and out of good will, to withdraw unilaterally once more,Netanyahu declared.
These unilateral withdrawals deteriorate our deterrence, and lend credence to our enemies, a credence that improves their ability to bombard our cities and towns. This concept (of unilateral withdrawals) is now disappearing, and rightly so,he added.Like Olmert, Netanyahu opened his speech with condolences, noting both the harsh incidents and united Israeli spirit seen in recent days: All of our hearts skipped a beat when our soldiers went to battle to protect us and all of our hearts grieved alongside the families of fallen soldiers or the citizens who fell victim to attacks on our cities.
Ahmadinejad most bitter enemy since Hitler
Netanyahu emphasized that This is a moment of unity and a moment of self examination. I don't mean simply learning lessons from the recent conflict. I think that we need to examine our collective self as a state, based on one basic principle every living thing must do two things in order to survive: it must identify dangers and it must arm itself sufficiently to protect itself from these dangers.
Netanyahu stated the importance of nurturing military, state, economic and spiritual strength: A hundred years ago, our people did not have such capabilities. A leader, Herzl, saw the burning coals of anti-Semitism and understood that there was a threat of a fire that would threaten the Jews of Europe and eventually the Jews of the rest of the world. Today I say: we are standing before a grave danger. A new potential fire threatens our people. Not only our soldiers, citizens and economy, but our very existence. Yes, in each generation there are those that rise up seeking our destruction. But since Hitler, there has not risen such a bitter enemy as Iran's
president, Ahmadinejad, who openly declares his desire to annihilate us and his development of nuclear weapons in order to carry out this desire. Until he carries out his scheme, he is using his covert forces: in the south, Hamas, a Sunni force, and in the north, Hizbullah, a part of the Shiite arc that extends from Tehran to Lebanon, Netanyahu elaborated.
The opposition chairman praised security and rescue forces, as well as citizens in the line of fire and a third force, that came forward, the force of the entire nation…people enlisted privately…businessmen, teachers, nurses, spiritual leaders, artists, ordinary people.The nation opened their hearts and pockets and homes,he continued. In times of trouble, the people of Israel are all brothers and, in times of trouble, we must understand that the fate of one is the fate of all and that all people of Israel are responsible for one another.Regardless, Netanyahu stated that private donations would not suffice and that government intervention would be required. (08.14.06, 18:25)
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
PROPHECY THROUGH ISRAEL FIRST THEN THE CHURCH
PROPHECY THROUGH ISRAEL FIRST,THEN THE CHURCH.
The Church is grafted into Israel. GOD does prophecy through Israel first, then through the Church since we are grafted into Israel.
We can be sure that if God does miracles in Israel, miracles will happen for sure in the Churches. GOD is now intervening in World events to fulfill prophecy and fulfill the Covenant of Land with Israel Promised by GOD to ISRAEL through Abram (Name changed to Abraham),Isaac and Jacob (Name changed to Israel). First through Israel, then the Church.
GENESIS 1:14
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:(ISRAELS HOLY DAYS AND SABBATH STARTS AT 6PM) And for SIGNS (PROPHECY SIGNS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, OUR DAY)
ISAIAH 8:18
18 Behold, I (of the Church) and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.(Jerusalem)
ISAIAH 35:1-5
1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
ISAIAH 26:18
18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Like Pat Robertson said on his show the 700 club this morning Israel done all this for nothing, Israel trying to help the world and the Nations stop Israel.
Pat says-This tremendous effort, and now that its over, its a Peace treaty brokered by the United Nations under article 6 as opposed to article 7. Which means that the Peace keeping forces can not really fire on insergents such as Hezbollah. Their there as peace keepers not as a Military force.
The Church is grafted into Israel. GOD does prophecy through Israel first, then through the Church since we are grafted into Israel.
We can be sure that if God does miracles in Israel, miracles will happen for sure in the Churches. GOD is now intervening in World events to fulfill prophecy and fulfill the Covenant of Land with Israel Promised by GOD to ISRAEL through Abram (Name changed to Abraham),Isaac and Jacob (Name changed to Israel). First through Israel, then the Church.
GENESIS 1:14
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:(ISRAELS HOLY DAYS AND SABBATH STARTS AT 6PM) And for SIGNS (PROPHECY SIGNS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, OUR DAY)
ISAIAH 8:18
18 Behold, I (of the Church) and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.(Jerusalem)
ISAIAH 35:1-5
1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
ISAIAH 26:18
18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Like Pat Robertson said on his show the 700 club this morning Israel done all this for nothing, Israel trying to help the world and the Nations stop Israel.
Pat says-This tremendous effort, and now that its over, its a Peace treaty brokered by the United Nations under article 6 as opposed to article 7. Which means that the Peace keeping forces can not really fire on insergents such as Hezbollah. Their there as peace keepers not as a Military force.
Monday, August 14, 2006
UN IS DONE IRAN
1-Ahmadinejad Tells Wallace One Thing, Iranians Another. 2-Iran warns it might quit IAEA. 3-Asefi says UN Resolution against Iran was a deviation. 4-Arab League criticizes U.N. resolution. 5-Neighbors Smell Blood in Israeli Cease-Fire Acceptance. 6-Resolution 1701, death knell for UN?
I'm putting these stories on at 11PM, the ceasefire was not done till 1 AM So tomorrow ill update the new so called cease-fire. Only Israel will obey it, the Murderers will keep shooting rockets on israel I know for sure.
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines(PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
Ahmadinejad Tells Wallace One Thing, Iranians Another
By Ezra HaLevi(INN)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad explicitly called for Israel's death just days before assuring American journalist Mike Wallace that he merely wants to move the Jewish state to Germany.
Mike Wallace, the retired host of the popular 60 Minutes weekly television program, interviewed the Iranian president last week. Wallace returned from the interview describing Ahmadinejad in glowing terms and insisting he was not an anti-Semite.
The interview is set to air Sunday night.He doesn't like the United States for the reason that it's supporting the Zionist entity - he doesn't talk about Israel, Wallace told radio host Sean Hannity.
So you don't think he's an anti-Semite?” asked Hannity.
He himself, an anti-Semite, an anti-Jew?” Wallace responded. Yes,said Hannity. No, I don't,Wallace said. Asked by Hannity what Ahmadinejad meant when he called for Israel to be wiped off the map, Wallace said: Yes, he says wiped off the map, and of course I asked him over and over about that. He says in effect, It's perfectly sensible that, if there is a Holocaust - and let's buy the fact that there was a Holocaust – [we ask] where did the Holocaust take place? Did it take place in an Arab neighborhood? Did it take place in Jerusalem? No. It took place in Germany.
Then it seems to me, under those circumstances, take Israel, the Zionist entity,
he called it, ‘move it to Germany. Move it to Europe. That's where it happened.
The Iranian President himself, however, when speaking to his own people, seems to have a different sort of end of the Jewish state in mind. Ahmadinejad addressed a large crowd of Iranians just a week prior to his interview with Wallace, in which he not only led a chant of Death to Israel, but explained that he was not alone in such a pursuit.I hereby declare that this sinister regime [Israel] is the banner of Satan. It is the banner of the Great Satan,Ahmadinejad is seen saying in a speech broadcast by the Iranian News Channel (IRINN) on August 2.From the southernmost point in South America to the easternmost point in Asia, all the people are shouting a single cry. With placards in their hands and clenched fists, they shout: Death to Israel.At that point the crowd chants, Death to Israel. Death to Israel.
8/13/06 Iran warns it might quit IAEA - Speaker
Tehran, Aug 13, IRNA-Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel on Sunday warned Iran might quit the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). There will be no reason for us to remain a member of the international bodies and IAEA if our
membership is to result in our deprivation from our inalienable rights.
Haddad-Adel was commenting on a resolution passed last week by the United Nations Security Council against Iran's nuclear case. Addressing the open session of the Majlis, he expressed regret that the Europeans cancelled a negotiation they had scheduled and channeled Iran's nuclear case into another path.
Iran will not accept suspension of enrichment,the speaker said adding, The balance between rights and duties should be observed in international organizations.He stressed that rights and duties are two sides of one coin and two pans of a scale.
Asefi says UN Resolution against Iran was a deviation
Tehran, Aug 13, IRNA-Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi here Sunday urged the Europeans to revise their policy on Iran's nuclear case. The Europeans have been diverted from the main course by adopting a resolution against Iran's peaceful nuclear program last week. This diversion leaves no room for raising and discussing many issues. We have lost confidence in the Europeans and it is necessary for them to revise their policy, Asefi told reporters at his weekly press confidence. We hope the opposite side will understand that the Islamic Republic of Iran is unfamiliar with the language of threats, pressure and intimidation and that the sides can achieve better results through logic and negotiations,he added. Asked about the time Iran would respond to the package of incentives proposed by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, the spokesman said, The time of Iran's response is not the question. What is important is to create an appropriate atmosphere for this response.
Arab League criticizes U.N. resolution By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press Writer Sun Aug 13, 2:33 AM ET
CAIRO, Egypt - Arab countries criticized a U.N. Security Council resolution for not clearly labeling Israel the main aggressor in the conflict with Hezbollah, but expressed cautious hopes that an end to the monthlong conflict could be nearing. Eyptian President Hosni Mubarak was to meet Sunday with the foreign minister of Iran Hezbollah's top ally to stress that the region could not bear any more tension and push for the implementation of the U.N. resolution, a state-run Egyptian newspaper reported Saturday.The meeting comes a day before the cease-fire is to take effect at 8 a.m. Beirut time Monday (1 a.m. EDT).The Arab League criticized the U.N. Security Council for not labeling Israel as the main aggressor, but said the peace plan was the best option to halt fighting that has claimed nearly 900 lives.
The resolution is the best that can be achieved in the mean time under the unbalanced international equation, said Ahmed bin Heli, the league's assistant secretary-general.Qatar, the only Arab League member on the 15-nation Security Council, voted in favor of the resolution, which passed unanimously Friday.Jordan called the cease-fire plan a critical first step, and Turkey suggested Saturday that it could send peacekeeping troops.The plan calls for expanding the U.N. force in Lebanon and adding Lebanese soldiers to patrol a buffer zone between the Israeli military and Hezbollah guerrillas. Lebanon's Cabinet unanimously voted to accept
the plan, and Israel was expected to do the same Sunday.
Israel, however, has said it will not withdraw its troops until a strong peacekeeping mission is in place, while Hezbollah has made clear it won't stop fighting until the Israelis leave.This is the first step to stop the bloodshed which is an imperative priority, Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit said after talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. What's happening in Lebanon is
one of the repercussions of the Palestinian issue. We must revive efforts to resolve this problem.Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said his country will look very favorably toward sending peacekeepers to Lebanon after a full cease-fire is achieved.Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit urged Israel to acknowledge the international will by calling an immediate end to the attacks and pulling out of Lebanon.
Israel now should be committed and show total commitment by (announcing) an immediate cease-fire so that the elements of political settlement — which were reached after a big effort and after a heavy price was paid by the families and
civilians — can take place,he said.He also demanded investigations into massacres by Israeli forces during the war. AP correspondent Dale Gavlak in Amman, Jordan, contributed to this report.
Neighbors Smell Blood in Israeli Cease-Fire Acceptance
By Ezra HaLevi(INN)
Arabs and Muslims from Iran, Hizbullah and the PA are celebrating Israel’s acceptance of the UN ceasefire, dubbing it a surrender and calling on Arab states to attack the new weak Israel. After one month of war against Lebanon's resistance, Israelis are the absolute losers and Hizbullah is the absolute winner of the war,Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamida-Reza Asefi said Sunday.
The occupiers of Jerusalem failed, despite their military, economic, intelligence and diplomatic backings.The Iranian official said the Islamic Republic of Iran is very pleased with the ceasefire, according to state-run Iranian news agency IRNA. He warned, though, that attacks on Israel would continue as long as occupation lingers.He declined to outline whether occupation included retaining sovereignty in regions such as the Galilee which Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah has termed settlements in his wartime addresses.
Let us not forget that as long as there is occupation there is resistance, he added.Hizbullah central council member Ahmed Barakat told Qatari newspaper al-Watan Sunday, Today Arab and Muslim society is reasonably certain that the defeat of Israel is possible, and that countdown to the disappearance of the Zionist entity in the region has begun… If a mere organization succeeded in defeating Israel, why would Arab nations not succeed in doing so if they allied? Many Arabs and Muslims viewed Israel in a fictional way and the resistance has succeeded in changing this.
Barakat boasted that none of Hizbullah’s leadership were injured, and that the group still possesses thousands of rockets and other surprises for use in the days following the implementation of the UN ceasefire. He added that the remaining missiles and weapons allow Hizbullah to strike Israel from afar and do not require the group to be near Israel’s border.Photos of Hizbullah-leader Hassan Nasrallah hang everywhere in Ramallah,according to Al-Jazeera, covering the walls and shop fronts and plastered across T-shirts and demonstration banners.The number-one song in Ramallah this summer, blaring [repeatedly] out of shops and streets stalls,is
The Eagle of Lebanon, referring to the Hizbullah chief.
Secularists, Christians and Muslims alike refer to the Hizbullah leader as Palestine's newest and truest hero, the Al-Jazeera report states. Back at Manara square in Ramallah, Waleed Ayyoub is still selling the Nasrallah images to all people of all ages even little children. He is especially proud of a sale made to an Arab-Israeli woman from Haifa, fleeing the Katyusha attacks on her city.
Tehran Times Opinion Column, Aug. 14, By Hassan Hanizadeh
Resolution 1701, death knell for UN?
TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) -- On Saturday, a group of Iranian university students carried the coffin of the United Nations in a symbolic funeral procession in front of the UN office in Tehran. This protest actually arose from the depths of the hearts of the world’s nations because the UN Security Council’s support of Israel during the Zionist regime’s one-month assault on the Lebanese nation has brought the credibility of the international body into question.The Security Council, which has become a puppet in the hands of the major powers, has proven that it has lost the legitimacy required to resolve major international crises and that its resolutions are not worthy of being implemented. Resolution 1701, which was issued after a one-month delay, will exacerbate regional crises rather than help resolve the situation in Lebanon. The recent resolution will also pave the way for Israel to continue its atrocities against the Lebanese and Palestinian nations.Resolution 1701 not only fails to mention the Zionists’ savage attack on the defenseless Lebanese nation but also does not set a deadline for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon.
In fact, the resolution has stipulated that the Zionists can determine when the war should end, although it is the duty of the Security Council to call on both sides to put an end to all military operations within 24 hours. Another issue neglected in Resolution 1701 is the need to establish a fact-finding committee to assess the damage inflicted on Lebanon, identify the aggressor, and supervise the unconditional withdrawal of the Israeli army from southern Lebanon.
Although the resolution was drafted under the pressure of the United States, Britain, and the Zionist lobby, some 48 hours after it was issued, the Israeli army expanded its military operations and killed dozens of civilians during an attack on residential areas in Lebanon.
This situation could eventually change global criteria, such that instead of moving toward universal respect for international law, the world will move toward the law of the jungle, according to which might makes right and the strong annihilate the weak. The surprising performance of the Security Council in authorizing the possessors of weapons of mass destruction to use all necessary action and even force creates a nightmare scenario for humanity and is a harbinger of global chaos. During the past month, the world witnessed the inefficient performance of the Security Council, the repercussions of which will primarily affect the major powers.
The UN’s actions will cause the current wave of terrorism to swell. Every terrorist group will feel emboldened to take unilateral measures in the absence of the instruments necessary to confront aggressors.Although it is not yet clear if the detention of a number of suspects on charges of plotting to bomb British planes is a plot hatched by Scotland Yard, it still serves as a serious warning for the West.
And no power will be able to quell the danger, because when Muslims feel that international organizations are under the influence of the major powers, they become frustrated, and this frustration will lead to the formation of underground movements bent on taking revenge on the West.Therefore, if the United Nations fails to take immediate measures to redeem itself and restore its lost credibility, the world will undoubtedly experience grievous incidents in the future that will affect global peace and security more than anytime in history.
I'm putting these stories on at 11PM, the ceasefire was not done till 1 AM So tomorrow ill update the new so called cease-fire. Only Israel will obey it, the Murderers will keep shooting rockets on israel I know for sure.
EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW)and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY)of the north quarters, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines(PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
Ahmadinejad Tells Wallace One Thing, Iranians Another
By Ezra HaLevi(INN)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad explicitly called for Israel's death just days before assuring American journalist Mike Wallace that he merely wants to move the Jewish state to Germany.
Mike Wallace, the retired host of the popular 60 Minutes weekly television program, interviewed the Iranian president last week. Wallace returned from the interview describing Ahmadinejad in glowing terms and insisting he was not an anti-Semite.
The interview is set to air Sunday night.He doesn't like the United States for the reason that it's supporting the Zionist entity - he doesn't talk about Israel, Wallace told radio host Sean Hannity.
So you don't think he's an anti-Semite?” asked Hannity.
He himself, an anti-Semite, an anti-Jew?” Wallace responded. Yes,said Hannity. No, I don't,Wallace said. Asked by Hannity what Ahmadinejad meant when he called for Israel to be wiped off the map, Wallace said: Yes, he says wiped off the map, and of course I asked him over and over about that. He says in effect, It's perfectly sensible that, if there is a Holocaust - and let's buy the fact that there was a Holocaust – [we ask] where did the Holocaust take place? Did it take place in an Arab neighborhood? Did it take place in Jerusalem? No. It took place in Germany.
Then it seems to me, under those circumstances, take Israel, the Zionist entity,
he called it, ‘move it to Germany. Move it to Europe. That's where it happened.
The Iranian President himself, however, when speaking to his own people, seems to have a different sort of end of the Jewish state in mind. Ahmadinejad addressed a large crowd of Iranians just a week prior to his interview with Wallace, in which he not only led a chant of Death to Israel, but explained that he was not alone in such a pursuit.I hereby declare that this sinister regime [Israel] is the banner of Satan. It is the banner of the Great Satan,Ahmadinejad is seen saying in a speech broadcast by the Iranian News Channel (IRINN) on August 2.From the southernmost point in South America to the easternmost point in Asia, all the people are shouting a single cry. With placards in their hands and clenched fists, they shout: Death to Israel.At that point the crowd chants, Death to Israel. Death to Israel.
8/13/06 Iran warns it might quit IAEA - Speaker
Tehran, Aug 13, IRNA-Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel on Sunday warned Iran might quit the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). There will be no reason for us to remain a member of the international bodies and IAEA if our
membership is to result in our deprivation from our inalienable rights.
Haddad-Adel was commenting on a resolution passed last week by the United Nations Security Council against Iran's nuclear case. Addressing the open session of the Majlis, he expressed regret that the Europeans cancelled a negotiation they had scheduled and channeled Iran's nuclear case into another path.
Iran will not accept suspension of enrichment,the speaker said adding, The balance between rights and duties should be observed in international organizations.He stressed that rights and duties are two sides of one coin and two pans of a scale.
Asefi says UN Resolution against Iran was a deviation
Tehran, Aug 13, IRNA-Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi here Sunday urged the Europeans to revise their policy on Iran's nuclear case. The Europeans have been diverted from the main course by adopting a resolution against Iran's peaceful nuclear program last week. This diversion leaves no room for raising and discussing many issues. We have lost confidence in the Europeans and it is necessary for them to revise their policy, Asefi told reporters at his weekly press confidence. We hope the opposite side will understand that the Islamic Republic of Iran is unfamiliar with the language of threats, pressure and intimidation and that the sides can achieve better results through logic and negotiations,he added. Asked about the time Iran would respond to the package of incentives proposed by the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, the spokesman said, The time of Iran's response is not the question. What is important is to create an appropriate atmosphere for this response.
Arab League criticizes U.N. resolution By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press Writer Sun Aug 13, 2:33 AM ET
CAIRO, Egypt - Arab countries criticized a U.N. Security Council resolution for not clearly labeling Israel the main aggressor in the conflict with Hezbollah, but expressed cautious hopes that an end to the monthlong conflict could be nearing. Eyptian President Hosni Mubarak was to meet Sunday with the foreign minister of Iran Hezbollah's top ally to stress that the region could not bear any more tension and push for the implementation of the U.N. resolution, a state-run Egyptian newspaper reported Saturday.The meeting comes a day before the cease-fire is to take effect at 8 a.m. Beirut time Monday (1 a.m. EDT).The Arab League criticized the U.N. Security Council for not labeling Israel as the main aggressor, but said the peace plan was the best option to halt fighting that has claimed nearly 900 lives.
The resolution is the best that can be achieved in the mean time under the unbalanced international equation, said Ahmed bin Heli, the league's assistant secretary-general.Qatar, the only Arab League member on the 15-nation Security Council, voted in favor of the resolution, which passed unanimously Friday.Jordan called the cease-fire plan a critical first step, and Turkey suggested Saturday that it could send peacekeeping troops.The plan calls for expanding the U.N. force in Lebanon and adding Lebanese soldiers to patrol a buffer zone between the Israeli military and Hezbollah guerrillas. Lebanon's Cabinet unanimously voted to accept
the plan, and Israel was expected to do the same Sunday.
Israel, however, has said it will not withdraw its troops until a strong peacekeeping mission is in place, while Hezbollah has made clear it won't stop fighting until the Israelis leave.This is the first step to stop the bloodshed which is an imperative priority, Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit said after talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. What's happening in Lebanon is
one of the repercussions of the Palestinian issue. We must revive efforts to resolve this problem.Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said his country will look very favorably toward sending peacekeepers to Lebanon after a full cease-fire is achieved.Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit urged Israel to acknowledge the international will by calling an immediate end to the attacks and pulling out of Lebanon.
Israel now should be committed and show total commitment by (announcing) an immediate cease-fire so that the elements of political settlement — which were reached after a big effort and after a heavy price was paid by the families and
civilians — can take place,he said.He also demanded investigations into massacres by Israeli forces during the war. AP correspondent Dale Gavlak in Amman, Jordan, contributed to this report.
Neighbors Smell Blood in Israeli Cease-Fire Acceptance
By Ezra HaLevi(INN)
Arabs and Muslims from Iran, Hizbullah and the PA are celebrating Israel’s acceptance of the UN ceasefire, dubbing it a surrender and calling on Arab states to attack the new weak Israel. After one month of war against Lebanon's resistance, Israelis are the absolute losers and Hizbullah is the absolute winner of the war,Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamida-Reza Asefi said Sunday.
The occupiers of Jerusalem failed, despite their military, economic, intelligence and diplomatic backings.The Iranian official said the Islamic Republic of Iran is very pleased with the ceasefire, according to state-run Iranian news agency IRNA. He warned, though, that attacks on Israel would continue as long as occupation lingers.He declined to outline whether occupation included retaining sovereignty in regions such as the Galilee which Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah has termed settlements in his wartime addresses.
Let us not forget that as long as there is occupation there is resistance, he added.Hizbullah central council member Ahmed Barakat told Qatari newspaper al-Watan Sunday, Today Arab and Muslim society is reasonably certain that the defeat of Israel is possible, and that countdown to the disappearance of the Zionist entity in the region has begun… If a mere organization succeeded in defeating Israel, why would Arab nations not succeed in doing so if they allied? Many Arabs and Muslims viewed Israel in a fictional way and the resistance has succeeded in changing this.
Barakat boasted that none of Hizbullah’s leadership were injured, and that the group still possesses thousands of rockets and other surprises for use in the days following the implementation of the UN ceasefire. He added that the remaining missiles and weapons allow Hizbullah to strike Israel from afar and do not require the group to be near Israel’s border.Photos of Hizbullah-leader Hassan Nasrallah hang everywhere in Ramallah,according to Al-Jazeera, covering the walls and shop fronts and plastered across T-shirts and demonstration banners.The number-one song in Ramallah this summer, blaring [repeatedly] out of shops and streets stalls,is
The Eagle of Lebanon, referring to the Hizbullah chief.
Secularists, Christians and Muslims alike refer to the Hizbullah leader as Palestine's newest and truest hero, the Al-Jazeera report states. Back at Manara square in Ramallah, Waleed Ayyoub is still selling the Nasrallah images to all people of all ages even little children. He is especially proud of a sale made to an Arab-Israeli woman from Haifa, fleeing the Katyusha attacks on her city.
Tehran Times Opinion Column, Aug. 14, By Hassan Hanizadeh
Resolution 1701, death knell for UN?
TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) -- On Saturday, a group of Iranian university students carried the coffin of the United Nations in a symbolic funeral procession in front of the UN office in Tehran. This protest actually arose from the depths of the hearts of the world’s nations because the UN Security Council’s support of Israel during the Zionist regime’s one-month assault on the Lebanese nation has brought the credibility of the international body into question.The Security Council, which has become a puppet in the hands of the major powers, has proven that it has lost the legitimacy required to resolve major international crises and that its resolutions are not worthy of being implemented. Resolution 1701, which was issued after a one-month delay, will exacerbate regional crises rather than help resolve the situation in Lebanon. The recent resolution will also pave the way for Israel to continue its atrocities against the Lebanese and Palestinian nations.Resolution 1701 not only fails to mention the Zionists’ savage attack on the defenseless Lebanese nation but also does not set a deadline for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon.
In fact, the resolution has stipulated that the Zionists can determine when the war should end, although it is the duty of the Security Council to call on both sides to put an end to all military operations within 24 hours. Another issue neglected in Resolution 1701 is the need to establish a fact-finding committee to assess the damage inflicted on Lebanon, identify the aggressor, and supervise the unconditional withdrawal of the Israeli army from southern Lebanon.
Although the resolution was drafted under the pressure of the United States, Britain, and the Zionist lobby, some 48 hours after it was issued, the Israeli army expanded its military operations and killed dozens of civilians during an attack on residential areas in Lebanon.
This situation could eventually change global criteria, such that instead of moving toward universal respect for international law, the world will move toward the law of the jungle, according to which might makes right and the strong annihilate the weak. The surprising performance of the Security Council in authorizing the possessors of weapons of mass destruction to use all necessary action and even force creates a nightmare scenario for humanity and is a harbinger of global chaos. During the past month, the world witnessed the inefficient performance of the Security Council, the repercussions of which will primarily affect the major powers.
The UN’s actions will cause the current wave of terrorism to swell. Every terrorist group will feel emboldened to take unilateral measures in the absence of the instruments necessary to confront aggressors.Although it is not yet clear if the detention of a number of suspects on charges of plotting to bomb British planes is a plot hatched by Scotland Yard, it still serves as a serious warning for the West.
And no power will be able to quell the danger, because when Muslims feel that international organizations are under the influence of the major powers, they become frustrated, and this frustration will lead to the formation of underground movements bent on taking revenge on the West.Therefore, if the United Nations fails to take immediate measures to redeem itself and restore its lost credibility, the world will undoubtedly experience grievous incidents in the future that will affect global peace and security more than anytime in history.
ISRAEL APPROVES END OF FIGHTING
1-Moderate earthquake shakes Indonesia's Aceh. 2-Sharp earthquake rattles central New Zealand. 3-Moderate quake jolts northeast India. 4-Philippine volcano spews hot gas, debris. 5-Israel approves UN call to end fighting. 6-Egypt welcomes UN resolution on Lebanon, urging immediate ceasefire. 7-Iran says disarming Lebanese Hizbollah illogical.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Moderate earthquake shakes Indonesia's Aceh Sun Aug 13, 6:42 AM ET
JAKARTA (AFP) - A moderate 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted the Indonesian province of Aceh but caused no damage or casualties.The quake, centered 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) under the ocean floor and 73 kilometers northwest of Aceh capital Banda Aceh, struck at 03:46 pm (0846 GMT), said Fauzi from the meteorology agency's headquarters Sunday.The quake was moderately felt in Banda Aceh, he said.A resident told ElShinta radio that the quake was unusual as she heard loud thumping sounds, but it caused little panic among other residents.
Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where continental plates meet causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity, was the nation worst hit by the December 2004 Asian tsunami.Some 168,000 people were killed in Aceh province when a 9.3-magnitude quake unleashed massive walls of water that reached 11 Indian Ocean nations, killing a total of 220,000 people.
Sharp earthquake rattles central New Zealand Sun Aug 13, 5:58 AM ET
NELSON, New Zealand (AFP) - A moderate earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale rattled central New Zealand, but there were no reports of damage or injury.The earthquake was centred 100 kilometres (62 miles) deep and about 80 kilometres southeast of Nelson in the upper south island, the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences said Sunday.The sparsely populated area is prone to earthquakes, and three people were killed in a 1968 tremor measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale.
Moderate quake jolts northeast India, no damage Sun Aug 13, 1:31 AM ET
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake shook areas along India's northeastern border with Bangladesh early on Sunday, but there were no reports of damage or casualties, the Indian Meteorological Department said. Officials said the 5.0 magnitude quake was recorded at 2:16 a.m. (2046 GMT), with the epicentre in Karimganj district -- 300 km (185 miles) south of Guwahati, the main city in the northeastern Indian state of Assam.(Additional reporting by Biswajyoti Das in GUWAHATI)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Philippine volcano spews hot gas, debris By TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 26 minutes ago
LEGAZPI, Philippines - Searing gas and debris raced down the slope of the Mayon volcano in the Philippines this weekend, a development that showed the volcano has entered a much more threatening cycle, a scientist said. The burst of pyroclastic flow Saturday marked the first time Mayon shot out fast-moving hot gas and rock fragments after weeks of showing signs of a major eruption, volcanologist Ed Laguerta said Sunday.This is really the dangerous phase,said Laguerta. We're not worried much with lava flows because they're slow moving, but pyroclastic flows travel at such high velocity and could destroy almost everything in its path.
Blistering gas and volcanic debris can travel 40 mph or more per hour, he said.Mayon continued to show signs of restiveness Sunday, emitting abnormally high levels of sulfuric dioxide and puffing ash at least six times.Mayon, a popular tourist attraction because of its nearly perfect conical shape, is one of the Philippines' 22 active volcanos. It is located 210 miles southeast of Manila on Luzon island.The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology predicted more pyroclastic flows in the next few days and urged villagers not to venture into an extended danger zone around the volcano. Volcanologists have been saying the 8,077-foot Mayon may be gearing up for an explosive eruption.Authorities have ordered the mandatory evacuation of people within the volcano's danger zone, and nearly 45,000 people have been moved to 27 temporary shelters, mostly school buildings in Albay province.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Saturday visited villagers in shelters. She ordered officials to speed up efforts to improve conditions at overcrowded evacuation centers and ensure adequate food and medicine.The volcano's most violent eruption in 1814 killed more than 1,200 people, many of whom sought shelter in a church that was buried by lava.
Israel approves UN call to end fighting 2 hours, 15 minutes ago
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's cabinet on Sunday approved a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities with Hizbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, a political source said. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan had said the prime ministers of Israel and Lebanon agreed the fighting would end on Monday at 8 a.m. (0500 GMT).
Olmert had urged the cabinet to accept the U.N. resolution.All but one of the cabinet voted for the resolution that was approved by the Security Council on Friday to end a month-old war that has killed over 1,060 people in Lebanon and 140 Israelis. Shaul Mofaz, the former defense minister, abstained.
The resolution envisages a phased withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon when violence subsides and deployment of 15,000 Lebanese troops and 15,000 U.N. peacekeepers.Hostilities began on July 12 when Hizbollah guerrillas captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight in a cross-border raid, then unleashed rocket fire at northern Israel after Israel launched an aerial offensive in Lebanon.Despite the resolution, Israel has expanded its offensive in south Lebanon, tripling its forces there on Saturday in a bid to wipe out Hizbollah rocket launch sites before the ceasefire takes effect.Nearly 30,000 troops were operating against Hizbollah targets in southern Lebanon on Sunday.
Leaders agree to UN truce timing
An estimated 30,000 Israeli troops are now in Lebanon A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah will come into force at 0500 GMT on Monday, the UN Secretary General has said. Kofi Annan announced the timing after discussions with the prime ministers of Lebanon and Israel. However, Israel is likely to continue operations in Lebanon on Sunday in an effort to clear the south of Hezbollah. Nineteen Israeli soldiers were killed on Saturday, and five on a helicopter downed by Hezbollah are feared dead.
Hezbollah's leader has said his group would abide by the ceasefire plan agreed unanimously at the UN Security Council on Friday.
However, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said on TV that Hezbollah would continue fighting as long as Israeli soldiers remained in Lebanon.
Lebanon has now also approved the UN resolution, which calls for a full cessation of hostilities, although Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said the government had some reservations. Lebanese officials said that after the truce only Lebanese forces would be authorised to carry weapons in southern Lebanon. Mr Siniora said the area south of the Litani River, beyond which Hezbollah is expected to withdraw under the terms of the agreement, should be demilitarised. There won't be any weapons in the country starting from the area which is the zone, which will be south of the Litani. There won't be any weapons other than the weapons of the central government.
Fighting goes on
Announcing the agreed terms of the ceasefire, Kofi Annan said he was very happy, but added that preferably, the fighting should stop now.He insisted that the UN would work with the Lebanese and Israeli governments to ensure the ceasefire held. The Security Council emphasises the need for an end of violence, but at the same time emphasises the need to address urgently the causes that have given rise to the current crisis Israel expanded its military operation on Saturday as the clock ticked towards the implementation of the agreement, tripling the number of troops in southern Lebanon. Some Israeli estimates put the number of Israeli troops now in southern Lebanon at 30,000. Some Israeli troops have reached the key target of the Litani River, the army says, but 19 Israeli soldiers were killed and more than 70 wounded in the fighting on Saturday. It was Israel's highest number of casualties in a single day since the conflict began.
Israeli jets hit a string of targets in Lebanon on Saturday, saying it killed some 40 Hezbollah fighters. There were heavy clashes elsewhere in the country, and reports from Lebanese sources that some 15 civilians were killed in an air strike. Israel also confirmed a helicopter had been shot down in southern Lebanon, the first such loss to hostile fire in the conflict. It says a crew of five were on board, and all are reported missing. Hezbollah fired more rockets into northern Israel, but Israeli sources said the number was fewer than in recent days.Israel's cabinet will discuss and take a formal vote on the UN ceasefire resolution on Sunday.
War not ended
On Hezbollah's al-Manar TV channel on Saturday, Sheikh Nasrallah said the UN resolution was unfair in holding his group responsible for the fighting. Sheikh Nasrallah said the UN resolution was unjust But he said: We will not be an obstacle to any decision taken by the Lebanese government,adding that Hezbollah would continue to resist Israel's presence in Lebanon.
Sheikh Nasrallah also said Hezbollah would co-operate with the deployment of UN and Lebanese troops in the south. More than 1,000 Lebanese and more than 120 Israelis have been killed in the conflict since Hezbollah militants captured two Israeli soldiers on 12 July in a cross-border raid. UN Security Council resolution 1701 says Hezbollah must end attacks on Israel while Israel must end offensive military operations in Lebanese territory. US President George W Bush praised the UN move, but once again criticised Hezbollah, saying the group shared the same totalitarian ideology as those arrested in a suspected plot to blow up US-bound jets from Britain.
Egypt welcomes UN resolution on Lebanon, urging immediate ceasefire
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said Saturday that Egypt welcomed the newly-passed UN Security Council resolution on a ceasefire in Lebanon, the official MENA news agency reported. Abul Gheit said that Israel must show full and absolute commitments to the resolution and immediately end all hostilities, adding that a complete ceasefire would set the stage for laying the groundwork for a future political settlement.The Egyptian official urged that the first condition for realizing such a settlement was Israel's commitment to a complete pullback from the Lebanese territories, which it had overran since July 12 when the Hezbollah-Israel fighting began. Such a withdrawal would pave the way for the return of control over the south and all parts of Lebanon to the Lebanese army and eventually allow for the return of the displaced and the resumption of international relief operations, said Abul Gheit.
He said that Israel's respect to Resolution 1701 would facilitate the start of a massive operation to rebuild the devastated country and heal the sufferings of the Lebanese. Abul Gheit called upon the international community to shoulder its full responsibility towards ending the humanitarian disaster in Lebanon as soon as possible. He also called for opening inquiries into the massacres and other crimes against humanity that were perpetrated by Israel in Lebanon, according to MENA. On Friday, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1701, calling for Israeli troops withdrawal and authorizing an increase of the existing UN force in Lebanon to 15, 000 troops to help Lebanese troops take control of south Lebanon as Israel withdraws. France and the United States, co-sponsors of the draft resolution, came up with a compromise final version after days of hard wrangling. And the resolution has left out some key demands from both Israel and Lebanon in efforts to produce a workable arrangement.
Source: Xinhua
Iran says disarming Lebanese Hizbollah illogical Sun Aug 13, 6:42 AM ET
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran welcomed on Sunday a planned ceasefire to halt the month-long war between Lebanon's Hizbollah and Israel but described the U.N. Security Council's call for disarming the Iranian-backed group as illogical. The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday calling for a full cessation of hostilities and for the implementation of a previous U.N. resolution requiring the disarming of armed groups including Hizbollah.We are happy for the ceasefire in Lebanon. But the resolution is not balanced,Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told a weekly news conference.It does not condemn the Zionist regime (Israel) and its crimes in Lebanon.Asked about the call for disarming Hizbollah, Asefi said: This is a totally unreasonable demand. It is illogical.
Let us not forget that as long as there is occupation there is resistance,he added.Israel accuses Iran of providing Hizbollah with missiles used against civilian and military targets. Although Iran armed and funded Hizbollah during the 1980s, Tehran now insists it provides only moral support to the group.Opposition to Israel was one of the founding principles of the Islamic Republic. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for Israel to be wiped off the map.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Moderate earthquake shakes Indonesia's Aceh Sun Aug 13, 6:42 AM ET
JAKARTA (AFP) - A moderate 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted the Indonesian province of Aceh but caused no damage or casualties.The quake, centered 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) under the ocean floor and 73 kilometers northwest of Aceh capital Banda Aceh, struck at 03:46 pm (0846 GMT), said Fauzi from the meteorology agency's headquarters Sunday.The quake was moderately felt in Banda Aceh, he said.A resident told ElShinta radio that the quake was unusual as she heard loud thumping sounds, but it caused little panic among other residents.
Indonesia, which sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where continental plates meet causing frequent seismic and volcanic activity, was the nation worst hit by the December 2004 Asian tsunami.Some 168,000 people were killed in Aceh province when a 9.3-magnitude quake unleashed massive walls of water that reached 11 Indian Ocean nations, killing a total of 220,000 people.
Sharp earthquake rattles central New Zealand Sun Aug 13, 5:58 AM ET
NELSON, New Zealand (AFP) - A moderate earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale rattled central New Zealand, but there were no reports of damage or injury.The earthquake was centred 100 kilometres (62 miles) deep and about 80 kilometres southeast of Nelson in the upper south island, the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences said Sunday.The sparsely populated area is prone to earthquakes, and three people were killed in a 1968 tremor measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale.
Moderate quake jolts northeast India, no damage Sun Aug 13, 1:31 AM ET
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake shook areas along India's northeastern border with Bangladesh early on Sunday, but there were no reports of damage or casualties, the Indian Meteorological Department said. Officials said the 5.0 magnitude quake was recorded at 2:16 a.m. (2046 GMT), with the epicentre in Karimganj district -- 300 km (185 miles) south of Guwahati, the main city in the northeastern Indian state of Assam.(Additional reporting by Biswajyoti Das in GUWAHATI)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Philippine volcano spews hot gas, debris By TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 26 minutes ago
LEGAZPI, Philippines - Searing gas and debris raced down the slope of the Mayon volcano in the Philippines this weekend, a development that showed the volcano has entered a much more threatening cycle, a scientist said. The burst of pyroclastic flow Saturday marked the first time Mayon shot out fast-moving hot gas and rock fragments after weeks of showing signs of a major eruption, volcanologist Ed Laguerta said Sunday.This is really the dangerous phase,said Laguerta. We're not worried much with lava flows because they're slow moving, but pyroclastic flows travel at such high velocity and could destroy almost everything in its path.
Blistering gas and volcanic debris can travel 40 mph or more per hour, he said.Mayon continued to show signs of restiveness Sunday, emitting abnormally high levels of sulfuric dioxide and puffing ash at least six times.Mayon, a popular tourist attraction because of its nearly perfect conical shape, is one of the Philippines' 22 active volcanos. It is located 210 miles southeast of Manila on Luzon island.The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology predicted more pyroclastic flows in the next few days and urged villagers not to venture into an extended danger zone around the volcano. Volcanologists have been saying the 8,077-foot Mayon may be gearing up for an explosive eruption.Authorities have ordered the mandatory evacuation of people within the volcano's danger zone, and nearly 45,000 people have been moved to 27 temporary shelters, mostly school buildings in Albay province.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Saturday visited villagers in shelters. She ordered officials to speed up efforts to improve conditions at overcrowded evacuation centers and ensure adequate food and medicine.The volcano's most violent eruption in 1814 killed more than 1,200 people, many of whom sought shelter in a church that was buried by lava.
Israel approves UN call to end fighting 2 hours, 15 minutes ago
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's cabinet on Sunday approved a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cessation of hostilities with Hizbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, a political source said. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan had said the prime ministers of Israel and Lebanon agreed the fighting would end on Monday at 8 a.m. (0500 GMT).
Olmert had urged the cabinet to accept the U.N. resolution.All but one of the cabinet voted for the resolution that was approved by the Security Council on Friday to end a month-old war that has killed over 1,060 people in Lebanon and 140 Israelis. Shaul Mofaz, the former defense minister, abstained.
The resolution envisages a phased withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon when violence subsides and deployment of 15,000 Lebanese troops and 15,000 U.N. peacekeepers.Hostilities began on July 12 when Hizbollah guerrillas captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight in a cross-border raid, then unleashed rocket fire at northern Israel after Israel launched an aerial offensive in Lebanon.Despite the resolution, Israel has expanded its offensive in south Lebanon, tripling its forces there on Saturday in a bid to wipe out Hizbollah rocket launch sites before the ceasefire takes effect.Nearly 30,000 troops were operating against Hizbollah targets in southern Lebanon on Sunday.
Leaders agree to UN truce timing
An estimated 30,000 Israeli troops are now in Lebanon A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah will come into force at 0500 GMT on Monday, the UN Secretary General has said. Kofi Annan announced the timing after discussions with the prime ministers of Lebanon and Israel. However, Israel is likely to continue operations in Lebanon on Sunday in an effort to clear the south of Hezbollah. Nineteen Israeli soldiers were killed on Saturday, and five on a helicopter downed by Hezbollah are feared dead.
Hezbollah's leader has said his group would abide by the ceasefire plan agreed unanimously at the UN Security Council on Friday.
However, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah said on TV that Hezbollah would continue fighting as long as Israeli soldiers remained in Lebanon.
Lebanon has now also approved the UN resolution, which calls for a full cessation of hostilities, although Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said the government had some reservations. Lebanese officials said that after the truce only Lebanese forces would be authorised to carry weapons in southern Lebanon. Mr Siniora said the area south of the Litani River, beyond which Hezbollah is expected to withdraw under the terms of the agreement, should be demilitarised. There won't be any weapons in the country starting from the area which is the zone, which will be south of the Litani. There won't be any weapons other than the weapons of the central government.
Fighting goes on
Announcing the agreed terms of the ceasefire, Kofi Annan said he was very happy, but added that preferably, the fighting should stop now.He insisted that the UN would work with the Lebanese and Israeli governments to ensure the ceasefire held. The Security Council emphasises the need for an end of violence, but at the same time emphasises the need to address urgently the causes that have given rise to the current crisis Israel expanded its military operation on Saturday as the clock ticked towards the implementation of the agreement, tripling the number of troops in southern Lebanon. Some Israeli estimates put the number of Israeli troops now in southern Lebanon at 30,000. Some Israeli troops have reached the key target of the Litani River, the army says, but 19 Israeli soldiers were killed and more than 70 wounded in the fighting on Saturday. It was Israel's highest number of casualties in a single day since the conflict began.
Israeli jets hit a string of targets in Lebanon on Saturday, saying it killed some 40 Hezbollah fighters. There were heavy clashes elsewhere in the country, and reports from Lebanese sources that some 15 civilians were killed in an air strike. Israel also confirmed a helicopter had been shot down in southern Lebanon, the first such loss to hostile fire in the conflict. It says a crew of five were on board, and all are reported missing. Hezbollah fired more rockets into northern Israel, but Israeli sources said the number was fewer than in recent days.Israel's cabinet will discuss and take a formal vote on the UN ceasefire resolution on Sunday.
War not ended
On Hezbollah's al-Manar TV channel on Saturday, Sheikh Nasrallah said the UN resolution was unfair in holding his group responsible for the fighting. Sheikh Nasrallah said the UN resolution was unjust But he said: We will not be an obstacle to any decision taken by the Lebanese government,adding that Hezbollah would continue to resist Israel's presence in Lebanon.
Sheikh Nasrallah also said Hezbollah would co-operate with the deployment of UN and Lebanese troops in the south. More than 1,000 Lebanese and more than 120 Israelis have been killed in the conflict since Hezbollah militants captured two Israeli soldiers on 12 July in a cross-border raid. UN Security Council resolution 1701 says Hezbollah must end attacks on Israel while Israel must end offensive military operations in Lebanese territory. US President George W Bush praised the UN move, but once again criticised Hezbollah, saying the group shared the same totalitarian ideology as those arrested in a suspected plot to blow up US-bound jets from Britain.
Egypt welcomes UN resolution on Lebanon, urging immediate ceasefire
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said Saturday that Egypt welcomed the newly-passed UN Security Council resolution on a ceasefire in Lebanon, the official MENA news agency reported. Abul Gheit said that Israel must show full and absolute commitments to the resolution and immediately end all hostilities, adding that a complete ceasefire would set the stage for laying the groundwork for a future political settlement.The Egyptian official urged that the first condition for realizing such a settlement was Israel's commitment to a complete pullback from the Lebanese territories, which it had overran since July 12 when the Hezbollah-Israel fighting began. Such a withdrawal would pave the way for the return of control over the south and all parts of Lebanon to the Lebanese army and eventually allow for the return of the displaced and the resumption of international relief operations, said Abul Gheit.
He said that Israel's respect to Resolution 1701 would facilitate the start of a massive operation to rebuild the devastated country and heal the sufferings of the Lebanese. Abul Gheit called upon the international community to shoulder its full responsibility towards ending the humanitarian disaster in Lebanon as soon as possible. He also called for opening inquiries into the massacres and other crimes against humanity that were perpetrated by Israel in Lebanon, according to MENA. On Friday, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1701, calling for Israeli troops withdrawal and authorizing an increase of the existing UN force in Lebanon to 15, 000 troops to help Lebanese troops take control of south Lebanon as Israel withdraws. France and the United States, co-sponsors of the draft resolution, came up with a compromise final version after days of hard wrangling. And the resolution has left out some key demands from both Israel and Lebanon in efforts to produce a workable arrangement.
Source: Xinhua
Iran says disarming Lebanese Hizbollah illogical Sun Aug 13, 6:42 AM ET
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran welcomed on Sunday a planned ceasefire to halt the month-long war between Lebanon's Hizbollah and Israel but described the U.N. Security Council's call for disarming the Iranian-backed group as illogical. The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday calling for a full cessation of hostilities and for the implementation of a previous U.N. resolution requiring the disarming of armed groups including Hizbollah.We are happy for the ceasefire in Lebanon. But the resolution is not balanced,Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told a weekly news conference.It does not condemn the Zionist regime (Israel) and its crimes in Lebanon.Asked about the call for disarming Hizbollah, Asefi said: This is a totally unreasonable demand. It is illogical.
Let us not forget that as long as there is occupation there is resistance,he added.Israel accuses Iran of providing Hizbollah with missiles used against civilian and military targets. Although Iran armed and funded Hizbollah during the 1980s, Tehran now insists it provides only moral support to the group.Opposition to Israel was one of the founding principles of the Islamic Republic. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for Israel to be wiped off the map.
Sunday, August 13, 2006
ISRAEL IN THE EU
ISRAEL IN THE EU FOR SECURITY REASONS.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people (ISRAELIS) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,16
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE EU. FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN, HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
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.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THE 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN
CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
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.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
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:
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING
BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off,(JESUS) but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(THE ROMANS,THE EU TODAY) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he(THE EU DICTATOR SECURING ISRAEL SECURITY) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week (3 1/2 YRS) he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(THE DICTATOR STOPS THE ISRAELIS FROM DOING ANIMAL SACRIFICES, THATS WHY THE 3RD TEMPLE HAS TO BE REBUILT BEFORE THE FUTURE 7
YEAR PEACE TREATY IS SIGNED and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.(FROM JOEL 3:2)
Well in Daniel 9:26-27 It clearly says the EU will guarentee ISRAELS LAND FOR SECURITY DEAL,so this might work to get
ISRAEL in the EU QUICK for security reasons.
MIDDLE EAST: PANNELLA, WORLDWIDE SATYAGRAHA, ISRAEL IN EU
(AGI) - Rome, Aug 12 - A worldwide Satyagraha and the adhesion of Israel to the European Union. Marco Pannella launched a new
initiative of the Italian radical party announcing within 100 days from today the organisation and promotion of the first worldwide Satyagraha for peace, something never attempted before. During a press conference the radical leader re-launched his proposal to have Israel enter the European Union being this a possible strategic solution of the terrible Middle East problem which was seriously putting at risk the entire western world. We need a worldwide mobilisation to save Israel from the announced attempt to cancel it from the world.
A form of non-violent mass action for peace, establishing also hunger strikes. For Pannella this could be an alternative to the Middle East chaos and the statement according to which there is no peace without justice and democracy. The radical leader will travel to India and Cambodia shortly to promote his initiative and find the first participants. (agi) - 121439 AGO 06,AGI S.p.A.
JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people (ISRAELIS) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
REVELATION 6:1-2,13:1-3,7-9,16
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(THIS IS THE EU DICTATOR)
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(7 HEADS ARE THE 7TH WORLD EMPIRE IN HISTORY (THE EU) AS WELL AS THE VATICAN WHICH IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS. 10 HORNS ARE 10 KINGS THAT ARISE FROM THE EU, THEN #11 COMES ON THE SCENE BECOMES THE HEAD OF 3 OUNTRIES AND THEN THE EU DICTATOR, COMES FROM 1 OF THE 3 COUNTRIES THAT RULE FOR THIS TERM. I BELIEVE THE 3 COUNTRIES RULING AT THE TIME ARE SPAIN AND 2 OF THE ORIGINAL 6 THAT STARTED THE EU. FROM 1 OF THESE 3 COUNTRIES COME THE FUTURE EU DICTATOR PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WHO GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY FOR A LAND FOR PEACE 7 YEAR TREATY.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(THE JEWISH EU DICTATOR GETS HIS POWER FROM SATAN, HE COMES FROM THE OCCULT).
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.(THE DICTATOR HAS A FALSE RESURRECTION. JUST LIKE JESUS HAD A LITERAL RESURRECTION THIS DICTATOR GETS MURDERED AT THE 3 1/2 YR MARK OF THE 7 YEAR TREATY AND COMES BACK TO LIFE. THIS IS HOW HE CAN
CLAIM TO BE GOD AND GET AWAY WITH IT AND CONTROL THE WHOLE EARTH.
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.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
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:
DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING
BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).
DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off,(JESUS) but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(THE ROMANS,THE EU TODAY) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he(THE EU DICTATOR SECURING ISRAEL SECURITY) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week (3 1/2 YRS) he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(THE DICTATOR STOPS THE ISRAELIS FROM DOING ANIMAL SACRIFICES, THATS WHY THE 3RD TEMPLE HAS TO BE REBUILT BEFORE THE FUTURE 7
YEAR PEACE TREATY IS SIGNED and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.(FROM JOEL 3:2)
Well in Daniel 9:26-27 It clearly says the EU will guarentee ISRAELS LAND FOR SECURITY DEAL,so this might work to get
ISRAEL in the EU QUICK for security reasons.
MIDDLE EAST: PANNELLA, WORLDWIDE SATYAGRAHA, ISRAEL IN EU
(AGI) - Rome, Aug 12 - A worldwide Satyagraha and the adhesion of Israel to the European Union. Marco Pannella launched a new
initiative of the Italian radical party announcing within 100 days from today the organisation and promotion of the first worldwide Satyagraha for peace, something never attempted before. During a press conference the radical leader re-launched his proposal to have Israel enter the European Union being this a possible strategic solution of the terrible Middle East problem which was seriously putting at risk the entire western world. We need a worldwide mobilisation to save Israel from the announced attempt to cancel it from the world.
A form of non-violent mass action for peace, establishing also hunger strikes. For Pannella this could be an alternative to the Middle East chaos and the statement according to which there is no peace without justice and democracy. The radical leader will travel to India and Cambodia shortly to promote his initiative and find the first participants. (agi) - 121439 AGO 06,AGI S.p.A.
Saturday, August 12, 2006
WORLD REACTIONS TO RESOLUTION
1-Peres says U.N. resolution vindicates Israel. 2-Israel to halt war in Lebanon on Monday. 3-EU welcomes UN resolution on Lebanon. 4-UN Council unanimously approves Mideast resolution. 5-Bush Welcomes U.N. Truce Resolution. 6-US calls on Syria, Iran to honor UN resolution on Lebanon. 7-Lebanese Cabinet approves cease-fire. 8-Quake jolts northwestern Iran. 9-Strong quake rocks northwest Indonesia. 10-Sky-watchers await celestial show. 11-Chaos follows in Chinese typhoon's wake.
DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PREDIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships;
and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
Peres says U.N. resolution vindicates Israel Sat Aug 12, 3:52 AM ET
JERUSALEM (Reuters) Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres on Saturday welcomed a U.N. resolution calling for an end to hostilities between Israel and Hizbollah and said the deal vindicated Israel's month-long military campaign. Without the military
pressure we would not have had the diplomatic deal,elder statesman Peres told Israel radio.
The U.N. decision vindicates Israel all the way through and says that Hizbollah was the aggressor and that they need to return the abducted soldiers ... We achieved all we could from the U.N.The U.N. Security Council unanimously backed a resolution on Friday calling for a full cessation of hostilities based on the immediate cessation by Hizbollah of all attacks and the immediate cessation by Israel of all offensive military operations.
Israel's cabinet is expected to express its support for the resolution at a meeting on Sunday. In the meantime, Israeli forces have stepped up operations in Lebanon, driving north toward the Litani river, 20 km (13 miles) inside the country.The conflict, which has killed at least 1,060 in Lebanon and 124 Israelis, began on July 12 when Hizbollah guerillas captured two Israeli soldiers in a raid inside Israel.
Israel to halt war in Lebanon on Monday By ZEINA KARAM, Associated Press Writer 2 minutes ago
BEIRUT, Lebanon Israel will halt its war in Lebanon at 7 a.m. Monday (midnight EDT Sunday night), a senior Israeli government official said Saturday. Lebanon's Cabinet accepted the U.N. cease-fire plan to halt fighting between Israel and Hezbollah fighters, moving the deal a step closer to implementation, the prime minister said.
Also, the Israeli government confirmed that Hezbollah guerrillas had shot down an Israeli military plane.It was Israel's first loss of a helicopter in Lebanon in the monthlong conflict. Two helicopters collided and crashed and a third crashed separately in northern Israel early on in the fighting.Israel's Cabinet was to
endorse the U.N. cease-fire resolution later Sunday.
In announcing the decision to accept the resolution, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said: It was a unanimous decision, with some reservations.Hezbollah's Mohammed Fneish, minister of hydraulic resources, said the two members of the Islamic militant group who are part of the Cabinet expressed reservations. Particular concern was raised over an article in the resolution that gives the impression that it exonerates Israel of responsibility for the crimes and blames Hezbollah for the monthlong war, he said.
Israel flew hundreds of commandos into southern Lebanon on Saturday, tripling its troop strength to 30,000 and sending some army units as far as the Litani River even as both sides indicated they would accept a U.N. cease-fire plan to stop the heavy fighting.
Airstrikes killed at least 19 people in Lebanon, including 15 in one village, and Hezbollah rockets wounded at least five people in Israel.
The Islamic militant group fought back hard, claiming to have destroyed 21 Israeli tanks and killing seven soldiers. Israel confirmed seven deaths and said dozens of other soldiers were wounded in the expanded offensive.The Israeli helicopter aircraft was shot down in the Maryamein valley near the village of Yater, and other helicopters scrambled to the area to try to rescue the crew. The Israeli army had no comment on the report.The claim, carried on Hezbollah's al-Manar TV, said the helicopter was brought down by a new missile, the Waad (Arabic for Promise,) in the Islamic militant group's arsenal.The area had seen heavy ground combat Saturday during which hundreds of Israeli troops were airlifted to positions deep inside southern Lebanon and tanks punched across terrain to grab more territory before an expected cessation of hostilities Monday morning.The fighting came a day after the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution seeking a full cessation of violence between Israel and Hezbollah, authorizing 15,000 U.N.
peacekeepers to help Lebanese troops take control of south Lebanon as Israeli forces withdraw from the area.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the broadened Israeli offensive had been anticipated and she hoped the hostilities would end in a day or so.My understanding is that this is part of the normal operations that were contemplated. When the cease fire — the cessation of hostilities — comes into being, Israel will stop, she said in an interview with Israel Television.U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is working with the parties to establish a timetable for the cease-fire, but I would hope that within no more than a day or so that there would be a cessation of the hostilities on the ground,she said.Long columns of Israeli armored vehicles streamed over the border trying to drive Hezollah behind the Litani, about 18 miles from the border, before the truce. More than 50 helicopters
ferried in commandos in what was called the biggest such operation in Israel's history.Israel wanted to seize control of the area before positions are frozen to ensure that Hezbollah fighters don't flood the zone before it is handed over to the Lebanese army and U.N. troops, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss sensitive issues publicly.
Israel, which said its troops had killed some 50 guerrillas over the previous 24 hours, said late in the day that some army units had pushed to the Litani, but gave no details. The Litani is seen by Israel as a crucial boundary in its attempt to push back Hezbollah. Israel repeatedly has insisted that the proposed peacekeeping force cannot allow Hezbollah weapons south of the river. But it will be nearly impossible to rid south Lebanon of the Islamic guerrillas, who are now in the Lebanese Cabinet and run clinics and other charities that are considered essential in rebuilding the region. Their ability to withstand the Israeli military assault has also made Hezbollah heroes across the Arab and Islamic worlds. Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Israeli troops will remain until the international relief force arrives and will be defend themselves if attacked. If anyone dares to use force against Israeli Defense Forces, we will see this as a violation of the cease-fire agreement,he said on Israel television. Israeli army chief, Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, said earlier that Israel expected to fight for another week despite the cease-fire deal. He said Israeli forces — apparently about 30,000 soldiers now — would stay in Lebanon until an international force arrived.
Hezbollah's leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, meanwhile, said his militia would abide by the cease-fire blueprint but warned the guerrillas would keep battling Israeli troops while they remained in Lebanon, calling that our natural right.His address was televised as Lebanon's Cabinet met to vote on the U.N. plan. Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora signaled the Cabinet would accept, saying it serves the interests of his country and shows that the whole world stood by Lebanon.
The Israeli Cabinet was expected to approve the cease-fire Sunday, but Israel appeared ready to keep up its full-scale military campaign until the U.N. plan worked its way through the region's political leadership over the weekend. The resolution approved Friday night by the U.N. Security Council would create a peacekeeping force by combining a beefed-up version of ineffective U.N. units already in the war zone and 15,000 soldiers from the Lebanese army. The force, which could number around 30,000, would stand between Israel and Hezbollah's militia.
France, New Zealand, Italy and Ireland said Saturday they were ready to provide troops and Turkey said it was inclined to do so. President Bush issued a statement urging the world's leaders to implement the U.N. plan and help bring real peace to the Middle East. The loss of innocent life in both Lebanon and Israel has been a great tragedy,Bush said. Hezbollah and its Iranian and Syrian sponsors have brought an unwanted war to the people of Lebanon and Israel, and millions have suffered as a result. I now urge the international community to turn words into action and make every effort to bring lasting peace to the region. Israel has demanded an airtight buffer zone and wonders if U.N. and Lebanese forces are up for the task. A small U.N. military presence — now about 2,000 observers — has been in Hezbollah-controlled southern Lebanon since 1978 and has been overwhelmed by the Islamic militant group's rising power, aided by Iran and Syria. Rice specifically cited Hezbollah's two sponsors in a statement Friday for all parties to respect the sovereignty of the Lebanese government and the will of the international community.
But the resolution, approved 15-0 in the U.N. Security Council, did nothing to immediately halt the fighting that erupted exactly a month ago and has claimed nearly 900 lives — including at least 760 in Lebanon and 130 Israelis.
Israeli missiles slammed into the southern Lebanon village of Rachaf, about 10 miles from the Israeli border, killing at least 15 civilians, security officials said. Israeli ground forces also fanned out across southern Lebanon hunting for Hezbollah rocket batteries that have fired unending salvos across the border. Three people also were killed in strikes on Kharayeb, and a Lebanese soldier was killed in an air raid near an army base in the Bekaa Valley, officials said. The guerrilla group announced four deaths Friday and three Saturday. After a morning free of Hezbollah rocket strikes in northern Israel, a barrage of 20 missiles at midafternoon injured two people in Amirim and three in Kiryat Shemona. Hezbollah had been averaging nearly 200 hits each day in the monthlong conflict.
In Sidon, a coastal city between Beirut and the Israeli border, Israeli bombs destroyed a power plant. Farther south, another power facility was hit near Tyre, knocking out electricity to the port, police said. On Lebanon's northern frontier, Israeli airstrikes hit the highway leading to the Arida border crossing about a mile from the Mediterranean coast. It was the last official border post open for
humanitarian convoys and civilians fleeing the country. The highway was impassable, but drivers tried to maneuver through ruts and ditches. The only other exits from Lebanon are rugged pathways and back roads through deserts or mountains. Israel seeks to block supply routes for Hezbollah and disrupt their mobility and has warned it would target any vehicles on the roads in southern Lebanon and along other main highways.
EU welcomes UN resolution on Lebanon
Aug 12, 2006, 11:15 GMT
Brussels - The European Union on Saturday welcomed the UN Security Council resolution to stop the fighting in Lebanon and urged all parties to implement it without delay. A statement issued by the Finnish Foreign Ministry - Finland currently holds the EU's rotating Presidency - stated: 'The Presidency of the European Union welcomes the United Nations Security Council's unanimous approval of Resolution 1701 that calls for a full cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. This resolution sets the required framework for a political settlement that only can bring a lasting solution to the crisis. The Presidency urges all parties to fully respect the resolution and implement it without delay, it added. The statement also said the EU welcomed prospects that later on, the mandate of the UNIFIL (UN forces in Lebanon) would be enhanced and further steps made to help implement 'a permanent ceasefire and a long-term solution. It concluded by reminding of 'the need to work for a comprehensive peace plan for the Middle East. © 2006 dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur
UN Council unanimously approves Mideast resolution
August 12, 2006, 06:30
The UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution yesterday that calls for an end to the bloodshed in Lebanon and Israel and authorizes up to 15 000 UN troops to help enforce it.
The 15-0 vote capped weeks of anguished negotiations at the United Nations and elsewhere and is the first measure aimed at ending a month of fighting between Israel and Hizbollah militia that has killed some 1 000 Lebanese and 121 Israelis. The resolution calls for a full cessation of hostilities and tells Hizbollah to stop all attacks immediately and Israel to end all offensive operations.A deal on the resolution's text, negotiated by the United States and France, was announced only hours before the vote by British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett.
Approval expected
Approval from both the Israeli and the Lebanese cabinets is expected this weekend, with leaders of both countries urging ministers to accept the resolution.But UN Secretary-General Annan chastised the council for its delay in negotiating the resolution. He also said he was going to contact all parties this weekend to set a timeline for ending the fighting.All members of this council must be aware that this inability to act sooner has badly shaken the world's faith in its authority and integrity,Annan said in a lengthy speech.
War is not politics by other means.Lebanon has been a victim for too long, mired in an incomplete political transformation since the end of the civil war,Annan said. Over the last five weeks we have been reminded yet again what a tense fragile region the Middle East has become.Once fighting subsides, Israel is expected to undertake a phased withdrawal from Lebanon as the Lebanese army and an expanded UN peacekeeping force of up to 15 000 troops deploys in southern Lebanon, now controlled by Hizbollah. - Reuters
Associated Press-Bush Welcomes U.N. Truce Resolution
By NEDRA PICKLER , 08.12.2006, 09:59 AM
President Bush on Saturday urged world leaders to turn the words of a U.N. cease-fire resolution into action and help bring lasting peace to the Middle East. Bush welcomed the resolution unanimously approved Friday night by the United Nations Security Council that seeks a full cessation of the violence between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.
More than 800 people have been killed in a month of fighting. The loss of innocent life in both Lebanon and Israel has been a great tragedy, Bush said. Hezbollah and its Iranian and Syrian sponsors have brought an unwanted war to the people of Lebanon and Israel, and millions have suffered as a result. I now urge the international community to turn words into action and make every effort to bring lasting peace to the region.
Bush's remarks came in a written statement issued while he was on a bike ride on his Texas ranch, where he is wrapping up a 10-day vacation from the White House. The president was returning to Washington Sunday. The U.S. has been Israel's most
supportive ally in the conflict and strongest advocate at the United Nations.
Bush laid blame on Israel's enemies in the first sentence of his statement, saying the resolution was designed to bring an immediate end to the fighting sparked last month by an unprovoked terrorist attack on Israel by Hezbollah, a terrorist group supported by Iran and Syria. The United States and its allies have been working hard since the beginning of this conflict to create the conditions for an enduring cease fire and prevent armed militias and foreign-sponsored terrorist groups like Hezbollah from sparking another crisis, Bush said. Yesterday's resolution aims to end Hezbollah's attacks on Israel and bring a halt to Israel's offensive military operations.
The resolution authorizes 15,000 U.N. peacekeepers to help Lebanese troops take control of south Lebanon, where Hezbollah guerillas have been operating, as Israeli forces that have occupied the area withdraw. It also calls for an embargo on the supply of arms to militias in Lebanon. These steps are designed to stop Hezbollah from acting as a state within a state, and put an end to Iran and Syria's efforts to hold the Lebanese people hostage to their own extremist agenda,Bush said. This in turn will help to restore the sovereignty of Lebanon's democratic government and help ensure security for the people of Lebanon and Israel.
US calls on Syria, Iran to honor UN resolution on Lebanon Fri Aug 11, 8:16 PM ET
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Iran and Syria to respect the terms of a resolution adopted by the UN Security Council in a bid to end a month of fighting between their ally Hezbollah and Israel. We call upon every state, especially Iran and Syria, to respect the sovereignty of the Lebanese government and the will of the international community, she said in an address to the Security Council.She also said Hezbollah now faces a clear choice between war and peace in light of the resolution, which was unanimously adopted by the 15-member council.The resolution, drafted by France and the United States, calls on Israel and Hezbollah to immediately cease hostilities following a month of fighting that has left more than 1,000 Lebanese and over 120 Israelis dead.
It also calls for Israeli forces to withdraw from positions they have occupied in southern Lebanon in parallel with the deployment of Lebanese army units and a robust international military force in the region to prevent future Hezbollah attacks on Israel.If implemented fully by Lebanon, the resolution will end Hezbollah's existence as a militia armed and supported by Iran and Syria.Rice said the UN text should open a path to lasting peace between Lebanon and Israel that will end the suffering and violence of this past month.The people of the Middle East have lived too long at the mercy of extremists,she said.It is time to build a more hopeful future.
This resolution shows us the way.Immediately before Rice spoke, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan lamented that it took the Security Council's major powers a month to achieve Friday's ceasefire proposal.I would be remiss if I did not tell you how profoundly disappointed I am that the council did not reach this point much, much earlier,he said.All members of this council must be aware that this inability to act sooner has badly shaken the world's faith in its authority and integrity,he said.It is absolutely vital that the fighting now stop,Annan told the gathered council representatives, who in addition to Rice included the foreign ministers of France,
Britain and several other countries.
Lebanese Cabinet approves cease-fire By SAM F. GHATTAS, Associated Press Writer 43 minutes ago
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon's Cabinet accepted the U.N. cease-fire plan to halt fighting between Israel and Hezbollah fighters on Saturday, moving the deal a step closer to implementation, the prime minister said. It was a unanimous decision, with some reservations,Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said in announcing Lebanon's acceptance of the resolution after a four-hour Cabinet meeting.Hezbollah's Mohammed Fneish, minister of hydraulic resources, said the two members of the Islamic militant group who are part of the Cabinet expressed reservations. Particular concern was raised over an article in the resolution that gives the impression that it exonerates Israel of responsibility for the crimes and blames Hezbollah for the monthlong war, he said.
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.
Quake jolts northwestern Iran Tehran, Aug 12, IRNA
Iran-Kashksaray-Quake
An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale hit the city of Kashksaray in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan Saturday. The seismological base of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University registered the quake at 10:32 hours local time (0702 GMT). There are no reports of any casualty or damage to property caused by the quake. Iran is often hit by quakes of varying magnitudes as it sits on some of the world's most active seismic faultlines.
Strong quake rocks northwest Indonesia Fri Aug 11, 10:22 PM ET
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A strong earthquake rocked parts of Indonesia's Sumatra island early Saturday, causing some people to flee their homes, but there were no reports of damage and no tsunami was triggered. The 6-magnitude quake struck at 3:54 a.m. and was centered under the Indian Ocean 175 miles northwest of Sumatra, the U.S. Geological Survey said.It felt pretty strong,state news agency Antara quoted one villager as saying. "The whole family and our neighbors ran out from our house, but there was not a massive panic.Officials on Sumatra were not available for comment early Saturday. There were no immediate reports of damage.
Sumatra was hardest hit by a powerful December 2004 earthquake and tsunami. More than 216,000 people in Indian Ocean nations were killed or missing in the disaster.The region is rocked by many earthquakes, including a magnitude 8.7 quake in March last year that killed about 900 people on an outlying island.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Sky-watchers await celestial show
Light shows have been spoilt by moonlight in the past.The Earth is to make its annual rendezvous with the Perseid meteors this weekend. The meteor shower will peak on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, producing as many as 100 shooting stars an
hour. The Perseids are tiny particles, ranging in size from a match-head to a dried pea, shed by the comet Swift-Tuttle.
Sky watchers should look north-east, where the sky will be darkest, to get the best chance of seeing them. Claire Gilby, from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, London, said that unlike many astronomical objects, meteors are visible to the naked eye and observers need no special equipment to view them.
Weather permitting, the sensitivity and wide field of view of the human eye are perfect for watching the Perseids,she said. So, to see the Perseids, all you need to do is sit back and watch the night sky. This year there is a chance that the bright Moon will drown out the glow from the fainter Perseids, as has happened in previous years.
Saint's tears
Meteors are streaks of light in the sky caused by blazing pieces of dust drawn into the Earth's atmosphere from near space. The Perseids are caused when the Earth passes through debris shed by Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. This comet travels through the inner planets every 130 years, most recently in 1992. The Perseids are so called because tracing their tails back in the night sky mostly leads to the constellation Perseus. This contains a point called the Perseus radiant - the perspective point from which the meteors would appear to come if they could be seen approaching from interplanetary space. The Perseids are sometimes called the Tears of St Lawrence because the Saint's feast day falls on 10 August. The dust itself consists of particles that are travelling at around 50km (31 miles) per second. As they enter the Earth's atmosphere, they burn up with a short-lived burst of light, heat and ionisation.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Chaos follows in Chinese typhoon's wake By Ben Blanchard
Sat Aug 12, 10:00 AM ET
LANPING VILLAGE, China (Reuters) - Lin Xianglian was cowering in his kitchen from the strongest typhoon to hit China in half a century when he heard a roar and the house next door collapsed. I didn't dare go look what was happening. The wind was so strong my wife and I together were leaning on the front door to stop it blowing in and water was flooding in the back,recalls farmer Lin, 68, sipping tea from a metal bowl.We could do nothing as my two neighbors got buried alive.Aid arrived in time for them to be dug out alive, but Lin says he has no idea where his friends are now or if they survived their injuries.Nobody has told us anything. Nobody has been round to help clear up. It seems we've been left on our own,he says through metal-capped teeth in uncertain-sounding Mandarin.
Typhoon Saomai punched into Cangnan county, where Lin's village is located in the eastern province of Zhejiang, on Thursday after authorities had moved hundreds of thousands in the densely populated commercial province to safety.The official death toll stood at 105 on Saturday with at least 190 missing. The authorities mobilized 10,000 troops, paramilitary police and rescue workers in Zhejiang alone to help with a massive clean-up operation, state television reported.Bulldozers started clearing the wreckage of more than 50,000 homes flattened by the storm as relief workers handed out bottles of water, rice and cooking oil. A dozen psychiatrists arrived to counsel survivors, Xinhua news agency said.Some residents of the remote, mountainous region said they suspect the death toll could be much higher.I heard hundreds died.
The government has shut off villages where the death toll is really high to stop news getting out,said a fashionably dressed youth who declined to be identified.The Communist government, determined to maintain stability at all costs, has a habit of covering up bad news, although disaster death tolls are no longer supposed to be state secrets.Mistrust of the government is common in Zhejiang, which is far from the capital and where a strong entrepreneurial spirit has bred a flourishing private sector.Numerous mutually incomprehensible dialects add to a sense of independence and wariness of authority.
STINKING FLOOD WATERS
In Cangnan town itself, knee-deep floodwater, fetid and mixed with silt, sewage and motor oil, lapped at pedestrians' feet and flowed into shops on the main street.More than a day after the storm had passed, rubbish sat stewing in the more than 30 degree Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) heat.The quality of people isn't very good here. Nobody wants to clear up,said resident Chen Shaohe, holding his daughter's hand and surveying the damage from a dry spot. The reaction of the government has been slow, but what do you expect?
Further down the road, Zhang Shiqiu looked forlornly at the remains of her red-brick, black-tiled house, crying quietly. Gone, all gone,she whispered, rocking slowly backwards and forwards from a perch on the rubble. In the fishing village of Xiaguan where Saomai hit with winds of 216 km (134 mph) per hour, more powerful than a 1956 typhoon that killed more than 3,000 one house appeared to have exploded outwards, blasting bricks into the street.
Workers offloaded blocks of ice, to help preserve bodies, for the two-hour drive up a narrow road clogged by fallen trees and rocks that runs so high it passes through cloud, toward the worst-hit villages in Cangnan county. At least 41 villagers, including eight children, were killed when a house collapsed in the town of Jinxiang, an hour's drive from where the typhoon made landfall, a local official said. In Lanping village, Lin sat in his candle-lit kitchen and pondered rebuilding his own damaged house. He was philosophical. I saw the great typhoon of 1956. This one was only so-so compared to that,he said.
DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PREDIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships;
and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
Peres says U.N. resolution vindicates Israel Sat Aug 12, 3:52 AM ET
JERUSALEM (Reuters) Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres on Saturday welcomed a U.N. resolution calling for an end to hostilities between Israel and Hizbollah and said the deal vindicated Israel's month-long military campaign. Without the military
pressure we would not have had the diplomatic deal,elder statesman Peres told Israel radio.
The U.N. decision vindicates Israel all the way through and says that Hizbollah was the aggressor and that they need to return the abducted soldiers ... We achieved all we could from the U.N.The U.N. Security Council unanimously backed a resolution on Friday calling for a full cessation of hostilities based on the immediate cessation by Hizbollah of all attacks and the immediate cessation by Israel of all offensive military operations.
Israel's cabinet is expected to express its support for the resolution at a meeting on Sunday. In the meantime, Israeli forces have stepped up operations in Lebanon, driving north toward the Litani river, 20 km (13 miles) inside the country.The conflict, which has killed at least 1,060 in Lebanon and 124 Israelis, began on July 12 when Hizbollah guerillas captured two Israeli soldiers in a raid inside Israel.
Israel to halt war in Lebanon on Monday By ZEINA KARAM, Associated Press Writer 2 minutes ago
BEIRUT, Lebanon Israel will halt its war in Lebanon at 7 a.m. Monday (midnight EDT Sunday night), a senior Israeli government official said Saturday. Lebanon's Cabinet accepted the U.N. cease-fire plan to halt fighting between Israel and Hezbollah fighters, moving the deal a step closer to implementation, the prime minister said.
Also, the Israeli government confirmed that Hezbollah guerrillas had shot down an Israeli military plane.It was Israel's first loss of a helicopter in Lebanon in the monthlong conflict. Two helicopters collided and crashed and a third crashed separately in northern Israel early on in the fighting.Israel's Cabinet was to
endorse the U.N. cease-fire resolution later Sunday.
In announcing the decision to accept the resolution, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said: It was a unanimous decision, with some reservations.Hezbollah's Mohammed Fneish, minister of hydraulic resources, said the two members of the Islamic militant group who are part of the Cabinet expressed reservations. Particular concern was raised over an article in the resolution that gives the impression that it exonerates Israel of responsibility for the crimes and blames Hezbollah for the monthlong war, he said.
Israel flew hundreds of commandos into southern Lebanon on Saturday, tripling its troop strength to 30,000 and sending some army units as far as the Litani River even as both sides indicated they would accept a U.N. cease-fire plan to stop the heavy fighting.
Airstrikes killed at least 19 people in Lebanon, including 15 in one village, and Hezbollah rockets wounded at least five people in Israel.
The Islamic militant group fought back hard, claiming to have destroyed 21 Israeli tanks and killing seven soldiers. Israel confirmed seven deaths and said dozens of other soldiers were wounded in the expanded offensive.The Israeli helicopter aircraft was shot down in the Maryamein valley near the village of Yater, and other helicopters scrambled to the area to try to rescue the crew. The Israeli army had no comment on the report.The claim, carried on Hezbollah's al-Manar TV, said the helicopter was brought down by a new missile, the Waad (Arabic for Promise,) in the Islamic militant group's arsenal.The area had seen heavy ground combat Saturday during which hundreds of Israeli troops were airlifted to positions deep inside southern Lebanon and tanks punched across terrain to grab more territory before an expected cessation of hostilities Monday morning.The fighting came a day after the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution seeking a full cessation of violence between Israel and Hezbollah, authorizing 15,000 U.N.
peacekeepers to help Lebanese troops take control of south Lebanon as Israeli forces withdraw from the area.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the broadened Israeli offensive had been anticipated and she hoped the hostilities would end in a day or so.My understanding is that this is part of the normal operations that were contemplated. When the cease fire — the cessation of hostilities — comes into being, Israel will stop, she said in an interview with Israel Television.U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is working with the parties to establish a timetable for the cease-fire, but I would hope that within no more than a day or so that there would be a cessation of the hostilities on the ground,she said.Long columns of Israeli armored vehicles streamed over the border trying to drive Hezollah behind the Litani, about 18 miles from the border, before the truce. More than 50 helicopters
ferried in commandos in what was called the biggest such operation in Israel's history.Israel wanted to seize control of the area before positions are frozen to ensure that Hezbollah fighters don't flood the zone before it is handed over to the Lebanese army and U.N. troops, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss sensitive issues publicly.
Israel, which said its troops had killed some 50 guerrillas over the previous 24 hours, said late in the day that some army units had pushed to the Litani, but gave no details. The Litani is seen by Israel as a crucial boundary in its attempt to push back Hezbollah. Israel repeatedly has insisted that the proposed peacekeeping force cannot allow Hezbollah weapons south of the river. But it will be nearly impossible to rid south Lebanon of the Islamic guerrillas, who are now in the Lebanese Cabinet and run clinics and other charities that are considered essential in rebuilding the region. Their ability to withstand the Israeli military assault has also made Hezbollah heroes across the Arab and Islamic worlds. Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Israeli troops will remain until the international relief force arrives and will be defend themselves if attacked. If anyone dares to use force against Israeli Defense Forces, we will see this as a violation of the cease-fire agreement,he said on Israel television. Israeli army chief, Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, said earlier that Israel expected to fight for another week despite the cease-fire deal. He said Israeli forces — apparently about 30,000 soldiers now — would stay in Lebanon until an international force arrived.
Hezbollah's leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, meanwhile, said his militia would abide by the cease-fire blueprint but warned the guerrillas would keep battling Israeli troops while they remained in Lebanon, calling that our natural right.His address was televised as Lebanon's Cabinet met to vote on the U.N. plan. Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora signaled the Cabinet would accept, saying it serves the interests of his country and shows that the whole world stood by Lebanon.
The Israeli Cabinet was expected to approve the cease-fire Sunday, but Israel appeared ready to keep up its full-scale military campaign until the U.N. plan worked its way through the region's political leadership over the weekend. The resolution approved Friday night by the U.N. Security Council would create a peacekeeping force by combining a beefed-up version of ineffective U.N. units already in the war zone and 15,000 soldiers from the Lebanese army. The force, which could number around 30,000, would stand between Israel and Hezbollah's militia.
France, New Zealand, Italy and Ireland said Saturday they were ready to provide troops and Turkey said it was inclined to do so. President Bush issued a statement urging the world's leaders to implement the U.N. plan and help bring real peace to the Middle East. The loss of innocent life in both Lebanon and Israel has been a great tragedy,Bush said. Hezbollah and its Iranian and Syrian sponsors have brought an unwanted war to the people of Lebanon and Israel, and millions have suffered as a result. I now urge the international community to turn words into action and make every effort to bring lasting peace to the region. Israel has demanded an airtight buffer zone and wonders if U.N. and Lebanese forces are up for the task. A small U.N. military presence — now about 2,000 observers — has been in Hezbollah-controlled southern Lebanon since 1978 and has been overwhelmed by the Islamic militant group's rising power, aided by Iran and Syria. Rice specifically cited Hezbollah's two sponsors in a statement Friday for all parties to respect the sovereignty of the Lebanese government and the will of the international community.
But the resolution, approved 15-0 in the U.N. Security Council, did nothing to immediately halt the fighting that erupted exactly a month ago and has claimed nearly 900 lives — including at least 760 in Lebanon and 130 Israelis.
Israeli missiles slammed into the southern Lebanon village of Rachaf, about 10 miles from the Israeli border, killing at least 15 civilians, security officials said. Israeli ground forces also fanned out across southern Lebanon hunting for Hezbollah rocket batteries that have fired unending salvos across the border. Three people also were killed in strikes on Kharayeb, and a Lebanese soldier was killed in an air raid near an army base in the Bekaa Valley, officials said. The guerrilla group announced four deaths Friday and three Saturday. After a morning free of Hezbollah rocket strikes in northern Israel, a barrage of 20 missiles at midafternoon injured two people in Amirim and three in Kiryat Shemona. Hezbollah had been averaging nearly 200 hits each day in the monthlong conflict.
In Sidon, a coastal city between Beirut and the Israeli border, Israeli bombs destroyed a power plant. Farther south, another power facility was hit near Tyre, knocking out electricity to the port, police said. On Lebanon's northern frontier, Israeli airstrikes hit the highway leading to the Arida border crossing about a mile from the Mediterranean coast. It was the last official border post open for
humanitarian convoys and civilians fleeing the country. The highway was impassable, but drivers tried to maneuver through ruts and ditches. The only other exits from Lebanon are rugged pathways and back roads through deserts or mountains. Israel seeks to block supply routes for Hezbollah and disrupt their mobility and has warned it would target any vehicles on the roads in southern Lebanon and along other main highways.
EU welcomes UN resolution on Lebanon
Aug 12, 2006, 11:15 GMT
Brussels - The European Union on Saturday welcomed the UN Security Council resolution to stop the fighting in Lebanon and urged all parties to implement it without delay. A statement issued by the Finnish Foreign Ministry - Finland currently holds the EU's rotating Presidency - stated: 'The Presidency of the European Union welcomes the United Nations Security Council's unanimous approval of Resolution 1701 that calls for a full cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. This resolution sets the required framework for a political settlement that only can bring a lasting solution to the crisis. The Presidency urges all parties to fully respect the resolution and implement it without delay, it added. The statement also said the EU welcomed prospects that later on, the mandate of the UNIFIL (UN forces in Lebanon) would be enhanced and further steps made to help implement 'a permanent ceasefire and a long-term solution. It concluded by reminding of 'the need to work for a comprehensive peace plan for the Middle East. © 2006 dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur
UN Council unanimously approves Mideast resolution
August 12, 2006, 06:30
The UN Security Council unanimously passed a resolution yesterday that calls for an end to the bloodshed in Lebanon and Israel and authorizes up to 15 000 UN troops to help enforce it.
The 15-0 vote capped weeks of anguished negotiations at the United Nations and elsewhere and is the first measure aimed at ending a month of fighting between Israel and Hizbollah militia that has killed some 1 000 Lebanese and 121 Israelis. The resolution calls for a full cessation of hostilities and tells Hizbollah to stop all attacks immediately and Israel to end all offensive operations.A deal on the resolution's text, negotiated by the United States and France, was announced only hours before the vote by British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett.
Approval expected
Approval from both the Israeli and the Lebanese cabinets is expected this weekend, with leaders of both countries urging ministers to accept the resolution.But UN Secretary-General Annan chastised the council for its delay in negotiating the resolution. He also said he was going to contact all parties this weekend to set a timeline for ending the fighting.All members of this council must be aware that this inability to act sooner has badly shaken the world's faith in its authority and integrity,Annan said in a lengthy speech.
War is not politics by other means.Lebanon has been a victim for too long, mired in an incomplete political transformation since the end of the civil war,Annan said. Over the last five weeks we have been reminded yet again what a tense fragile region the Middle East has become.Once fighting subsides, Israel is expected to undertake a phased withdrawal from Lebanon as the Lebanese army and an expanded UN peacekeeping force of up to 15 000 troops deploys in southern Lebanon, now controlled by Hizbollah. - Reuters
Associated Press-Bush Welcomes U.N. Truce Resolution
By NEDRA PICKLER , 08.12.2006, 09:59 AM
President Bush on Saturday urged world leaders to turn the words of a U.N. cease-fire resolution into action and help bring lasting peace to the Middle East. Bush welcomed the resolution unanimously approved Friday night by the United Nations Security Council that seeks a full cessation of the violence between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.
More than 800 people have been killed in a month of fighting. The loss of innocent life in both Lebanon and Israel has been a great tragedy, Bush said. Hezbollah and its Iranian and Syrian sponsors have brought an unwanted war to the people of Lebanon and Israel, and millions have suffered as a result. I now urge the international community to turn words into action and make every effort to bring lasting peace to the region.
Bush's remarks came in a written statement issued while he was on a bike ride on his Texas ranch, where he is wrapping up a 10-day vacation from the White House. The president was returning to Washington Sunday. The U.S. has been Israel's most
supportive ally in the conflict and strongest advocate at the United Nations.
Bush laid blame on Israel's enemies in the first sentence of his statement, saying the resolution was designed to bring an immediate end to the fighting sparked last month by an unprovoked terrorist attack on Israel by Hezbollah, a terrorist group supported by Iran and Syria. The United States and its allies have been working hard since the beginning of this conflict to create the conditions for an enduring cease fire and prevent armed militias and foreign-sponsored terrorist groups like Hezbollah from sparking another crisis, Bush said. Yesterday's resolution aims to end Hezbollah's attacks on Israel and bring a halt to Israel's offensive military operations.
The resolution authorizes 15,000 U.N. peacekeepers to help Lebanese troops take control of south Lebanon, where Hezbollah guerillas have been operating, as Israeli forces that have occupied the area withdraw. It also calls for an embargo on the supply of arms to militias in Lebanon. These steps are designed to stop Hezbollah from acting as a state within a state, and put an end to Iran and Syria's efforts to hold the Lebanese people hostage to their own extremist agenda,Bush said. This in turn will help to restore the sovereignty of Lebanon's democratic government and help ensure security for the people of Lebanon and Israel.
US calls on Syria, Iran to honor UN resolution on Lebanon Fri Aug 11, 8:16 PM ET
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Iran and Syria to respect the terms of a resolution adopted by the UN Security Council in a bid to end a month of fighting between their ally Hezbollah and Israel. We call upon every state, especially Iran and Syria, to respect the sovereignty of the Lebanese government and the will of the international community, she said in an address to the Security Council.She also said Hezbollah now faces a clear choice between war and peace in light of the resolution, which was unanimously adopted by the 15-member council.The resolution, drafted by France and the United States, calls on Israel and Hezbollah to immediately cease hostilities following a month of fighting that has left more than 1,000 Lebanese and over 120 Israelis dead.
It also calls for Israeli forces to withdraw from positions they have occupied in southern Lebanon in parallel with the deployment of Lebanese army units and a robust international military force in the region to prevent future Hezbollah attacks on Israel.If implemented fully by Lebanon, the resolution will end Hezbollah's existence as a militia armed and supported by Iran and Syria.Rice said the UN text should open a path to lasting peace between Lebanon and Israel that will end the suffering and violence of this past month.The people of the Middle East have lived too long at the mercy of extremists,she said.It is time to build a more hopeful future.
This resolution shows us the way.Immediately before Rice spoke, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan lamented that it took the Security Council's major powers a month to achieve Friday's ceasefire proposal.I would be remiss if I did not tell you how profoundly disappointed I am that the council did not reach this point much, much earlier,he said.All members of this council must be aware that this inability to act sooner has badly shaken the world's faith in its authority and integrity,he said.It is absolutely vital that the fighting now stop,Annan told the gathered council representatives, who in addition to Rice included the foreign ministers of France,
Britain and several other countries.
Lebanese Cabinet approves cease-fire By SAM F. GHATTAS, Associated Press Writer 43 minutes ago
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon's Cabinet accepted the U.N. cease-fire plan to halt fighting between Israel and Hezbollah fighters on Saturday, moving the deal a step closer to implementation, the prime minister said. It was a unanimous decision, with some reservations,Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said in announcing Lebanon's acceptance of the resolution after a four-hour Cabinet meeting.Hezbollah's Mohammed Fneish, minister of hydraulic resources, said the two members of the Islamic militant group who are part of the Cabinet expressed reservations. Particular concern was raised over an article in the resolution that gives the impression that it exonerates Israel of responsibility for the crimes and blames Hezbollah for the monthlong war, he said.
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.
Quake jolts northwestern Iran Tehran, Aug 12, IRNA
Iran-Kashksaray-Quake
An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale hit the city of Kashksaray in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan Saturday. The seismological base of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University registered the quake at 10:32 hours local time (0702 GMT). There are no reports of any casualty or damage to property caused by the quake. Iran is often hit by quakes of varying magnitudes as it sits on some of the world's most active seismic faultlines.
Strong quake rocks northwest Indonesia Fri Aug 11, 10:22 PM ET
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A strong earthquake rocked parts of Indonesia's Sumatra island early Saturday, causing some people to flee their homes, but there were no reports of damage and no tsunami was triggered. The 6-magnitude quake struck at 3:54 a.m. and was centered under the Indian Ocean 175 miles northwest of Sumatra, the U.S. Geological Survey said.It felt pretty strong,state news agency Antara quoted one villager as saying. "The whole family and our neighbors ran out from our house, but there was not a massive panic.Officials on Sumatra were not available for comment early Saturday. There were no immediate reports of damage.
Sumatra was hardest hit by a powerful December 2004 earthquake and tsunami. More than 216,000 people in Indian Ocean nations were killed or missing in the disaster.The region is rocked by many earthquakes, including a magnitude 8.7 quake in March last year that killed about 900 people on an outlying island.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Sky-watchers await celestial show
Light shows have been spoilt by moonlight in the past.The Earth is to make its annual rendezvous with the Perseid meteors this weekend. The meteor shower will peak on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, producing as many as 100 shooting stars an
hour. The Perseids are tiny particles, ranging in size from a match-head to a dried pea, shed by the comet Swift-Tuttle.
Sky watchers should look north-east, where the sky will be darkest, to get the best chance of seeing them. Claire Gilby, from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, London, said that unlike many astronomical objects, meteors are visible to the naked eye and observers need no special equipment to view them.
Weather permitting, the sensitivity and wide field of view of the human eye are perfect for watching the Perseids,she said. So, to see the Perseids, all you need to do is sit back and watch the night sky. This year there is a chance that the bright Moon will drown out the glow from the fainter Perseids, as has happened in previous years.
Saint's tears
Meteors are streaks of light in the sky caused by blazing pieces of dust drawn into the Earth's atmosphere from near space. The Perseids are caused when the Earth passes through debris shed by Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. This comet travels through the inner planets every 130 years, most recently in 1992. The Perseids are so called because tracing their tails back in the night sky mostly leads to the constellation Perseus. This contains a point called the Perseus radiant - the perspective point from which the meteors would appear to come if they could be seen approaching from interplanetary space. The Perseids are sometimes called the Tears of St Lawrence because the Saint's feast day falls on 10 August. The dust itself consists of particles that are travelling at around 50km (31 miles) per second. As they enter the Earth's atmosphere, they burn up with a short-lived burst of light, heat and ionisation.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Chaos follows in Chinese typhoon's wake By Ben Blanchard
Sat Aug 12, 10:00 AM ET
LANPING VILLAGE, China (Reuters) - Lin Xianglian was cowering in his kitchen from the strongest typhoon to hit China in half a century when he heard a roar and the house next door collapsed. I didn't dare go look what was happening. The wind was so strong my wife and I together were leaning on the front door to stop it blowing in and water was flooding in the back,recalls farmer Lin, 68, sipping tea from a metal bowl.We could do nothing as my two neighbors got buried alive.Aid arrived in time for them to be dug out alive, but Lin says he has no idea where his friends are now or if they survived their injuries.Nobody has told us anything. Nobody has been round to help clear up. It seems we've been left on our own,he says through metal-capped teeth in uncertain-sounding Mandarin.
Typhoon Saomai punched into Cangnan county, where Lin's village is located in the eastern province of Zhejiang, on Thursday after authorities had moved hundreds of thousands in the densely populated commercial province to safety.The official death toll stood at 105 on Saturday with at least 190 missing. The authorities mobilized 10,000 troops, paramilitary police and rescue workers in Zhejiang alone to help with a massive clean-up operation, state television reported.Bulldozers started clearing the wreckage of more than 50,000 homes flattened by the storm as relief workers handed out bottles of water, rice and cooking oil. A dozen psychiatrists arrived to counsel survivors, Xinhua news agency said.Some residents of the remote, mountainous region said they suspect the death toll could be much higher.I heard hundreds died.
The government has shut off villages where the death toll is really high to stop news getting out,said a fashionably dressed youth who declined to be identified.The Communist government, determined to maintain stability at all costs, has a habit of covering up bad news, although disaster death tolls are no longer supposed to be state secrets.Mistrust of the government is common in Zhejiang, which is far from the capital and where a strong entrepreneurial spirit has bred a flourishing private sector.Numerous mutually incomprehensible dialects add to a sense of independence and wariness of authority.
STINKING FLOOD WATERS
In Cangnan town itself, knee-deep floodwater, fetid and mixed with silt, sewage and motor oil, lapped at pedestrians' feet and flowed into shops on the main street.More than a day after the storm had passed, rubbish sat stewing in the more than 30 degree Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) heat.The quality of people isn't very good here. Nobody wants to clear up,said resident Chen Shaohe, holding his daughter's hand and surveying the damage from a dry spot. The reaction of the government has been slow, but what do you expect?
Further down the road, Zhang Shiqiu looked forlornly at the remains of her red-brick, black-tiled house, crying quietly. Gone, all gone,she whispered, rocking slowly backwards and forwards from a perch on the rubble. In the fishing village of Xiaguan where Saomai hit with winds of 216 km (134 mph) per hour, more powerful than a 1956 typhoon that killed more than 3,000 one house appeared to have exploded outwards, blasting bricks into the street.
Workers offloaded blocks of ice, to help preserve bodies, for the two-hour drive up a narrow road clogged by fallen trees and rocks that runs so high it passes through cloud, toward the worst-hit villages in Cangnan county. At least 41 villagers, including eight children, were killed when a house collapsed in the town of Jinxiang, an hour's drive from where the typhoon made landfall, a local official said. In Lanping village, Lin sat in his candle-lit kitchen and pondered rebuilding his own damaged house. He was philosophical. I saw the great typhoon of 1956. This one was only so-so compared to that,he said.
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